Key Takeaways: CVE-2026-59310 is a critical VMware vCenter vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. CISA says ransomware operators are now exploiting the flaw after earlier activity focused on establishing persistence. Organizations are being urged to prioritize patching, even if it means accelerating normal maintenance and testing schedules. Organizations running VMware vCenter face growing risk...Read More
This undated photo shows teenagers using their smartphones at the entrance of their high school in Tomares, Seville, Spain. (PHOTO/BLOOMBERG) The European Union is considering potential fines of as much as 6 percent of a company’s annual sales for online services that fail to prevent children from accessing their platforms, as part of the bloc’s...Read More
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. Photo by: Malin Wunderlich/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images When Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President, takes the stage in the European Parliament on Wednesday for her annual State of the European Union speech, the German politician will finally get what she has longed for: a Continent-wide social...Read More
BREAKING: The investigations team at Duel has established contact with the hacker behind the recent Revolut incident, revealing alarming new details about the methods used to compromise the financial institution. The Anatomy of the Attack According to the information gathered, the attack was a sophisticated blend of technical compromise and social engineering: Initial Access via...Read More
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture premium plugin for WordPress to upload a PHP backdoor. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-27540 and impacts plugin versions 2.0.3.1 and older. It is an unauthenticated arbitrary file-upload vulnerability discovered by security researcher Teemu Saarentaus. An attacker can exploit it to upload...Read More
Tricentis appointed Erika Dean as its new chief information security officer in August Tricentis CEO Kevin Thompson said Dean is suitable for the role because of her customer-centric approach and expertise in establishing enterprise-wide security programs Dean’s role in the company includes supporting the Tricentis Agentic Quality Engineering Platform, which was launched in March Tricentis...Read More
Terry Gerton Last week, the window for the comments on the CMMC rules from DoD closed, and also DoD issued a class deviation regarding CMMC compliance. Help us sort out the signals there. What should people be reading? Stephanie Kostro So a lot has been happening, Terry, on the CMMC front this year. And it...Read More
Meta will now report child safety-related cases directly to the cybercrime portal managed by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), as the government steps up pressure on social media platforms to strengthen safeguards for children online. “We’re committed to working with the government to ensure that the perpetrators of these crimes are held responsible,” a...Read More
An EU flag and a smartphone with displayed social media app icons are seen in this photo illustration, Feb. 3. Reuters-Yonhap STRASBOURG, France — The European Union is set to propose curbing access to social media, video-sharing platforms, chatbots, and online games to children under the age of 15, according to a draft legal document...Read More
In brief: The EU is continuing its crackdown on allowing children access to social media. A proposed new law wouldn’t just target these platforms; it would also restrict children under the age of 15 from accessing video-sharing platforms, chatbots, and online games, with exceptions for supervised use. Reuters reports that the EU Kids Act is...Read More
