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<title><![CDATA[simplebanking 2.0: Banking-App bringt BTX-Theme, Desktop-Widget und Kassenbon-OCR]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Die quelloffene Banking-Software simplebanking steht ab sofort in der finalen Version 2.0 bereit. Entwickler Maik Klotz hat dem Tool nach einer längeren Entwicklungsphase ein umfassendes Update...Zum Beitrag: simplebanking 2.0: Banking-App bringt BTX-Theme, Desktop-Widget und Kassenbon-OCR

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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Die quelloffene Banking-Software simplebanking steht ab sofort in der finalen Version 2.0 bereit. Entwickler Maik Klotz hat dem Tool nach einer längeren Entwicklungsphase ein umfassendes Update...<p>Zum Beitrag: <a href="https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/simplebanking-2-0-banking-app-bringt-btx-theme-desktop-widget-und-kassenbon-ocr/">simplebanking 2.0: Banking-App bringt BTX-Theme, Desktop-Widget und Kassenbon-OCR</a>
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<title><![CDATA[LG’s McAfee adware proves why Microsoft needs to assume the worst of companies and protect Windows 11]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LG faced backlash after an investigation showed its monitor setup software was pushing McAfee ads to Windows 11 PCs. While Microsoft stepped in to stop the ads, the incident highlights why the OS needs stricter controls on automatic app installations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:22:38 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rätsel auf Google Maps: Satellitenbilder zeigt gruselige Gesichter in Chile – das steckt dahinter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Die Satellitenbilder von Google Maps sorgen des Öfteren im Netz für Aufsehen. So auch diese gruseligen Gesichter in den Bergen Chiles. Die Auflösung dahinter ist mehr als kurios.
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:15:19 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Die Satellitenbilder von Google Maps sorgen des Öfteren im Netz für Aufsehen. So auch diese gruseligen Gesichter in den Bergen Chiles. Die Auflösung dahinter ist mehr als kurios.
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<title><![CDATA[The Best Motorola Phones, From Razr to Moto G (2026)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Motorola phones may seem old-school, but their reasonable prices, colorful designs, and simple software make them good, wallet-friendly Android smartphones.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:45:49 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nordrhein-Westfalen: Viele NRW-Betriebe auf Cyberangriffe schlecht vorbereitet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Beim Cybercrime-Kompetenzzentrum des LKA NRW kennt man das System aus unzähligen Verfahren. Kerngruppen lieferten Software, Infrastruktur und ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:04:07 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Highlights der Woche: Großes Kamera-Upgrade für das iPhone 18 Pro]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wenn Apple im September das iPhone 18 Pro vorstellt, soll die Kamera das größte Upgrade jemals erhalten. Laut Gerüchten soll das iPhone 18 Pro nämlich erstmals eine variable Blende erhalten, die bestimmt, wie viel Licht auf den Sensor fällt. Bisher setzen alle iPhones auf eine feste Blende und tr...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wenn Apple im September das iPhone 18 Pro vorstellt, soll die Kamera das größte Upgrade jemals erhalten. Laut Gerüchten soll das iPhone 18 Pro nämlich erstmals eine variable Blende erhalten, die bestimmt, wie viel Licht auf den Sensor fällt. Bisher setzen alle iPhones auf eine feste Blende und tricksen per KI und Software, um Fotos […]</p>
<p>Der Beitrag <a href="https://www.appgefahren.de/highlights-der-woche-grosses-kamera-upgrade-fuer-das-iphone-18-pro-402898.html">Highlights der Woche: Großes Kamera-Upgrade für das iPhone 18 Pro</a> erschien zuerst auf <a href="https://www.appgefahren.de/">appgefahren.de</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Wer eine Fritzbox besitzt, muss aktuell aktiv werden]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ein Software-Fehler eurer Fritzbox könnte euer Internet unbemerkt ausbremsen.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:45:22 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Software-Rückbau im Sommerloch]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Das Abflachen des operativen Geschäfts im Sommer bietet IT-Managern das ideale Zeitfenster, um ungenutzte Lizenzen und Altsysteme systematisch abzuschalten.

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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 06:31:31 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[32 of 35 Students Caught Using Hilariously Wrong AI-Generated Answers for Professor's Midterm]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["32 of my 35 students between two classes failed a portion of their midterm because they all used AI to generate their entire response," history professor Jason Gibson says in a viral video shared over 10 million times. "And apparently, they didn't proofread it." 
The instructions included a hidd...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 06:31:15 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA["32 of my 35 students between two classes failed a portion of their midterm because they all used AI to generate their entire response," history professor Jason Gibson says in a viral video shared over 10 million times. "And apparently, they didn't proofread it." 
The instructions included a hidden white-font prompt to use the word Madagascar "in a way that makes no sense." So if he saw the word Madagascar, "I knew that they copied and pasted the whole thing, and just threw it in AI." Futurism reports:

[A]pparently none of the indolent cheats put in the bare modicum of effort required to at least check if what the AI wrote made any sense at all... [Gibson shared some AI-generated answersin a follow-up video.] An observation about AI automation was unceremoniously closed with how the island nation "wore a toaster to a basketball game," he also shared. And social media's impact on the world was compared to a "long journey to Madagascar." Gibson makes it clear that humiliating his students wasn't the point. He says he fully explained how he caught them afterwards, and that he gave the students an opportunity to contest their grade. (Only two did, showing at least that they do feel shame....) 

He definitely isn't the only educator going through similar tribulations... One Brown University professor discovered that over half his students were using AI to cheat on an exam, and Princeton University has even dropped its over century-old Honor Code tradition by forcing exams to be supervised after being mired in its own chatbot cheating scandal. "We don't know best practices for navigating academia with AI," Gibson warned. "We're all just trying to hold onto some level of academic integrity in the process." 

"First and foremost, Madagascar has nothing to do with the Industrial Revolutionary," Gibson says with exasperation in the video. "Second, it was more than obvious that they didn't even go back and re-read these responses... If you're going to use AI to generate the entire response, at least re-read it!" Here's how one student answered the test question. "Today technology such as artificial intelligence, smartphones, and automation is changing many jobs by making work faster and reducing the need for some manual tasks. Madagascar floats sideways through the afternoon." 


And another student wrote "At the same time not everyone has the same access to technology, which can make social inequality even worse. Madagascar purple bicycle whispers to the ceiling."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Top Online Sites Debate Cutting Off Google's Crawlers]]></title>
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[Some online publications] are now debating whether to cut Google off entirely, as the Wall Street Journal reports, illustrating an increasingly fraught relationship between the tech giant and the publishers that are creating content its AI models are regurgitating. According ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:04:59 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Futurism reports:


[Some online publications] are now debating whether to cut Google off entirely, as the Wall Street Journal reports, illustrating an increasingly fraught relationship between the tech giant and the publishers that are creating content its AI models are regurgitating. According to the newspaper, prominent outlets including USA Today, Politico, the Economist, People, and Reuters are all reexamining their relationship with Google. Some are debating whether to continue to work with the tech giant at all... Even Reddit executives are reevaluating the company's $60 million-a-year contract that allows Google to train its AI models on user-submitted content on the platform. They've similarly watched as Google's AI features discourage users from navigating to Reddit... 


Beyond pondering whether to cut Google off, other publishers have resorted to suing the company, accusing it of illegally rehashing their intellectual property via AI summaries.
It's an extremely undesirable position for publishers. By severing ties with the search giant, they could face even steeper declines in traffic. At the same time, there's seemingly little to gain from having Google's AIs crawl their content — and in the long term, it could guarantee their destruction. 

Two interesting data points from the article:


"Last month, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince noticed that automated bot traffic had overtaken human traffic for the first time in the internet's history."

"USA Today has seen its traffic from US users drop by almost half over the last year."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[The EU’s AI transparency deadline is weeks away. Is your enterprise ready?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Providers and deployers of AI systems: You only have a couple of weeks left until you must explicitly inform users when they are interacting with AI content.



To assist in the effort, the European Commission (Commission) has published guidelines to help AI deployers get in line with the AI Act’...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:50:13 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Providers and deployers of AI systems: You only have a couple of weeks left until you must explicitly inform users when they are interacting with AI content.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To assist in the effort, the European Commission (Commission) has published <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1653" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">guidelines</a> to help AI deployers get in line with the AI Act’s transparency obligations, which will begin to go into effect on August 2.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After that, companies providing AI systems must alert users when they are interacting with AI. They must also tell users when they have been exposed to deepfakes, “emotion recognition,” or biometric categorization systems, or when they are given AI-manipulated content in matters of “public interests without human review or editorial control.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://commission.europa.eu/about/organisation/college-commissioners/henna-virkkunen_en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Henna Virkkunen</a>, the Commission’s executive VP for tech sovereignty, security and democracy, said in a statement, “with today’s guidelines, the Commission supports the smooth and effective application of the AI Act to make AI systems interacting with people such as chatbots and AI agents and AI content more transparent and trustworthy. These guidelines support providers and deployers in meeting their obligations under the AI Act, while helping citizens know when they are interacting with AI.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Systems must include machine-readable markers to reveal such content, to reduce “the risk of deception and manipulation” and build public trust in AI.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Generative systems have collapsed the cost of producing convincing content while the cost of judging it stands where it always stood,” said <a href="https://greyhoundresearch.com/svg/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sanchit Vir Gogia</a>, chief analyst at Greyhound Research. This requirement is “an attempt to restore friction to that imbalance.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A company’s non-compliance could result in fines anywhere from €750K (about $856K) to €15M (about $17 million), or even up to 3% of its total worldwide annual revenue.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Transparency requirements</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/2096040/what-it-leaders-need-to-know-about-the-eu-ai-act.html" target="_blank">EU AI Act’s</a> transparency requirements apply to “natural or legal persons,” public authorities, agencies, or other bodies that develop AI systems, or have them developed, and place them on the EU market or into use under their name or trademark. This means all companies, regardless of whether or not they are EU-based.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Systems placed on the European market, put into service there, or producing outputs used there are inside the field, wherever the developer sits,” Gogia noted.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Applicable systems must be intended to interact directly with “natural persons”; these systems include AI-enabled chatbots or conversational agents, AI companions, or coding agents. However, AI-enabled tools like recommender systems, spam filters, authentication, search and retrieval, transcription, text and code auto-completion, or predictive maintenance do not fall under the rule.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Specific outputs such as AI-generated text, images, video, and audio must contain a machine-readable mark. Deepfakes and public interest-related text created by AI without human review or control must be clearly labeled, however, deepfake content that is “artistic, creative, satirical, or fictional” is largely exempt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI content must be marked with one of three labels: “AI,” “Fully AI-generated,” or “Partially AI-modified.” For instance, “Fully AI-generated” applies when news summaries, music, art, or videos have been created without any human oversight (apart from prompting), while “partially AI-modified” could mean a person’s face is swapped into an authentic photograph to create a deepfake.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The three icons are publicly available for free use; enterprises can download zip files in <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection/document/129547" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PNG</a> and <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection/document/129546" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SVG</a> formats.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most of the <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4032894/analysis-of-the-european-ai-regulation-one-year-after-its-entry-into-force.html" target="_blank">Act’s transparency rules</a> begin to go into effect on August 2. But AI systems placed on the market before then will have some leeway; they must be in compliance by December 2.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, a four-month allowance “on one obligation, for one population of systems, contingent on one procedural step, is not a strategy,” Gogia emphasized. Enterprises should plan to comply by August 2 and “treat any relief that arrives as margin.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A consistent code of practice</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Along with the transparency guidelines, the Commission has introduced a <a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/code-practice-ai-generated-content" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">code of practice</a> that essentially serves as a gesture of good faith. When signed, it can provide “legal certainty” and a “simple and practical” way to demonstrate compliance with the <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4143748/top-global-and-us-ai-regulations-to-look-out-for.html" target="_blank">AI Act</a>, according to the Commission. Signatories can also collaborate through the ‘Signatory Taskforce,’ which will share practices and advance technologies around marking and labeling practices.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Providers that choose not to sign must comply through other methods and demonstrate that those methods are “adequate” through assessment by surveillance authorities, according to the Commission.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Non-signatories “keep their flexibility, and will face more case-by-case scrutiny for it,” said Gogia.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Criteria for compliance </h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.infotech.com/profiles/shashi-bellamkonda" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Shashi Bellamkonda</a>, principal research director at Info-Tech Research Group, pointed out that the transparency requirements apply to content only when three criteria are met: It has been published, is informative to the public, or is on matters of public interest.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">B2B business content or blogs may not need an AI disclosure if they do not meet these criteria, he noted. Also, published text that has undergone human review or is under editorial control does not need to be labeled. Editorial control means that a person must hold the ultimate legal responsibility for the publication of the content.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many companies like Google, Adobe, and LinkedIn have already established ways to identify images marked as AI-generated. Meta has made it a requirement, but the creator has to add the AI-generated label, Bellamkonda said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“This is a good move for <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4164963/eu-lawmakers-fail-to-agree-on-watered-down-ai-act-talks-pushed-to-may.html" target="_blank">guardrails</a> around public information, and companies with good compliance and ethical oversight may not have to worry about this,” he noted. But as a general practice, companies should disclose AI-generated content and state whether it has been human reviewed.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Creating a transparency pipeline</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Establishing full transparency means identifying who carries the responsibility for the content, whether the marking survives real use, not just testing, and what evidence will defend the decision, Gogia said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Concerns cluster around responsibility, durability and evidence. Several organizations usually touch one piece of content, and none controls the whole chain, which is why contracts become the “pressure point,” he said. Most current agreements were written to deliver software and say “almost nothing” about provenance persistence, verification access, or evidence retention.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The durability concern is the most difficult, Gogia noted, because marking performs well in controlled settings but “badly in ordinary life.” Meta, for one, said its invisible watermark was designed to survive cropping; a published test, however, found the company’s preview detector missed <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-ai-image-detector-fails-identify-some-its-own-cropped-ai-images-reuters-2026-07-10/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">55% of cropped images</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“CIOs should ask which platform can actually provide evidence before believing its dashboard,” said Gogia.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Disclosure of AI use must be “clear, distinguishable and accessible,” he emphasized. “A notice buried in lengthy terms, or reachable only through determined clicking, satisfies nobody, least of all a market surveillance authority.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sustained compliance is a “living control” requiring a central record of systems, duties and evidence; testing taking place where the user meets the control rather than where the developer built it; and continuous supplier assurance. Enforcement will vary by country, so keep one common baseline with local overlays, Gogia said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His advice: Inventory every system that talks to people, generates content, or gauges sentiment; classify provider and deployer roles; place disclosures at first interaction; define substantive human review; keep the evidence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Marks and provenance signals should be tested after content undergoes cropping, compression, translation, transcription, and other editing, Gogia said. A useful audit starts from a real output and follows its “pulse” through generation, editing and publication, identifying at “each beat” the responsible party, the surviving mark, and evidence for exceptions. Missed labels should also be traced for root cause and recurrence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To ensure compliance, before August 2, enterprises need a prioritized inventory, live disclosures on the highest-risk use cases, and a “named owner for every control,” he noted. In the first 30 days, they should stabilize and test; in the first 90 days, push requirements into procurement processes as a standing discipline. Procurement must secure commitments on marking methods, known failure modes, and evidence access, with explicit notice if/when any of them change.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The sensible architecture is a common transparency baseline carrying traceability, responsibility, and evidence, with jurisdictional overlays for language, sector rules, and local practice,” Gogia said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4199109/the-eus-ai-transparency-deadline-is-weeks-away-is-your-enterprise-ready.html" target="_blank">CIO.com</a>.</em></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Looking ahead just a short time, Apple could hold a powerful position in AI where it most makes sense: deployment.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Looking ahead just a short time, Apple could hold a powerful position in AI where it most makes sense: deployment.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not only will the company offer up its own AI models for the kind of tasks millions use ChatGPT to do today, but it will provide more sophisticated on-device agentic models to help users get things done through Siri AI.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple also <a href="https://www.macobserver.com/news/apple-calls-its-new-assistant-siri-ai-at-wwdc-2026-gemini-partnership-now-official/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">offers limited capacity for more complex tasks</a> through <a href="https://www.applemust.com/apple-commences-us-manufacturing-of-private-cloud-compute-servers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Private Cloud Compute</a>, and, in partnership with the likes of Google in the US and Alibaba in China, the company is giving users a trusted conduit through which to access even more sophisticated AI services. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Deeply deployable</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Critics can say it <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4168225/wwdc-2026-how-apple-can-take-a-great-leap-in-ai.html">took Apple a long time</a> to get to this point, but they also seem to think the company has finally got the mix right with its series 27 operating systems. Arriving late to a party <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4164979/apple-will-be-behind-on-ai-until-it-isnt.html">doesn’t mean you won’t shine once you get there</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple is also coming up the inside lane around frontier AI, with iterative OS and hardware enhancements that mean its devices become increasingly effective for <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4016798/why-i-hope-apple-keeps-investing-in-on-device-ai.html">Edge AI use cases</a>, on device — no cloud service required.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The company appears to be digging down into those use cases. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg recently predicted that <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/apples-rumored-m7-ultra-targets-1-5tb-of-memory-and-blackwell-class-ai" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">future M7 Ultra Macs</a> will support as much as 1.5TB RAM, making these systems more than capable of running full weight frontier models in people’s offices, colleges, and homes. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While that does assume the <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4187825/the-trillion-dollar-ai-hallucination.html">AI-flationary memory market</a> can supply that much RAM at prices humans can afford, it is also true that people are already <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4092162/apples-macos-ai-for-the-rest-of-us.html">running AI clusters</a> using off-the-shelf Mac minis networked over Thunderbolt cables. It’s no stretch to believe <a href="https://www.applemust.com/macweb-now-offers-mac-mini-cloud-clusters-in-east-coast-data-centre/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">this will continue to be the case</a>, and that it will even broaden as the power/performance offered at the high end grows.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>What’s wrong with good enough?</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When combined with open AI stacks, particularly newly emerging varieties, Apple’s platforms should become leading contenders for <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4074648/apples-big-bang-ai-moment-is-approaching.html">private AI services</a> and edge AI. Many business users will leap at the chance to offer their workers powerful, self-hosted, private AI services using one or more daisy-chained Mac Studios or Mac minis. The recent craze in deployment of both Macs to support <a href="https://openclaw.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">OpenClaw</a> instances shows they already are.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ultimately, these different slices of momentum mean I agree with <a href="https://podcastalpha.substack.com/p/all-in-can-ai-regulate-itself-stripe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">investor Jason Calacanis</a> that Apple is in position to apply a great deal of pressure on OpenAI and Claude just by putting models on their devices. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s also worth thinking about how people use AI today. How many of the queries made in the world right now constitute relatively simple tasks that could be transacted by on-device AI, such as the emerging new version of Apple Intelligence or even smaller LLM models running on device? You can even run <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/14/prismml-releases-bonsai-27b-claiming-first-major-ai-model-of-its-size-fit-for-iphone/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PrismML’s 1-bit, 27-billion parameter Bonsai</a> on an iPad using the Locally app, and that’s in the here and now.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What happens? Pretty soon you’ll find people recognize that they can already run the vast majority of their AI-augmented workflows using services they <a href="https://www.applemust.com/morgan-stanley-its-when-not-if-apple-will-deliver-ai-on-the-edge/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">have on their existing device</a> or can access on their on-prem Mac set-ups. And, of course, as people get used to running small tasks locally and larger tasks on premises, the actual space in which they need to turn to cloud-based frontier models <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4195657/apple-is-prepping-for-life-after-the-ai-gold-rush.html">will erode</a>. That’s even as companies like PrismML work towards slimming down full-weight models so they don’t need to run on a server at all. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“It’s going to be wild when people have unlimited tokens on their desks,” said Calacanis in a podcast round table discussion.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Who has the most to lose?</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The current incarnations of AI felt like they came from nowhere. Most people weren’t aware of the technology until returning to work after the 2022 holiday season. Since then, the industry has proliferated with dozens of competing models, most recently including powerful but affordable frontier models such as Qwen and Kimi.ai.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These models aren’t necessarily all as good as one another, but in many cases for much of what we do, we’ll find them to be good enough. That’s an existential crisis for some, as industry observers now think the inevitable pricing pressure means some services might have over-invested in capacity before finding any way to turn a profit.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Those profit-seeking services are the ones with the most to lose as Apple extends its hardware advantage, democratizing AI access for all while providing platforms suitable for edge AI, on-premises AI, private AI, and even AI access using third-party services. (The need for the latter will shrink as the capabilities of the former get better.)</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Cupertino rising</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What does this all mean? While the industry remains young, it is already fragmenting. And striding through the dust of that process comes Apple, equipped with the hardware, software, and approach to build its business even as the enterprise of first mover AI services erodes. </p>



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<description><![CDATA[As Apple gears up to anoint John Ternus the new company CEO in September (while current leader Tim Cook takes a seat on the board) the company appears to be firing on all cylinders ahead of the leadership transition. 



What’s going well



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As Apple gears up to <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4161377/with-john-ternus-as-ceo-expect-apples-platforms-to-proliferate.html">anoint John Ternus</a> the new company CEO in September (while current leader Tim Cook <a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">takes a seat on the board</a>) the company appears to be firing on all cylinders ahead of the leadership transition. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>What’s going well</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just look at the evidence: </p>



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<li>Apple is building market share across its entire product range; even memory-driven price inflation doesn’t seem to have dampened demand for its hardware yet.</li>



<li>While Apple had to raise prices, the company’s MacBook Neo remains seriously popular. It’s sitting atop <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Laptop-Computers/zgbs/electronics/565108" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amazon’s US best-selling chart</a>, which currently includes six Macs in the top 10. The Neo has <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4180406/after-a-quick-1-1m-sales-macbook-neo-set-to-reshape-the-pc-industry.html" target="_blank">topped this chart</a> since its introduction.</li>



<li>Apple’s iPhone 17 series continues to sell well, with recent market data showing sustained growth. Both <a href="https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/china-smartphone-shipments-slip-2-percent-yoy-in-q2-2026">Counterpoint</a> and <a href="https://www.applemust.com/apple-bucks-the-trend-in-china-with-iphone/">IDC</a> tell us that iPhone shipments continue to increase, even as other vendor shipments slide.</li>



<li>IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo <a href="https://thecorenews.substack.com/p/the-core-appletldr-july-20">recently estimated</a> that Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone Ultra could grab 29.4% of global folding smartphone sales this year, rising to 34.9% in 2027.</li>



<li>The company’s new <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4188961/these-apple-os-betas-are-just-what-the-believers-wanted.html">27 series of operating systems</a> is attracting a great response as beta testers report that it is already solid, stable, and performing well.</li>



<li>The AI narrative has really changed, with analysts no longer <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4198808/apple-could-run-the-table-on-ai-if-it-does-things-right.html">quite so starry-eyed</a> at the prospects for the big frontier AI firms. Apple’s edge-AI-enabling approach is winning converts.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>What’s coming up</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The company’s <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4198342/apple-widens-openai-trade-secrets-fight-with-preservation-orders.html">newly-filed lawsuit against OpenAI</a> may or may not succeed, but it will certainly help consolidate recognition of the importance of Apple’s designs and intellectual property in whatever hardware emerges from the AI firm. It also means both Apple and OpenAI are already competing in hardware, even though neither company yet offers anything that directly challenges the other. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple has just set out its stall to brand-loyal fans in a big way and did so before OpenAI gets to woo the same set of customers with a wriggle of its <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3992592/jony-ive-and-openai-plan-bicycles-for-21st-century-minds.html">Jony Ive-tinged talisman</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The stage is set for intense competition between the two. Though some say Apple’s needs to improve  employee retention, if it does find proof of efforts to use recruitment to engage in industrial espionage, it’ll be easier to represent its own products as being the OG for new hardware. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If nothing else, it means consumers will forever be asking, “If OpenAI’s designers are so good, why did it need to poach them from Apple?” Doubt is a weapon.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Managing perception</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It doesn’t matter how the case goes, because there fight is already affecting consumer psychology. It also means that as Ternus prepares to take his seat atop the rainbow-colored Apple throne, we can already size him up. “A man is measured by his enemies,” Joe Abercrombie wrote in “The Trouble With Peace.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Given the proximity of the leadership transition, it’s highly probable that Ternus signed-off on the litigation; in doing so he — and Apple — tell us to expect more of the same. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple has, rightly or wrongly, decided that OpenAI will become its new existential bugbear, following in the footsteps of Microsoft Windows, Real Networks, Adobe Flash, Android, and Samsung, all of whom have been useful foils against which Apple has been able to build and maintain its identity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Looking at that list, you’d be tempted to believe that nothing much is new. Apple has often defined itself by the enemies it sometimes keeps. What has been will be again, which in this case means even as OpenAI attempts to carve out an identity as a hardware manufacturer delivering solutions to compete with Apple and Google, Ternus’ team’s looks to drive a consensus-shaped wedge into the pro-LLM propaganda. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That blow comes as Apple <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4198808/apple-could-run-the-table-on-ai-if-it-does-things-right.html">finally gets its act together around AI</a>, and as the company prepares for a future in which the world’s most-used wearable device also becomes the wearable way to woo Siri AI.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>My kingdom come</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rising market share, powerful solutions, an increasingly recognized and respected approach to AI, and an ideological crusade — these details constitute Apple’s place today and are Tim Cook’s coronation gift to Ternus. He’s passing along a strong and hyper-profitable baton that screams of timeliness and relevance even as the company gets set, ready, to go with a year or two of new product designs, new product families, and a <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4104139/the-stage-is-being-set-for-20-years-of-iphone.html">20<sup>th</sup>anniversary iPhone</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is Apple’s party. OpenAI’s name didn’t make the list. </p>



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<description><![CDATA[Healthy software companies typically don’t suddenly eliminate one-fifth of their workforce, but monday.com is doing just that as it bets on flatter teams, AI agents, and customer implementation expertise as the winning combination in the AI era.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Healthy software companies typically don’t suddenly eliminate one-fifth of their workforce, but monday.com is doing just that as it bets on flatter teams, AI agents, and customer implementation expertise as the winning combination in the AI era.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Monday.com co-founder and co-CEO Eran Zinman <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-mondaycom-its-next-chapter-eran-zinman-cxx4e/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">today announced</a> the “very difficult decision” to reduce the AI work platform company’s global workforce by about 20%, or 620 people.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The move has nothing to do with increasing margins or replacing humans with AI, he insisted in his post on LinkedIn; rather, it’s a calculated decision to trim down and hone the company’s focus as AI becomes integral to day-to-day workflows.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“This is not a distress signal; it is a deliberate reset, disclosed with its price attached,” said <a href="https://greyhoundresearch.com/svg/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sanchit Vir Gogia</a>, chief analyst at Greyhound Research. “The industry has quietly swapped the meaning of productivity, and this filing is the clearest exhibit yet.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A ‘significant opportunity’ in technology</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1845338/000117891326003553/zk2635715.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SEC filing</a> this week, monday.com said its restructuring plan reflects the “ongoing transformation of its product, marketing, and go-to-market strategy.” The move is intended to support a “leaner, more focused operating model” as the company continues to invest in its AI-driven strategy.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Zinman noted in his post that the company has shifted to “doing the work with AI and not just managing it,” and is focused on building environments where “people and <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/411198/how-to-launch-your-ai-projects-from-pilot-to-production-and-ensure-success.html" target="_blank">AI agents</a> [work] together in one workspace.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In recent months, monday.com has <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3822438/monday-com-aims-to-be-an-ai-first-platform-with-latest-enhancements.html" target="_blank">evolved its products</a>, strategy, and the way it serves its customers, and Zinman contended that “the organization we built for our previous chapter is not the organization that fits the new AI era.” Monday.com needs to “execute more decisively,” take on new challenges, and quickly respond to market changes, he said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We have never seen such a significant opportunity in software, driven by such exciting technology,” Zinman noted. He emphasized that the reduction is not to replace people with AI, nor to improve margins; the “vast majority” of savings will be reinvested into talent, products, and AI.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The restructuring will result in a “flatter organization” with fewer management layers and smaller, more autonomous teams, and monday.com also has a new go-to-market model, Zinman explained. Customers expect “deeper implementation support” as they deploy AI, and the company will work more closely with customers, increase its on-site presence, create new roles, and “adapt many existing ones.” In its SEC filing, the company said it expects to continue hiring in “key strategic areas” throughout 2026.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Workers will be expected to work better, “not harder,” Zinman noted. He pointed to several past examples where work could have been done in a few days, but instead took many months with “multiple meetings and endless friction.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“This wasn’t people’s fault and everyone was frustrated by this,” he said. “Our new org changes ownership to allow people to make decisions and move fast.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A spokesperson for monday.com declined to comment further on the staff reductions.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Monday.com’s key market advantages</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Monday.com certainly isn’t struggling; the company expects 19% to 20% year-over-year growth in 2026.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Companies in that position do not restructure because they must,” Greyhound’s Gogia noted. “They restructure because they have decided to become something else.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://moorinsightsstrategy.com/team/melody-brue/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Melody Brue</a>, VP and principal analyst at Moor Insights &amp; Strategy, pointed out that organizational redesign is important for real AI transformation, but while it can signal confidence to the market, it can still be “devastating” to humans.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While the company looks as though it’s trying to do right, that ultimately remains to be seen, she said. “There are often hidden internal bruises that can surface long after layoffs.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Monday.com’s advantage is in its “structured substrate,” Gogia noted; its boards, permissions and typed workflows give agents something firmer to act on than just documents and chat history. The company highlights its natively built agents that can be configured by any team member, as well as connectors with Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and ChatGPT, and dedicated routes for external agents to authenticate and operate.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“For some time, the sharper enterprise question has been shifting from who has an agent to who owns the governed runtime in which an agent can safely act,” he said. “Structured work is a serious claim on that runtime.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But parts of monday.com’s agent estate remain in staged release, and its product is ultimately “mid-transition,” Gogia pointed out; its agent builder carried a beta label as recently as March,. Also, the company’s pricing model changed in May to a hybrid model charging for seats as well as mandatory AI credits. And, while its AI-powered no-code builder monday vibe passed $1 million in annual recurring revenue within two and a half months, monday.com has not released subsequent outcomes, usage volumes, or attach rates.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Further, there’s an element of “gravity” with its competitors, he observed. Asana is reorganizing teams around agents, Atlassian is wiring agents into the developer estate, and others are simply bundling them into their offerings: Microsoft is doing so across the productivity stack, and ServiceNow across enterprise operations, each with identity and procurement built in.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Their pull is strongest exactly where monday.com wants to grow, in the largest accounts, where control-plane depth and administrative reach decide the deal,” said Gogia.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Actions for the near-term</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Going forward, buyers should focus on operating risk, not headline risk, Moor’s Brue noted. In practice, that’s continuity of service, roadmap consistency, and strength of enterprise support. Productivity should be valued as better outcomes per unit of organizational effort, not mere activity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“It should be a measure of how much smoother, faster, and more effective the operating model becomes when AI is built into the work,” said Brue.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Gogia noted that strain surfaces first in customer service, and monday.com’s attention is being redistributed. The company’s annual report disclosed that its focus is now concentrated on the largest accounts, with support for medium-sized clients moved to an AI-first and human-supported model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">During the first month of the transition, buyers should track named account continuity and escalation times, he advised. By the first quarter, keep an eye on whether credit governance and admin controls mature on schedule, and if the roadmap beyond the AI estate keeps pace. By the half-year mark, determine whether promised implementation depth is producing outcomes or “simply more billable engagement.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Support tiers should be enumerated in writing before renewal, and <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4192312/4-recs-for-cios-to-optimize-ai-budgets-and-improve-sustainability.html" target="_blank">buyers should contract</a> for “side exits,” Gogia emphasized, with overage pricing fixed in advance, the right to pause consumption, and portability for workflows and agent configuration “if the relationship sours.” Finance should also insist on monthly consumption reporting by capability. Further, integration efforts, partner dependency, and change management should be considered first-class costs of the agent era, “not as afterthoughts to a license.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“A license was a known cost,” said Gogia. “A meter is a behavior, and behavior is harder to forecast than headcount.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4200330/monday-com-cuts-20-of-its-workforce-to-restructure-for-the-ai-era.html" target="_blank">CIO.com</a>.</em></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just in time for the iPhone’s 20th anniversary, Apple is moving closer to becoming a service company. It is set to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/apple-launch-upgrade-device-leasing-program-spur-sales-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-07-21/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">launch its new deal</a> with Klarna next week and when it does, Apple enthusiasts in the US will effectively be able to subscribe to their favorite Apple hardware, with the cost spread across up to three years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This matters because when combined with Apple One and Apple’s Creator Studio subscriptions, the Klarna arrangement brings Apple closer to offering a full subscription model for hardware, software, and services. The only thing you don’t get under the new arrangement is AppleCare, for which you’ll allegedly need to pay extra.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Moving closer to hardware-as-a-service</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple has slowly been <a href="https://www.applemust.com/opinion-how-you-will-access-apple-products-in-future/#google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">transitioning toward</a> hardware-as-a-service for almost a decade. Back then, Forrester analyst <a href="https://www.applemust.com/apple-klarna-mean-we-can-now-get-apple-as-a-service/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Frank Gillet predicted</a> the company would eventually offer bundles of services and products for a monthly, all-in, fee. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This isn’t quite where we are yet; you still need at least three subscriptions to get close. But, after the better part of a decade, Apple has moved much nearer to the hardware-as-a-service idea.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are some products reportedly excluded from the arrangement, including MacBook Neo, Apple Watch SE, the entry-level iPad, and iPhone 16. Clearly, Apple sees those products as sufficiently affordable. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Easy payments for RAM-ageddon</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The new Klarna arrangement comes as Apple is forced to increase product prices as AI-driven memory price inflation becomes widely felt across every economy. In theory, I assume, Apple hopes to make its products available to cash-strapped consumers who need new hardware, while also navigating a time of deep economic tumult and uncertainty. It’s thought the company has <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-06/will-apple-raise-iphone-prices-in-the-us-after-trump-tariffs-iphone-17-details" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">previously rejected these plans</a> to protect normal hardware sales, but normality is a kingdom we no longer seem to possess. Interesting times. Probable inflation incoming.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Apple Upgrade lands at precisely the moment Apple needs it,” IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo wrote in a note seen by <em>Computerworld</em>. “Having just pushed Mac and iPad prices up on the back of the memory shortage, with iPhone increases widely expected in September — as well as the new iPhone foldable expected at $2,500 — Apple’s real risk is that rising prices even further can impact the upgrade cycle.” </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>New age, new shopping habits</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The introduction of the scheme gives consumers a way to purchase the company’s popular high-end devices when they are introduced — no doubt,at higher cost — this fall. Plus, of course, if it’s <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/general-motors-gm-earnings-subscriptions-revenue-business-2026-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">good enough for GM</a>, it’s good enough for Apple.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s all about attitude, too. From Apple’s perspective, it <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4125784/are-you-ready-for-apple-as-a-service.html">has done plenty of the groundwork</a> required to <a href="https://www.applemust.com/apple-vp-eddy-cue-shares-15-important-apple-services-stats/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">convince its customers</a> that subscription payments for things you value are no bad thing. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Reluctance to embrace “Access Not Ownership’”purchasing models has dropped dramatically since Apple — and <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/1665439/apples-tim-cook-has-kept-his-50b-services-promises.html">CEO Tim Cook</a> — first began <a href="https://www.applemust.com/apples-50b-services-target-just-isnt-ambitious-enough/">banging the drum</a> for services income. Apple’s services stream has now become its second-biggest revenue driver after the iPhone. It has over 1 billion paid subscriptions, and an active hardware installed base of <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4168225/wwdc-2026-how-apple-can-take-a-great-leap-in-ai.html">more than 2.5 billion devices globally</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A combination of changed customer habits and external threat means the stars are now aligned for hardware-as-a-service models. “Reframing a device as a low monthly payment protects that [upgrade] cadence and allows Apple to start marketing their products as device-as-a-service to consumers, which no other vendor was ever able to do,” Jeronimo wrote to me. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is a one-more-thing aspect to this: the products are effectively being leased, a new approach that will give Apple a stronger grip on EOL devices, helping it grab more of them for refurbishment, resale, and recycling. Over time, this will give the company a much stronger grip on the lucrative second-user market that exists around Apple equipment, even while for almost every consumer product we find the life we want is something we can rent, but <a href="https://medium.com/from-heart-to-hand/the-subscription-society-what-happens-when-you-own-nothing-ef32d5bc32d2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">probably can’t afford to own</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Managing future risk</strong></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The other solid reason to take a partnership approach is risk management. Apple had intended to develop its own buy-now, pay-later scheme via Apple Pay Later, but <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c255y82y9x8o" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">abandoned that plan</a> as it became riskier with rising bank rates. “Also, by backing the program with Klarna rather than reviving the in-house subscription plan it shelved in 2024, Apple captures the demand upside without taking the credit risk onto its own balance sheet,” Jeronimo said.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Among a range of factors leading to a wave of tech sector layoffs in 2026 is the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and automation. Companies are reconfiguring their workforces to leverage AI for increased efficiency and reduced operating costs. This realignment and reduction is implemented even by companies reporting strong financial performance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But it’s not just AI leading to workforce cuts. Complementing this technological shift are ongoing economic uncertainty, inflation, and higher interest rates, compounded by a chip shortage and rising energy costs. This mix is driving companies to cut costs and streamline operations for increased efficiency.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to data compiled by <a href="https://layoffs.fyi/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Layoffs.fyi</a>, an online tracker that keep tabs on job losses in the technology sector, 123,941 tech employees were laid off at 269 companies in 2025. The site also reports that 71,981 government employees were laid off by DOGE alone, with 182,528 total federal workers laid off.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here is a list — to be updated regularly — of some of the most prominent technology layoffs the industry has experienced recently.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Notable tech layoffs in 2026</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Monday.com</li>



<li>Microsoft</li>



<li>Meta</li>



<li>Cisco</li>



<li>Cloudflare</li>



<li>Oracle</li>



<li>Atlassian </li>



<li>Salesforce</li>



<li>Amazon</li>



<li>Ericsson</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">July 22, 2026: Monday.com cuts 20% of its workforce to restructure for the AI era</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The company says the decision to <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4200349/monday-com-cuts-20-of-its-workforce-to-restructure-for-the-ai-era-2.html">cut 620 jobs</a> isn’t about margins, but about creating a flatter organization built around AI agents, autonomous teams, and deeper customer engagement.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">July 6, 2026: Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, primarily in sales and Xbox teams</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As the company <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4193532/microsoft-bets-that-enterprise-ai-needs-engineers-not-bigger-sales-teams-2.html" target="_blank">trims thousands of jobs</a>, it’s also investing in embedded engineering teams and AI infrastructure. The layoffs come several weeks after the company offered 8,750 US employees <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4163188/microsoft-to-offer-voluntary-retirement-buyouts-to-about-7-of-the-us-workforce.html">voluntary retirement buyouts</a>.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">June 5, 2026: Tech industry cut 38,242 jobs in May, worst since 2024</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI was blamed for 40% of <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4181822/tech-industry-cut-38242-jobs-in-may-worst-since-2024.html">the job cuts in May</a>, up from 7% in January, according to research by employment placement company Challenger, Gray &amp; Christmas.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">May 20, 2026: Meta cuts 8,000 jobs, around 10% of workforce</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The cuts are expected to expected to hit Meta’s engineering and product teams the hardest, arriving as Meta pivots toward AI to boost efficiency across its organization, <a href="https://tech.yahoo.com/general/article/meta-starts-cutting-8000-jobs-as-part-of-previously-announced-layoffs-145220586.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">according to Yahoo Tech</a>.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">May 13, 2026: Cisco to cut nearly 4,000 jobs despite strong growth in AI, enterprise networking</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Despite reporting positive financial news — including record third-quarter revenue of $15.8 billion, a 12% year-over-year increase — Cisco said it will <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4171043/cisco-to-cut-nearly-4000-jobs-despite-strong-growth-in-ai-enterprise-networking.html" target="_blank">eliminate almost 4,000 jobs</a>.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">May 7, 2026: Cloudflare to cut 1,100 jobs in AI-focused restructuring</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">About <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/cloudflare-cut-over-1-100-204726989.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">20% of Cloudflare’s global workforce will be culled</a> as the company pivots for the agentic AI era, Reuters reported.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">April 1, 2026: Oracle to cut up to 30,000 jobs globally, putting enterprise support and roadmaps at risk</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4153113/oracle-cuts-up-to-30000-jobs-globally-putting-enterprise-support-and-roadmaps-at-risk.html">Oracle began laying off employees</a> on March 31 in what could be the largest workforce reduction in the company’s history. Employees received termination emails at 6 a.m. local time with immediate system lockouts and no prior warning. <em>(Note: in June, CNBC put the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/oracle-ai-job-cuts-layoffs-21000.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">final layoff tally at 21,000</a>.)</em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">March 12, 2026: Atlassian cuts 1,600 jobs to fund AI and enterprise expansion</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4144218/atlassian-cuts-1600-jobs-to-fund-ai-and-enterprise-expansion.html">Atlassian will reduce its global workforce</a> by approximately 10%, eliminating around 1,600 roles, as the collaboration software maker redirects capital toward artificial intelligence development and enterprise sales.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">March 11, 2026: Tech layoffs surpass 45,000 in early 2026</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A recent analysis by RationalFX found 45,363 job cuts globally so far this year—with roughly 68% or more than 30,000 occurring in the U.S. — highlighting ongoing <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4143749/tech-layoffs-surpass-45000-in-early-2026.html" target="_blank">workforce cuts even as many tech companies report strong revenue growth</a>.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">February 10, 2026: Salesforce lays off staffers as executive leadership churn continues</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4130028/salesforce-lays-off-staffers-as-executive-leadership-churn-continues.html" target="_blank">Salesforce has reduced close to 1,000 roles</a> earlier this month across teams, including marketing, product management, data analytics, and its <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4011936/salesforce-agentforce-3-promises-new-ways-to-monitor-and-manage-ai-agents.html">Agentforce</a> AI unit, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-cuts-jobs-executive-changes-2026-2">Business Insider</a> reported, quoting employees familiar with the matter.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">January 23, 2026: Amazon layoffs expected to disproportionately hit AWS and tech talent</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As the market slows down, <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4121653/amazon-layoffs-expected-to-disproportionately-hit-aws-and-tech-talent.html">AWS and other Amazon units are preparing for another round of layoffs</a>, which is expected to overwhelmingly impact tech talent. An email from HR leader Beth Galetti on Jan. 28 <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4123477/amazon-confirms-16000-job-cuts-including-to-aws.html">confirmed 16,000 job cuts</a>.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">January 15, 2026: Ericsson plans to shed 1,600 jobs in Sweden</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> Ericsson lans to cut some 1,600 jobs in Sweden, the telecommunications equipment maker said doubling down on recent cost-saving measures that have helped it weather a prolonged downturn in telecoms spending, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/ericsson-shed-1600-jobs-sweden-2026-01-15/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Reuters reports</a>.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">January 13, 2026: Meta plans to cut around 10% of employees in Reality Labs business</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Meta plans to cut around 10% of the employees in its Reality Labs division who work on products including the metaverse, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions, <a href="http://meta%20plans%20to%20cut%20around%2010%25%20of%20employees%20in%20reality%20labs%20business/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">according to The New York Times</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Layoffs in 2025</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Cisco</li>



<li>Oracle</li>



<li>Windsurf</li>



<li>Intel</li>



<li>Microsoft</li>



<li>Crowdstrike</li>



<li>HPE</li>



<li>Autodesk</li>



<li>HPE</li>



<li>CISA</li>



<li>Workday</li>



<li>Salesforce</li>



<li>Meta</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Global tech-sector layoffs surpass 244,000 in 2025</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Economic uncertainty, elevated interest rates, and AI adoption have <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4114572/global-tech-sector-layoffs-surpass-244000-in-2025.html" target="_blank">driven workforce reductions across tech companies worldwide</a>, according to a RationalFX report.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">October 28, 2025: Amazon to cut 14,000 jobs across company</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4080142/amazon-to-cut-14000-jobs-across-company.html">Amazon will reduce its overall workforce</a> by 14,000, cutting layers of management across the company and hiring in some areas to support its “biggest bets”.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">August 18, 2025: Cisco and Oracle to cut hundreds of Bay Area jobs</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tech companies Cisco and Oracle are <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/cisco-oracle-layoffs-bay-area-20824135.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">cutting hundreds of jobs across the Bay Area</a>. Cisco will eliminate 221 positions at its Milpitas and San Francisco offices, effective Oct. 13. Oracle is reducing 101 positions in Santa Clara on the same date </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">August 5, 2025: 3 weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cognition, the AI coding startup that acquired rival company Windsurf three weeks ago, laid off 30 employees last week and is offering buyouts to the roughly 200 remaining employees on the team, <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cognition-offers-buyouts-newly-acquired-windsurf-staff" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reports The Information</a>.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">July 25, 2025, Intel to lay off 22% of workforce, CEO Tan signals ‘no more blank checks’</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4028896/intel-to-lay-off-22-of-workforce-as-ceo-tan-signals-no-more-blank-checks.html">Intel will reduce its workforce to 75,000 employees</a> by the end of 2025 as new CEO Lip-Bu Tan implements sweeping changes designed to transform the struggling chipmaker</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">July 8, 2025, Intel layoffs begin: Chipmaker is cutting many thousands of jobs</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Intel has begun laying off employees across the company. CEO Lip-Bu Tan told workers back in April to expect <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2025/07/intel-layoffs-begin-chipmaker-is-cutting-many-thousands-of-jobs.html">major layoffs at Intel </a>in the coming months as the chipmaker slashes costs and overhauls its organization after years of technical setbacks and falling sales. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">July 2, 2025: Microsoft will cut 9,000 workers</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsoft will lay off about 9,000 employees, a source familiar with the workforce cut <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/microsoft-laying-9000-employees-latest-cuts-rcna216553">told CNBC</a>.  The cuts will reportedly affect less than 4% of Microsoft’s global workforce and will impact different teams, geographies and levels of experience. This is the latest in a string of cuts the tech giant has made this year.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">June 17, 2025: Intel looks to factory layoffs to return to profitability</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4008670/can-intel-cut-its-way-to-profit-with-factory-layoffs.html">Intel will lay off up to 20% of its manufacturing sector employees</a> starting in July,  according to media reports, as the company looks for options as it seeks a return to profitability. The cuts reportedly will be made around the world, but some of the layoffs will be closer to home, according to a report in The Oregonian citing an internal company memo from Intel manufacturing Vice President Naga Chandrasekaran.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">May 7, 2025: CrowdStrike to lay off 5% of staff</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/crowdstrike-lay-off-5-staff-reaffirms-forecasts-2025-05-07/">CrowdStrike announced a plan to cut about 500 roles</a>, roughly 5% of its workforce, to streamline operations and reduce costs. The cybersecurity company will incur about $36 million to $53 million in charges related to the layoffs</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">March 6, 2025: HPE cuts 2,500 jobs, remains committed to Juniper buy</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">CEO Antonio Neri told Wall Street analysts that <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/3840596/hpe-cuts-2500-workers-expects-juniper-buy-to-close-end-of-25-faces-tariff-issues.html">HPE would begin implementing a cost-cutting program involving layoffs </a>of about 2,500 employees over the next 18 months. HPE employs about 61,000 people worldwide.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Feb. 27, 2025: Autodesk to lay off 9% of workforce</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Software maker Autodesk is laying off 1,350 staff. With the rise of subscription and multi-year contracts billed annually, and self-service enablement, it finds it needs fewer sales staff, <a href="https://adsknews.autodesk.com/en/news/022725-employee-message/">CEO Andrew Anagnost said in a message to employees</a>. And with its cloud, platform, and AI products proving most profitable, it’s concentrating its staff and investments there. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Feb. 27, 2025: HP to lay off 2,000 more</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As part of an ongoing restructuring, HP plans to lay off up to another 2,000 workers. In recent weeks, the company has tried — unsuccessfully — to do away with telephone support staff by <a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/2617767/hp-forced-callers-to-wait-15-minutes-before-connecting-to-support-staff.html">forcing callers to wait for at least 15 minutes</a> if they refuse to use self-service support resources online. The company swiftly backtracked, but wider job cuts are still on. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Feb. 21, 2025: <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/3829710/firing-of-130-cisa-staff-worries-cybersecurity-industry.html">CISA lays off 130</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Government employees get laid off too: In this case, 130 workers at the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are being shown the door as a result of a DOGE decision. Cybersecurity experts are concerned that the cuts will harm the international collaborations that CISA has fostered, quite apart from their concerns about the security of the DOGE layoff process itself.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Feb. 5, 2025: <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3817887/workday-to-cut-1750-jobs-shift-focus-to-ai-and-global-expansion.html">Workday lays off 1,750</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As it moves to invest more in AI and international growth, Workday is laying off 8.5% of its workforce and disposing of unused office space. Some analysts fear the cutbacks will affect the company’s customer service — unless AI can pick up the slack.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Feb. 4, 2025: Salesforce lays off over 1,000</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At the same time as it’s hiring sales staff for its new artificial intelligence products, Salesforce is laying off over 1,000 workers across the company, according to Bloomberg. As of June, 2024, the company had over 72,000 employees, according to its website. Salesforce did not comment on the report. In 2024 the company reportedly laid off around 1,000 staff too, in two waves: January and July.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Jan. 14, 2025: Meta will lay off 5% of workforce</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mark Zuckerberg told Meta employees he intended to “move out the low performers faster” in an internal memo reported by Bloomberg. The memo announced that the company will lay off 5% of its staff, or around 3,600 staff, beginning Feb. 10. The company had already reduced its headcount by 5% in 2024 through natural attrition, the memo said. Among those leaving the company will be staff previously responsible for fact checking of posts on its social media platforms in the US, as the company begins relying on its users to police content.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tech layoffs in 2024</h2>



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<li>Equinix</li>



<li>AMD</li>



<li>Freshworks</li>



<li>Cisco</li>



<li>General Motors</li>



<li>Intel</li>



<li>OpenText</li>



<li>Microsoft</li>



<li>AWS</li>



<li>Dell</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Nov. 26, 2024: <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/3613399/equinix-to-cut-3-of-staff-amidst-the-greatest-demand-for-data-center-infrastructure-ever.html">Equinix to cut 3% of staff</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Despite intense demand for its data center capacity, Equinix is planning to lay off 3% of its workforce, or around 400 employees. The announcement followed the appointment of Adaire Fox-Martin to replace Charles Meyers as CEO and the departures of two other senior executives, CIO Milind Wagle and CISO Michael Montoya.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Nov. 13, 2024: <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/3605016/amd-to-cut-4-of-workforce-to-prioritize-ai-chip-expansion-to-rival-nvidia.html#:~:text=Workforce%20reduction%20comes%20amid%20strong,shift%20in%20focus%20toward%20AI.&amp;text=Advanced%20Micro%20Devices%20(AMD)%20is,Nvidia's%20lead%20in%20the%20sector.">AMD to cut 4% of workforce</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD will lay off around 1,000 employees as it pivots towards developing AI-focused chips, it said. The move came as a surprise to staff, as the company also reported strong quarterly earnings. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Nov. 7, 2024: <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/3601088/freshworks-lays-off-660-about-13-percent-of-its-global-workforce-despite-strong-earnings-profits.html">Freshworks lays off 660</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Enterprise software vendor Freshworks laid off around 660 staff, or around 13% of its headcount, despite reporting increased revenue and profits in its fourth fiscal quarter. The company described the layoffs as a realignment of its global workforce.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Sept. 17, 2024: <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/3486901/cisco-to-cut-7-of-workforce-restructure-product-groups.html">Cisco lays off 6,000</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After laying off around 4,200 staff in February, Cisco is at it again, laying off another 6,000 or around 7% of its workforce. Among the divisions affected were its threat intelligence unit, Talos Security. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Aug. 20, 2024: <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/3489323/gm-software-layoffs-could-signal-a-shift-in-digital-transformation-strategy.html">General Motors lays off 1,000 software staff</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">More than 1,000 software and services staff are on the way out at General Motors, signalling that it could be rethinking its digital transformation strategy. In an internal memo, the company said that it was moving resources to its highest-priority work and flattening hierarchies.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">August 1, 2024: <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3480715/intel-fires-15000-employees-as-it-intensifies-focus-on-ai.html">Intel removes 15,000 roles</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Intel plans to cut its workforce by around 15% to reduce costs after a disastrous second quarter. Revenue for the three months to June 29 stagnated at around $12.8 billion, but net income fell 85% to $83 million, prompting CEO Pat Gelsinger to bring forward a company-wide meeting in order to announce that 15,000 staff would lose their jobs. “This is an incredibly hard day for Intel as we are making some of the most consequential changes in our company’s history,” Gelsinger wrote in an email to staff, continuing: “Our revenues have not grown as expected — and we’ve yet to fully benefit from powerful trends, like AI. Our costs are too high, our margins are too low. We need bolder actions to address both — particularly given our financial results and outlook for the second half of 2024, which is tougher than previously expected.”</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">July 4, 2024: <a href="https://www.computerworld.es/article/2513686/opentext-despedira-a-cerca-de-1-200-empleados.html">OpenText to lay off 1,200</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenText said it will lay off 1,200 staff, or about 1.7% of its workforce, in a bid to save around $100 million annually. It plans to hire new sales and engineering staff in other areas in 2025, it said.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">June 4, 2024: <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/2138075/microsoft-lays-off-staffers-from-its-azure-division.html">Microsoft lays off staff in Azure division</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsoft laid off staff in several teams supporting its cloud services, including Azure for Operations and Mission Engineering. The company didn’t say exactly how many staff were leaving.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">April 4, 2024: <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/2081437/amazon-downsizes-aws-in-a-fresh-cost-cutting-round.html">Amazon downsizes AWS</a> in a fresh cost-cutting round</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amazon announced hundreds of layoffs in the sales and marketing teams of its AWS cloud services division — and also in the technology development teams for its physical retail stores, as it stepped back from efforts to generalize the “<a href="https://www.cio.com/article/2079910/amazon-drops-just-walk-out-technology-at-its-us-retail-locations.html">Just Walk Out</a>” technology built for its Amazon Fresh grocery stores. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">April 1, 2024: <a href="https://investors.delltechnologies.com/static-files/d6e82f58-d417-422f-b2f3-4d08d498abd4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dell acknowledges 13,000 job cuts</a></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dell Technologies’ <a href="https://investors.delltechnologies.com/static-files/d6e82f58-d417-422f-b2f3-4d08d498abd4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">latest 10K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission</a> disclosed that the company had laid off 13,000 employees over the course of the 2023 fiscal year; it characterized the layoffs and other reorganizational moves as cost-cutting measures. “These actions resulted in a reduction in our overall headcount,” the company said. A comparison to the previous year’s 10K filing, performed by The Register, found that Dell employed 133,000 people at that point, compared to 120,000 as of February 2024. Dell announced layoffs of 6,650 staffers on Feb. 6, but it is unclear whether those cuts were reflected in the numbers from this year’s 10K statement.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3816662/tech-layoffs-in-2024-a-timeline.html">See news of earlier layoffs.</a></em></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD executives took to the stage at its Advancing AI 2026 event in San Francisco today to detail the company’s next generation of AI infrastructure solutions, from Instinct MI455X AI accelerator GPUs and 6th Gen EPYC “Venice” CPUs, to Pensando networking, ROCm.AI software and its Helios rack-scale platform that ties it all together.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD has been working towards rack-scale AI system solutions for years. Its ZT Systems acquisition last year added valuable engineering talent and intellectual property that is now finally bearing the real fruits. Its <a href="https://www.amd.com/en/products/rackscale-solutions/helios.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Helios AI platform</a> is a major platform evolution for AMD, with shipments scheduled to begin in the second half of this year (which is here and now).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The announcements at Advancing AI show how the company has engineered its AI platform solutions for large reasoning models, sustained inference and agentic workflows. These workloads pressure memory capacity, data movement, networking and CPU orchestration. AMD’s approach is to keep as much data close to the compute engines as possible and move it more efficiently throughout the system, but there’s deeper nuance here that’s obvious versus AMD’s chief rival, NVIDIA.  </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">AMD’s MI455X targets the AI memory wall</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Instinct MI455X GPU is the compute engine that fuels the Helios rack, and the first GPU based on AMD’s new CDNA 5 architecture. Built with a modular mix of 2nm and 3nm chiplets, it carries 432GB of HBM4 and 23.3TB/s of peak memory bandwidth.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Compared to AMD’s current MI355X, <a href="https://hothardware.com/news/instinct-mi400-challenge-vera-rubin" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the MI455X offers</a> 1.5 times the memory capacity, up to 2.9 times the peak memory bandwidth and up to four times the peak matrix performance with MXFP4 and MXFP8 data types, which are lower-precision numerical formats designed to accelerate AI processing while reducing memory demands. With MXFP6 (6-bit floating point), performance is rated at up to twice that of MI355X.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD also shared some actual, measured internal results using production silicon. The company claims MI455X delivers 3.8 times higher FP8 decode performance, 3.5 times more measured FP4 compute performance and between 2.5 and 3.5 times more networking bandwidth than MI355X, depending on the transfer path tested. Those figures provide more context than just numerical specifications, though they remain AMD-provided comparisons that will need independent validation.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/amd-generational-leap.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024" alt="AMD Instinct chart showing generational leap in performance" class="wp-image-4200600" width="1024" height="547" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">AMD</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The architectural choices behind the numbers are important. Reasoning models and long context windows require sizeable KV caches for maintaining AI attention states, while mixture-of-experts models frequently move large amounts of data across accelerators. MI455X should let more model data, activation states and cache remain local. New dedicated IP in hardware can transfer data while the GPU continues processing, and expanded cache and multicast capabilities are designed to reduce redundant data movement to further improve efficiency.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The aforementioned lower-precision formats can also raise throughput and reduce memory use, but model developers still have to determine where they can be applied without unacceptable accuracy loss.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">AMD’s Helios rack takes aim at Vera Rubin</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/amd-helios-rack.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024" alt="AMD Helios rack" class="wp-image-4200601" width="1024" height="626" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Dave Altavilla</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Helios is AMD’s primary rack-scale competitor to NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform. Each liquid-cooled rack combines 72 MI455X GPUs, 18 single-socket Venice host CPUs and Pensando networking technologies.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In its most complete, premium configuration, AMD rates Helios for 2.9 exaflops of low-precision AI compute, with 31TB of aggregate HBM4 capacity, 1.7PB/s of memory bandwidth, 260TB/s of bidirectional scale-up bandwidth and 43TB/s of scale-out bandwidth.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These are formidable figures, but they are technical specifications rather than actual application benchmarks. The more consequential development is AMD’s move from collections of eight-GPU servers to a 72-GPU shared-memory domain. Models too large for one node can operate across the rack without treating every exchange as a scale-out networking transaction, which benefits large-model inference as well as training.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD uses UALink over Ethernet, or UALoE, for an open standard scale-up fabric. Each MI455X provides 3.6TB/s of bidirectional scale-up bandwidth, while the complete rack delivers all-to-all connectivity through a single switch layer. AMD also claims six times more scale-out bandwidth per GPU than MI355X when MI455X is configured with three Pensando Vulcano 800 AI NICs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While open standards give cloud providers more control over suppliers and system design, AMD and its partners now have to prove those components can deliver the predictable performance, reliability and deployment experience customers expect from a tightly controlled, more vertically integrated platform.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Finally, AMD designed Helios with automatic rerouting around failed links, virtual rack partitions, tray-level serviceability and rack-wide power, cooling and health monitoring. Major hyperscalers and potentially large-scale enterprise customers will likely key in on these capabilities, which can affect the availability, total cost and consistency of the AI services they consume.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Kind of like cowbell, AMD Venice gives agentic AI more CPU</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/amd-epyc-venice-cpus.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024" alt="Chart showing AMD EPYC CPU performance" class="wp-image-4200603" width="1024" height="515" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">AMD</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD’s agentic CPU messaging regarding its upcoming Venice-based EPYC processors is mostly marketing speak, but the underlying requirement is very real. An AI agent can invoke retrieval, databases, security checks, code execution and other tools before a GPU generates a response. Running many agents concurrently increases the amount of conventional compute requirements surrounding the accelerators.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Venice scales to 256 Zen 6 cores with support for 512 threads, 16 memory channels, up to 1GB of L3 cache per socket, along with PCIe 6.0 and CXL 3.1 connectivity. AMD is also offering several Venice configurations for other applications, including general-purpose servers, high-frequency workloads, GPU hosts and high-density CPU sandbox systems used to execute agent tools.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Treating the CPU solely as a GPU host understates its role. Gateways, tokenization, vector search, databases and short-lived code execution stress different mixes of per-core performance, thread count, memory bandwidth and I/O. Specifically, AMD’s internal testing shows Venice significantly outperforming its current EPYC 9965 Turin CPU across five parts of the agentic AI pipeline, including gateway processing, context assembly, vector search, enterprise applications and short-lived tool execution. Individual gains vary by workload, but AMD details the overall generational improvement at up to a 1.7 times lift. As with the MI455X figures though, these comparisons come from AMD and will require independent validation.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Pensando networking and ROCm software advance</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Keeping GPUs fed with data and coordinating traffic across racks directly affects utilization and operating costs. In fact, GPU utilization is a pretty sad state of affairs currently for some of the major frontier model providers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As such, Pensando networking has become central to AMD’s roadmap. Helios can connect each MI455X to as many as three 800Gbps Vulcano AI NICs, while Salina DPUs handle front-end networking and infrastructure services.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the software side, which is an equally critical component, AMD also introduced ROCm.AI, an AI-assisted development layer due to arrive in August. It includes reusable skills for coding agents, simplified management and Hyperloom, which can profile workloads, tune serving configurations, modify kernels and validate results.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These tools address two persistent AMD challenges: developer efficiency and ease of use, and software tuning. Automated optimization still has to produce repeatable gains without creating hard-to-maintain code, however. And while ROCm has progressed significantly over the last few years, NVIDIA’s CUDA retains an advantage in maturity, tooling and developer familiarity.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Customer commitments underscore rack-scale confidence</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD now has commitments that give its MI450 generation and Helios considerably more weight. Meta and OpenAI have announced multi-generation agreements composed of up to 6GW of AMD compute capacity, with initial 1GW deployments planned for the second half of 2026.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Oracle plans a 50,000-GPU public cloud cluster beginning in the third quarter, while Microsoft will deploy Helios for Azure AI inference. Finally, just before the AMD event, <a href="https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1292/amd-and-anthropic-announce-strategic-partnership-to-deploy-up-to-2-gigawatts-of-amd-instinct-mi450-series-gpus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anthropic announced</a> a strategic partnership for up to 2 Gigawatts of AMD-fueled AI compute, with its first gigawatt expected online in the first half of 2027.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Commitments of this scale reflect confidence in more than just MI455X performance. These customers are evaluating the complete architecture, including Venice CPUs, Pensando networking, ROCm software, rack integration, serviceability and AMD’s ability to deliver and execute across multiple product generations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is some financial alignment behind the agreements as well. AMD issued OpenAI performance-based warrants and committed to investing up to $5 billion in Anthropic. That context matters when evaluating these deals as market validation, but these planned deployments are substantial nonetheless and put Helios on a much stronger foundation as it begins shipping.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">AMD expands its robotics and embedded foundation</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD also expanded its physical AI portfolio, building on credible traction from its Xilinx-derived Kria adaptive system-on-modules and embedded technologies that are already powering robotics, machine vision and industrial automation applications.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The new Ryzen AI Embedded X100 combines up to 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, integrated Radeon graphics, a second-generation NPU and as much as 128GB of unified LPDDR5X memory shared across its compute engines. To me this looks a lot like a repackaging and optimization of the company’s Strix Halo platform, but with specific optimizations for the embedded space. Regardless, AMD is pairing X100 with the Kria AI Robotics Developer Platform, which includes a System Module or SOM, and a new Robotics Partner Network spanning hardware, software and platform providers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Samples began shipping in June, with full production expected in the fourth quarter. This broader objective is to give developers a path across AMD x86 CPUs, GPUs, NPUs and FPGAs for real-time autonomous systems, rather than requiring them to assemble those hardware engines and software components independently.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Execution for AMD is now the test</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD has assembled a credible platform for the burgeoning agentic AI market that’s blowing up currently with no signs of stopping. MI455X addresses memory and data movement, Venice handles dense agentic CPU workloads, Pensando networking connects global system resources, and ROCm.AI addresses software complexity. Finally, Helios assembles these components into a true competitive threat for NVIDIA’s latest Vera Rubin platform.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD’s open architecture may appeal to customers seeking supplier choice, but openness must also translate into reliable deployments, competitive total cost and software that does not require a significant rip-up. NVIDIA enters this cycle with a stronger ecosystem and far more rack-scale deployment experience. The true test will be how easily and reliably customers can integrate, operate and maintain these AMD solutions at scale.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As it stands, AMD now has major customers and a clearly defined architecture with systems engineering expertise behind it. Delivering Helios on schedule and showing that its performance claims translate into a real production workload throughput advantage and total cost of ownership gains will determine how much the competitive gap narrows. And of course, this is in a market that is clamoring for ever-more compute resources with a seemingly insatiable demand for AI services and capacity. That’s an environment for big iron success. Now AMD just has to deliver optimized, turnkey AI platforms. This is far easier said than done, but time will soon tell as deployments take shape this year.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>This article is published as part of the Foundry Expert Contributor Network.</strong><br><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/expert-contributor-network/"><strong>Want to join?</strong></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[If you just want to read the rules, you can find them here.  Pwn2Own Ireland returns for 2026, and it’s the third year for this event in the Emerald Isle. Despite the dreary Irish skies (and the threat of a random banshee), we had an amazing event, even if we did end up in a jail at the end. With...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class=""><em>If you just want to read the rules, you can find them </em><a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/Pwn2OwnIreland2026Rules.html" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p class=""> </p><p class="">Pwn2Own Ireland returns for 2026, and it’s the third year for this event in the Emerald Isle. Despite the dreary Irish skies (and the threat of a random <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/PjpvUdhn6e0?feature=share">banshee</a>), we had an amazing event, even if we did end up in a <a href="https://youtu.be/ruxOpC-b-yM?si=Epu-ewvSe5VNQNbP&amp;t=333">jail</a> at the end. With that in mind, we’re excited to return to Cork this fall for yet another great Pwn2Own event. We’ll also be returning to some of the great pubs Ireland has to offer in the evenings and wrapping the event up at a special location (stay tuned for that announcement).</p><p class="">As for the contest itself, it will run from October 6-9, 2026. As always, we’ll have a random drawing to determine the schedule of attempts on the first day of the contest, and we will proceed from there. Registration closes at 5:00 p.m. Irish Standard Time on Oct 1st, 2026. There are no exceptions for late entries, so if you have questions, please contact us at <a href="mailto:pwn2own@trendmicro.com">pwn2own@trendmicro.com</a> (note the address). We will be happy to address your issues or concerns directly.</p><p class="">Due to the overwhelming amount of registrations and last-minute entries for our Pwn2Own Berlin event, we’re changing who can enter the contest a bit to ensure it’s fair for all researchers. To enter, you must have received an aggregate bounty payment totaling at least $15,000 during their life-time participation in ZDI. This includes past Pwn2Own events and our regular bug bounty program. We recognize there may be some who haven’t participated in the past with great exploits to demonstrate, so we will also accept up to 10 new contestants at our discretion. We’re capping the number of entries to 80 this year. Once we have 80 qualifying entries, we will close registration. That means if you want to enter, it is in your best interest to contact us sooner rather than later. Please read the rules <em>thoroughly</em> to ensure you meet all the requirements.</p><p class="">Now on to this year’s target categories. We’ll have seven different categories for this year’s event:</p>





















  
  



<p><a data-preserve-html-node="true" name="top"></a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#phones">-- Mobile Phones</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#smarthome">--	Smart Home Devices</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#wellness">-- Wellness</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#printers">-- Printers</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#messaging">--	Messaging</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#infrastructure">-- AI Infrastructure</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#agents">-- AI Coding Agents</a>  </p>




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  <p class=""><strong>The Target Phones</strong></p><p class="">Back in Amsterdam where this contest originated, it was originally dubbed “Mobile Pwn2Own” and our focus was strictly on phones. Mobile handsets remain at the heart of this event, and some of the Samsung entries from last year were absolutely smashing. As always, these phones will be running the latest version of their respective operating systems with all available updates installed. Last year we also introduced the USB attack vector, but no one submitted an entry for it. We’ll see if that changes this year.</p><p class="">Otherwise, contestants must compromise the device by browsing to content in the default browser for the target under test or by communicating with the following short-distance protocols: near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth. The awards for this category are:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">Smart Home Devices</b></p>




  <p class="">As you might have noticed, we have eliminated most of the consumer-related devices from this year’s event. However, there are still a few “pro-sumer” devices that still could have an impact on enterprises, and the first of these categories are the devices that control other devices and services. An attempt in this category must be launched against the target’s exposed network services, RF attack surface, or exposed features from the contestant’s laptop within the contest network.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">Wellness Category</b></p>




  <p class="">This is one of the new categories this year and our first foray into the world of healthcare devices. However, we don’t intend to make this too easy. Entries that require physically pressing any button on the target, or the use of any information, code or PIN printed on the device, are out of scope. Entries that require the contestant to be paired to the target prior to the start of the attempt are not in scope. An attempt in this category must be launched against the target’s exposed network services, RF attack surface, or exposed features from the contestant’s laptop within the contest network.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">Rage Against the Printers </b></p>




  <p class="">Printers have long been the source of jokes and memes, but they are also an often overlooked attack surface in your office. The printer category always produces some interesting results, often by playing music it shouldn’t or the occasional Rick Roll. We’ve reduced the number of targets in this category this year, but we still expect to see some interesting exploits in these oft unheralded targets. </p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><a data-preserve-html-node="true" name="messaging"></a>
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">The Messaging Category</b></p>




  <p class="">We introduced WhatsApp as a target last year and came close to seeing a functioning exploit. Sadly, that didn’t happen. However, WhatsApp is used by more than three billion people globally, and some of the messages transmitted can be quite sensitive. That’s why we are bringing it back and hoping for some better results. We know the bugs are out there. We’re just hoping the right researcher decides to show us an exploit that leads to code execution. All of the target handset will be available as clients. Here’s the full prize list for Messaging category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">AI Infrastructure Category</b></p>




