Over 1 million malicious emails found using text salting to fool AI scanners

Laura FrenchJuly 17, 2026

Text salting fills emails with hidden benign content to mask malicious phishing lures.

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Cut to the chase: How to save time and effort through validation in exposure management
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Inheriting trust: Why unified identity fabrics are becoming essential for agentic AI

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M. Thénardier, LastPass, GitHub, EBS, Spirals, Pegasus, Shaft, Josh Marpet, and More – SWN #599
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Vulnerability Management
Take Back Control as Enterprises Struggle to Incorporate Risks They Don’t Understand – Ben Lipczynski – BSW #456
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Application security
Discovering & Securing Your AI Agent Attack Surface – Jeremy Snyder – ASW #391

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Stolen identities cause 79% of ransomware attacks, says Sophos report

Steve ZurierJuly 17, 2026

Identity failures replace software flaws as ransomware's top access vector.

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Vulnerability Management

Critical Oracle EBS bug added to CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities

Laura FrenchJuly 17, 2026

The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely compromise Oracle Payments.

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Attackers execute a complete ransomware operation in under 24 hours

Steve ZurierJuly 16, 2026

Spirals ransomware encrypted a victim in under 24 hours, underscoring the need for rapid containment.

CISOs Build Practical Playbook for Governing Agentic AI

Kelley DamoreJuly 16, 2026

A practitioner-built framework for securing, and scaling agentic AI

Microsoft SharePoint faces global cyber attacks exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in on-premises servers, affecting businesses and agencies

Vulnerability Management

CISA warns that three SharePoint Server bugs are actively exploited

Steve ZurierJuly 15, 2026

Federal agencies given to July 17 to make the patches.

MacOS ‘CrashStealer’ malware poses as crash reporter to steal credentials

Laura FrenchJuly 15, 2026

The malware is written in C++ and uses a signed and notarized dropper to evade Gatekeeper.

OAuth client ID spoofing silently validates stolen Microsoft Entra ID credentials

Steve ZurierJuly 14, 2026

Attackers run multiple spoofing campaigns to confirm credentials.

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Application security

RabbitMQ fixes flaw that allowed broker takeover via OAuth secret disclosure

SC StaffJuly 14, 2026

An additional flaw would allow an authenticated attacker with zero permissions to view cross-tenant metadata.

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