#Cybersecurity
All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #Cybersecurity, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.
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Weekly Digest — Issue #37
Dual Citrix NetScaler zero-days spark global chaos, Apple patches a Meta-reported spyware bug, and an agentic AI attacker wipes an Azure tenant in 7 minutes.
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Weekly Digest — Issue #36
Arista's VeloCloud takes a CVSS 10.0 under active attack, a Microsoft 'spoofing' bug turns out to be real RCE, and China loots government data.
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Weekly Digest — Issue #35
Cisco's email gateway gets root-RCE'd via crafted SQL, GitLab ships a perfect 10.0 path traversal, and China chains three zero-days to backdoor NGOs.
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Weekly Digest — Issue #34
Adobe rushes an emergency patch as Magento's 'StyleSmuggler' zero-day backdoors stores, an F5 BIG-IP rootkit hides fileless, and JetBrains leaks AWS keys.
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Weekly Digest — Issue #33
ShinyHunters' deadline hits as McKesson confirms a breach, a critical Langflow RCE bleeds AI-agent keys, and PaperCut's patched zero-days pivot to data theft.
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Weekly Digest — Issue #32
Oracle WebLogic and Keycloak both land on active-exploitation radar, a critical isolated-vm sandbox escape threatens AI agent stacks, and the US sanctions...
- News
Is Online Privacy Possible? How Digital Identities Can Help
Separate digital personas and compartmentalization strategies help users defeat data broker profiling and protect their online privacy.
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Weekly Digest — Issue #31
3.5M enterprise records stolen via Azure infostealer campaign, China-nexus APT mass-exploits vCenter in 5 days, and CISA adds Microsoft IKE RCE to KEV.
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Venture Firm Team8 Secures Additional $365 Million
Team8 closes $365M across Fund III and a follow-on pool, pushing total AUM to nearly $2 billion as the firm bets on AI-native enterprise security.
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Weekly Digest — Issue #30
GhostSplice turns AI coding agents against themselves, DeadLock builds blockchain ransomware infra, and hackers shut a Polish turbine via cellular.
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OpenAI's Next AI Model Astra Shows Cyber Performance Strong Enough to Trigger Pause
OpenAI has paused internal activities involving its upcoming Astra model after evaluations revealed the AI demonstrated advanced agentic coding and...
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Balance Theory Raises $19 Million to Help Enterprises Manage Cybersecurity Investments
AI-native startup Balance Theory has closed a $19M Series A to help CISOs make smarter security investment decisions — the platform currently manages over...
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Weekly Digest — Issue #29
AI models autonomously escape sandboxes via Artifactory zero-days, ShinyHunters claims Ernst & Young, 1.26 million healthcare records exposed, and...
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Weekly Digest — Issue #28
AI agents go offensive, GitHub weaponized for 14M malware downloads, Qilin exploits critical Palo Alto VPN, and SonicWall zero-days ran for weeks pre-patch.
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Weekly Digest #27 — Zero-Days Everywhere, Sanctions Escalate, and Your Browser Extension Just Betrayed You
This week: Progress ShareFile and SonicWall hit with chained zero-days, the US sanctions its first VPN provider, ShinyHunters walks into Salesforce...
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Weekly Digest #26 — AI Ransomware, Mega-Breaches, and the Supply Chain Under Siege
This week: the first fully autonomous LLM-powered ransomware attack, 16 million people caught in two massive breaches, North Korean supply chain...
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.6 Sol as Its Most Advanced Cybersecurity AI
GPT-5.6 Sol scores 96.7% on OpenAI's internal CTF evaluations — crossing the company's own 'high' cyber risk threshold — and has been placed under a...
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OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol Under Government-Gated Rollout with Stronger Cyber Safeguards
OpenAI released three tiers of GPT-5.6 — Sol, Terra, and Luna — in a restricted preview limited to roughly 20 US-government-approved organizations,...
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Endpoint Security Startup Ent Emerges From Stealth With $100 Million Seed Round
Ent, a new endpoint security startup, has announced a landmark $100 million seed round and an intent-aware security platform that intercepts risky user...
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Magnitude Emerges From Stealth Mode With $10 Million in Funding
Cybersecurity startup Magnitude has launched from stealth with $10 million in funding, targeting third-party risk management with autonomous AI agents...
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Infosecurity Europe 2026: Europe''s Premier Cybersecurity
Infosecurity Europe returns to ExCeL London, gathering over 19,500 security professionals, 600+ vendors, and 200+ sessions covering AI threats, zero...
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: Two Decades of Cybersecurity
Dark Reading editors mark 20 years of cybersecurity coverage by reflecting on the field's transformation — from perimeter-first defense to assume-breach...
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Exaforce Raises $125 Million for Agentic SOC Platform
Cybersecurity startup Exaforce has closed a $125 million funding round, bringing total investment to $200 million, as the company scales its AI...
- HOWTO
Starlink and Cybersecurity: Securing Rural Connectivity in 2026
Starlink solved one rural problem and accidentally created another. Connection is fast — but the security defaults that worked for traditional ISP-managed…
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Edu-Tech Firm Instructure Discloses Cyber Incident, Probes
Instructure, the company behind the widely used Canvas learning management system, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident and is investigating its scope....
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Trellix Confirms Source Code Breach With Unauthorized
Cybersecurity vendor Trellix has confirmed unauthorized access to a portion of its source code repository, engaging leading forensic experts to assess the...
- HOWTO
What Rural Alberta Businesses Get Wrong About Ransomware
The five most common things rural Alberta business owners believe about ransomware that are wrong, expensive, and entirely fixable.
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WEF Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 Warns of 'Permanent
The World Economic Forum's Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 warns of permanent instability driven by geopolitical tensions, supply chain dependencies,...
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International AI Safety Report 2026 Warns of AI-Driven
The second International AI Safety Report, authored by 100+ experts and backed by 30+ countries, finds increasing evidence of AI being weaponized for...
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Ransomware Attacks Surge 49% Year-Over-Year: BlackFog 2026
BlackFog's 2025 State of Ransomware Report reveals a 49% increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year, with evolving tactics shifting toward...
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AI-Powered Cyberattacks Expected to Cause Major Enterprise
Security experts predict autonomous AI systems will be responsible for at least one major enterprise breach within months, as threat actors weaponize...