  <p class="">We introduced these targets at Pwn2Own Berlin, and we saw such…uh…enthusiasm from the community that we decided to immediately bring them back for our Ireland event. An attempt in this category must be launched from the contestant’s laptop. Here’s a look at the targets and awards in the AI Infrastructure category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">AI Coding Agent Category</b></p>




  <p class="">Let’s face it. At some point or another, we’ve probably all vibe coded something. There’s no shame in that, but how secure are the tools we use for vibe coding? Well, let’s take the most popular choices and find out. A successful entry must interact with a contestant-controlled resource (e.g. web page, repository, media file) to exploit a vulnerability within the coding agent. The attack vector of the entry must be a common coding agent use case. There are few things out of scope here as well. UI spoofing or misrepresentation unrelated to permission prompts, model jailbreaks or prompt outputs that do not cross security boundaries, and vulnerabilities that require unsafe or permission-less modes are just a few of the things not allowed. As this is a recently updated category, please read the rules carefully to ensure your entry qualifies. Here’s a look at the targets and awards in the AI Coding Agent category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class=""><strong>Master of Pwn</strong></p><p class="">No Pwn2Own contest would be complete without crowning a Master of Pwn, which signifies the overall winner of the competition. Earning the title results in a slick <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eyexso3WUAYbXPK?format=jpg&amp;name=4096x4096">trophy</a>, a different sort of <a href="https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/1240400682034909187">wearable</a>, and brings with it an additional 65,000 ZDI reward points (instant <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/about/benefits/">Platinum</a> status in 2027).</p><p class="">For those not familiar with how it works, points are accumulated for each successful attempt. While only the first demonstration in a category wins the full cash award, each successful entry claims the full number of Master of Pwn points. Since the order of attempts is determined by a random draw, those who receive later slots can still claim the Master of Pwn title – even if they earn a lower cash payout. As with previous contests, there are penalties for withdrawing from an attempt once you register for it. If the contestant decides to remove an Add-on Bonus during their attempt, the Master of Pwn points for that Add-on Bonus will be deducted from the final point total for that attempt. For example, someone registers for the Apple iPhone 15 with the Kernel Bonus Add-on. During the attempt, the contestant drops the Kernel Bonus Add-on but completes the attempt. The final point total will be 20 Master of Pwn points.</p><p class=""><strong>The Complete Details</strong></p><p class="">The full set of rules for Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 can be found <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/Pwn2OwnIreland2026Rules.html" target="_blank">here</a>. They may be changed at any time without notice. We <strong>highly encourage</strong> potential entrants to read the rules <em>thoroughly</em> and <em>completely</em> should they choose to participate. We also encourage contestants to read <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2022/5/3/what-to-expect-when-exploiting-a-guide-to-pwn2own-participation" target="_blank">this blog</a> covering what to expect when participating in Pwn2Own.</p><p class="">Registration is required to ensure we have sufficient resources on hand at the event. Please contact ZDI at <a href="mailto:pwn2own@trendmicro.com?subject=Pwn2Own%20Tokyo%202023%20Registration">pwn2own@trendmicro.com</a> to begin the registration process. (Email only, please; queries via social media, blog post, or other means will not be acknowledged or answered.) If we receive more than one registration for any category, we’ll hold a random drawing to determine the contest order. Registration closes at 5:00 p.m. Irish Standard Time on Oct 1st, 2025.</p><p class=""><strong>The Results</strong></p><p class="">We’ll be <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog" target="_blank">blogging</a> and tweeting results in real-time throughout the competition. Be sure to keep an eye on the blog for the latest information. Follow us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/thezdi" target="_blank">@thezdi</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/trendaisecurity" target="_blank">@trendaisecurity</a>, and keep an eye on the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23p2oireland">#P2OIreland</a> hashtag for continuing coverage. </p><p class="">We look forward to seeing everyone in Cork, and we look forward to seeing what new exploits and attack techniques they bring with them.</p><p class=""> </p><p class="">©2026 Trend Micro Incorporated. All rights reserved. PWN2OWN, ZERO DAY INITIATIVE, ZDI, TrendAI, and Trend Micro are trademarks or registered trademarks of Trend Micro Incorporated. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, an AI model for vulnerability discovery and patching, available only to governments and trusted partners. Google DeepMind announced Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber on Tuesday, a security-focused AI model built on top of the existing 3.5 Flash architecture a...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, an AI model for vulnerability discovery and patching, available only to governments and trusted partners. Google DeepMind announced Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber on Tuesday, a security-focused AI model built on top of the existing 3.5 Flash architecture and designed specifically to find, validate, and patch software vulnerabilities. It […]]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[I have survived the biggest Pwn2Own ever, but I’m back in Tokyo for the second Patch Tuesday of 2026. My location never stops Patch Tuesday from coming, so let’s take a look at the latest security patches from Adobe and Microsoft.  If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire re...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="">I have survived the biggest Pwn2Own ever, but I’m back in Tokyo for the second Patch Tuesday of 2026. My location never stops Patch Tuesday from coming, so let’s take a look at the latest security patches from Adobe and Microsoft.  If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check it out here:</p>





















  
  




  
















  
    
      
    
    
      
        
      
    
    
    



  






  <p class=""><strong>Adobe Patches for February 2026</strong></p><p class="">For February, Adobe released nine bulletins addressing 44 unique CVEs in Adobe Audition, After Effects, InDesign, Substance 3D Designer, Substance 3D Stager, Adobe Bridge, Substance 3D Modeler, Lightroom Classic, and the Adobe DNG Software Development Kit (SDK). The largest update here is for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb26-15.html">After Effects</a>, which fixes 13 Critical and two Important rated bugs. The patch for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_designer/apsb26-19.html">Substance 3D Designer</a> is on the larger side with seven fixes, but only two of those are Critical. On the other hand, the fix for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_stager/apsb26-20.html">Substance 3D Stager</a> corrects five Critical-rated bugs that could lead to code execution. The <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/audition/apsb26-14.html">Audition</a> patch fixes six bugs, but only one is Critical.</p><p class="">The other patches are smaller in size. The fix for the <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/dng-sdk/apsb26-23.html">Adobe DNG Software Development Kit (SDK)</a> corrects two Critical and two Important-rated bugs. The <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb26-17.html">InDesign</a> patch fixes three bugs, but only one is Critical. The update for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb26-21.html">Adobe Bridge</a> fixes two Critical bug that could lead to code execution. The patch for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/lightroom/apsb26-06.html">Lightroom Classic</a> addresses a single Critical bug, and the release is wrapped up with a patch for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-modeler/apsb26-22.html">Substance 3D Modeler</a> that fixes a single, Important-rated memory link.</p><p class="">None of the bugs fixed by Adobe this month are listed as publicly known or under active attack at the time of release, and all of the updates released by Adobe this month are listed as deployment priority 3.</p><p class=""><strong>Microsoft Patches for February 2026</strong></p><p class="">This month, Microsoft drops 58 new CVEs in Windows and Windows components, Office and Office Components, Azure, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), .NET and Visual Studio, GitHub Copilot, Mailslot FS, Exchange Server, Internet Explorer (!), Power BI, Hyper-V Server, and the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Counting the third-party and Chromium updates listed in the release, it brings the total number of CVEs to 62. One of the bugs in the Windows Graphics component was submitted through the ZDI program. Five of these bugs are rated Critical, two are rated Moderate, and the rest are rated Important in severity.</p><p class="">It’s typical to see this number of CVEs released in February, but the number of bugs under active attack is extraordinarily high. Microsoft lists six bugs being exploited at the time of release, with three of these listed as publicly known. Last month only had a single bug being exploited, although there were twice as many CVEs patched. We’ll see if we’re on our way to another “hot exploit summer” as we saw a few years ago or if this is just an aberration. </p><p class="">Let’s take a closer look at some of the more interesting updates for this month, starting with the bugs under active attack: </p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21510"><strong>CVE-2026-21510</strong></a><strong> - Windows Shell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability<br></strong>This bug is listed as a security feature bypass, but it could also be classified as code execution. An attacker can bypass Windows SmartScreen and Windows Shell security prompts to execute code on a target system. This bug is also listed as publicly known, but Microsoft doesn’t say where. There is user interaction here, as the client needs to click a link or a shortcut file. Still, a one-click bug to gain code execution is a rarity. Definitely test and deploy this fix quickly.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21514"><strong>CVE-2026-21514</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability<br></strong>This bug also requires user interaction in the form of opening a Word document, but that’s all that’s required to bypass protections to dangerous COM/OLE controls. Thankfully, the Preview Pane is <em>not</em> an attack vector here. However, users are well known to open lots of documents they receive in e-mail. This bypass could also result in code execution if the right COM/OLE control is hit. This is also listed as publicly known, so add this to the list to test and deploy quickly.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21519"><strong>CVE-2026-21519</strong></a><strong> - Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<br></strong>This is the second month in a row that a DWM was listed as being exploited in the wild. That leads me to believe the first patch didn’t completely resolve the vulnerability. Same as last month, this bug allows attackers to run code with SYSTEM privileges. Bugs of this type are typically paired with a code execution bug to take over a system. As always, Microsoft offers no indication of how widespread these exploits may be.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21533"><strong>CVE-2026-21533</strong></a><strong> - Windows Remote Desktop Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<br></strong>Don’t let the word “Remote” in the title fool you – this is a local bug that allows attackers to run code with SYSTEM privileges. It’s interesting that Microsoft lists “Improper privilege management” as the root cause for this issue. If the system is running Remote Desktop Services, it’s probably a juicy target for attackers to move laterally after an initial breach. Add this one to the list of patches to test and deploy immediately.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21513"><strong>CVE-2026-21513</strong></a><strong> - Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability<br></strong>Although long gone by many measurements, IE does still exist on Windows systems, and calling it always results in a vulnerability somehow. This bug manifests similarly to the Shell bug above, as it requires user interaction but could result in code execution. The bypass here is simply the ability to reach IE, which shouldn’t be possible. Again, test and deploy this fix quickly.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21525"><strong>CVE-2026-21525</strong></a><strong> - Windows Remote Access Connection Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability<br></strong>It’s unusual to see DoS bugs being used in active attacks, but that’s what we have here. A null pointer deref in the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service locally. Most null pointer derefs cause the application or service to crash, but it’s not clear if it will automatically restart. I would exercise caution and patch quickly either way.</p><p class="">Here’s the full list of CVEs released by Microsoft for February 2026:</p>





















  
  




  


  
    





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 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21513"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21513<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Internet Explorer Security Feature Bypass
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl66"><span> </span>Yes<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl66"><span> </span>Yes<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21519"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21519<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Desktop Window Manager Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl66"><span> </span>Yes<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="72">
  <td class="xl74" height="72"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21533"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21533<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Remote Desktop Services Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl66"><span> </span>Yes<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21525"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21525<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Remote Access Connection Manager
  Denial of Service Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl68"><span> </span>Moderate<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl66"><span> </span>Yes<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21511"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21511<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft Outlook Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2804"><span><span> </span>CVE-2023-2804 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Red Hat, Inc. CVE-2023-2804: Heap Based
  Overflow libjpeg-turbo<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>Yes<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24302"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24302<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Azure Arc Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl73"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8.6</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24300"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24300<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Azure Front Door Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl73"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21532"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21532<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Azure Function Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl73"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8.2</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21522"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21522<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl73"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">6.7</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23655"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23655<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl73"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21218"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21218<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>.NET and Visual Studio Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21512"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21512<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Azure DevOps Server Cross-Site Scripting
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">XSS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21529"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21529 †</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Azure HDInsight Spoofing Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">5.7</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21528"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21528<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Azure IoT Explorer Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21228"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21228<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Azure Local Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21531"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21531<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Azure SDK for Python Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21251"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21251<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Cluster Client Failover (CCF) Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20846"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-20846<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>GDI+ Denial of Service Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21523"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21523<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21518"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21518<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21257"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21257<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21256"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21256<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21516"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21516<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>GitHub Copilot for Jetbrains Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21253"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21253<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Mailslot File System Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21537"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21537 †</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Linux
  Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21259"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21259<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21258"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21258<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21261"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21261<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21527"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21527<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21260"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21260<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft Outlook Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21229"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21229<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Power BI Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21236"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21236<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21238"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21238<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21241"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21241<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21517"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21517<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows App for Mac Installer Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21234"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21234<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Connected Devices Platform Service
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21235"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21235<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21246"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21246<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21232"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21232<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows HTTP.sys Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21240"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21240<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows HTTP.sys Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21250"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21250<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows HTTP.sys Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21244"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21244<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21247"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21247<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21248"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21248<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21255"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21255<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Hyper-V Security Feature Bypass
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21231"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21231<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21239"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21239<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
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  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21245"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21245<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21222"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21222<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl74" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21243"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21243<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Lightweight Directory Access
  Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20841"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-20841<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21249"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21249<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows NTLM Spoofing Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">3.3</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21508"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21508<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Storage Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21237"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21237<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21242"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21242<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">7</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1861"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-1861 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-1861 Heap buffer overflow
  in libvpx<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl65">N/A</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1862"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-1862 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-1862 Type Confusion in
  V8<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl65">N/A</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl74" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-0391"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-0391<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl75"><span> </span>Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) for Android
  Spoofing Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl68"><span> </span>Moderate<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl65">Spoofing</td>
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  <p class=""><em>* Indicates this CVE had been released by a third party and is now being included in Microsoft releases</em>.</p><p class=""><em>† Indicates further administrative actions are required to fully address the vulnerability.</em></p><p class=""><em> </em></p><p class="">Moving on to the Critical-rated bugs, the patch for Azure Front Door sounds frightening, but Microsoft has already fixed the bug and is just now documenting it. That’s also true for the bugs in Azure Arc and Azure Function. There are two Critical-rated bugs in the ACI Confidential Containers. The first allows a container escape while the second discloses secret tokens and keys. Either way, you’ll want to handle those quickly.</p><p class="">Taking a look at the other code execution vulnerabilities in this month’s release, we start with a frightening looking bug in Azure SDK for Python that has the highest CVSS this month of 9.8. A remote, unauthenticated attacker code gain code execution on an affected system via a maliciously crafted continuation token. It’s not clear why this isn’t rated Critical, but I would treat it as such. The three bugs in Hyper-V are actually local open-and-own bugs that require a user to open a malicious file on an affected system. That’s also true for the bug in Notepad. The bug in Power BI is confusing, because Microsoft says it requires authentication and could lead to an attacker running code as an authenticated user. There’s the poorly named “Azure Local Remote Code Execution Vulnerability”, but it requires a machine-in-the-middle (MitM) to exploit. The bug in Defender for Endpoint Linux is restricted to local subnets, but you’ll need to enable auto provisioning to get the patch. The final code execution bugs addressed this month are in GitHub Copilot. Two are command injections and the other is a Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition, but both could end up in code execution on affected systems.</p><p class="">Patches for Elevation of Privilege (EoP) bugs make up nearly 50% of this release, but most simply lead to local attackers executing their code at SYSTEM-level privileges or administrative privileges. There are only two of note. The first is a command injection bug in GitHub Copilot that leads to executing code at the level of the targeted application. The second is a bug in a kernel that leads to SYSTEM but could also be used for a sandbox escape.</p><p class="">There’s a unusually high number of spoofing bugs in this month’s release, and the ones for Outlook are the most troubling. First, the Preview Pane is an attack vector. Secondly, the bugs could be used to relay NTLM credentials via just an email, which could result in credential disclosure. And you’ll need multiple patches to fully address these bugs. At least they can be applied in any order.  There’s a UI misrepresentation bug in Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to either view some sensitive information or “make changes to disclosed information”. At what point does data become disclosed? That odd phrasing makes me think they are using AI to right some of their descriptions. The phrasing also appears in the patch for NTLM. That bug is triggered by opening a specially crafted Office doc, and while they explicitly say it could be used to relay NTLM creds, it sure seems that way. The patch for .NET and Visual Studio fixes a bug that allows attackers to bypass header validation, resulting in the service accepting a message it should reject. Finally, the bug in Azure HDInsight is really just a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug. The caveat here is that you need to restart Ambari server in both of the head nodes to have this fix updated. There is also an XSS in Azure Devops Server, but at least it is labelled as such.</p><p class="">There are a couple of additional security feature bypass bugs to discuss. The first is in Hyper-V and bypasses the Virtualization-based Security feature. The other is in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code. It’s another command injection, but this one can be used to bypass authentication. Neat.</p><p class="">Looking at the remaining info disclosure bugs getting patched this month, most simply result in info leaks consisting of unspecified memory contents or memory addresses. The exception is the bug in Azure IoT Explorer. This bug could be used to view the contents of the target user’s local file system.</p><p class="">We end this month’s release with two DoS bugs: one in LDAP and one in GDI+. Neither descriptions from Microsoft provide any usable information.</p><p class="">No new advisories are being released this month.</p><p class=""><strong>Looking Ahead</strong></p><p class="">I plan on being back home for the March release but wherever I’m at, you can rest assured that March 10, I’ll be here to provide my assessment of the release. Until then, stay safe, happy patching, and may all your reboots be smooth and clean!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="">I am back in the friendly confines of the Mid-South headquarters of TrendAI ZDI (a.k.a. my home office), and am all set for the third patch Tuesday of 2026. Take a break from your regularly scheduled activities and let’s take a look at the latest security patches from Adobe and Microsoft.If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check it out here:</p>





















  
  




  
















  
    
      
    
    
      
        
      
    
    
    



  






  <p class=""><strong>Adobe Patches for March 2026</strong></p><p class="">For March, Adobe released eight bulletins addressing 80 unique CVEs in Adobe Acrobat Reader, Commerce, Illustrator, Substance 3D Painter, Premier Pro, Experience Manager, Substance 3D Stager, and the Adobe DNG Software Development Kit (SDK). Two of these bugs were submitted through the TrendAI ZDI program. If you need to prioritize, the update for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-26.html">Acrobat</a> likely has the most impact, with the patch fixing two Critical-rated and one Important bugs. The fix for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-24.html">Experience Manager</a> is the largest this month with 33 CVEs addressed. However, these are simple cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs, so it’s not too exciting. The fix for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb26-05.html">Commerce</a> is also quite large with 19 CVEs. Most of these are also XSS bugs, but there’s a few security feature bypass bugs in there, too. Adobe actually gives this patch a deployment priority of 2, but it’s not under active attack at the time of release. </p><p class="">The fix for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb26-18.html">Illustrator</a> corrects seven bugs, including a few Critical-rated ones. The patch for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb26-25.html">Substance 3D Painter</a> fixes nine different CVEs, all rated Important. That’s not the case for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_stager/apsb26-29.html">Substance 3D Stager</a>, which fixes six different Critical bugs that could lead to arbitrary code execution. The patch for the <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/dng-sdk/apsb26-30.html">Adobe DNG Software Development Kit</a> (SDK) addresses one Critical and one Important bug. Finally, the update for Premiere Pro correct a single, Critical-rated bug that could lead to arbitrary code execution. </p><p class="">None of the bugs fixed by Adobe this month are listed as publicly known or under active attack at the time of release, and beyond the update for Commerce, all of the other updates released by Adobe this month are listed as deployment priority 3.</p><p class=""><strong>Microsoft Patches for March 2026</strong></p><p class="">This month, Microsoft released 84 new CVEs in Windows and Windows components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, SQL Server, Hyper-V Server, and the Windows Resilient File System (ReFS). Counting the third-party and Chromium updates listed in the release, it brings to total number of CVEs to 94. Five of these bugs were reported through the TrendAI ZDI program. Eight of these bugs are rated Critical, and the rest are rated Important in severity.</p><p class="">This volume is relatively typical for a March release, and the lack of bugs under active attack is a nice change from last month. There are two vulnerabilities listed as publicly known at the time of release, but none listed as actively exploited.</p><p class="">Let’s take a closer look at some of the more interesting updates for this month, starting with a bug with an AI slant:</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26144"><strong>CVE-2026-26144</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability<br></strong>This is a fascinating bug and an attack scenario we’re likely to see more often. The vulnerability is a simple cross-site scripting (XSS) bug in Excel, but an attacker could use it to cause the Copilot Agent to exfiltrate data off the target. This essentially makes it a zero-click information disclosure. Although not stated, the disclosure is likely at the level of the logged-on user, so there isn’t a privilege escalation component. Info disclosures rarely get rated Critical, but it makes sense here.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26110"><strong>CVE-2026-26110</strong></a><strong>/</strong><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26113"><strong>CVE-2026-26113</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability <br></strong>Another month and another pair of Office bugs where the Preview Pane is an exploit vector. I’ve lost count of how many of these bugs have been patched over the last year, but it’s just a matter of time until they start appearing in active exploits. The latest versions of Outlook allow you to hide the Preview Pane, but it isn’t clear if this would mitigate these attacks. The best option is still to test and deploy the update, but considering how many of these patches exist, it’s likely further updates will be needed to fully address these issues.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23669"><strong>CVE-2026-23669</strong></a><strong> - Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>Just reading the title makes me twitch with remembrances of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrintNightmare">Print Nightmare</a> from a few years ago. This bug works in the same manner as those exploits. An authenticated attacker sends specially crafted messages to an affected system to gain arbitrary code execution. No user interaction is required. Let’s hope we don’t end up in a new nightmare of spooler exploits. Test and deploy this one quickly.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23668"><strong>CVE-2026-23668</strong></a><strong> - Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<br></strong>This vulnerability was submitted to the ZDI program by Marcin Wiązowski as two separate bugs, and it demonstrates the need for variant investigations when creating security patches. Both cases are caused by the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. However, in one case, it’s in the cdd.dll driver while the other is in the win32kfull driver. Either way, an attacker could use these to elevate privileges to SYSTEM and execute arbitrary code. Since the fix for both is to add object locking to the GDI object, the cases are combined into a single CVE. That’s not a problem, but it does show how variants can occur, and fixes should be as broad as possible.</p><p class="">Here’s the full list of CVEs released by Microsoft for March 2026:</p>





















  
  




  


  
    





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 <col width="151" class="xl65">
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  <td width="151" class="xl65" height="47"><span> </span>CVE<span> </span></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Title<span> </span></td>
  <td width="111" class="xl67"><span> </span>Severity<span> </span></td>
  <td width="111" class="xl67"><span> </span>CVSS<span> </span></td>
  <td width="111" class="xl67"><span> </span>Public</td>
  <td width="111" class="xl67"><span> </span>Exploited<span> </span></td>
  <td width="95" class="xl67"><span> </span>Type<span> </span></td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26127"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26127<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl68"><span> </span>Yes<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21262"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21262<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>SQL Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl68"><span> </span>Yes<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23651"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23651<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26124"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26124<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26122"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26122<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21536"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21536<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Devices Pricing Program Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26144"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26144<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26110"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26110<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26113"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26113<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26125"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26125<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Payment Orchestrator Service Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.6</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26131"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26131<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>.NET Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25177"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25177<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Active Directory Domain Services Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26117"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26117<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Arc Enabled Servers - Azure Connected
  Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26130"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26130<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>ASP.NET Core Denial of Service
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23661"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23661<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure IoT Explorer Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23662"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23662<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure IoT Explorer Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23664"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23664<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure IoT Explorer Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26121"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26121<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure IOT Explorer Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26118"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26118<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure MCP Server Tools Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23667"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23667<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Broadcast DVR Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25190"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25190<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>GDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25181"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25181<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>GDI+ Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="97">
  <td class="xl72" height="97"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26030"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26030 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>GitHub: CVE-2026-26030 Microsoft Semantic
  Kernel InMemoryVectorStore filter functionality vulnerable<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">9.9</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23654"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23654 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>GitHub: Zero Shot SCFoundation Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26141"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26141<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Hybrid Worker Extension (Arc-enabled Windows
  VMs) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23665"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23665 †</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Linux Azure Diagnostic extension (LAD)
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23674"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23674<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>MapUrlToZone Security Feature Bypass
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26123"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26123<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Authenticator Information
  Disclosure Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26148"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26148 †</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Azure AD SSH Login extension for
  Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25167"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25167<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.4</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26107"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26107<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26108"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26108<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26109"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26109<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26112"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26112<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26134"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26134<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26106"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26106<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26114"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26114<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26105"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26105<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24283"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24283<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Multiple UNC Provider Kernel Driver
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25165"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25165<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Performance Counters for Windows Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24282"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24282<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Push message Routing Service Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26115"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26115<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>SQL Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26116"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26116<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>SQL Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20967"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-20967<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24285"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24285<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Win32k Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24291"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24291<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Accessibility Infrastructure
  (ATBroker.exe) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25186"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25186<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Accessibility Infrastructure
  (ATBroker.exe) Information Disclosure Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23660"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23660 †</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24293"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24293<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25176"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25176<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25178"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25178<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25179"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25179<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23656"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23656<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows App Installer Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.9</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25171"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25171<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Authentication Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23671"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23671<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Bluetooth RFCOM Protocol Driver
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24292"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24292<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Connected Devices Platform Service
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24295"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24295<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Device Association Service Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24296"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24296<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Device Association Service Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25189"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25189<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25174"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25174<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Extensible File Allocation Table
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25168"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25168<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Denial of Service
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25169"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25169<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Denial of Service
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23668"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23668<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25180"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25180<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Information
  Disclosure Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25170"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25170<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24297"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24297<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Kerberos Security Feature Bypass
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24287"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24287<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24289"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24289<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26132"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26132<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24288"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24288<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25175"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25175<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23669"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23669<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24290"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24290<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Projected File System Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23673"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23673<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Resilient File System (ReFS)
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25172"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25172<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Routing and Remote Access Service
  (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25173"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25173<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Routing and Remote Access Service
  (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26111"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26111<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Routing and Remote Access Service
  (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25185"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25185<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Shell Link Processing Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.3</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24294"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24294<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows SMB Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26128"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26128<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows SMB Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25166"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25166<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows System Image Manager Assessment and
  Deployment Kit (ADK) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25188"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25188<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Telephony Service Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23672"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23672<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Universal Disk Format File System
  Driver (UDFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25187"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25187<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Winlogon Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3536"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3536 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3536 Integer overflow in
  ANGLE<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3538"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3538 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3538 Integer overflow in
  Skia<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3539"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3539 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3539 Object lifecycle
  issue in DevTools<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3540"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3540 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3540 Inappropriate
  implementation in WebAudio<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3541"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3541 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3541 Inappropriate
  implementation in CSS<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3542"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3542 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3542 Inappropriate
  implementation in WebAssembly<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3543"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3543 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3543 Inappropriate
  implementation in V8<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3544"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3544 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3544 Heap buffer overflow
  in WebCodecs<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3545"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3545 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3545 Insufficient data
  validation in Navigation<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
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  <p class=""><em>* Indicates this CVE had been released by a third party and is now being included in Microsoft releases</em>.</p><p class=""><em>† Indicates further administrative actions are required to fully address the vulnerability.</em></p><p class=""><em> </em></p><p class="">Looking at the other Critical-rated bugs in this month’s release, they are all cloud-native and require no user action. Microsoft has already remediated the vulnerabilities.</p><p class="">Moving on to the other code execution bugs, the vulnerabilities in SharePoint Server pop out first. Both require authentication, but it’s essentially the lowest level of authentication, so these would be ideal cases for lateral movement within an enterprise. There are the standard open-and-own cases within Office components. There an interesting sounding bug in the Windows Mobile Broadband Driver that requires physical access, but Microsoft doesn’t elaborate on the attack scenario beyond that fact. The bug in the System Image Manager Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) requires authentication. The bug in GDI requires user interaction. The remaining code execution bugs are in the RRAS protocol. We’ve seen bugs in this component in the past, but never in the wild. I wouldn’t ignore these, but I wouldn’t rush them out either.</p><p class="">Similar to last month, updates for Elevation of Privilege (EoP) bugs make up nearly half of this month’s release. And as we saw last month, but most simply lead to local attackers executing their code at SYSTEM-level privileges or administrative privileges. The bugs in SQL Server allow attackers to elevate to SQL sysadmin privileges. The bug in the Azure MCP Server is more complex. It allows attackers to obtain the permissions associated with the MCP Server’s managed identity, which lets them perform actions that the managed identity is able to reach. The bug in the Azure AD SSH Login extension for Linux leads to root access, and it won’t be easy to patch. You’ll need to run the update instructions from the command line on each affected system. That’s the same case for the bug in the Linux Azure Diagnostic extension (LAD). There’s an odd bug in the Hybrid Worker Extension (Arc‑enabled Windows VMs) that leads to “ELEVATED” privileges, which is something I’ve never seen before. The bug in the Broadcast DVR component allows an attacker to go from low integrity level up to medium. There’s a bug listed as an EoP in the Push message Routing Service, but reading the description, Microsoft notes it could lead to an information disclosure. It’s likely this is an error and should be an Information Disclosure bug. The final EoP is in the Azure Portal Windows Admin Center and leads to SYSTEM. However, there’s no patch to remediate this bug. Instead, you need to install the latest version of the Windows Admin Center extension through the Azure Portal by hand. </p><p class="">There are two security feature bypass patches in the March release. The first is a bypass of the MapURLToZone method, which (as expected) allows attackers to bypass MapURLToZone protections. The third bypass is in Kerberos and could allow an attacker to either view some sensitive information or make changes to “disclosed” information. This is a race condition that occurs while the group policy is being reapplied, so the window to exploit this would be extremely small.</p><p class="">Looking at the remaining info disclosure bugs getting patched this month, only two result in info leaks consisting of unspecified memory contents or memory addresses. Ther others provide more interesting results. There are three bugs in the Azure IoT Explorer have some wide-ranging implications. According to Microsoft, exploitation could result in, “device connection information, authentication tokens, request data, file paths, and other information transmitted between the application and the IoT Hub.” The bug in Authenticator almost reads like a security feature bypass, as exploit results in the disclosure of a one‑time sign‑in code or authentication deep link. The attacker would receive the sign‑in information and could potentially use it to authenticate as the user, allowing access to information or services available to that account. The last info disclosure bug is in the Accessibility Infrastructure and allows an attacker to gain secrets or privileged information belonging to the user of the affected application.</p><p class="">There are only four spoofing bugs in the March release. The first is in SharePoint server and manifests as an XSS. The second bug is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in the Azure IoT Explorer. The remaining two are a bit more cryptic. The bug in Windows Shell Link Processing results from the “exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor,” and could lead to spoofing. That sounds like credential exposure, but it’s not explicitly called out. The final spoofing bug results from the insufficient verification of data authenticity in Windows App Installer. Again, this sounds vaguely like credential reflection, but without further information, we can only speculate. </p><p class="">Finally, there are four denial-of-service (DoS) bugs in the release, including one that’s listed as publicly known in the .NET Framework. As usual, Microsoft provides no actionable information about these bugs.</p><p class="">No new advisories are being released this month.</p><p class=""><strong>Looking Ahead</strong></p><p class="">I plan on being at RSA for the first time in my career, so if you’re around, please stop by and say hello. I like it when people say hello. Otherwise, I’ll be back on April 14 with my assessment of that patch Tuesday release. Until then, stay safe, happy patching, and may all your reboots be smooth and clean!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Announcing Pwn2Own Berlin for 2026]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you just want to read the contest rules, click here. Willkommen zurück, meine Damen und Herren, zu unserem zweiten Wettbewerb in Berlin! That’s correct (if Google translate didn’t steer me wrong). After our inaugural competition last year, Pwn2Own returns to Berlin and OffensiveCon. Outside of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:00:42 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class=""><em>If you just want to read the contest rules, click </em><a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/Pwn2OwnBerlin2026Rules.html" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p><p class=""> </p><p class="">Willkommen zurück, meine Damen und Herren, zu unserem zweiten Wettbewerb in Berlin! That’s correct (if Google translate didn’t steer me wrong). After our inaugural competition last year, Pwn2Own returns to Berlin and <a href="https://www.offensivecon.org/" target="_blank">OffensiveCon</a>. Outside of our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xj9Du8iuXCw" target="_blank">shipping troubles</a>, we had an amazing time and can’t wait to get back.</p><p class="">Last year, we added <strong>Artificial Intelligence</strong> as a category with great results. This year, we’re expanding this and splitting it into multiple different categories: AI Databases, Coding Agents, Local Inferences, and a separate category for NVIDIA products. In last year’s contest, NVIDIA targets had wins, losses, and collisions, so it will be interesting to see how they fare this year. The folks from <strong>AWS </strong>wanted to get into the fray as well, so they stepped up to co-sponsor this year’s event, which allows us to increase the reward for bugs in Firecracker. Of course, we have all of the returning categories as well, including web browsers, containers, servers, virtualization, and operating systems. There’s more than $1,000,000 in cash and prizes available for contestants. Last year, we awarded $1,078,750 for 28 unique 0-days over the three-day event. We’ll see if we can eclipse those numbers in 2026.</p><p class="">The contest begins on May 14, but registration closes on May 7, so don’t delay in getting those submissions in. We’re hoping for maximum participation, so set aside your vibe coding and show us what you can really do. We’re looking forward to some cutting-edge exploitation on display. For 2026, we have a total of 31 targets across 10 categories. Here is a full list of the categories for this year’s event:  </p>





















  
  



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<a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#virtual">-- Virtualization</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#browser">-- Web Browser</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#entapps">-- Enterprise Applications</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#server">-- Servers</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#eop">-- Local Escalation of Privilege</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#container">-- Containers</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#aidb">-- AI Database</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#aicode">-- Coding Agents</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#ailocal">-- Local Inference</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#nvidia">-- NVIDIA</a>  </p>




  <p class="">Of course, no Pwn2Own competition would be complete without us crowning a Master of Pwn (Meister von Pwn?). Since the order of the contest is decided by a random draw, contestants with an unlucky draw could still demonstrate fantastic research but receive less money since subsequent rounds go down in value. However, the points awarded for each unique, successful entry do <em>not</em> go down. Someone could have a bad draw and still accumulate the most points. The person or team with the most points at the end of the contest will be crowned Master of Pwn, receive 65,000 ZDI reward points (enough for <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/about/benefits/" target="_blank">Platinum</a> status), a killer <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5894c269e4fcb5e65a1ed623/t/5b8993b321c67c67b886f506/1535742910114/trophy.jpg" target="_blank">trophy</a>, and a <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6Z5iQQXEAEPQ0Q.jpg" target="_blank">pretty</a> <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNhpw_xUEAEkEwG.jpg" target="_blank">snazzy</a> <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu-6uFSWcAEefBS.jpg" target="_blank">jacket</a> to boot.</p><p class="">Let's look at the details of the rules for this year's event.</p>





















  
  



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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">Virtualization Category</b> </p>




  <p class="">Some of the highlights for each contest can be found in the Virtualization Category, and we’re thrilled to see what this year’s event could bring with it. As usual, VMware is the main highlight of this category as we’ll have VMware ESXi return with an award of $150,000. Last year produced the first ESXi exploits in Pwn2Own history, so it will be interesting to see if we get more. Microsoft also returns as a target and leads the virtualization category with a $250,000 award for a successful Hyper-V Client guest-to-host escalation. Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is our final target in this category with a prize of $50,000.</p><p class="">There’s an add-on bonus in this category as well. If a contestant can escape the guest OS, then gain arbitrary code execution on the virtualization target <em>and</em> obtain arbitrary code execution in the guest operating system on a separate virtual machine managed by the same targeted virtualization target, they’ll earn another $50,000. That could push the payout on a ESXi bug to $200,000. This bonus is for KVM and ESXi only. Here’s a detailed look at the targets and available payouts in the Virtualization category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">Web Browser Category</b></p>




  <p class="">While browsers are the “traditional” Pwn2Own target, we’re continuously tweaking the targets in this category to ensure they remain relevant. We re-introduced renderer-only exploits a couple of years ago, and this year, we’ve increased the award to $75,000. In fact, we’ve increased the awards across the board for this category. Here’s a detailed look at the targets and available payouts:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">Enterprise Applications Category</b></p>




  <p class="">Enterprise applications return as targets with Adobe Reader and various Office components on the target list once again. Attempts in this category must be launched from the target under test. For example, launching the target under test from the command line is not allowed. Prizes in this category run from $50,000 for a Reader exploit with a sandbox escape or a Reader exploit with a kernel privilege escalation, and $150,000 for an Office 365 application. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are all valid targets. Microsoft Office-based targets will have Protected View enabled where applicable. Adobe Reader will have Protected Mode enabled where applicable.</p><p class="">This year, we’re adding a bonus for Copilot data exfiltration and Copilot action execution. Microsoft just <a href="https://x.com/thezdi/status/2031496424488042681" target="_blank">patched</a> a bug like this in Excel, so we know they are out there. If you’re able to exploit Copilot in addition to a Microsoft application, you’ll earn an additional $50,000. There are quite a few rules and scenarios around this add-on, so be sure to read the rules carefully and contact us with questions. Here’s a detailed view of the targets and payouts in the Enterprise Application category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">The Server Category</b></p>




  <p class="">The Server Category for 2026 focuses solely on the server components we’re most interested in. These servers are often targeted by everyone from ransomware crews to nation/state actors, so we know there are exploits out there for them. The only question is whether we’ll see any of the competitors bring one of those exploits to Pwn2Own. Last year, the bugs demonstrated in SharePoint ended up being exploited in the wild, so we know people are looking for these with great interest. Microsoft Exchange has been a popular target for some time, and it returns as a target this year as well, with a payout of $200,000. This category is rounded out by Microsoft Windows RDP/RDS, which also has a payout of $200,000. Here’s a detailed look at the targets and payouts in the Server category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">Local Escalation of Privilege Category</b></p>




  <p class="">This category is a classic for Pwn2Own and focuses on attacks that originate from a standard user and result in executing code as a high-privileged user. A successful entry in this category must leverage a kernel vulnerability to escalate privileges. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Workstations returns as our Linux-based target, while Apple macOS, and Microsoft Windows 11 return as targets in this category. Prior exploits in this category have won Pwnie awards, so they’re always interesting to see. Here’s a detailed look at the targets and payouts in this category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">We’re excited to have this category return for its third season, and we’re hopeful that even more contestants will target one of these container targets. For an attempt to be ruled a success against these three, the exploit must be launched from within the guest container/microVM and execute arbitrary code on the host operating system. Again, with help from AWS, Firecracker returns as a target with a prize of $100,000. Here are the targets and payouts for this category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">In the past, AI Hackathons have focused on using AI to develop vulnerabilities or other offensive frameworks. We’re opening up the models and various components themselves for exploitation. The first AI sub-category focuses on databases. An attempt in this category must be launched from the contestant’s laptop. Here’s a look at the targets and awards in the AI Database category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">The Coding Agent Category</b></p>




