5 ways triage failure increases business risk instead of reducing it
Triage should make things easier. For many teams, the opposite is true. If a confident verdict cannot be reached early, alerts turn into repeated confirmations, back-and-forth, and “just escalate” calls. The costs don’t stop within the SOC. It manifests itself in a lack of SLAs, higher costs per case, and more room for real threats […]
Khosla’s Keith Rabois backs Comp who wants to power HR teams with AI
After graduating from Cornell University, Christophe Gerlach spent nearly two years investing exclusively in HR technology startups at General Atlantic. Although the investment was exciting, Gerlach was eager to get back into entrepreneurship. While attending Cornell University, Gerlach (pictured above, right) founded and sold a food delivery startup with Pedro Bobrow (pictured above, left), a […]
Largest ever map of the Milky Way galaxy’s center, new ALMA observations reveal ‘unusual and mysterious’ structure
Scientists have released the largest and most detailed map yet of the chaotic gas cloud at the center of our galaxy. Analysis of the resulting images could take years, but they are expected to help solve the mystery of how early stars lived and died shortly after the Big Bang. The new observations, taken with […]
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy may reduce risk of preeclampsia
A new study has found that contracting COVID-19 during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of pre-eclampsia due to blood pressure problems, but getting vaccinated can help prevent this serious pregnancy complication. Studies consistently show that COVID-19 can worsen pregnancy outcomes. New research suggests that during the pandemic, pregnant women who contracted coronavirus infection had a […]
A malicious NuGet package stole ASP.NET data. Malware with dropped npm packages
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 25, 2026Cybersecurity/Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four malicious NuGet packages designed to target ASP.NET web application developers and steal sensitive data. The campaign, discovered by Socket, not only steals ASP.NET identity data such as user accounts, role assignments, and permission mappings, but also manipulates authorization rules to create persistent backdoors in victim applications. […]
Manual processes are putting national security at risk
Why automating sensitive data transfer is a mission-critical priority According to The CYBER360: Defending the Digital Battlespace report, more than half of national security organizations still rely on manual processes to transfer sensitive data. This should be a wake-up call to all defense and government leaders, as manual handling of sensitive data is not only […]
Diagnostic dilemma: Woman’s lung infection, organ damage and forgetfulness caused by a parasite never before seen in humans
Patient: 64-year-old female resident of New South Wales, Australia Symptoms: The woman was admitted to the hospital after experiencing abdominal pain and diarrhea for three weeks. She also had a persistent dry cough and night sweats. A CT scan of her lungs showed opaque areas of thickened tissue, likely caused by inflammation or infection, where […]
Defense contractor employee sentenced to prison for selling 8 zero-day products to Russian broker
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 25, 2026 Zero Day / National Security A 39-year-old Australian previously employed by US defense contractor L3Harris has been sentenced to just over seven years in prison for selling eight zero-day exploits to Russian exploit broker Operation Zero in exchange for millions of dollars. Peter Williams pleaded guilty in October 2025 to two […]
Critical Serv-U 15.5 flaw that allows root code execution in SolarWinds Patch 4
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 25, 2026Vulnerabilities / Windows Security SolarWinds has released an update that addresses four critical security flaws in its Serv-U file transfer software. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in remote code execution. All vulnerabilities rated 9.1 by the CVSS scoring system are listed below. CVE-2025-40538 – Broken access control vulnerability allows an attacker […]
CISA confirms active exploitation of FileZen CVE-2026-25108 vulnerability
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 25, 2026Vulnerabilities/Software Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added the recently disclosed FileZen vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-25108 (CVSS v4 score: 8.7), is a case of operating system (OS) command injection that could allow authenticated […]