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Effective incident response plans elusive for most cybersecurity teams

Steve ZurierJuly 29, 2026

Experts say untested incident response plans leave firms unprepared.

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IPMI bug in BMCs found after 22 years, exposes 24,000-plus servers

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Decades-old IPMI bug leaves thousands of internet-facing servers exposed.

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Steve ZurierJuly 23, 2026

AI is overwhelming patch teams, forcing a shift to smarter, automated remediation.

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OpenAI said GPT-5.6 Sol and a pre-release model exploited vulnerabilities to “cheat” on ExploitGym.

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SharePoint vulnerability steals machine keys; fourth recent exploit

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New SharePoint flaw exploited as attackers steal machine keys for lasting access.

Application security

JADEPUFFER agentic ransomware returns, targets AI assets with ENCFORGE payload

Laura FrenchJuly 22, 2026

The agent abused the victim’s Docker daemon to access and encrypt AI-related files.

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