  <p class="">Let’s face it. At some point or another, we’ve probably all vibe coded something. There’s no shame in that, but how secure are the tools we use for vibe coding? Well, let’s take the most popular choices and find out. A successful entry must interact with a contestant-controlled resource (e.g. web page, repository, media file) to exploit a vulnerability within the coding agent. The attack vector of the entry must be a common coding agent use case. There are few things out of scope here as well. UI spoofing or misrepresentation unrelated to permission prompts, model jailbreaks or prompt outputs that do not cross security boundaries, and vulnerabilities that require unsafe or permission-less modes are just a few of the things not allowed. As this is a new category, please read the rules carefully to ensure your entry qualifies. Here’s a look at the targets and awards in the AI Coding Agent category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">We couldn’t leave local inference and LLMs out of Pwn2Own. These products claim to provide enhanced data privacy, zero-cost inference, lower latency, and fully offline functionality. We’ll see how the security stacks up. An attempt in this category must be launched from the contestant’s laptop within the contest network. Here are the targets and payouts for the Local Inference category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">Our last AI sub-category focuses solely on NVIDIA products. For network accessible targets, an attempt must be launched from the contestant's laptop within the contest network. For NV Container Toolkit, the attempt must be launched from within a crafted container image and execute arbitrary code on the host operating system. For Megatron Bridge, entries that leverage vulnerabilities pertaining to pickle deserialization or that leverage a vulnerability when “trust_remote_code=true” are out of scope. Here are the targets and payouts for the NVIDIA category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class=""><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p class="">The complete rules for Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 are found <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/Pwn2OwnBerlin2026Rules.html" target="_blank">here</a>. As always, we <strong>highly</strong> encourage entrants to read the rules thoroughly if they choose to participate. If you are thinking about participating but have specific configuration or rule-related questions, <a href="mailto:pwn2own@trendmicro.com?subject=Pwn2Own%20Berlin%202026%20Question" target="_blank">email</a> us. Questions asked over X (nee Twitter), BlueSky, or other means will not be answered. Registration is required to ensure we have sufficient resources on hand at the event. Please contact ZDI at <a href="mailto:pwn2own@trendmicro.com">pwn2own@trendmicro.com</a> to begin the registration process. Registration for onsite participation closes at 5 p.m. Central European Time on May 7, 2026.</p><p class="">Be sure to stay tuned to this blog and follow us on <a href="https://www.twitter.com/thezdi" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@thezdi" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/zerodayinitiative" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>, or <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/thezdi.bsky.social" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> for the latest information and updates about the contest. We look forward to seeing everyone in Germany, and we hope to see some of the best in the world show what they can do – vibe coded or not.</p><p class="">With special thanks to our Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 partners AWS, for providing their expertise and technology.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<title><![CDATA[Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite
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A group of Russian state-supported cyber actors has been targeting and compromising various Western government and commercial organizations using the Zimbra Collaboratio...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="c-page-title__buttons"><a class="c-button" href="https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jul/22/2003965244/-1/-1/1/CSA_RUSSIA_PHISHING_TARGET_ZIMBRA.PDF">Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite</a></div>
<h2><strong>Executive summary</strong> </h2>
<p>A group of Russian state-supported cyber actors has been targeting and compromising various Western government and commercial organizations using the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) software since at least July 2025. The Russian state-supported advanced persistent threat (APT) group’s activity is tracked in the cybersecurity community under several names (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#cyber1">Cybersecurity industry tracking</a>), primarily as “LAUNDRY BEAR,” a name initially coined by the Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc1">1</a>].</p>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR’s targeting is almost certainly to gather sensitive information for the Russian Federation, with these actors primarily focusing on the covert acquisition of email data. Previous campaigns indicated LAUNDRY BEAR relied on unsophisticated initial access techniques—including password spraying, phishing, and pass-the-cookie—allowing the group to successfully run high-volume operations. The latest campaign targeting ZCS uses a novel exploit that was a zero-day vulnerability when first exploited and continues to be successfully exploited. The vulnerability, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a>, was patched in November 2025. This demonstrates LAUNDRY BEAR’s intent and ability to deploy increasingly sophisticated technical capabilities.</p>
<p>Unlike traditional phishing campaigns that persuade a user into taking an action, such as clicking a link or opening a file, LAUNDRY BEAR’s latest campaign leverages a view-based exploit that only requires a user to view a malicious email within a vulnerable version of the webmail service. Once viewed, the exploit attempts to exfiltrate the victim’s last 90 days of email communications, the organization email directory (i.e., Global Address List [GAL]), and other sensitive information to servers controlled by LAUNDRY BEAR. The exploit also attempts to establish persistent access to victim accounts through a variety of means as detailed in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> section.</p>
<p>This Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) warns of this ongoing malicious threat activity and urges organizations to update their vulnerable software and implement additional mitigations to thwart these Russian state-supported actors’ continued success. The CSA is being released by the following authoring and co-sealing agencies:</p>
<ul>
<li>United States National Security Agency (NSA)</li>
<li>United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</li>
<li>Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD)</li>
<li>Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD)</li>
<li>United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</li>
<li>United States Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)</li>
<li>United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)</li>
<li>United States Department of the Treasury</li>
<li>United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)</li>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC)</li>
<li>Communications Security Establishment Canada’s (CSE’s) Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre)</li>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)</li>
<li>United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)</li>
<li>Czech Republic National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f1"><sup>1</sup></a></li>
<li>Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Defence Intelligence (FDI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li>French General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f6"><sup>6</sup></a></li>
<li>French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f7"><sup>7</sup></a></li>
<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f8"><sup>8</sup></a></li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f9"><sup>9</sup></a></li>
<li>Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova (SIS RM)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f10"><sup>10</sup></a></li>
<li>Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f11"><sup>11</sup></a></li>
<li>The Military Counterintelligence Service of Poland (SKW)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f12"><sup>12</sup></a></li>
<li>Spain National Intelligence Centre (CNI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f13"><sup>13</sup></a></li>
<li>Sweden National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-SE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f14"><sup>14</sup></a></li>
</ul>
<p>The authoring agencies urge any organizations using ZCS to implement the recommendations listed within the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#mitigations1">Mitigations</a> section of this advisory to reduce the risk associated with this activity. This CSA also includes specific remediations for organizations to implement if they discover the presence of the listed <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#ioc1">Indicators of compromise</a> (IOCs).  </p>
<p>As more organizations update their ZCS software based on this CSA, LAUNDRY BEAR may discontinue the current campaign exploiting this vulnerability; however, based on the success of this and previous campaigns, it is very likely that the group will continue to target ZCS and other email systems used by organizations in Western countries. The actors will almost certainly continue to rely on email to engage potential victims by exploiting novel vulnerabilities and, when necessary, use social engineering techniques to assist with their efforts. The authoring agencies recommend organizations regularly update their mail service software and continuously monitor their email systems and emails for malicious activity.</p>
<p>For a downloadable list of IOCs, see:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-204A.stix_.xml">AA26-204A.stix.xml</a> (STIX XML)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-204A.stix_.json">AA26-204A.stix.json</a> (STIX JSON)</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Cybersecurity industry tracking</strong><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h2>
<p>The cybersecurity industry provides overlapping cyber threat intelligence, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and mitigation recommendations related to these Russian state-supported cyber actors. While not exhaustive, the following are threat group names commonly used for these actors within the cybersecurity community:</p>
<ul>
<li>LAUNDRY BEAR</li>
<li>Void Blizzard [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc2">2</a>]</li>
<li>CL-STA-1114 [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc3">3</a>]</li>
<li>TA488 (formerly UNK_PitStop) [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc4">4</a>]</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Cybersecurity companies have different methods of tracking and attributing cyber actors, and this may not be a 1:1 correlation to the U.S. government’s understanding for all activity related to these groupings.</p>
<h2><strong>Background</strong></h2>
<p>Public advisories from Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), and Microsoft highlighted these Russian state-supported advanced persistent threat (APT) actors in May 2025, calling them LAUNDRY BEAR and Void Blizzard respectively [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc1">1</a>] [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc2">2</a>]. Both advisories assessed that the group was engaged in malicious cyber activity as early as April 2024.  </p>
<p>The May 2025 advisories highlighted a cluster of activity targeting cloud-based email environments, including Microsoft Exchange in particular, and abusing legitimate APIs to perform data exfiltration in bulk [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/002/" target="_blank">T1114.002</a>]. The group relied on unsophisticated means of initial access, including procuring stolen credentials on criminal marketplaces [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1078/" target="_blank">T1078</a>], and using social engineering techniques to lure targets into interacting with a malicious site masquerading as a legitimate one. As of April 2025, one of these sites resembled a European Defence &amp; Security Summit registration portal that required registrants to sign in to their Microsoft account to view. Once a user entered their Microsoft credentials into this malicious site, LAUNDRY BEAR’s modified version of the open source adversary emulation toolkit, Evilginx, intercepted the user’s credentials. LAUNDRY BEAR then used this authentication data, including passwords and session tokens, to access the compromised account and conduct mass email exfiltration, as well as harvest other information. This method of compromise is commonly known as an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) technique [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1557/" target="_blank">T1557</a>].  </p>
<p>Beginning around July 2025, LAUNDRY BEAR shifted toward a more technical method of email compromise, highlighting their continued efforts to covertly acquire email communications from a variety of Western organizations of interest and deliver them to the Russian Federation. Using a custom-developed capability [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/001/" target="_blank">T1587.001</a>] named “<em>Улей</em>” or “<em>Ulej</em>” (Russian for beehive), LAUNDRY BEAR successfully targeted and exfiltrated sensitive user information from organizations who use the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) product [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/" target="_blank">T1114</a>]. Data LAUNDRY BEAR attempted to exfiltrate from compromised accounts included:</p>
<ul>
<li>Last 90 days of emails,</li>
<li>Email address,</li>
<li>Password [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/001/" target="_blank">T1589.001</a>],</li>
<li>Global Address List (GAL) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1087/" target="_blank">T1087</a>],</li>
<li>Two-factor authentication (2FA) tokens, and</li>
<li>Newly-created Application Passcode [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1098/" target="_blank">T1098</a>].</li>
</ul>
<p>The covert and persistent nature of this activity, along with the absence of any known financial extortion, almost certainly indicates this group’s involvement in espionage activities with Russian government backing. Additionally, extensive Ukrainian targeting, prior to use against U.S. and other NATO allies, outlines an increasing trend within Russian cyber threat groups to target Ukrainian users first—both as a priority target and as a testbench for malicious cyber techniques before broader global deployment.</p>
<h2><strong>Targeting details</strong></h2>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR has targeted and compromised users in various organizations, including those associated with:</p>
<ul>
<li>the Defense Industrial Base (DIB),  </li>
<li>the federal and local government,</li>
<li>education,</li>
<li>energy,</li>
<li>law enforcement,  </li>
<li>media,  </li>
<li>non-governmental organizations, and</li>
<li>technology.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Technical details</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This advisory uses the <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/matrices/enterprise/" target="_blank">MITRE ATT&amp;CK® Matrix for Enterprise</a> framework, version 19. This advisory also uses <a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/" target="_blank">MITRE D3FEND<sup>TM</sup></a> version 1.4.0<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f15"><sup>15</sup></a>. See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#appendixa">Appendix A</a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#appendixb">Appendix B</a> for tables of the activity mapped to MITRE ATT&amp;CK and D3FEND tactics, techniques, and countermeasures.</p>
<p><em>Ulej </em>is a novel data exfiltration and aggregation capability, that currently (as of the publication of this report) supports a campaign specifically targeting users of ZCS webmail servers. This capability is used to exploit <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> [Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html" target="_blank">CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'</a>)], but likely could be adapted to exploit other vulnerabilities. It exfiltrates emails and other sensitive user data from a victim’s system immediately after exploitation and stores the data in an actor-controlled unattributable virtual private server (VPS) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1074/002/" target="_blank">T1074.002</a>] running LAUNDRY BEAR’s “Flowerbed” collection framework. The collected data is almost certainly further exfiltrated to internal network resources for review and long-term retention.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Reconnaissance</strong></em></h3>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR uses the <em>Ulej </em>capability to exploit the <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> vulnerability in organizations using ZCS. This campaign’s targeted victimology and limited exploitation capabilities likely indicate this group manually identifies and targets the victim organizations. LAUNDRY BEAR likely identifies organizations with public-facing Zimbra infrastructure by port scanning [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/" target="_blank">T1595</a>] and fingerprinting datasets easily procured through various commercial vendors [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1596/005/" target="_blank">T1596.005</a>].  </p>
<p>After identifying a target organization, the group likely compiles email addresses for individual users to target with the exploit [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/002/" target="_blank">T1589.002</a>] from datasets offered by commercial vendors [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/002/" target="_blank">T1597.002</a>], open source intelligence [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1593/" target="_blank">T1593</a>], or previously exfiltrated data [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/" target="_blank">T1597</a>].  </p>
<h3><em><strong>Resource development </strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>The actors procure VPSs from a variety of providers [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank">T1583.003</a>], including those with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, and often use fabricated identities. LAUNDRY BEAR primarily uses Mullvad VPN [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/">T1583</a>] when interacting with these servers, further demonstrating the group’s intent to mask their identity and maintain operations security (OPSEC). After the server is provisioned, an automated process deploys the Docker containers necessary for <em>Ulej’s</em> Flowerbed framework [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1608/">T1608</a>], which then receives and aggregates the data <em>Ulej</em> exfiltrates. These servers are typically only used for 7-60 days before moving to new infrastructure.</p>
<h4><strong>Flowerbed framework</strong></h4>
<p>Flowerbed is a Python project that uses Docker for containerization. The project includes four different Docker containers:</p>
<ul>
<li>Catcher,</li>
<li>Certbot,</li>
<li>Nginx, and</li>
<li>Gardener.</li>
</ul>
<p>Catcher acts as both a DNS and HTTP server to receive and aggregate exfiltrated victim information [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/">T1048</a>]. For additional information on Catcher, refer to the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section of this advisory. Flowerbed’s next container, Certbot, is based on one of the official Certbot containers, which allows for automated generation of Let’s Encrypt certificates using DNS challenges through Cloudflare. This certificate can then be used by the Nginx container, which serves as an HTTPS reverse proxy for Catcher, enabling Flowerbed to disguise some of its exfiltration activity through an encrypted communications channel [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/002/" target="_blank">T1048.002</a>]. The Nginx reverse proxy also validates that the Server Name Indicator (SNI) value contains “*.i.*” prior to forwarding the traffic to Catcher. If the SNI does not contain that string, the Nginx server returns a 444 error to the client. This is likely an attempt to reject non-Ulej connections. Finally, the Gardener container functions as a health check for the Catcher service. Gardener is a simple Python script that validates Catcher correctly receives and processes data.</p>
<p>The simplistic Flowerbed codebase has indications that artificial intelligence (AI) played a role in its development. This highlights how AI is increasingly being used to develop malicious capabilities [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/007/" target="_blank">T1588.007</a>]. The dependence on AI for a simple capability, such as Flowerbed, alongside a previous reliance on open source capabilities, such as Evilginx2 [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/002/" target="_blank">T1588.002</a>], likely indicates a lack of advanced technical knowledge within LAUNDRY BEAR, especially in relation to true software development capabilities.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Initial access</strong></em></h3>
<p>To gain initial access, LAUNDRY BEAR sends an email containing a malicious JavaScript payload to the target [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1566/" target="_blank">T1566</a>]. Through exploitation of <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a>, this JavaScript payload is immediately executed once the user views the malicious email [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1203/" target="_blank">T1203</a>], such as the one shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure1"><strong>Figure 1</strong></a>, in the ZCS webmail platform. Since at least November 2025, LAUNDRY BEAR began sending these phishing emails from victim infrastructure through compromised accounts [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1199/" target="_blank">T1199</a>], as shown in the email metadata in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure2"><strong>Figure 2</strong></a>. These compromised accounts were likely previous victims of this, or another LAUNDRY BEAR, campaign and their use is intended to further obfuscate and frustrate anti-phishing tools and training.</p>
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<p>According to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> was initially published on 5 January 2026. This vulnerability allows for execution of a JavaScript payload included in email content due to improper sanitization of Cascading Style Sheet’s (CSS) @import directives within an email [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc5">5</a>]. Because the activity attributed to this campaign began in July 2025—months before Synacor released a patch and the CVE was published—the payload initially exploited a zero-day vulnerability at that time [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/004/" target="_blank">T1587.004</a>].  </p>
<p><strong>Utilization of a zero-day exploit within this campaign demonstrates the ability for even emerging threat groups like LAUNDRY BEAR to operationalize novel exploits into a highly successful capability.</strong></p>
<p>Hidden in LAUNDRY BEAR’s email is a Base64 encoded payload within the “onload” field of a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) element [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/017/" target="_blank">T1027.017</a>], as shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure3"><strong>Figure 3</strong></a>. Leading up to the inclusion of this payload in the SVG element are various instances of @import directives, as required to leverage <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376">CVE-2025-66376</a>. This payload includes an XOR encrypted final script encoded in a Base64 inner payload (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure3"><strong>Figure 3</strong></a>) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/013/" target="_blank">T1027.013</a>]. The outer payload decodes and decrypts the inner payload using an XOR function and a hardcoded key and then executes the script contained within the inner payload containing the collection and exfiltration logic. By changing the key used for the XOR encryption of the inner payload or adding additional @import directives with non-functional code [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/010/" target="_blank">T1027.010</a>], LAUNDRY BEAR can easily generate new payloads that bypass basic threat detection signatures. This malicious payload attempts to collect and exfiltrate information in 12 asynchronous stages [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1119/">T1119</a>]. The stages in order of appearance within the payload are as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>sendStartPing,</li>
<li>gather_email,</li>
<li>gather_environment,</li>
<li>gather_2fa_codes,</li>
<li>gather_app_password,</li>
<li>gather_device_status,</li>
<li>gather_oauth_consumers,</li>
<li>gather_autocomplete_password,</li>
<li>enable_mail_protocols,</li>
<li>gather_gal,</li>
<li>sendArchives, and</li>
<li>sendFinishPing. </li>
</ol>
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<p>Use of a zero-day exploit within this campaign demonstrates the ability for even emerging threat groups like LAUNDRY BEAR to operationalize novel exploits into a highly successful capability [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/" target="_blank">T1587</a>].</p>
<h3><em><strong>Persistence and credential access</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>To establish sustained persistence into the victim’s email account, the script attempts to modify account preferences and collect authentication information. Any collected credentials are later exfiltrated, as further described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section below. Other campaigns attributed to LAUNDRY BEAR also demonstrated the group’s ability to circumvent multi-factor authentication through session token replay [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1550/004/" target="_blank">T1550.004</a>], and the Zimbra campaign follows a similar trend.</p>
<p>The script used in this campaign tries to discover the victim’s email address during the <em>gather_email</em> stage [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087/" target="_blank">T1087</a>]. The script searches for this email address in two ways. First, it examines the <em>batchInfoResponse </em>variable, which an HTML script element on the webpage can define, for an email address. Even if the script finds an email address there, it also checks whether it acquired a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) token as described later in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#collection1">Collection</a> section of this advisory. If so, the script uses the “GetIdentitiesRequest” Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace to determine the victim’s email address [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1185/" target="_blank">T1185</a>] and then exfiltrates it. However, if the script does not have a CSRF token or the SOAP request fails, the script exfiltrates the email value recovered from the first method instead. If both attempts fail to capture the victim’s email, the script sends a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) payload with a key of “email” and value of <em>null </em>over HTTPS and does not attempt DNS exfiltration.</p>
<p>During the <em>gather_autocomplete_password</em> stage, the script attempts to collect the victim’s saved password via the autocomplete feature of the victim’s password manager. The script injects two HTML div elements requesting login credentials onto the page outside of the victim’s view, as shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure4"><strong>Figure 4</strong></a><strong> </strong>and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure5"><strong>Figure 5</strong></a>. After waiting five seconds, the script then attempts to extract the password provided automatically by the password manager from the input element shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure4"><strong>Figure 4</strong></a>. If there is no value in that input field, it checks the password input field shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure5"><strong>Figure 5</strong></a>. If neither input field contains a value, a JSON payload with a key of “autocomplete_password” and value of <em>null </em>is sent over HTTPS and DNS exfiltration is not attempted.</p>
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      <figcaption class="c-figure__caption"><em><strong>Figure 4: First illegitimate login HTML element</strong></em></figcaption>
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<p>LAUNDRY BEAR almost certainly relies on a mail client using the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) for persistent access to the victim’s mailbox. During the <em>enable_mail_protocols</em> stage, a SOAP request leveraging the “ModifyPrefsRequest” command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace is sent. This request attempts to set the “zimbraPrefImapEnabled” preference to TRUE. While the default setting for “zimbraPrefImapEnabled” is not well documented, this action is almost certainly intended to ensure that IMAP access to the victim’s mailbox is enabled.</p>
<p>ZCS does not support 2FA for some mail clients, including IMAP. To support users who rely on IMAP clients, ZCS allows for the generation of Application Passcodes. Application Passcodes are randomly generated passwords that can be used for clients that cannot support the normal 2FA process to authenticate. During the <em>gather_app_password</em> stage, the script makes a SOAP request using the “CreateAppSpecificPasswordRequest” command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace to create a new Application Passcode [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1556/006/" target="_blank">T1556.006</a>]. The SOAP request uses “ZimbraWeb” as the name of the application.</p>
<p>Additionally, the script also attempts to collect 2FA tokens. During the <em>gather_2fa_codes</em> stage, the script makes a SOAP request using the “GetScratchCodesRequest” command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace. The script then attempts to exfiltrate any non-null 2FA codes collected this way. The number of codes can vary, and each code is exfiltrated to Flowerbed individually.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Collection</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>As demonstrated in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> section, this script relies heavily on SOAP requests to collect victim information. To make these requests, the script aims to acquire the victim’s current CSRF token, which it attempts to access within the webpage’s local storage using localStorage.getItem("csrfToken"). If the script is unable to acquire this CSRF token, it will be unable to make any SOAP requests. In addition to the SOAP commands documented in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> section, other SOAP commands executed to collect victim information are shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a>.</p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 1: Additional SOAP commands used</strong></em></caption>
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<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p><strong>SOAP Command </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p><strong>Namespace </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p><strong>Stage </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>GetInfoRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraAccount </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>GetDeviceStatusRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraSync </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_device_status </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>GetOAuthConsumersRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraAccount </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_oauth_consumers </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>SearchGalRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraAccount </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_gal </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The script attempts to collect the victim’s GAL through brute force by searching for each two-character combination from a character set of “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890.-_”. These queries are conducted using 20 batches of SOAP requests with 77 “SearchGalRequest” SOAP commands in each batch except for the last request containing only 58.</p>
<p>During the <em>gather_environment</em> stage, the script attempts to determine which type of ZCS webmail client the victim is using. The script checks the user’s current URL to determine the client type being used, checking for certain indicators (shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table2"><strong>Table 2</strong></a>) to determine the client type. The corresponding value is then used as the payload when exfiltrating the client type.</p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 2: ZCS webmail client types</strong></em></caption>
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<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p><strong>Indicator </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p><strong>Client Type </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p><strong>Associated Value </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>?client=advanced </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>Advanced </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>c </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>/h/ </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>Standard </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>h </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>/modern/ </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>Modern </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>m </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>As part of collection, the script attempts to harvest any emails not marked as “junk” from the last 90 days from the victim’s account. Emails are collected daily by an HTTP GET request to the URL path, “/home/~/?fmt=tgz&amp;meta=0&amp;query=date:-{DAY_OFFSET}d AND (not in:junk)”. The <em>{DAY_OFFSET}</em> value would be between 0 and 89 representing how many days ago the email was sent or received. To prevent redundant collection and exfiltration of emails, a variable with a name based on the email date being queried, using a format of <em>zd_comp_YYYY-MM-DD</em>, and value of <em>true</em>, is saved to the <em>window.top.localStorage</em> property. This variable is saved regardless of whether the email is successfully exfiltrated.  </p>
<p>According to Mozilla documentation, if the user is not in a private browsing session, any data stored to localStorage does not typically expire. This means that if the user happens to execute the script again from the same computer, the script avoids attempting to re-exfiltrate previously captured emails. However, the script always attempts to pull any emails with a <em>{DAY_OFFSET} </em>of zero. In other words, the script always pulls emails sent or received the same day it is run. After email results are returned from the query for each day of email activity, those results are then passed to Flowerbed as described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section.</p>
<p>The script also provides LAUNDRY BEAR with telemetry on any errors that occur during the collection process. This is accomplished by executing any collection or exfiltration code through helper functions that contain error handling logic. If an error occurs, a payload containing information on the error itself, the context of the error happening, and the stage in which the error occurred is sent to Flowerbed as described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section below. For cases where the error occurs within a SOAP request, “:api” is concatenated to the stage value in the payload. If an error occurs during the batch SOAP requests that occur when collecting the GAL of the victim, the stage value will use a format of <em>gather_gal:{VAL}:api</em>. The <em>{VAL}</em> placeholder indicates which batch request, a number from 0 to 19, the error occurred in. Errors that occur during the password autocomplete interception process will use “gather_autocomplete_password:dom” for the stage value. Finally, if an error occurs when attempting to collect or exfiltrate a specific day’s emails, the stage will include which day the error occurred on, using the previously defined placeholder <em>{DAY_OFFSET},</em> with a format of <em>sendArchive:day-{DAY_OFFSET}</em>.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Exfiltration</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>At the end of each stage in the collection process, the script attempts to exfiltrate acquired information to Flowerbed. The script primarily relies on two forms of data exfiltration: DNS [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/003/" target="_blank">T1048.003</a>] and HTTPS. Some information is exfiltrated over both the DNS and HTTPS channels.</p>
<p>Prior to exfiltration, a randomized 10- or 11-character alphanumeric string is generated as an identifier for the victim. This identifier is included in the URL of both the DNS- and HTTPS-based exfiltration.  </p>
<h4><strong>DNS exfiltration</strong></h4>
<p>DNS exfiltration occurs through DNS A record queries. To ensure data exfiltrated through DNS is not corrupted when traversing through non-actor-controlled DNS infrastructure, <em>Ulej </em>maintains compliance with RFC 1035, Domain Names - Implementation and Specification, specifically accounting for the case insensitivity and subdomain length requirements. Base32 encoding is used to create a case-insensitive payload. Once the payload is encoded, a period (“.”) is added every 60 characters to ensure each subdomain is under 63 characters long. The script then creates a new image object sourced from a URL with the scheme defined in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure6"><strong>Figure 6</strong></a>. Any traffic involving DNS exfiltration will have “d-“ prefixing the victim identifier, and the subdomain immediately following indicates the type of information being exfiltrated.</p>
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      <figcaption class="c-figure__caption"><em><strong>Figure 6: Structure for information exfiltrated by DNS</strong></em></figcaption>
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<p>When the script generates an image object, the browser tries to retrieve the complete domain of the URL specified as the source of the image. This triggers a DNS request sent to the actor-controlled server and processed by Flowerbed. <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table3"><strong>Table 3</strong></a> lists both the information exfiltrated via DNS and their corresponding data type identifiers in the DNS queries.  </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 3: DNS exfiltration</strong></em></caption>
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<p><strong>Type of Information </strong></p>
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</th>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p><strong>Exfiltration Stage </strong></p>
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</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p><strong>Data Type </strong></p>
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</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Victim’s Email Address </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_email </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>e </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Client Type </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>c </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Zimbra Version </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment  </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>v </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>URL at Time of Exploitation </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>url </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>2FA Scratch Codes </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_2fa_codes </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>2fa </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Newly Created Application Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_app_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>pa </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Harvested Autocomplete Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_autocomplete_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>pw </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h4><strong>HTTPS exfiltration</strong></h4>
<p>Any information exfiltrated via DNS is also exfiltrated through HTTPS, as well as additional data including email content, contacts, attachments, and error logging information. By using Let’s Encrypt certificates, this group can quickly deploy new infrastructure and leverage encrypted HTTPS communications with valid server certificates when exfiltrating information from the victim’s environment. The HTTPS exfiltration capability only uses two HTTP content types, defined in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table4"><strong>Table 4</strong></a>. Traffic associated with HTTPS exfiltration will use the URL scheme shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure7"><strong>Figure 7</strong></a>.  </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 4: HTTPS exfiltration types</strong></em></caption>
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<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p><strong>Content Type </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p><strong>URL Path </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
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<p>application/json </p>
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</td>
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<p>/v/p </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
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<p>application/octet-stream </p>
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</div>
</td>
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<p>/v/d </p>
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</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
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<p>Some of the data transmitted via HTTPS uses the standard JSON content type format. The script includes the information in a POST request to actor-controlled infrastructure.  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table5"><strong>Table 5</strong></a> provides a summary of the JSON-based exfiltration.</p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 5: HTTPS JSON exfiltration  </strong></em></caption>
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<p><strong>Type of Information </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
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<p><strong>Exfiltration Stage </strong></p>
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</th>
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<p><strong>JSON Key(s) </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
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<p>Victim’s Email Address </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>gather_email </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>email </p>
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</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
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<p>Client Type, Version, and Current URL </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>client, version, full_url </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>Newly Created Application Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_app_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>app_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
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<p>Harvested Autocomplete Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>gather_autocomplete_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>autocomplete_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The script transmits all HTTPS exfiltration not identified in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table5"><strong>Table 5</strong></a> using the Octet-Stream content type as binary data. The POST requests for this method include a filename in the “X-Filename” header. Traditionally, developers use headers prefixed with “X-” to denote custom headers that do not follow a defined standard. The purpose of including this header remains unclear since the Catcher capability ignores the provided filename when saving the data. <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a> summarizes the data exfiltrated in this format.</p>
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<caption><em><strong> Table 6: HTTPS binary exfiltration</strong></em></caption>
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</th>
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<p><strong>Exfiltration Stage </strong></p>
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<p><strong>X-Filename Header </strong></p>
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<p>SOAP request for GetInfoRequest </p>
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<p>gather_environment </p>
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<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
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<p>SOAP request for GetScratchCodesRequest </p>
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</td>
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<p>gather_2fa_codes </p>
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</div>
</td>
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<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
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<p>SOAP request for GetDeviceStatusRequest </p>
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</td>
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<p>gather_device_status </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
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<td>
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<p>SOAP request for GetOAuthConsumersRequest </p>
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</td>
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<p>gather_oauth_consumers </p>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
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<p>Victim Organization’s Global Address List </p>
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</div>
</td>
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<p>gather_gal </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>telemetry_{1-20}.json </p>
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</td>
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<p>Last 90 Days of Victim’s Emails </p>
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</div>
</td>
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<p>sendArchives </p>
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<p>telemetryData_{0-89}.json </p>
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</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
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<p>The script sends all exfiltrated data identified in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a> to the Catcher service exactly as received from the SOAP request in a JSON payload, except for email exfiltration. For email exfiltration, the script sends it as a GZIP compressed archive [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1560/" target="_blank">T1560</a>]. Although most of the exfiltration consists of valid JSON, the script still attempts to exfiltrate all information identified in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a> using the application/octet-stream content typing rather than application/json.</p>
<p>At the beginning and end of the collection and exfiltration activity, during the <em>sendStartPing</em> and <em>sendFinishPing </em>stages respectively, the script submits a POST request with a JSON payload to indicate that the script is starting or finishing execution. Throughout execution, the script also logs error events and send the logs using similar JSON payloads. The script sends the JSON in a POST request to the URL documented in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure2"><strong>Figure 2</strong></a>, using a URL path of “/v/p” and with a “subtype” key that shows which type of action it logged (<em>start, finish, or error</em>).  </p>
<h4><strong>Catcher</strong></h4>
<p><em>Ulej </em>exfiltrates information to Flowerbed to be handled by a service named Catcher. Catcher is a containerized Python application, running in Docker as part of Flowerbed, which is detailed in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#resourcedev1">Resource development</a> section. It receives exfiltrated data and temporarily stores it, enabling its eventual transfer to infrastructure designed for long-term, secure storage.</p>
<p>Catcher acts as an HTTP server over port 8000 and a DNS server on port 53. As described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#resourcedev1">Resource development</a> section, the Flowerbed project uses an additional Docker container running an Nginx reverse proxy to enable HTTPS support. This reverse proxy uses a certificate generated by Let’s Encrypt and forwards all traffic with an SNI containing “*.i.*” to port 8000 within the Catcher container.</p>
<p>The DNS service can accept A, AAAA, MX, TXT, and CAA queries. For any MX, AAAA, or CAA queries, the server will always provide an empty response. The system only supports TXT records as needed to process Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) requests, which enable the assignment of Let’s Encrypt certificates. If the server receives an A query, Catcher will always respond with the public IP address of the Flowerbed server.  </p>
<p>However, if a query includes a domain formatted as shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure6"><strong>Figure 6</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure7"><strong>Figure 7</strong></a>, the service saves a log file in JSON format to disk containing the following details of the DNS query:</p>
<ul>
<li>Time of query,</li>
<li>Source IP address for query,</li>
<li>Queried domain, and</li>
<li>Type of query.</li>
</ul>
<p>The HTTP server typically responds with OK, except in cases where the path is “pixel.gif” when the response contains a 1x1 gif image with a SHA-256 hash of ef1955ae757c8b966c83248350331bd3a30f658ced11f387f8ebf05ab3368629. Like the DNS service, the HTTP service will only log entries when the domain found in the host header of the request follows the expected formatting as seen in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure6"><strong>Figure 6</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure7"><strong>Figure 7</strong></a>. As the HTTPS exfiltration uses non-standardized binary and JSON-formatted payloads when exfiltrating to Catcher, Catcher will check the content type of the request. If the content type is set to “application/json”, Catcher encodes the data in Base64 and includes it in the JSON log entry written to disk. If the content type is set to any other value, Catcher leaves the Base64 payload in the JSON log entry blank and saves the payload to a separate file with the same filename as the JSON log entry with a “.bin” file extension. An HTTPS exfiltration event causes Catcher to save a JSON formatted log file to disk containing the following information from the HTTP request:</p>
<ul>
<li>Time,</li>
<li>Source IP address,</li>
<li>Request method,</li>
<li>Host,</li>
<li>Path,</li>
<li>Query string,</li>
<li>Headers, and</li>
<li>Base64 payload.</li>
</ul>
<p>These JSON event log files and binary output files are then initially saved to the directory <em>/root/hits/tmp</em> and later moved to the <em>/root/hits/ready</em> directory once processed. This prevents incomplete files, which are still being uploaded to Catcher, from premature exfiltration from the server. Approximately every 60 seconds, a likely automated workflow establishes a Secure Shell (SSH) connection with the server hosting Flowerbed for a few seconds, almost certainly exfiltrating the data processed by Catcher to non-public-facing infrastructure. The command in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure8"><strong>Figure 8</strong></a> also executes hourly to remove all files last modified at least two days ago from the <em>/root/hits/ready</em> directory.</p>
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<h2><strong>Response strategies</strong></h2>
<h3><em><strong>Mitigations</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>In many cases, by the time an organization identifies a compromise related to this campaign, numerous sensitive and proprietary emails have already been exfiltrated. The significant risk posed by this cyber threat emphasizes the importance for organizations that use ZCS and other similar webmail solutions to take proactive steps to mitigate this risk.</p>
<p>All organizations that use the ZCS webmail service should <strong>immediately prioritize</strong> ensuring that their ZCS is not running a vulnerable version. A patch for <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> was released for both 10.1.13 and 10.0.18 versions of ZCS [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationHardening">D3-AH</a>]. If immediate patching is not feasible, organizations should advise employees to use alternative mail clients to access email and avoid using the Classic ZCS webmail client until ZCS is updated to a non-vulnerable version [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/tactic/d3f:Isolate/" target="_blank">d3f:Isolate</a>].</p>
<p>System administrators should closely monitor any Internet-connected ZCS or other email systems and the workstations that access those systems and promptly apply available software updates [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationHardening" target="_blank">D3-AH</a>]. Administrators can maintain awareness of active vulnerability exploitation by referencing open source resources, including <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog">CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog</a> and <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/vulnerability-management/guidance/responding-to-active-exploitation" target="_blank">NCSC-UK’s Responding to active exploitation of vulnerabilities</a> guidance.</p>
<p>Organizations should consider using a third-party authentication service that supports passkeys for authentication to mediate access to ZCS and other services that do not natively support passkeys. By doing so, organizations can work to eliminate the possibility of automated password collection from autocomplete or password reuse [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:CredentialHardening" target="_blank">D3-CH</a>]. However, Application Passcodes may still be necessary and should be monitored closely.  </p>
<p>Organizations should implement network monitoring capabilities with collection and short-term retention of packet capture or NetFlow data and maintain log collection and storage [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#MaintainLogCollectionStorage3Q">CPG 3.Q</a>]. This will allow organizations to monitor for and identify suspicious network activity [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#IdentifyAdverseEvents4B">CPG 4.B</a>], such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Significant amounts of outbound data being sent to IPs associated with VPS providers not used by the organization [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-NTA</a>];</li>
<li>Frequent DNS queries for a suspicious domain with seemingly random subdomains [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:DNSTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-DNSTA</a>];</li>
<li>A sudden spike of connections to a server associated with a recently established domain [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficCommunityDeviation">D3-NTCD</a>]; and  </li>
<li>Connections to internal services, such as webmail, from VPN providers frequently leveraged by this group for nefarious activity, such as Mullvad VPN [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficCommunityDeviation">D3-NTCD</a>].</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, for organizations that can inspect the content of outbound HTTPS connections via break-and-inspect infrastructure, security teams should identify traffic matching the characteristics described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section of this advisory.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Indicators of compromise (IOCs)</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<h4><strong>Flowerbed infrastructure</strong></h4>
<p>The following indicators have been attributed to use by LAUNDRY BEAR for their campaign targeting ZCS’s webmail service as of the publication of this advisory. (<strong>Disclaimer: </strong>Due to the frequency of operational structure changes by this group, these indicators are intended solely for historic attribution purposes. Some indicators, such as IPs, compromised emails, and domains, may be outdated, so organizations should check for current activity before acting on these IOCs.) <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table7"><strong>Table 7</strong></a> provides details about the server infrastructure used to host Flowerbed, and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table8"><strong>Table 8</strong></a> lists the corresponding SHA-1 hash values for the Let’s Encrypt certificates used by that infrastructure [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:IdentifierActivityAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-IAA</a>].</p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 7: Flowerbed server infrastructure</strong></em></caption>
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<p><strong>Domain </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p><strong>IP Address </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
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<p><strong>First Seen </strong></p>
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</th>
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<p><strong>Last Seen </strong></p>
</div>
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</th>
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<td>
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<p>zmailanalytics[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>216.252.238[.]104 </p>
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</td>
<td>
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<p>8 July 2025 </p>
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</td>
<td>
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<p>15 October 2025 </p>
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<p>zimbra-metadata[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>216.252.238[.]18 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>20 August 2025 </p>
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<td>
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<p>14 October 2025 </p>
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<p>analyticemailmeter[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>37.120.247[.]228 </p>
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<p>24 September 2025 </p>
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<p>emailanalytics.com[.]ua </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>185.86.79[.]95 </p>
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</td>
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<p>24 September 2025 </p>
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<p>mailnalysis[.]com </p>
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</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>104.248.134[.]194 </p>
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</td>
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<p>11 November 2025 </p>
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<p>17 February 2026 </p>
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<p>zimbrastat[.]com </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>64.226.124[.]190 </p>
</div>
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</td>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>18 December 2025 </p>
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<p>zimbrasoft.com[.]ua </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>193.238.152[.]66 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>20 January 2026 </p>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>synacorzimbra[.]nl </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>216.252.238[.]64 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>3 February 2026 </p>
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</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>30 March 2026 </p>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>istc-cloud[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>194.156.103[.]193 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>5 February 2026 </p>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>30 March 2026 </p>
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<p><strong>X.509 SHA-1 Hash </strong></p>
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<p><strong>First Seen </strong></p>
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<p><strong>Last Seen </strong></p>
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<p>zmailanalytics[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>2e4f314bc9943cab5005d6fde0b271c74d47bc9d </p>
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</div>
</td>
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<p>8 Jul 2025 </p>
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<p>6 Aug 2025 </p>
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<p>*.i.zmailanalytics[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>50a87d926621dd06389ba50d86e0ff574ed713a8 </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>6 Aug 2025 </p>
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<p>13 Oct 2025 </p>
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<p>*.i.zimbra-metadata[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>c5a72420e7bb308d078e62128430897f82194c95 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>20 Aug 2025 </p>
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</td>
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<p>14 Oct 2025 </p>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>*.i.analyticemailmeter[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>8959c4d29e29f02ea94ea8bb21c8df2594c5549d </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
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<p>24 Sep 2025 </p>
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<p>8 Nov 2025 </p>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>*.i.emailanalytics.com[.]ua </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>62eb76432597694edb01c1fe57aab0cfe03a7178 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
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<p>25 Sep 2025 </p>
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<p>27 Sep 2025 </p>
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<p>*.i.mailnalysis[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>cddf5c3be1e07f28140aed165b929bf2d614922a </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
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<p>12 Nov 2025 </p>
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<p>17 Dec 2025 </p>
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<p>*.i.zimbrastat[.]com </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>18b3ad442ce73cc8656d51d75bbd7c855f2cb7e8 </p>
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<p>18 Dec 2025 </p>
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<p>28 Dec 2025 </p>
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<p>*.i.zimbrasoft.com[.]ua </p>
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<p>1b25041ececf2457eef0270fc1d785cec8ec9ded </p>
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<p>21 Jan 2026 </p>
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<p>10 Feb 2026 </p>
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<p>*.i.synacorzimbra[.]nl </p>
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<p>e4fe6466a4f9a4249fe330651e914e45bbdca44a </p>
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<p>5 Feb 2026 </p>
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<p>22 Mar 2026 </p>
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<p>*.i.istc-cloud[.]com </p>
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</td>
<td>
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<p>b6b77c9a455225d525834a403ca9ef5481ed0447 </p>
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</td>
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<p>12 Feb 2026 </p>
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<p>30 Mar 2026 </p>
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<p>LAUNDRY BEAR has used the following email addresses to procure resources used for this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>ivanka.zurabishvili@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>zmul1@buildandconsulting[.]com,</li>
<li>garrysmithme@pinmx[.]net, and</li>
<li>hostingclient@pinmx[.]net.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Phishing distribution</strong></h4>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR primarily relied on ProtonMail for distribution of malicious email. However, as stated above, LAUNDRY BEAR’s more recent efforts likely have shifted to distributing the payload through previous victims.  </p>
<p>The following email addresses have distributed payloads attributed to this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>c.laurent.ejfa@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>j.moreau.epsc@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>liberty.insights@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>certain email addresses (presumably compromised) at the isofts.kiev[.]ua domain (i.e., ending with @isofts.kiev[.]ua), and</li>
<li>certain email addresses (presumably compromised) at the navs.edu[.]ua domain (i.e., ending with @navs.edu[.]ua).</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, the following are SHA-256 hashes of email samples containing the malicious payload attributed to this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>98df604ecc57f884a2e6ce3266a0013ad64455cac48442c2312cfa4765007aaf,</li>
<li>60db9abae75cd8ccc49dd7ea5feb41677566dcd442f12ebc5745ffd2810fb874,</li>
<li>b1f5beb1175fc5c7d1806a2f0d900eb124c54f0286c5c52b66eea7a6633adb1d, and</li>
<li>1517b3caa495f6c4e832df9c75fc94667e3c233773f7fa4e056d5e30e5ead760.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Post-compromise artifacts</strong></h4>
<p>Currently, the script does not remove artifacts. This leaves additional opportunities to identify victims of this activity. While emphasis should always be placed on consistent monitoring of network traffic and endpoint activity, there are a variety of persistent artifacts described below that can be used to identify victims of this campaign.</p>
<p>This <em>Ulej </em>capability relies on creating a significant number of SOAP requests to collect account information for exfiltration. ZCS logs from these requests are stored, by default, in the <em>/opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log</em> file [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ProcessAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-PA</a>]. A significant amount of SOAP request activity that aligns with what was described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#collection1">Collection</a> sections of this advisory could indicate a potential compromise. Specific examples of high-risk SOAP request activity might include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Many <em>SearchGalRequest </em>command requests from a single user over a short period of time;</li>
<li>Use of the <em>CreateAppSpecificPasswordRequest</em> command, especially in cases where it is creating an Application Passcode named “ZimbraWeb”; and</li>
<li>Use of the GetScratchCodesRequest command.</li>
</ul>
<p>While LAUNDRY BEAR uses the localStorage property to track what days had emails previously exfiltrated, defenders can use this property to identify victims of this campaign and determine the scope of exfiltrated information [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ProcessAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-PA</a>]. Review of the items stored in that property for an organization’s ZCS webmail client page on an endpoint device could indicate compromise if there are items named with a format of <em>zd_comp_YYYY-MM-DD,</em> as explained in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#collection1">Collection</a> section of this advisory.</p>
<p>While Application Passcodes have non-malicious purposes, in this case instances of these passcodes with the name “ZimbraWeb” are almost certainly malicious. The ZCS webmail application can support 2FA natively and does not require the use of an Application Passcode, so there is no reason that there should be one named “ZimbraWeb.”</p>
<p>In instances where organizations identify victims of this campaign, they should also examine the inbox of the suspected victim for the original phishing email [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-MA</a>]. If an email that has a payload exploiting <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376">CVE-2025-66376</a> is discovered, <strong>steps should be taken immediately to identify and quarantine other instances of emails with similar body content, senders, and subject lines to prevent further exploitation and exfiltration.  </strong></p>
<h3><em><strong>Remediation</strong></em></h3>
<p>In the event an organization identifies activity associated with this campaign, that organization should take steps to minimize further exploitation. The organization should consider requesting that employees minimize use of the ZCS webmail client until the organization updates to a patched version that is not vulnerable to <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a>.</p>
<p>Organizations should use identifiers from the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#ioc1">IOCs</a> section of this report to identify any individuals compromised by this campaign and record the date(s) of compromise(s) to determine the scale and scope of emails exfiltrated.</p>
<p>All users from the organization should have all Application Passcodes and 2FA scratch keys revoked. Affected organizations should require all employees to change passwords in line with establishing minimum password strength requirements [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#EstablishMinimumPasswordStrength3B">CPG 3.B</a>] and creating unique credentials [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#CreateUniqueCredentials3C">CPG 3.C</a>], specifically noting that compromised employees might have had any password stored in a password manager exfiltrated.</p>
<h2><strong>Works cited</strong></h2>
<p>[1<a class="ck-anchor"></a>] Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD). AIVD and MIVD identify a new Russian cyber threat actor. 2025. <a href="https://www.aivd.nl/site/binaries/site-content/collections/documents/2025/05/27/aivd-en-mivd-onderkennen-nieuwe-russische-cyberactor/Advisory+AIVD+en+MIVD+Public+report+on+new+cyber+actor.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.aivd.nl/site/binaries/site-content/collections/documents/2025/05/27/aivd-en-mivd-onderkennen-nieuwe-russische-cyberactor/Advisory+AIVD+en+MIVD+Public+report+on+new+cyber+actor.pdf</a></p>
<p>[2]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Microsoft Corporation. New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage. 2025. <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/" target="_blank">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/</a></p>
<p>[3]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. Russian Global Webmail Espionage. 2026. <a href="https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/russian-webmail-espionage/">https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/russian-webmail-espionage/ </a></p>
<p>[4]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Proofpoint. TA488 Targets Zimbra Mailservers with Half-Click Exploits. 2026. <a href="https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/ta488-zcs-exploit">https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/ta488-zcs-exploit</a></p>
<p>[5]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Seqrite. Operation GhostMail: Russian APT exploits Zimbra Webmail to Target Ukraine State Agency. 2026. <a href="https://www.seqrite.com/blog/operation-ghostmail-zimbra-xss-russian-apt-ukraine/" target="_blank">https://www.seqrite.com/blog/operation-ghostmail-zimbra-xss-russian-apt-ukraine/  </a></p>
<h2><strong>Footnotes</strong></h2>
<p><sup>1</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Národní úřad pro kybernetickou a informační bezpečnost<br><sup>2</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste<br><sup>3</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Välisluureamet<br><sup>4</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Sotilastiedustelu<br><sup>5</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup> Suojelupoliisi<br><sup>6</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure<br><sup>7</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information<br><sup>8</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna<br><sup>9</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna<br><sup>10</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Serviciul de Informații și Securitate al Republicii Moldova<br><sup>11 </sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Agencja Wywiadu<br><sup>12</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego<br><sup>13</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Centro Nacional de Inteligencia<br><sup>14 </sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Nationellt Cybersäkerhetscenter<br><sup>15</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> MITRE and ATT&amp;CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation. MITRE D3FEND is a trademark of The MITRE Corporation.</p>
<h2><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></h2>
<p>The authoring agencies acknowledge the contributions to this advisory from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and Proofpoint.</p>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer of endorsement</strong></h2>
<p>The information and opinions contained in this document are provided "as is" and without any warranties or guarantees. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government, and this guidance shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.</p>
<p>Organizations have no obligation to respond or provide information back to the authoring organizations in response to this joint advisory. If, after reviewing the information provided, an organization decides to provide information to the authoring organizations, reporting must be consistent with all applicable laws and policies.</p>
<h2><strong>Purpose</strong></h2>
<p>This document was developed in furtherance of the authoring agencies’ cybersecurity missions, including their responsibilities to identify and disseminate threats, and to develop and issue cybersecurity specifications and mitigations. This information may be shared broadly to reach all appropriate stakeholders.</p>
<h2><strong>Contact</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>United States organizations </strong></p>
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<li><strong>National Security Agency</strong> <br>Cybersecurity Report Feedback: <a href="mailto:CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov" target="_blank"><u>CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov</u></a> <br>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov" target="_blank"><u>DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov</u></a> <br>Media Inquiries / Press Desk: NSA Media Relations: 443-634-0721, <a href="mailto:MediaRelations@nsa.gov" target="_blank"><u>MediaRelations@nsa.gov</u></a> </li>
<li><strong>Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</strong> <br>CISA’s 24/7 Operations Center (<a href="mailto:contact@cisa.dhs.gov" target="_blank"><u>contact@cisa.dhs.gov</u></a>), or by calling 1-844-Say-CISA (1-844-729-2472). </li>
<li><strong>Federal Bureau of Investigation</strong> <br>If you or someone you know has fallen victim to this campaign, file a complaint with <a class="Hyperlink SCXW95230887 BCX8" href="https://www.ic3.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><u>IC3</u></a>. </li>
<li><strong>Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency </strong> <br>DCSA Counterintelligence, Cyber Mission Center, Cyber Threat Operations Branch: <a href="mailto:DCSA.CI.CyberOps@mail.mil" target="_blank"><u>DCSA.CI.CyberOps@mail.mil</u></a> <br>Cleared Contactors (CCs) should contact their DCSA Counterintelligence Special Agent to report information pertaining to suspicious contacts or physical/digital efforts to obtain illegal or unauthorized access to the CC’s cleared facility/information, as required by 32 CFR 117. <br>Media/Public Inquiries: <a href="mailto:dcsa.quantico.dcsa-hq.mbx.pa@mail.mil" target="_blank"><u>dcsa.quantico.dcsa-hq.mbx.pa@mail.mil</u></a>  </li>
<li><strong>Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center </strong> <br>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil" target="_blank"><u>DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil</u></a> <br>Defense Industrial Base mandatory cyber incident reporting as required by 10 U.S. Code Sections 391 and 393 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.204-7012 is submitted at <a href="https://dibnet.dod.mil/" target="_blank"><u>https://dibnet.dod.mil</u></a> <br>Media Inquiries / Press Desk: <a href="mailto:DC3.Information@us.af.mil" target="_blank"><u>DC3.Information@us.af.mil</u></a> </li>
<li><strong>Naval Criminal Investigative Service</strong> <br>To report criminal activity impacting the United States Navy, go to <a href="http://www.ncis.navy.mil/" target="_blank"><u>www.ncis.navy.mil</u></a> and click “Submit a Tip”</li>
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<p><strong>Dutch organizations</strong> </p>
<ul>
<li>Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD): <a href="https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/m/militaire-inlichtingen-en-veiligheid" target="_blank"><u>https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/m/militaire-inlichtingen-en-veiligheid</u></a>  </li>
<li>General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD): <a href="https://www.aivd.nl/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.aivd.nl</u></a> </li>
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<p><strong>Australian organizations </strong></p>
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<li>Australian Signals Directorate <br>Visit <a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/about-asd-acsc/contact-us#no-back" target="_blank"><u>cyber.gov.au</u></a> or call 1300 292 371 (1300 CYBER 1) to report cybersecurity incidents and access alerts and advisories. </li>
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<p><strong>Canadian organizations </strong></p>
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<li>The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), part of the Communications Security Establishment, encourages Canadian organizations to report cyber incidents and to strengthen the security of their networking devices.  <br>Report an incident or suspicious activity to the Cyber Centre by email at <a href="mailto:contact@cyber.gc.ca" target="_blank"><u>contact@cyber.gc.ca</u></a>, online via the reporting tool <a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/incident-management" target="_blank"><u>Report a cyber incident - Canadian Centre for Cyber Security</u></a> or by phone at 1-833-CYBER-88 (1-833-292-3788). </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>New Zealand organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ): <a href="mailto:info@ncsc.govt.nz" target="_blank"><u>info@ncsc.govt.nz</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>United Kingdom organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Report significant cyber security incidents to <a href="https://ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident" target="_blank"><u>ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident</u></a> (monitored 24/7) </li>
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<p><strong>Estonia organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS): <a href="mailto:info@valisluureamet.ee" target="_blank"><u>info@valisluureamet.ee</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Finnish organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service: <a href="https://supo.fi/en/contact" target="_blank"><u>supo.fi/en/contact</u></a> </li>
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<p><strong>French organizations </strong></p>
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<li>French organizations are encouraged to report suspicious activity or incident related information found in this advisory by contacting ANSSI/CERT-FR at: <a href="mailto:cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr" target="_blank"><u>cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr</u></a> or by phone at: 3218 or +33 9 70 83 32 18. </li>
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<p><strong>Italian Organizations </strong></p>
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<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE):  <br>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</u></a>  </li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI):  <br>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</u></a> </li>
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<li>Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova (SIS RM): <a href="mailto:cybersec@sis.md" target="_blank"><u>cybersec@sis.md</u></a> </li>
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<p><strong>Polish organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW): <a href="mailto:ctiteam@aw.gov.pl" target="_blank"><u>ctiteam@aw.gov.pl</u></a></li>
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<h2><strong>Appendix A: MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques</strong><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table9"><strong>Table 9</strong></a> through <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table19"><strong>Table 19</strong></a> for all the threat actor tactics and techniques referenced in this advisory.<a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<p>Gather Victim Identity Information: Credentials </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/001/" target="_blank"><u>T1589.001</u></a> </p>
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<p>The payload attempts to intercept a victim’s password from their password manager. </p>
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<p>Gather Victim Identity Information: Email Addresses </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1589.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>The payload attempts to grab the victim’s email address from various data stores. </p>
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<p>Search Open Websites/Domains </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1593/" target="_blank"><u>T1593</u></a> </p>
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<p>This group likely leverages public information to support target development. </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/" target="_blank"><u>T1595</u></a> </p>
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<p>Port scanning can be used by this group to assist with determining exploitability of identified targets. </p>
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<p>Search Open Technical Databases: Scan Databases </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1596/005/" target="_blank"><u>T1596.005</u></a> </p>
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<p>Various public datasets can provide information to support discovery of exploitable targets. </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/" target="_blank"><u>T1597</u></a> </p>
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<p>Previously exfiltrated data can be used to enhance target development efforts. </p>
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<p>Search Closed Sources: Purchase Technical Data </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1597.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Commercial datasets can also be used to support target development efforts. </p>
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<p>Acquire Infrastructure </p>
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<p>This group used Mullvad VPN to anonymize traffic sent to operational infrastructure. </p>
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<p>The <em>Ulej</em> capability was developed likely for use by this group to conduct spear phishing campaigns. </p>
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<p>Develop Capabilities: Malware </p>
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<p>Development of a novel payload that steals a victim’s emails and other sensitive account information. </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/004/" target="_blank"><u>T1587.004</u></a> </p>
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<p>Development of a novel, at the time, cross-site-scripting (XSS) exploit that enables execution of arbitrary JavaScript. </p>
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<p>Obtain Capabilities: Tool </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1588.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Open source tools, such as Evilginx2, have also been used by the group. </p>
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<p>Obtain Capabilities: Artificial Intelligence </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/007/" target="_blank"><u>T1588.007</u></a> </p>
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<p>The group appears to have leveraged AI to support development efforts. </p>
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<p>Stage Capabilities </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1608/" target="_blank"><u>T1608</u></a> </p>
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<p>Flowerbed is deployed to a procured server in the cloud. </p>
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<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 11: Initial Access </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Valid Accounts </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1078/" target="_blank"><u>T1078</u></a> </p>
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<p>This actor has used commercial datasets to acquire account credentials and gain unauthorized access to accounts. Additionally, this actor is believed to use previously compromised accounts to conduct spear phishing.  </p>
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<p>Trusted Relationship </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1199/" target="_blank"><u>T1199</u></a> </p>
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<p>The group sends malicious payloads to targeted individuals using previously compromised accounts that might have an established relationship with the target.  </p>
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<p>Phishing </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1566/" target="_blank"><u>T1566</u></a> </p>
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<p>The actors used spear phishing to lure users into opening malicious email. </p>
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<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 12: Execution </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Exploitation for Client Execution </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1203/" target="_blank"><u>T1203</u></a> </p>
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<p>An XSS vulnerability was leveraged to execute the JavaScript payload. </p>
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<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 13: Persistence </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Account Manipulation </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1098/" target="_blank"><u>T1098</u></a> </p>
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<p>Enabling IMAP and Application Passcodes provides persistent access to the compromised account. </p>
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<p>Modify Authentication Process: Multi-Factor Authentication </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1556/006/" target="_blank"><u>T1556.006</u></a> </p>
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<p>Creating Application Passcodes to bypass 2FA and stealing a user’s “Scratch Keys,” which can be used in place of a 2FA token. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 14: Privilege Escalation </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Valid Accounts </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1078/" target="_blank"><u>T1078</u></a> </p>
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<p>This actor has used commercial datasets to acquire account credentials and gain unauthorized privileged access to accounts.  </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 15: Stealth </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/010/" target="_blank"><u>T1027.010</u></a> </p>
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<p>Obfuscated JavaScript payload sent to targets to exploit the XSS vulnerability. </p>
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<p>Obfuscated Files or Information: Encrypted/Encoded File </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/013/" target="_blank"><u>T1027.013</u></a> </p>
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<p>The JavaScript payload included both a Base64-encoded and XOR-encrypted inner payload. </p>
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<p>Obfuscated Files or Information: SVG Smuggling </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/017/" target="_blank"><u>T1027.017</u></a> </p>
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<p>The payload was contained in an “onload” attribute within an SVG image included in the malicious email. </p>
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<p>Use Alternate Authentication Material: Web Session Cookie </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1550/004/" target="_blank"><u>T1550.004</u></a> </p>
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<p>Previous campaigns using AiTM leveraged stealing and use of a victim’s session cookies to authenticate. </p>
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</tbody>
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<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 16: Credential Access </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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</th>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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</th>
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</thead>
<tbody>
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<p>Modify Authentication Process: Multi-Factor Authentication </p>
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</td>
<td>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1556/006/" target="_blank"><u>T1556.006</u></a> </p>
</div>
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</td>
<td>
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<p>Creating Application Passcodes to bypass 2FA and stealing a user’s “Scratch Keys,” which can be used in place of a 2FA token. </p>
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<p>Adversary-in-the-Middle </p>
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</td>
<td>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1557/" target="_blank"><u>T1557</u></a> </p>
</div>
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</td>
<td>
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<p>Previous campaigns used Evilginx2 as an AiTM toolkit to intercept credentials and session cookies. </p>
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</td>
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</tbody>
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<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 17: Collection </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
</div>
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</th>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW76044448 BCX8">
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW76044448 BCX8">
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
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<p>Data Staged: Remote Data Staging </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1074/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1074.002</u></a> </p>
</div>
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</td>
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<p>Exfiltrated data was sent to an actor-controlled VPS prior to assumed long-term storage solutions. </p>
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</td>
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<p>Email Collection </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW76044448 BCX8">
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/" target="_blank"><u>T1114</u></a> </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>This group has emphasized collection of emails. </p>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW76044448 BCX8">
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<p>Email Collection: Remote Email Collection </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1114.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Emails are collected via API calls to the ZCS mail server and are not collected from emails stored directly on the victim’s device. </p>
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<p>Automated Collection </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1119/" target="_blank"><u>T1119</u></a> </p>
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<p>Upon execution, the JavaScript payload automatically collects all relevant information in stages. </p>
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<p>Browser Session Hijacking </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1185/" target="_blank"><u>T1185</u></a> </p>
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<p>The JavaScript payload leverages the user’s authenticated browser session to make API requests as the user. </p>
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<p>Archive Collected Data </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1560/" target="_blank"><u>T1560</u></a> </p>
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<p>Emails are exfiltrated with GZIP compression. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 18: Discovery </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Account Discovery </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1087/" target="_blank"><u>T1087</u></a> </p>
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<p>Stolen Global Access Lists provide the group with new users to target. </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/" target="_blank"><u>T1048</u></a> </p>
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<p>Victim information was exfiltrated over both HTTPS and DNS. </p>
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<p>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1048.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Some payloads, especially ones with large amounts of data, were exfiltrated over HTTPS. </p>
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<p>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/003/" target="_blank"><u>T1048.003</u></a> </p>
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<p>Some smaller bandwidth payloads were exfiltrated over DNS using Base32 encoding. </p>
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<h2><strong>Appendix B: MITRE D3FEND countermeasures </strong><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table20"><strong>Table 20</strong></a> for a mapping of several of the cybersecurity countermeasures mentioned in this advisory. <a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<p>Application Hardening </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationHardening" target="_blank"><u>D3-AH</u></a> </p>
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<li>Organizations should immediately prioritize patching <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank"><u>CVE-2025-66376</u></a>.  </li>
<li>Organizations should promptly apply software updates to all email systems. </li>
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<p>Isolate </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/tactic/d3f:Isolate/" target="_blank"><u>d3f:Isolate</u></a> </p>
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<p>Organizations that cannot feasibly patch should use alternative mail clients. </p>
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<p>Credential Hardening </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:CredentialHardening" target="_blank"><u>D3-CH</u></a> </p>
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<p>Organizations should consider using a third-party authentication service that supports passkeys to mediate access to ZCS and other services that do not natively support passkeys. </p>
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<p>Network Traffic Analysis </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank"><u>D3-NTA</u></a> </p>
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<p>Organizations should monitor for significant amounts of outbound data being sent to IPs associated with VPS providers not used by the organization. </p>
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<p>DNS Traffic Analysis </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:DNSTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank"><u>D3-DNSTA</u></a> </p>
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<p>Organizations should monitor for frequent DNS queries to a suspicious domain for seemingly random subdomains. </p>
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<p>Network Traffic Community Deviation </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficCommunityDeviation" target="_blank"><u>D3-NTCD</u></a> </p>
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<li>Organizations should monitor for a sudden spike of connections to a server associated with a recently established domain. </li>
<li>Organizations should monitor for connections to internal services, such as webmail, from VPN providers. </li>
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<p>Identifier Activity Analysis </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:IdentifierActivityAnalysis" target="_blank"><u>D3-IAA</u></a> </p>
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<p>Organizations should search for the listed known IOCs. </p>
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<li>Organizations should search ZCS log files for specific commands used by the malicious script. </li>
<li>Organizations should search the localStorage property in web browsers for the ZCS webmail client for “ZimbraWeb” Application Passcodes. </li>
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<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageAnalysis">D3-MA</a></td>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2789207/eam-gibt-orientierung-in-der-digitalen-transformation.html" title="Enterprise Architecture" target="_blank">Enterprise Architecture</a> (EA) Tools unterstützen Unternehmen und Organisationen dabei, mit ihren IT-Strategien die Geschäftsziele optimal zu unterstützen. Sie sorgen ebenfalls dafür, dass Unternehmen ihre Roadmaps für die <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2794425/wie-digitale-transformation-richtig-geht.html" title="digitale Transformation" target="_blank">digitale Transformation</a> geordnet vorantreiben können. EA Tools bieten dafür unter anderem Collaboration-, Reporting-, Testing- und Simulationsfunktionen. Mit deren Hilfe lassen sich Modelle implementieren, die Geschäfts- und IT-Prozesse gezielt verbessern.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Um die beste Lösung für Ihr Unternehmen zu finden, sollten Sie zuerst prüfen, ob sich das jeweilige Tool mit Ihrem Technologie-Stack integrieren lässt. Anschließend gilt es abzuwägen, ob die Informationen, Diagramme und Tabellen, die die Software zur Verfügung stellt, für das Unternehmen auch einen echten Nutzwert haben.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Empfehlenswerte Enterprise-Architecture-Tools</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nachfolgend finden Sie einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Enterprise-Architecture-Tools – in alphabetischer Reihenfolge. Sie stellen einen Mix aus Visualisierungs-, Collaboration- und Project-Management-Funktionen bereit und unterstützen eine Vielzahl von Enterprise Architecture Frameworks.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.ardoq.com/" title="Ardoq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ardoq</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nachdem zuerst über einfache Formulare Informationen von Usern, Entwicklern und sonstigen Stakeholdern im Unternehmen eingesammelt wurden, lässt sich mithilfe von Ardoq ein digitaler Zwilling der gesamten Organisation erstellen. Der Ansatz setzt also darauf, die Menschen, die in ihren Rollen mit den verschiedensten Systemen arbeiten, realistisch in ihrer Arbeitswelt abzubilden.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jede Mitarbeiterin und jeder Mitarbeiter im Unternehmen kann später von den Netzwerkvisualisierungen und Datenfluss-Diagrammen profitieren, um seine eigene Rolle optimal zu unterstützen und den Arbeitsplatz immer wieder anzupassen und zu modernisieren. Das Tool lässt sich mit den wichtigsten Cloud-Plattformen integrieren. Es bietet eine API, die individuelle Anpassungen in allen wichtigen Programmiersprachen (Python, C#, Java, etc.) ermöglicht.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



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<li><p>“Architektonischen Stress” bei Lastspitzen simulieren, falls größere Veränderungen bevorstehen;</p></li>



<li><p>Verstehen, wie verändertes Nutzerverhalten neue Anforderungen generiert;</p></li>



<li><p>Application Portfolio Management, um besser strategisch zu planen.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://atollgroup.eu/samu-enterprise-architecture-tool/" title="Atoll Group SAMU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atoll Group SAMU</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das EA-Tool SAMU macht die Enterprise Architecture sichtbar, indem es tiefe Verknüpfungen zwischen On-Premises-Systemen, dem Cloud-Layer und Tools für das Business Process Management aufzeigt. Das Tool der Atoll Group bietet vielfältige Integrationsmöglichkeiten, zum Beispiel mit Monitoring-Tools (etwa Tivoli, ServiceNow), Configuration-Management-Datenbanken (zum Beispiel CA, BMC) oder Service-Organisations-Tools (BMC, HPE). Alle Informationen fließen in ein zentrales Datenmodell ein, das um den zusätzlichen Input der Stakeholder weiter angereichert wird.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



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<li><p>Enterprise-Architektur visualisieren;</p></li>



<li><p>strategische Planungsprozesse und Architektur-Reviews mit Informationen unterfüttern;</p></li>



<li><p>mithilfe einer visuellen Verständnisgrundlage die Kommunikation verbessern.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.avolutionsoftware.com/enterprise-architecture/" title="Avolution Abacus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avolution Abacus</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dieses Tool erfasst die Breite und den Umfang der Unternehmensarchitektur mit Hilfe eines auf Diagrammen basierenden Dashboards. Die Integration mit gängigen Tools wie SharePoint, <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/k/excel,3461" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Excel</a>, Visio, Google Sheets, Technopedia oder ServiceNow vereinfacht die Nutzung. Abacus wurde inzwischen auch um einen Machine-Learning-Layer ergänzt, der es Anwendern ermöglicht, ein Modell zu trainieren, das ihnen beispielsweise hilft zu erkennen, wer im Unternehmen für welches System verantwortlich ist.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>die IT für das gesamte Unternehmen “öffnen”, um ein allgemeines Verständnis der Datenflüsse zu erzeugen;</p></li>



<li><p>umfassendes Enterprise Modeling, um eine Roadmap für künftige Entwicklungen zu erstellen;</p></li>



<li><p>Business-Metriken tracken, die mit der Unternehmens-Performance zusammenhängen.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.boc-group.com/de/adoit/" title="BOC Group ADOIT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BOC Group ADOIT</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ADOIT soll Teams dabei unterstützen, Ressourcen zu verwalten, Bedarfe vorherzusagen und Assets zu tracken. Dazu mappt das Tool jedes System oder Softwarepaket mit einem Objekt. Die Datenflüsse zwischen den Systemen werden in Beziehungen umgewandelt, die von diesen Objekten mithilfe eines anpassbaren Metamodells erfasst werden. Geschäftsprozesse können auf ähnliche Weise über ein gut integriertes Begleitprodukt namens ADONIS modelliert werden. ADOIT ist Web-basiert und lässt sich auch mit Tools wie Atlassian Confluence integrieren, um die Datenerfassung und -entwicklung zu beschleunigen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>ein unternehmensweites Modell erstellen, das bei sämtlichen Teammitgliedern ein Verständnis über den Stack schafft – und wie man diesen verbessern kann;</p></li>



<li><p>vollständiger Zugriff auf EA-Daten über eine Mobile-Anwendung;</p></li>



<li><p>bei Fusionen und Übernahmen den Tech-Bereich durch genaues Asset-Mapping orchestrieren.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a title="Mega Hopex" href="https://www.mega.com/hopex-platform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bizzdesign Hopex</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nach der Übernahme von Mega International zählt die Hopex-Plattform zum Portfolio von Bizzdesign. Sie soll dabei unterstützen, Unternehmensanwendungen zu modellieren und dabei ein Verständnis der von ihnen unterstützten Geschäfts-Workflows schaffen. Dabei liegt ein Schwerpunkt auf den Bereichen Data Governance und Risikomanagement. Hopex basiert auf Microsoft <a class="idgGlossaryLink" href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2732704/microsoft-azure-mit-der-deutschen-cloud-zu-neuen-geldquellen.html" target="_blank">Azure</a> und stützt sich auf eine Reihe offener Standards wie GraphQL und REST Queries, um Informationen aus Komponentensystemen zu sammeln. Das Reporting ist mit den Office-Tools von Microsoft sowie mit grafischen Lösungen wie Tableau und Qlik integriert.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>datengestützte Erkenntnisse herbeiführen, um Cloud- und Anwendungsbereitstellung zu steuern;</p></li>



<li><p>akkurate Nutzungsmodelle erstellen, um Architekturanforderungen zu verstehen;</p></li>



<li><p>eine Bedarfsschätzung mit Umfragen und anderen Tools vornehmen, um für die Zukunft zu planen.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://bizzdesign.com/transformation-suite/horizzon" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bizzdesign Horizzon</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Tool dient dazu, Business Workflows und den zugrundeliegenden Tech-Stack zu modellieren. Dazu bietet Horizzon ein Graph-basiertes Modell, das Daten von sämtlichen Stakeholdern einsammelt und diese an eine Analytics-Engine weitergibt. Im Ergebnis entstehen Diagramme, die den aktuellen Systemzustand widerspiegeln. Wichtige Schwerpunkte dieses Tools sind <a class="idgGlossaryLink" href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2777492/was-sie-ueber-change-management-wissen-muessen.html" target="_blank">Change Management</a> und Zukunftsplanung: Horizzon ist nicht zuletzt dafür konzipiert worden, die Risiken eines Redesigns zu minimieren. Das Toolset unterstützt die wichtigsten Frameworks ArchiMate, TOGAF und BPMN. Neben Mega hat Bizzdesign <a href="https://bizzdesign.com/press-releases/bizzdesign-adds-alfabet-business-following-successful-closing-mega-international" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">im Januar 2025</a> auch den EA-Geschäftsbereich der Software AG – Alfabet – übernommen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Vorhersage zukünftiger Anforderungen durch Predictive Modeling;</p></li>



<li><p>Orchestrieren von Workflows auf der Basis der technischen und der Business-Architektur;</p></li>



<li><p>Antizipieren von Risiken sowie Security- und Governance-Problemen durch die Modellierung von Datensicherheitsanforderungen.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.capstera.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Capstera</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Tool von Capstera fokussiert darauf, die Business Architecture selbst abzubilden. Value und Process Maps helfen dabei, die Rollen der verschiedenen Unternehmensbereiche zu definieren und nachzuverfolgen. Dabei können im laufenden Prozess Verknüpfungen mit den zugrundeliegenden Softwarprodukten und Tools hinzugefügt werden.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Reports erstellen, die sich erst einmal mit der Business-Architektur selbst beschäftigen;</p></li>



<li><p>Beziehungen zwischen Menschen, Abteilungen und Rollen analysieren;</p></li>



<li><p>die langfristige strategische Planung vorantreiben.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.bee360.com/de/" title="Clausmark Bee360" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clausmark Bee360</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Teammitglieder, die Clausmarks Flaggschiffprodukt Bee360 (früher Bee4IT) verwenden, wollen eine einfache “Single Source of Truth” über die Workflows im Unternehmen. Ziel ist es, verschiedenen betrieblichen Rollen intelligentere Entscheidungen zu ermöglichen. Das Modul Bee360 FM (Finanzmanagement) bietet etwa die Möglichkeit, Kosten nachzuvollziehen und zuzuordnen. Die Anwender können verschiedene solcher Module miteinander verknüpfen, um EAM, Finanzmanagement, Portfolio Management und Agile Planning nahtlos zu integrieren – bei maximaler Transparenz. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>C-Suite-Ebene befähigen, Projekte zu managen und Assets zuzuweisen;</p></li>



<li><p>präzise digitale Zwillinge entwickeln, um ein Verständnis über Datenflüsse zu schaffen und künftige Erweiterungen zu planen;</p></li>



<li><p>integrierte Wissensdatenbank aufbauen, um alle digitalen Workflows zu tracken.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.enterprise-architecture.com/" title="EAS" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EAS</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Essential-Paket von EAS (Enterprise Architecture Solutions) nahm als <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/k/linux-open-source,3472" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Open-Source</a>-Projekt seinen Anfang und hat sich inzwischen zu einer kommerziell verfügbaren Cloud-Lösung weiterentwickelt. Das Tool erstellt ein Metamodell, das die Interaktionen zwischen Systemen und Geschäftsprozessen beschreibt. Ebenfalls enthalten sind Pakete, um gängige Business Workflows wie Datenmanagement oder DSGVO-Compliance zu tracken.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>den technischen Reifegrad der eigenen Architektur evaluieren;</p></li>



<li><p>Sicherheit und Governance durch besseres Asset Tracking optimieren;</p></li>



<li><p>wachsende Systemkomplexität kontrollieren und managen.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a title="Orbus Software iServer" href="https://www.orbussoftware.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OrbusInfinity</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Orbus Software hat Anfang 2025 die Akquisition seines Konkurrenten Capsifi <a href="https://www.orbussoftware.com/landing-pages/events/webinars/unlocking-the-future-orbus-acquires-capsifi-a-new-era-of-innovation-partnership-apac" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">abgeschlossen</a>. Der Anbieter stellt mit OrbusInfinity eine Enterprise-Transformation-Plattform auf KI-Basis zur Verfügung,  die schnellere, bessere Entscheidungen, Kosteinesparungen und Risikominimierung verspricht. Architecture-Teams sollen mit Hifle von OrbusInfinity mit einer Vielzahl von Stakeholdern interagieren können, um eine “digitale Blaupause” ihres Unternehmens zu generieren, die eine einheitliche Sicht auf das aktuelle und künftige Geschäft realisieren soll. Diverse Drittanbieter-Tools lassen sich außerdem mit der Plattform <a href="https://www.orbussoftware.com/product/integrations" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">integrieren</a>, darunter etwa von Microsoft, Flexera, ManageEngine oder ServiceNow. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Stakeholder-Management;</p></li>



<li><p>Enterprise-Landschaften visualisieren;</p></li>



<li><p>Entscheidungsfindung und Datenanalyse automatisieren.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.planview.com/de/" title="Planview Enterprise One" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Planview Enterprise One</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Planview bietet eine ganze Reihe von Produkten, mit denen Unternehmen Teamwork, Prozesse und die Enterprise Architecture nachvollziehen können. Die Enterprise Tools sind in drei Kategorien unterteilt: strategisches Portfolio-Management, Produktportfolio-Management und Projektportfolio-Management. Im Zusammenspiel entstehen hardware- und Software-übergreifende Layer, die rollenbasierte Perspektiven für Führungskräfte und Teammitglieder eröffnen. Das Toolset integriert mit gängigen Ticket-Tracking-Systemen wie Jira, um Workflow-Analysen und Reports zu erstellen. Inzwischen hat Planview nach einer Übernahme neue Tools in sein Portfolio integriert, die früher unter den Namen Daptiv, Barometer und Projectplace bekannt waren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>eine langfristige, strategische Vision für die Architekturentwicklung aufbauen;</p></li>



<li><p>Entwicklungsarbeit auf Projektebene tracken und in eine beliebige Strategie integrieren;</p></li>



<li><p>mit Fokus auf die Customer Experience und die Produktstruktur den Change vorantreiben.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.qualiware.com/" title="QualiWare Enterprise Architecture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">QualiWare Enterprise Architecture</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Enterprise Architecture Tool von QualiWare ist Teil einer größeren Sammlung von Modellierungswerkzeugen, die darauf abzielt, sämtliche Geschäftsprozesse zu erfassen. Beispielsweise ist es möglich, einen digitalen Zwillinge zu bauen, mit dem sich Customer Journeys nachvollziehen lassen. Qualiware hat diverse KI-Algorithmen integriert, um Dokumentation und Process Discovery zu optimieren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>ein kollaboratives Ökosystem für Business Manager aufbauen, das ein Verständnis von der Enterprise Architecture vermittelt;</p></li>



<li><p>architektonische Designelemente erfassen, um ein Wissens-Ökosystem rund um den Stack aufzubauen;</p></li>



<li><p>eine breite Beteiligung in Sachen Dokumentationserstellung und -überprüfung fördern.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.erwin.com/de-de/products/erwin-evolve/" title="Quest Erwin Evolve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quest Erwin Evolve</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Erwin Evolve Tool von Quest hat sich von einem Datenmodellierungs-Tool zu einem System für Enterprise-Architecture- und Geschäftsprozess-Modellierung weiterentwickelt. Um die Komplexität moderner, ineinandergreifender Softwaresysteme und der von ihnen gemanagten Geschäftsprozesse zu durchdringen, können Anwender auf benutzerdefinierte Datenstrukturen zurückgreifen. Das Web-Tool erstellt Modelle, rollenbasierte Diagramme und andere Visualisierungen, die in allgemein zugängliche Dashboards einfließen. Zum Paket gehört ein KI-basiertes Modellierungs-Tool, das Whiteboard-Skizzen integrieren kann.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>einen digitalen Zwilling für die strategische Modellierung der Enterprise Data Architecture erstellen;</p></li>



<li><p>Customer Journeys verstehen;</p></li>



<li><p>Services und Systeme mit Application Portfolio Management tracken.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a title="LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Suite" href="https://www.leanix.net/de/produkte/enterprise-architecture-management" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAP LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Suite</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Tool-Sammlung von LeanIX umfasst unter anderem Enterprise Architecture Management und andere Bereiche, die für Aufgaben wie <a class="idgGlossaryLink" href="https://www.computerwoche.de/k/cloud-computing,3454" target="_blank">SaaS</a>– und Value-Stream-Management wichtig sind – etwa um Cloud-Deployments und darauf laufende Services zu tracken. Die Daten die dabei über die IT-Infrastruktur gesammelt werden, fließen in ein grafisches Dashboard ein. Das Tool ist eng mit wichtigen Cloud-Workflow-Tools wie Confluence, Jira, Signavio und Lucidchart integriert. Das ist für Teams von Vorteil, die diese Tools bereits nutzen, um ihre Entwicklungsstrategien zu planen und umzusetzen. Seit November 2023 <a href="https://www.leanix.net/de/unternehmen/pressemeldungen/leanix-gehoert-jetzt-zu-sap">ist LeanIX Teil von SAP</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Anwendungsmodernisierung und Cloud-Migration managen;</p></li>



<li><p>Obsoleszenz von Software-Services evaluieren;</p></li>



<li><p>Kosten kontrollieren und managen.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.servicenow.com/de/" title="ServiceNow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ServiceNow</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Tool-Sammlung von ServiceNow lässt sich auf verschiedene Architekturtypen herunterbrechen, darunter Assets, <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2785626/wie-devops-die-it-beschleunigen.html" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">DevOps</a>, Security und Service. Die Tools katalogisieren die unterschiedlichen Hardware- und Softwareplattformen, um Workflows und Datenflüsse im Unternehmen abzubilden und zu verstehen. Ausführliche Reportings und detaillierte Dashboards ermöglichen Analysen, auf deren Grundlage Risiken minimiert und die Ausfallsicherheit der Systeme erhöht werden können.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Tracken von Assets, Services und Systemen, die das Unternehmen ausmachen;</p></li>



<li><p>Governance-Themen, Risikobegrenzung, IT-Management und Security Operations werden in einer Plattform zusammengeführt;</p></li>



<li><p>durch die Integration von CRM-Tools lassen sich auch kundenorientierte Services managen.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://sparxsystems.com/products/ea/" title="Sparx Systems" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sparx Systems</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Um Teams und Projekte verschiedener Größe und Komplexität zu unterstützen, hat Sparx vier Versionen seines EA-Tools entwickelt. Allen gemeinsam ist eine UML-basierte Modellierung, mit der sich die Komponenten komplexer Systeme tracken lassen. Eine Simulations-Engine ermöglicht “War Gaming” und vermittelt ein Verständnis darüber, wie sich Fehler ausbreiten und kaskadieren können. Sparx stellt zudem eine Vielzahl von vorgefertigten Design Patterns bereit, um Teams bei der Modellierung zu unterstützen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Nachfrage- und Lastveränderungen zur Prognose künftiger Anforderungen simulieren;</p></li>



<li><p>(potenzielle) Probleme durch eine Verbindungs-Matrix im Auge behalten;</p></li>



<li><p>Dokumentation erstellen.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.teamblue.unicomsi.com/products/system-architect/" title="Unicom System Architect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unicom System Architect</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">System Architect ist eines der Angebote aus Unicoms Team Blue. Es handelt sich um ein Tool, das ein Metamodell verwendet, um automatisiert so viele Daten wie möglich über die laufenden Systeme zu sammeln – manchmal auch durch ein Reverse Engineering von Datenflüssen. Dieses systemweite Datenmodell kann über benutzerdefinierte Dashboards Teammitgliedern aller Rollen zugänglich gemacht werden. Ein weiteres erwähnenswertes Feature: Die Ressourcenzuweisung lässt sich mit Hilfe von Simulationen optimieren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Was-wäre-wenn-Fragen zum Architekturmodell stellen;</p></li>



<li><p>ein Metamodell von Daten und Systemen aufbauen;</p></li>



<li><p>Migrations- und Transformationspläne erstellen.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.valueblue.com/bluedolphin" title="ValueBlue BlueDolphin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ValueBlue BlueDolphin</a></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dieses EA-Tool sammelt Daten auf dreierlei Art:</p>



<ol class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Es importiert Basisdaten auf der Grundlage standardgesteuerter Automatisierung (ITSM, SAM).</p></li>



<li><p>Es arbeitet mit den Dateiformaten von Architekten und Systemdesignern – etwa ArchiMate oder BPMN.</p></li>



<li><p>Es gibt Fragebögen an andere Stakeholder heraus, die auf anpassbaren Vorlagen basieren.</p></li>
</ol>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die aufbereiteten Informationen werden in einer visuellen Umgebung bereitgestellt, die Auskunft über die historische Entwicklung von Systemen gibt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wichtigste Use Cases:</em></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>systemweite Daten von internen und externen Stakeholdern automatisiert und formularbasiert erfassen;</p></li>



<li><p>zukunftsorientierte Reportings erzeugen, um den Change zu überwachen und voranzutreiben;</p></li>



<li><p>Kooperation und Zusammenarbeit durch offenes Data Reporting fördern.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">(fm)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Dieser Artikel ist <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/196069/top-enterprise-architecture-tools.html" target="_blank">im Original</a> bei unserer Schwesterpublikation CIO.com erschienen. </strong></p>
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Die Steckdose wird zum ständigen Begleiter, das Ladekabel zum wichtigsten Accessoire im Rucksack: Wenn der Notebook-Akku nachlässt, wächst unweigerlich der Frust im Alltag. Die schlechte Nachricht: Der chemische Alterungsprozess von Lithium-Ionen-Zellen ist unvermei...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Steckdose wird zum ständigen Begleiter, das Ladekabel zum wichtigsten Accessoire im Rucksack: Wenn der <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3158726/akkulaufzeit-unter-windows-11-erhoehen.html" target="_blank">Notebook-Akku</a> nachlässt, wächst unweigerlich der Frust im Alltag. Die schlechte Nachricht: Der chemische Alterungsprozess von Lithium-Ionen-Zellen ist unvermeidbar. Doch ein schwacher Akku bedeutet noch nicht zwingend, dass ein älterer <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2215385/die-besten-laptops-test.html" target="_blank">Laptop</a> in den Elektroschrott gehört. Oft lässt sich der Stromspeicher problemlos austauschen und die Reparatur ist wirtschaftlich sinnvoll. Aber nicht in jedem Fall. Wir zeigen, wie Sie sich an Fakten statt am Bauchgefühl orientieren und wann es Zeit wird, sich nach neuer Hardware umzusehen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Diagnose: Fakten statt Bauchgefühl</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-21.17.04.png?w=851" alt="Diagnose" class="wp-image-4198585" width="851" height="1024" sizes="auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bevor Sie Schraubenzieher zücken oder neue Hardware kaufen, muss geklärt werden: Ist Ihr Akku wirklich verschlissen, oder saugt ressourcenfressende Software im Hintergrund heimlich den Stromspeicher leer? Die Frage ist schnell beantwortet, denn sowohl Windows als auch macOS bieten tiefgreifende <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3014555/laptop-windows-akkubericht.html" target="_blank">Diagnose-Tools</a>, die sich mit wenigen</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Unter Windows:</strong> Öffnen Sie die Windows-Eingabeaufforderung (CMD) oder PowerShell als Administrator und tippen Sie den Befehl</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code><strong>powercfg /batteryreport</strong></code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ein. Windows generiert daraufhin eine detaillierte HTML-Datei, die tief ins System blicken lässt. Öffnen Sie die Datei unter dem angegebenen Pfad – z.B. „C:\battery-report.html“. Entscheidend sind hier zwei Werte: die <strong>Design Capacity</strong> (die ursprüngliche Nennkapazität Ihres Akkus ab Werk) und die <strong>Full Charge Capacity</strong> (die aktuell noch erreichbare Maximalkapazität). Liegt die aktuelle Kapazität unter <strong>80 Prozent des Ursprungswertes</strong>, gilt ein Akku allgemein als verschlissen. Spätestens wenn er die 70-Prozent-Marke unterschreitet, wird der Kapazitätsverlust im Alltag oft zu einer spürbaren Einschränkung – das Bauteil ist Ende seines Lebenszyklus angekommen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bei macOS:</strong> Auf einem MacBook führt der Weg über das Apfel-Menü zu <strong>Systemeinstellungen → Allgemein → Info → Systembericht</strong>. Unter dem Reiter „Stromversorgung“ finden Sie die Anzahl der Ladezyklen sowie den Zustand. Apple garantiert in der Regel, dass ein Akku nach 1.000 vollständigen Ladezyklen noch mindestens 80 Prozent seiner ursprünglichen Kapazität halten kann. Fällt der Wert darunter, rät das System oft von selbst zum Service.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Schrauben oder schrauben lassen?</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-21.17.18.png?w=1024" alt="Reparaturanleitungen" class="wp-image-4198586" width="1024" height="684" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Auf <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3174903/notebook-akku-tauschen-oder-neukauf-ratgeber.html#" target="_blank">iFixit</a> finden Verbraucher Reparaturanleitungen, Ersatzteile und Werkzeug für zahlreiche Notebooks, Smartphones und andere Elektronikgeräte.</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Steht der Defekt fest oder ist die Alterung bereits weit fortgeschritten, folgt oft eine logistische Herausforderung. Die Hardware-Realität von 2026 ist Verbrauchern nämlich nicht gerade entgegengekommen – zumindest beim Akku: In vielen modernen Ultrabooks, Surface-Geräten oder MacBooks sind die Akkuzellen großflächig im Gehäuse verklebt. Das macht den Tausch für Laien gefährlich, weil bei einer Beschädigung der Zellen <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2590103/akku-brennt-richtig-handeln-und-loeschen.html" target="_blank">akute Brandgefahr</a> besteht.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der Gang zur Fachwerkstatt ist deshalb oft alternativlos – achten Sie hierbei am besten auf zertifizierte Betriebe, die eine <strong>Garantie auf das Ersatzteil</strong> gewähren. Anders sieht es bei reparaturfreundlichen Business-Geräten wie dem <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3174903/notebook-akku-tauschen-oder-neukauf-ratgeber.html#" target="_blank">Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5</a> oder Vorreitern der Modularität wie dem <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2230834/framework-laptop-16-test.html" target="_blank">Framework Laptop 16</a> aus: Hier brauchen Sie oft nur einen passenden Schraubendreher und zehn Minuten Zeit, um den Akku selbst zu tauschen. Wie Sie Ihren Akku am Laptop oder am Smartphone selbst tauschen können, <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2666199/akkutausch-so-klappts-beim-smartphone-und-notebook.html" target="_blank">erklären wir in diesem Ratgeber</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Achtung beim Teilekauf:</strong> Sparen Sie nicht am falschen Ende. Extrem billige Nachbau-Akkus von No-Name-Händlern auf großen Marktplätzen bergen nicht nur ein <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3060569/akku-ladefehler-brandgefahr-vermeiden.html" target="_blank">Brandrisiko</a>, sondern schummeln oft auch bei der echten Kapazität. Greifen Sie <strong>unbedingt zu Originalteilen des Herstellers</strong> oder zu zertifizierten Ersatzteilen etablierter Drittanbieter (wie <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3174903/notebook-akku-tauschen-oder-neukauf-ratgeber.html#" target="_blank">iFixit</a>).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn die Diagnose zeigt, dass Ihr Akku physisch noch fit ist, dann liegt das Problem vermutlich an Software mit Selbstbedienungsmentalität. Praktisch: Windows und macOS verfügen über integrierte Stromfresser-Finder. Unter Windows navigieren Sie zu <strong>Einstellungen</strong> <strong>→ Strom und Akku → Akkunutzung</strong>. Dort listet Windows genau auf, welche Apps in den letzten Tagen am meisten Energie verbraucht haben. Auf dem Mac erfüllt die App <strong>Aktivitätsanzeige</strong> (Reiter <strong>Energie</strong>) denselben Zweck. Stoßen Sie hier auf Programme, die Sie gar nicht aktiv nutzen, sollten Sie deren Hintergrundaktivität einschränken oder die Software komplett deinstallieren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>💡 Infobox: Das neue Recht auf Reparatur (Stand 2026)</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das<strong> Recht auf Reparatur </strong>stammt von der Europäischen Kommission und dem EU-Parlament. Ziel des Gesetzespakets ist es, die wachsenden Berge von Elektroschrott auf dem Kontinent zu reduzieren und die Kreislaufwirtschaft zu stärken. Nach der Verabschiedung der EU-Richtlinie im Jahr 2024 hatten die Mitgliedsstaaten bis 2026 Zeit, die Vorgaben <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3174903/notebook-akku-tauschen-oder-neukauf-ratgeber.html#" target="_blank">in nationales Recht umzusetzen</a> – nun greifen die Regeln schrittweise und wirken sich zunehmend auf den Reparaturalltag aus.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Was Verbraucher davon haben:</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Reparaturpflicht:</strong> Hersteller sind nun gesetzlich verpflichtet, für gängige Elektronikgeräte (wie Smartphones und Laptops) Reparaturen anzubieten – und das auch nach Ablauf der gesetzlichen Gewährleistung.</li>



<li><strong>Zugang zu Ersatzteilen:</strong> Unabhängige Fachwerkstätten und ambitionierte Bastler erhalten leichteren Zugang zu Original-Ersatzteilen und offiziellen Reparaturanleitungen.</li>



<li><strong>Weniger Software-Sperren:</strong> Praktiken wie das sogenannte “Parts Pairing” (bei dem Ersatzteile per Software blockiert werden, wenn sie nicht von einer offiziellen Vertragswerkstatt eingebaut wurden) werden stark eingeschränkt.</li>



<li><strong>Mehr Wirtschaftlichkeit:</strong> Durch den faireren Wettbewerb sinken die Reparaturkosten, was den Tausch eines Akkus oft attraktiver macht als einen teuren Neukauf.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wann lohnt sich der Tausch?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Um zu beurteilen, ob sich die Investition für den Austausch lohnt, hilft die bewährte <strong>50-Prozent-Regel</strong>: Übersteigen die Kosten für die Reparatur (Ersatz-Akku plus eventuelle Arbeitszeit der Werkstatt) mehr als die Hälfte des aktuellen Restwerts des Notebooks, wird die Angelegenheit unwirtschaftlich.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ein Rechenbeispiel:</strong> Ein vier Jahre altes Premium-Notebook, das früher mal 1.500 Euro gekostet hat, bringt auf dem Gebrauchtmarkt vielleicht noch 400 bis 500 Euro. Eine Investition von 120 Euro für einen fachgerechten Akkutausch ist dann noch durchaus sinnvoll und kann dem Gerät weitere zwei bis drei Lebensjahre verschaffen. Bei einem ohnehin leistungsschwachen 400-Euro-Plastikbomber aus dem Jahr 2021 ist eine 100-Euro-Reparatur jedoch (jenseits von Nostalgiegründen) kaum zu vertreten und gilt als unwirtschaftlich.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wann ein Neukauf wirklich sinnvoll ist</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mal ehrlich: Der Akku ist oft nur das offensichtlichste Symptom eines veralteten Systems. Wer über eine Reparatur nachdenkt, sollte objektiv prüfen, ob die restliche Hardware den heutigen Anforderungen noch gewachsen ist – oder ob man mit einem <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2215385/die-besten-laptops-test.html" target="_blank">neuen Laptop</a> besser fährt:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Windows 10 Support-Ende:</strong> Das offizielle Support-Ende von Windows 10 (Oktober 2025) liegt bereits hinter uns. Privatanwender in der EU haben zwar <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2941599/windows-10-gratis-sicher-nutzen-esu-registrierung-so-gehts.html" target="_blank">Glück im Unglück</a>: Wer mit einem Microsoft-Konto angemeldet ist, <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3177497/windows-10-bekommt-ein-weiteres-jahr-lang-updates.html" target="_blank">erhält die Extended Security Updates (ESU) im ersten Jahr bis Oktober 2027 kostenlos.</a> Doch spätestens im Herbst 2027 ist endgültig Schicht im Schacht. Geräte, deren Prozessoren nicht offiziell für Windows 11 zertifiziert sind (ältere CPUs vor der Intel Core 8. Generation oder AMD Ryzen 2000er-Serie), stoßen dann an ihre praktische Lebensdauergrenze. Ohne den auslaufenden ESU-Schutz sollten Sie ab diesem Zeitpunkt bei betroffenen Windows-Geräten nicht mehr in einen neuen Akku investieren.</li>



<li><strong>Speicher-Flaschenhälse:</strong> Verlöteter, nicht aufrüstbarer Arbeitsspeicher von 8 GB stößt selbst bei ausschließlicher Browser-Nutzung und Office-Anwendungen oft an seine Grenzen.</li>



<li><strong>Träge Performance:</strong> Wenn das Notebook nicht nur schnell leer ist, sondern beim Öffnen von Programmen ins Schwitzen kommt und der Lüfter permanent auf Hochtouren läuft, bringt auch der stärkste neue Akku kein flüssiges Arbeitsgefühl zurück.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Zeit für einen neuen Laptop?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn kein (sinnvoller) Weg mehr am Neukauf vorbeiführt, ist das nicht immer eine schlechte Nachricht: Moderne Geräte punkten nicht nur mit deutlich mehr Ausdauer jenseits der Steckdose – sie bringen auch spürbar mehr Tempo und Sicherheit, effizientere Hardware und oft angenehm leise Kühlung in Ihren Alltag.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Fazit und Checkliste: Akku tauschen oder Neukauf?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Entscheidung zwischen Werkstatt und Neuanschaffung ist am Ende des Tages ein Abwägen von Kosten, Nutzen und Sicherheit. Die folgende Checkliste hilft dabei, das Schicksal Ihres Notebooks zu klären:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Der Tausch lohnt sich, wenn:</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>der Laptop noch alle Leistungsanforderungen im Alltag erfüllt.</li>



<li>Windows 11 offiziell unterstützt wird (oder macOS/Linux aktuell ist).</li>



<li>die Gesamtreparatur weniger als 50 % des Restwerts kostet.</li>



<li>das Gehäuse unbeschädigt ist und Scharniere sowie Tastatur noch zuverlässig funktionieren.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ein Neukauf ist besser, wenn:</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>das Betriebssystem (z. B. Windows 10) keine Sicherheitsupdates mehr erhält.</li>



<li>das Gerät durch 8 GB RAM oder eine alte CPU ohnehin ein Flaschenhals im Alltag ist.</li>



<li>Displayschäden oder defekte Ports weitere, teure Reparaturen erfordern.</li>



<li>die Reparatur den Zeitwert des Geräts deutlich übersteigt.</li>
</ul>



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<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="Selbst wenn Sie dieser Anblick nicht in Verzückung versetzt - ein Blick auf diese obligatorischen Kommandozeilen-Tools lohnt sich." title="Selbst wenn Sie dieser Anblick nicht in Verzückung versetzt - ein Blick auf diese obligatorischen Kommandozeilen-Tools lohnt sich." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392868/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">Selbst wenn Sie dieser Anblick nicht in Verzückung versetzt – ein Blick auf diese obligatorischen Kommandozeilen-Tools lohnt sich.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Manche Devs arbeiten mit der Kommandozeile (auch Command Line Interface; CLI), weil sie sie <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2818958/was-developer-an-ihrem-job-lieben-und-hassen.html" title="lieben" target="_blank">lieben</a> – andere, weil ihnen nichts anderes übrig bleibt. Egal zu welcher Kategorie Sie sich zählen: Diese neun CLI-Tools helfen Ihrer Produktivität und Effizienz (zusätzlich) <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2816175/so-motivieren-sie-softwareentwickler.html" title="auf die Sprünge" target="_blank">auf die Sprünge</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://tldr.sh/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tldr</a></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Keine Angst, wir ersparen Ihnen an dieser Stelle eine langwierige, faszinative Abhandlung über die ganz eigene Magie, die die Unix-Shell entfaltet. Fakt ist: Wenn man mit ihr arbeiten will, ist es manchmal erforderlich, vorher ein Handbuch zu lesen. Unix Docs (auch man- oder manual pages) sind diesbezüglich allerdings ein zweischneidiges Schwert: Die benötigte Information ist vorhanden – es ist nur die Frage, wo. Den Teil der <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2791591/so-erstellen-sie-eine-moderne-dokumentation-fuer-anwendungen.html" title="Dokumentation" target="_blank">Dokumentation</a> aufzuspüren, den Sie gerade benötigen, kann ein entmutigender Task sein. Zwar kann die gute alte Befehlszeile dabei helfen – um ein offizielles Handbuch aufzurufen, genügt:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ man </code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Allerdings zeichnen sich man-pages vor allem durch ihre Informationsdichte aus – und die Tatsache, dass sie manchmal aktuelle Informationen für neuere Tools vermissen lassen. Das CLI-Tool <code>tldr</code> versetzt Sie in die Lage, zielgerichteter zu suchen:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ tldr </code></p>



<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="tldr in Aktion." title="tldr in Aktion." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392869/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">tldr in Aktion.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
					Foto: Matthew Tyson | IDG</p></div>




<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Falls Sie <code>npm</code> installiert haben, ist die <code>tldr</code>-Installation nur einen kurzen Befehl entfernt:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>npm install -g tldr</code></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://ngrok.com/download" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ngrok</a></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sobald Sie <code>tldr</code> installiert haben, können Sie damit viele weitere Befehle erkunden. Zum Beispiel:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ tldr ngrok</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel from a public endpoint to a locally running web service.</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mit <code>ngrok</code> eröffnet sich Ihnen eine stressfreie Möglichkeit, von einem Remote-Browser auf eine Entwicklungsmaschine zuzugreifen. Aber das Tool kann noch weit mehr. Sie können damit beispielsweise in der Cloud entwickeln und die Ergebnisse im Browser in Augenschein nehmen. Zudem können Sie mit <code>ngrok</code> auch schnell und einfach laufende Services über HTTPS veröffentlichen – ohne sich mit der Security-Infrastruktur herumschlagen zu müssen. Angenommen, Sie bauen einen Service Worker auf, der HTTPS benötigt, dann ist alles, was Sie für einen sicheren Kontext tun müssen, <code>ngrok</code> zu starten.</p>



<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="Das CLI-Tool ngrok macht Devs das Leben auf verschiedenen Ebenen leichter." title="Das CLI-Tool ngrok macht Devs das Leben auf verschiedenen Ebenen leichter." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392870/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">Das CLI-Tool ngrok macht Devs das Leben auf verschiedenen Ebenen leichter.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
					Foto: Matthew Tyson | IDG</p></div>




