The Russian state-sponsored APT28 threat group is using a custom variant of the open-source Covenant post-exploitation framework for long-term espionage operations. Also tracked as Fancy Bear, Forest Blizzard, Strontium, and Sednit, the APT28 hacker group is known for developing high-end implants and breaching notable entities, such as the German Parliament, multiple French organizations, government networks in Poland, and European NATO member countries. Researchers at cybersecurity company ESET noticed that since April 2024, the Russian group has started using in attacks two implants named BeardShell and Covenant. “This dual-implant approach enabled long-term surveillance of Ukrainian military personnel,” ESET notes in a report…
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Google’s John Mueller casually mentioned the other day that it’s possible to disavow entire top level domains (TLDs) like .xyz which can come in handy if spammers are consistently using a specific TLD and there are no good sites that link from it. Mueller called it a big hammer and cautioned about using it. .XYZ TLD Spam Someone on Bluesky asked a question about a client that was receiving a lot of strange links from the .XYZ domain and Google’s Mueller encouraged the person to go ahead and upload a disavow file if it makes them feel better about the…
A decade after the Bentayga first entered the ultra-luxury SUV segment, Bentley is returning to the model’s geographic roots. The British automaker has announced the 2027 Bentayga Artenara Edition, a design-led variant inspired by Artenara, the highest village in Gran Canaria, which overlooks the Roque Bentayga peak that gave the SUV its name in 2015. As described by Bentley, the Artenara Edition follows the colors and finishes of the Bentayga Atelier, adding further refinement and presence to the automaker’s two-row SUV. As a “curated” model, the Artenara Edition bundles sought-after Mulliner features into a standard package, including the signature Mulliner…
Cybersecurity startup Cylake announced its launch last week, raising $45 million in seed funding for a platform designed for highly regulated organizations that cannot use public cloud services. Greylock Partners led the seed funding round, which will enable Cylake to complete development of its platform, expected to become generally available in early 2027. Cylake was co-founded by Nir Zuk (CEO), Wilson Xu (chief development officer), and Ehud (Udi) Shamir (chief architect). Zuk is a founder of Palo Alto Networks, serving as the company’s CTO for more than two decades. Shamir co-founded SentinelOne in 2013 and also worked at Palo Alto…
AI tools now generate 45 billion monthly sessions worldwide — about 56% of search engine volume, according to a study by Graphite.io CEO Ethan Smith. The analysis combines web traffic and mobile app usage across major AI tools and estimates AI activity equals 56% of global search usage and 34% in the U.S. Much of this growth is occurring in mobile apps such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, and Claude. Why we care. AI is expanding discovery, not shrinking search demand. Total usage across search engines and AI assistants has grown 26% globally since 2023. In other words, it’s not…
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Ravie LakshmananMar 10, 2026Vulnerability / Enterprise Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability list is as follows – CVE-2021-22054 (CVSS score: 7.5) – A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Omnissa Workspace One UEM (formerly VMware Workspace One UEM) that could allow a malicious actor with network access to UEM to send requests without authentication and to gain access to sensitive information. CVE-2025-26399 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the AjaxProxy component…
Have you ever been enjoying a movie, game, or even just scrolling through Instagram videos, when all of a sudden, your enjoyment comes to a screeching halt thanks to a bunch of strobing lights on screen?Whether it’s a club scene in the latest John Wick movie or some power-up scene in an anime, strobing lights can hurt a lot, and they may even run the risk of giving someone seizures if they’re bad enough. Thankfully, Samsung’s latest phones have a built-in feature that will dim the display when it detects strobing lights on screen.Enabling this new “dim strobing” option is…
Many cybercrime investigations end with arrests or indictments that reveal little about the people behind the operations. When authorities do disclose demographic details, the pattern that emerges does not match the common assumption that cyber offenders are mostly very young. Analysis in the Security Navigator 2026 report from Orange Cyberdefense points to a different age profile, with a strong concentration of offenders in mid-career adulthood. What the law enforcement data reveals The analysis is based on a dataset of 418 publicly announced cybercrime law enforcement actions collected between 2021 and mid-2025. Orange Cyberdefense compiled the cases from official announcements and…
Join EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with 404 Media Cofounder Jason Koebler to discuss Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, Cindy’s personal story of standing up to the Justice Department, taking on the NSA, and tangling with the FBI to protect our right to digital privacy. The highly anticipated book asks the fundamental question: Can we still have private conversations if we live our lives online? Join the livestream for a live discussion followed by by Q&A. EFFecting Change Livestream Series:Privacy’s DefenderThursday, March 19th11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PacificThis event is LIVE and FREE! Accessibility This event will be live-captioned and recorded. EFF is committed…