Cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. and U.K. are warning about a custom malware called Firestarter persisting on Cisco Firepower and Secure Firewall devices running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) or Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software. The backdoor has been attributed to a threat actor that Cisco Talos tracks internally as UAT-4356, known for cyberespionage campaigns, including ArcaneDoor. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.K. National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) believe that the adversary obtained initial access by exploiting a missing authorization issue (CVE-2025-20333) and/or a buffer overflow bug (CVE-2025-20362). In one incident at a federal civilian executive…
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Want to get the best results from your network? A new router might be the answer. A router provided by an ISP isn’t going to be the end of the world, but it won’t get you the best results if you’re looking for them. If you’re looking to get creative, you can always build your own router, or you can just pick up something reliable from a third party. Now, this is where things can get a little tricky, not only because of the recent router ban, but just because of the sheer volume of options out there. Something different…
Orbital is betting that distributed inference can scale as a constellation, with each satellite handling workloads in parallel. The company is also filing with the FCC for a larger constellation. Lonestar announces first commercial space data storage service April 2026: Lonestar Data Holdings announced StarVault, which it’s calling “the world’s first commercially operational space-based sovereign data storage platform.” The service launches in October 2026 aboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-4 mission. StarVault isn’t a full data center — it’s data storage with “advanced cryptographic key escrow capabilities,” according to the announcement. But it’s the first commercial space data service that enterprises can…
SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage but remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories across vulnerability disclosures, emerging attack methods, policy updates, industry reports, and other noteworthy events to help readers maintain a well-rounded awareness of the evolving cybersecurity environment. Here are this week’s highlights: Tennessee hacker gets probation for Supreme Court breaches Nicholas Moore, 25, was sentenced to 12 months of probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor for using stolen credentials to break into the Supreme Court’s e-filing system…
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking permission from the California city of San Clemente to install an Anduril Industries surveillance tower on a cliff that would allow for constant monitoring of entire coastal neighborhoods. The proposed tower is Anduril’s Sentry, part of the Autonomous Surveillance Tower (AST) program. While CBP says it will primarily monitor the coastline for boats carrying migrants, it will actually be installed 1.5 miles inland, overlooking the bulk of the 62,000-resident city. By CBP’s own public statement, the system–which combines video, radar, and computer vision–is “constantly scanning” for movement and identifying and tracking objects an…
Microsoft announced a wave of AI updates this week, and most of the coverage will likely focus on the individual launches. New targeting options, diagnostics, commerce tools, Copilot enhancements, and campaign features will naturally get the headlines. What stood out to me was the broader vision behind them. Microsoft is not just talking about better ads. They’re talking about a different internet, where businesses need to be relevant to both people and AI systems helping shape decisions. In their announcement this week, AI agents are becoming the fastest-growing audience. The company says automated traffic is growing 8x faster than human…
The FCC’s crackdown on foreign-made routers is in full swing, though one of the US’ biggest companies just got conditional approval to keep its hardware on shelves, all while bringing in new ones. The company I’m talking about is Amazon, and it has just gained FCC approval to keep selling its eero and Leo routers in the US. Related The FCC just banned all foreign-made routers First drones, now routers It’s worth noting that even though Amazon is a US-based company, the FCC’s ruling still applied. That’s mainly because Amazon’s routers aren’t made in the US. Here’s the explanation the…
The US government has sanctioned a criminal network supporting Southeast Asian scam compounds, including one of Cambodia’s richest and most powerful men. Authorities also seized infrastructure supporting these scam operations and criminally charged two individuals associated with one large compound in Myanmar.Often enough, the scammers who call and text you are enslaved persons in Southeast Asia. You ignore these entreaties, but plenty of vulnerable Americans don’t, and with well-trodden social engineering tactics the scammer-captives can convert a grandma into an ATM for the Asian criminal gangs that run these rackets.In 2024, the US Secret Service and FBI teamed up in…
AI search engine citation tracking helps measure brand visibility and authority in AI-powered search results. As AI-powered search experiences reshape how people discover information, evaluate vendors, and build shortlists, visibility inside AI answers is no longer a vanity metric. If AI engines aren’t citing your brand, you’re missing influence at the exact moment buyers are forming opinions.
TL;DR The Samsung Galaxy S26 introduced a faster, smarter document scanner, and it’s not staying exclusive for long. Samsung is bringing the upgraded PDF scanning feature to the Galaxy S25 and other recent flagships via One UI 8.5. You can snap multiple pages in one go, and the camera automatically stitches them into a clean PDF. The Galaxy S26 introduced a smarter and faster document scanner right in the Camera app. Now, a new report says this upgrade will also come to older Samsung flagships.Samsung is expanding its improved PDF scanner to the Galaxy S25 and other recent flagship models,…