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Betterment Confirms Data Breach, Urges Customers to Stay Alert for Crypto Scam Notifications

Betterment’s employee credentials compromised, facilitating phishing attacks through an external platform Sensitive personal information accessed: names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, and birth dates No customer accounts were compromised; however, the stolen data poses a risk for future phishing schemes Investment platform Betterment has reported a recent security breach…

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North Korean Hackers Leverage Zero-Day Vulnerability to Attack Cybersecurity Researchers

Recent investigations by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have revealed that North Korean hackers are persistently targeting the cybersecurity community through the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in an unspecified software application. This campaign has gained momentum over the past several weeks, highlighting sophisticated tactics employed to infiltrate the systems…

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Moxie Marlinspike Aims to Revolutionize AI Just as He Did with Messaging

Moxie Marlinspike Launches Confer: A New Era in AI Chatbots with Enhanced Privacy Moxie Marlinspike, recognized for shaping the future of secure messaging through the creation of Signal Messenger, is now setting forth to transform the AI chatbot landscape with his latest initiative, Confer. This open-source AI assistant promises to…

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Zerlang Takes the Helm at SecurityBridge: A New Era for SAP Defense

Application Security, Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development New CEO Jesper Zerlang Aims for Global Expansion and Strengthened US Presence Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • January 12, 2026 Jesper Zerlang, CEO, SecurityBridge (Image: Logpoint) SecurityBridge has appointed Jesper Zerlang, former CEO of Logpoint, as its new chief executive. His mission is to…

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Safeguard Against AI-Driven Cyber Threats in the UAE: Deepfakes and Data Theft Strategies

The Evolving Threat Landscape: AI in Cybercrime The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping the landscape of social engineering attacks, creating unprecedented vulnerabilities for organizations worldwide. Cybercriminals are now leveraging AI to produce increasingly sophisticated phishing emails and deepfake videos that convincingly mimic trusted colleagues and executives. By…

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Cisco Releases Critical Update to Address Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in BroadWorks Platform

Cisco has issued critical security patches addressing several vulnerabilities, including one particularly severe flaw, potentially allowing threat actors to gain unauthorized control of affected systems or precipitate denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. The most critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-20238 has received a maximum CVSS severity rating of 10.0, relating to an authentication…

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7 New CPU Vulnerabilities Like Meltdown and Spectre Impact Intel, AMD, and ARM Processors

Earlier this year, the cybersecurity community was alerted to significant vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre, affecting a wide range of modern processors. These vulnerabilities demonstrated that speculative execution attacks could be easily exploited, granting access to sensitive information stored within affected systems. Following this revelation, multiple variants of these…

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