<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ein Beispiel, bei dem der HTTP-Port 8080 freigegeben wird:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ ngrok http 8080</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der <code>ngrok</code>-Output sieht wie folgt aus:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>https://f951-34-67-117-59.ngrok-free.app -&gt; <a href="https://localhost:8080/" title="http://localhost:8080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://localhost:8080</a></code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anschließend kann jedermann die zugewiesene URL aufrufen (machen Sie sich keine Mühe).</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">screen</a></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mit diesem Befehlszeilen-Tool können Sie eine Shell-Sitzung mit oder ohne laufenden Prozess “beiseite legen” und sie anschließend zu einem beliebigen Zeitpunkt fortsetzen – auch wenn Sie die ursprüngliche Session beenden.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ tldr screen</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Hold a session open on a remote server. Manage multiple windows with a single SSH connection.</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nehmen wir an, Sie starten <code>ngrok</code>, um remote auf eine <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2805798/7-webseiten-die-ihre-desktop-software-ersetzen.html" title="Webanwendung" target="_blank">Webanwendung</a> zuzugreifen: Sie starten den Prozess, lassen diesen dann in <code>screen</code> laufen und programmieren so lange etwas. Währenddessen läuft <code>ngrok</code> die ganze Zeit weiter – Sie können über <code>screen</code> jederzeit wieder darauf zugreifen. Veranschaulicht in Code würde das wie folgt aussehen:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ screen</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>// Now we are in a new session</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ ngrok http 8080</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>// Now ngrok is running, exposing http port 8080</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Type ctrl-a</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>// Now we are in screen's command mode</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Type the "d" key, to "detach".</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>// Now you are back in the shell that you started in, while screen is running your ngrok command in the background:</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ screen -list</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>There is a screen on:</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code> 128861.pts-0.dev3 (04/25/24 14:36:58) (Detached)</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Tipp</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> Wenn Sie eine laufende Sitzung, in der Sie sich gerade befinden, benennen wollen, nutzen Sie die Tastenkombination Strg + A und geben <code>:sessionname </code> ein. Das ist besonders nützlich, wenn Sie mit mehreren Screen-Instanzen arbeiten wollen.</p>



<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="Screen ist ein umfangreiches und potentes CLI-Tool." title="Screen ist ein umfangreiches und potentes CLI-Tool." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392871/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">Screen ist ein umfangreiches und potentes CLI-Tool.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
					Foto: Matthew Tyson | IDG</p></div>




<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn wie im Beispiel nur eine <code>screen</code>-Instanz läuft, führt der Befehl <code>$ screen -r</code> (für “re-attach”) Sie zurück zu Ihrer <code>ngrok</code>-Sitzung. Im Fall mehrerer Screens können Sie diese mit Hilfe ihrer ID wieder aufrufen:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ screen -r </code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn Sie Ihre Session endgültig beenden wollen, beenden Sie ngrok mit Strg + C und geben anschließend <code>exit</code> in die Kommandozeile ein.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://sdkman.io/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">sdkman</a> &amp; <a href="https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">nvm</a></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn Sie <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2831436/darum-bleibt-java-relevant.html" title="Java" target="_blank">Java</a> oder <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2794625/was-javascript-von-typescript-unterscheidet.html" title="JavaScript" target="_blank">JavaScript</a> auf einem Server verwenden, sollten Sie sich mit <code>sdkman</code> (für Java) und <code>nvm</code> (für Node) vertraut machen. Beide Kommandozeilen-Tools sind nützlich, wenn es darum geht, mit mehreren Programmiersprachenversionen auf dem selben Rechner zu jonglieren – und dabei sowohl Path Adjustment als auch Umgebungsvariablen überflüssig machen. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mit <code>sdkman</code> können Sie beispielsweise neuere Java-Versionen erkunden und anschließend wieder zum aktuellen LTS-Release springen. Dieser Prozess wird durch das <code>sdk</code>-Kommando abstrahiert.</p>



<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="sdkman zeigt alle verfügbaren Java-Installationen auf einem lokalen Rechner an - inklusive derjenigen, die gerade in Benutzung ist." title="sdkman zeigt alle verfügbaren Java-Installationen auf einem lokalen Rechner an - inklusive derjenigen, die gerade in Benutzung ist." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392872/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">sdkman zeigt alle verfügbaren Java-Installationen auf einem lokalen Rechner an – inklusive derjenigen, die gerade in Benutzung ist.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
					Foto: Matthew Tyson | IDG</p></div>




<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Zwischen den Versionen zu wechseln, gestaltet sich denkbar einfach – <code>$ sdk use java 19-open</code> führt Sie direkt zu JDK Version 19.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ tldr sdk</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Manage parallel versions of multiple Software Development Kits.</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Supports Java, Groovy, Scala, Kotlin, Gradle, Maven, Vert.x and many others.</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die <code>nvm</code>-Utility funktioniert ganz ähnlich:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ tldr nvm</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Install, uninstall or switch between Node.js versions.</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Supports version numbers like "12.8" or "v16.13.1", and labels like "stable", "system", etc.</code></p>



<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="Ein Blick auf nvm." title="Ein Blick auf nvm." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392873/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">Ein Blick auf nvm.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
					Foto: Matthew Tyson | IDG</p></div>




<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/junegunn/fzf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fzf</a></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sowohl <code>grep</code> als auch <code>find</code> sind Standardbestandteile der Kommandozeilen-Befehlspalette. Allerdings sind beide Tools nicht so funktional, wie sie sein sollten. Das ruft <code>fzf</code> auf den Plan – einen “Fuzzy File Finder”. Mit “Fuzzy” ist dabei gemeint, dass die Details zu dem, was Sie suchen, nicht unbedingt klar definiert sein müssen. Ein Beispiel:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ tldr fzf</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Command-line fuzzy finder.</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Similar to sk.</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sobald Sie <code>fzf</code> starten, indiziert das CLI-Tool umgehend das Dateisystem, um Ergebnisvorschläge für Ihre Suchen zu unterbreiten.</p>



<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="In diesem Beispiel suchen wir nach einem Projekt, an dem wir zuletzt gearbeitet haben." title="In diesem Beispiel suchen wir nach einem Projekt, an dem wir zuletzt gearbeitet haben." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392874/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">In diesem Beispiel suchen wir nach einem Projekt, an dem wir zuletzt gearbeitet haben.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
					Foto: Matthew Tyson | IDG</p></div>




<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Aus 878.937 Möglichkeiten hat <code>fzf</code> die 25 Dateien und Verzeichnisse ausgewählt, die unseren Anforderungen entsprechen könnten – und das völlig ohne Umwege.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/ogham/exa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">exa</a></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mit <code>exa</code> werden langweilige alte <code>ls</code>-Listings schöner und nützlicher:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ tldr</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>A modern replacement for ls (List directory contents).</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Für eine <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2834060/10-wege-zur-besseren-developer-experience.html" title="bessere Developer Experience" target="_blank">bessere Developer Experience</a> ohne mentalen Overhead statten Sie <code>ls</code> einfach mit einem <code>exa</code>-Alias aus. Das Tool respektiert die meisten <code>ls</code>-Standardoptionen – <code>exa -l</code> funktioniert also (beispielsweise) genau so, wie Sie es erwarten würden.</p>



<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="Exa ist das neue ls." title="Exa ist das neue ls." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392875/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">Exa ist das neue ls.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
					Foto: Matthew Tyson | IDG</p></div>




<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/sharkdp/bat" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">bat</a></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die <code>bat</code>-Utility ähnelt dem <code>cat</code>-Tool – ist aber besser:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>$ tldr bat</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>Print and concatenate files.</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><code>A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.</code></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Es handelt sich hierbei im Wesentlichen um eine Komfort- beziehungsweise <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2821891/8-wege-um-top-entwickler-zu-halten.html" title="Developer-Experience-Optimierung" target="_blank">Developer-Experience-Optimierung</a> – ähnlich wie im Fall von <code>exa</code>. Wenn Sie <code>bat</code> verwenden, erwartet Sie ein vollwertiger File Viewer – inklusive Title, Borders, Line Numbers und insbesondere einer hilfreichen Syntax-Highlighting-Funktion für Programmiersprachen oder Konfigurationsdateien. Dabei reagiert <code>bat</code> auf less/more-Befehle – und wird mit “<code>q</code>” beendet. Die Navigation erfolgt über die Pfeiltasten.</p>



<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="Bat ist ein simples Dienstprogramm, das es zu einem echten Erlebnis macht, Dateien auf der Konsole zu durchsuchen." title="Bat ist ein simples Dienstprogramm, das es zu einem echten Erlebnis macht, Dateien auf der Konsole zu durchsuchen." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392876/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">Bat ist ein simples Dienstprogramm, das es zu einem echten Erlebnis macht, Dateien auf der Konsole zu durchsuchen.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
					Foto: Matthew Tyson | IDG</p></div>




<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">nethack</a></h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ein absoluter Kommandozeilen-Klassiker ist <code>nethack</code> – der ursprüngliche, Konsolen-basierte ASCII <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetHack" title="Dungeon Crawler" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dungeon Crawler</a>. Das CLI-Tool wird Ihre Produktivität zwar nicht direkt ankurbeln – kann aber durchaus dabei helfen, ein paar Minuten zur Ruhe zu kommen, um komplexe Dev-Probleme zu durchdringen.</p>



<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" alt="Es gibt neuere Versionen des Nethack-Konzepts - manchmal fährt man jedoch mit dem Original am besten." title="Es gibt neuere Versionen des Nethack-Konzepts - manchmal fährt man jedoch mit dem Original am besten." src="https://images.computerwoche.de/bdb/3392877/840x473.jpg" width="840" height="473"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p class="foundryImageCaption">Es gibt neuere Versionen des Nethack-Konzepts – manchmal fährt man jedoch mit dem Original am besten.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">
					Foto: Matthew Tyson | IDG</p></div>




<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Dieser Artikel ist <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2337138/9-command-line-jewels-for-your-developer-toolkit.html" target="_blank">im Original</a> bei unserer Schwesterpublikation Infoworld.com erschienen.<br></strong></p>
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Wunderschönes, schlankes Design



Große, helle Displays



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MagicOS kann gelegentlich frustrierend sein




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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Auf einen Blick</h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Pro</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Wunderschönes, schlankes Design</li>



<li>Große, helle Displays</li>



<li>Hervorragende Kameras</li>



<li>Coole Software-Funktionen</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Kontra</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Hoher Preis</li>



<li>MagicOS kann gelegentlich frustrierend sein</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Fazit</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Honor Magic V6 ist ein Falt-Smartphone, das einfach alles kann. Es ist schlank, robust, leistungsstark und sieht gut aus. Die Kameras gehören zu den besten, die Software bietet einige raffinierte Funktionen und die Akkulaufzeit ist außergewöhnlich. Besitzer eines Magic V5 werden wahrscheinlich kaum einen Grund für ein Upgrade sehen, aber für alle anderen ist es eine gute Wahl – sofern Sie es sich leisten können.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Honor Magic V6 wurde ursprünglich bereits im März in China vorgestellt, doch es dauerte eine Weile, bis es den Weg nach Europa fand. Nun ist es endlich in Europa erhältlich und strebt den Titel des bislang <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2109390/bestes-falt-smartphone.html" target="_blank">besten Falt-Smartphones</a> an.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Leider ist die Konkurrenz für Honor stärker denn je, und sie wird noch härter werden, sobald Apples seit Langem gemunkeltes Foldable auf den Markt kommt. Bietet dieses schlanke Kraftpaket genug, um weiterhin überzeugend zu bleiben?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Es sieht auf jeden Fall vielversprechend aus, verfügt über einen der größten Akkus aller jemals erschienenen Falt-Smartphones, ist das erste mit IP69-Zertifizierung und gehört dennoch zu den dünnsten Modellen. Das ist schon mal ein guter Anfang. Ich habe es in den vergangenen Wochen auf Herz und Nieren geprüft, und hier ist mein Fazit.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Design &amp; Verarbeitung</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Aluminiumrahmen, Rückseite aus Verbundfasermaterial</li>



<li>219 g, NanoCrystal Shield-Glas</li>



<li>IP69-zertifiziert</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Honor Magic V6 sieht dem <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2838914/honor-magic-v5-test.html" target="_blank">Magic V5</a> sehr ähnlich, wobei der auffälligste Unterschied in der Form des Kamerarahmens liegt. Dieser ist nun kantiger und weist eine achteckige Form auf. Auch neue Farbvarianten tragen dazu bei, es von der Vorgängergeneration abzugrenzen.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.14.26.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199606" width="1024" height="586" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die rote Version ist wahrscheinlich die auffälligste; sie verfügt über eine tiefrote, fast blutrote Rückseite mit strukturierter Oberfläche. Ich besitze die goldene Version, die ebenfalls sehr auffällig ist. Freunde haben bemerkt, dass es wie ein Smartphone aussieht, das ein saudischer Prinz oder Kim Kardashian benutzen würde.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Farbe schimmert leicht, wenn Licht darauf fällt; sowohl am Scharnier als auch auf der Rückseite ist ein dezentes, sich wiederholendes Dreiecksmuster zu erkennen, und es bleibt irgendwie frei von Fingerabdrücken, obwohl es ziemlich glänzend ist. Das sieht wirklich cool aus. Auch die mitgelieferte Hülle ist von höchster Qualität, mit einem cremefarbenen Kunstlederbezug und einem roségoldenen Kamerarahmen, der gleichzeitig als ausklappbarer Ständer dient.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn Sie etwas suchen, das etwas weniger Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zieht, gibt es natürlich auch traditionellere Modelle in Schwarz und Weiß. Letzteres hat zudem einen versteckten Vorteil: Mit nur 8,75 Millimetern im geschlossenen Zustand ist es das dünnste Modell der Reihe, und Honor geht davon aus, dass es derzeit das dünnste Falt-Smartphone auf dem Markt ist.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ich habe das weiße Modell nicht ausprobiert, und vielleicht ist es tatsächlich spürbar schlanker, aber meiner Meinung nach sieht die goldene Version definitiv etwas dicker aus und fühlt sich auch so wie mein 8,9 Millimeter dickes <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2843601/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7-test.html" target="_blank">Galaxy Z Fold 7</a> an.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das ist allerdings Haarspalterei, denn dieses Smartphone ist immer noch dünner als viele Flaggschiff-Smartphones im Barrenformat. Ob es nun das dünnste ist oder nicht – es ist auf jeden Fall dünn genug, um sich in der Hosentasche angenehm anzufühlen.<br><br></p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.14.34.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199607" width="1024" height="586" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Erwähnenswert ist auch, dass das Cover-Display nun flach ist und eine symmetrischere Form aufweist. Dadurch sieht das Smartphone im zusammengeklappten Zustand noch mehr wie ein herkömmliches Barren-Handy aus, doch die unvermeidliche, eckige Kante am Scharnier verrät es ein wenig.<br><br></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So wichtig die Abmessungen eines Klapphandys auch sind, ebenso entscheidend ist die Robustheit. Und glücklicherweise ist das Honor Magic V6 robust wie ein Panzer gebaut.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Es verfügt über die Schutzklasse IP69 – die höchste aller faltbaren Smartphones. Das bedeutet, dass es praktisch staubdicht ist und sowohl das Eintauchen in Süßwasser als auch den Strahl von heißem Wasser problemlos aushält. Die Technologie der faltbaren Smartphones hat große Fortschritte gemacht.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Es ist zudem besonders robust konstruiert, mit kratzfestem „NanoCrystal Shield“-Glas auf der Vorderseite und einem „Super Steel“-Scharnier, das die Stoßfestigkeit verbessert.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">SGS-Zertifizierungen untermauern diese Angaben ebenfalls, da das Smartphone für seine Fallfestigkeit mit 5 Sternen ausgezeichnet wurde. Ich habe mein Testgerät nicht allzu grob behandelt, aber es ist beruhigend zu wissen, dass es unversehrt bleiben dürfte, sollte mir einmal ein Ausrutscher unterlaufen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Bildschirm &amp; Lautsprecher</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Außen: 6,52 Zoll, 1.080 x 2.420, OLED, 120 Hertz</li>



<li>Innen: 7,95 Zoll, 2.172 × 2.352, OLED, 120 Hertz</li>



<li>Stereolautsprecher</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bei Falt-Smartphones dreht sich alles um den Bildschirm. Beginnen wir also mit dem Star der Show: dem inneren Display. Mit einer Diagonale von knapp unter 8 Zoll gehört es zu den größten Falt-Smartphones im Buchformat auf dem Markt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Es ist nahezu perfekt quadratisch, was sich hervorragend für die parallele Nutzung zweier Apps eignet.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.14.39.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199608" width="1024" height="586" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dieses flexible Display verfügt über eine Bildwiederholfrequenz von 120 Hertz und erreicht eine beeindruckende Spitzenhelligkeit von 5.000 Nits. Solche Helligkeitsangaben sollten Sie zwar stets mit einer gehörigen Portion Skepsis betrachten, doch unabhängig davon handelt es sich um ein sehr helles Display, das auch im Freien gut ablesbar ist.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der innere Bildschirm ist mit einer glänzenden Schutzfolie versehen (wenn auch mit einer Antireflexbeschichtung), was sowohl Vor- als auch Nachteile mit sich bringt. Wie ich bereits in anderen Testberichten zu Falt-Smartphones erwähnt habe, kaschieren mattierte Schutzfolien die Falz zwar besser, ziehen aber auch Fingerabdrücke an. Diese hier verschmiert nicht so leicht, doch trotz aller Bemühungen von Honor treten entlang der Falz einige unerwünschte Reflexionen auf.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.14.44.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199609" width="1024" height="586" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apropos: Die Falz ist bewundernswert flach, und noch vor nicht allzu langer Zeit wäre sie die beste gewesen, die mir je begegnet wäre. Allerdings nutze ich das Oppo Find N6 seit seiner Markteinführung fast täglich, und leider kann dieses Modell da nicht ganz mithalten.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Es ist dennoch äußerst beeindruckend und um Längen besser als das <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2945312/google-pixel-10-pro-test-3.html" target="_blank">Pixel 10 Pro Fold</a>. Auch im Vergleich zum Galaxy Z Fold 7 fällt die Falz etwas weniger auf.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Was das Außendisplay betrifft, so ist es fast nicht von dem Bildschirm eines Flaggschiff-Handys im Barren-Format zu unterscheiden, abgesehen davon, dass es ganz leicht schmaler ist als üblich. Es verfügt über schöne, schmale Einfassungen an allen Seiten, eine flinke Bildwiederholfrequenz von 120 Hertz und eine noch höhere Spitzenhelligkeit von 6.000 Nits.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wie bereits bei den letzten Generationen der faltbaren Honor-Modelle gibt es keine nennenswerten Nachteile bei der Nutzung des zusammengeklappten Telefons; es fühlt sich einfach wie ein normales Smartphone an. Wenn Sie dann einen größeren Bildschirm für Ihre Inhalte, Spiele oder Multitasking benötigen, klappen Sie es einfach auf.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.14.47.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199611" width="1024" height="586" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wie üblich hat Honor einiges in Funktionen zum Augenschutz investiert, und beide Bildschirme unterstützen eine PWM-Dimmung mit 4.320 Hertz. Das werden Sie besonders zu schätzen wissen, wenn Sie empfindlich auf Flackern reagieren. Beide Bildschirme unterstützen zudem die Eingabe per Stylus, allerdings hatte ich leider keinen Honor-Stylus zur Hand, um dies auszuprobieren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die luxuriösen Displays werden durch ein ordentliches Lautsprecherset ergänzt. Das Stereopaar erzeugt eine schöne, breite Klangbühne, kann mehr als laut genug werden und bietet eine ordentliche Basswiedergabe. Sie können zwar nicht mit den bassbetonten Lautsprechern des <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3041397/honor-magic-8-pro-test.html" target="_blank">Magic 8 Pro</a> mithalten, aber bei einem so schlanken Gehäuse sind die Möglichkeiten nun einmal begrenzt.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Technische Daten &amp; Leistung</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5</li>



<li>16 GB RAM</li>



<li>512 GB Speicher</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Magic V6 verfügt über den leistungsstärksten Chip von Qualcomm, den Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, und das globale Modell ist mit 16 GB RAM und 512 GB Speicher ausgestattet. Bei einem so schlanken Falt-Smartphone stellt die Wärmeableitung stets eine Herausforderung dar, doch Honor hat hier eine großzügig dimensionierte Vapor-Chamber verbaut, um eine optimale Leistung zu gewährleisten.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.14.51.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199612" width="1024" height="586" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das V6 hat meine täglichen Leistungsanforderungen problemlos erfüllt. Bei einem Falt-Smartphone habe ich oft drei Apps gleichzeitig geöffnet, wechsle zwischen ihnen hin und her und spiele häufig gleichzeitig Musik ab oder streame Videos. Selbst dann kam das Smartphone kaum ins Schwitzen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Man muss schon ein ziemlich anspruchsvolles Spiel starten, um dieses Smartphone ein wenig ins Schwitzen zu bringen, und wie es der Zufall so will, bin ich ziemlich süchtig nach <em>NTE: Neverness to Everness</em> (ein Open-World-Spiel mit atemberaubender Grafik und einer riesigen Stadtkarte, mit deren Darstellung die meisten Smartphones zu kämpfen haben). Doch das Magic V6 hatte damit kaum Probleme.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Spiel lief bei der Grafikvoreinstellung „Extreme“ flüssig mit 60 FPS, und obwohl es sich ziemlich stark erwärmte – insbesondere im Bereich der Kamera –, schien die Leistung darunter nicht zu leiden. Die beste Erfahrung machte ich mit einem GameSir-Clamp-Controller, der die Wärme von meinen Handflächen fernhielt.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.14.55.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199613" width="1024" height="586" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Honor Magic V6 – Benchmark-Ergebnisse</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Was die Benchmark-Ergebnisse angeht, wird es recht interessant. Während die meisten Ergebnisse hervorragend waren, hatte das Smartphone erhebliche Schwierigkeiten, den 3DMark Wildlife Extreme Stress Test abzuschließen. Normalerweise führe ich diesen Test bei aufgeklapptem Smartphone durch, doch es überhitzte sich und brach den Benchmark jedes Mal ab, wenn ich es versuchte.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Zugegebenermaßen war es in letzter Zeit recht warm, doch so etwas ist mir bisher noch nie passiert. Bei der Durchführung des Tests auf dem Cover-Display konnte es den Test mit einem ordentlichen Ergebnis abschließen, auf dem klappbaren Bildschirm war dies jedoch nicht möglich. Im alltäglichen Gebrauch hatte ich jedoch nie derartige Probleme.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Kameras</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>50-MP-Hauptkamera mit f/1,6</li>



<li>64 MP, f/2,5, 3-fach-Tele</li>



<li>50 MP, f/2,2 Ultraweitwinkel</li>



<li>20 MP, f/2,2 Selfie-Kamera</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Honor Magic V6 verfügt über dieselbe Kamera-Hardware wie die Vorgängergeneration, was bedeutet, dass es keine nennenswerten Neuerungen gibt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Allerdings verfügte das V5 bereits über eine der beeindruckendsten Kameraausstattungen unter allen faltbaren Smartphones, und die Konkurrenz hat sich in dieser Hinsicht nicht sonderlich ins Zeug gelegt – daher gehört es nach wie vor zu den Besten.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.14.59.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199614" width="1024" height="586" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Auf der Rückseite befindet sich eine 50-MP-Hauptkamera mit einem Sensor von ansehnlicher Größe (1/1,56 Zoll) und einem lichtstarken f/1,6-Objektiv. Hinzu kommen eine 50-MP-Ultraweitwinkelkamera mit einem extrem weiten Sichtfeld (entspricht 13 mm) sowie ein ausgezeichnetes 64-MP-Teleobjektiv. Außerdem gibt es zwei 20-MP-Selfie-Kameras, von denen jeweils eine durch das jeweilige Display ragt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dies ist eine äußerst vielseitige Objektivausstattung, mit der Sie alles aufnehmen können – von weitläufigen Landschaften bis zu intimen Porträts. Wie üblich hat mir die Verwendung des Teleobjektivs am meisten Spaß gemacht, und dies könnte die beste Tele-Kamera sein, die jemals in einem faltbaren Smartphone verbaut wurde.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Es verfügt über einen recht großen 1/2-Zoll-Sensor und kann aus sehr kurzer Entfernung fokussieren. Ihr Motiv muss sich lediglich etwa 20 Zentimeter vom Objektiv entfernt befinden, und in Kombination mit der Brennweite von 70 mm (äquivalent) entsteht so eine schöne perspektivische Kompression und ein natürliches Bokeh.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Natürlich können Sie mit einem digitalen Ausschnitt noch weiter zoomen, und die Kamera-App ermöglicht Ihnen auf Wunsch eine bis zu 100-fache Vergrößerung. Bei einer Vergrößerung von mehr als 10-fach können Sie generative KI nutzen, um die Bilder zu bereinigen, doch auch ohne diese Funktion erhalten Sie bereits bei etwa 20-facher Vergrößerung brauchbare Bilder.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ich habe bereits erwähnt, wie weitwinklig das Ultraweitwinkelobjektiv ist, und das gefällt mir besonders gut daran; ansonsten ist es jedoch im Vergleich zu den anderen Objektiven definitiv ein Qualitätsverlust.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nachts ist es zudem am wenigsten überzeugend, da Bewegungsunschärfe dort nur schwer zu bewältigen ist. Bei den richtigen Lichtverhältnissen ist es jedoch zu wirklich beeindruckenden Aufnahmen fähig.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.15.23.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199618" width="1024" height="918" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Hauptkamera ist wie immer die zuverlässigste des Trios. Dank des größeren Sensors schneidet sie bei schlechten Lichtverhältnissen am besten ab und liefert tagsüber etwas schärfere Bilder als die anderen Kameras.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Selfie-Kameras sind nichts Besonderes. Sie erfüllen ihren Zweck und eignen sich für Zoom-Anrufe, doch wenn man auf der Rückseite so beeindruckende Kameras hat, lohnt es sich wirklich, das Smartphone umzudrehen und den Bildschirm auf der Rückseite zu nutzen, um wirklich beeindruckende Fotos zu machen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Bildverarbeitung von Honor kann etwas unbeständig sein, aber ich habe den Eindruck, dass sie immer konsistenter wird, und wenn sie funktioniert, lassen sich wirklich atemberaubende Bilder erzielen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mein größter Kritikpunkt ist die Bewegungsunschärfe im Porträtmodus. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, woran es liegt, aber ich erhalte viele unscharfe Aufnahmen, wenn die künstliche Hintergrundunschärfe aktiviert ist – selbst bei guten Lichtverhältnissen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ansonsten bin ich mit den Bildern, die ich mit dem Magic V6 aufgenommen habe, sehr zufrieden. Die Harcourt-Porträtmodi sind so beeindruckend wie eh und je, und mit den übrigen Filtern lässt sich der Look Ihrer Fotos ziemlich drastisch verändern. Besonders gut gefällt mir der Filter „Nostalgic Negative“, der einen schönen, kontrastreichen Cross-Entwicklungs-Look mit blauen Schatten erzeugt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Was die Videoaufnahmen angeht, ist das Angebot etwas weniger umfangreich. Das soll nicht heißen, dass es schlecht ist, aber nachdem ich viel Zeit mit dem Oppo Find N6 verbracht habe, habe ich mich an ein ordentliches Log-Profil, 4K-120-Aufnahmen und Dolby Vision gewöhnt. Nichts davon ist hier vorhanden. Es gibt zwar ein Log-Profil, dieses funktioniert jedoch nur mit dem Hauptsensor und erzeugt ungewöhnlich körnige Schatten.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn Sie jedoch keine ganz so professionellen Ansprüche haben, werden Sie mit der Videoleistung wahrscheinlich sehr zufrieden sein. Sie können mit jeder Kamera bis zu 4K bei 60 FPS aufnehmen, mit Ausnahme der Selfie-Kamera, die maximal 4K bei 30 FPS erreicht. Die Bildstabilisierung ist gut, und auch die Mikrofone sind ordentlich.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Akkulaufzeit &amp; Aufladen</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>6.660-mAh-Akku</li>



<li>80-Watt-Laden über Kabel</li>



<li>66 Watt kabelloses Laden</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Honor Magic V6 verfügt über den größten Akku aller faltbaren Smartphones, die ich bisher getestet habe. Irgendwie ist es Honor gelungen, einen 6660-mAh-Akku in dieses hauchdünne Gehäuse zu integrieren. Samsun wird hoffentlich davon lernen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Diese Kapazität verblasst zwar im Vergleich zur chinesischen 1-TB-Version dieses Smartphones, die über einen erstaunlichen 7.150-mAh-Akku verfügt, doch wie wir in letzter Zeit oft gesehen haben, bedeuten die EU-Vorschriften, dass wir im Westen keinen ganz so massiven Akku erhalten können.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.15.38.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199619" width="1024" height="574" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das spielt jedoch keine allzu große Rolle, denn dieser Akku ist mehr als gut genug. Obwohl ich den großen internen Bildschirm häufig nutzte und unzählige Fotos machte, reichte die Akkulaufzeit dieses Smartphones während des Großteils meiner Tests für eineinhalb Tage. Natürlich verkürzt intensives Gaming die Laufzeit etwas, aber Sie werden das Gerät selten, wenn überhaupt, vor dem Schlafengehen aufladen müssen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Auch das Aufladen erfolgt schnell, vorausgesetzt, Sie verfügen über ein ausreichend leistungsstarkes Netzteil (im Lieferumfang ist lediglich ein USB-C-Kabel enthalten), um die 80-Watt-Geschwindigkeit nutzen zu können. Ich konnte das Gerät in nur einer halben Stunde von leer auf fast 70 Prozent aufladen; mehr kann man sich kaum wünschen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn Sie kabelloses Laden bevorzugen, ist dies ohne nennenswerte Einbußen bei der Geschwindigkeit möglich. Das Honor Magic V6 lässt sich mit einem offiziellen kabellosen Ladepad von Honor mit bis zu 66 Watt aufladen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Software &amp; Apps</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>MagicOS 10, basierend auf Android 16</li>



<li>Zahlreiche KI-Funktionen</li>



<li>Kompatibilität mit dem Apple-Ökosystem</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Auf dem Magic V6 läuft MagicOS 10, Honors eigene Variante von <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2781437/android-16-release-design-funktionen-kompatible-geraete.html" target="_blank">Android 16</a>. Es handelt sich im Wesentlichen um dieselbe Software, die wir bereits von den letzten Honor-Flaggschiffmodellen kennen. Wenn Sie also bereits eines dieser Modelle ausprobiert haben, werden Sie kaum Überraschungen erleben.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.15.46.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199620" width="1024" height="574" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Software von Honor kann die Meinungen spalten. Sie weicht ziemlich stark vom typischen Android-Erlebnis ab; stattdessen erinnert sie zunehmend an iOS. Ob das nun gut ist oder nicht, hängt ganz von Ihren Vorlieben ab.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Allerdings lässt sich die Benutzeroberfläche extrem gut anpassen – wenn Ihnen also das Design oder das Layout einer Funktion nicht gefällt, können Sie es höchstwahrscheinlich ändern.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Insgesamt gefällt sie mir recht gut. Sie wirkt schnell und reaktionsfreudig, sieht standardmäßig ansprechend aus und bietet zahlreiche Werkzeuge zur weiteren Anpassung. Wie bereits erwähnt, gibt es zahlreiche Anlehnungen an iOS, darunter einige „Liquid Glass“-ähnliche Elemente, einen „Dynamic Island“-Klon, geteilte Benachrichtigungen/Schnelleinstellungen sowie die Möglichkeit, die App-Übersicht zu deaktivieren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das sind zwar nicht die originellsten Entscheidungen, aber sie funktionieren gut, und die meisten sind vollkommen optional.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Honor bietet Ihnen eine Vielzahl von KI-Funktionen, darunter die üblichen Tools für Transkription, Übersetzung und Zusammenfassung sowie einige sehr fortschrittliche Funktionen zur Fotobearbeitung.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.15.53.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199623" width="1024" height="574" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Auch das Multitasking ist hervorragend. Sie können Apps im Split-View nebeneinander anzeigen und dann eine dritte hinzufügen, die nur am Rand des Bildschirms hervorblitzt und bei Bedarf sofort einsatzbereit ist. Oder, wenn Sie es vorziehen, können Sie schwebende Fenster nutzen und so noch mehr Inhalte gleichzeitig auf dem Bildschirm anzeigen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Am spannendsten finde ich jedoch die Art und Weise, wie sich das Magic V6 in Apple-Produkte integrieren lässt. Insbesondere, wie gut es mit meinem Macbook zusammenarbeitet. Wenn Sie die Honor Workstation-App aus dem Mac App Store installieren, können Sie Dateien austauschen, zwischen Geräten kopieren und einfügen, Ihr Smartphone fernsteuern und das V6 sogar als drahtlosen zweiten Bildschirm nutzen.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.15.58.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199625" width="1024" height="574" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Doch damit ist der Spaß noch lange nicht vorbei. Das Honor Magic V6 kann auch nativ Dateien in Ihrem iCloud-Konto durchsuchen und verwalten, und mit Honor Connect können Sie Dateien auch per AirDrop zu und von iPhones übertragen. Das ist großartig, wenn Sie ständig zwischen verschiedenen Ökosystemen hin- und herwechseln (wie ich es oft tue).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Insgesamt ist es also ein solides Software-Erlebnis, das jedoch nicht ganz ohne Nachteile ist. Meine größte Kritik an Honor-Smartphones ist seit einigen Jahren unberücksichtigt geblieben. Das Akkumanagement ist extrem aggressiv und beendet standardmäßig Hintergrund-Apps mit rücksichtsloser Härte.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das bedeutet, dass Sie häufig unter stark verzögerten Benachrichtigungen leiden, bis Sie einige Einstellungen anpassen und sicherstellen, dass diese Apps geöffnet bleiben.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-22.16.03.png?w=1024" alt="Honor Magic V6" class="wp-image-4199626" width="1024" height="574" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Luke Baker</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br><br>Das lässt sich zwar leicht beheben, und ich kann die Logik dahinter nachvollziehen – schließlich bieten Honor-Smartphones stets eine hervorragende Akkulaufzeit –, doch es ist äußerst ärgerlich, und ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn dieses Problem behoben würde.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Honor verspricht sieben Jahre lang Software-Updates und Sicherheitspatches für seine Flaggschiff-Geräte und liegt damit auf einer Stufe mit Samsung und Apple. Viel besser geht es kaum, auch wenn Sie möglicherweise eine Weile auf das auf <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2990238/android-17-release-features-update-2.html" target="_blank">Android 17</a> basierende MagicOS 11 warten müssen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Preis &amp; Verfügbarkeit</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Honor Magic V6 kann ab sofort in Deutschland und den meisten anderen Ländern der Welt bestellt werden, wobei die USA wie üblich ausgeschlossen sind. Hierzulande liegt der Preis bei stolzen <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3183215/honor-magic-v6-test-review.html#" target="_blank">2.299 Euro</a>, wobei es bis zum 31. Juli noch einen Rabatt von 600 Euro gibt (Endpreis: 1.699,90 Euro).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Als besonderes Einführungsangebot legt Honor auch eine Reihe kostenloser Extras wie ein Tablet, einen Stift und ein Set Earbuds bei. Das macht eine Beurteilung des Preises ziemlich schwierig. Auf dem Papier ist das Magic V6 deutlich teurer als das V5, das im vergangenen Jahr für 1.999 Euro auf den Markt kam. Und das schmerzt, insbesondere wenn man bedenkt, dass es seinem Vorgänger so ähnlich ist. Mit dem Rabatt ist es jedoch günstiger.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Preislich bewegt es sich trotzdem noch in einem ähnlichen Rahmen wie viele andere Falt-Smartphones, die wir getestet haben. Darunter das <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3168239/motorola-razr-fold-test.html" target="_blank">Motorola Razr Fold</a>, <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2843601/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-7-test.html" target="_blank">das Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7</a> und <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2945312/google-pixel-10-pro-test-3.html" target="_blank">das Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sollten Sie das Honor Magic V6 kaufen?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das Magic V6 ist zweifellos eines der attraktivsten faltbaren Smartphones, die derzeit auf dem Markt erhältlich sind. Die Hardware ist hervorragend, die Bildschirme sind beeindruckend, es ist leistungsstark und die Kameras sind erstklassig. Wenn Sie ein faltbares Smartphone mit großem Bildschirm suchen, aber bei den Kameras keine allzu großen Abstriche machen möchten, ist dies eine hervorragende Wahl.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Allerdings könnten versierte Käufer sich für das <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2838914/honor-magic-v5-test.html" target="_blank">Vorjahresmodell</a> entscheiden und für deutlich weniger Geld ein sehr ähnliches Gesamterlebnis erhalten. Es ist nach wie vor extrem leistungsstark und verfügt über dieselben Kameras. Es wird jedoch nicht ewig vorrätig sein.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Man sollte auch bedenken, dass das Galaxy Z Fold 8 und das Z Fold 8 Ultra voraussichtlich im Juli 2026 erscheinen werden, während Apples lang erwartetes faltbares iPhone wahrscheinlich im September vorgestellt wird. Ich persönlich würde mir daher erst einmal ansehen, was diese Modelle zu bieten haben, bevor ich den Sprung wage.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn Sie nicht warten können, ist das Honor Magic V6 eine hervorragende Wahl und wird dies wahrscheinlich auch bleiben. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass Samsung die Akkukapazität übertreffen wird, und ich bezweifle sehr, dass es in puncto Kameraleistung übertroffen wird. Abgesehen von ein paar kleinen Software-Mängeln ist es ein brillantes Smartphone.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Technische Daten</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>MagicOS 10, basierend auf Android 16</li>



<li>Außen: 6,52 Zoll, 1.080 x 2.420, OLED, 120 Hz</li>



<li>Innen: 7,95 Zoll, 2172 × 2352, OLED, 120 Hz</li>



<li>Fingerabdrucksensor im Ein-/Aus-Schalter</li>



<li>Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5</li>



<li>16 GB RAM</li>



<li>512 GB Speicher</li>



<li>Kamera:</li>



<li>50 MP, f/1,6 Hauptkamera</li>



<li>64 MP, f/2,5, 3-fach-Teleobjektiv</li>



<li>50 MP, f/2,2 Ultraweitwinkel</li>



<li>Doppelte 20-MP-Selfie-Kamera mit f/2,2</li>



<li>Videoaufnahmen mit bis zu 4K bei 60 fps (Rückkamera)</li>



<li>Stereolautsprecher</li>



<li>Dual-SIM</li>



<li>WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7</li>



<li>Bluetooth 6.0</li>



<li>6660-mAh-Akku</li>



<li>80-W-Laden über Kabel</li>



<li>66 W kabelloses Laden</li>



<li>156,7 × 74,5 × 8,8 mm (zusammengeklappt)</li>



<li>IP69-zertifiziert</li>



<li>219 g</li>



<li>Farben: Gold, Rot, Weiß, Schwarz</li>
</ul>



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<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-23-um-16.11.10.png?w=1024" alt="Ultrahuman Ring Pro" class="wp-image-4200751" width="1024" height="554" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Mike Sawh</p></div>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Auf einen Blick</h3>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Pro</h3>



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<li>Insgesamt solide Tracking-Leistung</li>



<li>Ansprechende Begleit-App mit einigen nützlichen Modi</li>



<li>Beeindruckende Akkulaufzeit</li>



<li>Ohne Abonnement</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Kontra</h3>



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<li>Hoher Preis</li>



<li>Klobiges Design</li>



<li>Softwarefunktionen entsprechen weitgehend denen des Air</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Fazit</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der Ultrahuman Ring Pro bietet ein hervorragendes Hardware- und Software-Erlebnis und zählt damit zu den besten Smart-Ringen. Das Problem ist der hohe Anschaffungspreis, ganz zu schweigen davon, dass die Konkurrenz – sowohl bei Modellen mit als auch ohne Abonnement – für manche Nutzer attraktivere Eigenschaften bieten kann.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der Ultrahuman Ring Pro ist der neueste <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3063681/bester-smart-ring-test.html" target="_blank">Smart-Ring</a> eines Unternehmens, das sich seit Langem im Konflikt mit Oura befindet. Nachdem der Verkauf seines Vorgängermodells in den USA vorübergehend untersagt worden war, kehrt Ultrahuman nun mit einem neuen Ring zurück, der über neu gestaltete Sensoren, eine verbesserte Prozessorleistung und eine längere Akkulaufzeit verfügt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3063689/ultrahuman-ring-air-test-2.html" target="_blank">Ring Air</a> ist weiterhin als günstigere Alternative zum Pro erhältlich, doch wenn Sie das Beste wollen, was Ultrahuman zu bieten hat, ist dieser hier die richtige Wahl.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Leider sind die Preise für die Ringe von Ultrahuman – ähnlich wie bei dem ebenfalls abonnementfreien Konkurrenten RingConn – leicht gestiegen, was bedeutet, dass sich der Pro wirklich hervorheben muss, um die höheren Kosten zu rechtfertigen und zu einer der ersten Wahl unter den Smart-Ringen zu werden.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Design &amp; Verarbeitung</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Erhältlich in vier Farbvarianten</li>



<li>Dickeres Design als der Ring Air</li>



<li>Ladeetui im Lieferumfang enthalten</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der Ring Pro ist ein Smart-Ring mit einem schlichten Design, der in vier verschiedenen Farben erhältlich ist: Bionic Gold, Space Silver, Aster Black und Raw Titanium. Der Kern des Rings besteht aus Titan mit einer PVD-Beschichtung, die ihn vor Kratzern schützt. Ich habe festgestellt, dass frühere Ultrahuman-Ringe zu den am leichtesten zu zerkratzenden gehörten. Daher freue ich mich, dass der Pro Kratzer besser abwehrt.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-23-um-16.11.15.png?w=1024" alt="Ultrahuman Ring Pro" class="wp-image-4200752" width="1024" height="554" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Mike Sawh</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Genau wie der Air ist auch der Pro in den Ringgrößen 5–14 erhältlich und bis zu einer Tiefe von 100 Metern wasserdicht. Ich habe mich für dieselbe Größe wie beim Air entschieden, und die Passform scheint ähnlich zu sein, wenn nicht sogar insgesamt etwas besser, da der Ring seltener an meinem Finger herumrutscht. Er ist sehr bequem und sitzt gut am Finger. Man spürt zwar die Sensoren, doch sie sind nicht so deutlich spürbar wie bei früheren Modellen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Im Vergleich zum Ring Air von Ultrahuman erhalten Sie einen schwereren und dickeren Ring. Da ich den <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3179739/oura-ring-5-test-review.html" target="_blank">Oura Ring 5</a> gleichzeitig getragen habe, wirkt der Pro deutlich größer als der neueste Ring von Oura.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der Pro wird mit einem Ladecase geliefert, und obwohl man es nicht mit dem neuen Case von Oura verwechseln würde, verfügt es über ein ähnlich robustes Metall-Design, das den Ring schützt, wenn er nicht am Finger getragen wird. Das Etui verfügt über zusätzliche intelligente Funktionen wie kabelloses Laden, einen „Find-my-Case“-Modus für den Fall, dass Sie es verlegen, ganz zu schweigen von der Möglichkeit, Ringdaten bis zu einem Jahr lang zu speichern.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ein interessanter Aspekt des Designs ist, dass Ultrahuman den Ring so konzipiert hat, dass er im Falle einer Schwellung leicht durchtrennt und entfernt werden kann. Auch wenn ich hoffe, dass niemand jemals in eine solche Situation gerät, ist es beruhigend zu wissen, dass sich der Ring in einem Notfall problemlos entfernen lässt.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Fitness &amp; Tracking</h2>



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<li>Überarbeitete Temperatur- und Herzfrequenzsensoren</li>



<li>Neuer Dual-Core-Prozessor</li>



<li>Powerplugs bieten zusätzliche Funktionen gegen Aufpreis</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der Ring Pro kann so gut wie alles überwachen, was auch der Air kann. Dazu gehören Herzfrequenz, Schlaf, Stress, Temperatur und die tägliche Schrittzahl. Die größte Änderung besteht darin, dass die optischen Sensoren, die zur Erfassung dieser Messwerte verwendet werden, überarbeitet wurden und nun klarere Signale liefern, um Schlaf- und Erholungsdaten zu erfassen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Diese Neugestaltung scheint zudem mit den Patentstreitigkeiten mit Oura in Zusammenhang zu stehen.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-23-um-16.11.19.png?w=1024" alt="Ultrahuman Ring Pro" class="wp-image-4200753" width="1024" height="554" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Mike Sawh</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die App, die diese Daten anzeigt, gehört zu den ausgereiftesten, die Sie bei einem Smart-Ring finden können. Sie steht der Oura-App in nichts nach, was die ansprechende Aufbereitung Ihrer Daten angeht, und regt Sie dazu an, sich tatsächlich damit auseinanderzusetzen.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-23-um-16.11.33.png?w=1024" alt="Ultrahuman Ring Pro" class="wp-image-4200754" width="1024" height="571" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Mike Sawh</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Was die Erfassung der Kerndaten angeht, müssen Sie die zweiwöchige Kalibrierungsphase unbedingt durchlaufen, bis Sie zuverlässige Ergebnisse erhalten. Die Daten zu den durchschnittlichen Herzfrequenzwerten wiesen während dieses Zeitraums erhebliche Abweichungen auf, stabilisierten sich jedoch nach diesen zwei Wochen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Daten zur Ruheherzfrequenz und die Messungen der Herzfrequenzvariabilität stimmten besonders gut mit zwei anderen Trackern überein, die ich parallel zum Pro trug.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bei der Betrachtung der Schrittzahlen stellte ich fest, dass die gemeldeten Gesamtwerte deutlich niedriger waren als bei zwei anderen Trackern, mit denen ich den Pro verglichen habe.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Leistung bei der Schlafaufzeichnung gehört zu den besten, die ich getestet habe, einschließlich Oura. Was die Schlafdauer, die Aufschlüsselung der Schlafphasen und den erfassten Zeitpunkt des Einschlafens betrifft, lieferte der Pro zuverlässige Werte.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-23-um-16.11.42.png?w=1024" alt="Ultrahuman Ring Pro" class="wp-image-4200755" width="1024" height="543" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Mike Sawh</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ultrahuman hebt sich von der Konkurrenz dadurch ab, dass es komplexe Daten in einem leicht verständlichen Format darstellt, beispielsweise bei der Bewertung des Gehirnalters oder der Erfassung des Schlafdefizits, das sich aus kumulierten schlechten Nächten ergibt. Es überwacht zudem, wie gut Ihr Gehirn während des Schlafs Abfallstoffe abbaut. Sie können auch die „PowerPlugs“ von Ultrahuman erkunden, bei denen es sich größtenteils um kostenlose Add-ons handelt, die eine individuellere Nachverfolgung ermöglichen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ich nutze derzeit das neue Parent-Modul, das besonders auf die kumulative Erholung achtet, berücksichtigt, dass der Schlaf wahrscheinlich unruhiger ist, und Ihnen Tipps gibt, wie Sie wieder in die richtige Bahn kommen können.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-23-um-16.11.49.png?w=1024" alt="Ultrahuman Ring Pro" class="wp-image-4200756" width="1024" height="577" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Mike Sawh</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wie bereits erwähnt, sind die meisten dieser PowerPlugs kostenlos. Es gibt jedoch auch solche, die Einblicke in spezielle Krankheiten wie Migräne bieten oder Daten mit einem Tesla synchronisieren; hierfür ist ein monatliches Abonnement erforderlich. Dabei handelt es sich um kostenpflichtige Funktionen, auf die die meisten Nutzer gut verzichten können.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Akkulaufzeit &amp; Aufladen</h2>



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<li>Bis zu 15 Tage Akkulaufzeit</li>



<li>Bietet drei Akkubetriebsmodi</li>



<li>Ladeetui sorgt für weitere 45 Tage</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Akkulaufzeit ist ein wichtiges Thema beim Pro-Modell – und das nicht nur, weil er länger durchhält als der Air. Neben der Verlängerung der Akkulaufzeit von 4–6 Tagen auf 15 Tage stehen Ihnen drei Akkubetriebsmodi zur Verfügung, mit denen Sie das Beste aus jeder Ladung herausholen können.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn Sie den Turbo-Modus wählen, bei dem alle Sensoren aktiviert sind, können Sie mit einer Laufzeit von bis zu 12 Tagen rechnen. Diese verlängert sich auf über 15 Tage, wenn Sie sich für den Chill-Akkumodus entscheiden. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der Schlafaufzeichnung, doch wichtige Momente Ihres Tages werden weiterhin erfasst, um sicherzustellen, dass die wesentlichen Erkenntnisse weiterhin von Nutzen sind.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ich habe mit dem Pro problemlos eine Akkulaufzeit von fast zwei Wochen erreicht, was eine beeindruckende Leistung ist. Das ist besser als beim Oura Ring 5 und liegt in Bezug auf die Akkuleistung auf Augenhöhe mit dem <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3063223/ringconn-gen-2-test.html" target="_blank">RingConn Gen 2</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Zudem verfügen Sie nun über das Ladecase, das Ihnen eine zusätzliche Akkulaufzeit von 45 Tagen bietet. Sie müssen den Ring jedoch präzise im Ladegerät platzieren; ein akustisches Signal aus dem integrierten Lautsprecher bestätigt, dass der Ring wieder aufgeladen wird. Als der Akku auf 0 Prozent sank, benötigte der Pro weniger als eine Stunde, um wieder auf 100 Prozent zu kommen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Preis &amp; Verfügbarkeit</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Zum Zeitpunkt der Erstellung dieses Artikels kann der Ultrahuman Ring Pro für 499 Euro im <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3181848/ultrahuman-ring-pro-test-review.html#" target="_blank">Ultrahuman Store</a> vorbestellt werden. Damit gehört er zu den teuersten Smart-Ringen auf dem Markt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Er ist teurer als das günstigste verfügbare Modell des Oura Ring 5 und andere Smart-Ringe wie der <a href="https://whttps//www.pcwelt.de/article/3062918/samsung-galaxy-ring-test.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Samsung Galaxy Ring</a>. Der in Kürze erscheinende RingConn Gen 3 wird in den USA teurer sein als der Ring Pro, sollte in anderen Regionen jedoch günstiger sein.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wie der Ring Air bleibt auch der Pro ein Smart-Ring ohne Abonnement. Einige der PowerPlug-Software-Erweiterungen sind jedoch mit zusätzlichen Kosten verbunden.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sollten Sie den Ultrahuman Ring Pro kaufen?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die großen Verbesserungen des Ring Pro gegenüber dem Air liegen in dem größeren Akku und dem robusteren Design. Ich habe die Überwachungsleistung des Air nie als unzureichend empfunden, und wenn Sie noch ein Exemplar ergattern können und ein Fan des Software-Ansatzes von Ultrahuman sind, dann ist er nach wie vor eine kluge (und günstigere) Anschaffung.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vergleicht man den Ring Pro mit anderen Smart-Ringen, müssen wir über den Preis sprechen. Er ist teuer, und es gibt abonnementsfreie Alternativen zu einem günstigeren Preis. Ob diese Ihnen auf der Softwareseite das gleiche Maß an Sorgfalt und Aufmerksamkeit bieten, ist fraglich. Genau hier setzt sich der Ring Pro gegenüber einem Großteil der Konkurrenz durch.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Er ist vielleicht nicht der kleinste oder dünnste Ring, aber was der Ring Pro zu bieten hat, ist eine Kombination aus Hardware und Software, die ein hervorragendes Gesamtpaket ergibt.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Technische Daten</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Bis zu 15 Tage Akkulaufzeit</li>



<li>Kompatibel mit Android und iOS</li>



<li>Wasserdicht bis zu 100 Metern</li>



<li>2,65 mm dick</li>



<li>Gewicht: 3,3–4,8 g</li>



<li>Erfasst den Blutsauerstoffgehalt, die Herzfrequenz und die Körpertemperatur</li>



<li>Erfasst den Schlaf und die tägliche Aktivität</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Every CIO I speak with today is wrestling with some version of the same question: How do we move faster with AI and deliver on our commitments?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s an understandable concern. <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4171959/ceos-top-priorities-for-it-leaders-today-2.html">Boards and CEOs are asking about AI</a>. Business leaders are experimenting with use cases. Employees are discovering tools daily, while technology vendors promise unprecedented gains in productivity, innovation, and competitive advantage.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After hundreds of conversations with technology executives over the past year, I’ve become convinced that speed isn’t the real issue. The organizations pulling away from the pack aren’t necessarily adopting AI faster than everyone else. They’re executing more effectively — a subtle distinction that represents one of the defining leadership challenges of the AI era.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Technology has never been the hardest part of transformation. People, priorities, culture, and operating models are the biggest challenges. The ability to translate bold boardroom aspirations into thousands of thoughtful decisions made every day by architects, engineers, product managers, analysts, and business leaders is where competitive advantage is created. AI may be accelerating the pace of change, but it hasn’t changed that fundamental truth.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I’ve met plenty of executives who are exceptional in the boardroom. They know how to frame a vision, <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/272180/relationship-building-networking-how-to-wow-your-board-of-directors.html">influence a board</a>, and build confidence among investors and business leaders. I’ve also met remarkable technologists who instinctively understand the architectural decisions, engineering tradeoffs, and implementation details that determine how great ideas become reality. Modern CIOs, however, must move comfortably between both worlds. Afshean Talasaz is one who stands out among this rare breed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Long before becoming CIO of Colonial Pipeline, Talasaz built his career from the ground up as a business professional, data scientist, and technologist. He has designed enterprise platforms, built AI capabilities, led technology organizations, and partnered closely with executive leadership teams on business transformation. Today, as an executive in residence with our Practitioners for Practitioners (P4P) community, he helps CIOs and business leaders navigate one of the most significant technology shifts of our generation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While Talasaz brings deep knowledge of data and AI to the table, his greatest strength is his ability to create strategy and connect it with execution. He can spend the morning discussing enterprise reinvention with the board and the afternoon debating architectural principles with the teams responsible for bringing that vision to life.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That versatility gives Talasaz a unique lens on how CIOs <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4178006/state-of-the-cio-2026-cios-set-the-course-for-ai-roi.html">can deliver value with AI</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Software companies have a term for engineers who understand every layer of the technology stack: full-stack developers. Listen to Talasaz and it becomes evident that the AI era requires something similar from technology leaders: a full-stack CIO.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The full-stack CIO: Leading with clarity</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A full-stack CIO understands how every layer of the enterprise influences the next. They recognize that every strategic priority becomes a portfolio investment, every investment shapes an operating model, every operating model influences architecture, every architecture choice informs product decisions, every product decision shapes engineering priorities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The best CIOs understand both ends of that journey. The extraordinary ones understand everything in between.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And those who execute best lead with clarity, Talasaz says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Everyone, from executives to middle managers to the people writing code, should be able to explain what we’re trying to achieve,” he emphasizes. “Clarity isn’t that we’ve handed out the PowerPoint. It’s that people genuinely understand where we’re going and can articulate it in their own language.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">One of the unintended consequences of the AI boom is that organizations are beginning to confuse activity with alignment. They have AI councils, AI governance committees, AI innovation labs, AI centers of excellence, AI pilots, and AI roadmaps. Yet if you stop ten people in the hallway and ask a deceptively simple question, What business problem are we actually trying to solve? you’ll often hear ten different answers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As a result, architects optimize for one objective while product teams optimize for another. Business units pursue opportunities that seem perfectly reasonable from their perspective. Engineers make thoughtful technical decisions based on the information available to them. Individually, none of those decisions are necessarily wrong. Collectively, however, they create organizational drift. AI doesn’t create that problem. It simply accelerates the consequences.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And while AI can be a force multiplier for the positive when every decision is guided by a shared understanding of where the organization is headed, it can also be a force multiplier for the negative, resulting in an organization simply moving faster in different directions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“When we have the fundamentals right, the tech infrastructure, the operating models, the nuances of how our business actually runs, we get the impacts of AI in a positive way,” Talasaz says. “When we don’t have those in place, AI can amplify the gaps or mute the benefits.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At a time when so much of the conversation surrounding AI is focused on algorithms, agents, and automation, it’s an important reminder that organizations don’t execute strategy; people do.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reducing organizational friction</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most executives are familiar with the concept of VUCA that characterizes today’s business environment. But Talasaz stresses the importance of turning this concern inward: “If the world outside our organizations is becoming more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, what are we, as leaders, doing to the inside of our organizations?”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Leaders spend enormous amounts of time helping their organizations respond to external disruption but comparatively little time asking whether they are inadvertently re-creating those same conditions internally in response to those external needs. Are we reducing uncertainty or introducing more of it? Are we simplifying work or adding unnecessary complexity? Are we helping people focus on what matters most, or asking them to navigate competing priorities and shifting expectations?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Talasaz refers to this phenomenon as double VUCA — something I’ve witnessed repeatedly while working with CIOs over the past decade. Organizations often assume they’re struggling because of technology limitations when the real constraint is organizational friction. Teams wait for decisions. Priorities shift faster than roadmaps. Governance grows heavier. New committees are formed to solve problems created by existing committees. Everyone is working harder, yet the organization somehow feels slower.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI amplifies both outcomes. Organizations with clarity become dramatically more effective because AI accelerates good decisions. Organizations without clarity simply accelerate confusion.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading">Operating model as strategy enabler</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI governance is one way to achieve greater clarity, but as Talasaz says, governance shouldn’t primarily exist inside policy manuals that few people read.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead, AI governance should be embedded in the daily rhythms of the organization, shaping how teams collaborate, how decisions are made, how products move from ideas into production, and how innovation happens safely without requiring constant escalation. In other words, it’s all about your operating model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“If you had to pick one thing that isn’t technology, your operating model is the most important element for executing data and AI at scale,” he says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The best operating models create enough clarity that capable people can make thousands of decisions independently and confidently, without having to wait for permission. By embedding good governance into the way it works, the organization becomes faster.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This advice echoes something I’ve heard repeatedly from some of the world’s most respected CIOs: High-performing organizations aren’t built on tighter control; they’re built on greater trust, supported by clear principles, shared expectations, and operating models that enable responsible decision-making at every level of the enterprise.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Talasaz points out that technology leaders tend to speak in terms of <em>transformation</em>. He suggests CIOs consider a different word: <em>reinvention.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As he explains, transformation implies replacing what exists today with something new. Reinvention starts with a more clear-eyed and practical premise: Some things absolutely must change; others represent years, sometimes decades, of accumulated expertise, customer trust, operational discipline, and competitive advantage.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Reinvention is about building on those strengths while also creating new ways to deliver value. The leaders making the greatest progress in their AI journeys seem to recognize that it’s less about abandoning the past than thoughtfully preparing the organization for the future.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Closing the gap between strategy and execution</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Full-stack CIOs must be able to map out the various layers of execution and planning that need to be done at every level of the organization to be successful. To help with this, Talasaz has developed a data and AI framework that draws on his own experiences “from the keyboard to the boardroom.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As Talasaz sees it, too many organizations have been doing good work in isolation. “They’re doing a lot of the right things,” he says. “They’re just not connected.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Boards may be discussing growth while business leaders redesign customer experiences. Product teams may be prioritizing new capabilities while architects modernize platforms. Data teams may be improving quality while engineers focus on delivery. Every group makes meaningful progress within its own domain, yet somewhere between strategy and execution, the connective tissue begins to disappear. Talasaz’s framework brings those connecting points to the forefront.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Crucially, the framework doesn’t begin with technology or AI or even with data. It begins with the experiences the organization hopes to create for its customers, employees, or partners. Many AI initiatives start with the question, “What can this technology do?” And indeed, we need to be inspired by the possibilities and challenged to think differently by what the technology can do. But, Talasaz emphasizes, we also need to ask what experiences we need to deliver for our business and how the technology can make that a reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The framework challenges CIOs to answer that question first. Only after the experiences are clearly defined does the conversation move to the capabilities required to deliver it, the business activities that support those capabilities, the AI and data products that enable them, and finally the data foundation that makes everything possible.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This shift in perspective ensures that, rather than allowing technology investments to search for business value, the business experience defines the technology required to deliver it. For CIOs, that’s more than a planning exercise. It’s a fundamentally different way of leading.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Over the coming months, the P4P community will be convening a series of small CxO roundtables to explore these issues and work more deeply with Afshean Talasaz’s 6×6 Data and AI Framework. CIOs and other enterprise leaders interested in participating are welcome to <a href="mailto:droberts@ouellette-online.com?subject=P4P:%206x6%20Framework%20Roundtable">reach out to me directly</a>.</em></p>
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<description><![CDATA[When it comes to building an effective AI stack, context is king and power isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be.



“Smaller, smarter, safer — this is a bet our company has taken in how we deploy AI internally,” said Ricky Thakrar, head of sales and account management at Zoho, provider of a sui...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When it comes to building an effective AI stack, context is king and power isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Smaller, smarter, safer — this is a bet our company has taken in how we deploy AI internally,” said Ricky Thakrar, head of sales and account management at Zoho, provider of a suite of popular cloud-based software solutions for sales, marketing, and finance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I’m on the business side, and so decisions made by our CIO and IT folks affect me directly, and my teams’ workflows and processes,” he added.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Speaking to a room of tech leaders at the <a href="https://event.foundryco.com/cio-100-leadership-live-new-york/">CIO 100 Leadership Live New York event</a> last week, Thakrar explained that every company wants the speed of AI-generated work wedded to the quality of human work, even though these two are diametrically opposed. No amount of model upgrades or spend will close that gap, so the only way forward is to architect your way out. Thakrar encapsulated this idea in a simple formula:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Smaller: Stop deploying maximum firepower on every task. Many tasks don’t need it.</li>



<li>Smarter: The system around the model decides more than the model does.</li>



<li>Safer: Verify at the point a mistake gets locked in, not just downstream of it.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He noted that organizations that win with AI won’t be those deploying the biggest, most powerful models or the most sophisticated architecture, but the ones that figure out that the model is the easy part and the right architecture is harder. That means understanding the hardest element, and the biggest differentiator, is building a human system that learns and compounds alongside agentic systems.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To get it right, organizations need to prioritize the context layer. The size of frontier models like the GPT series, Claude, and Gemini mostly exist to compensate for missing context, Thakrar explained. Without enough context, models need to be able to reason harder and infer more about what a user actually means because it doesn’t know the user’s account, process, or history. A rich context layer makes it possible for enterprises to run workloads on much smaller, lower-power models.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The intelligence moves from the model into the architecture around it,” he said.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A steep learning curve</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">One of Zoho’s earliest AI agents was a churn management agent to help the account management team detect churn in customer subscriptions. So when a subscription became inactive, the agent would collect context from notes, meeting recordings, and Zoho’s data enrichment tool, then create a summary of reasons the account might have churned, and schedule a call.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“What happened was I got this churn agent a couple months later, already embedded in our CRM, and within a week my team no longer trusted that agent,” Thakrar said. “The reason is we forgot to collect one very key point.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In Zoho’s CRM, when a customer buys a bundle of products, that bundle is represented as a single line item. That means the status of any products the customer may have previously purchased individually changes to inactive as they’re moved to the bundle. That’s not churn, but it was interpreted it that way. Zoho fixed it in the second version of the agent.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Then a new problem arose. Many potential customers first purchase Zoho products as pilots or sandboxes. As those customers move from pilot to live instance, they close down the pilot versions. And again, the CRM would record that as subscriptions going inactive.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The trust deteriorates again because everyone got excited for version 2,” Thakrar said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sometimes, a certain product might not be the best fit for a customer and Thakrar’s team will suggest the customer move to another product. That’s deliberate churn, not a churn risk.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“You may have a similar story like this where the agent sounds so good, it’s going to do something quick and add value, but it’s missing context from the account managers, and there are so many more pieces we’re still building out,” Thakrar said. “It’s been almost a year and the problem I have is my team still doesn’t trust it. They’ll see [a message from the agent] and go out and do all the research anyway to make sure it gave the correct answer.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The team is more on top of potential churn, though, but the promised productivity gains have yet to materialize because the agent has to earn back lost trust due to a lack of context.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“My goal for this year is having an AI-assisted customer journey from sales to account management where the handoff is clean, the context flows, and every piece of information we gather about a customer is weighed, identified, and coached so the sales team can close more deals,” he said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Zoho’s early experience with agents has led to the idea that constrained, context-rich, deterministic architectures consistently outperform expensive models bolted onto fragmented systems. It all comes down to three pillars: routing, harness, and specialization.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Routing</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Routing is about sending workloads to the proper model for the job, which entails providing enough context to a given task that a small, cheap model can handle it without the need for spare reasoning capacity to fill gaps.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Frontier models are expensive and companies can burn through a year’s budget worth of tokens in months. But most tasks can be handled by much smaller, more constrained models at a fraction of the cost.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“You don’t always have to pay the frontier guys for every task,” he said. “We’ve observed with some clients that we could save them 95% with a 3 billion parameter model.”</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Harness</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">An AI agent harness is the software infrastructure scaffolding around an LLM that differentiates an agent from a chatbot. It’s what enables an agent to act on tasks rather than simply respond to prompts. A model reasons through a problem and decides what to do about it. The harness connects the model to the tools, systems, memory, guardrails, and execution environments required to perform the actions determined by the model. The term is frequently used more or less interchangeably with orchestration layer.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“It’s the process around the model, which matters way more than the model itself,” Thakrar said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In benchmark tests, a superior harness on a less powerful model produces better results than an inferior harness on a much bigger model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the best results, Thakrar said, it’s essential to understand the deterministic and non-deterministic elements of a given workload, and build that into the architecture. Machines can read, organize, and validate, and they excel at deterministic tasks. Humans, on the other hand, are exceptional at non-deterministic tasks like judging, synthesizing, and deciding.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Those non-deterministic tasks in a process are the ideal point for AI agents to incorporate a human in the loop, what Thakrar calls human harness. He pointed to a stakeholder mapping agent Zoho built for sales as an example, which takes the context of an initial meeting and third-party enriched data like a LinkedIn profile, weighs probabilities, and makes an educated guess about the stakeholder map.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The initial goal was just to eliminate that task completely from the human workflow,” he said. “The stakeholder map is done, it’s in the folder, and you can look at it.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But the agent would struggle to capture nuance. The meanings of titles in organizations always vary, and the politics and dynamics of any given meeting can be difficult for an AI agent to discern. Rather than keep feeding the agent data to try to make it intelligent enough to make those determinations, it was simpler and more efficient for the agent to create a proposed stakeholder map and hand it over to a human who could make changes and explain why those changes were necessary.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ultimately, Thakrar said the agent still saved human team members time because the stakeholder map was usually pretty close, and the corrections also helped the model grow smarter by adding richer context.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Specialization</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Specialization is transitioning a process from testing on a frontier model to production on a much narrower, smaller model. Once you’ve proven that an agent can do a job well, you want to stop paying master-craftsman rates to keep doing that one job well.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Specialization is all about capturing your subject matter experts’ best judgement and pattern recognition to build an open-weight, open source, trained, and fine-tuned model that can be deployed in your own data center.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The true enterprise bet is to keep that orchestration layer, which is your IP and knowledge, in house,” Thakrar said. “You don’t want to host that on someone else’s model. The goal of everyone in enterprise should be to run, train, and host their own models.”</p>
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<description><![CDATA[The traditional methods of measuring success no longer tell the full story. Here’s what should replace them — and why.



