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DoD expects AI-powered database of patents ready for industry by year’s end
All too often, DoD Technology Transfer director Steve Luckowski told Breaking Defense, “we build fragile supply chains we’re the only customer for.”
European Commission Mitigates Cyberattack Aimed at Employee Mobile Information
The European Commission successfully contained a cyberattack targeting its mobile device management infrastructure on January 30, 2026. The incident, which potentially exposed staff names and mobile numbers, was neutralized within nine hours of detecti…
Active Exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk RCE Used to Drop Custom Malware
Threat actors are actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) to deploy custom malware and establish persistent remote control. Security researchers observed these attacks starting on February 7, 2026, targeting organ…
New RecoverIt Tool Abuses Windows Service Failure Recovery to Execute Malicious Payloads
A new offensive security tool named “RecoverIt” has been released, offering red teamers a stealthy method for lateral movement and persistence by abusing the Windows Service recovery mechanism. The tool circumvents traditional detection met…
Detecting Ransomware Using Windows Minifilters to Intercept File Change Events
A security researcher has released a new proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on GitHub designed to stop ransomware at the deepest level of the operating system. Part of a broader Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) strategy named “Sanctum,” the p…
Over 5 Million Misconfigured Git Web Servers Found Exposing Secrets Online
A massive widespread vulnerability in web server configurations has left millions of websites open to data theft and unauthorised takeover. A new 2026 study conducted by the Mysterium VPN research team reveals that nearly 5 million web servers worldwid…
BeyondTrust Remote Access Products Hit by 0-Day RCE Vulnerability
BeyondTrust has issued an urgent security advisory regarding a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting its popular remote access solutions. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-1731, carries a near-maximum severity score of 9.9 out of 10 on the CVSSv4 scale…
OpenClaw Taps VirusTotal to Safeguard AI Agent Skill Ecosystem
As AI agents move from experimental chatbots to powerful tools capable of managing our finances and smart homes, security has become the top priority. Today, OpenClaw announced a major partnership with VirusTotal to bring advanced threat detection to C…
New “Crypto Scanner” Tool Helps Developers Identify Quantum Risks Before Q-Day
With the “Q-Day” horizon the point when quantum computers will be capable of breaking standard encryption projected for roughly 2033, the race to secure digital infrastructure is accelerating. To aid in this transition, Quantum Shield Labs …