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"Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters snared in cyber researcher honeypot."

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Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters Snared in Cyber Researcher Honeypot Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, also known as ShinyHunters, were drawn in using a realistic, yet mostly fake, dataset.

ClickFix Campaign Serves Up Fake Blue Screen of Death Threat actors are using the social engineering technique and a legitimate Microsoft tool to deploy the DCRat remote access Trojan against targets in the hospitality sector.

CISOs Face a Tighter Insurance Market in 2026 [From THE EDGE]: Insured entities are becoming more sophisticated in their views on how cyber policies fit into their broader risk management plans.

Sponsored Content by Tidal Cyber The Rise of Threat-Led Defense: A New Era in Cyber Resilience Start with Threat-Led Defense. Align your defenses to attack procedures and real adversary behavior to reduce residual risk.

Advisor360 Gets a Handle on Shadow AI via Automation [From DR TECHNOLOGY]: With employees looking for the benefits of artificial intelligence, a FinTech company stepped up controls with automation.

Critical ‘MongoBleed’ Bug Under Attack, Patch Now A memory leak security vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to extract passwords and tokens from MongoDB servers.

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Startup Trends Shaking Up Browsers, SOC Automation, AppSec DR Technology Talk: In 2025, these startups have reimagined browser security, pioneered application security for AI-generated code, and are building consensus on agentic vs. human costs.

Identity Security 2026: Four Predictions and Recommendations from Omdia Agentic AI adoption and identity security risks, IGA expands in mid-market, SOC-identity team collaboration, and identity platform consolidation — this 2026 predictions post previews identity trends.

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