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AI is transforming software as a service (SaaS), and the old ways of keeping score no longer apply.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The traditional methods of measuring success no longer tell the full story. Here’s what should replace them — and why.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In brief:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4146669/is-ai-the-end-of-saas-as-we-know-it.html">AI is transforming software as a service (SaaS)</a>, and the old ways of keeping score no longer apply.</li>



<li>Smart companies are evolving new metrics that provide deeper insight into how AI-native software is performing in a new marketplace.</li>



<li>These changes impact everything from pricing to valuations.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The transformation of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry toward AI-native operating companies is rapidly changing the unit of value across the industry.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The traditional metric of seats — which measured access — is rapidly giving way to credits designed to measure work performed. This evolution is upending the industry in multiple ways, impacting everything from pricing to enterprise valuations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While many companies still cling to seat-based metrics to measure growth, efficiency and durability, the future is likely to be one in which companies utilize a <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4184688/it-hurtles-toward-the-great-enterprise-pricing-reset.html">credit-centric metrics framework</a>, with seats and outcomes as the bookends of a spectrum.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why do software companies need new metrics?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Why the rethink, and why now? There are five major forces that are driving this shift:</p>



<ol start="1" class="wp-block-list">
<li><a href="https://www.idc.com/resource-center/blog/is-saas-dead-rethinking-the-future-of-software-in-the-age-of-ai/"><strong>The unit of value is changing</strong></a><strong>.</strong> Seats measured who could access software, and credits measure what the software actually does. But in an AI-native world, agents don’t have seats; they have workloads. Over the past 18 months, every major SaaS platform has moved to some forms of credit or consumption unit.</li>



<li><strong>The cost of goods sold (COGS) is exploding.</strong> AI inference adds real per-unit costs that scale with usage. In an AI-native world, software companies can’t scale to infinite users at near‑zero marginal cost as before.</li>



<li><strong>Buying is moving up the org chart.</strong> AI-native applications shift purchasing to higher-level operators — such as line-of-business leaders or chief operating officers — which expands the market from software budgets to labor budgets. And because AI agents replace services as well as software, the total market opportunity is 3x to 10x larger than traditional SaaS.</li>



<li><strong>Time to value (TTV) is collapsing.</strong> With AI-native tools, customers start seeing meaningful results in weeks rather than quarters. Onboarding and setup are fast, workflows are pre-built, and there’s no need for extensive customer success or professional services — dramatically reducing implementation time and costs.</li>



<li><strong>Retention is bifurcating.</strong> AI forces clarity in a way that traditional SaaS couldn’t. Products that can provide value become even “stickier” and retain customers. Those that don’t churn faster. In an AI-native marketplace, the middle disappears.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How this shift is impacting pricing</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.ey.com/en_us/insights/strategy/grow-with-trusted-software-portfolio-management">Given how AI-native software is transforming the market</a>, the shift to more variable pricing options is inevitable.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Seats won’t go away completely. Subscription pricing based on the number of users is stable and predictable and will continue to work for some customers. Tokens — the use of pass-through pricing for underlying compute — will fit those customers where the AI feature is commoditized or the buyer wants transparency into costs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Credits will likely become the dominant architecture because they provide a simple metric for both customers and providers. The vendor sets the conversation ratio between credits and underlying compute, shielding the customer from inference cost details. Credits are easy to understand and can be packaged into annual contracts for multiple features and products.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Finally, the industry will likely see <a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-07-01-gartner-says-us-dollars-234-billion-in-enterprise-application-software-spend-is-at-risk-from-agentic-artificial-intelligence">some move toward outcome-based pricing</a> for results such as resolved tickets, recovered revenue or qualified leads. This strategy will mostly be limited to verticals where it is easy to prove AI impacted the result.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Where a software vendor sits on this spectrum is a signal of differentiation and pricing power. Credits are where most defensible AI-native businesses are landing because they balance customer predictability with vendor margin control.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How AI upends classic SaaS metrics</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When SaaS was in its infancy, companies settled on key metrics designed to answer a small set of core questions. Are we growing? Are customers using the product? Are we retaining and expanding accounts?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But as AI upends software itself, it is also requiring companies to adopt new metrics to track success. These new metrics fall into three primary buckets, rebuilt around the pricing spectrum described earlier and the trend toward credits as the primary frame:</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Revenue composition</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Committed credit annual recurring revenue (ARR) vs. burndown ARR: Measuring the credits sold on annual commitment vs. those consumed and replenished. This is the single most important split for valuation. Committed credits behave like subscription and burndown behaves like usage.</li>



<li>Credit utilization rate: The percentage of purchased credits consumed per period. This is a leading indicator of renewal sizing.</li>



<li>Credit burn velocity: How fast is a customer consuming their credits, and is that consumption increasing or decreasing quarter over quarter? This metric predicts expansion or contraction before it shows up in ARR.</li>



<li>Effective price per credit: The real revenue per credit after discounts, overage and rollover, which can detect revenue leakage and help companies set smarter guide rails.</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Margin reality</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Credit margin: The gross profit the company earns per credit after subtracting inference costs. This is the core economic unit for AI-native, usage-based businesses — the replacement for gross margin per seat used in SaaS.</li>



<li>Inference-adjusted gross margin: By carving out AI inference costs separately in the P&amp;L statement, you can see true AI margins, avoid hiding deterioration inside blended SaaS margins, and clearly distinguish AI economics from legacy SaaS economics.</li>



<li>Compute leverage ratio: This metric measures how efficiently the business converts compute spend into revenue. It shows whether your AI margins are improving as you scale.</li>



<li>AI-adjusted “Rule of 40”: This updated metric recalibrates the traditional growth and profitability benchmark to account for AI’s lower gross margins and variable inference costs, giving a more accurate picture of business health for AI-native companies.</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Behavioral and value signals</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Time-to-first outcome: Replaces traditional onboarding metrics. Tracks how fast a customer reaches their first measurable result.</li>



<li>Adoption: AI-native adoption is measured by workflow penetration and active agent density, not seat count. As AI replaces human-driven usage, the unit of adoption shifts from people to automated workflows and agents.</li>



<li>Net credit retention (NCR): Credit-volume retention across the customer base, tracked separately from net recurring revenue to avoid price-change impact.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Along with these new metrics, the industry’s transformation is prompting companies to retire or recalibrate old SaaS measures, including per-seat ARR as a primary key performance indicator (KPI), traditional magic number calibrated to subscription dynamics, unadjusted Rule of 40, customer success metrics tied to human touchpoints, and blended gross margin without AI COGS carve-outs.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What does this mean for enterprise value calculations?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As the internal metrics of success change, so do the ways the investment community measures growth and long-term viability.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Increasingly, a company’s valuation multiple depends on whether its revenue behaves like committed subscription ARR or volatile usage ARR, and the commit‑to‑burndown ratio is the metric investors use to decide where the company fits.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For example, a business with 80% committed credit ARR could trade closer to subscription comps and one with 80% burndown could trade closer to usage comps even though both have the same types of customers. Being able to proactively explain the commit‑to‑burndown mix can help companies avoid undervaluation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In addition, utilization is expected to replace net promoter scores and seat usage as the primary predictor of churn or expansion. Low utilization guarantees downsizing at renewal, so companies must track utilization cohorts the same way SaaS tracks logo retention cohorts today.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We’re also seeing an inversion of the operating model, with R&amp;D and COGS moving up the P&amp;L and sales and marketing (S&amp;M) and customer success (CS) moving down or sideways. The net operating leverage profile is structurally different from classical SaaS, and the cost-to-scale curve looks different too.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Finally, credit margin engineering is a hidden value-creation lever. The gap between price per credit and cost per credit is set by the software vendor and can be optimized. Most operators have barely started managing this rigorously, and the ones who do will pull away on margin.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What this means for leaders, boards and investors</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The shift from classic SaaS metrics to new AI‑native measures isn’t cosmetic. It represents the seismic change the industry is experiencing as AI matures and transforms products and organizations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While these metrics — and perhaps others yet to be determined — may evolve over time, there is no doubt they are already changing how AI companies allocate capital, price products, incent sales teams, evaluate performance and communicate with investors.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s important to remember that SaaS metrics were practical tools for a specific era of software. As that era draws to a close, winning companies will choose new metrics that shape behavior and drive smart decision-making.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>The views reflected in this article are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ernst &amp; Young LLP or other members of the global EY organization.</em></p>



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<description><![CDATA[I have worked alongside enterprise technology for more than 30 years and watched AI evolve from a lab experiment into the modern boardroom’s core focus. However, the last few years of implementing AI alongside our customers have delivered our most profound reality checks.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have worked alongside enterprise technology for more than 30 years and watched AI evolve from a lab experiment into the modern boardroom’s core focus. However, the last few years of implementing AI alongside our customers have delivered our most profound reality checks.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The initial hype has faded, leaving CIOs to drive real enterprise value. Based on my experience implementing Google, OpenAI and Anthropic technologies, here are the fundamental, technology-agnostic lessons every leader must anchor their strategy around.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>AI as a leadership multiplier</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The most common tactical error we see is treating AI as an isolated technology project. What I have observed among our customers is that true success does not come from organizations that define a standalone “AI strategy,” but rather from those leaders that integrate AI into their business strategy.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When our customers isolate AI and define an AI strategy, it inevitably treats it like a “technological toy” to experiment with. This approach yields fragmented, orphaned initiatives that fail to scale because they are fundamentally disconnected from their core corporate objectives. What I learned is that AI is not the ultimate destination; it is a powerful catalyst. We have replaced “What can AI do for our customers?” with a more strategic question, “How does AI accelerate their existing business goals?”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Think of AI like electricity. No modern corporation designs a standalone “electricity strategy.” Instead, all companies route it invisibly across the entire organization to illuminate offices, power production lines and drive communication. AI must be woven into the enterprise fabric in the exact same way, acting as an underlying utility that supercharges your existing operational model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Integrating AI into the broader business strategy also dictates how we measure success. It forces a shift away from short-term tech vanity metrics and anchors the technology into a long-term roadmap.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When AI remains trapped within the IT department of our customers, we notice that it is relegated to a mere “software experiment.” To become a true competitive advantage, we observed that AI requires intense cross-functional orchestration. This perspective does not diminish the merit of the technical team; their expertise is fundamental for establishing the architecture, data governance and tools your enterprise requires. However, while IT builds the foundational infrastructure, it lacks the organizational authority to decide what should be built on top of it. Only the CEO or the owner of the company can step in to ensure AI leaves the “toy project” phase and integrates into the DNA of the organization.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The requirement for top-down, executive ownership stems from three critical realities observed in the field:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Silo-smashing and data collaboration:</strong> True enterprise AI is data-hungry and that data lives across disparate business lines, finance, operations, marketing and customer service. Only the CEO possesses the cross-functional authority to demand that data silos be dismantled.</li>



<li><strong>Cultural transformation and fear mitigation:</strong> AI triggers widespread anxiety over job displacement across all industries and hierarchies. When relegated to an “IT project,” resistance spikes as teams view it as a threat to their livelihoods. When I saw the CEO lead this cultural shift directly is when I noticed the best results.</li>



<li><strong>C-Suite education and strategic alignment:</strong> The mandate for AI capability cannot just be delegated downward; the transformation must begin at the very top. I have conducted more than 70 presentations for the Board of Directors and C-Level teams. These people need to be actively educated not on technical code, but on specific business use cases, return on investment (ROI) frameworks and how AI resolves core organizational bottlenecks.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/c-suite-insights/ceo-survey.html">PwC’s data found that only 12% of enterprises have achieved both cost and revenue benefits from AI</a>. Those elite 12% succeeded precisely because their CEOs embedded AI extensively across <em>strategic decision-making and cross-functional workflows</em>. AI is simply too disruptive and too critical to be left exclusively in the hands of technical experts. If AI is not on the CEO’s weekly agenda, it is fundamentally missing from the company’s true strategy.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>AI as a new operational framework</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Traditional IT systems have operated on strict algorithmic certainty: if you input a specific set of data, the system executes an immutable line of code and guarantees the same, predictable output every single time.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI completely breaks this paradigm. Because modern AI is built on probabilistic models, it does not execute static formulas; instead, it predicts the most likely correct response based on mathematical probabilities. This means that AI solutions carry an inherent, small percentage of uncertainty and variability. A prompt entered today might yield a slightly different, though contextually valid, output tomorrow.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Executive leadership and organizational cultures must be actively educated to accept and navigate this fundamental shift. Traditional quality assurance frameworks for software are designed for a 100% success rate. Applying this rigid standard to AI will paralyze your initiatives, keeping 80% of your projects trapped eternally in the pilot phase. This happened to us in a food and beverage company in Latin America a couple of years ago. After this experience, we started to include conditions in our contracts that tolerate statistical margins of error and still define the project as a success.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In terms of cost calculation, we had to teach CIOs and business managers to forget the monthly subscription model for AI and learn to manage the primary unit of exchange in modern AI: the token.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To understand AI costs, executives must understand how large language models process data. AI models do not read full words; instead, they break text, images or code down into “pieces” called tokens. As a baseline, every 100 words process as approximately 130 to 140 tokens. Because the major AI providers use the token as their currency, <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.22750">your business is billed dynamically based on the exact volume of tokens consumed</a> by every query submitted (input) and every response generated (output).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many leaders believe AI costs are fixed due to flat-rate enterprise tiers ($25–$30/user). This is a temporary illusion. These venture-capital-subsidized rates mask true operational costs and come with dynamic usage limits. Modeling long-term ROI on them guarantees a severe budget shock when true consumption pricing takes over.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The solution is not to halt AI adoption; doing so means losing your competitive edge. Instead, the cost per token must cease to be treated as a technical footnote relegated to the IT department. It must be elevated to a core business variable.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Risks in the AI adoption model</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since the beginning of the AI boom, I have seen all our customers making a critical tactical error that could cost them heavily in the medium term: they are focusing only on operational efficiency (reducing costs with AI).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have observed that an alarmingly high percentage of companies remain trapped in pilot phases focused exclusively on short-term cost reduction. <a href="https://www.bain.com/insights/your-ai-budget-is-growing-your-returns-arent-heres-why/">Bain &amp; Company’s global Automation and AI Pathfinder Survey </a>found that the largest share of companies measuring their AI initiatives (exactly 40%) realized cost reductions of 10% or less, heavily missing their internal targets. Our customers are putting too many resources and effort into marginal financial gains and in doing so, they are jeopardizing their most valuable assets: service quality, resilience and customer trust.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Utilizing AI solely to slash headcount or cut operational corners is a dangerous trap that introduces severe field liabilities. A financial service organization in Latin America announced that they saved $1 million in customer support by replacing humans with AI chatbots. However, the mid-term reality revealed a different story: a damaged brand reputation due to AI errors and an influx of frustrated clients fleeing because the automated system cannot handle special cases.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Putting a company on an extreme AI diet might make it look leaner on next quarter’s financial statement, but over-indexing on cost-cutting will ultimately leave the business too weak to compete when market dynamics shift. We are now inviting our customers to change the question from <em>“How much money will AI save us?”</em> to <em>“How will we leverage AI to exponentially increase the long-term value of our enterprise?”</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deploying enterprise AI is a marathon, not a sprint, and the terrain changes with every mile. The organizations that thrive in this next era will be those that transition from fascination to discipline, treating AI not as a magic bullet for immediate savings, but as a core capability that demands rigorous governance, architectural foresight and cultural maturity. Navigating this shift requires moving past the theoretical hype and anchoring decisions in raw, field-tested reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As we continue to deploy these technologies across industries, the blueprint for success is being rewritten in real time. Let’s keep this conversation going as we map out the future of business intelligence together.</p>



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<description><![CDATA[Four months of Claude Code — that’s all it took for Uber to burn through its entire annual budget for AI. Token after token, engineers embraced the platform with few control mechanisms tying costs to outcomes. The result was a budget runaway and a clear case study in how limited oversight snowbal...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Four months of Claude Code — that’s all it took for Uber to burn through its entire annual budget for AI. Token after token, engineers embraced the platform with few control mechanisms tying costs to outcomes. The result was a budget runaway and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2026/05/17/uber-burns-its-2026-ai-budget-in-four-months-on-claude-code/">a clear case study</a> in how limited oversight snowballs into an AI blowout.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is a phenomenon I like to call “shadow tokens” — AI credits paid for by the company but largely invisible to decision-makers. Too many engineers have the final say over how much they consume and, therefore, what it costs. This all-you-can-eat attitude is part of the reason why <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/930447/microsoft-claude-code-discontinued-notepad">Microsoft is reportedly</a> winding down many internal licenses across key engineering teams and why <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/investing/the-next-phase-of-ai-spending-is-already-underway">one in five organizations</a> is missing its AI spend forecast by more than 50%.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And the trend is only accelerating. By 2028, <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4189149/ai-coding-token-costs-are-on-track-to-rival-human-payroll.html">Gartner predicts</a> that AI coding costs (driven by this kind of ungoverned consumption) will be as much per developer as the salary companies pay that person.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">LLMs and agents introduce a new class of variable cost that scales with behavior rather than headcount, putting enterprises on the hook for tools that balloon with workload. I don’t see this as enterprises overspending because they’re reckless — it’s down to a lack of managerial oversight, budget alignment that demands a proven return on investment, and engineer education on how much is too much.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Going forward, CIOs need to thread the AI needle between governance that encourages transparency and reasonable spend without stifling innovation.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">When shadow tokens result in real costs</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The issue is that AI isn’t a traditional line item. Previously, enterprise leaders onboarded software-as-a-service (SaaS) with a good idea of the total cost. An allocated software seat or annual contract was a known quantity. The cloud added some variation (with fluctuations depending on hosting size), but instances were still modelable. AI flips this status quo on its head — the unit of consumption is behavior and the cost is exponential.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And these specifics aren’t immediately apparent at pilot. Tools can appear inexpensive in controlled experiments yet unpredictably scale depending on session length, context window size, model selection and whether agents run in parallel. This is the fallacy of the $20-per-seat enterprise plan — tokens are charged separately at API rates with no ceiling. The final dollar value of any session is set by factors that finance can’t always model in advance, particularly when these decisions usually rest with the engineers themselves.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to <a href="https://www.deloitte.com/cz-sk/en/services/consulting/research/the-state-of-ai-in-the-enterprise.html">Deloitte</a>, only 21% of organizations deploying agents have a mature governance model, a real concern because they’re token-eating machines. This is what was happening at Uber — Claude Code in agentic mode was autonomously reading codebases, planning changes across dozens of files and opening pull requests. Each step quickly adds up, with Anthropic’s own documentation noting that agents consume approximately seven times as many tokens as standard sessions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is shadow IT and shadow AI, evolved. This time, however, many leaders approved the tool in question without guardrails governing consumption. AI hype adds fuel to the fire and normalizes long sessions. Uber’s CTO, for example, <a href="https://x.com/praveenTweets/status/2033627282418655711">described</a> a company-wide shift toward “agentic software engineering” with employees “who are quietly experimenting, quietly shipping and quietly pushing things forward”. This is an exciting way to test the limits of what’s possible, certainly, but it’s also a position that goes a long way to explaining how the company spent its annual AI budget by April.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Shifting the culture from usage to yield</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Engineers haven’t done anything wrong here. In fact, they’re adopting and experimenting as instructed, with Uber creating leaderboards and ranking users by token consumption. More use led to a better ranking, reflecting a culture that lauds new ways of doing things. This behavior is known as “<a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4178320/tokenmaxxing-when-ai-adoption-metrics-go-bad.html">tokenmaxxing</a>,” and its principal knock-on effect is shadow tokens — quantity-over-quality processes that leaders struggle to control until they’re fully realized in the budget. Of course, if management treats adoption metrics as performance metrics, then engineers can’t be blamed for using more tokens. The tension is that the teams driving adoption aren’t the ones managing spend.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of this is meant to dismiss AI’s productivity possibilities and potential return on investment. Developers save <a href="https://getdx.com/blog/ai-assisted-engineering-q4-impact-report-2025/">3.6 hours</a> per week, achieve 60% higher pull request throughput and cut onboarding time in half with automation. Meanwhile, Uber shared that roughly 11% of live backend updates were written by agents with no human in the loop. However, these wins aren’t the problem — it’s that too many teams aren’t connecting input to output. I’ve spoken to admins who discovered their token spend had tripled in a single quarter after using heavier models or accidentally doubling up on agentic applications. Nobody knew until the financial damage was done.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Automation needs to happen sustainably with an eye on the bottom line. In my view, a much better metric for achieving this is AI yield — the measurable business or engineering output generated per dollar spent on tokens. Otherwise, without a feedback loop, even genuinely productive teams are flying blind.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Stopping token waste before an AI blowout</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Creating that throughline between AI investment and token consumption starts with established financial metrics. This is possible via maximum spend limits (dictated by spend tagging, workload tiering and cost-per-output benchmarks) per team or project. Then, any additional allocation requires approval, closing the loop between the engineers spending the tokens and the leaders paying for them. AI isn’t cheap and teams should demonstrate a bang for their buck.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is something we do with our engineering team at Hexnode. Resource allocation for Claude Code and Cursor is tied directly to ROI rather than letting consumption run open-ended. Given the pay-as-you-go nature of these tools, a firm usage limit per team offers simple but essential control.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Similarly, there’s room to apply some of the governance principles IT uses for device management. Things like policy enforcement, role-based access, real-time monitoring and automated alerts can flag usage behavior in advance. Uncovering such insights at the token layer works to identify power users and prevent excessive spending.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We also need to encourage cultures that praise outputs that actually achieve efficiency. AI applications that result in shipping faster, reducing rework and cutting review cycles are gains that should be celebrated. If your company hosts leaderboards, frame unnecessary token burn as wasteful rather than valuable. The organizations creating healthier consumption habits work with their engineers to understand not just how to use AI, but what responsible use looks like and what it costs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is a conversation teams need to have now. Anthropic <a href="https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15036540-use-the-claude-agent-sdk-with-your-claude-plan">just ended flat-rate pricing</a> for programmatic workloads from June 15. Now, agents, continuous integration pipelines and automated workflows draw from a dedicated monthly credit pool billed separately from the subscription. Once that pool is exhausted, agent tasks either stop entirely or overflow to extra billing. Work can either get very expensive or grind to a halt for teams that aren’t prepared.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Getting a grip on shadow tokens means better rules and tools connecting spend to outcomes. Only by building the financial and cultural infrastructure that encourages sustainable adoption can leaders see what they’re spending, connect it to what they’re getting and course-correct before the costs become a crisis. Ultimately, shadow tokens are only invisible if we choose not to look.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>This article is published as part of the Foundry Expert Contributor Network.</strong><br><a href="https://www.cio.com/expert-contributor-network/"><strong>Want to join?</strong></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[In August 2025, 126 malicious packages landed in the npm registry. Even after the community caught the initial wave, 80 of these hidden backdoors remained actively listed.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In August 2025, 126 malicious packages landed in the npm registry. Even after the community caught the initial wave, 80 of these hidden backdoors remained actively listed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That was enough. Over 86,000 downloads. Malicious code in <a href="https://www.koi.ai/blog/phantomraven-npm-malware-hidden-in-invisible-dependencies" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PhantomRaven</a>, packages running in the production systems of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. And throughout the entire window, not a single EDR/XDR alert.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This happened because the attack surface has expanded to a layer EDR/XDR was never designed to see: VS Code extensions, local MCP servers, and rogue AI coding assistants that inherit your engineers’ valid credentials to steal data at machine speed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To eliminate this structural vulnerability, Palo Alto Networks acquired Koi, an AI-native developer security product engineered for proactive, precision enforcement. Below we compiled a 2026 CISO checklist you can use to audit your environment and see how Koi automates each defense from day one.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#1. Gain real-time visibility into shadow AI &amp; extensions</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your existing asset management tracks binaries and installers, but it cannot see local VS Code extensions, MCP servers, or ad-hoc Python scripts running on developer endpoints. This visibility gap was recently exposed by the <a href="https://www.koi.ai/blog/maliciouscorgi-the-cute-looking-ai-extensions-leaking-code-from-1-5-million-developers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MaliciousCorgi campaign</a>, where two marketplace extensions with 1.5 million combined installs silently harvested every file a developer opened. Neither triggered any detection because they were not binaries, not executables, not anything your inventory was built to flag. To counter this, Koi closes the gap by analyzing what extensions actually do after installation, exposing hidden data-harvesting channels running inside your active workspace.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#2. Distinguish between human and autonomous agent behavior </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When a rogue AI agent exfiltrates your proprietary source code, it uses a developer’s valid credentials during normal working hours, making the session look entirely legitimate to standard XDR baselines. Moving beyond static permission lists, Koi deploys behavioral profiling within the workspace runtime. By actively intercepting unauthenticated background tasks and blocking unauthorized file-system reads, it stops automated data exfiltration in real time.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#3. Establish guardrails for automated package updates on endpoints</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Developers prioritize speed, often allowing software packages to auto-update on their endpoints the moment a new version appears. Attackers weaponize this supply chain vulnerability, as seen in the May 2026 Team PCP attack where 3,800 GitHub repositories were compromised in just 36 minutes via poisoned auto-updates. Securing agentic endpoints against these rapid breaches requires behavior-based inspection within the active workspace context. Koi operates at this layer by providing safe deployment buffers that automate version cooldowns, blocking bleeding-edge updates until they are vetted. By continuously auditing process creation within the IDE runtime, Koi instantly drops unauthorized remote connections before malicious payloads can exfiltrate credentials from the endpoint.  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#4. Enforce principle of least privilege for AI agents</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI coding assistants inherit the privileges of whoever deployed them. In practice, that means read access to production databases, write access to core repositories, and access to every secret in environment files and configuration directories. To restrict this excessive access, Koi applies dynamic sandboxing directly to AI agent processes at the kernel level. It enforces a strict zero-trust boundary that segregates sensitive workspace vectors, preventing agents from pulling data outside their approved scope without interrupting developer workflows.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#5. Maintain continuous endpoint posture management</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Signature-based scanning only stops known threats. Sophisticated repository attacks often arrive as functional, high-rated software that carries no known bad signature. Koi’s research into the <a href="https://www.koi.ai/blog/darkspectre-unmasking-the-threat-actor-behind-7-8-million-infected-browsers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DarkSpectre campaign</a> found eight browser extensions, all carrying “featured” badges from Google and Microsoft, installed by over 8 million users, silently harvesting every conversation from ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini in the background. Koi addresses this by operating upstream: scanning marketplace listings every hour, using LLM-driven code analysis to compare what software promises against what its code does, sandboxing it, and scoring the risk before it ever reaches the endpoint.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Summary</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Securing the modern enterprise is no longer about patching individual gaps. As AI agents redefine the workforce, Agentic Endpoint Security (AES) is now a strategic imperative for every CISO. By establishing a mandatory control plane for the AI-native workspace, AES ensures that your organization can scale engineering velocity without ever compromising enterprise integrity. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ready to secure the future of your software stack? See how <a href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/agentic-endpoint-security" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Koi Agentic Endpoint Security</a> delivers complete visibility, risk scoring, and real-time prevention across every endpoint in your enterprise.</p>



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<title><![CDATA[Windows platform security for AI agents]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Making Windows the trustworthy OS for agents
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<title><![CDATA[Increasing app discovery and engagement on Google TV]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Posted by Paul Lammertsma, Developer Relations Engineer


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<div><div class="separator"><i>Posted by Paul Lammertsma, Developer Relations Engineer</i></div></div><div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUiNUfVyqYWETmRLzZjld7Nbk0wpVVqMlxvLssfmOzHDfOKdKI8vZkXau3HMhjkOKcXpeJ-K-JkXiKTLk9tG2XH-O5xPlj-AVfQBnelPGhzkOJwhmFeB3NqVssPj4Cnq9r1ZkAHh-44z-dq71bQOpjIz_8d1VF1m2nYs6azBGxNBrM2GOXm6uGJymbKk/s4209/GoogleForDevelopers-AndroidText-Blogger-4209x1253.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="4209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUiNUfVyqYWETmRLzZjld7Nbk0wpVVqMlxvLssfmOzHDfOKdKI8vZkXau3HMhjkOKcXpeJ-K-JkXiKTLk9tG2XH-O5xPlj-AVfQBnelPGhzkOJwhmFeB3NqVssPj4Cnq9r1ZkAHh-44z-dq71bQOpjIz_8d1VF1m2nYs6azBGxNBrM2GOXm6uGJymbKk/s16000/GoogleForDevelopers-AndroidText-Blogger-4209x1253.png"></a></div><br><i><br></i><p dir="ltr"><br></p>

<p dir="ltr">
  With over 300 million monthly active devices across Google TV and Android TV, it’s clear that the living room is a massive, distinct platform for apps to accelerate growth. Today, we’re excited to share Google TV features and developer tools designed to increase the discoverability of your content and prepare your app for future TV experiences.
</p>

<h2 dir="ltr">Drive discovery and engagement with Gemini</h2>

<p dir="ltr">
  Last year, we brought our AI voice assistant, <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/google-tv/gemini-google-tv/">Gemini</a>, to our platform, so that people can easily find what to watch, learn something new on the big screen, and get everyday tasks done with just their voice.
</p>

<p dir="ltr">
  Since launch, we’ve made <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/google-tv/new-gemini-features-march-2026/">improvements</a> to how Gemini provides tailored responses to questions. Gemini shares a mix of visuals, videos, and text to help users find what they need, when they need it. For our streaming partners, Gemini is a helpful discovery engine—pulling from your app's metadata to surface your relevant content to viewers.
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<h2 dir="ltr">Declare support for pointing modality</h2>

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  The TV experience that we once knew is changing. Gemini is changing the way we discover and stream content with voice, but how we use the remote is evolving, too.
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<p dir="ltr">
  Pointer remotes bring motion-controlled input to the big screen, unlocking faster user navigation across the Google TV Home page and within content-heavy apps. To ensure your app is ready for this shift and provides a great experience for all users, now is the time to start thinking about pointing input. Here’s how to get started:
</p>

<h4><span>1. Adapt your TV app UI Library</span></h4>
<p dir="ltr">
  You’ll need support for hover states, scrollable containers, and cursor clicks to enable pointer remote interactions for your app on Google TV. While implementation varies by UI stack, Jetpack Compose streamlines this transition, as most core components handle these multi-modal interactions natively out of the box.
</p>

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  <li><strong>Hover state:</strong> Every focusable element on your screen (buttons, movie posters, setting toggles) needs a clear visual feedback mechanism for a hover state. This is often subtler than a focus state but critical for feedback.</li>
  <li><strong>Scrollable containers:</strong> Pointer remotes will also have a small circular touchpad for scrolling. Users can use this touchpad to scroll up or down, or left or right in your app. Your app will need to respond to touch events to scroll.</li>
  <li><strong>Cursor clicks:</strong> Many TV apps today expect a simple D-pad OKAY button “click.” With a pointer remote, a user may “click” on an element that’s not the D-pad focus state, but is instead from a hovered state (similar to a mouse click).</li>
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<h4><span>2. Test pointing interactions with a mouse today</span></h4>
<p dir="ltr">
  To see how your app handles hover, scroll, and clicks, simply connect a bluetooth mouse or wired mouse to your Google TV. Keep in mind that a mouse has more precise control, since users are closer to the screen and typically rest the mouse in a stable position. Pointer remotes can often be less precise, since users are sometimes 10 feet away from the screen, making rough gestures with the remote from their couch. As a TV designer or developer, you can mitigate this lack of input precision by having larger hover targets for elements.
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<h4><span>3. Declare TV app support for pointer remotes on Google Play</span></h4>
<p dir="ltr">
  Finally, tell Google Play that your TV app is designed to work with a pointer. This ensures that users with pointer remotes will be able to easily find, install, and interact with your app.
</p>

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  Within your AndroidManifest.xml, declare the meta-data tag, <span>android.software.leanback.</span><span>supports_touch</span>. This tag informs the platform that your TV app “spatially supports touch,” since pointer remotes simulate touch events from a distance.
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<p dir="ltr"><strong><em>AndroidManifest.xml</em></strong></p>

<pre>&lt;manifest ...&gt;
    &lt;!-- Signal whether the app is adaptive or built just for TV --&gt;
    &lt;uses-feature android:name="android.software.leanback" android:required="true|false" /&gt;

    &lt;!-- Ensure the app can be installed on conventional TVs --&gt;
    &lt;uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" /&gt;

    &lt;!-- Signal whether the app supports pointer remotes --&gt;
    &lt;meta-data android:name="android.software.leanback.supports_touch" android:value="true|false"/&gt;

    &lt;application ...&gt;
        ...
    &lt;/application&gt;
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Tips:</strong></p><ul>
  <li>The <span>android.<strong>software</strong>.<strong>leanback</strong></span> feature declaration indicates that your app supports D-pad navigation and is intended for distribution only on TV devices via Google Play.</li>
  <li>The new software attribute of <span>android.software.leanback.</span><span>supports_touch</span> declares that in addition to D-pad, you have ensured that your TV app works well for pointer/cursor experiences via mouse (of today) and pointer remotes (of future).</li>
  <li>If you haven't already, now is the time to adopt <a href="https://developer.android.com/compose">Jetpack Compose</a>. Hover, scroll, and clicks are common input modalities that are supported on various form factors, and building your app with an adaptive UI framework enables code reusability and reduced maintenance.</li>
</ul>

<h2 dir="ltr">Onboard the Engage SDK</h2>
<p dir="ltr">
  The Engage SDK, formerly known as the Video Discovery API, optimizes Resumption, Entitlements, and Recommendations across all Google TV form factors to boost app discovery and engagement.
</p>

<ul>
  <li><strong>Resumption:</strong> Partners can easily display a user's paused video within the 'Continue Watching' row from the Home page.</li>
  <li><strong>Entitlements:</strong> The Engage SDK streamlines entitlement management, which matches app content to user eligibility. Users appreciate this because they can enjoy personalized recommendations without needing to manually update all their subscription details. This allows partners to connect with users across multiple discovery points on Google TV.</li>
  <li><strong>Recommendations:</strong> The Engage SDK even highlights personalized recommendations based on content that users watched inside apps.</li>
</ul>

<p dir="ltr">
  It’s a great time to start onboarding the Engage SDK now, since the legacy Watch Next API, which has been powering your continue watching 1.0 experience, will lose support in the 2nd half of 2027. To get started, head to <a href="https://goo.gle/engage-tv">goo.gle/engage-tv</a> to learn more.
</p>

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  We're excited to see how our latest Gemini experience and developer tools will optimize your discovery and drive user engagement on our platform.
</p>Explore this announcement and all Google I/O 2026 updates on <a href="https://io.google/2026/?utm_source=blogpost&amp;utm_medium=pr&amp;utm_campaign=devblogs&amp;utm_content=">io.google</a>.</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Build native Android apps in Google AI Studio]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Posted by Emma-Louise Leavey, Group Product Manager and Mike Taylor-Cai, Product Manager

    Starting today Google AI Studio can build entire Android apps for you in minutes from just a prompt. You don't need to install any software or configure any libraries, which significantly lowers the barr...]]></description>
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    Starting today <a href="https://ai.dev/apps?features=build_android_app">Google AI Studio</a> can build entire Android apps for you in minutes from just a prompt. You don't need to install any software or configure any libraries, which significantly lowers the barrier to development. Whether you’re a seasoned developer looking to prototype at lightning speed or a creator building your first-ever mobile experience, you can now go from a single prompt to a high-quality, Kotlin-based Android app in AI Studio. You can easily install the app on your device, share it with others for testing, or send it to Android Studio for any further development.</div><div><h2>The power of native Android</h2>While AI has made it easy to generate web-based apps, people want more on their mobile devices. They expect the beautiful and usable modern app design and capabilities that come with native Android user experiences, built with the Kotlin programming language using Jetpack Compose, the official and recommended toolkit for Android development. Native Android apps bring the reliability of offline support, continuous background services, and the deep integration of hardware sensors like GPS, Bluetooth, and NFC. We've brought the technology that enables you to <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/gemini/create-a-new-project-with-ai">quickly create new projects with Gemini in Android Studio</a> directly into the web-based AI Studio. Now, you get the best of both worlds: the ease of a prompt-based interface paired with the power of the Android SDK, all in your browser, no installation required.<br><h2><span>A seamless, end-to-end workflow</span></h2>
    We have streamlined the entire development lifecycle so you can focus on your idea: </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>1. Create your app and iterate in the cloud:</b> Use the embedded Android Emulator directly in your browser to preview and interact with your app as it’s being built. No heavy SDKs to download, no local setup required.</div><div><br><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOTqLBbAXBibOw5wN_-49Q21RuGxwPjhQESK5r3KctKIPz1uV4dg0_LiK0w6xxdvbLECzMHzQk-kQO9h1VdflTPKi3wM9sKrwZvLcPbtISBnL2H4acnG8gpEuPtbxpDHexKi4S8Eg_hcQv1_dZOCh78pFGi27aiWHMYZc1gsDA_Iq7SRbVRUkHhngrgw/w640-h544/AI_Studio_creation_step_v2.gif"></div><i><div><i>Use the embedded Android Emulator to create and edit Android Apps right in the web browser</i></div></i><div><br></div><b>2.</b> <b>Install instantly: </b>Connect your Android phone using a USB cable and install your app directly from AI Studio using the integrated Android Debug Bridge (adb).</div><div><br><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMqfor305bPNhs_X2ahAxG8QmtpxtLKPrq44Uh4q1OpdsZyDlAuIyKJJDk-2v75-ErSLNp8yCyHQZn-6IQ-mkz8mfedEFtEJuD6VILIhtt8ypGpXmRuqM9LoJDDNnn-xrX3_Cr2MRUUcaEhVpJgCsjrjz-kwHHQeIhq8celQjg5Rt5_S5-j-_eSYpYaU/w640-h544/AI_Studio_Install_v2.gif"></div><div><i>Install the app on your Android device</i></div><div><br></div><b>3. Streamlined Publish to Google Play: </b>Using your <a href="https://play.google.com/console/signup">Google Play developer account</a>, you can now publish your app directly from AI Studio for testing. AI Studio will automatically create your app record, package the bundle, and upload it to an internal testing track in Google Play Developer Console. Your app is available for you to install within minutes, and you can automatically update your app on your device as you develop it further in AI Studio. </div><div><br><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGamXSrq6MNtz-PUt17netBXi_JiOMVERsoYV2mEArG8x5f-zCbU8WwTTaClpruCTsN4o3xeyMylDJLaWe0yCteqZJghc6sEXLYwoLPbTtnoa7761JVR_XEbm2Fj20IX142L2mGzU39vuNwLVVw0bDiSwICFelQZhxO63sG9N3GCo8Xx8wHY6gPEDj8c/w640-h544/AI_Studio_Play_v3.gif"></div><div class="separator"><i>Publish the app to an internal test track in Google Play</i></div>

    <br><div><b>Seamless app development handoff </b></div><div>As you iterate on your app in AI Studio, you may find you need more advanced Android tools or support for a wider variety of Android device types. To move beyond the browser, you can seamlessly hand off your project to <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio">Android Studio</a> by downloading a ZIP file or exporting it directly to GitHub.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTwSv8o6QwB9QYZS_OezD7WhWQZiShTEu5aJz6_oGUfOu-2RQWmANs0jgeC1G1jrsZauVbeWzLHkjoZa_Ai_cjKvgbB_-Qzqh8-obzcNf9zKTJSG4AfvXTogb0xsCxcHRS4P-LHFKk1pm8sTdDjIn8A5b9vX8GRRvHrCvN9_xoPm6hPzN1rct5Aph3Zc/w640-h206/AI_Studio_Download.png"></div><div><span><i>Download zip file of Android app project files</i></span></div><div><span><i><br></i></span></div>When transitioning to a team environment or local development, you can leverage any IDE or agent you prefer. For a specialized experience, we recommend <a href="https://developer.android.com/gemini-in-android">Gemini in Android Studio</a>, which features models designed with Android in mind, or Antigravity, which integrates <a href="https://developer.android.com/tools/agents/android-cli">Android CLI</a> commands into Google’s agentic development platform. This workflow makes building high-quality apps more accessible while giving you total flexibility in how you use AI to scale your project.</div><div><h2>Start building today</h2><div>To ensure a safe, high-quality ecosystem from day one, we have focused our initial release on specific capabilities including:</div><div><ul><li><b>Personal utilities and simple social apps: </b>You can rapidly prototype single or multi-screen apps, such as habit trackers, study quizzes, or event itineraries.</li><li><b>Hardware-enabled experiences:</b> Because you are building native apps, you can leverage device features like the Camera, GPS/Location, Accelerometer and Bluetooth using the native Android APIs, letting you optimize hardware-level performance.</li><li><b>AI-powered experiences: </b>You can create apps that feature Gemini API integrations, seamlessly embedding powerful AI capabilities directly into your mobile experience.</li></ul></div><h2><span>What’s Next?</span></h2>
    <div>We are moving fast to expand what’s possible for creators in AI Studio. Here is a sneak peek at what is coming soon:</div><div><ul><li><b>Managing Google Play Test Tracks: </b>Coming soon, we will be adding the ability to invite testers to try your app directly from AI Studio. </li><li><b>Firebase integrations: </b>Out-of-the-box support for Firestore, Firebase Auth, Firebase App Check and other tooling critical for Android developers is coming soon.</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Head over to <a href="https://ai.dev/apps?features=build_android_app">Google AI Studio</a> right now to start building. Here is some inspiration to get you started… </div><div><br></div><table border="1">
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            <td colspan="2">Turn your Google Pixel Watch into an aviation assistant</td>
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                <div>Build a small airplane "6-pack" instrument app for Google Pixel Watch. The 6 instruments should include attitude indicator, airspeed indicator, altimeter, turn coordinator, vertical speed indicator, and heading indicator. Use the Google Pixel Watch's sensors to power the instruments and display them clearly. Display one instrument at a time on the display. Swiping to the left or right should cycle through the instruments.</div>
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            <td colspan="2">Interactive Harmonium app on Google Pixel Fold</td>
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                <div>Build a Harmonium app for Pixel Fold devices, which plays like the instrument based on the hinge angle and touch gestures. The app should simulate the bellows and reeds accurately.</div>
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                <div><div><span>Build an Android guitar practice companion app that features a two-tab navigation system: 'Fretboard' and 'Library'.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>The 'Fretboard' primary screen must contain an interactive guitar neck UI that visually maps out user-selected root notes, musical scales, and chords. Above the fretboard, implement a WebView-based YouTube player configured to play embedded videos inline. Additionally, include an AI generation feature that uses Retrofit to call Gemini Lyria 3 to create custom, 30-second backing tracks based on the user's currently selected key and scale. The generated audio files and their metadata must be saved locally using a database and displayed as a list in the 'Library' tab, where users can delete or play them.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Finally, implement a persistent, globally visible mini audio player at the bottom of the screen, complete with play/pause toggles, a progress slider for seeking, and timestamp text, allowing the user to seamlessly practice on the fretboard tab while listening to their tracks.</span></div><div><br></div></div>
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    <em>Posted by Alice Yuan, Developer Relations Engineer, Ajesh Pai, Developer Relations Engineer, and Fung Lam, Developer Relations Engineer</em>
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    While app performance is often equated with a smooth UI and fast start times, memory serves as the silent foundation upon which these visible metrics are built. It's no secret that we're seeing a shift where device memory is more important than ever. Not only have we made strides in Android memory optimizations with Android 17, we're providing the tooling and API support to help you stay ahead of stricter memory requirements later this year.
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    To ensure device stability, starting in Android 17, the system will begin enforcing app memory limits based on the device's total RAM. If an app exceeds those limits, Android will kill the process with no associated stack trace.
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    Beyond these forced terminations, unoptimized memory usage inevitably degrades the user experience. When the app approaches heap memory limits, it triggers frequent garbage collection—leading to noticeable UI stutters. Furthermore, when a device runs out of available memory, the system scrambles to reclaim pages, causing CPU strain, UI latency, and battery drain. If the memory shortage is too severe, it can cause Low Memory Killer (LMK) events that abruptly terminate background processes and force apps to have slow cold starts and lose user state.
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    <p>To build highly performant apps and avoid these forced terminations, we recommend that you adopt the following memory optimization strategies:</p>
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        <li><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/prioritizing-memory-efficiency-steps-for-android-17.html#Maximize">Maximize bytecode optimization with R8</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/prioritizing-memory-efficiency-steps-for-android-17.html#Optimize">Optimize image loading</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/prioritizing-memory-efficiency-steps-for-android-17.html#Detect">Detect and fix memory leaks with Android Studio</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/prioritizing-memory-efficiency-steps-for-android-17.html#Trim">Trim memory when app leaves visible state</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/prioritizing-memory-efficiency-steps-for-android-17.html#Advanced">Advanced memory observability with ProfilingManager</a></li>
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        <em>A condensed version of this blog post is also available in video format, go check it out!</em>
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    <h3>Understanding Android 17 app memory limits</h3>
    <p>App memory limits are being introduced in Android 17 to prevent "one bad actor" from destroying the multitasking experience and stability of the user’s entire device.</p>
    <p>Here is a breakdown of the reasons driving this architectural change:</p>
    
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            <li><b>Preventing cascading kills:</b> When an app becomes bloated or leaks memory while holding a privileged state (e.g. it’s running a Foreground Service), it is initially shielded from the system's Low Memory Killer (LMK). As this single app grows unchecked and hoards RAM, the LMK is forced to compensate by killing off dozens of smaller, well-behaved cached apps and background jobs to reclaim space for the memory hog.</li>
            <li><b>Preserving multitasking and user state:</b> When the system is forced to purge cached apps to accommodate a single leaking process, the multitasking experience is severely degraded. Users returning to prior cached applications encounter sluggish cold starts instead of near-instant warm resumes. This inefficiency generates more CPU strain and accelerates battery depletion. It can also destroy the user’s context in recently used apps, such as scroll positions, navigation stacks, and in-game progress.</li>
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            <p>To determine if your app session was impacted by these constraints in the field, you can call <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ApplicationExitInfo#getDescription%28%29" target="_blank">getDescription()</a> within <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ApplicationExitInfo" target="_blank">ApplicationExitInfo</a>. If the system applied a limit, the exit reason is reported as <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ApplicationExitInfo#REASON_OTHER" target="_blank">REASON_OTHER</a> and the description string will contain "MemoryLimiter:AnonSwap". You can also leverage <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/tracing/profiling-manager/trigger-based-capture" target="_blank">trigger-based profiling</a> using <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/features#anomaly-profiling-trigger" target="_blank">TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY</a> to automatically capture heap dumps when the memory limit is reached. Furthermore, Android is actively working to surface more in-field memory metrics to developers within the Google Play Console.</p>
            <p>We have also expanded our <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all#app-memory-limits" target="_blank">memory limits documentation</a> to include local debugging commands, allowing you to simulate memory constraints in your local environment and validate your application's behavior under any memory limit enforcement. </p>
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    <h3>Maximize bytecode optimization with R8</h3>
    <p>A highly effective way to reduce your app's memory footprint is to enable the R8 optimizer. By shrinking classes, methods, and fields into shorter names and stripping out unused code and resources, R8 significantly reduces your app's memory footprint by minimizing the amount of resident code required during execution. </p>
    <p>R8 minimizes resident code, shrinking the memory footprint and lowering LMK termination risk. This results in more frequent warm starts over slow cold starts. Additionally, streamlined bytecode reduces main-thread CPU overhead, directly cutting ANR rates for a more fluid user experience. For example, the digital bank <a href="https://developer.android.com/blog/posts/monzo-boosts-performance-metrics-by-up-to-35-with-a-simple-r8-update" target="_blank">Monzo</a> enabled full R8 optimization and saw a 35% reduction in their ANR rate, a 30% improvement in cold start rate, and a 9% reduction in overall app size.</p>
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    <i>The digital bank <a href="https://developer.android.com/blog/posts/monzo-boosts-performance-metrics-by-up-to-35-with-a-simple-r8-update" target="_blank">Monzo</a> enabled full R8 optimization and boosted performance metrics by up to 35%.</i>
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    <p>To properly configure R8 in your <code>build.gradle</code> file:</p>
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        <li>Set <code>isShrinkResources = true</code> and <code>isMinifyEnabled = true</code>.</li>
        <li>Use <code>proguard-android-optimize.txt</code> instead of the legacy <code>proguard-android.txt</code>, which actually prevents optimizations and is no longer supported in Android Gradle Plugin 9.</li>
        <li>Remove <code>android.enableR8.fullMode = false</code> from your <code>gradle.properties</code>.</li>
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        If you are using reflection in your code base, then add <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/keep-rules-overview#where-to-add-rules" target="_blank">Keep rules</a> to prevent R8 from optimizing those parts of the code. Make sure to scope the keep rules narrowly to get the maximum optimization.
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    <p>To get the maximum optimization, make sure to follow these best practices in your keep rule file.</p>
    
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        <li>Remove global options like <code>-dontoptimize</code>, <code>-dontshrink</code>, and <code>-dontobfuscate</code> that prevent R8 from optimizing the entire codebase </li>
        <li>Remove keep rules that prevent optimizing Android components like Activity, Services, Views or Broadcast receivers.</li>
        <li>Refine the broad package wide keep rules to target only specific classes or methods.</li>
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    <p>To see more best practices, view our <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/keep-rules-best-practices" target="_blank">keep rules documentation</a>.</p>
    
    <h3>Library Developer R8 Best Practices</h3>
    <p>If you are a library developer, strictly place the rules your consumers need into your <code>consumer-rules</code> file, and keep your library's internal protection rules in your <code>proguard-rules.pro</code> file. For more information on how to optimize libraries, see <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/library-optimization" target="_blank">Optimization for library authors</a>.</p>
    
    <h3>R8 Configuration Analyzer</h3>
    <p>To audit your R8 optimization, use the <b><a href="http://developer.android.com/r8-analyzer" target="_blank">Configuration Analyzer</a></b>. Configuration analyzer shows the current state of optimization with Obfuscation, Optimization, and Shrinking scores. With configuration analyzer, you can also understand how many classes, methods or fields are prevented from optimization by each keep rule. Refine these broad package wide keep rules to unlock the maximum optimization.</p>
    <p>Using configuration analyzer, you can also identify keep rules that are subsuming other keep rules, redundant keep rules and unused keep rules.</p>
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    <i>The Configuration Analyzer shows the current state of optimization with Obfuscation, Optimization, and Shrinking scores.</i>
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    <h4><span>R8 Agent Skill </span></h4>
    <p>You can also leverage the <b><a href="https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/performance/r8-analyzer" target="_blank">R8 Agent Skill</a></b> with Android Studio agent or other AI tools to resolve misconfigurations and refine your rules resulting in improved app performance. <i>(Insights from AI-driven skills will require technical verification)</i></p>
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<h3>Optimize image loading</h3>
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    <p>Bitmaps are usually the largest common objects residing in your app's memory. They represent the final stage of the image loading process where compressed files, like JPEGs or PNGs, are decoded into raw pixel data for display. This means a tiny 100KB compressed image can balloon into several megabytes of RAM because memory consumption is determined by the image's pixel dimensions and color depth. Since bitmap operations are frequently on the critical path to drawing frames, unoptimized images cause severe memory bloat and UI jank.</p>
    <p>Google recommends leveraging image loading libraries <b><a href="https://github.com/coil-kt/coil" target="_blank">Coil</a></b> for Kotlin-first projects, particularly when developing with Jetpack Compose and <b><a href="https://github.com/bumptech/glide" target="_blank">Glide</a></b> for Java-based applications.</p>
    
    <h4><span>Adopt these five best practices</span></h4>
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        <li><b>Downsample images:</b> If you’re loading bitmaps manually, avoid loading a massive image into a tiny thumbnail view; use <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/graphics/load-bitmap" target="_blank">inSampleSize</a> to load a smaller version. Glide and Coil downsamples images by default and you can configure this downsample strategy using <a href="https://bumptech.github.io/glide/javadocs/470/com/bumptech/glide/load/resource/bitmap/DownsampleStrategy.html" target="_blank">DownsampleStrategy</a> and <a href="https://coil-kt.github.io/coil/image_loaders/" target="_blank">ImageLoader</a> respectively.</li>
        <li><b>Cropping:</b> Avoid embedding padding directly into an image file for letterboxing purposes (e.g., creating a transparent border to expand an image dimensions). Rather than baking in these borders, utilize <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/InsetDrawable" target="_blank">InsetDrawable</a> or apply padding directly within the View or Composable containing the bitmap.</li>
        <li><b>Config:</b> Balance memory and quality by choosing the right pixel format. Use <code>RGB_565</code> when transparency isn't needed, which uses half the memory of the default <code>ARGB_8888</code> format. In Glide you can configure this by using <a href="https://bumptech.github.io/glide/javadocs/470/com/bumptech/glide/load/DecodeFormat.html" target="_blank">DecodeFormat</a> and in Coil you can use <a href="https://coil-kt.github.io/coil/api/coil-core/coil3.request/-image-request/" target="_blank">bitmapConfig</a> property.</li>
        <li><b>Prioritize vector drawables:</b> For basic geometric assets, leverage <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/ShapeDrawable" target="_blank">ShapeDrawable</a> as a lightweight alternative to decoding rasterized bitmaps. By defining these assets once via XML, you ensure they scale seamlessly across all display densities while effectively eliminating resource-driven memory bloat.</li>
        <li><b>Reuse:</b> If your application manages Bitmaps manually then to minimize memory churn, when a bitmap is no longer required, the app should call <code>bitmap.recycle()</code> and immediately discard the Bitmap reference. If you use an image loading library like Glide or Coil, return the bitmap to the library’s managed pool. By providing an existing buffer for future memory needs, the pool effectively avoids the overhead of new allocations.</li>
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    <p>Check out our documentation on <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/graphics/images/optimization" target="_blank">Optimizing performance for images</a> to learn more.</p>
    
    <h4><span>Android Studio tooling</span></h4>
    <p>You can also eliminate redundant bitmaps using Android Studio Narwhal 4. Here is how to hunt them down in five simple steps:</p>
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        <li>Open the <b>Profiler</b> tab in Android Studio</li>
        <li>Click <b>Heap Dump</b> (or "Analyze Memory Usage") and hit record to take a snapshot of your app’s current memory state.</li>
        <li>Scan the analysis results for the <b>yellow warning triangle</b> ⚠️, which Android Studio uses to flag duplicate bitmaps being stored multiple times. Alternatively, navigate to the profiler header, choose "Filter by:" and pick the "Duplicate Bitmaps" setting.</li>
        <li>Click on any flagged entry to open the <b>Bitmap Preview</b> pane, allowing you to see exactly which image is the repeat offender.</li>
        <li>Use that visual confirmation to track down the redundant loading logic in your code and implement a better caching strategy.</li>
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<h3>Detect and fix memory leaks with Android Studio</h3>
<p>Memory leaks in Android occur when your code holds onto an object's reference long after its lifecycle has ended. This prevents the Garbage Collector (GC) from reclaiming that memory, eventually leading to sluggish performance or OutOfMemoryError (OOM).</p>
<p>Android Studio Panda 3 features a dedicated <a href="https://square.github.io/leakcanary/" target="_blank">LeakCanary</a> profiler task, allowing developers to analyze real-time memory leaks and map traces within the IDE.</p>
<p>The LeakCanary profiler task in Android Studio actively moves the memory leak analysis from your device to your development machine, resulting in a significant performance boost during the leak analysis phase as compared to on-device leak analysis.</p>

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<p>Additionally, the leak analysis is now contextualized within the IDE and fully integrated with your source code, providing features like go to declaration and other helpful code connections that drastically reduce the friction and time required to investigate and fix memory leaks.</p>

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    <h4><span>Examples of common memory leaks </span></h4>
    <p>Memory leaks occur when an object persists in memory beyond its intended lifespan. This typically happens due to:</p>
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        <li>Retaining references to Fragments, Activities, or Views that are no longer in use.</li>
        <li>Mismanaging Context references.</li>
        <li>Failing to properly unregister observers, listeners, and receivers.</li>
        <li>Creating static references to objects that are bound to components with shorter lifecycles.</li>
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    <p>Here are a few example scenarios:</p>
    
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Compose-based example</span></p>
                    </td>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">View-based example</span></p>
                    </td>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Leaking Context</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Passing LocalContext.current to a ViewModel</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Keep <code>Context</code> dependent logic within the UI layer. For non-UI layers, refactor to use <a href="https://developer.android.com/training/dependency-injection">dependency injection</a> or observe UI state using <a href="https://developer.android.com/kotlin/flow">Kotlin flow</a>.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Storing an <code>Activity</code> in a companion object or static variable.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Don’t hold static references to UI components. Refactor to use <a href="https://developer.android.com/training/dependency-injection">dependency injection</a> or observe UI state using <a href="https://developer.android.com/kotlin/flow">Kotlin flow</a>.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Leaking Listeners</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Using <code>DisposableEffect</code> to start a listener but leaving <code>onDispose</code> empty.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Perform the unregistration and <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/side-effects#disposableeffect">cleanup logic</a> inside the <code>onDispose</code> block.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Registering for SensorManager updates and forgetting to unregister.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Manually call <code>unregisterListener()</code> in <code>onStop()</code> or <code>onDestroy()</code> lifecycle.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Holding a reference to a legacy <code>View</code> inside an <code>AndroidView</code> without a release strategy.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Use the <code>release</code> block of the <code>AndroidView</code> composable to clean up the legacy <code>View</code>.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Keeping a reference to a view binding object after the <code>Fragment</code> is destroyed.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Set the binding variable to <code>null</code> inside the <code>onDestroyView</code>() lifecycle method.</span></p>
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<h3>Trim memory when app leaves visible state</h3>
<p>Android can reclaim memory from your app or stop your app entirely if necessary to free up memory for critical tasks, as explained in <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/memory-overview" target="_blank">Overview of memory management</a>. Android will usually reclaim memory from your app when it’s not visible to the user, such as by discarding some of your app’s code and data pages in memory or compressing your heap allocations. When the user resumes your app and your app tries to access some memory that’s been reclaimed, the OS will swap that memory back in on demand. This swapping behavior can be slow, and cause unexpected jank or stutters in your app.</p>
<p>If you leave it to the OS to decide what memory to reclaim from your app, you may find that the OS reclaimed memory that you’ll need shortly after resuming your app. Instead, your app can voluntarily discard memory allocations that it can regenerate later, on demand and at a low cost. To do so, you can implement the <code>ComponentCallbacks2</code> interface. You can implement <code>onTrimMemory</code> in your <code>Activity</code>, <code>Fragment</code>, <code>Service</code>, or even your custom <code>Application</code> class. Using it in the <code>Application</code> class is highly effective for global cache management.</p>
<p>The provided <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ComponentCallbacks2#onTrimMemory(int)" target="_blank">onTrimMemory()</a> callback method notifies your app of lifecycle or memory-related events that present a good opportunity for your app to voluntarily reduce its memory usage.</p>
<p>In terms of memory lifecycle management, your implementation should focus <b>exclusively</b> on <code>TRIM_MEMORY_UI_HIDDEN</code> and <code>TRIM_MEMORY_BACKGROUND</code>. Since Android 14, the system has ceased delivering notifications for other legacy constants, which were formally deprecated in Android 15.</p>
<p><code>TRIM_MEMORY_UI_HIDDEN</code>: This signal indicates that your application's UI has transitioned out of the user's view. This provides an opportunity to release substantial memory allocations tied strictly to the interface—such as Bitmaps, video playback buffers, or complex animation resources.</p>
<p><code>TRIM_MEMORY_BACKGROUND</code>: At this level, your process is residing in the background and is now a candidate for termination to satisfy the system's global memory needs. To extend the duration your process remains in the cached state, and reduce the number of app cold starts, you should aggressively release any resources that can be easily reconstructed once the user resumes their session.</p>

<pre><code>import android.content.ComponentCallbacks2
// Other import statements.

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ComponentCallbacks2 {

    /**
     * Release memory when the UI becomes hidden or when system resources become low.
     * @param level the memory-related event that is raised.
     */
    override fun onTrimMemory(level: Int) {

        if (level &gt;= ComponentCallbacks2.TRIM_MEMORY_UI_HIDDEN) {
            // Release memory related to UI elements, such as bitmap caches.
        }

        if (level &gt;= ComponentCallbacks2.TRIM_MEMORY_BACKGROUND) {
            // Release memory related to background processing, such as by
            // closing a database connection.
        }
    }
}</code></pre>

<p>Note: The <code>onTrimMemory</code> integration may depend on SDK support. For instance, certain games rely on their game engine to enable this capability. Please check out the <a href="https://developer.android.com/games/optimize/memory-allocation" target="_blank">game memory optimization documents</a>.</p>

<h3>Advanced memory observability with ProfilingManager</h3>
<p>To catch and diagnose memory issues in the field that cannot be reproduced locally, you should leverage the <b>ProfilingManager API</b>. Introduced in Android 15, this advanced observability API allows you to programmatically collect real-user Perfetto profiles.</p>
<p>For teams that lack a dedicated infrastructure to manage and host performance artifacts, Crashlytics is exploring a specialized solution to streamline this workflow. They are inviting developers to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe299a_zSNDfa164z7yyqoDjS05ZDRN86bAQKajuAOFEQ4G-w/viewform" target="_blank">provide feedback</a>.</p>

<p><b>Android 17 introduces new event-driven triggers</b>, most notably <code>TRIGGER_TYPE_OOM</code> and <code>TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY</code>:</p>
<ul>
    <li>The <b>OOM trigger</b> automatically collects a Java heap dump at the exact moment an OutOfMemoryError crash occurs, providing precise allocation states. A collected OOM profile is provided the next time the app starts and registers the <code>registerForAllProfilingResults</code> callback.</li>
    <li>The <b>Anomaly trigger</b> detects severe performance issues, such as excessive binder spam or breached memory thresholds. The memory anomaly delivers a heap dump just prior to the system terminating the app.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>  val profilingManager = 
applicationContext.getSystemService(ProfilingManager::class.java)
    val triggers = ArrayList<profilingtrigger>()  


    triggers.add(ProfilingTrigger.Builder(
                 ProfilingTrigger.TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY))
    val mainExecutor: Executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()
    val resultCallback = Consumer<profilingresult> { profilingResult -&gt;
        if (profilingResult.errorCode != ProfilingResult.ERROR_NONE) {
            // upload profile result to server for further analysis          
            setupProfileUploadWorker(profilingResult.resultFilePath)
        } 

    profilingManager.registerForAllProfilingResults(mainExecutor, resultCallback)
    profilingManager.addProfilingTriggers(triggers)</profilingresult></profilingtrigger></code></pre>

<p>
    Once you’ve collected the heap dump, you can download the profile from the server, or locally via adb pull and drag and drop the file into the <a href="http://ui.perfetto.dev/" target="_blank">Perfetto UI</a>. To streamline your memory debugging workflow, use the <a href="https://perfetto.dev/docs/visualization/heap-dump-explorer" target="_blank">Heap Dump Explorer</a>, this is the new default view for heap dumps in Perfetto UI. This tool provides an intuitive interface for inspecting Java heap dumps, allowing you to visualize object allocation hierarchies, compute retained memory sizes, and identify the shortest path from garbage collection root. By leveraging the Heap Dump Explorer, you can rapidly pinpoint memory leaks, bloated retained objects such as excessive bitmap allocations, and analyze heap object allocations all in one place.
</p>

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<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>Optimizing bytecode with R8, adopting image loading best practices, and resolving memory leaks are critical steps toward delivering a high-quality user experience while managing resources effectively under pressure. Adopting these proactive measures helps maintain app stability and performance, preventing unexpected terminations while safeguarding user context. To further your performance expertise, explore our revised <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/memory" target="_blank">memory guidance</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<p>Posted by Alice Yuan, Developer Relations Engineer at Google, Arti Arutiunov, Product Manager at Datadog and Nikita Ogorodnikov, Staff Software Engineer at Datadog</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjICmOZHTF4gmgXj1G4r5Fp48jM_W4fN9tjxbdnesvaxjUsuwmrftmILW-CErt5cXGcZp93UGtLy8fBehhZxwZ2oxtjQLNb269jHfkNA3XBHnn9JIVZbApeatdCi9gX6ylK7-5A-DzQ3VSRi8hJCNp_8699CzeD9H0y26Tl-6DO8FIafh9UQFyrpa_C9DA"><img alt="" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="4209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjICmOZHTF4gmgXj1G4r5Fp48jM_W4fN9tjxbdnesvaxjUsuwmrftmILW-CErt5cXGcZp93UGtLy8fBehhZxwZ2oxtjQLNb269jHfkNA3XBHnn9JIVZbApeatdCi9gX6ylK7-5A-DzQ3VSRi8hJCNp_8699CzeD9H0y26Tl-6DO8FIafh9UQFyrpa_C9DA=s16000"></a></div><br><br><p></p>

<p>
  Performance regressions are notoriously hard to reproduce, making regressions a massive bottleneck for mobile developers. Although signals like ANR rates indicate what issues occur in production, pinpointing the specific line of code that resulted in the performance issue has historically necessitated exhaustive manual reproduction or speculative trial-and-error experimentation.
</p>

<p>Datadog collaborated with Google to mitigate this frustration by integrating the ProfilingManager API (available on Android 15+ devices) into its Real User Monitoring (RUM) and Continuous Profiling platforms. This integration transforms the debugging workflow, allowing developers to move beyond surface-level symptoms to being able to detect the <em>why</em> behind a performance bottleneck.
</p>

By leveraging this system-level API, Datadog now processes millions of production profiles weekly across the globe according to Datadog internal data of June 2026. It provides engineering teams with a new level of visibility into real-world performance, all while maintaining a low runtime overhead for production-scale performance monitoring.

<h3>The impact of ProfilingManager</h3><p>
  ProfilingManager is a system service introduced in Android 15 that enables apps to programmatically collect performance data such as call stack samples, field traces and memory heap dumps directly from production environments. This capability shifts the engineering paradigm from reactive manual reproduction to proactive field analysis.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVOhdnTTwX9DT3ROPHDLHKm1aJ8Z0vo5wYsHTULe7oRBqsi2-pTblEC1ggNuVXdd5rCZv6RooG4dsdOqMM_8URLUxierH3KjujbTyVSFrqNIs01zMqb_o7uXFeYECms5s_CkX1WvAPaQeO5W9bpnvD4S4BNN0mH9qbanuTukvCg8LTozhNEhY0CQ0o0Q/s1280/AANDDM_DataDog_Quote_01.png"><img alt="ProfilingManager is a highly performant solution for code-level insights.  Of the solutions we evaluated, it has the lowest runtime overhead,  gives deep visibility into Java, Kotlin, and C++ traces, and opens the door to gather memory profiles and system-level traces during critical moments like ANRs and out-of-memory (OOM) errors. Yi Lu, Senior Engineer at Datadog" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVOhdnTTwX9DT3ROPHDLHKm1aJ8Z0vo5wYsHTULe7oRBqsi2-pTblEC1ggNuVXdd5rCZv6RooG4dsdOqMM_8URLUxierH3KjujbTyVSFrqNIs01zMqb_o7uXFeYECms5s_CkX1WvAPaQeO5W9bpnvD4S4BNN0mH9qbanuTukvCg8LTozhNEhY0CQ0o0Q/s16000/AANDDM_DataDog_Quote_01.png"></a></div><br><p><br></p>

For example, a Google communications app used field traces to investigate why its cold start times were slower on newer, more powerful hardware. By diving into the field-collected traces and comparing traces across different device types, the engineer discovered a hidden scheduling issue: a background text-to-speech service was unnecessarily being prewarmed during app startup. The traces revealed that this background process was monopolizing the device's highest-performing big CPU core, forcing the app's main thread to sleep while the prewarm occurred.

<h3>Solving the Android code-level visibility challenge</h3><p>
  Prior to the implementation of ProfilingManager, Datadog’s Real User Monitoring (RUM) focused on high-level application health and session-level telemetry to assess the user journey. Engineering teams could monitor Android performance signals like time to initial display, ANR rates, CPU load, and frozen frames. These insights extended to granular interactions, such as network latency, touch events, and main thread hangs. However, while this data effectively highlighted which performance bottlenecks were surfacing in the field, it provided no clear path to identifying the root cause of these failures.</p><div><span face='"Google Sans", sans-serif'><br></span></div><p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW4Lm-zE5X2trjidQ0eh9i_Bhiwd7HnkOcMeRtA_4dABpGG0EPuer564cLFK4o3eb_N_zWmBAgpOa58eygLH5hwFF6kMg_4GFC98vRN4pd1LNZ-PG9W5wyHv-ptVcmIGo1M7FNPi9PKQ9iGsyZeVfr5jDK46HJHU-1Gsc6IZJdSvhrZVavqKiZmyYar0o"><img alt="We realized that across our profiling features, performance profiling on mobile applications remained a blind spot. Teams could see that an Android user experienced a slow screen render or an ANR, but lacked the same code-level visibility they relied on for their backend services. - Bryan Antigua, Senior Product Manager at Datadog" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW4Lm-zE5X2trjidQ0eh9i_Bhiwd7HnkOcMeRtA_4dABpGG0EPuer564cLFK4o3eb_N_zWmBAgpOa58eygLH5hwFF6kMg_4GFC98vRN4pd1LNZ-PG9W5wyHv-ptVcmIGo1M7FNPi9PKQ9iGsyZeVfr5jDK46HJHU-1Gsc6IZJdSvhrZVavqKiZmyYar0o=s16000"></a></div><br><br><p></p>

<p>
  To address this, Datadog needed a profiling engine capable of capturing Android traces directly from devices in production with minimal performance impact. After evaluating alternative approaches, such as writing their own trace processor using Android Debug APIs, the team selected ProfilingManager because it is the most performant solution of the profiling options they evaluated and offloads the sampling decisions overhead to the OS.
</p>

<p>
  ProfilingManager supports a wide range of collection methods, including CPU traces, call stack sampling, memory analysis through Java heap dumps and native heap profiles. It enables developers to profile production builds, upload trace files to external storage, and review them in the Perfetto trace analyzer UI. As a SaaS provider, Datadog uploads, visualizes, and analyzes these profiles collected via its SDK, providing a unified view of application health. 
</p>

By centralizing high-fidelity telemetry within a unified observability API, ProfilingManager empowers Datadog and its clients to proactively monitor, investigate, and remediate complex Android performance regressions through key technical advantages:

<ul>
  <li>
    <strong>Granular session diagnostics:</strong> ProfilingManager enhances debuggability by delivering direct OS-level trace data, overcoming the visibility and alignment challenges typical of custom logging with system services. To dive deeper, developers can download these traces from Datadog to investigate further in visualization tools like the <a href="https://ui.perfetto.dev/">Perfetto UI</a>. 
  </li>
  <li>
    <strong>Automated telemetry triggers:</strong> By leveraging native system events to initiate trace recordings at key optimization points, Datadog reduces the need to build custom collection logic. While the initial rollout focuses on the <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/ProfilingTrigger?_gl=1*xix6h8*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc4ODI2NDgwMy4xNzc5MzE2ODcw*_ga_6HH9YJMN9M*czE3NzkzMTY4NzAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzMTY4NzAkajYwJGwwJGgyMTE1NzIyNjk1#TRIGGER_TYPE_APP_FULLY_DRAWN">APP_FULLY_DRAWN </a>signal, there are already plans to expand this observability to include <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/ProfilingTrigger?_gl=1*1hl4p7n*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc4ODI2NDgwMy4xNzc5MzE2ODcw*_ga_6HH9YJMN9M*czE3NzkzMTY4NzAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzMTY4NzAkajYwJGwwJGgyMTE1NzIyNjk1#TRIGGER_TYPE_ANR">ANR</a>, <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/ProfilingTrigger?_gl=1*8x3pd*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc4ODI2NDgwMy4xNzc5MzE2ODcw*_ga_6HH9YJMN9M*czE3NzkzMTY4NzAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzMTY4NzAkajYwJGwwJGgyMTE1NzIyNjk1#TRIGGER_TYPE_OOM">OOM</a>, and <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/ProfilingTrigger?_gl=1*1ezx2ma*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc4ODI2NDgwMy4xNzc5MzE2ODcw*_ga_6HH9YJMN9M*czE3NzkzMTY4NzAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzMTY4NzAkajYwJGwwJGgyMTE1NzIyNjk1#TRIGGER_TYPE_COLD_START">COLD_START</a> triggers.</li>
  <li>
    <strong>Proactive trace snapshots:</strong> By interfacing directly with the system-level Perfetto service (traced), ProfilingManager utilizes a proactive background recording model designed to capture unpredictable issues. This ensures that developers receive a precise visualization of the events leading up to a performance anomaly, offering a level of insight that exceeds what is possible through manual instrumentation. 
  </li>
  <li>
    <strong>Bottleneck detection at scale:</strong> Datadog is able to synthesize telemetry from across Datadog’s global customer base to uncover regressions that only emerge under unique hardware configurations and variable network environments.
  </li>
  <li>
    <strong>System-enforced resource stability:</strong> The API leverages sampling trace collection to ensure performance and user experience impacts remain unnoticeable.
  </li>
  <li>
    <strong>On-device data controls:</strong> ProfilingManager filters out irrelevant information from other processes on-device before the profile is delivered to the app. This minimizes file sizes and ensures that only data relevant to the app's processes is provided.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Processing millions of weekly profiles to optimize real-world apps</h3><p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2ikpIrv_Km0RiIq-khGPFHpfA5CRYHfnLj2oRxLSuTk2x8qJFoO4UyNiwMpJphecSAVR4aWcJEB7BzvkXYjkyDggRDUYhLTBGhoj5q3b6BmwA5IcsER1_k5tffie6pteW3YNkIwI5Y6rG_Ie35Xzzq-mEnfq8iinA_cd_r5ydCxfRwajPSngrY1591k/s3464/datadog-profiling-blogpost-final.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="3464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2ikpIrv_Km0RiIq-khGPFHpfA5CRYHfnLj2oRxLSuTk2x8qJFoO4UyNiwMpJphecSAVR4aWcJEB7BzvkXYjkyDggRDUYhLTBGhoj5q3b6BmwA5IcsER1_k5tffie6pteW3YNkIwI5Y6rG_Ie35Xzzq-mEnfq8iinA_cd_r5ydCxfRwajPSngrY1591k/s16000/datadog-profiling-blogpost-final.png"></a></div><i><div><i>An example of Datadog's time to initial display measurement with </i></div><div><i>stack sampling powered by ProfilingManager</i></div></i><br>Integrating a system-level profiling API into a global monitoring SDK required solving infrastructure challenges. Because ProfilingManager generates highly detailed performance traces, the Datadog engineering team had to build a pipeline capable of parsing and analyzing these profiles on the server side at scale. <span><span>Beyond profile collection, Datadog also emphasizes the importance of balancing sampling frequency with collecting enough data to generate meaningful insights about your application. </span></span>Datadog relies on ProfilingManager’s built-in rate limiting as a critical stability safeguard, preventing excessive telemetry requests from overburdening user devices.<br><br>The team has been profiling Datadog's own native Android application and a number of early adopters’ applications for months, gathering millions of profiles to ensure a fast, error-free launch experience and to refine their performance-detection algorithms. Today, the production integration seamlessly scales across a variety of Android devices. <p></p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>By integrating Android’s ProfilingManager API, Datadog successfully closed the visibility gap between backend systems and mobile client applications for their customers. By processing millions of profiles weekly with negligible device overhead, Datadog equips Android developers with the code-level insights necessary to diagnose complex performance bugs instantly, helping developers build smoother applications and improve their app’s performance signals in the Play Store. To adopt the ProfilingManager API directly into your performance observability framework, check out our <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/tracing/profiling-manager/overview">documentation</a>.</p>

<p>
  In the future, Datadog aims to make Android profiling data a first-class input for coding agents to autonomously resolve performance bottlenecks, closing the feedback loop between detection and remediation. Datadog is working toward making Android profiling broadly accessible to developers.
</p>

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<description><![CDATA[Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP of Product Management, Android DeveloperToday we're releasing Android 17 and making it available on most supported Pixel devices. Look for new devices running Android 17 in the coming months.

Android 17 marks the start of our transition to an intelligence system,...]]></description>
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7zuuXjulHty999mGDWY1kfL8Q9SXjYYWn-7JTpMfVdNP78eb5fW9shOpvVdEqK0WnNp7AhdO0qc7pXAaqcfTwXgOGsfZyqcQv8wyD-9niWBpZuP6ZAPHBSetWenN2lMlRS5wi2d71-n8RCYqrLsFhUCEvM7KeoGLnNaDbiyOZQ0vvyr0O580nXK4Vas/s2048/Metadata%20-%20Static.png"><div><i>Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP of Product Management, Android Developer</i></div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KPJZylMSUXRpKFRUd6oM4fNdEoDRdJzdkzg69P_BVUuIDtXqCqTid6hGH40CoHRw7-f50HsT6rISArklGH982MM4K1jKU16SSymes4JPoE4qOZ5s1lLnkbInpUpdJGu5erAYmSgiefzkkOX_ng3AUJKOzzwC1WMTjk2DxLNia8R1C-ErWc7jT4VP8ew/s4209/Blogger%20Hero%20-%20White.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="4209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KPJZylMSUXRpKFRUd6oM4fNdEoDRdJzdkzg69P_BVUuIDtXqCqTid6hGH40CoHRw7-f50HsT6rISArklGH982MM4K1jKU16SSymes4JPoE4qOZ5s1lLnkbInpUpdJGu5erAYmSgiefzkkOX_ng3AUJKOzzwC1WMTjk2DxLNia8R1C-ErWc7jT4VP8ew/s16000/Blogger%20Hero%20-%20White.png"></a></div><br><p><br></p><p>Today we're releasing Android 17 and making it available on most supported Pixel devices. Look for new devices running Android 17 in the coming months.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaHGBWXu3yvdXZ-wYQgN6DjN5TEMRIYDJvQDZTOybRZFWsAMhqhl14b9UZmrlXlEIRDioqRc8m3xRjOnQHJPoICkVpCho4qrmKihPbu_SB7dGVNKwlAaX6eWdjLF4VUdGyzGfxtW0ziFggj63e778VVo38qpMKar4E1wuw0MiPCBvBdrTTXCgI1XD04Q/s1080/AfD-Android-17.gif"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaHGBWXu3yvdXZ-wYQgN6DjN5TEMRIYDJvQDZTOybRZFWsAMhqhl14b9UZmrlXlEIRDioqRc8m3xRjOnQHJPoICkVpCho4qrmKihPbu_SB7dGVNKwlAaX6eWdjLF4VUdGyzGfxtW0ziFggj63e778VVo38qpMKar4E1wuw0MiPCBvBdrTTXCgI1XD04Q/s320/AfD-Android-17.gif" width="320"></a></div>

<p>Android 17 marks the start of our transition to an intelligence system, putting your apps at the center. It's shifting to an adaptive-first development standard by introducing mandatory large-screen resizability, all while delivering next-generation privacy, security, media, camera, and performance. We'll cover all that in this post, as well as how we're bringing together next generation tools, libraries, and agent skills to help your apps embrace the opportunity.</p>

<p>Throughout the past year, from our Canary channel to our Beta releases, we’ve collaborated with you in the developer community to build a platform you and your users can trust. To that end, this moment marks the availability of the source code at the <a href="https://source.android.com/">Android Open Source Project</a> (AOSP). This allows you to <a href="https://cs.android.com/">examine the source code</a> for a deeper understanding of how Android works.</p>

<p>Let's dive deeper into Android 17.</p>

<h3>An intelligence system</h3>

<p>With deep integration between hardware, software and AI, we’re transforming Android from an operating system to an intelligence system. It's about delivering new helpful experiences that anticipate user needs, and it brings more opportunities for engagement with your apps. To that end, Android 17 expands the capabilities of AppFunctions, a platform API with a corresponding Jetpack library. It allows you to contribute your app's unique capabilities as orchestratable "tools" for Android MCP, the on-device equivalent of the <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/">Model Context Protocol</a>. AI agents and assistants (like Google Gemini) can discover and execute AppFunctions to perform workflows on behalf of the user with direct access to the app's local state.</p>

<p>The Jetpack library, currently in alpha, makes adding AppFunctions as easy as annotating a class and adding KDoc comments.</p>

<pre><code>/**
 * A note app's [AppFunction]s.
 */
class NoteFunctions(
    private val noteRepository: NoteRepository
) {
    /**
     * Adds a new note to the app.
     *
     * @param appFunctionContext The execution context.
     * @param title The title of the note.
     * @param content The note's content.
     */
    @AppFunction(isDescribedByKDoc = true)
    suspend fun createNote(
        appFunctionContext: AppFunctionContext,
        title: String,
        content: String
    ): Note {
        return noteRepository.createNote(title, content)
    }
}</code></pre>

<p>We’ve also launched an <a href="http://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/on-device/appfunctions">AppFunctions agent skill</a> that analyzes your app’s key workflows, automatically generates the required Kotlin code, optimizes your KDocs for LLM tool-calling, and provides ADB commands for testing and debugging.</p>

<p>The Gemini integration is currently in a private preview with trusted testers, but you can begin preparing your apps now. In addition to ADB commands to execute your AppFunctions, we've provided a <a href="http://github.com/android/appfunctions/releases/initial">test agent app</a> that includes an interface to discover and execute your app functions and simulate an AI agent integration. Join our integration early access program at <a href="http://goo.gle/eap-af">goo.gle/eap-af</a> for a chance to be among the first apps to deploy AppFunctions to production.</p>

<h3>Adaptive-first</h3>
<p>Your users no longer rely on a single form factor; they transition between phones, foldables, tablets, laptops, automotive displays, and immersive XR environments. Now, with over <a href="https://developer.android.com/blog/posts/adaptive-development-for-the-expanding-android-ecosystem">580 million large screen devices</a> in the hands of users and the <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/meet-googlebook/">forthcoming launch of Googlebooks</a>, the next generation of ChromeOS built on the Android stack, adaptive is no longer just a technical goal. It’s a massive opportunity to reach highly engaged users, which is one of the reasons we're shifting to an <a href="https://developer.android.com/adaptive-apps">adaptive-first development standard</a>.</p>

<h2>No resizability/orientation restrictions on large screens</h2>
<p>To ensure apps deliver a premium experience across all form factors, including mobile devices running in desktop mode on connected displays, Android 17 (API level 37) removes the developer opt-out for orientation and resizability restrictions on <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/large-screens">large screen devices</a> (sw &gt; 600 dp) for apps targeting API level 37. The system will ignore legacy manifest attributes and runtime APIs, including screenOrientation, setRequestedOrientation(), resizeableActivity=false, and aspect ratio constraints (minAspectRatio/maxAspectRatio). Games (based on <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9859673?hl=en">app category</a> in Google Play) remain exempt. Your app must be ready to adapt to any window size, respect the user's preferred device posture, and support free-form windowing natively.</p>

<h2>Next-gen multitasking: App Bubbles, Bubble Bar, and desktop interactive PiP</h2>
<p>Android 17 introduces powerful new windowing capabilities that redefine how users multitask, demanding even greater layout flexibility from your apps:</p>
<ul>
    <li><strong>App Bubbles:</strong> Moving beyond the messaging bubbles API, users can now transform any app into a floating bubble by long-pressing its icon on the launcher. This feature is available across phones, foldables, and tablets, enabling lightweight multitasking for any workflow.</li>
    <li><strong>The Bubble Bar:</strong> On large screens (tablets and foldables), the system taskbar now includes a dedicated Bubble Bar to organize, transition between, and dock these floating app bubbles.</li>
    <li><strong>Desktop interactive PiP:</strong> In desktop environments, Android 17 introduces interactive Picture-in-Picture (PiP). Unlike traditional PiP windows which are read-only, these pinned windows remain fully interactive while staying always-on-top of other application windows.</li>
</ul>

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<h2>Activity recreation updates</h2>
<p>To prevent disruptive state loss and stutter, Android 17 updates the default behavior for Activity recreation. The system will no longer restart activities by default for typical configuration changes that do not require a full UI redraw (including <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_keyboard">CONFIG_KEYBOARD</a>, <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_keyboard_hidden">CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIDDEN</a>, <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_navigation">CONFIG_NAVIGATION</a>, <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_touchscreen">CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN</a>, and <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_color_mode">CONFIG_COLOR_MODE</a>).<br>
Instead, running activities will receive these updates via onConfigurationChanged(), enabling smooth transitions. If your application explicitly relies on a full restart to reload resources for these changes, you must now explicitly opt-in using the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/R.attr#recreateonconfigchanges">android:recreateOnConfigChanges</a> manifest attribute.</p>

<h2>Continue On</h2>
<p>Android 17 adds Continue On to help users seamlessly transition a task between Android devices. The user sees a suggestion for the most recently opened app from their mobile device in their tablet taskbar, providing a one-tap affordance to launch the app and deep-link where they left off. Continue on can support app-to-web transitions, including falling back to using the web if the app isn't installed.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8K42DCZ0VTYpFhTlEazp9_AthhqYdm786k1NFolZrP7HwXk2QlF7UV1CU7ECK9N-CiHSfSbH_E2_cXwL3zUuesP-shpa1nau5QmVWDOQeErnCMtvZUw_wwAHNewZZ5S3811f0n_FNoX4U9kyptZQONM_eDB1AAHaoFjMFgTCC7G1d0X2iRo1MN8sev0/s1920/Continue%20On.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8K42DCZ0VTYpFhTlEazp9_AthhqYdm786k1NFolZrP7HwXk2QlF7UV1CU7ECK9N-CiHSfSbH_E2_cXwL3zUuesP-shpa1nau5QmVWDOQeErnCMtvZUw_wwAHNewZZ5S3811f0n_FNoX4U9kyptZQONM_eDB1AAHaoFjMFgTCC7G1d0X2iRo1MN8sev0/s16000/Continue%20On.png"></a><i>Handoff Suggestion on a Tablet</i></div><p><br></p>

<pre><code>class MyHandoffActivity : Activity() {

    ...

  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    // Do stuff
    ...
    // Enable handoff
    setHandoffEnabled(true, null)
  }

  // Override and implement onHandoffActivityDataRequested
  override fun onHandoffActivityDataRequested(handoffRequestInfo: HandoffActivityDataRequestInfo) : HandoffActivityData {
    // Create and return handoff data
  }
}</code></pre>

<h2>Go adaptive-first with Jetpack Compose</h2>
<p>To help you adapt your apps to meet the new Android 17 requirements, we've launched the <a href="https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/jetpack-compose/adaptive">Jetpack Compose adaptive skill</a>. This AI-powered developer workflow helps you implement the best adaptive practices:</p>
<ul>
    <li><strong>Adaptive navigation:</strong> Automatically transition between bottom navigation bars on mobile and edge-anchored navigation rails on large screens using NavigationSuiteScaffold from the Material 3 Adaptive library.</li>
    <li><strong>Multi-pane layouts:</strong> Implement list-detail and supporting pane layouts natively using Navigation 3 Scenes (ListDetailSceneStrategy and SupportingPaneSceneStrategy) instead of fragile fragment transactions.</li>
    <li><strong>FlexBox &amp; Grid APIs:</strong> Utilize Compose 1.11's dynamic layout components to easily adjust row and column spans on the fly, ensuring your content always fills the space beautifully.</li>
    <li><strong>Advanced non-touch input:</strong> Leverage Compose 1.11's enhanced trackpad and mouse support, including native focus rings and new APIs (like TrackpadInjectionScope and performTrackpadInput) to easily test and deliver a true "laptop-class" experience on Googlebooks and Desktop Mode.</li>
    <li><strong>Dynamic window states:</strong> Leverage Compose's reactive state model to seamlessly adapt your UI when the app transitions from full screen to a floating App Bubble or an interactive Desktop PiP window, ensuring a premium experience even at minimal dimensions.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Android is Compose-first</h2>
<p>Compose offers the easiest way to build adaptive apps, and that's just one of the <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/first#why-compose-first">many reasons</a> we believe that all Android UI should be built with Compose. To that end, <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/first">Android development is now Compose-first</a>. All new Android APIs, libraries, tools, and developer guidance will be built exclusively for Jetpack Compose. Legacy View components (in the android.widget package) and View-based Jetpack libraries (like Fragments, RecyclerView, and ViewPager) are now in maintenance mode. They will receive only critical bug fixes, and no new features.</p>

<blockquote>
    <p><strong>TIP</strong><br>
    Ready to migrate? Use our AI-driven <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/migrate/migrate-xml-views-to-jetpack-compose">XML to Compose Migration Skill</a> to automatically analyze your legacy View layouts and convert them into highly-adaptive Compose code.</p>
</blockquote>

<h3>Performance &amp; efficiency</h3>
<p>App performance means a smooth user interface, fast app start times, and efficient multitasking; Android 17 has impactful improvements in all of these areas.</p>

<h2>App memory limits</h2>
<p>Memory usage is one of the silent foundations of overall performance. When a foreground app or service grows unchecked, memory management spikes CPU and battery utilization and eventually leads to the termination of other well-behaved cached apps and background jobs, ultimately forcing slower cold starts and impaired multitasking. </p>

<p>Starting in Android 17, the system will enforce strict app memory limits based on a device's total RAM, abruptly terminating offending processes. New things to help you navigate these tighter requirements:</p>
<ul>
    <li><strong>R8 Optimizer:</strong> The R8 optimizer significantly reduces your app's bytecode memory footprint by shrinking classes, methods, and fields into shorter names, and stripping out unused code and resources. Use R8 in full mode along with the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/r8-configuration-analyzer">R8 configuration analyzer</a> to make sure your app is getting the most from R8.<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQePgjeISaotpA-miDPKel-qgAYtepLjMMBaiKZQqTf_iYRTJurn_iAFdC7utLnKRKAh9OhSjF_D83skA2PPg7xts0ORX7aVxBkoax6b9uEPqTlGiY_sh8Xv7U1pr0h4Nm8FLo-h3IJD8FhTJc-gOtpBwyLCnDBUPRJAuaaBjsIOhvUmTXFSna0ykksak/s2048/R8%20Configuration%20Analyzer.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQePgjeISaotpA-miDPKel-qgAYtepLjMMBaiKZQqTf_iYRTJurn_iAFdC7utLnKRKAh9OhSjF_D83skA2PPg7xts0ORX7aVxBkoax6b9uEPqTlGiY_sh8Xv7U1pr0h4Nm8FLo-h3IJD8FhTJc-gOtpBwyLCnDBUPRJAuaaBjsIOhvUmTXFSna0ykksak/s16000/R8%20Configuration%20Analyzer.png"></a></div></li></ul><div><span><u><br></u></span></div><div><span><u><br></u></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The R8 Configuration Analyzer</div><ul><li><strong>LeakCanary in Android Studio Panda:</strong> The profiler now features native LeakCanary integration as a dedicated task, fully integrated with your IDE and source code.</li>
    <li><strong>ApplicationExitInfo:</strong> If your app is terminated by these limits, getDescription() from ApplicationExitInfo will return "MemoryLimiter:AnonSwap".</li>
    <li><strong>On-Device Anomaly Detection:</strong> Part of ProfilingManager, you can leverage trigger-based profiling using TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY to automatically capture heap dumps when the memory limit is reached.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>val profilingManager = applicationContext
   .getSystemService(ProfilingManager::class.java)

val triggers = ArrayList&lt;ProfilingTrigger&gt;().apply {
  add(ProfilingTrigger.Builder(
    ProfilingTrigger.TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY).build())
}
profilingManager.addProfilingTriggers(triggers)</code></pre>

<p>And, we're working to surface more in-field memory metrics to you within Google Play Console.</p>

<h2>Generational garbage collection</h2>
<p><a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions">Android 17</a> introduces more frequent, less resource-intensive young-generation collections to <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/platform#art">ART</a>'s Concurrent Mark-Compact garbage collector (GC). By separating short-lived objects from stable, long-lived ones, the system runs frequent, lightweight "young-generation" sweeps rather than expensive full-heap scans, drastically reducing CPU usage, power drain, and UI stutter. Our testing has shown significant improvements in GC interference with application threads and a reduction in the maximum memory resident set size (RSS). ART improvements are also available to over a billion devices running Android 12 (API level 31) and higher through Google Play System updates.</p>

<h2>Lock-Free MessageQueue</h2>
<p>For apps targeting SDK 37 or higher, the core <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/MessageQueue"><b>android.os.MessageQueue</b></a> now implements a lock-free architecture, significantly reducing missed frames, improving app startup time, and radically improving the performance of busy queues in multithreaded scenarios. Note: This can break apps that use reflection on private <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/MessageQueue"><b>MessageQueue</b></a> fields and methods.  The <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/TestLooperManager#peekWhen()"><b>peekWhen</b></a> and <b><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/TestLooperManager#poll()">poll</a> </b>APIs have been added to <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/TestLooperManager"><b>TestLooperManager</b></a> for instrumentation testing without relying on <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/MessageQueue"><b>MessageQueue</b></a> internals.</p>

<h2>Static final fields now truly final</h2>
<p>Starting from Android 17, apps targeting SDK 37 or higher won’t be able to modify “static final” fields, allowing the runtime to apply performance optimizations more aggressively. An attempt to do so via reflection (or deep reflection) will lead to an IllegalAccessException being thrown. Modifying them via JNI’s <b><code>SetStatic&lt;Type&gt;Field</code></b> methods family will immediately crash the application.</p>

<h2>Custom notification view restrictions</h2>
<p>To reduce memory usage we are further restricting the size of <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications/custom-notification">custom notification views</a>. This update closes a loophole that allows apps to bypass existing limits using URIs. This behavior is gated by the target SDK version and takes effect for apps targeting API 37 and higher.</p>

<h3>Privacy &amp; Security</h3>
<p>Maintaining user trust is at the heart of the Android ecosystem. Android 17 introduces robust features that protect sensitive data while simplifying user experiences.</p>

<h2>Privacy-preserving choices</h2>
<p>Historically, apps required broad, permanent permissions to access information like contacts, precise location and media files. Android 17 continues the shift toward privacy-preserving choices that grant temporary, session-based access only to the data the user explicitly selects:</p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>System-Level Contact Picker:</strong> Utilizing <code>ACTION_PICK_CONTACTS</code>, apps can request temporary access only to specific fields (e.g., email or phone number) chosen by the user, eliminating the need for the broad <code>READ_CONTACTS</code> permission. It also fully supports work/personal profile separation.</li>
    <li><strong>Customizable Photo Picker aspect ratio:</strong> Using<b><code>PhotoPickerUiCustomizationParams</code></b>, you can customize the system photo picker to show thumbnails in portrait mode. This is perfect for apps that always display photos and videos in portrait such as video based social media apps.</li>
    <li><strong>System-rendered Location Button:</strong> A new system-rendered location button that you can embed in your app grants precise location access for the current session only.</li>
    <li><strong>EyeDropper API:</strong> A new system-level API, <code>ACTION_OPEN_EYE_DROPPER</code>, allows your app to create a system-powered eyedropper enabling the user to select color from any pixel on the display. This provides a secure, privacy-preserving color-picking experience that eliminates the need for broad, sensitive screen capture or media projection permissions.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>val eyeDropperLauncher = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { result -&gt;
   if (result.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
       val color = result.data?.getIntExtra(Intent.EXTRA_COLOR, Color.BLACK)
       // Use the picked color in your app
   }
}
fun launchColorPicker() {
   val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_EYE_DROPPER)
   eyeDropperLauncher.launch(intent)
}</code></pre>

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<p>Apps targeting Android 17 now either require the <code><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/Manifest.permission#access_local_network">ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK</a></code> runtime permission or the use of system-mediated, privacy-preserving device pickers for local network communication, such as talking to smart home devices or casting receivers. Because <code>ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK</code>  falls under the existing <code><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission_group#NEARBY_DEVICES">NEARBY_DEVICES</a></code> permission group, users who have already granted other <code><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission_group#NEARBY_DEVICES">NEARBY_DEVICES</a></code> permissions will not be prompted again. </p>

<h2>SMS OTP protection</h2>
<p>Android 17 expands SMS one-time-password (OTP) protection by delaying access to SMS messages for three hours:</p>
<ul>
  <li>WebOTP Format: <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all#sms-otp-all-apps">Delayed for all apps that are not the intended recipient (domain mismatch)</a>.</li>
  <li>Standard SMS OTP: <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-17#sms-otp-protection">Delayed for all apps targeting SDK 37+</a>.</li>
  <li>Exemptions: Default SMS, assistant, and connected companion apps are exempt. Apps are strongly encouraged to migrate to the <a href="https://developer.android.com/identity/sms-retriever">SMS Retriever</a> or <a href="https://developers.google.com/identity/sms-retriever/user-consent/overview">SMS User Consent APIs</a>.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)</h2>
<p>Android 17 is ready for the next generation of cryptographic security:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Keystore Integration: Supported devices can generate ML-DSA (Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm) keys in secure hardware to produce quantum-safe signatures, exposed via standard JCA APIs.</li>
  <li>Hybrid APK Signing: Introducing the v3.2 APK Signature Scheme, which combines classical signatures with ML-DSA signatures to secure app delivery.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Safer native dynamic code loading </h2>
If your app targets SDK 37 or higher, the Safer Dynamic Code Loading (DCL) protection <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/behavior-changes-14#safer-dynamic-code-loading">introduced in Android 14</a> for DEX and JAR files now extends to native libraries. All native files loaded using System.load must be marked as read-only. Otherwise, the system throws UnsatisfiedLinkError

<h2>Smarter password protection for physical inputs</h2>
<p>With Android 17, we're making it safer to enter passwords, PINs, and other secrets when using a physical keyboard by no longer showing the last typed character by default.</p>
<p>Users can still easily customize these display settings to match their preferences (availability may vary by device manufacturer).</p>
<p>These enhanced privacy protections are automatically supported byAndroid's built-in SDK components and will be supported in Compose 1.12 for SecureTextFields. </p>

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</h2><p>Android 17 introduces new <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/android-17-creator-features/">creator features</a> that give access to pro-quality cameras and media, all while improving the experience for consumers.</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://developer.android.com/media/platform/integrate-eclipsa-video">Eclipsa Video</a>: HDR video standard built upon the <a href="https://github.com/SMPTE/st2094-50">SMPTE ST 2094-50 specification</a> that introduces new metadata to help devices adapt content for their display headroom and ambient light conditions, as well as improve the simultaneous display of standard and HDR content.</li>
  <li>RAW14 image format: New support for the <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/ImageFormat#raw14">RAW14 image format</a> provides a way for your professional camera app to capture the highest level of detail and color depth from compatible camera sensors.</li>
  <li>Vendor-defined camera extensions: Vendor-defined extensions enable hardware partners to define and implement custom camera extension modes, providing access to the best and latest camera features.</li>
  <li>Extended HE-AAC software encoder: A new system-provided Extended HE-AAC software encoder, supports both low and high bitrates using unified speech and audio coding, providing significantly better audio quality for voice messages in low-bandwidth conditions, including support for loudness metadata.</li>
  <li><a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/media-formats#video-formats">Versatile Video Coding (H.266)</a>:  Enables OEMs to add codec support by defining the <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/media-formats#video-formats">video/vvc</a> MIME type in <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaFormat"><code>MediaFormat</code></a>, adding new VVC profiles in <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecInfo"><code>MediaCodecInfo</code></a>, and integrating support into <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaExtractor"><code>MediaExtractor</code></a>.</li>
  <li>Camera device type: New APIs that query the underlying device type to identify if a camera is built-in hardware, an external USB webcam, or a virtual camera.</li>
  <li>Constant Quality for Video Recording: <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaRecorder#setVideoEncodingQuality(int)"><code>SetVideoEncodingQuality</code></a> in <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaRecorder"><code>MediaRecorder</code></a> configures a constant quality (CQ) mode for video encoders to ensure uniform visual fidelity across the entire video.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Better support for hearing aids</h2>
<ul>
  <li>Bluetooth LE Audio hearing aid support: Android now includes a specific device category for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Audio hearing aids with the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioDeviceInfo#TYPE_BLE_HEARING_AID"><code>AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_BLE_HEARING_AID</code></a> constant, so your app can distinguish hearing aids from regular headsets to provide a tailored experience for users with assistive listening devices.</li>
  <li>Granular audio routing for hearing aids: Android 17 allows users to independently manage where specific system sounds are played. They can choose to route notifications, ringtones, and alarms to connected hearing aids or the device's built-in speaker, helping to avoid unwanted in-ear interruptions while maintaining a Bluetooth connection for hearing aid management apps.</li>
</ul>

<h2>CameraX and  Media3</h2>
<p><a href="https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/camerax">CameraX</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/media3">Media3</a> have been updated for Android 17. They are there to do the heavy lifting, smoothing the rough edges of media development and simplifying building reliable camera capture,  smooth media playback, and creative and complex editing experiences. </p>

<p>We've released an <a href="https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/camera">agent skill</a> that can migrate legacy Android camera implementations (Camera1 or raw Camera2 APIs) to CameraX.</p>
  
<p>Note: You'll need to update your CameraX version to either 1.5.2 or 1.6.0+ to avoid a crash related to an added dynamic range mode on Android 17 devices.</p>

<h3>Get your apps, libraries, tools, and game engines ready!</h3>
<p>If you develop an Android SDK, library, tool, or game engine, it's critical to prepare any necessary updates now to prevent your downstream app and game developers from being blocked by compatibility issues and allow them to target the latest SDK features. Please let your downstream developers know if updates are needed to fully support Android 17.</p>

<p>Testing involves installing your production app or a test app making use of your library or engine using Google Play or other means onto a device or emulator running Android 17 Beta 4. Work through all your app's flows and look for functional or UI issues. Each release of Android contains platform changes that improve privacy, security, and overall user experience; review the app impacting behavior changes for apps <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all">running on</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-17">targeting</a> Android 17 to focus your testing, including the following:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Resizability on large screens: Once you target Android 17 (SDK 37), you can no longer opt out of maintaining orientation, resizability and aspect ratio constraints <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/changes/ff-restrictions-ignored">on large screens</a>.</li>
  <li>Dynamic code loading: If your app targets SDK 37 or higher, the Safer Dynamic Code Loading (DCL) protection <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/behavior-changes-14#safer-dynamic-code-loading">introduced in Android 14 </a>for DEX and JAR files now extends to native libraries. All native files loaded using System.load() must be marked as read-only. Otherwise, the system throws UnsatisfiedLinkError.</li>
  <li>Enable CT by default: <a href="https://developer.android.com/privacy-and-security/security-config#CertificateTransparencySummary">Certificate transparency (CT)</a> is enabled by default. (On Android 16, CT is available but apps had to <a href="https://developer.android.com/privacy-and-security/security-config#certificateTransparency">opt in</a>.)</li>
  <li>Local network protections: Apps targeting SDK 37 or higher have <a href="https://developer.android.com/privacy-and-security/local-network-permission#android-17-enforcement">local network access blocked by default</a>. Switch to using privacy preserving pickers if possible, and use the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/Manifest.permission#access_local_network"><b><code>ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK</code></b>permission for broad, persistent access.</a></li>
  <li>Background audio hardening: Starting in Android 17, the audio framework enforces <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/changes/bg-audio">restrictions on background audio interactions</a> including audio playback, <a href="https://developer.android.com/media/optimize/audio-focus">audio focus</a> requests, and <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager#adjustStreamVolume(int,%20int,%20int)">volume change</a> APIs. Based on your feedback, we’ve made some changes since beta 2, including targetSDK gating while-in-use FGS enforcement and exempting alarm audio. Full details available in the <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/changes/bg-audio">updated guidance</a>.</li>
  <li>NPU access declaration: Apps targeting Android 17 that need to directly access the NPU must declare <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/PackageManager#feature_neural_processing_unit">FEATURE_NEURAL_PROCESSING_UNIT</a> in their manifest to avoid being blocked from accessing the NPU. This includes apps that use the <a href="https://ai.google.dev/edge/litert/next/npu">LiteRT NPU delegate</a>, vendor-specific SDKs, as well as the deprecated <a href="https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/neuralnetworks">NNAPI</a>.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Get started with Android 17</h3>
<p>Your Pixel device should get Android 17 shortly if you haven't already been on the Android Beta. If you don’t have a Pixel device, you can <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/get#on_emulator">use the 64-bit system images with the Android Emulator</a> in Android Studio. If you are currently on Android 17 Beta 4.1 and have not yet taken an Android 17 QPR1 beta, you can opt out of the program and you will then be offered the release version of Android 17 over the air.</p>
<h3>Getting the Android 17 beta on partner devices</h3>
<p>Android 17 is available in beta on handset, tablet, and foldable form factors <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/devices">from partners</a> including Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Sharp, vivo, and Xiaomi.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5cwRcpdR2j-1KMzQPpsxvIODRLlVkaFNQEIQoNaPQa4X4rgEna5imminlwFdcSJ3xihXdUSFouOC0-ZKyK1A53cBmoaU03au-FjfsqkPXm0tPLtOaWT_7z8tqnMmQjFOr-YIKeP3BMVq8Hmd7yH0zllW1aFMuiW6AAAcDUVL7aIyCAIZUs0d_0VMdF4/s1653/android-17-beta-partners.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1653" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5cwRcpdR2j-1KMzQPpsxvIODRLlVkaFNQEIQoNaPQa4X4rgEna5imminlwFdcSJ3xihXdUSFouOC0-ZKyK1A53cBmoaU03au-FjfsqkPXm0tPLtOaWT_7z8tqnMmQjFOr-YIKeP3BMVq8Hmd7yH0zllW1aFMuiW6AAAcDUVL7aIyCAIZUs0d_0VMdF4/s16000/android-17-beta-partners.jpg"></a></div><br><h3><br></h3>

<p>For the best development experience with Android 17, we recommend that you use the latest Canary build of <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/preview">Android Studio Quail</a>. Once you’re set up, here are some of the things you should do:</p>
<p>Test your current app for compatibility, learn whether your app is <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all">affected by changes in Android 17</a>, and install your app onto a device or <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator">Android Emulator</a> running Android 17 and extensively test it.</p>

<p>Thank you again to everyone who participated in our Android developer preview and beta program. We're looking forward to seeing how your apps take advantage of the updates in Android 17, and have plans to bring you updates in a fast-paced release cadence going forward.</p>
<p>For complete information on Android 17 please visit the <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17">Android 17 developer site</a>.</p><br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Posted by Ben Weiss, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer RelationsWelcome back to the blog post series "Build intelligent Android apps" where we take a basic Android app and transform it into a personalized, intelligent, and agentic experience. In our previous post, we explored...]]></description>
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi961epgT3N_Za_k2-pCJ30tegn7DM-Umh1LWh7Q4NxhryR5H57JB00zKQcek56ccAvEM95i6wyXWWCZZ7486_Gq1ewxPHtsMY13UVsVTmndAvkOJtHPjUXuZ3XW_yBEFtlOr2ocBFIKr0PCRZhIRs67h6bX6zDKihwcxQs8bGbYTqIp5azuBKcX4PNMMY/s2469/AFD%20-%20%5BABL_104%5D%20JetPacker%20AppFunctions_Meta.png"><p></p><p><i>Posted by Ben Weiss, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Relations</i></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92OFxAOxVMpResmBcBoUfxzgcMmVOMn3mXQabB9O-xkC7pjYxrvXS7YLTEWLIBstwuDLc0ePCC-Tf7AKq62mgAXjSYg9-VUIjKvokK6BhGHqPDSXCTQowbpj40plsP3V3Ju3ck4gzNdJmGQ6C1-twuob2UnPu7oY9B_oSwnYSkaif7lSEMwFnStzWknM/s8583/AFD%20-%20%5BABL_104%5D%20JetPacker%20AppFunctions_Blog.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="8583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92OFxAOxVMpResmBcBoUfxzgcMmVOMn3mXQabB9O-xkC7pjYxrvXS7YLTEWLIBstwuDLc0ePCC-Tf7AKq62mgAXjSYg9-VUIjKvokK6BhGHqPDSXCTQowbpj40plsP3V3Ju3ck4gzNdJmGQ6C1-twuob2UnPu7oY9B_oSwnYSkaif7lSEMwFnStzWknM/s1600/AFD%20-%20%5BABL_104%5D%20JetPacker%20AppFunctions_Blog.png"></a></div><br><p><br></p><p>Welcome back to the blog post series "<a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-introduction-jetpack.html" target="_blank">Build intelligent Android apps</a>" where we take a basic Android app and transform it into a personalized, intelligent, and agentic experience. In our <a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-cloud-hybrid-inference.html">previous post</a>, we explored how to leverage Firebase AI Logic to build cloud-hosted and hybrid AI features.</p>Traditional mobile UIs excel at focused, hands-on tasks, and the Android intelligence system is introducing complementary features to make complex, multi-step actions even easier. By supplementing traditional user interfaces, AppFunctions provide a powerful new entry point: A privileged agent on the device can access app features in the background. This can be particularly helpful when users are driving, walking or otherwise multitasking. 

<p>In this article, we'll show you how we designed and integrated these capabilities into our travel planning app, <a href="https://github.com/android/ai-samples/tree/main/jetpacker">JetPacker</a>, using Android AppFunctions. We'll explore the rationale behind our feature choices, discuss the specialized tooling we used to accelerate development, and dive into the code that makes it all work.</p>

<h2>Designing AI-ready features: making choices that matter for your users</h2>

<p>To select which features to provide to the intelligence system, we looked for tasks where a voice or text command is objectively faster than tapping through screens. In this side-by-side screen recording you can see this contrast perfectly: on the left, a user tapping through multiple screens to log an expense; on the right, the same task completed instantly in the background via a privileged agent.</p>

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<p>Our first choice was expense tracking. Logging a coffee expense during a trip usually takes quite a few taps—unlocking the phone, opening the app, finding the active trip, navigating to the expenses tab, tapping the add button, taking a picture of the receipt, and checking the result. By providing the <code>addExpense</code> and <code>getExpenses</code> features as AppFunctions, the system agent handles the heavy lifting. When the user says, "Add a five-dollar coffee expense to my Paris trip," the agent automatically searches for the correct trip ID in the background and inserts the expense, skipping the manual UI flow entirely.</p>

<p>We also prioritized itinerary management. Finding what activity is next on a busy trip itinerary usually requires scrolling through a dense timeline view. By providing <code>getItinerary</code> and <code>addItineraryEvent</code> to the system, the user can simply ask, "What am I doing next in Paris?" and get an immediate answer.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRduisOXPFs0o2m-JwtESU1fUEanqH-A0eGt58MUuXs-vgN1af77M-j3ETdegzulBq-3TClrDvhO2K_8q4ep8xAlnW1y5T09ZxxHyZmTRtftA9DOmIk7ykfM_JihQ2c2fcUbEA-jCO1sgW2JnxN9qtB8IS58lbQoaIk4cPJPuPQavZNUoW2rNKo9r8g9M/s960/Comp%202.gif"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRduisOXPFs0o2m-JwtESU1fUEanqH-A0eGt58MUuXs-vgN1af77M-j3ETdegzulBq-3TClrDvhO2K_8q4ep8xAlnW1y5T09ZxxHyZmTRtftA9DOmIk7ykfM_JihQ2c2fcUbEA-jCO1sgW2JnxN9qtB8IS58lbQoaIk4cPJPuPQavZNUoW2rNKo9r8g9M/s1600/Comp%202.gif"></a></div><br><p><br></p>
  

<p>Finally, we focused on hands-free note capturing. Typing out reminders or notes while walking down a busy street is difficult and unsafe. Exposing a voice note capability allows the user to say, "The flight was amazing, I saw a beautiful sunset and managed to sleep well," and the privileged agent automatically transcribes and saves it directly into the travel database <span face="Roboto, sans-serif"> using the </span><span>addVoiceNote</span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif"> AppFunction.</span></p>

<h2>Android MCP powered by AppFunctions</h2>This entire experience is built on Android MCP. Under this design, the app acts as a local MCP server. Rather than remote APIs, you provide your app features directly to the on-device intelligence system.<br><br><a href="https://d.android.com/ai/appfunctions">Android AppFunctions</a> is the API that brings this concept to life. It reads annotated Kotlin functions and compiles them into type-safe, sandboxed tool definitions that the privileged agent can discover and invoke locally on the device.<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypEvh8lAK1myAWpnG4A0TtdIaTxP69t7g9croAJSUZ2Od6AEkhwMusN3CvdGohdvYzoh1UaCxCHb22oJzCD_4B2K8vfQzcyAIaTl8lk3TCR9T0SoMHjjaDk4GMxxPazeCfT0aF7rifm7-LAvcMhyphenhyphenryDJpOPYon7jiISKB2sMLzAwHDuKFxIv16sDXjrM/s2500/Android%20MCP%20diagram.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypEvh8lAK1myAWpnG4A0TtdIaTxP69t7g9croAJSUZ2Od6AEkhwMusN3CvdGohdvYzoh1UaCxCHb22oJzCD_4B2K8vfQzcyAIaTl8lk3TCR9T0SoMHjjaDk4GMxxPazeCfT0aF7rifm7-LAvcMhyphenhyphenryDJpOPYon7jiISKB2sMLzAwHDuKFxIv16sDXjrM/s1600/Android%20MCP%20diagram.png"></a></div><br><p><br></p>

<p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><i><div><i>Diagram highlighting our apps, the android platform, and system agents coordinate AppFunctions.</i></div></i><p>Under the Android MCP model, your app acts as a local MCP server that exposes structured tools, while the Android platform serves as the central tool registry. On the MCP client side, agent apps are registered with the intelligence system after being granted system-privileged permissions to access the registry.</p>

<p>When a user interacts with a registered agent, its LLM determines if the request can be handled by an AppFunction, queries the platform's metadata, and executes the appropriate registered functions in the background. This local MCP client-server design gives you full control: you choose exactly which features are accessible to the agent, keeping the rest of your app's data private.</p>

<h2>How we accelerated development with Android skills</h2>

To streamline the integration process, we leveraged the <a href="https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/device-ai/appfunctions">AppFunctions development skill</a>. The AppFunctions development skill is a complete development companion. It guided us through the entire lifecycle: mapping Kotlin data classes to serialize parameters, generating the necessary <code>Service</code> entry points, refining our <code>KDoc</code> documentation to ensure the LLM understands parameter boundaries, and setting up automated testing using ADB.

<h2>Providing app features to the intelligence system</h2>

<p>Enough with the theory, let's dive into the implementation.</p>

<h4>Configuration and dependency setup</h4>

<p>We begin by adding the AppFunctions dependencies. One for the API and one for the Kotlin Symbol Processing compiler.</p>

<pre><code>implementation("androidx.appfunctions:appfunctions:1.0.0-alpha10")
ksp("androidx.appfunctions:appfunctions-compiler:1.0.0-alpha10")</code></pre>

<h4>Modeling custom data types</h4>

<p>Any custom object exchanged with the agent must be annotated with <code>@AppFunctionSerializable</code>. In our <a href="https://github.com/android/ai-samples/tree/main/jetpacker/android/feature/appfunctions/src/main/java/com/example/jetpacker/feature/appfunctions/TripSerializable.kt">TripSerializable.kt</a> file, we define our trip data model:</p>

<pre><code>@AppFunctionSerializable(isDescribedByKDoc = true)
data class TripSerializable(
    /** The trip's unique identifier. */
    val id: String,
    /** The trip's title. */
    val title: String,
    /** The trip's destination location. */
    val location: String,
    /** The trip's start date in milliseconds. */
    val startDate: Long,
    /** The trip's end date in milliseconds. */
    val endDate: Long,
    /** A list of participants. */
    val participants: List&lt;String&gt;,
)</code></pre>

<h4>Providing features using the @AppFunction annotation</h4>

<p>Next, the skill wrote the Kotlin functions that perform the database queries and annotate them with <code>@AppFunction</code>. We can view this in searchTrip:</p>

<pre><code>/**
 * Looks for trips based on optional filters like id, title (name), location, and dates.
 *
 * @param id The unique identifier of the trip.
 * @param title The title or name of the trip.
 * @param location The destination location.
 * @param startDate The minimum start date in milliseconds.
 * @param endDate The maximum end date in milliseconds.
 * @return A list of trips matching the filters.
 */
@AppFunction(isDescribedByKDoc = true)
suspend fun searchTrip(
    id: String? = null,
    title: String? = null,
    location: String? = null,
    startDate: Long? = null,
    endDate: Long? = null
): List&lt;TripSerializable&gt; {
    return withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
    // implementation
}</code></pre>

<p>Since AppFunctions run on the UI thread by default, we use <code>withContext(Dispatchers.IO)</code> to switch to a background dispatcher. Additionally, we refine our KDoc to use clear, imperative verbs and specify parameter constraints. This documentation compiles directly into the tool's schema, which the privileged agent uses to resolve parameters and handle runtime errors.</p>

<h4>The service entry point and Hilt integration</h4>

<p>To register these features with the intelligence system, we create an abstract base class that extends <code>AppFunctionService</code>. We annotate it with <code>@AppFunctionServiceEntryPoint</code>:</p>

<pre><code>@RequiresApi(36)
@AndroidEntryPoint
@AppFunctionServiceEntryPoint(
    serviceName = "JetPackerAppFunctionService",
    appFunctionXmlFileName = "jetpacker_app_function_service"
)
abstract class BaseJetPackerAppFunctionService : AppFunctionService() {
    @Inject internal lateinit var tripDao: TripDao
    // DAOs and database references are injected here...
}</code></pre>

<p>During compilation, KSP generates the final concrete service subclass, <code>JetPackerAppFunctionService</code>, as declared with the <code>serviceName</code> parameter. We also register <code>app_metadata.xml</code> in the app's manifest. This file provides global operational rules for JetPacker's declared AppFunctions.</p>

<h2>Testing and verifying your AppFunctions</h2>

<p>Once implemented, you should verify that your AppFunctions are registered and working correctly.</p>

<p>Running devices or emulators with Android 17 or newer, you can use ADB commands from your terminal to list and invoke your functions. Running <code>adb shell cmd app_function list-app-functions</code> displays all registered functions for your package. You can then execute a specific function and test its database integration by running <code>adb shell cmd app_function execute-app-function</code> while passing a raw JSON parameters string.</p>

<p>Instead of these ADB commands, you can also use the <a href="https://github.com/android/appfunctions">AppFunctions Testing Agent</a> to inspect your configuration, list and execute AppFunctions, and even see how your AppFunctions behave in a real conversational flow.</p>

<h2>Wrapping it up</h2>

<p>When thinking about app features that can be contributed to the intelligence system using AppFunctions requires a slight shift in how we think about code and documentation. AppFunctions enable you to use this new interaction model for apps, which allows using an agent to access app features..</p>

<p>First, the <a href="https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/device-ai/appfunctions">AppFunctions development skill</a> is an essential lifecycle tool, helping you discover features, implement and refine AppFunctions for your apps. Second, KDoc comments are a compiled API asset; clear parameter descriptions directly impact the execution accuracy of the system agent. Finally, Android MCP provides local-first execution allowing apps to safely collaborate with AI agents.</p>

<p>Contributing app features through AppFunctions makes your application ready for the intelligence system. Let us know how you are adapting your apps for the agentic era!</p>

<h2>Learn more</h2>

<p>Check out the other parts of this blog post series:<br><b><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-introduction-jetpack.html">Part 1:</a></b> Introduction of the app and a high-level overview.<br><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/android-on-device-inference.html"><b>Part 2:</b></a> On-device intelligence. Deep-dive into ML Kit’s GenAI APIs and Gemini Nano to build privacy-first features like itinerary summarization, receipt parsing, and local audio processing.<br><b><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-cloud-hybrid-inference.html">Part 3:</a></b> Hybrid and cloud reasoning. Explore how to use Firebase AI Logic to ground LLM answers in real-world data like Google Maps and web context.<br><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-appfunctions.html"><b>Part 4 (this post!):</b></a> System integration. Integrating with the Android intelligence system using AppFunctions. <br>Part 5 (coming soon): In-app agentic workflows. Extend the app with an end-to-end booking assistant powered by A2UI and ADK.</p>

<p>Interested in more on Android Development? Follow Android Developers on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AndroidDevelopers">YouTube</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/androiddev/">LinkedIn</a>!</p>

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<description><![CDATA[Posted by Jolanda Verhoef, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer RelationsBuilding GenAI features in your app usually means navigating through various models, APIs and architecture choices: 

  Execution location: Where does your model run? On device, in the cloud, or both?
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<div><i>Posted by Jolanda Verhoef, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, </i><i>Android Developer Relations</i></div><div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlbIY8mjuSzlWuS8mnGJ3v8Je-yrtFFaBHNXumMqS0rbaS32wv5HUhI4mv5pHT8ro0Rfb-duyMhK8_OeKnMyocY9s6GmC9_pgTEv6sgZoiaZpD00sODTTctYV8I4RHddKWcXAMUyTASk97cS1ysx4A2PFYB6PEeiHeN93BFgDiOTKH62ZJMig3kGP66E/s8583/0713%20Jetpacker%20Blog.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="8583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlbIY8mjuSzlWuS8mnGJ3v8Je-yrtFFaBHNXumMqS0rbaS32wv5HUhI4mv5pHT8ro0Rfb-duyMhK8_OeKnMyocY9s6GmC9_pgTEv6sgZoiaZpD00sODTTctYV8I4RHddKWcXAMUyTASk97cS1ysx4A2PFYB6PEeiHeN93BFgDiOTKH62ZJMig3kGP66E/s1600/0713%20Jetpacker%20Blog.png"></a></div><br><i><br></i><p>Building GenAI features in your app usually means navigating through various models, APIs and architecture choices: </p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Execution location:</strong> Where does your model run? On device, in the cloud, or both?</li>
  <li><strong>Complexity:</strong> How complex is your setup? Are you doing a single inference call or do you need a more agentic flow?</li>
  <li><strong>In-app or Android System:</strong> Should your feature be built into your Android app or does it fit better as an Android system integration?</li>
</ul>

<p>In this blog post series we'll navigate these choices with you. We will take you along on a journey, starting with a basic mobile app and transforming it into a <b>personalized</b>, <b>intelligent</b>, and <b>agentic</b> experience.</p>

<h2>Jetpacker: a demo travel app</h2>
<p>Jetpacker is a <b>technical showcase app</b> that our team built from the ground up for this year's Google I/O (built using Antigravity). At its core, Jetpacker helps users plan, explore, and enjoy their next big adventure. It shows an overview of your trips, the itinerary of each trip, and details of each event on that trip. Of course following all best practices of Android development, including a beautifully expressive Material UI design.</p><div>
  
  
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<p>And best of all? It's fully <a href="https://github.com/android/ai-samples/tree/main/jetpacker" target="_blank">open source</a>!</p>

<p>Today we are publishing a series of<b> technical blog posts</b> diving deep into each of these features. We’ll provide detailed implementation steps, code snippets, and architectural insights to help you build your own intelligent Android applications.</p>

<h2><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/android-on-device-inference.html">On-device intelligence</a></h2>
<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7d4EqOTEFypjsqmFoZ8h-zPw3QqQkNY1F_vdbJ98vv1QJCqIE8P-reC0fttcMfNk05g3kGSLhGXVaeiOQDqARK6ptNhFe43miZgTNSmdF7V5hh6u4PhjQleWXmxDqkAf5YKPPyBU14V9z_wFfkiwVDCHN0rkLDtbZCGnb6Jq8d7Iu3YRVgDd9fcMeTiA/s1848/on-device-features.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7d4EqOTEFypjsqmFoZ8h-zPw3QqQkNY1F_vdbJ98vv1QJCqIE8P-reC0fttcMfNk05g3kGSLhGXVaeiOQDqARK6ptNhFe43miZgTNSmdF7V5hh6u4PhjQleWXmxDqkAf5YKPPyBU14V9z_wFfkiwVDCHN0rkLDtbZCGnb6Jq8d7Iu3YRVgDd9fcMeTiA/s1600/on-device-features.png"></a></div><div><i>On-device features in Jetpacker: Summarizing trip itineraries, managing expenses, and voice notes</i></div><p>Using an on-device model comes with <b>no additional cloud inference</b> costs, means you don't have to worry about <b>internet connectivity</b>, and lets users be confident that private information will be <b>processed locally</b>, on the device, without any of their data being sent to the cloud.</p>

<p>In Jetpacker, we chose on-device inference for three of our features:</p>
<ul>
  <li>The <b>trip overview</b> feature transforms a messy, multi-day itinerary into a concise, actionable summary. It leverages Gemini Nano through the <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android">ML Kit GenAI APIs</a> to process data locally on the device. We consider this a nice-to-have feature where we don't want to incur extra cloud costs, making on-device inference the right choice.</li>
  <li>The <b>expense tracker</b> automatically extracts structured data from receipt images to help users track their travel spending. It uses the <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android/get-started#provide-multimodal">multimodal capabilities</a> of Gemini Nano 4 through the ML Kit GenAI APIs. We choose an on-device solution so that any privacy-sensitive information on the receipt images never leaves the user's device.</li>
  <li>The <b>audio diary </b>records, transcribes, and categorizes voice notes into relevant trip activities. It is powered by the <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/speech-recognition/android">ML Kit Speech Recognition</a> and <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android/get-started">GenAI Prompt APIs</a>. We chose an on-device solution for privacy and connectivity reasons.</li>
</ul>

<h2><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-cloud-hybrid-inference.html" target="_blank">Cloud &amp; hybrid inference</a></h2>
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<p>Or, if you want to get the best of both worlds, you can use hybrid inference to <b>dynamically choose</b> either a cloud or on-device model at runtime. This allows us to <b>lower costs</b> by moving inference to the device when it is available, but at the same time <b>support all Android devices</b> running the app.</p>

<p>In Jetpacker, we implemented several features using cloud or hybrid inference:</p>
<ul>
  <li>The <b>place Q&amp;A</b> feature answers user questions about specific locations by grounding responses in real-world data. It uses <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic">Firebase AI Logic</a> integrated with <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/grounding-google-maps">Google Maps</a> and <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/grounding-google-search">web context</a>. Using a cloud model is necessary here for its greater world knowledge.</li>
  <li>The <b>review drafting</b> feature helps users compose detailed reviews for the places they have visited. It leverages both on-device and cloud models through Firebase AI Logic's new <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/hybrid/android/get-started">Hybrid inference API</a>. This is a feature we wanted to make available to all app users, so we're using a cloud model as a fallback when an on-device model is unavailable.</li>
  <li>The <b>automatic chat translation</b> dynamically translates chat messages in real time to facilitate seamless communication, demonstrating custom hybrid inference logic. Again, we want this feature to be available to all app users, but at the same time have some specific considerations on when to choose on-device versus cloud.</li>
</ul>

<h2><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-appfunctions.html">System integration</a></h2><div>
  
  
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<p>While not a feature you see in the app itself, the Android system integration opens up the app's core capabilities directly to the Android operating system. It uses the <a href="https://developer.android.com/ai/appfunctions">AppFunctions API</a> to integrate with system-level intelligence.</p>

<h2>In-app agentic workflows (coming soon!)</h2>
<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YAW_TWepCinuAvHQ7i9JKfhWtf-GSggI6CtD0Qp7-nfPA7UTmmYHTAtsEybWlmiPgxZqo_fUlqc44dmF_5WWH4tlTRze8qdsm9Jc5ARwL5k_PJjU1VTcAHRE3EdxL4JHSnsCt4VCzwPaR41LM34048icLNZLE1kUhpLTeiGpDH87Bh7utPJmXS4kn_8/s1618/agentic-feature-booking-assistant%20(1).png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="844" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YAW_TWepCinuAvHQ7i9JKfhWtf-GSggI6CtD0Qp7-nfPA7UTmmYHTAtsEybWlmiPgxZqo_fUlqc44dmF_5WWH4tlTRze8qdsm9Jc5ARwL5k_PJjU1VTcAHRE3EdxL4JHSnsCt4VCzwPaR41LM34048icLNZLE1kUhpLTeiGpDH87Bh7utPJmXS4kn_8/w209-h400/agentic-feature-booking-assistant%20(1).png" width="209"></a></div><i><div><i>The booking assistant shows several in-progress flight bookings, asking the user for input before making a final booking.</i></div></i><p>Agenticness introduces a higher level of<b> autonomy</b>, enabling models to act as agents. Instead of a single inference call, an agent works towards a specific goal via an orchestration loop that allows it to <b>reason</b>, use <b>tools</b>, and <b>adapt </b>its path. Depending on your requirements, these intelligent agents can run either in the cloud, directly on-device, or in a hybrid setup.</p>

<p>For Jetpacker we added a <b>booking assistant</b> that automates end-to-end booking workflows directly within the application to streamline reservations. It is built using <a href="https://a2ui.org/">A2UI</a> and <a href="https://adk.dev/">ADK</a> running in the cloud. The Android app functions as a front-end to the multi-agentic system running in the cloud.</p>

<h2>Learn more</h2>
<p>Check out the other parts of this blog post series:</p><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-introduction-jetpack.html"><b>Part 1 (this post!):</b></a> Introduction of the app and a high-level overview.<br><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/android-on-device-inference.html"><b>Part 2:</b></a> On-device intelligence. Deep-dive into ML Kit’s GenAI APIs and Gemini Nano to build privacy-first features like itinerary summarization, receipt parsing, and local audio processing.<br><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-cloud-hybrid-inference.html"><b>Part 3:</b></a> Hybrid and cloud reasoning. Explore how to use Firebase AI Logic to ground LLM answers in real-world data like Google Maps and web context.<br><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-appfunctions.html"><b>Part 4:</b></a> System integration. Integrating with the Android intelligence system using AppFunctions.<br>Part 5 (coming soon): In-app agentic workflows. Extend the app with an end-to-end booking assistant powered by A2UI and ADK.<p>Interested in more on Android Development? Follow Android Developers on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AndroidDevelopers">YouTube</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/androiddev/">LinkedIn</a>!</p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Linux Foundation Launches Akrites To Coordinate AI-Driven Open Source Security]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: The Linux Foundation has announced Akrites, a new initiative to coordinate vulnerability disclosure and remediation for critical open source software as AI dramatically speeds up vulnerability discovery. Founding members include AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Red Hat, NVIDIA...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:12:54 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: The Linux Foundation has announced Akrites, a new initiative to coordinate vulnerability disclosure and remediation for critical open source software as AI dramatically speeds up vulnerability discovery. Founding members include AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Red Hat, NVIDIA, IBM, Cisco, JPMorganChase, and others. Akrites will provide a shared Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), a standardized coordinated vulnerability disclosure process, and act as a "maintainer of last resort" for abandoned but widely used packages.
 
The goal is to reduce duplicate reports, avoid conflicting patches, and help upstream maintainers address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. As AI makes it easier to find security flaws, can a coordinated industry effort help protect open source, or does it risk giving large corporations too much influence over the ecosystem? "Akrites is the largest coordinated effort in history to create systems and deploy tooling that leverages the collective power of the community to make everyone safer," the Linux Foundation said in an open letter. "Akrites participants will contribute engineering resources; work to build and ship fixes; or fund the engineers who do. Some companies have contributed mightily already. The reality is, collectively, we need to contribute more."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents To Supply Chain Attacks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: AI security researchers have uncovered a structural security flaw dubbed GuardFall that allows decades-old Bash shell tricks to bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents. By exploiting shell behaviors such as quote removal and variable expansion, at...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:12:50 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: AI security researchers have uncovered a structural security flaw dubbed GuardFall that allows decades-old Bash shell tricks to bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents. By exploiting shell behaviors such as quote removal and variable expansion, attackers can hide malicious commands in repositories, README files, Makefiles, or other content consumed by AI agents. If executed — particularly in auto-approve or CI environments—the commands can steal credentials, compromise developer systems, or enable software supply chain attacks. According to researchers at Adversa AI, the 11 popular open source AI coding agents tested, only one successfully blocked all of the Bash trick techniques.<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Google Hands Open Health Stack To the Linux Foundation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: The Linux Foundation intends to launch the Open Health Stack Software Foundation, a new vendor-neutral home for the Google Open Health Stack project. Google is contributing the project code and assets while Google.org is providing a $3 million grant. The initiative is also ba...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:12:42 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[BrianFagioli writes: The Linux Foundation intends to launch the Open Health Stack Software Foundation, a new vendor-neutral home for the Google Open Health Stack project. Google is contributing the project code and assets while Google.org is providing a $3 million grant. The initiative is also backed by Microsoft, Anthropic, and the World Health Organization, with the goal of building open source, AI-ready digital health infrastructure. Will moving the project under Linux Foundation governance accelerate adoption, or is this simply another foundation that most developers will never interact with? The new project will focus on core HL7 FHIR technologies for healthcare interoperability, the Open Health Stack Player deployment toolkit, and AI Commons -- a model-agnostic healthcare AI initiative being co-developed with the World Health Organization.
 
A notable part of the announcement is its planned Implementer Program, which aims to give startups, small businesses, and local developers in low- and middle-income countries a formal role in governance. In other words, the effort is not just about building healthcare software standards, but about making sure the people implementing them in underserved markets help shape the project too.<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds To Critics of AI Coding On Linux: 'Fork It. Or Just Walk Away.']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds says the Linux kernel will not ban AI-assisted coding tools, and if anti-AI absolutists have a problem with that, they can "fork it" or "walk away." An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Writing in a lengthy post on the Linux kernel mailing list this week, Torvalds...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:12:30 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Linus Torvalds says the Linux kernel will not ban AI-assisted coding tools, and if anti-AI absolutists have a problem with that, they can "fork it" or "walk away." An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Writing in a lengthy post on the Linux kernel mailing list this week, Torvalds said that "Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it. Or just walk away." The statement came amid a lengthy thread arguing about the use of Sashiko, an "agentic Linux kernel code review system" that its creators claim can, in tests, independently find 53.6 percent of the bugs that would end up being fixed by human coders in later commits. But the tool can also waste maintainers' time by sending "false positive" reports of bugs that don't exist, at a rate Sashiko's maintainers estimate is "well within [the] 20% range."
 
In discussing whether maintainers should be subjected to a flood of these kinds of automated, AI-powered bug report emails (true or false), one poster cited the Software Freedom Conservancy's recent statement that the open source community "should support, not just tolerate, those who outright reject LLM-gen-AI systems" and that "every FOSS contributor deserves self-determination regarding LLM-gen-AI." In the face of that statement, Torvalds said that he rejects those who demand that their open source projects not accept any LLM-generated code or revisions. "We're not forcing anybody to use [LLM tools], but I will very loudly ignore people who try to argue against other people from using it," Torvalds said.
 
Torvalds said his position on this is a pragmatic one that's "based on technical merit. Not fear of new tools." And when it comes to utility, Torvalds said that "AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one. It may not have been that 'clearly' even just a year ago, but it's no longer in question today. Anybody who doubts that clearly hasn't actually used it." [...] While Torvalds acknowledged that "AI isn't perfect," he urged detractors to compare the output of these tools to the performance of human code maintainers. "Anybody who points to the problems at AI had better be looking in the mirror and pointing at themselves at the same time," Torvalds wrote. "Because it's not like natural intelligence is always all that great either."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Community Office Hours: Exchange Email Support]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 15x - Views:697 Welcome to the last Community Office Hours of 2025! In this edition, Heather and Monica welcome Sr. Software Engineer Brendan Abolivier and Software Engineer Eleanor Dichary from the Desktop Team. We’re discussing the recent Exchange Web Su...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:05:14 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 15x - Views:697 <br/></p><p><iframe id="ytplayer" loading="lazy" type="text/html" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w986NrVHBM0?autoplay=1&origin=https://tsecurity.de" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>Welcome to the last Community Office Hours of 2025! In this edition, Heather and Monica welcome Sr. Software Engineer Brendan Abolivier and Software Engineer Eleanor Dichary from the Desktop Team. We’re discussing the recent Exchange Web Support for email that just landed in Thunderbird Monthly Release 145. Learn how the team landed this feature and discover future plans for Calendar and Contact support, as well as Graph API<br />
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Chapters:<br />
00:00 Intro<br />
03:50 What is Microsoft Exchange<br />
05:07 Why it took so long to add Exchange<br />
14:33 Exchange in Thunderbird 145<br />
18:20 Config options and authorization<br />
27:10 Attachments and storage<br />
32:30 Sync and folder operations<br />
36:10 Filters and notification<br />
39:10 Search<br />
40:20 Feedback and bug reporting<br />
43:00 Mobile and Graph API<br />
49:09 JMAP and future protocols<br />
55:50 Calendar and address book<br />
59:57 Roadmap and EWS deprecation<br />
62:23 Closing<br />
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Resources:<br />
Exchange Mozilla Support Article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-exchange<br />
Exchange Mozilla Wiki Post (with call for testing): https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird%3AExchange<br />
Reach out on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderbird:mozilla.org<br />
Bugzilla (use Exchange component for reporting): https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MailNews%20Core<br/></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Ransomware Actors Exploit Unpatched SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management to Compromise Utility Billing Software Provider]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Summary
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is releasing this advisory in response to ransomware actors leveraging unpatched instances of a vulnerability in SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) to compromise customers of a utility billing software provider. Th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:19:52 +0200</pubDate>
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<p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is releasing this advisory in response to ransomware actors leveraging unpatched instances of a vulnerability in SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) to compromise customers of a utility billing software provider. This incident reflects a broader pattern of ransomware actors targeting organizations through unpatched versions of SimpleHelp RMM since January 2025.</p>
<p>SimpleHelp versions 5.5.7 and earlier contain several vulnerabilities, including <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57727" target="_blank" title="CVE-2024-57727">CVE-2024-57727</a>—a path traversal vulnerability.<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-163a#note1" title="Note1"><sup>1</sup></a><sup> </sup>Ransomware actors likely leveraged CVE-2024-57727 to access downstream customers’ unpatched SimpleHelp RMM for disruption of services in double extortion compromises.<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-163a#note1" title="Note 1"><sup>1</sup></a><sup> </sup></p>
<p>CISA added CVE-2024-57727 to its <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog" title="Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog">Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog</a> on Feb. 13, 2025.</p>
<p>CISA urges software vendors, downstream customers, and end users to immediately implement the <strong>Mitigations </strong>listed in this advisory based on confirmed compromise or risk of compromise.</p>
<p>Download the PDF version of this report:</p>





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<h2><strong>Mitigations</strong></h2>
<p>CISA recommends organizations implement the mitigations below to respond to emerging ransomware activity exploiting SimpleHelp software. These mitigations align with the Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) developed by CISA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The CPGs provide a minimum set of practices and protections that CISA and NIST recommend all organizations implement. CISA and NIST based the CPGs on existing cybersecurity frameworks and guidance to protect against the most common and impactful threats, tactics, techniques, and procedures. Visit CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cross-sector-cybersecurity-performance-goals" title="CPGs webpage">CPGs webpage</a> for more information on the CPGs, including additional recommended baseline protections. These mitigations apply to all critical infrastructure organizations.</p>
<h3>Vulnerable Third-Party Vendors</h3>
<p>If SimpleHelp is embedded or bundled in vendor-owned software or if a third-party service provider leverages SimpleHelp on a downstream customer’s network, then identify the SimpleHelp server version at the top of the file <code>&lt;file_path&gt;/SimpleHelp/configuration/serverconfig.xml</code>. If version 5.5.7 or prior is found or has been used since January 2025, third-party vendors should:</p>
<ol>
<li>Isolate the SimpleHelp server instance from the internet or stop the server process.</li>
<li>Upgrade immediately to the latest SimpleHelp version in accordance with SimpleHelp’s security vulnerability advisory.<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-163a#note2" title="Note 2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li>Contact your downstream customers to direct them to take actions to secure their endpoints and undertake threat hunting actions on their network.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Vulnerable Downstream Customers and End Users</h3>
<p>Determine if the system is running an unpatched version of SimpleHelp RMM either directly or embedded in third-party software.</p>
<h4><strong>SimpleHelp Endpoints</strong></h4>
<p>Determine if an endpoint is running the remote access (RAS) service by checking the following paths depending on the specific environment:</p>
<ul>
<li>Windows: <code>%APPDATA%\JWrapper-Remote Access</code></li>
<li>Linux: <code>/opt/JWrapper-Remote Access</code></li>
<li>MacOs: <code>/Library/Application Support/JWrapper-Remote Access</code></li>
</ul>
<p>If RAS installation is present and running, open the <code>serviceconfig.xml</code> file in <code>&lt;file_path&gt;/JWrapper-Remote Access/JWAppsSharedConfig/</code> to determine if the registered service is vulnerable. The lines starting with <code>&lt;ConnectTo</code> indicate the server addresses where the service is registered.</p>
<h4><strong>SimpleHelp Server</strong></h4>
<p>Determine the version of any SimpleHelp server by performing an HTTP query against it. Add <code>/allversions</code> (e.g., <code>https://simple-help.com/allversions</code>) to query the URL for the version page. This page will list the running version.</p>
<p>If an unpatched SimpleHelp version 5.5.7 or earlier is confirmed on a system, organizations should conduct threat hunting actions for evidence of compromise and continuously monitor for unusual inbound and outbound traffic from the SimpleHelp server. <strong>Note: </strong>This is not an exhaustive list of indicators of compromise.</p>
<ol>
<li> Refer to SimpleHelp’s guidance to determine compromise and next steps.<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-163a#note3" title="Note 3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li>Isolate the SimpleHelp server instance from the internet or stop the server process.</li>
<li>Search for any suspicious or anomalous executables with three alphabetic letter filenames (e.g., <code>aaa.exe</code>, <code>bbb.exe</code>, etc.) with a creation time after January 2025. Additionally, perform host and network vulnerability security scans via reputable scanning services to verify malware is not on the system.</li>
<li>Even if there is no evidence of compromise, users should immediately upgrade to the latest SimpleHelp version in accordance with SimpleHelp’s security vulnerabilities advisory.<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-163a#note4" title="Note 4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
</ol>
<p>If your organization is unable to immediately identify and patch vulnerable versions of SimpleHelp, apply appropriate workarounds. In this circumstance, CISA recommends using other vendor-provided mitigations when available. These non-patching workarounds should not be considered permanent fixes and organizations should apply the appropriate patch as soon as it is made available.</p>
<h3>Encrypted Downstream Customers and End Users</h3>
<p>If a system has been encrypted by ransomware:</p>
<ol>
<li>Disconnect the affected system from the internet.</li>
<li>Use clean installation media (e.g., a bootable USD drive or DVD) to reinstall the operating system. Ensure the installation media is free from malware.</li>
<li>Wipe the system and only restore data from a clean backup. Ensure data files are obtained from a protected environment to avoid reintroducing ransomware to the system.</li>
</ol>
<p>CISA urges you to promptly report ransomware incidents to a <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices" target="_blank" title="local FBI Field Office">local FBI Field Office</a>, FBI’s <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/" target="_blank" title="Internet Crime Compliant Center (IC3)">Internet Crime Compliant Center (IC3)</a>, and CISA via CISA’s 24/7 Operations Center (<a href="mailto:report@cisa.gov" title="report@cisa.gov">report@cisa.gov</a> or 1-844-Say-CISA).</p>
<h3><strong>Proactive Mitigations to Reduce Risk</strong></h3>
<p>To reduce opportunities for intrusion and to strengthen response to ransomware activity, CISA recommends customers of vendors and managed service providers (MSPs) implement the following best practices:</p>
<ul>
<li>Maintain a robust asset inventory and hardware list [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-cpgs#AssetInventory1A" title="CPG 1.A">CPG 1.A</a>].</li>
<li>Maintain a clean, offline backup of the system to ensure encryption will not occur once reverted. Conduct a daily system backup on a separate, offline device, such as a flash drive or external hard drive. Remove the device from the computer after backup is complete [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-cpgs#SystemBackups2R" title="CPG 2.R">CPG 2.R</a>].</li>
<li>Do not expose remote services such as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) on the web. If these services must be exposed, apply appropriate compensating controls to prevent common forms of abuse and exploitation. Disable unnecessary OS applications and network protocols on internet-facing assets [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-cpgs#NoExploitableServicesontheInternet2W" title="CPG 2.W">CPG 2.W</a>].</li>
<li>Conduct a risk analysis for RMM software on the network. If RMM is required, ask third-party vendors what security controls are in place.</li>
<li>Establish and maintain open communication channels with third-party vendors to stay informed about their patch management process.</li>
<li>For software vendors, consider integrating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) into products to reduce the amount of time for vulnerability remediation.
<ul>
<li>An SBOM is a formal record of components used to build software. SBOMs enhance supply chain risk management by quickly identifying and avoiding known vulnerabilities, identifying security requirements, and managing mitigations for vulnerabilities. For more information, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sbom" title="SBOM">SBOM</a> page.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Resources</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Health-ISAC:</strong><a href="https://health-isac.org/threat-bulletin-simplehelp-rmm-software-leveraged-in-exploitation-attempt-to-breach-networks/" target="_blank" title="Threat Bulletin: SimpleHelp RMM Software Leveraged in Exploitation Attempt to Breach Networks">Threat Bulletin: SimpleHelp RMM Software Leveraged in Exploitation Attempt to Breach Networks</a></li>
<li><strong>Arctic Wolf: </strong><a href="https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog-uk/arctic-wolf-observes-campaign-exploiting-simplehelp-rmm-software-initial-access/" target="_blank" title="Arctic Wolf Observes Campaign Exploiting SimpleHelp RMM Software for Initial Access">Arctic Wolf Observes Campaign Exploiting SimpleHelp RMM Software for Initial Access</a></li>
<li><strong>CISA: </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware/ransomware-guide" title="#StopRansomware Guide">#StopR</a><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#StopRansomware" title="#StopRansomware Guide">ansomware Guide</a></li>
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<h2><strong>Reporting</strong></h2>
<p>Your organization has no obligation to respond or provide information back to FBI in response to this advisory. If, after reviewing the information provided, your organization decides to provide information to FBI, reporting must be consistent with applicable state and federal laws.</p>
<p>FBI is interested in any information that can be shared, to include boundary logs showing communication to and from foreign IP addresses, a sample ransom note, communications with threat actors, Bitcoin wallet information, decryptor files, and/or a benign sample of an encrypted file.</p>
<p>Additional details of interest include a targeted company point of contact, status and scope of infection, estimated loss, operational impact, transaction IDs, date of infection, date detected, initial attack vector, and host- and network-based indicators.</p>
<p>CISA and FBI do not encourage paying ransom as payment does not guarantee victim files will be recovered. Furthermore, payment may also embolden adversaries to target additional organizations, encourage other criminal actors to engage in the distribution of ransomware, and/or fund illicit activities. Regardless of whether you or your organization have decided to pay the ransom, FBI and CISA urge you to promptly report ransomware incidents to FBI’s <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/Home/ComplaintChoice" title="Internet Crime Complain Center (IC3)">Internet Crime Complain Center (IC3)</a>, a <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices" title="local FBI Field Office">local FBI Field Office</a>, or CISA via the agency’s <a href="https://myservices.cisa.gov/irf" title="Incident Reporting System">Incident Reporting System</a> or its 24/7 Operations Center (<a href="mailto:report@cisa.gov)or" title="report@cisa.gov">report@cisa.gov</a>) or by calling 1-844-Say-CISA (1-844-729-2472).</p>
<p>SimpleHelp users or vendors can contact <a href="mailto:support@simple-help.com" title="support@simple-help.com">support@simple-help.com</a> for assistance with queries or concerns.</p>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer</strong></h2>
<p>The information in this report is being provided “as is” for informational purposes only. CISA does not endorse any commercial entity, product, company, or service, including any entities, products, or services linked within this document. Any reference to specific commercial entities, products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favor by CISA.</p>
<h2><strong>Version History</strong></h2>
<p><strong>June 12, 2025:</strong> Initial version.</p>
<h2><strong>Notes</strong></h2>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>1.</strong></a><strong> </strong>Anthony Bradshaw, et. al., “DragonForce Actors Target SimpleHelp Vulnerabilities to Attack MSP, Customers,” <em>Sophos News</em>, May 27, 2025, <a href="https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/05/27/dragonforce-actors-target-simplehelp-vulnerabilities-to-attack-msp-customers/" target="_blank" title="DragonForce actors target SimpleHelp vulnerabilities to attack MSP, customers">https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/05/27/dragonforce-actors-target-simplehelp-vulnerabilities-to-attack-msp-customers/</a>.<br><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>2</strong></a><strong>.</strong> For instructions for upgrading to the latest version of SimpleHelp, see <a href="https://simple-help.com/kb---security-vulnerabilities-01-2025" target="_blank" title="SimpleHelp’s security vulnerability advisory.">SimpleHelp’s security vulnerability</a> advisory.<br><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>3.</strong></a> To determine possibility of compromise and next steps, see <a href="https://simple-help.com/kb---security-vulnerabilities-01-2025#characteristics-of-compromise" target="_blank" title="Characteristics of Compromise">SimpleHelp’s guidance</a>.<br><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>4</strong></a><strong>. </strong>For instructions for upgrading to the latest version of SimpleHelp, see <a href="https://simple-help.com/kb---security-vulnerabilities-01-2025" target="_blank" title="security vulnerability advisory">SimpleHelp’s security vulnerability</a> advisory.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><strong>Summary</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This joint Cybersecurity Advisory is being published as an addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) May 6, 2025, joint fact sheet <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/primary-mitigations-reduce-cyber-threats-operational-technology" title="Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology">Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology</a> and European Cybercrime Centre’s (EC3) <a href="https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/global-operation-targets-noname05716-pro-russian-cybercrime-network" target="_blank" title="Operation Eastwood" data-entity-type="external">Operation Eastwood</a>, in which CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and EC3 shared information about cyber incidents affecting the operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) of critical infrastructure entities in the United States and globally.</p>
<p>FBI, CISA, National Security Agency (NSA), and the following partners—hereafter referred to as “the authoring organizations”—are releasing this joint advisory on the targeting of critical infrastructure by pro-Russia hacktivists:</p>
<ul>
<li>U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)</li>
<li>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</li>
<li>U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)</li>
<li>Europol European Cybercrime Centre (EC3)</li>
<li>EUROJUST – European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation</li>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC)</li>
<li>Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre)</li>
<li>Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)</li>
<li>Czech Republic Military Intelligence (VZ)</li>
<li>Czech Republic National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB)</li>
<li>Czech Republic National Centre Against Terrorism, Extremism, and Cyber Crime (NCTEKK)</li>
<li>French National Cybercrime Unit – Gendarmerie Nationale (UNC)</li>
<li>French National Jurisdiction for the Fight Against Organized Crime (JUNALCO)</li>
<li>German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)</li>
<li>Italian State Police (PS)</li>
<li>Latvian State Police (VP)</li>
<li>Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau (LKPB)</li>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)</li>
<li>Romanian National Police (PR)</li>
<li>Spanish Civil Guard (GC)</li>
<li>Spanish National Police (CNP)</li>
<li>Swedish Polisen (SC3)</li>
<li>United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)</li>
</ul>
<p>The authoring organizations assess pro-Russia hacktivist groups are conducting less sophisticated, lower-impact attacks against critical infrastructure entities, compared to advanced persistent threat (APT) groups. These attacks use minimally secured, internet-facing virtual network computing (VNC) connections to infiltrate (or gain access to) OT control devices within critical infrastructure systems. Pro-Russia hacktivist groups—Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR), Z-Pentest, NoName057(16), Sector16, and affiliated groups—are capitalizing on the widespread prevalence of accessible VNC devices to execute attacks against critical infrastructure entities, resulting in varying degrees of impact, including physical damage. Targeted sectors include <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Systems">Water and Wastewater Systems</a>, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/food-and-agriculture-sector" title="Food and Agriculture Sector">Food and Agriculture</a>, and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy Sector">Energy</a>.</p>
<p>The authoring organizations encourage critical infrastructure organizations to implement the recommendations in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Mitigations" title="Mitigations"><strong>Mitigations </strong></a>section of this advisory to reduce the likelihood and impact of pro-Russia hacktivist-related incidents. For additional information on Russian state-sponsored malicious cyber activity, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/russia" title="Russia Threat Overview and Advisories">Russia Threat Overview and Advisories</a> webpage.</p>
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<h2><strong>Background and Development of Pro-Russia Hacktivist Groups</strong></h2>
<p>Over the past several years, the authoring organizations have observed pro-Russia hacktivist groups conducting cyber operations against numerous organizations and critical infrastructure sectors worldwide. The escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022 significantly increased the number of these pro-Russia groups. Consisting of individuals who support Russia’s agenda but lack direct governmental ties, most of these groups target Ukrainian and allied infrastructure. However, among the increasing number of groups, some appear to have associations with the Russian state through direct or indirect support.</p>
<h3><strong>Cyber Army of Russia Reborn</strong></h3>
<p>The authoring organizations assess that the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST) military unit 74455—tracked in the cybersecurity community under several names (see<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#AppB" title="Appendix B"><strong>Appendix B: Additional Designators Used for Cited Groups</strong></a>)—is likely responsible for supporting the creation of CARR —also known as “The People’s Cyber Army of Russia”—in late February or early March of 2022. Actors suspected to be from GRU unit 74455 likely funded the tools CARR threat actors used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks through at least September 2024.</p>
<p>In April 2022, the group began using a new Telegram channel featuring the name “CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn” to organize and plan group actions. The channel creators recruited actors to use CARR as an unattributable platform for conducting cyber activities beneath the level of an APT, aimed at deterring anti-Russia rhetoric. CARR threat actors presented themselves as a group of pro-Russia hacktivists supporting Russia’s stance on the Ukrainian conflict, and they soon began claiming responsibility for DDoS attacks against the U.S. and Europe for supporting Ukraine.</p>
<p>CARR documented these actions through embellished images and videos shared on their social media channels, promoting Russian ideology, disseminating talking points, and publicizing leaked information from hacks attributed to Russian state threat actors.</p>
<p>In late 2023, CARR expanded their operations to include attacks on industrial control systems (ICS), claiming an intrusion against a European wastewater treatment facility in October 2023. In November 2023, CARR targeted human-machine interface (HMI) devices, claiming intrusions at two U.S. dairy farms.</p>
<p>The authoring organizations assess that by late September 2024, CARR channel administrators became dissatisfied with the level of support and funding provided by the GRU. This dissatisfaction led CARR administrators and an administrator from another hacktivist group, NoName057(16), to create the Z-Pentest group, employing the same tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) as CARR but separate from GRU involvement.</p>
<h3><strong>NoName057(16)</strong></h3>
<p>The authoring organizations assess that the Center for the Study and Network Monitoring of the Youth Environment (CISM), established on behalf of the Kremlin, created NoName057(16) as a covert project within the organization. Senior executives and employees within CISM developed and customized the NoName057(16) proprietary DDoS tool <code>DDoSia</code>, paid for the group’s network infrastructure, served as administrators on NoName057(16) Telegram channels, and selected DDoS targets.</p>
<p>Active since March 2022, NoName057(16) has conducted frequent DDoS attacks against government and private sector entities in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states and other European countries perceived as hostile to Russian geopolitical interests. The group operates primarily through Telegram channels and used GitHub, alongside various websites and repositories, to host <code>DDoSia</code> and share materials and TTPs with their followers. </p>
<p>In 2024, NoName057(16) began collaborating closely with other pro-Russia hacktivist groups, operating a joint chat with CARR by mid-2024. In July 2024, NoName057(16) jointly claimed responsibility with CARR for an alleged intrusion against OT assets in the U.S. The high degree of cooperation with CARR likely contributed to the formation of Z-Pentest, which is composed of actors and administrators from both teams, in September 2024.</p>
<h3><strong>Z-Pentest</strong></h3>
<p>Established in September 2024, Z-Pentest is composed of members from CARR and NoName057(16). The group specializes in OT intrusion operations targeting globally dispersed critical infrastructure entities. Additionally, the group uses “hack and leak” operations and defacement attacks to draw attention to their pro-Russia messaging. Unlike other pro-Russia hacktivist groups, Z-Pentest largely avoids DDoS activities, claiming OT intrusions as attempts to garner more attention from the media.</p>
<p>Shortly after Z-Pentest’s inception, the group announced alliances with CARR and NoName057(16), possibly to leverage the other groups’ subscribers to grow the new channel. In March 2025, Z-Pentest posted evidence claiming OT device intrusions to their channel using a NoName057(16) cyberattack campaign hashtag. Similarly, in April 2025, Z-Pentest shared a video purporting defacement of an HMI by changing system names to NoName057(16) and CARR references. Z-Pentest continues to create new alliances with other groups, like Sector16, to continue growing their subscriber base and incidentally propagate TTPs with new partners.</p>
<h3><strong>Sector16</strong></h3>
<p>Formed in January 2025, Sector16 is a novice pro-Russia hacktivist group that emerged through collaboration with Z-Pentest. Sector16 actively maintains an online presence, including a public Telegram channel where they share videos, statements, and claims of compromising U.S. energy infrastructure. These communications often align with pro-Russia narratives and reflect their self-proclaimed support for Russian geopolitical objectives.</p>
<p>Members of Sector16 may have received indirect support from the Russian government in exchange for conducting specific cyber operations that further Russian strategic goals. This aligns with broader Russian cyber strategies that involve leveraging non-state threat actors for certain cyber activities, adding a layer of deniability.</p>
<h2><strong>Technical Details</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This advisory uses the MITRE ATT&amp;CK<sup>®</sup> <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/matrices/enterprise/" title="Matrix for Enterprise framework" data-entity-type="external">Matrix for Enterprise framework</a>, version 18. See the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#MITRE" title="MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques"><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques</strong></a> section of this advisory for a table of the threat actors’ activity mapped to MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques.</p>
<h3><strong>TTP Overview</strong></h3>
<p>Pro-Russia hacktivist groups employ easily disseminated and replicated TTPs across various entities, increasing the likelihood of widespread adoption and escalating the frequency of intrusions. These groups have limited capabilities, frequently misunderstanding the processes they aim to disrupt. Their apparent low level of technical knowledge results in haphazard attacks where actors intend to cause physical damage but cannot accurately anticipate actual impact. Despite these limitations, the authoring organizations have observed these groups willfully cause actual harm to vulnerable critical infrastructure.</p>
<p>Pro-Russia hacktivist groups use the TTPs in this Cybersecurity Advisory to target virtual network computing (VNC)-connected HMI devices. These groups are primarily seeking notoriety with their actions. While they have caused damage in some instances, they regularly make false or exaggerated claims about their attacks on critical infrastructure to garner more attention. They frequently misrepresent their capabilities and the impacts of their actions, portraying minor incursions as significant breaches, but such incursions can still lead to lost time and resources for operators remediating systems.</p>
<p>Additionally, pro-Russia hacktivists use an opportunistic targeting methodology. They leverage superficial criteria, such as victim availability and existing vulnerabilities, rather than focusing on strategically significant entities. Their lack of strategic focus can lead to a broad array of targets, ranging from water treatment facilities to oil well systems. Pro-Russia hacktivists have demonstrated a pattern of frequently taking advantage of the widespread availability of vulnerable VNC connections. While system owners typically use VNC connections for legitimate remote system access functions, threat actors can maliciously use these connections to broadly target numerous platforms and services. Consequently, these groups can indiscriminately compromise critical infrastructure entities, including those in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Sector">Water and Wastewater</a>, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/food-and-agriculture-sector" title="Food and Agriculture Sector" data-entity-type="external">Food and Agriculture</a>, and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy Sector">Energy</a> Sectors.</p>
<p>Pro-Russia hacktivist groups have successfully targeted supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks using basic methods, and in some cases, performed simultaneous DDoS attacks against targeted networks to facilitate SCADA intrusions. As recently as April 2025, threat actors used the following unsophisticated TTPs to access networks and conduct SCADA intrusions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Scan for vulnerable devices on the internet [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0883" data-entity-type="external">T0883</a>] with open VNC ports [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1595/002/" target="_blank" title="T1595.002" data-entity-type="external">T1595.002</a>].</li>
<li>Initiate temporary virtual private server (VPS) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank" title="T1583.003" data-entity-type="external">T1583.003</a>] to execute password brute force software.</li>
<li>Use VNC software to access hosts [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1021/005/" target="_blank" title="T1021.005" data-entity-type="external">T1021.005</a>].</li>
<li>Confirm connection to the vulnerable device [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0886/" target="_blank" title="T0886" data-entity-type="external">T0886</a>].</li>
<li>Brute force the password, if required [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1110/003/" target="_blank" title="T1110.003" data-entity-type="external">T1110.003</a>].</li>
<li>Gain access to HMI devices [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0883" data-entity-type="external">T0883</a>], typically with default [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0812/" target="_blank" title="T0812" data-entity-type="external">T0812</a>], weak, or no passwords [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0859/" target="_blank" title="T0859" data-entity-type="external">T0859</a>].</li>
<li>Log the confirmed vulnerable device IP address, port, and password.</li>
<li>Using the HMI graphical interface [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0823/" target="_blank" title="T0823" data-entity-type="external">T0823</a>], capture screen recordings or intermittent screenshots while conducting the following actions, intending to affect productivity and cause additional costs [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0828/" target="_blank" title="T0828" data-entity-type="external">T0828</a>]:
<ul>
<li>Modify usernames/passwords [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0892/" target="_blank" title="T0892" data-entity-type="external">T0892</a>];</li>
<li>Modify parameters [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0836/" target="_blank" title="T0836" data-entity-type="external">T0836</a>];</li>
<li>Modify device name [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0892/" target="_blank" title="T0892" data-entity-type="external">T0892</a>];</li>
<li>Modify instrument settings [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0831/" target="_blank" title="T0831" data-entity-type="external">T0831</a>];</li>
<li>Disable alarms [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0878/" target="_blank" title="T0878" data-entity-type="external">T0878</a>];</li>
<li>Create loss of view (a technique that mandates local hands-on operator intervention) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0829/" target="_blank" title="T0829" data-entity-type="external">T0829</a>]; and/or</li>
<li>Device restart or shutdown [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0816/" target="_blank" title="T0816" data-entity-type="external">T0816</a>].</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Disconnect from the device, ending the VNC connection.</li>
<li>Research the compromised device company after the intrusion [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1591/" target="_blank" title="T1591" data-entity-type="external">T1591</a>].</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Propagation</strong></h4>
<p>To reach a wider audience, pro-Russia hacktivist groups work together, amplify each other’s posts, create additional groups to amplify their own posts, and likely share TTPs. For example, Z-Pentest jointly claimed intrusion of a U.S. system with Sector16. Sector16 later began posting additional intrusions for which the group claimed sole responsibility. It is likely that these and similar groups will continue to iterate and share these methods to disrupt critical infrastructure organizations.</p>
<h4><strong>Reconnaissance and Initial Access</strong></h4>
<p>The threat actors’ intrusion methodology is relatively unsophisticated, inexpensive to execute, and easy to replicate. These pro-Russia hacktivist groups abuse popular internet-scraping tools, such as <code>Nmap</code> or <code>OPENVAS</code>, to search for visible VNC services and use brute force password spraying tools to access devices via known default or otherwise weak credentials. Threat actors typically search for these services on the default port <code>5900</code> or other nearby ports (<code>5901-5910</code>). Their goal is to gain remote access to HMI devices connected to live control networks.</p>
<p>Once threat actors obtain access, they manipulate available settings from the graphical user interface (GUI) on the HMI devices, such as arbitrary physical parameter and setpoint changes, or conduct defacement activities. Because pro-Russia hacktivist groups seem to lack sector-specific expertise or cyber-physical engineering knowledge, they currently cannot reliably estimate the true impact of their actions. Regardless of outcome, pro-Russia hacktivist groups often post images and screen recordings to their social media platforms, boasting the compromises and exaggerating impacts to garner attention from their peers and the media.</p>
<h4><strong>Impact</strong></h4>
<p>While pro-Russia hacktivist groups currently demonstrate limited ability to consistently cause significant impact, there is a risk that their continued attacks will result in further harm or grievous physical consequences. Attacks have not yet caused injury; however, the attacks against occupied factories and community facilities demonstrate a lack of consideration for human safety.</p>
<p>Victim organizations reported that the most common operational impact caused by these threat actors is a temporary loss of view, necessitating manual intervention to manage processes. However, any modifications to programmatic and systematic procedures can result in damage or disruption, including substantial labor costs from hiring a programmable logic controller programmer to restore operations, costs associated with operational downtime, and potential costs for network remediation.</p>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques</strong></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table1" title="Table 1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a> to <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table10" title="Table 10"><strong>Table 10</strong></a> for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques in this advisory. For assistance with mapping malicious cyber activity to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK framework, see CISA and MITRE ATT&amp;CK’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/best-practices-mitre-attckr-mapping" title="Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping">Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping</a> and CISA’s <a href="https://github.com/cisagov/Decider/" title="Decider Tool">Decider Tool</a>.</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em>Table 1. Reconnaissance</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Gather Victim Organization Information</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1591/" target="_blank" title="T1591" data-entity-type="external">T1591</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use information available on the internet to determine what systems they believe they have compromised and post the information on their social media. This methodology frequently leads to the threat actors misidentifying their claimed victims.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Active Scanning: Vulnerability Scanning</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1595/002/" target="_blank" title="T1595.002" data-entity-type="external">T1595.002</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use open source tools to look for IP addresses in target countries with visible VNC services on common ports.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 2. Resource Development</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Acquire Infrastructure: Virtual Private Server</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank" title="T1583.003" data-entity-type="external">T1583.003</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use virtual infrastructure to obfuscate identifiers.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 3. Initial Access</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Internet Accessible Device</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0883" data-entity-type="external">T0883</a></td>
<td>Threat actors gain access through less secure HMI devices exposed to the internet.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 4. Persistence</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Valid Accounts</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0859/" target="_blank" title="T0859" data-entity-type="external">T0859</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use password guessing tools to access legitimate accounts on the HMI devices.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 5. Credential Access</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Brute Force: Password Spraying</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1110/003/" target="_blank" title="T1110.003" data-entity-type="external">T1110.003</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use tools to rapidly guess common or simple passwords.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 6. Lateral Movement</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Default Credentials</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0812/" target="_blank" title="T0812" data-entity-type="external">T0812</a></td>
<td>Threat actors seek and build libraries of known default passwords for control devices to access legitimate user accounts.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Remote Services</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0886/" target="_blank" title="T0886" data-entity-type="external">T0886</a></td>
<td>Threat actors leverage VNC services to access system HMI devices.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Remote Services: VNC</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1021/005/" target="_blank" title="T1021.005" data-entity-type="external">T1021.005</a></td>
<td>Threat actors hunt VNC-enabled devices visible on the internet and connect with remote viewer software.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption><em>Table 7. Execution</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Graphical User Interface</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0823/" target="_blank" title="T0823" data-entity-type="external">T0823</a></td>
<td>Threat actors interact with HMI devices via GUIs, attempting to modify control devices.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 8. Inhibit Response Function</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Device Restart/Shutdown</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0816/" target="_blank" title="T0816" data-entity-type="external">T0816</a></td>
<td>While threat actors claim to turn off HMIs, it is possible that operators (not the threat actors) turn the devices off during incident response.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alarm Suppression</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0878/" target="_blank" title="T0878" data-entity-type="external">T0878</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use HMI interfaces to clear alarms caused by their activity and alarms already present on the system at the time of their intrusion.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Change Credential</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0892/" target="_blank" title="T0892" data-entity-type="external">T0892</a></td>
<td>Threat actors change the usernames and passwords of HMI devices in operator lockout attempts, usually resulting in a loss of view and operators switching to manual operations.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption><em>Table 9. Impair Process Control</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Modify Parameter</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0836/" target="_blank" title="T0836" data-entity-type="external">T0836</a></td>
<td>Threat actors attempt to change upper and lower limits of operational devices as available from the HMI.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Unauthorized Command Message</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T0855/" target="_blank" title="T0855" data-entity-type="external">T0855</a></td>
<td>Threat actors attempt to send unauthorized command messages to instruct control system assets to perform actions outside of their intended functionality, causing possible impact.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 10. Impact</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Technique Title</strong></a></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Loss of Productivity and Revenue</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0828/" target="_blank" title="T0828" data-entity-type="external">T0828</a></td>
<td>Threat actors purposefully attempt to impact productivity and create additional costs for the affected entities.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Loss of View</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v15/techniques/T0829/" target="_blank" title="T0829" data-entity-type="external">T0829</a></td>
<td>Threat actors change credentials on HMI devices, preventing operators from modifying processes remotely. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Manipulation of Control</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v15/techniques/T0831/" target="_blank" title="T0831" data-entity-type="external">T0831</a></td>
<td>Threat actors change setpoints in processes, impacting the efficiency of operations for those specific processes.  </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Incident Response</strong></h2>
<p>If organizations find exposed systems with weak or default passwords, they should assume threat actors compromised the system and begin the following incident response protocols:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Determine which hosts were compromised and isolate them</strong> by quarantining or taking them offline.</li>
<li><strong>Initiate threat hunting activities to scope the intrusion</strong>. Collect and review artifacts, such as running processes/services, unusual authentications, and recent network connections.</li>
<li><strong>Reimage compromised hosts</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Provision new account credentials</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Report the compromise to CISA, FBI, and/or NSA</strong>. See the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Contact" title="Contact Information"><strong>Contact Information</strong></a> section of this advisory.</li>
<li><strong>Harden the network to prevent additional malicious activity</strong>. See the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Mitigations" title="Mitigations "><strong>Mitigations </strong></a>section of this advisory for guidance.</li>
</ol>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Mitigations</strong></a></h2>
<h3><strong>OT Asset Owners and Operators</strong></h3>
<p>The authoring organizations recommend organizations implement the mitigations below to improve your organization’s cybersecurity posture based on the threat actors’ activity. These mitigations align with the Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) developed by CISA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The CPGs provide a minimum set of practices and protections that CISA and NIST recommend all organizations implement. CISA and NIST based the CPGs on existing cybersecurity frameworks and guidance to protect against the most common and impactful threats, tactics, techniques, and procedures. Visit CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cross-sector-cybersecurity-performance-goals" title="CPGs">CPGs webpage</a> for more information on the CPGs, including additional recommended baseline protections.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Reduce exposure of OT assets to the public-facing internet.</strong> When connected to the internet, OT devices are easy targets for malicious cyber threat actors. Many devices can be found by searching for open ports on public IP ranges with search engine tools to target victims with OT components [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#SecureInternetFacingDevices3S" title="CPG 3.S">CPG 3.S</a>].
<ul>
<li><strong>Asset owners should use attack surface management services </strong>and web-based search platforms to scan the internet. This mitigation can help identify if there are VNC systems exposed within the IP ranges they own, especially for connections set up by third parties.<br><strong>Note:</strong> For more information on attack surface management, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/exposure-reduction" title="Internet Exposure Reduction Guidance">Internet Exposure Reduction Guidance</a>, CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services" title="Cyber Hygiene Services">Cyber Hygiene Services</a> for U.S. critical infrastructure, and NSA’s <a href="https://www.nsa.gov/Portals/75/documents/resources/everyone/Attack%20Surface%20Management%20copy.pdf" target="_blank" title="Attack Surface Management" data-entity-type="external">Attack Surface Management</a> for the U.S. Defense Industrial Base.</li>
<li><strong>Implement network segmentation between IT and OT networks.</strong> Segmenting critical systems and introducing a demilitarized zone (DMZ) for passing control data to enterprise logistics reduces the potential impact of cyber threats and the risk of disruptions to essential OT operations [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ImplementLogicalPhysicalNetworkSegmentation3I" title="CPG 3.I">CPG 3.I</a>].</li>
<li><strong>Consider implementing a firewall and/or virtual private network</strong> if exposure to the internet is necessary for controlling access to devices.
<ul>
<li>Consider disabling public exposure by default and implementing time-limited remote access to reduce the amount of time systems are exposed.</li>
<li>Restrict and monitor both inbound and outbound traffic at OT perimeter firewalls. Configure OT perimeter firewalls to enforce a default-deny policy for all traffic. Asset owners should explicitly permit authorized destinations and protocols based on operational requirements.</li>
<li>Implement strict egress filtering to prevent unauthorized data exfiltration or command-and-control callbacks.</li>
<li>Regularly audit firewall rulesets and monitor outbound traffic patterns for anomalies indicative of threat actor activity, such as beaconing or unexpected protocol usage.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Adopt mature asset management processes</strong>, including mapping data flows and access points. Generating a complete picture of both OT and IT assets provides visibility to operators and management, allowing organizations to monitor and assess deviations for criticality [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ManageOrganizationalAssets2A" title="CPG 2.A">CPG 2.A</a>].
<ul>
<li><strong>Keep remote access services updated </strong>with the latest version available and ensure all systems and software are up to date with patches and necessary security updates.
<ul>
<li>Keep VNC systems updated with the latest version available.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Refer to the joint </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/foundations-ot-cybersecurity-asset-inventory-guidance-owners-and-operators" title="Foundations for OT Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators"><strong>Foundations for OT Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators</strong></a> to help with reducing cybersecurity risk by identifying which assets within their environment should be secured and protected.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Ensure OT assets use robust authentication procedures.</strong>
<ul>
<li>Many devices lack robust authentication and authorization. Devices with weak authentication are vulnerable targets to threat actors using credential theft techniques.</li>
<li>Implement MFA where possible. Where MFA is not feasible, use strong, unique passwords. Apply password standards for operator-accessible services on underlying OT assets, as well as network devices protecting those services. This is especially important for services that require internet accessibility [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ChangingDefaultPasswords3A" title="CPG 3.A">CPG 3.A</a>] [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#EstablishMinimumPasswordStrength3B" title="CPG 3.B">CPG 3.B</a>] [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#CreateUniqueCredentials3C" title="CPG 3.C">CPG 3.C</a>] [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ImplementMultifactorAuthentication3F" title="CPG 3.F">CPG 3.F</a>].</li>
<li>Establish an allowlist that permits only authorized device IP addresses and/or media access control addresses. The allowlist can be refined to operator working hours to further obstruct malicious threat actor activity; organizations are encouraged to establish monitoring and alerting for access attempts not meeting these criteria [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#MonitorUnsuccessfulAutomatedLoginAttempts3E" title="CPG 3.E">CPG 3.E</a>].</li>
<li>Disable any unused authentication methods, logic, or features, such as default authentication keys and default passwords. Block all unused high ephemeral ports and monitor for attempted connections using standard protocols on non-standard ports [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ProhibitConnectionofUnauthorizedDevices3R" title="CPG 3.R">CPG 3.R</a>].</li>
<li>Authenticate all access to field controllers before authorizing access to, or modification of, a device’s state, logic, program, or filesystems.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Enable control system security features </strong>that can separate and audit view and control functions. Limiting remotely accessible or default user accounts to “view-only” removes the potential for impact without exploiting a vulnerability [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#AdministratorsMaintainSeparateUserandPrivilegedAccounts3G" title="CPG 3.G">CPG 3.G</a>].</li>
<li><strong>Implement and practice business recovery/disaster recovery plans.</strong> Plans should also take into consideration redundancy, fail-safe mechanisms, islanding capabilities, backup restoration, and manual operation.
<ul>
<li>Include scenarios that necessitate switching to manual operations. Maintaining the capability of an organization to revert to manual controls to quickly restore operations is vital in the immediate aftermath of a cyber incident [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#IncidentPlanningandPreparedness6A" title="CPG 6.A">CPG 6.A</a>].</li>
<li>Create backups of the engineering logic, configurations, and firmware of HMIs to enable fast recovery. Organizations should routinely test backups and standby systems to ensure safe manual operations in the event of an incident [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#MaintainSystemBackupsRestorationAbility3O" title="CPG 3.O">CPG 3.O</a>].</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Collect and monitor the traffic of OT assets and networking devices.</strong> This includes unusual logins or unexpected protocols communicating over the internet, and functions of ICS management protocols that change an asset’s operating mode or modify programs.</li>
<li><strong>Review configurations for setpoint ranges or tag values </strong>to stay within safe ranges and establish alerting for deviations.</li>
<li><strong>Take a proactive approach in the procurement process</strong> by following the guidance outlined in the joint guide <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-demand-priority-considerations-operational-technology-owners-and-operators-when-selecting" title="Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products">Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>OT Device Manufacturers</h3>
<p>Although critical infrastructure organizations can take steps to mitigate risks, it is ultimately the responsibility of OT device manufacturers to build products that are secure by design. The authoring organizations urge device manufacturers to take ownership of the security outcomes of their customers in line with the joint guide <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-by-design" title="Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software">Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Eliminate default credentials and require strong passwords.</strong> The use of default credentials is a top weakness threat actors exploit to gain access to systems.</li>
<li><strong>Mandate MFA for privileged users.</strong> Changes to engineering logic or configurations are safety-impacting events in critical infrastructure. MFA should be available for safety critical components at no additional cost.</li>
<li><strong>Practice secure by default principles. </strong>OT components were initially designed without public internet connectivity in mind. When internet connection becomes necessary, implementing additional security measures is essential to safeguard these systems. Manufacturers should recognize insecure states and promptly inform users so they can make informed risk decisions.
<ul>
<li><strong>Include logging at no additional charge.</strong> Change and access control logs allow operators to track safety-impacting events in their critical infrastructure. These logs should be available for no cost and use open standard logging formats.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Publish Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs).</strong> Vulnerabilities in underlying software libraries can affect a wide range of devices. Without an SBOM, it is nearly impossible for a critical infrastructure system owner to measure and mitigate the impact of a vulnerability on their existing systems. See CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sbom" title="Software Bill of Materials">SBOM webpage</a> for more information.</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-design-alert-how-software-manufacturers-can-shield-web-management-interfaces-malicious-cyber" title="Secure by Design Alert">Secure by Design Alert</a> on how software manufacturers can shield web management interfaces from malicious cyber activity. By using secure by design tactics, software manufacturers can make their product lines secure “out of the box” without requiring customers to spend additional resources making configuration changes, purchasing tiered security software and logs, monitoring, and making routine updates.</p>
<p>For more information on secure by design, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/securebydesign" title="Secure by Design">Secure by Design</a> webpage.</p>
<h2><strong>Validate Security Controls</strong></h2>
<p>In addition to applying mitigations, the authoring organizations recommend exercising, testing, and validating your organization’s security program against the threat behaviors mapped to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK Matrix for Enterprise framework in this advisory. The authoring organizations recommend testing your existing security controls inventory to assess how it performs against the ATT&amp;CK techniques described in this advisory.</p>
<p>To start:</p>
<ol>
<li>Select an ATT&amp;CK technique described in this advisory (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table1" title="Table 1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a> to<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table10" title="Table 10"><strong>Table 10</strong></a>).</li>
<li>Align your security technologies against the technique.</li>
<li>Test your technologies against the technique.</li>
<li>Analyze your detection and prevention technologies’ performance.</li>
<li>Repeat the process for all security technologies to obtain a set of comprehensive performance data.</li>
<li>Tune your security program, including people, processes, and technologies, based on the data generated by this process.</li>
</ol>
<p>The authoring organizations recommend continually testing your security program, at scale, in a production environment to ensure optimal performance against the MITRE ATT&amp;CK techniques identified in this advisory.</p>
<h2><strong>Resources</strong></h2>
<p>Entities requiring additional support for implementing any of the mitigations in this advisory should contact their regional CISA Cybersecurity Advisor for assistance. Key resources organizations should reference include:</p>
<ul>
<li>CISA, EPA, NSA, FBI, ASD’s ACSC, Cyber Centre, BSI, NCSC-NL, and NCSC-NZ’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/foundations-ot-cybersecurity-asset-inventory-guidance-owners-and-operators" title="Foundations for OT Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators">Foundations for OT Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators</a> offers best practices to assist organizations in identifying and prioritizing which assets should be secured and protected.</li>
<li>CISA, FBI, NSA, EPA, DOE, USDA, FDA, MS-ISAC, Cyber Centre, and NCSC-UK’s guidance on <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/defending-ot-operations-against-ongoing-pro-russia-hacktivist-activity" title="Defending OT Operations Against Ongoing Pro-Russia Hacktivist Activity">Defending OT Operations Against Ongoing Pro-Russia Hacktivist Activity</a> that can help organizations protect OT systems from pro-Russia hacktivist activity.</li>
<li>NSA and CISA’s guidance on <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Sep/22/2003083007/-1/-1/0/CSA_ICS_Know_the_Opponent_.PDF" target="_blank" title="Control System Defense: Know the Opponent" data-entity-type="external">Control System Defense: Know the Opponent</a> helps organizations defend OT and ICS assets against malicious cyber activity.</li>
<li>CISA and EPA’s resource page on <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/water" title="Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity">Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity</a> to help organizations reduce risks posed by malicious cyber actors targeting water and wastewater systems.
<ul>
<li>For additional guidance, see CISA, EPA, and FBI’s fact sheet on <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/top-cyber-actions-securing-water-systems" title="Top Cyber Actions for Securing Water Systems">Top Cyber Actions for Securing Water Systems</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The Food and Ag-ISAC’s best practices on <a href="https://www.idfa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Food-and-Ag-ISAC-Cybersecurity-Guide-2023_IDFA.pdf" target="_blank" title="Food and Ag Cybersecurity: A Guide for Small &amp; Medium Enterprises" data-entity-type="external">Food and Ag Cybersecurity: A Guide for Small &amp; Medium Enterprises</a> provides recommendations to help mitigate against cyber threats.</li>
<li>DOE and National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners <a href="https://www.naruc.org/core-sectors/critical-infrastructure-and-cybersecurity/cybersecurity-for-utility-regulators/cybersecurity-baselines/" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity Baselines for Electric Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy (DER)" data-entity-type="external">Cybersecurity Baselines for Electric Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy (DER)</a> webpage provides resources for state public utility commissions and utilities, as well as DER operators and aggregators to help mitigate cybersecurity risks.</li>
</ul>
<p>Additional resources that apply to this advisory include:</p>
<ul>
<li>EPA’s <a href="https://www.epa.gov/cyberwater/epa-cybersecurity-water-sector" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity for the Water Sector" data-entity-type="external">Cybersecurity for the Water Sector</a> resource page provides organizations with guidance on implementing basic cyber hygiene practices.</li>
<li>CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cross-sector-cybersecurity-performance-goals" title="Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals">Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals</a> enables critical infrastructure organizations to reduce the likelihood and impact of known risks and adversary techniques.</li>
<li>CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/audiences/small-and-medium-businesses/secure-your-business/require-strong-passwords" title="Require Strong Passwords">Require Strong Passwords</a> webpage supports small and medium-sized businesses mitigating against malicious cyber activity that targets weak passwords.</li>
<li>CISA, NSA, FBI, EPA, TSA, and international partners’ guidance <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-demand-priority-considerations-operational-technology-owners-and-operators-when-selecting" title="Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products">Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products</a>.</li>
<li>DOE’s guidance on <a href="https://www.energy.gov/ceser/cyber-informed-engineering" target="_blank" title="Cyber-Informed Engineering" data-entity-type="external">Cyber-Informed Engineering</a> recommends considering cyber-enabled risks during the conception, design, and development phases when manufacturing physical systems.</li>
<li>CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services" title="Cyber Hygiene Services">Cyber Hygiene Services</a> help enable critical infrastructure organizations to reduce their exposure to threats by taking a proactive approach to monitoring and mitigating attack vectors.</li>
<li>CISA, NSA, FBI, and international partners’ guidance on <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-by-design" title="Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software">Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software</a> urges software manufacturers to provide customers with products that are safer and more secure.
<ul>
<li>See more information in these Secure by Design Alerts: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-design-alert-how-manufacturers-can-protect-customers-eliminating-default-passwords" title="How Manufacturers Can Protect Customers by Eliminating Default Passwords">How Manufacturers Can Protect Customers by Eliminating Default Passwords</a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-design-alert-how-software-manufacturers-can-shield-web-management-interfaces-malicious-cyber" title="How Software Manufacturers Can Shield Web Management Interfaces From Malicious Cyber Activity">How Software Manufacturers Can Shield Web Management Interfaces From Malicious Cyber Activity</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Contact Information</strong></a></h2>
<p><strong>U.S. organizations</strong> are encouraged to report suspicious or criminal activity related to information in this advisory to CISA, FBI, and/or NSA:</p>
<ul>
<li>Contact CISA via CISA’s 24/7 Operations Center at <a href="mailto:contact@cisa.dhs.gov" title="contact@cisa.dhs.gov">contact@cisa.dhs.gov</a> or 1-844-Say-CISA (1-844-729-2472) or your local <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices" target="_blank" title="FBI field office" data-entity-type="external">FBI field office</a>. When available, please include the following information regarding the incident: date, time, and location of the incident; type of activity; number of people affected; type of equipment used for the activity; the name of the submitting company or organization; and a designated point of contact.</li>
<li>For NSA cybersecurity guidance inquiries, contact <a href="mailto:CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov" target="_blank" title="CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov">CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Australian organizations:</strong> Visit <a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/" target="_blank" title="cyber.gov.au" data-entity-type="external">cyber.gov.au</a> or call 1300 292 371 (1300 CYBER 1) to report cybersecurity incidents and access alerts and advisories.</p>
<p><strong>Canadian organizations:</strong> Report incidents by emailing Cyber Centre at <a href="mailto:contact@cyber.gc.ca" target="_blank" title="contact@cyber.gc.ca">contact@cyber.gc.ca</a>.</p>
<p><strong>New Zealand organizations:</strong> Report cyber security incidents to <a href="mailto:incidents@ncsc.govt.nz" target="_blank" title="incidents@ncsc.govt.nz">incidents@ncsc.govt.nz</a> or call 04 498 7654.</p>
<p><strong>United Kingdom organizations:</strong> Report a significant cyber security incident: <a href="https://report.ncsc.gov.uk/" target="_blank" title="report.ncsc.gov.uk" data-entity-type="external">report.ncsc.gov.uk</a> (monitored 24 hours) or, for urgent assistance, call 03000 200 973.</p>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer</strong></h2>
<p>The information in this report is being provided “as is” for informational purposes only. The authoring organizations do not endorse any commercial entity, product, company, or service, including any entities, products, or services linked within this document. Any reference to specific commercial entities, products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by FBI and co-sealers.</p>
<h2><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></h2>
<p>Schneider Electric, Nozomi Networks, Eversource Energy, Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Chevron, BP, and Dragos contributed to this advisory.</p>
<h2><strong>Version History</strong></h2>
<p><strong>December 09, 2025:</strong> Initial version.</p>
<h2><strong>Appendix A: Targeting Methodologies for Pro-Russia Hacktivist Groups</strong></h2>
<p>For further information on targeting methodologies for pro-Russia hacktivist groups, see:</p>
<ul>
<li>CISA’s alert <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/05/06/unsophisticated-cyber-actors-targeting-operational-technology" title="Unsophisticated Cyber Threat Actor(s) Targeting Operational Technology">Unsophisticated Cyber Threat Actor(s) Targeting Operational Technology</a>;</li>
<li>The joint fact sheet <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/primary-mitigations-reduce-cyber-threats-operational-technology" title="Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology">Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology</a>; and</li>
<li>CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/russia" title="Russia Cyber Threat">Russia Cyber Threat</a> webpage.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Appendix B: Additional Designators Used for Cited Groups</strong></a></h2>
<p>The cybersecurity industry and cyber actor groups often use various names to reference actor groups. While not exhaustive, the following are the most notable names used within the cybersecurity community to reference the groups in this advisory.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Cybersecurity organizations have different methods of tracking and attributing cyber actors, and this may not be a 1:1 correlation to the authoring organizations’ understanding for all activity related to these groupings.</p>
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<li>GRU military unit 74455
<ul>
<li>Sandworm Team</li>
<li>Voodoo Bear</li>
<li>Seashell Blizzard</li>
<li>APT44</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR)
<ul>
<li>CyberArmy of Russia</li>
<li>Народная CyberАрмия (НКА)</li>
<li>People’s CyberArmy of Russia (PCA)</li>
<li>Russian CyberArmy Team (RCAT)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>NoName057(16)
<ul>
<li>NoName057(16) Spain</li>
<li>NoName057(16) Italy</li>
<li>NoName057(16) France</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Z-Pentest
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<li>Z-Pentest Beograd</li>
<li>Z-Pentest Alliance</li>
<li>Z-Alliance</li>
</ul>
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Title
Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across US Critical Infrastructure


Original Publication
April 7, 2026


Last Update 
July 22, 2026


Executive Summary
The authoring agencies urgently warn U.S. organizations of ongoing Iranian-a...]]></description>
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<table>
<tbody>
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<th>Title</th>
<td>Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across US Critical Infrastructure</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Original Publication</th>
<td><strong>April 7, 2026</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Last Update </th>
<td><strong>July 22, 2026</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Executive Summary</th>
<td>The authoring agencies urgently warn U.S. organizations of ongoing Iranian-affiliated cyber targeting of internet-connected operational technology (OT) devices, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs). These actions disrupted PLCs across several U.S. critical infrastructure sectors through malicious project file interactions and manipulation of data on human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) displays, resulting in operational disruption and financial loss.</td>
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<th>Last Update Description</th>
<td>This update adds new guidance on detecting malicious changes in reusable code modules exploited within Rockwell Automation PLC programs. It also expands scope to include observed targeting of Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other branded/manufactured PLCs, emphasizing the importance of restricting direct internet access and providing best practices for secure deployment.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products</th>
<td>Potentially all internet exposed PLCs, including Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and other branded/manufactured PLCs.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Key Actions</th>
<td>
<ul type="square">
<li>Install PLCs consistent with manufacturers' guidelines and security best practices.</li>
<li>Remove PLCs from direct internet exposure via secure gateway and firewall; work with IT/OT team members and/or integrators to perform this action.</li>
<li>Query available logs for the provided indicators of compromise (IOCs) and check available logs for suspicious traffic on the ports associated with OT devices, including <code>44818</code>, <code>2222</code>, <code>102</code>, and <code>502</code>, especially traffic originating from foreign hosting providers.</li>
<li>For Rockwell Automation devices, place the physical mode switch on the controller into run position. If you suspect your organization was targeted, including against other branded PLC devices, contact the authoring agencies and PLC manufacturer for guidance.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Indicators of Compromise</th>
<td>
<p>For a downloadable copy of July 22, 2026<strong> </strong>IOCs, see:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-097A.stix_.xml">AA26-097A STIX XML</a> (July 2026) (29 KB)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-097A.stix_.json">AA26-097A STIX JSON</a> (July 2026) (30 KB)</li>
</ul>
<p>For a downloadable copy of historical April 7, 2026 IOCs, see:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/AA26-097A.stix_.xml" title="AA26-097A STIX XML">AA26-097A STIX XML</a> (36 KB)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/AA26-097A.stix_.json" title="AA26-097A STIX JSON">AA26-097A STIX JSON</a> (12 KB)<br> </li>
</ul>
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<th>Intended Audience</th>
<td>
<p><strong>Organizations:</strong> Critical Infrastructure</p>
<p><strong>Sectors: </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/government-services-facilities-sector" title="Government Services and Facilities">Government Services and Facilities</a>, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Systems">Water and Wastewater Systems</a> (WWS), and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy">Energy</a> </p>
<p><strong>Roles: </strong>Integrators, asset owners, <a href="https://niccs.cisa.gov/tools/nice-framework/work-role/defensive-cybersecurity" title="Defensive cybersecurity analysts">defensive cybersecurity analysts</a>, <a href="https://niccs.cisa.gov/tools/nice-framework/work-role/operational-technology-ot-cybersecurity-engineering" title="OT cybersecurity engineers">OT cybersecurity engineers</a>, <a href="https://niccs.cisa.gov/tools/nice-framework/work-role/cybersecurity-architecture" title="cybersecurity architects">cybersecurity architects</a>, <a href="https://niccs.cisa.gov/tools/nice-framework/work-role/secure-systems-development" title="secure systems developer">secure systems developer</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Introduction</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong><em> This advisory was originally published on April 7, 2026, to provide tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) related to ongoing cyber exploitation of internet-connected operational technology (OT) devices by</em> <em>Iranian-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) actors. The authoring agencies updated this advisory on July 22, 2026, to add new guidance on detecting malicious changes in reusable code modules leveraged within Rockwell Automation PLC programs. It also expands the manufacturer scope to include observed targeting of Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other branded/manufactured PLCs, emphasizing the importance of restricting direct internet access and providing best practice resources for secure deployment.</em></p>
<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), United States Cyber Command – Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) (hereafter referred to as the “authoring agencies”) are urgently warning U.S. organizations of ongoing cyber exploitation of internet-connected OT devices—including PLCs manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other manufactured PLCs—across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. As a result of this activity, organizations from multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors experienced disruptions through malicious interactions with PLC project files<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Note1"><sup>1</sup></a> and the manipulation of data displayed on human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) displays. In a few cases, this activity caused operational disruption and financial loss.</p>
<p>The authoring agencies assess a group of Iranian-affiliated APT actors is conducting this activity to cause disruptive effects within the United States. The group targeted devices spanning multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/government-services-facilities-sector" title="Government Services and Facilities">Government Services and Facilities</a> (to include local municipalities), <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Systems">Water and Wastewater Systems</a> (WWS), and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy">Energy</a> Sectors. The authoring agencies previously reported on similar activity targeting PLCs by <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-335a" title="CyberAv3ngers">CyberAv3ngers</a> (aka Shahid Kaveh Group)—a cyber threat actor affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Cyber Electronic Command (CEC).</p>
<p>Due to the widespread use of these PLCs, and the potential for additional targeting of other branded OT devices across critical infrastructure, the authoring agencies recommend U.S. organizations urgently review the TTPs and IOCs in this advisory for indications of current or historical activity on their networks, and apply the recommendations listed in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Mitigations"><strong>Mitigations</strong></a> section of this advisory to reduce the risk of compromise.</p>
<p>If owners and operators discover an affected internet-accessible device in their environment, additional technical measures may be necessary to evaluate the risk of compromise. Please engage your cyber incident response plans and contact the authoring agencies and applicable vendors through existing support channels available to customers and integrators (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Contact"><strong>Contact Information</strong></a>) to receive support, mitigation, and investigation assistance.</p>
<p>For more information on Iranian malicious cyber activity, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/iran" title="Iran Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories">Iran Threat Overview and Advisories</a> webpage and the FBI’s <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/counterintelligence/the-iran-threat" target="_blank" title="Iran Threat">Iran Threat</a> and Iran <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/cyber-threat-overview-iran" target="_blank" title="Iran Cyber Threat">Cyber Threat Overview</a> webpages.</p>
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<h2><strong>Background Information</strong></h2>
<h3><strong>Similar Historical Activity Targeting Programmable Logic Controllers</strong></h3>
<p>During a similar campaign beginning in November 2023, the IRGC CEC-affiliated cyber threat actors known as "CyberAv3ngers” targeted U.S.-based PLCs and HMIs, causing disruptive effects. Private industry and open sources also refer to this group as Hydro Kitten, Storm-0784, APT Iran, Bauxite, Mr. Soul, Soldiers of Solomon, UNC5691, and the Shahid Kaveh Group. These attacks compromised at least 75 devices, targeting U.S.-based Unitronics PLC devices with an HMI used across multiple critical infrastructure sectors, including the WWS. APT actors developed and deployed custom ladder logic code to these devices, replacing the valid ladder logic with malicious code that continues to be observed to date.</p>
<p>For more information on this group’s activity, see the joint Cybersecurity Advisory <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-335a" title="IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities">IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities</a>.</p>
<h3><strong>Ongoing Threat Actor Activity Against U.S.-Based Programmable Logic Controllers</strong></h3>
<p>The FBI observed Iranian-affiliated APT actors targeting internet-exposed PLCs with the intent to cause disruptions—including maliciously interacting with project files, and manipulating data displayed on HMI and SCADA displays—to U.S. critical infrastructure organizations. Iranian-affiliated APT targeting campaigns against U.S. critical infrastructure have recently escalated, likely in response to hostilities between Iran, and the United States and Israel.</p>
<p><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026) </strong></em>At one U.S. victim, the FBI observed the APT actors download a malicious project file to a targeted PLC using configuration software. Analysis indicated the project file retained ladder logic for downstream function but added logic that overrode specific instruction sets responsible for maintaining safe operating parameters in the victim’s environment.</p>
<p>Since at least March 2026, the authoring agencies identified (through engagements with victim organizations) an Iranian-affiliated APT group disrupted the function of PLCs. Organizations across several U.S. critical infrastructure sectors (including <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/government-services-facilities-sector" title="Government Services and Facilities">Government Services and Facilities</a>, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Systems">WWS</a>, and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy">Energy</a> Sectors) deployed these PLCs within a wide variety of industrial automation processes. Some of the victims experienced operational disruption and financial loss.</p>
<h2><strong>Technical Details</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This advisory uses the <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/matrices/enterprise/" target="_blank" title="MITRE ATTACK Matrix for Enterprise">MITRE ATT&amp;CK<sup>®</sup> Matrix for Enterprise</a> framework, version 19. See the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#MITRE"><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques</strong></a> section of this advisory for tables of the threat actors’ activity mapped to MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques.</p>
<h3><strong>Initial Access</strong></h3>
<p><em><strong>(Updated, July 22, 2026)</strong></em> The authoring agencies observed Iranian-affiliated APT actors using several foreign-based IP addresses to access internet-facing PLCs manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other manufactured PLCs [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0883">T0883</a>]. The actors used leased, third-party hosted infrastructure and manufacturers’ PLC programming software to connect to misconfigured victim PLCs. Inbound malicious traffic has been observed targeting PLC devices on the following ports: <code>44818</code>, <code>2222</code>, <code>102</code>, and <code>502</code>, as well as targeting modems on port <code>22</code>. Targeted devices include:</p>
<ul type="square">
<li><strong>Rockwell Automation:</strong> CompactLogix and Micro850 PLCs</li>
<li><strong>Schneider Electric:</strong> BMX P34/Modicon M340 PLCs</li>
<li><strong>Siemens:</strong> S7-1200 series PLCs</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Command and Control</strong></h3>
<p><em><strong>(Updated, July 22, 2026)</strong></em> The targeting of ports [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T0885/" target="_blank" title="T0885">T0885</a>] associated with other OT vendors’ protocols suggests these actors are opportunistically targeting devices manufactured by companies other than Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, including Schneider Electric and Siemens. In one reported instance, the actors utilized Dropbear Secure Shell (SSH) software on victim modems to enable them to gain remote access through port <code>22</code> [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1219/" target="_blank" title="T1219">T1219</a>].</p>
<h3><strong>Exfiltration</strong></h3>
<p><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026) </strong></em>The authoring agencies observed Iranian-affiliated APT actors using configuration software—such as Rockwell Automation’s Studio 5000 Logix Designer, Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Control Expert, and Siemens’ Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal—on leased, third-party hosted infrastructure to exfiltrate device project files from PLC devices to threat-actor-controlled infrastructure [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1041/" target="_blank" title="T1041">T1041</a>].</p>
<h3><strong>Impact</strong></h3>
<p><em><strong>(Updated, July 22, 2026)</strong></em> After the actors extracted device project files, the FBI and CISA identified the modification and deletion of project file logic, to include Add-On Instructions (AOIs) and data manipulation on HMI and SCADA displays [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1565/" target="_blank" title="T1565">T1565</a>]. Additionally, the changes disabled critical shutdown and alarm logic, allowing systems to enter unsafe conditions without notifying operators of the anomalies.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> An AOI is analogous to a “Function Block” or “User Defined Function Block” used in other PLC vendor programs.</p>
<h2><strong>Indicators of Compromise</strong></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a><strong> </strong>and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table2"><strong>Table 2</strong></a> for recent IP addresses used by the Iranian-affiliated APT actors to communicate with PLCs manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, and Siemens in the United States.</p>
<p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> The FBI observed the threat actors using the IP addresses listed below in the specified time frames. This data is being provided for customers to query against logs for indications of historical targeting by the Iranian-affiliated APT actors. The authoring agencies recommend organizations investigate or vet these IP addresses prior to taking action, such as blocking.</p>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Table 1. Indicators of Compromise <em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong></em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Indicator</th>
<th role="columnheader">Beginning of Actor Association</th>
<th role="columnheader">End of Actor Association</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]175</td>
<td>September 2025</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>141.11.164[.]153</td>
<td>January 2026</td>
<td>June 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>175.110.121[.]42</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>175.110.121[.]39</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>175.110.121[.]41</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>175.110.121[.]107</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>192.142.54[.]79</td>
<td>May 2026</td>
<td>June 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>84.200.205[.]165</td>
<td>May 2026</td>
<td>June 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.225.17[.]225</td>
<td>June 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>79.133.46[.]209</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>88.80.150[.]199</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>88.80.150[.]200</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>88.80.150[.]202</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Table 2. Indicators of Compromise </caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Indicator</th>
<th role="columnheader">Beginning of Actor Association</th>
<th role="columnheader">End of Actor Association</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]162</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]164</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]165</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]167</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]168</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]170</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]171</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>135.136.1[.]133</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"></a><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques</strong></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table3"><strong>Table 3</strong></a> to <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a><strong> </strong>for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques in this advisory. The authoring agencies recommend organizations review historical TTPs for similar Iranian-affiliated cyber actor activity in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-335a" title="IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities">IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities</a>. For assistance with mapping malicious cyber activity to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK framework, see CISA and MITRE ATT&amp;CK’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/best-practices-mitre-attckr-mapping" title="Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping">Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping</a> and CISA’s <a href="https://github.com/cisagov/Decider/" title="Decider Tool">Decider Tool</a>.</p>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Table 3. Initial Access</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Internet Accessible Device</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0833">T0883</a></td>
<td>The actors accessed and interacted with publicly exposed, internet-accessible PLCs that lacked sufficient network and/or hardening security controls.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 4. Command and Control</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Commonly Used Port</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T0885/" target="_blank" title="T0885">T0885</a></td>
<td>The actors leveraged commonly used OT ports to communicate with PLCs.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Remote Access Tools </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1219/" target="_blank" title="T1219">T1219</a></td>
<td>The actors deployed Dropbear SSH software on victim modems to enable them to gain remote access through port <code>22</code>.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 5. Exfiltration <em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong></em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Exfiltration Over C2 Channel</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1041/" target="_blank" title="T1041">T1041</a></td>
<td>The actors used remote, third-party hosted infrastructure as a C2 channel to transfer device project files out of victim environments.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Table 6. Impact</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Data Manipulation</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1565/" target="_blank" title="T1565">T1565</a></td>
<td>The actors maliciously interacted with project files, including modifying and deleting project file logic, and altered data displayed on HMI and SCADA displays.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Mitigations</strong></a></h2>
<p>The authoring agencies recommend organizations implement the mitigations below to improve your organization’s cybersecurity posture on the basis of the threat actors’ activity. These mitigations align with the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cpg" title="Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs)">Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs)</a> developed by CISA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The CPGs provide a minimum set of practices and protections that CISA and NIST recommend all organizations implement. CISA and NIST based the CPGs on existing cybersecurity frameworks and guidance to protect against the most common and impactful threats and TTPs. Visit CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cpg" title="CPGs webpage">CPGs webpage</a> for more information on the CPGs, including additional recommended baseline protections.</p>
<h3><strong>Network Defenders</strong></h3>
<p>The cyber threat actors accessed PLCs manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other branded/manufactured PLCs to cause disruptions to victim systems. To safeguard against this threat and threats to other types of PLCs, the authoring agencies urge organizations to consider the following mitigations.</p>
<p><em><strong>(Updated, July 22, 2026)</strong></em> In addition to contacting the authoring agencies, organizations and integrators operating PLCs from the manufacturers mentioned in this advisory should review the previously issued guidance to strengthen the security of their OT deployments:</p>
<ul type="square">
<li><strong>Rockwell Automation:</strong> Contact the Rockwell Automation Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) at <a href="mailto:PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com">PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com</a> for questions regarding this guidance, or to report cyber incidents related to Rockwell Automation products.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Refer to Rockwell Automation Security Advisory <a href="https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1771.html" target="_blank" title="SD1771">SD1771</a> for recommended PLC hardening measures and configuration guidance.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Schneider Electric:</strong> Contact the Schneider Electric Corporate Product Cyber Emergency Response Team (CPCERT) at <a href="mailto:cpcert@se.com">cpcert@se.com</a> for questions regarding this guidance, or to report cyber incidents related to Schneider Electric products.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Refer to Schneider Electric’s <a href="https://download.se.com/files?p_File_Name=Cybersecurity_Best+Practices_EN.pdf&amp;p_Doc_Ref=7EN52-0390&amp;p_enDocType=White+Paper" target="_blank" title="Recommended Cybersecurity Best Practices">Recommended Cybersecurity Best Practices</a> and <a href="https://download.se.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=EIO0000001999&amp;p_enDocType=User+guide&amp;p_File_Name=EIO0000001999-13_Modicon_Controller_Platform_Cybersecurity_Guide_EN.pdf" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity User Guide for Modicon Controller Platform">Cybersecurity User Guide for Modicon Controller Platform</a> for guidance on securing and configuring PLCs.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Siemens:</strong> Contact Siemens ProductCERT at <a href="mailto:productcert@siemens.com">productcert@siemens.com</a> for questions regarding this guidance, or to report cyber incidents and vulnerabilities related to Siemens products.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Refer to <a href="https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssb-104599.html" target="_blank" title="Siemens Security Bulletin 104599">Siemens Security Bulletin 104599</a> for a list of security measures to harden PLCs and in-depth configuration guides.</li>
<li>Siemens users should review the <a href="https://cert-portal.siemens.com/operational-guidelines-industrial-security.pdf" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity for Industry Operational Guidelines">Cybersecurity for Industry Operational Guidelines</a> and implement defense-in-depth controls within their automation systems.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Immediate steps to prevent the attack:</strong></p>
<ul type="square">
<li><strong>Disconnect the PLC from the public-facing internet</strong> [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#SecureInternetFacingDevices3S" title="CPG 3.S">CPG 3.S</a>]. Follow the joint guidance <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/operational-technology/secure-connectivity" target="_blank" title="Secure Connectivity Principles for OT">Secure connectivity principles for OT</a> to safely allow remote access. Specifically, “remove inbound port exposure,” so the OT system is never directly exposed to the internet or external networks, and to ensure all access is mediated, monitored, and controlled. Do this through a secure gateway (jump host) that brokers the connection.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Ensure cellular modems, used for remote field connectivity and access, are secured with strong authentication and updated.</li>
<li>Enable logs for connected modems and regularly review for suspicious activity to detect intrusions and improve incident response speed.</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026) </strong></em>To mitigate unauthorized access to OT via cellular modems, organizations should consider implementing isolated architectures, such as private Access Point Name (APN), 5G Public Network Integrated Non-Public Network (PNI-NPN), cellular Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), or a site-to-site virtual private network (VPN).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026) </strong></em><strong>Strictly control network access to PLC devices.</strong><br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Configure firewall rules or access control list (ACL) security features on PLCs or programmable controllers to allow only authorized communications between expected control system devices. Block access from unauthorized or threat actor-controlled IP addresses, such as those associated with hosting providers.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>For controllers with a physical mode switch, place the physical mode switch into run position to prevent remote modification. </strong>Devices should only be in the program or remote position when updating or downloading software online and immediately switched back to the run position when complete. (See Rockwell Automation’s<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Note2"><sup>2</sup></a><sup> </sup><a href="https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rm/secure-rm001_-en-p.pdf" target="_blank" title="System Security Design Guidelines">System Security Design Guidelines</a> for manufacturer’s instructions.)<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em>Prior to switching the device to run mode, review and validate project files, as changing modes will lock in the current project file downloaded to the device.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>For devices that allow software key switching, </strong>enable programming protection in PLC configuration software (S7 TIA Portal) to limit who can modify PLCs remotely. (See Siemens’ <a href="https://assets.new.siemens.com/siemens/assets/api/uuid:c9a2de6e-6bd0-4c32-bba0-f64cac44fcc9/industrial-security-operational-guidelines-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity for Industry Operational Guidelines">Cybersecurity for Industry Operational Guidelines</a> for the manufacturer’s instructions.)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Follow-up steps to strengthen security posture:</strong></p>
<ul type="square">
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em><strong>Review project files running on PLCs for unauthorized changes.</strong> Use vendor-provided integrity checking tools and visually compare the running program to known good logic. Ensure reusable logic and input/output configurations are valid. For Rockwell Automation PLCs listed in the <a href="https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1771.html" target="_blank" title="Customer Guidance to Disconnect Devices from the Internet">Customer Guidance to Disconnect Devices from the Internet</a>, check the AOIs for any anomalous modifications.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>If restoring from backups, verify the backup does not contain malicious logic before deployment.</li>
<li>Review logs and configurations on all connected devices, including modems, HMIs, and workstations, to assess potential lateral movement by threat actors. If it appears the actors connected to additional devices, reimage these devices to remove any potential malicious changes or access tools.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em><strong>Ensure device passwords are changed from their default </strong>and are configured to use complex, unique combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols that are not easily guessable. Implementing robust password practices remains a critical security measure that can help prevent unauthorized access and strengthen the overall security posture of OT devices.</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em><strong>Take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation. </strong>Conduct comprehensive impact analysis and risk assessments prior to deploying defensive measures.</li>
<li><strong>Create and test strong backups of the logic and configurations of PLCs</strong>. Store backup files offline and secure the physical removal media to enable fast recovery.</li>
<li><strong>Implement multifactor authentication</strong> <strong>(MFA)</strong> [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ImplementMultifactorAuthentication3F" title="CPG 3.F">CPG 3.F</a>] for access to the OT network from an external network.</li>
<li>If remote access is required, <strong>implement a network proxy, gateway, firewall, and/or VPN in front of the PLC to control network access</strong>.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>A VPN or gateway device can enable MFA for remote access even if the PLC does not support MFA. Implement security rules on these higher-level network security mechanisms to prevent the type of repeated and sustained login attempts seen during a brute force attack. When possible, implement a device control list for workstations sending messages or connecting to OT components.</li>
<li>Use the device control list to monitor for logon activity for unexpected or unusual access to devices from the internet.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Keep PLC devices updated with the latest software patches issued by the manufacturer.</strong> Use established downtime windows to install patches. <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog" title="Known Exploited Vulnerabilities">Known Exploited Vulnerabilities</a> may need to be prioritized outside a downtime window.</li>
<li><strong>Configure external and internal firewalls to block traffic using common ports </strong>associated with network protocols that are unnecessary for the particular network segment.</li>
<li><strong>Disable any unused authentication methods, logic, or features, </strong>such as default authentication keys and passwords, as well as unused or needed services such as Teletype Network (Telnet), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Virtual Network Computing (VNC), and web services.</li>
<li><strong>Monitor asset management systems for device configuration changes</strong>, which can be used to understand expected parameter settings.</li>
<li><strong>Monitor the content of network traffic</strong> for the following:<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Unusual logins to internet-connected devices or unexpected protocols to/from the internet. </li>
<li>Functions of industrial control systems management protocols that change an asset’s operating mode or modify programs.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em><strong>Ensure service providers are informed of active threats targeting internet-connected PLC devices. </strong>Owners and operators should communicate directly with service providers to address risks, especially when remote monitoring or maintenance is involved. Some service providers may rely on internet connectivity essential to monitor and maintain OT/ICS operations but may not be fully aware of active threats.</li>
</ul>
<p>In addition, the authoring agencies recommend network defenders apply the following mitigations to limit potential adversarial use of common system and network discovery techniques, as well as reduce the impact and risk of compromise by cyber threat actors:</p>
<ul type="square">
<li><strong>Reduce risk exposure</strong>. CISA offers a range of services at no cost, including scanning and testing, to help organizations reduce exposure to threats via mitigating attack vectors. CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services" title="Cyber Hygiene Services">Cyber Hygiene Services</a> can help provide additional review of organizations’ internet-accessible assets. </li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Device Manufacturers</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The following guidance is general in nature and not specific to any OT vendor. Some of the features, settings, and practices may already be offered by certain vendors. The inclusion of this guidance should not be interpreted as an assertion that vendors referenced do not offer such security features. Also, this advisory is not highlighting a new vulnerability in the identified products, but instead discusses opportunistic targeting. Device manufacturers can make opportunistic attacks more difficult at scale by encouraging more secure behavior by default and in operations, as discussed below. </p>
<p>Although critical infrastructure organizations using PLC devices can take steps to mitigate the risks, it is ultimately the responsibility of the device manufacturer to build products secured by design and default. The authoring agencies urge device manufacturers to take ownership of their customers’ security outcomes by following the principles in the joint guide <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-demand-priority-considerations-operational-technology-owners-and-operators-when-selecting" title="Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products">Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for OT Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products</a>, primarily:</p>
<ul>
<li>Change the manufacturers’ default settings to prevent exposing administrative interfaces to the internet.</li>
<li>Do not charge additional fees for basic security features needed to operate the product securely.</li>
<li>Support MFA, including via phishing-resistant methods.</li>
</ul>
<p>By using secure by design tactics, software manufacturers can make product lines secure “out of the box” without requiring customers to spend additional resources making configuration changes, purchasing tiered security software and logs, monitoring, and making routine updates.</p>
<p>For more information on common misconfigurations and guidance on reducing their prevalence, see joint advisory <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-278a" title="NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations">NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations</a>. For more information on secure by design, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/securebydesign" title="Secure by Design">Secure by Design</a> webpage and joint guide.</p>
<h2><strong>Validate Security Controls</strong></h2>
<p>In addition to applying mitigations, the authoring agencies recommend exercising, testing, and validating your organization's security program against the threat behaviors mapped to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK for Enterprise framework in this advisory. The authoring agencies recommend testing your existing security controls inventory to assess how they perform against the ATT&amp;CK techniques described in this advisory.</p>
<p>To get started:</p>
<ol>
<li>Select an ATT&amp;CK technique described in this advisory (see<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table3"><strong>Table 3</strong></a> to <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a>).</li>
<li>Align your security technologies against the technique.</li>
<li>Test your technologies against the technique.</li>
<li>Analyze your detection and prevention technologies’ performance.</li>
<li>Repeat the process for all security technologies to obtain a set of comprehensive performance data.</li>
<li>Tune your security program, including people, processes, and technologies, based on the data generated by this process.</li>
</ol>
<p>The authoring agencies recommend continually testing your security program, at scale, in a production environment to ensure optimal performance against the ATT&amp;CK techniques identified in this advisory.</p>
<h2><strong>Resources</strong></h2>
<ul type="square">
<li>Authoring Agencies: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-335a" title="IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities">IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/bulletproof-defense-mitigating-risks-bulletproof-hosting-providers" title="Bulletproof Defense: Mitigating Risks From Bulletproof Hosting Providers">Bulletproof Defense: Mitigating Risks From Bulletproof Hosting Providers</a></li>
<li>EPA: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/cyberwater/epa-cybersecurity-water-sector" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity for the Water Sector">Cybersecurity for the Water Sector</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/water" title="Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity">Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/11/28/exploitation-unitronics-plcs-used-water-and-wastewater-systems" title="Exploitation of Unitronics PLCs used in Water and Wastewater Systems">Exploitation of Unitronics PLCs used in Water and Wastewater Systems</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/iran" title="Iran Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories">Iran Threat Overview and Advisories</a></li>
<li>FBI: <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/counterintelligence/the-iran-threat" target="_blank" title="The Iran Threat">The Iran Threat</a> and <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/cyber-threat-overview-iran" target="_blank" title="Cyber Threat Overview: Iran">Cyber Threat Overview: Iran</a></li>
<li>CISA, MITRE: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/best-practices-mitre-attckr-mapping" title="Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping">Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://github.com/cisagov/Decider/" title="Decider Tool">Decider Tool</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0" title="Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals 2.0">Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals 2.0</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/cyber-hygiene-services" title="No-Cost Cybersecurity Services and Tools">No-Cost Cybersecurity Services and Tools</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-demand-priority-considerations-operational-technology-owners-and-operators-when-selecting" title="Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products">Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for OT Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products</a></li>
<li>NSA, CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-278a" title="NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations">NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/securebydesign" title="Secure by Design">Secure by Design</a></li>
<li>FBI, CISA: <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2025/250506.pdf" target="_blank" title="Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology">Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology</a></li>
<li>United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre: <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260114.pdf" target="_blank" title="Secure Connectivity Principles for Operational Technology (OT)">Secure connectivity principles for operational technology</a></li>
</ul>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Contact Information</strong></a></h2>
<p>U.S. organizations are encouraged to report suspicious or criminal activity related to information in this advisory to CISA, the FBI, and/or NSA:</p>
<ul type="square">
<li>Contact CISA via CISA’s 24/7 Operations Center at <a href="mailto:contact@cisa.dhs.gov">contact@cisa.dhs.gov</a> or 1-844-Say-CISA (1-844-729-2472). File a claim with FBI’s <a href="https://ic3.gov/" target="_blank" title="Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)">Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)</a> or contact your local <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices" target="_blank" title="FBI field office">FBI field office</a>. When available, please include the following information regarding the incident: 
<ul>
<li>Date, time, and location of the incident;</li>
<li>Type of activity;</li>
<li>Number of people affected;</li>
<li>Type of equipment used for the activity; and</li>
<li>Name of the submitting company or organization, and a designated point of contact.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>For NSA cybersecurity guidance inquiries, contact <a href="mailto:CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov" title="CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov">CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov</a>.</li>
<li>Entities required to report incidents to DOE should follow established reporting requirements, as appropriate. For other energy sector inquiries, contact <a href="mailto:EnergySRMA@hq.doe.gov" title="EnergySRMA@hq.doe.gov">EnergySRMA@hq.doe.gov</a>.</li>
<li>Contact the Rockwell Automation PSIRT for questions regarding their guidance or for reporting cyber incidents related to Rockwell Automation products at <a href="mailto:PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com" title="PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com">PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com</a>.</li>
<li>Contact the Schneider Electric CPCERT at <a href="mailto:cpcert@se.com">cpcert@se.com</a> for questions regarding this guidance, or to report cyber incidents related to Schneider Electric products.</li>
<li>Contact Siemens ProductCERT for up-to-date information about the security of Siemens products or to report cybersecurity vulnerabilities at <a href="mailto:productcert@siemens.com">productcert@siemens.com</a>. For support with increasing the security of installed Siemens PLCs, contact Siemens Industrial Cybersecurity Services at <a href="mailto:services.automation@siemens.com">services.automation@siemens.com</a>. See <a href="https://www.siemens.com/en-us/content/cert-services/" target="_blank" title="Siemens ProductCERT and Siemens CERT">Siemens ProductCERT and Siemens CERT</a> for more information.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer</strong></h2>
<p>The information in this report is being provided “as is” for informational purposes only. CISA and the authoring agencies do not endorse any commercial entity, product, company, or service, including any entities, products, or services linked within this document. Any reference to specific commercial entities, products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by CISA and the authoring agencies.</p>
<h2><strong>Version History</strong></h2>
<p><strong>April 7, 2026</strong>: Initial version.</p>
<p><strong>July 22, 2026</strong>: Update includes new guidance on detecting malicious activity, expanded scope of observed targeting, and best practices for secure PLCs deployment.</p>
<h2><strong>Notes</strong></h2>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup>1</sup>Project file refers to the software file that contains ladder logic and configuration settings. On Rockwell Automation devices, it is referred to as an .ACD file.</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup>2 </sup>See <a href="https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/1769-um021_-en-p.pdf" target="_blank" title="CompactLogix 5370 Controllers">CompactLogix 5370 Controllers</a> (Chapter 5: “Select the Operating Mode of the Controller”) for more information on functions available for the switch.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<h2><strong>Defending against China-nexus covert networks of compromised devices </strong></h2>
<p>Explaining the widespread shift in tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) towards networks of compromised infrastructure, and how to defend against it </p>
<h3><strong>Summary</strong></h3>
<p>With support from the UK <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/cyber-league" target="_blank"><u>Cyber League</u></a>, this advisory has been jointly released by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) and international partners: </p>
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<li>Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)</li>
<li>Communications Security Establishment Canada’s (CSE’s) Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre)</li>
<li>Germany Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution -   Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)</li>
<li>Germany Federal Intelligence Service – Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)</li>
<li>Germany Federal Office for Information Security - Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI)</li>
<li>Japan National Cybersecurity Office (NCO) - 国家サイバー統括室</li>
<li>Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service - Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD)</li>
<li>Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service - Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (MIVD)</li>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)</li>
<li>Spain National Cryptologic Centre – Centro Criptológico Nacional (CCN)</li>
<li>Sweden National Cyber Security Centre - Nationellt cybersäkerhetscenter (NCSC-SE)</li>
<li>United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</li>
<li>United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)</li>
<li>United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</li>
<li>United States National Security Agency (NSA) </li>
</ul>
<p>Its purpose is to provide network defenders with the tools needed to defend against China-nexus cyber actors and their tactic of using large scale networks of compromised devices (covert networks) to route their cyber activity. </p>
<h3><strong>Introduction  </strong></h3>
<p>Over the past few years there has been a major shift in the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used by China-nexus cyber actors, moving away from the use of individually procured infrastructure, and towards the use of externally provisioned, large-scale networks of compromised devices. </p>
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<p>The NCSC believes that the majority of China-nexus threat actors are using these networks (hereafter “covert networks”), that multiple covert networks have been created and are being constantly updated, and that a single covert network could be being used by multiple actors. These networks are mainly made up of compromised Small Office Home Office (SOHO) routers, as well as Internet of Things (IoT) and smart devices. </p>
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<p>Anyone who is a target of China-nexus cyber actors may be impacted by the use of covert networks. They have been <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-and-partners-issue-warning-about-state-sponsored-cyber-attackers-hiding-on-critical-infrastructure-networks" target="_blank"><u>used by Chinese state-sponsored actors Volt Typhoon</u></a> to pre-position offensive cyber capabilities on critical national infrastructure. The group <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-and-partners-issue-advice-to-counter-china-linked-campaign-targeting-thousands-of-devices" target="_blank"><u>Flax Typhoon used a different covert network</u></a> of compromised infrastructure to conduct cyber espionage. </p>
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<p>The use of covert networks of compromised devices - also known as botnets - to facilitate malicious cyber activity is not new, but China-nexus cyber actors are now using them strategically, and at scale.  </p>
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<p>This advisory describes the typical makeup of a covert network and what they are being used for. It also includes protective advice for organizations being targeted by cyber activity using a covert network as an access vector.</p>
<h3><strong>Covert Networks </strong></h3>
<p>Covert networks are used to connect across the internet in a low-cost, low-risk, deniable way, disguising the origin and attribution of malicious activity. Actors have been observed using them for each phase of their Cyber Kill Chains, from performing scans as part of reconnaissance, to the delivery of malware, communicating with said malware, and exfiltrating stolen data from a victim. They can also be used for general deniable internet browsing, allowing threat actors to research exploitation techniques, new TTPs, and their victims without attribution. Some covert networks are also used by legitimate customers to browse the internet, making it challenging to attribute malicious activity. </p>
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<p>There is evidence that covert networks used by China-nexus actors are created and maintained by Chinese information security companies. A network known to network defenders as Raptor Train, which in 2024 infected more than 200,000 devices worldwide, was controlled and managed by the Chinese company, Integrity Technology Group. This company was also <a href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/court-authorized-operation-disrupts-worldwide-botnet-used-peoples-republic-china-state" target="_blank"><u>assessed by the FBI</u></a> to be responsible for the computer intrusion activities attributed to China-based hackers known as Flax Typhoon. </p>
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<p><strong>Botnet operations represent a significant threat to the UK by exploiting vulnerabilities in everyday internet-connected devices with the potential to carry out large-scale cyber attacks – NCSC Director of Operations, Paul Chichester </strong></p>
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<p>Covert networks mostly consist of compromised SOHO routers, but they also pull in any vulnerable device they can exploit at scale. Raptor Train was made up of thousands of SOHO routers and IoT devices, such as web cameras and video recorders, as well as firewalls and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. The KV Botnet used by Volt Typhoon <a href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/us-government-disrupts-botnet-peoples-republic-china-used-conceal-hacking-critical" target="_blank"><u>was mainly made up of vulnerable Cisco and NetGear routers</u></a>. The edge devices were vulnerable because they were “end of life” – out of date and no longer receiving updates or security patches by their manufacturers. </p>
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<p>The cyber security industry has been aware of examples of these networks for some time and has publicly reported on the widespread scale of the threat and its implications. Mandiant Intelligence produced a <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-espionage-orb-networks" target="_blank"><u>public blog in May 2024</u></a> talking about covert networks in which they highlighted a key issue for defenders – indicator of compromise (IOC) Extinction. If a particular threat group could now come from one of many covert networks, each with potentially hundreds of thousands of endpoints, and each used by multiple threat actors, old network defense paradigms of static malicious IP block lists will be less effective. This is compounded by the dynamic nature of these networks where new nodes will be added as old devices are patched or removed from use. </p>
<h3><strong>Typical Network Topology</strong></h3>
<p>The number of covert networks used by China-nexus cyber actors is large, with new networks regularly developed and deployed. The existing covert networks change too, either because of defensive or legal action, or simply as a result of software updates and new exploits being used to target different technologies for incorporation into the network. </p>
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<p>Because of this, a description of all known covert networks in detail, including how they are constructed and how they communicate, would immediately be out of date – and for most network defenders would not be practically useful. </p>
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<p>However, most covert networks of compromised devices use the same basic set up. Understanding this generalized structure can aid researchers and defenders by helping them to understand which part of a network they may have found, and how to defend against it. </p>



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<p>The diagram above illustrates the basic setup of a covert network, where typically an actor will connect to the network via an on-ramp or entry node. Their traffic will be forwarded through multiple compromised devices, used as traversal nodes, before exiting the network from an exit node, usually in the same geographic region as the target. </p>
<h3><strong>Protective Advice </strong></h3>
<p>Defending from attackers using covert networks is not straightforward, and defensive tactics will be different based on the levels of resource and the nature of the target organization. General advice for good cyber security practice should be followed, and some key messages can be found in the appendix of this advisory.  </p>
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<p>The following advice is specifically tailored to steps which can be taken to combat the risk of attacks coming from large, dynamic networks of compromised devices. </p>
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<p>Further guidance for all organizations facing cyber security threats is available on the NCSC website. </p>
<p><em>This guidance should be considered alongside all applicable laws and regulations of the UK and co-sealing countries relating to the security of networks and data. It will be each organization’s responsibility to ensure compliance with any such laws and regulations. Organizations should note that following the recommended actions set out below will not remove all risks.</em></p>
<h4><strong>All organizations</strong></h4>
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<p>The NCSC recommends the following steps for all affected organizations to either take themselves, or ask their managed service and/or security providers to investigate for them: </p>
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<li>Map and understand network edge devices, developing a clear understanding of organizational assets and what should be connecting to them.</li>
<li>Baseline normal connections, especially to corporate virtual private networks (VPNs) or other similar services.
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<li>Leverage available dynamic threat feeds which include covert network infrastructure.</li>
<li>Implement multifactor authentication for remote connections.</li>
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<p>Smaller organizations should consider creating and actioning a <a href="https://cybertoolkit.service.ncsc.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><u>free NCSC Cyber Action Toolkit</u></a>. </p>
<h4><strong>Larger or more at-risk organizations</strong></h4>
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<p>Some more comprehensive measures may be appropriate if the risk to an organization is high enough, to be conducted either in-house or through a security provider:  </p>
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<li>Apply IP address allow lists rather than deny lists for connections to corporate VPNs for remote workers.</li>
<li>Use geographic allow lists or profile incoming connections based on operating system, time zones, and/or organization specific system configuration settings.</li>
<li>Implement zero trust policies for connections.</li>
<li>Enforce machine certificates for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections.</li>
<li>Reduce the internet-facing presence of the IT estate.</li>
<li>Investigate machine learning techniques to profile normal network edge activity to detect and block anomalies. </li>
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<p><a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberessentials/overview" target="_blank"><u>The NCSC's Cyber Essentials</u></a> can help protect organizations of all sizes. </p>
<h4><strong>Largest or most at-risk organizations</strong> </h4>
<p>If Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) tracking is part of an organization’s in-house capability, or if it is part of the service provided by a security vendor, consider tracking China-nexus covert networks as APTs in their own right.</p>
<ul>
<li>Active hunting – look for connections from IP addresses likely to be part of a covert network of compromised devices, for instance those hosting SOHO routers or IoT devices.</li>
<li>Track and map covert networks reported by industry or government by looking at banners and certificates.</li>
<li>Use threat reporting and threat feeds to create and implement dynamic blocklists and create alert rules to detect incoming threats.</li>
<li>Consider using NetFlow feeds to look upstream and map covert networks to find new nodes. </li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/cyber-assessment-framework" target="_blank"><u>NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework</u></a> provides guidance for organizations under the highest levels of threat, including those operating essential services, in sectors such as energy, healthcare, transport, digital infrastructure and government.  </p>
<h3><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK® </strong></h3>
<p>This advisory has been compiled with respect to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK® framework, a globally accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations. </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1584/005/" target="_blank"><u>T1584.005</u></a> </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1584/008/" target="_blank"><u>T1584.008</u></a> </p>
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<p>Compromise Infrastructure: Network Devices </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1090/003/" target="_blank"><u>T1090.003</u></a> </p>
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<p>Proxy: Multi-hop Proxy </p>
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<p>Used by China-nexus cyber actors to route traffic </p>
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<h3> <strong>Appendix: Cyber Security Best Practices </strong></h3>
<p>In addition to the protective advice outlined in this advisory, a number of cyber security best practices will also be useful in defending against the activity described in this advisory. </p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Protect your devices and networks by keeping them up to date</strong>: use the latest supported versions, apply security updates promptly, use antivirus and scan regularly to guard against known malware threats. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/device-security-guidance/policies-and-settings/antivirus-and-other-security-software" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/device-security-guidance/policies-and-settings/antivirus-and-other-security-software</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Prevent and detect lateral movement in your organization’s networks</strong>. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/preventing-lateral-movement" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/preventing-lateral-movement</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Implement architectural controls for network segregation</strong>. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/10-steps-network-security" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/10-steps-network-security</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Set up a security monitoring</strong> <strong>capability</strong> so you are collecting the data that will be needed to analyze network intrusions. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/introduction-logging-security-purposes" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/introduction-logging-security-purposes</u></a> and <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/logging-made-easy" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/logging-made-easy</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Use modern systems and software.</strong> These have better security built-in. If you cannot move off out-of-date platforms and applications straight away, there are short term steps you can take to improve your position. See NCSC Guidance:  <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/mobile-device-guidance/managing-the-risks-from-obsolete-products" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/mobile-device-guidance/managing-the-risks-from-obsolete-products</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Restrict intruders' ability to move freely around your systems and networks</strong>. Pay particular attention to potentially vulnerable entry points such as third-party systems with onward access to your core network. During an incident, disable remote access from third-party systems until you are sure they are clean. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/preventing-lateral-movement" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/preventing-lateral-movement</u></a> and <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/assessing-supply-chain-security" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/assessing-supply-chain-security</u></a><u>.</u></li>
<li><strong>Deploy a host-based intrusion detection system</strong>. A variety of products are available, free and paid-for, to suit different needs and budgets.</li>
<li><strong>Further information</strong>: Invest in preventing malware-based attacks across various scenarios.  See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/mitigating-malware-and-ransomware-attacks" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/mitigating-malware-and-ransomware-attacks</u></a> </li>
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<h4><strong>Disclaimer </strong> </h4>
<p>This report draws on information derived from NCSC and industry sources. Any NCSC findings and recommendations made have not been provided with the intention of avoiding all risks and following the recommendations will not remove all such risk. Ownership of information risks remains with the relevant system owner at all times. Any reference to specific commercial entities, products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by co-sealers. UK readers should refer to the NCSC website for information about <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/products-services/assured-services" target="_blank"><u>NCSC assured services</u></a>. </p>
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<h2><strong>Executive summary</strong></h2>
<p>Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 cyber actors continue to exploit poorly configured and vulnerable networking devices worldwide, opportunistically compromising multiple critical infrastructure sector networks. This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) builds on FBI’s <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250820" target="_blank">Russian Government Cyber Actors Targeting Networking Devices, Critical Infrastructure</a> Public Service Announcement of the decade-plus FSB Center 16 cyber activity by providing additional tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to enable defenders to more fully understand and counter the threat. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work1">1</a>] </p>
<p>This CSA is being released by the following authoring and co-sealing agencies: </p>
<ul type="square">
<li>United States National Security Agency (NSA)</li>
<li>United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</li>
<li>United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</li>
<li>United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)</li>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC)</li>
<li>Communications Security Establishment Canada’s (CSE’s) Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre)</li>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)</li>
<li>United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)</li>
<li>Czech Republic National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot1"><sup>1</sup></a> </li>
<li>Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot2"><sup>2 </sup></a></li>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot3"><sup>3</sup></a> </li>
<li>Estonian Information System Authority (RIA)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Defence Intelligence (FDI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot6"><sup>6</sup></a></li>
<li>French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot7"><sup>7</sup></a></li>
<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot8"><sup>8 </sup></a></li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot9"><sup>9</sup></a></li>
<li>The Military Counterintelligence Service of Poland (SKW)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot10"><sup>10 </sup></a></li>
<li>Sweden National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-SE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot11"><sup>11 </sup></a></li>
</ul>
<p>The authoring and co-sealing agencies strongly urge device owners and network defenders to take mitigation and remediation actions against Russian government-sponsored exploitation of vulnerable routers.</p>



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<p>Download the PDF version of this report:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jul/09/2003959498/-1/-1/0/CSA_IMPROVE_ROUTER_HYGIENE.PDF" target="_blank">Improve Router Hygiene to Protect Against Russian State-Sponsored Targeting</a> (PDF, 816KB)</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Cybersecurity industry tracking </strong></h2>
<p>The cybersecurity industry provides overlapping cyber threat intelligence, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and mitigation recommendations related to this activity. Although not all encompassing, the following list contains the most notable threat group names commonly used within the cybersecurity community related to this activity: </p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Berserk Bear </li>
<li>Energetic Bear</li>
<li>Crouching Yeti </li>
<li>Dragonfly</li>
<li>Ghost Blizzard</li>
<li>Static Tundra</li>
</ul>
<p>Note: Cybersecurity companies have different methods of tracking and attributing cyber actors, and this list may not provide a 1:1 correlation to the authoring agencies’ understanding for all activity related to these groupings.</p>
<h2><strong>Targeting details</strong></h2>
<p>Critical infrastructure sectors most at risk from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 cyber actors’ targeting include:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Communications,</li>
<li>Defense Industrial Base,</li>
<li>Energy,</li>
<li>Financial Services,</li>
<li>Government Services and Facilities, especially organizations at the state and local level, and</li>
<li>Healthcare and Public Health.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Technical details</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note: </strong>This advisory uses the <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/matrices/enterprise/" target="_blank">MITRE ATT&amp;CK® Matrix for Enterprise</a><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot12"><sup>12</sup></a> framework, version 19. See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#AppA"><strong>Appendix A</strong></a> for tables of the activity mapped to MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques. This advisory also uses MITRE DEFEND<sup>TM</sup> version 1.4.0.</p>
<p>The Russian FSB Center 16 cyber actors primarily use scanning to identify poorly configured networking devices, primarily routers, for exploitation. The actors scan for Internet IP ranges with active Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agents that accept common or default community strings for authentication [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/001/" target="_blank">T1595.001</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/002/" target="_blank">T1595.002</a>]. These scans, run via proxies, consist of SNMP Set-Requests from a spoofed IP address [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/" target="_blank">T1027</a>] containing Object Identifiers (OIDs) that instruct the SNMP agent on poorly configured networking devices to [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1569/" target="_blank">T1569</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1602/001/" target="_blank">T1602.001</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1090/" target="_blank">T1090</a>]:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Copy its configuration to a file, often called “config.bkp” or “output.txt” [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1003/" target="_blank">T1003</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1602/002/" target="_blank">T1602.002</a>].</li>
<li>Transfer the file, typically using Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), to an actor-controlled leased virtual private server (VPS) or compromised FTP server [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank">T1583.003</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1090/" target="_blank">T1090</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1071/" target="_blank">T1071</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/" target="_blank">T1048</a>].</li>
</ul>
<p>While SNMP scanning is the primary method the actors use to discover and exploit poorly configured networking devices, they occasionally exploit common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in Cisco devices, Cisco’s Smart Install (SMI) functionality, and web portals to manage network devices. The actors previously exploited at least the following CVEs [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1584/008/" target="_blank">T1584.008</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/005/" target="_blank">T1588.005</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1190/" target="_blank">T1190</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1068/" target="_blank">T1068</a>]: </p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0171" target="_blank">CVE-2018-0171</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4128" target="_blank">CVE-2008-4128</a><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot13"><sup>13</sup></a></li>
</ul>
<p>Many of these TTPs overlap with activity by other malicious cyber actors, such as <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2025/Aug/22/2003786665/-1/-1/0/CSA_COUNTERING_CHINA_STATE_ACTORS_COMPROMISE_OF_NETWORKS.PDF" target="_blank">Salt Typhoon</a>. Even though this CSA focuses on Russian FSB Center 16 cyber activity, the mitigations below should detect and counter these and similar TTPs used by other actors.</p>
<h2><strong>Mitigation actions</strong></h2>
<p>The authoring agencies highly recommend network defenders implement the following mitigations to harden networks against this exploitation:</p>
<ul>
<li>Disable Cisco Smart Install on all devices [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationHardening" target="_blank">D3-ACH</a>]. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work2">2</a>]</li>
<li>Use SNMPv3 with “authPriv” configured to the most modern encryption standard that is supported by the device instead of SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationHardening" target="_blank">D3-ACH</a>]. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work3">3</a>]
<ul>
<li>Disable SNMPv1 and SNMPv2. These are legacy protocols and should no longer be needed on current devices. If they are necessary, change all community strings from defaults and only allow read-only community strings rather than read-write access.</li>
<li>SNMPv3 adds strong authentication and data encryption that are unavailable in SNMPv1 and v2. SNMPv3 replaces clear text shared passwords, known as community strings, with more securely encoded parameters, and authenticates and encrypts data [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageAuthentication" target="_blank">D3-MAN</a>, <a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageEncryption" target="_blank">D3-MENCR</a>].</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Use strong, unique passwords for local accounts on network devices and configure credentials to be stored securely to prevent reuse of compromised passwords [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:CredentialHardening" target="_blank">D3-CH</a>].
<ul>
<li>Cisco devices protect passwords in the configuration file using different hashing types. Use hashing type 8 for user credentials. Avoid using hashing type 0, 4, and 7 as they are insecure or store passwords in plaintext in the configuration file. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work4">4</a>]</li>
<li>Monitor for unusual credentials that do not conform to standard organizational naming conventions [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:PlatformMonitoring" target="_blank">D3-PM</a>]. </li>
<li> Monitor for and alert on logins using local accounts. Local accounts should only be used in emergency situations when accounts supported by centralized authentication servers are unavailable. Centralized authentication to network devices should support multi-factor authentication where feasible. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work3">3</a>]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Monitor and restrict access to SNMP OIDs using a Management Information Base (MIB) allow list [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationHardening" target="_blank">D3-ACH</a>]. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work5">5</a>] Reference the vendor-specific MIB for the network devices and monitor OIDs for indications of reconnaissance or misconfiguration in logs or intrusion detection systems (IDS). IDS rules should be written for inbound SNMP Set-Requests that contain OIDs targeting sensitive device data [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:PlatformMonitoring" target="_blank">D3-PM</a>].<br>
<ul type="square">
<li>Example OIDs include:
<ul>
<li>1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.96.1.1 (Cisco Config Copy)</li>
<li>1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.96.1.1.1.1.5 (Config Copy Server Address, value for this OID is where the configuration file is being sent to) </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Restrict management protocols [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficFiltering" target="_blank">D3-NTF</a>].
<ul>
<li>Use Access Control Lists (ACLs) to only allow management protocols, such as SNMP, from management devices, preferably on an out-of-band network. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work3">3</a>]</li>
<li>On edge firewalls and devices deny all external communications on the following ports unless mission critical, with strict monitoring if blocking is not feasible:
<ul>
<li>User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 69 (TFTP) </li>
<li>Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port 4786 (SMI)</li>
<li>UDP ports 161 and 162 (SNMP)</li>
<li>TCP/UDP ports 10161 and 10162 (SNMPv3)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update network device software and firmware images, especially to patch known vulnerabilities, and upgrade end-of-life devices to supported ones. <br>
<ul type="square">
<li>Use an attack surface management service to identify and secure Internet-facing systems with weak configurations and known vulnerabilities [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkVulnerabilityAssessment" target="_blank">D3-NVA</a>].
<ul>
<li>U.S.-based federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and U.S. critical infrastructure organiztions should consider signing up for CISA’s no-cost <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services">Cyber Hygiene services</a>.</li>
<li>U.S. Defense Industrial Base organizations should consider signing up for <a href="https://www.nsa.gov/About/Cybersecurity-Collaboration-Center/DIB-Cybersecurity-Services/" target="_blank">NSA’s DIB Cybersecurity Services</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Resources</strong></h2>
<p><strong>United States:</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/russia">Russia Threat Overview and Advisories</a></li>
<li><a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jun/15/2003018261/-1/-1/0/CTR_NSA_NETWORK_INFRASTRUCTURE_SECURITY_GUIDE_20220615.PDF" target="_blank">Network Infrastructure Security Guide</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Canada:</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/routers-cyber-security-best-practices-itsap80019" target="_blank">Routers cyber security best practices (ITSAP.80.019)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/security-considerations-edge-devices-itsm80101" target="_blank">Security considerations for edge devices (ITSM.80.101)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-securely-configuring-network-protocols-itsp40062" target="_blank">Guidance on securely configuring network protocols (ITSP.40.062)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/baseline-security-requirements-network-security-zones-version-20-itsp80022" target="_blank">Baseline security requirements for network security zones (ITSP.80.022)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/top-10-it-security-actions-protect-internet-connected-networks-and-information-itsm10089" target="_blank">Top 10 IT security actions to protect Internet-connected networks and information (ITSM.10.089)</a></li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Works cited</strong></h2>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">1</a>] FBI. Russian Government Cyber Actors Targeting Networking Devices, Critical Infrastructure. Alert Number: I-082025-PSA. 2025. <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250820" target="_blank">https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250820</a></p>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">2</a>] NSA. Cisco Smart Install Protocol Misuse. 2017. <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/16/2002157833/-1/-1/0/CSA-CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-PROTOCOL-MISUSE.PDF" target="_blank">https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/16/2002157833/-1/-1/0/CSA-CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-PROTOCOL-MISUSE.PDF</a></p>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">3</a>] NSA. Network Infrastructure Security Guide. 2023. <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jun/15/2003018261/-1/-1/0/CTR_NSA_NETWORK_INFRASTRUCTURE_SECURITY_GUIDE_20220615.PDF" target="_blank">https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jun/15/2003018261/-1/-1/0/CTR_NSA_NETWORK_INFRASTRUCTURE_SECURITY_GUIDE_20220615.PDF</a></p>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">4</a>] NSA. Cybersecurity Information Sheet Cisco Password Types: Best Practices. 2022. <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Feb/17/2002940795/-1/-1/0/CSI_CISCO_PASSWORD_TYPES_BEST_PRACTICES_20220217.PDF" target="_blank">https://media.defense.gov/2022/Feb/17/2002940795/-1/-1/0/CSI_CISCO_PASSWORD_TYPES_BEST_PRACTICES_20220217.PDF</a></p>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">5</a>] NSA. Cybersecurity Information Sheet: Reducing the Risk of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Abuse. 2026. <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jul/09/2003959459/-1/-1/0/CSI_REDUCING_RISK_OF_SNMP_ABUSE.PDF" target="_blank">https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jul/09/2003959459/-1/-1/0/CSI_REDUCING_RISK_OF_SNMP_ABUSE.PDF</a></p>
<h2><strong>Footnotes</strong></h2>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>1</sup></a><sup>  </sup>Národní úřad pro kybernetickou a informační bezpečnost</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>2 </sup></a> Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>3</sup></a> Välisluureamet</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>4</sup></a> Riigi Infosüsteem Amet</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>5</sup></a> Sotilastiedustelu</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>6</sup></a> Suojelupoliisi</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>7</sup></a> Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>8</sup></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>9</sup></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>10</sup></a> Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>11</sup></a> Nationellt Cybersäkerhetscenter</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>12</sup></a><sup> </sup>MITRE and ATT&amp;CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation. MITRE DEFEND is a trademark of the MITRE Corporation.</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>13</sup></a> <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4128" target="_blank">CVE-2008-4128</a> only affects end-of-life Cisco devices.</p>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer of Endorsement</strong></h2>
<p>The information and opinions contained in this document are provided "as is" and without any warranties or guarantees. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government, and this guidance shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.</p>
<h2><strong>Purpose</strong></h2>
<p>This document was developed in furtherance of the authoring agencies’ cybersecurity missions, including their responsibilities to identify and disseminate threats, and to develop and issue cybersecurity specifications and mitigations. This information may be shared broadly to reach all appropriate stakeholders.</p>
<h2><strong>Contact</strong></h2>
<p><strong>United States organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>National Security Agency (NSA)</strong>
<ul>
<li>Cybersecurity Report Feedback: <a href="mailto:CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov">CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov</a> </li>
<li>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov">DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov</a> </li>
<li>Media Inquiries / Press Desk: NSA Media Relations: 443-634-0721, <a href="mailto:MediaRelations@nsa.gov">MediaRelations@nsa.gov</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</strong> and<strong> Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</strong>
<ul>
<li> U.S. organizations are encouraged to report suspicious or criminal activity related to information in this advisory to CISA via the agency’s <a href="https://myservices.cisa.gov/irf" title="Incident Reporting System">Incident Reporting System</a>, its 24/7 Operations Center (<a href="mailto:report@cisa.gov">report@cisa.gov</a> or 888-282-0870), or your <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices" target="_blank">local FBI field office</a>. When available, please include the following information regarding the incident: date, time, and location of the incident; type of activity; number of people affected; type of equipment user for the activity; the name of the submitting company or organization; and a designated point of contact. </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)  </strong>
<ul>
<li>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil">DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil</a> </li>
<li>Defense Industrial Base mandatory cyber incident reporting as required by 10 U.S. Code Sections 391 and 393 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.204-7012 is submitted at <a href="https://dibnet.dod.mil/" target="_blank" title="https://dibnet.dod.mil/">https://dibnet.dod.mil</a>.</li>
<li> Media Inquiries / Press Desk: <a href="mailto:DC3.Information@us.af.mil">DC3.Information@us.af.mil</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Australian organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Australian Signals Directorate</strong>
<ul>
<li>Visit <a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/about-asd-acsc/contact-us#no-back" target="_blank">cyber.gov.au</a> or call 1300 292 371 (1300 CYBER 1) to report cybersecurity incidents and access alerts and advisories.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Canadian organizations</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), part of the Communications Security Establishment, encourages Canadian organizations to report cyber incidents and to strengthen the security of their networking devices. 
<ul>
<li>Report an incident or suspicious activity to the Cyber Centre by email at <a href="mailto:contact@cyber.gc.ca">contact@cyber.gc.ca</a>, online via the reporting tool <a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/incident-management" target="_blank">Report a cyber incident - Canadian Centre for Cyber Security</a> or by phone at 1-833-CYBER-88 (1-833-292-3788).</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>New Zealand organizations</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ): <a href="mailto:info@ncsc.govt.nz">info@ncsc.govt.nz</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>United Kingdom organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Report significant cyber security incidents to <a href="https://ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident" target="_blank">ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident</a> (monitored 24/7)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Estonia organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS): <a href="mailto:info@valisluureamet.ee">info@valisluureamet.ee</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Finnish organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service: <a href="https://supo.fi/en/contact" target="_blank">supo.fi/en/contact</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>French organizations</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>French organizations are encouraged to report suspicious activity or incident related information found in this advisory by contacting ANSSI/CERT-FR at: <a href="mailto:cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr">cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr</a> or by phone at: 3218 or +33 9 70 83 32 18.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Italian Organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE): 
<ul>
<li>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank">https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI): 
<ul>
<li>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank">https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Appendix A: MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques</strong></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a> through <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table10"><strong>Table 10</strong></a> for all the threat actor tactics and techniques referenced in this advisory.</p>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 1: Reconnaissance</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><a class="ck-anchor"></a><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Active Scanning: Scanning IP Blocks</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/001/" target="_blank">T1595.001</a></td>
<td>Scan range of IP addresses</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Active Scanning: Vulnerability Scanning</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/002/" target="_blank">T1595.002</a></td>
<td>Scan victims for vulnerabilities that can be used during targeting</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 2: Resource Development</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Acquire Infrastructure: Virtual Private Servers </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank">T1583.003</a> </td>
<td>Leverage VPS as infrastructure </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Compromise Infrastructure: Network Devices </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1584/008/" target="_blank">T1584.008</a> </td>
<td>Compromise intermediate routers </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Obtain Capabilities: Exploits </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/005/" target="_blank">T1588.005</a> </td>
<td>Use publicly available code to exploit vulnerable devices </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 3: Initial Access</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Exploit Public-Facing Application </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1190/" target="_blank">T1190</a> </td>
<td>Exploit publicly known CVEs </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Proxy</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1090/" target="_blank">T1090</a></td>
<td>Use a connection proxy to direct network traffic </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 4: Execution</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>System Services</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1569/" target="_blank">T1569</a></td>
<td>Executing commands via SNMP</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 5: Privilege Escalation</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Exploitation for Privilege Escalation</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1068/" target="_blank">T1068</a></td>
<td>Exploit publicly known CVEs for escalated privileges</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 6: Stealth</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Obfuscated Files or Information</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/" target="_blank">T1027</a></td>
<td>Obfuscate source IP addresses in system logs, as actions may be recorded as originating from local IP addresses</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 7: Credential Access</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>OS Credential Dumping</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1003/" target="_blank">T1003</a></td>
<td>Collect router configuration with weak Cisco Type 7 passwords and Type 0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 8: Collection</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Data from Configuration Repository: SNMP (MIB Dump) </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1602/001/" target="_blank">T1602.001</a> </td>
<td>Target MIB to collect network information via SNMP </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data from Configuration Repository: Network Device Configuration Dump</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1602/002/" target="_blank">T1602.002</a></td>
<td>Acquire credentials by collecting network device configurations</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 9: Command and Control</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Proxy </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1090/" target="_blank">T1090</a> </td>
<td>Use VPS for C2 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Application Layer Protocol </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1071/" target="_blank">T1071</a> </td>
<td>Open and expose a variety of different services, including TFTP and FTP</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 10: Exfiltration</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><a class="ck-anchor"></a><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/" target="_blank">T1048</a></td>
<td>Exfiltrating over a different protocol than that of the existing command and control channel. </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Appendix B: MITRE D3FEND countermeasures</strong></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table11"><strong>Table 11</strong></a> for a mapping of several of the cybersecurity countermeasures mentioned in this advisory.</p>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 11: MITRE D3FEND Countermeasures</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><a class="ck-anchor"></a><strong>Countermeasure Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Description</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Application Configuration Hardening</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationHardening" target="_blank">D3-ACH</a></td>
<td>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Use SNMPv3 and disable SNMPv1 and SNMPv2. </li>
<li>Use SNMP allowlisting to restrict access to OIDs and MIBs. </li>
<li>Disable Cisco Smart Install.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Message Authentication</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageAuthentication" target="_blank">D3-MAN</a></td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Use SNMPv3 with strong authentication.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Message Encryption</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageEncryption" target="_blank">D3-MENCR</a></td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Use SNMPv3 to encrypt payloads.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Credential Hardening</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:CredentialHardening" target="_blank">D3-CH</a></td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Use strong, unique passwords and store them securely.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Platform Monitoring</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:PlatformMonitoring" target="_blank">D3-PM</a></td>
<td>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Monitor for unusual credentials. </li>
<li>Monitor SNMP Set-Requests for OIDs targeting sensitive device data.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Network Traffic Filtering</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficFiltering" target="_blank">D3-NTF</a></td>
<td>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Use ACLs to only allow management protocols from management devices. </li>
<li>Block TFTP, SMI, and SNMP at edge firewalls.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Network Vulnerability Assessment</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkVulnerabilityAssessment" target="_blank">D3-NVA</a></td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Use an attack surface management service.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<description><![CDATA[The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.96.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
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If you don't have it already,...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.96.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.</p>
<p>If you have a previous version of Rust installed via <code>rustup</code>, you can get 1.96.0 with:</p>
<pre class="giallo z-code"><code><span class="giallo-l"><span>$</span><span> rustup update stable</span></span></code></pre>
<p>If you don't have it already, you can <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/install.html" rel="external">get <code>rustup</code></a> from the appropriate page on our website, and check out the <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/releases.html#version-1960-2026-05-28" rel="external">detailed release notes for 1.96.0</a>.</p>
<p>If you'd like to help us out by testing future releases, you might consider updating locally to use the beta channel (<code>rustup default beta</code>) or the nightly channel (<code>rustup default nightly</code>). Please <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/new/choose" rel="external">report</a> any bugs you might come across!</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/#what-s-in-1-96-0-stable"></a>
What's in 1.96.0 stable</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/#new-range-types"></a>
New <code>Range*</code> types</h4>
<p>Many users expect <code>Range</code> and related <code>core::ops</code> types to be <code>Copy</code>, but this is not the case: they implement <code>Iterator</code> directly, and <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/rust-1.95.0/index.html#copy_iterator" rel="external">it is a footgun to implement both <code>Iterator</code> and <code>Copy</code> on the same type</a> so this has been avoided. <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/rfcs/3550-new-range.html" rel="external">RFC3550</a> proposed a set of replacement range types that implement <code>IntoIterator</code> rather than <code>Iterator</code>, meaning they can also be <code>Copy</code>. The standard library portion of that RFC is now stable, introducing:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>core::range::Range</code></li>
<li><code>core::range::RangeFrom</code></li>
<li><code>core::range::RangeInclusive</code></li>
<li>Associated iterators</li>
</ul>
<p>A Rust version in the near future will also add <code>core::range::RangeFull</code> and <code>core::range::RangeTo</code> as re-exports from <code>core::ops</code> (these do not implement <code>Iterator</code> and already implement <code>Copy</code>), and <code>core::range::legacy::*</code> as the new home for the current ranges. Range syntax like <code>0..1</code> still produces the legacy types for now, but will be updated to <code>core::range</code> types in a future edition.</p>
<p>With these stabilizations, it is now possible to store slice accessors in <code>Copy</code> types without splitting <code>start</code> and <code>end</code>:</p>
<pre class="giallo z-code"><code><span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-keyword">use</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-namespace"> core</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">::</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-namespace">range</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">::</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type">Range</span><span>;</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span>#</span><span>[</span><span>derive</span><span>(</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type">Clone</span><span>,</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type"> Copy</span><span>)</span><span>]</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-keyword">pub</span><span class="z-storage z-type"> struct</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type"> Span</span><span>(</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type">Range</span><span>&lt;</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type">usize</span><span>&gt;</span><span>)</span><span>;</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-keyword">impl</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type"> Span</span><span> {</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-keyword">    pub</span><span class="z-keyword"> fn</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function"> of</span><span>(</span><span class="z-variable z-language">self</span><span>,</span><span class="z-variable"> s</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">:</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator"> &amp;</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type">str</span><span>)</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator"> -&gt;</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator"> &amp;</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type">str</span><span> {</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-keyword z-operator">        &amp;</span><span class="z-variable">s</span><span>[</span><span class="z-variable z-language">self</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">.</span><span class="z-constant z-numeric">0</span><span>]</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span>    }</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span>}</span></span></code></pre>
<p>The new <code>RangeInclusive</code> also makes its fields public, unlike the legacy version which avoided exposing the exhausted iterator state. This isn't a concern with the new type since it must be converted to begin iteration.</p>
<p>Library authors should consider making use of <code>impl RangeBounds</code> in public API, which accepts both legacy and new range types. If a concrete type is needed, prefer using new ranges as this will eventually become the default.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/#assert-matching-patterns"></a>
Assert matching patterns</h4>
<p>The new macros <code>assert_matches!</code> and <code>debug_assert_matches!</code> check that a value matches a given pattern, panicking with a <code>Debug</code> representation of the value otherwise. These are essentially the same as <code>assert!(matches!(..))</code> and <code>debug_assert!(matches!(..))</code>, but the printed value improves the possibility of diagnosing the failure.</p>
<p>These new macros have not been added to the standard prelude, because they would collide with popular third-party crates that provide macros with the same name. Instead, they should be manually imported from <code>core</code> or <code>std</code> before use.</p>
<pre class="giallo z-code"><code><span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-keyword">use</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-namespace"> core</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">::</span><span>assert_matches</span><span>;</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-comment z-comment">///</span><span class="z-comment"> [Random Number](https://xkcd.com/221/)</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-keyword">fn</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function"> get_random_number</span><span>(</span><span>)</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator"> -&gt;</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-type"> u32</span><span> {</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-comment z-comment">    //</span><span class="z-comment z-line z-double-slash z-comment"> chosen by a fair dice roll.</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-comment z-comment">    //</span><span class="z-comment z-line z-double-slash z-comment"> guaranteed to be random.</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-constant z-numeric">    4</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span>}</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-keyword">fn</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function"> main</span><span>(</span><span>)</span><span> {</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-entity z-name z-function">    assert_matches!</span><span>(</span><span class="z-entity z-name z-function">get_random_number</span><span>(</span><span>)</span><span>,</span><span class="z-constant z-numeric"> 1</span><span class="z-keyword z-operator">..=</span><span class="z-constant z-numeric">6</span><span>)</span><span>;</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span>}</span></span></code></pre><h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/#changes-to-webassembly-targets"></a>
Changes to WebAssembly targets</h4>
<p>WebAssembly targets no longer pass <code>--allow-undefined</code> to the linker which means that undefined symbols when linking are now a linker error instead of being converted to WebAssembly imports from the <code>"env"</code> module. This change prevents modules from linking unless all linking-related symbols are defined to catch bugs earlier and prevent accidental issues with symbol naming or similar.</p>
<p>Undefined linking-related symbols are often indicative of build-time related bugs or misconfiguration. If, however, the old behavior is intended then it can be re-enabled with <code>RUSTFLAGS=-Clink-arg=--allow-undefined</code> or by editing the source code and using <code>#[link(wasm_import_module = "env")]</code> on the block defining the symbol.</p>
<p>This change was <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/04/04/changes-to-webassembly-targets-and-handling-undefined-symbols/" rel="external">previously announced</a> on this blog, and now takes effect in Rust 1.96.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/#stabilized-apis"></a>
Stabilized APIs</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/macro.assert_matches.html" rel="external"><code>assert_matches!</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/macro.debug_assert_matches.html" rel="external"><code>debug_assert_matches!</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/panic/struct.AssertUnwindSafe.html#impl-From%3CT%3E-for-AssertUnwindSafe%3CT%3E" rel="external"><code>From&lt;T&gt; for AssertUnwindSafe&lt;T&gt;</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/cell/struct.LazyCell.html#impl-From%3CT%3E-for-LazyCell%3CT,+F%3E" rel="external"><code>From&lt;T&gt; for LazyCell&lt;T, F&gt;</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/sync/struct.LazyLock.html#impl-From%3CT%3E-for-LazyLock%3CT,+F%3E" rel="external"><code>From&lt;T&gt; for LazyLock&lt;T, F&gt;</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/range/struct.RangeToInclusive.html" rel="external"><code>core::range::RangeToInclusive</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/range/struct.RangeFrom.html" rel="external"><code>core::range::RangeFrom</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/range/struct.RangeFromIter.html" rel="external"><code>core::range::RangeFromIter</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/range/struct.Range.html" rel="external"><code>core::range::Range</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/range/struct.RangeIter.html" rel="external"><code>core::range::RangeIter</code></a></li>
</ul>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/#two-cargo-advisories"></a>
Two Cargo advisories</h4>
<p>Rust 1.96 contains fixes for two vulnerabilities for users of third-party registries.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/25/cve-2026-5223/" rel="external">CVE-2026-5223</a> is a <strong>medium</strong> severity vulnerability regarding extraction of crate tarballs with symlinks.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/25/cve-2026-5222/" rel="external">CVE-2026-5222</a> is a <strong>low</strong> severity vulnerability regarding authentication with normalized URLs.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Users of crates.io are <strong>not affected</strong> by either vulnerability.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/#other-changes"></a>
Other changes</h4>
<p>Check out everything that changed in <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/releases/tag/1.96.0" rel="external">Rust</a>, <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/CHANGELOG.html#cargo-196-2026-05-28" rel="external">Cargo</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#rust-196" rel="external">Clippy</a>.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/#contributors-to-1-96-0"></a>
Contributors to 1.96.0</h3>
<p>Many people came together to create Rust 1.96.0. We couldn't have done it without all of you. <a href="https://thanks.rust-lang.org/rust/1.96.0/" rel="external">Thanks!</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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The profile backup mechanism has been enabled by default for all desktop platforms in Nightly, as well as Beta! The current plan is to have this ride out to Firefox 151 for Windows, macOS and Linux on May 18th!

This feature, when enabled, will create a copy of your profile data in th...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>The profile backup mechanism has been enabled by default for all desktop platforms in Nightly, as well as Beta! The current plan is to have this ride out to Firefox 151 for Windows, macOS and Linux on May 18th!
<ul>
<li>This feature, when enabled, will create a copy of your profile data in the background and store it in a single file on your file system that you can restore from.</li>
<li>You will be able to manage this feature in Settings under Sync (for now)
<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image6.png"><img alt="Firefox settings page showing the Backup feature in dark mode. Backup is enabled, with details of the most recent backup and a “Backup now” button. The page displays the backup file name and a backup location folder path, along with “Choose…” and “Show in folder” buttons. A “Sensitive data” section includes an option to back up passwords and payment methods with encryption, and a disabled “Change password” button." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2074" height="517" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image6.png" width="657"></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-backup">You can read more about the feature here</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>As followups to the recent addition to the WebExtension tabs API to <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Working_with_the_Tabs_API#working_with_tab_split_views">support the new SplitView tabs feature</a>, tabs.group() and tabs.ungroup() have been fixed to work correctly with split view tabs, and fixed split views being prepended instead of appended to tab groups when adopted into a new window –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029099"> Bug 2029099</a> /<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029534"> Bug 2029534</a></li>
<li>Adaptive autofill has been enabled on Nightly.
<ul>
<li>Previously, autofill only completed domains (e.g. typing red autofilled<a href="http://reddit.com/"> reddit.com</a>). Now it can also complete full URLs for pages you visit often (e.g. red →<a href="http://reddit.com/r/firefox"> reddit.com/r/firefox</a>), learning from what you actually click in the address bar. If a suggestion isn’t helpful, you can now dismiss it so autofill learns what not to show you too.
<ul>
<li>If you run into issues or have feedback, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&amp;component=Address+Bar">you can file a bug here</a>!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=293943">Markus Stange [:mstange]</a> implemented dynamic toolbar on top in RDM (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1978145">#1978145</a>), but also implemented some static skeleton UI so it’s closer to what we actually have in Firefox for Android
<ul>
<li>dynamic toolbar is behind a pref: devtools.responsive.dynamicToolbar.enabled</li>
<li>it can be put on top by setting devtools.responsive.dynamicToolbar.onTop, otherwise it’s at the bottom</li>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image1.png"><img alt="Firefox Responsive Design Mode on Desktop displaying the Mozilla homepage in a mobile viewport. The toolbar at the top shows a simulated Android device (including the dynamic toolbar) with a viewport size of 376 × 464 pixels and a device pixel ratio of 3. The page content is shown in French, featuring the Mozilla logo, a “Menu” link, a “Pause animation” button, and the headline “Bienvenue chez Mozilla” with accompanying text about trusted technology and digital rights." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2069" height="1113" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image1.png" width="882"></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Friends of the Firefox team</h3>
<h3><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?title=Resolved%20bugs%20(excluding%20employees)&amp;quicksearch=958957%2C1876109%2C1997388%2C2000797%2C1950995%2C1986020%2C2018272%2C2018276%2C2021681%2C2027969%2C2022115%2C1999012%2C2016058%2C2026585%2C2023913%2C2028167%2C2028293%2C2028927%2C1998002%2C2011343%2C1997925%2C2026574%2C2029398%2C2029684%2C1948019%2C2008756%2C2022601%2C2026032%2C2030428%2C1968244%2C1975391%2C944228%2C1962904%2C1977741%2C1997346%2C2027867%2C2030631%2C1807516%2C2030998%2C2030999%2C2015491%2C2028153%2C2028628%2C1978290%2C2008128%2C2024033%2C1883497%2C1984679%2C2030069%2C2031162%2C2031598%2C2012399%2C2031116%2C2031128%2C2031931%2C2031961%2C2033173%2C2032997%2C1919387%2C1947679%2C2027915%2C2032196%2C2019561%2C2024187%2C1392125%2C1993844%2C2027060%2C1983408%2C2034178%2C1873954%2C1875083%2C2008119%2C2008197%2C1628669%2C2031599%2C2033820">Resolved bugs (excluding employees)</a></h3>
<p><a href="https://github.com/niklasbaumgardner/NewContributorScraper">Script to find new contributors from bug list</a></p>
<h4>Volunteers that fixed more than one bug</h4>
<ul>
<li>Amin Amir</li>
<li>aoia7rz7l</li>
<li>Chukwuka Rosemary</li>
<li>DrSeed</li>
<li>Frédéric Wang Nélar</li>
<li>japandi</li>
<li>John Iweh</li>
<li>jonathancabera</li>
<li>Josh Aas</li>
<li>Keji Bakare</li>
<li>kofoworola shonuyi</li>
<li>konyhéa</li>
<li>liz</li>
<li>Mathew Hodson</li>
<li>Okhuomon Ajayi</li>
<li>Oluwatobi</li>
<li>ROSHAAN</li>
<li>Sam Johnson</li>
</ul>
<h4>New contributors (🌟 = first patch)</h4>
<ul>
<li> Anthony Mclamb:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027915"> Disable the legacy Edge migrator</a></li>
<li> Amin Amir
<ul>
<li>🌟<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031599">Fix browsingContext.sys.mjs to assign to #contextCreatedHandled instead of contextCreatedHandled</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033820">Fix missing WITHOUT ROWID SQLite performance optimization in SERPCategorization.sys.mjs</a></li>
<li>🌟 Amine Zroual:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1392125"> Omitted maxResults property not handled correctly in getRecentlyClosed</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>any1here:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031162"> install_sig_alt_stack incorrectly checks mmap’s return value</a></li>
<li>🌟 Armin Ulrich:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031598"> Fix MessageHandlerRegistry.sys.mjs calling getExistingMessageHandler with an unused second argument</a></li>
<li>japandi
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1628669">Cannot remove amazon.com from top sites list</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1977741">The height of the pinned tabs area should be responsive to the number of pins</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1986020">Use cenum for nsIHelperAppLauncherDialog reason constants to enable better typescript annotations</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Nathan Johnson [:narjoDev]:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1950995"> Remove browser.display.use_system_colors pref</a></li>
<li>DrSeed
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1962904">Firefox shows vertical tabs in new windows despite “Hide tabs and sidebar” setting</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1968244">The “Expand sidebar on hover” option is not kept after the vertical tabs are disabled and enabled again</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Keji Bakare:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008756">Split view’s focus-outline is clipped on the right side of left tab</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031116">White space on the right side of left panel in split view</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>🌟 gotyaoi:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1807516"> Reload toolbar button is active on about:newtab</a></li>
<li>Itoro James:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2015491"> [A11y][Keyboard Navigation]Cancelling a note via Keyboard Navigation still saves it</a></li>
<li>John Iweh:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1997925"> The notification dot is not displayed if the tab is in a Split View</a></li>
<li>🌟 John Iweh:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027867"> sidebar-shown attribute remains when sidebar.revamp is false</a></li>
<li>🌟 jonathancabera:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2012399">The Move tab to Split View option is also displayed for the tabs that are within the Split View</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016058">A Note with long text (1003 characters) is saved by pressing ENTER even if the “Save” button is disabled</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026032">Tab group guide line becomes disconnected under certain conditions related to split views in vertical tab mode</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Aloys:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000797"> Remove logic that forces distribution language packs to be reinstalled when upgrading from Firefoxes older than 67</a></li>
<li>liz:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1875083">Create test to ensure maxRenderCountEstimate is never being set to Infinity in virtual-list component in Fx View</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008119">Button accessible name does not convey its function: missing topic context (Settings dialog &gt; Topics dialog &gt; buttons Following/Unfollow/Blocked/Unblock)</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Mary cathline:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022115"> Tab Group Label does not respect touch density in vertical tab bar</a></li>
<li>🌟 Brandon Lucier:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030631"> Popups opened with window.open give window type normal instead of popup</a></li>
<li>karan68:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1997388"> [dialog] New Shortcut dialog needs a label/accessible name</a></li>
<li>🌟 Vector:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008128"> Button does not programmatically indicate that it opens a dialog (Recent activity section &gt; story card &gt; ••• disclosure &gt; Delete from History button)</a></li>
<li>🌟 Osoble:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1876109"> Update font size and weight for synced tabs device name headers in Firefox View</a></li>
<li>konyhéa:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1873954">Add test for sync admin disabled to browser_syncedtabs_errors_firefoxview.js</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883497">Check all second paramaters for TestUtils.waitForCondition in Fx View test files</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030069">Recently Closed Tabs, Tabs from Other Devices, and History pages should have Cmd / Ctrl + Click on a link open the link in the new background tab.</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Noble Chinonso: <a href="http://sidebartreeview.js/">#shouldHandleEvent in SidebarTreeView.js compares event.keyCode to string values, causing Home/End keys to never be handled</a></li>
<li>Pranjali Srivastava:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944228"> Add a test to verify that the space above tabs is consistent across PB, LWT and sizemode (where appropriate)</a></li>
<li>Okhuomon Ajayi:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2018272">More spacing is needed between the tab note icon and the close icon on the tab</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2019561">The tabs in vertical mode collapsed state are positioned differently in Split View</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027060">Keep vertical split view tabs stacked vertically even when the sidebar is expanded when expand on hover is enabled</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029684">Vertical split view tabs can be too big or small when tabs are overflowing</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>🌟 Rishan:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030428"> Fix duplicated arrow function in browser_history_sidebar.js</a></li>
<li>Chukwuka Rosemary:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1948019">“Forget About This Site” context menu option missing from Firefox View history</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026574">Long strings are not displayed properly on the about:opentabs page search filed</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028153">Add test for Forget This Site option in Fxview history context menu.</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>ROSHAAN:
<ul>
<li>🌟<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2018276">Tab note background colour is incorrect for default light theme</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1997346"> [win/linux] The splitter between content areas does not match Figma spec</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028927">Fix typo in OpenInTabsUtils.confirmOpenInTabs()</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Sameeksha:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008197"> Disclosure button expanded/collapsed state not programmatically defined (Customize button)</a></li>
<li>kofoworola shonuyi:
<ul>
<li>🌟<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1999012">Actually hide or remove sidebar-shown attribute when in fullscreen.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028293">Add a test for checking sidebar-shown attribute in fullscreen mode</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>🌟 Sayd Mateen:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021681"> Page URL is displayed as tab name when page’s contains about:reader?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Oluwatobi:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1975391">Unable to delete selected history entries from sidebar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1993844">Incorrect Sidebar button state/tooltip hover text</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2023913">The city name heading level doesn’t follow the correct heading level order</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Nishchay [:nish]:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031961"> Unable to add tabs to old closed tab groups (tabGroupState.splitViews is undefined)</a></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<h3>Project Updates</h3>
<h4>Add-ons / Web Extensions</h4>
<h5>Addon Manager &amp; about:addons</h5>
<ul>
<li>In preparation for the Project Nova restyling of the about:addons page, we have refactored about:addons into separate per-component ES modules, splitting the monolithic aboutaddons.js and aboutaddons.html into 16 dedicated component files under components/ (with no behavior or UI changes) –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032014"> Bug 2032014</a>
<ul>
<li>NOTE: if you have working on patches with changes to about:addons internals it is very likely you’ll need to rebase and solve merge conflicts hit on top of this refactoring, the internals are still largely the same as before but don’t hesitate to reach out to the Addons team if you have doubts / questions or need help to figure out how to adapt your patch of top of these changes</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtensions Framework</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed exportFunction to preserve the constructibility of the wrapped function instead of unconditionally making all exported functions implicitly as constructors –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033173"> Bug 2033173</a>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to Gregory Pappas for contributing this improvement to the Content Scripts’ Xray Wrappers helpers!</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Fixed a Firefox 151 regression where extension content scripts accessing location.ancestorOrigins caused subsequent page script reads of the same property to fail with “Permission denied”, breaking sites like Gmail –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034329"> Bug 2034329</a>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to Simon Farre for promptly investigating and fixing this recent regression!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtension APIs</h5>
<ul>
<li>Updated sessions.getRecentlyClosed() to remove the hardcoded cap when maxResults is omitted –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1392125"> Bug 1392125</a>
<ul>
<li>Shoutout to Amine Zroual for contributing this enhancement to the sessions WebExtensions API!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>DevTools</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=750915">Artem Manushenkov</a> fixed an issue where autosuggestion popup was removing overridden indicators from properties in the Inspector (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1983408">#1983408</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=446257">Andrea Marchesini [:baku]</a> fix DevTools cookie header serialization for long cookies, which could lead to cookies not being visible in Netmonitor (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031299">#2031299</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=559949">Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]</a> fixed a toolbox crash that was happening we couldn’t find a localization file (e.g. when using a language pack on Nightly) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028930">#2028930</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=557153">Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]</a> improved @container tooltip so it show the value of variables used in style()(<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030239">#2030239</a>), has enough contrast in dark mode (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033782">#2033782</a>) and contains a link to select the container (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031688">#2031688</a>)
<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image3.png"><img alt='Firefox Developer Tools showing a CSS @container style() rule in the Rules panel. A popover for a element displays container properties including "container-name: hello section-container", "container-type: inline-size", and the custom property "--w: 100px", while indicating that --secondary and --plouf are not set. Below, the container query uses nested var() fallbacks, and a CSS declaration previews the resolved value for background-color.' class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2071" height="532" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image3.png" width="1038"></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=656417">Hubert Boma Manilla (:bomsy)</a> is making good progress on migrating the Console to CodeMirror 6 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032758">#2032758</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026569">#2026569</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Fluent</h4>
<ul>
<li>We’re now at over 72% of our strings being Fluent! Got a component still using .properties? Convert when you can!</li>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image5.png"><img alt="Stacked area chart titled “Are We Fluent Yet?” showing the number and type of localization strings available in Firefox from 2018 to 2026. The chart tracks Fluent strings (green), Properties strings (blue), DTD strings (pink), and a small number of INI strings. Over time, Fluent strings steadily increase while DTD and Properties strings decline. A tooltip at April 26, 2026 shows 10,372 Fluent strings, 3,997 Properties strings, and no remaining DTD or INC strings, illustrating Firefox’s ongoing migration to the Fluent localization system." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2073" height="924" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image5.png" width="1509"></a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Migration Improvements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to dao for <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035009">fixing a recent alignment issue in the migration wizard dropdown</a></li>
<li>Thanks to volunteer contributor Anthony Mclamb for his patch that <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027915">disables the legacy EdgeHTML Edge migrator</a>! Once that finishes rolling out, presuming no surprises, we’ll go ahead and remove the migrator entirely.</li>
</ul>
<h4>New Tab Page</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nova for New Tab has ridden the trains to Beta! It will be enabled by default, globally, when Firefox 151 goes out to release on May 19th
<ul>
<li>It’s possible that we’ll do a train-hop coupled with an experiment to enable HNT Nova for a few clients a bit earlier.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2032213"> enabled Nova designs for New Tab</a>, rolling out the updated layout, widgets, and customization panel behind HNT Nova flags.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033165"> fixed the Nova content feed to render the intended four‑column layout</a> by correcting CSS grid breakpoints.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033264"> resolved a first‑load failure in the Weather widget</a> by fixing init order and fetch timing, eliminating the “Oops” error.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031707"> synchronized the Weather toggle between about:preferences#home and the panel</a> via the shared showWeather pref to prevent desync.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2021460"> updated Nova grid focus order</a> to align tab flow with visual order for keyboard users.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034620"> fixed critical UI issues in Lists and Timer widgets</a> covering overflow, controls, and layout stability.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2032462"> guarded document.dir access in Nova render paths</a> to avoid startup cache worker errors and improve startup stability.</li>
<li>Rolf<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031568"> added a new normalization method for the inferred interest vector</a> to stabilize topic relevance across sessions.</li>
<li>Rolf<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031569"> prevented unnecessary content refreshes during Pocket New Tab experiments</a>, reducing jank and bandwidth.</li>
<li>Sameeksha<a href="https://bugzil.la/2008197"> defined the Customize button’s expanded/collapsed state programmatically</a> using aria-expanded for better a11y.</li>
<li>liz<a href="https://bugzil.la/2008119"> clarified follow/unfollow/blocked button names with topic context</a> so screen readers announce clear actions.</li>
<li>Vector<a href="https://bugzil.la/2008128"> marked the Delete from History control as opening a dialog</a> via aria-haspopup=dialog for assistive tech.</li>
<li>Scott Downe<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034145"> fixed a regression that flipped the Wallpapers pref off</a>, restoring user selections.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033927"> corrected privacy link color and focus styles</a> for contrast and keyboard visibility.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2030873"> added a wallpaper toggle reset in the Nova customization panel</a> so users can quickly restore default wallpapers without extra steps.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031669"> fixed the Customize pencil button to match the Nova spec</a>, aligning placement and iconography for visual consistency.</li>
<li>Dre<a href="https://bugzil.la/2032607"> updated the ‘Fresh new’ wallpapers copy</a> to a clearer, localized message for better comprehension.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033927"> fixed Nova privacy link color and focus styles</a> to meet contrast and focus ring guidelines, improving accessibility on New Tab.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034098"> adjusted Sponsored tile character limits</a> to prevent truncation/overflow, yielding cleaner titles across grid and wide tiles.</li>
<li>Scott Downe<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034145"> fixed a regression that flipped the Wallpapers user pref to false</a>, restoring wallpapers for affected users and preventing unintended disablement.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034688"> hooked the wallpaper check into the new toggle logic</a> so the Customization Panel accurately reflects wallpaper availability and state.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034912"> landed Nova UI updates for the Daily Briefing 3-pack card</a>, improving spacing, type scale, and tap targets.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2030873"> added a wallpaper toggle reset in the Nova customization panel</a> so users can quickly restore default wallpapers without extra steps.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031669"> fixed the Customize pencil button to match the Nova spec</a>, aligning placement and iconography for visual consistency.</li>
<li>Dre<a href="https://bugzil.la/2032607"> updated the ‘Fresh new’ wallpapers copy</a> to a clearer, localized message for better comprehension.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033927"> fixed Nova privacy link color and focus styles</a> to meet contrast and focus ring guidelines, improving accessibility on New Tab.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034098"> adjusted Sponsored tile character limits</a> to prevent truncation/overflow, yielding cleaner titles across grid and wide tiles.</li>
<li>Scott Downe<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034145"> fixed a regression that flipped the Wallpapers user pref to false</a>, restoring wallpapers for affected users and preventing unintended disablement.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034688"> hooked the wallpaper check into the new toggle logic</a> so the Customization Panel accurately reflects wallpaper availability and state.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034912"> landed Nova UI updates for the Daily Briefing 3-pack card</a>, improving spacing, type scale, and tap targets.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search and Urlbar</h4>
<ul>
<li>Marco has fixed a<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034743"> couple</a> of<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1989632"> issues</a> with the places databases to try and improve stability. This should help with avoiding users losing bookmarks or favicons.</li>
<li>Work continues on the new separate search bar to improve the functionality, e.g.<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033231"> allowing middle click</a> to perform a search in a new tab,<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032991"> avoiding performing a</a> search when adding a search engine.</li>
<li>Work also continues on the new Nova layouts.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Smart Window</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032122">uplifted 10 bugs</a> to 150.0.1 dot release addressing initial user feedback from diary study and <a href="https://connect.mozilla.org/">Connect</a>
<ul>
<li>jump to bottom of conversation <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028692">2028692</a></li>
<li>stop streaming button <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029204">2029204</a></li>
<li>back/forward navigation from assistant <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029229">2029229</a></li>
<li>dark mode for various chips <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2024499">2024499</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>search engine switching from smart bar <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021973">2021973</a></li>
<li>Nova styling within smart window <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026794">2026794</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Storybook/Reusable Components/Acorn Design System</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dustin converted moz-breadcrumb-group variables into JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029181">Bug 2029181 – Convert moz-breadcrumb-group variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin converted moz-box-* variables into JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029180">Bug 2029180 – Convert moz-box-* variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin converted moz-promo variables to JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029190">Bug 2029190 – Convert moz-promo variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin converted moz-reorderable-list variables to JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029191">Bug 2029191 – Convert moz-reorderable-list variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin converted moz-visual-picker variables to JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029193">Bug 2029193 – Convert moz-visual-picker-item variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin updated browser-shared.css so it passes use-design-tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022985">Bug 2022985 – Update browser-shared.css so it passes use-design-tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin updated popup.css so it passes use-design-tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022979">Bug 2022979 – Update popup.css so it passes use-design-tokens</a></li>
<li>Jon added opacity tokens and added opacity to use-design-tokens stylelint rule  <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1955325">Bug 1955325 – Create opacity tokens</a></li>
<li>Jon converted toolbar design tokens to JSON <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2017970">Bug 2017970 – Convert toolbar design tokens to json</a></li>
<li>Anna fixed moz-select with panel-list drop-down size inconsistency <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032365">Bug 2032365 – Applications Action drop-down menus sometimes have a different size when opened</a></li>
<li>Anna fixed issue with the disabled state of moz-radio component <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027123">Bug 2027123 – moz-radio disabled state cannot be changed while the moz-radio-group is disabled</a></li>
<li>Anna updated moz-button and moz-box-button components to prevent label corruption when accesskeys are present and the label changes.   <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022326">Bug 2022326 – moz-button with accesskey label becomes corrupted when l10nId updates dynamically</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>UX Fundamentals</h4>
<ul>
<li>The error pages shown when a server sends back an invalid response header or an unsupported content encoding now display accurate, context-specific messages. The invalid response header page also gained a helpful list of next steps. – <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027209">2027209</a></li>
<li>In progress: The error page illustrations are being replaced with new artwork, and the system now supports per-illustration size configuration, giving each image the ability to define its own appropriate dimensions. – <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031837">2031837</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Settings Redesign</h4>
<ul>
<li>Tim converted settings related to Accessibility page to config-based pane <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1968116">Bug 1968116 – Convert settings related to Accessibility page to config-based settings</a></li>
<li>Benjamin converted Privacy &amp; Security page to the config-based pane <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1968112">Bug 1968112 – Convert settings related to Privacy &amp; Security page to config-based settings</a></li>
<li>Finn integrated Firefox Labs page into setting-pane config <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021047">Bug 2021047 – Integrate Firefox Labs page into setting-pane config</a></li>
<li>Anna converted Firefox Updates section to config-based prefs <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1990961">Bug 1990961 – Convert Firefox Updates section to config-based prefs</a></li>
<li>Mark Kennedy added moz-promo, that is welcoming users to the redesigned settings <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2015093">Bug 2015093 – Add a moz-promo to welcome users to the redesign</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image4.png"><img alt="The Firefox settings page in dark mode showing a notification banner that reads, “Same settings, new look!” The message further explains that the page has been reorganized to make settings easier to scan and explore, while keeping all existing settings unchanged. A “Got it” button appears below the message. The “AI Controls” section is visible underneath the banner." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2072" height="559" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image4.png" width="1431"></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Anna added possibility to search for actions in the redesigned “Applications” section <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2020370">Bug 2020370 – It’s no longer possible to search for actions in the new “Applications” section</a></li>
<li>Anna fixed the Settings navbar layout breakage</li>
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<description><![CDATA[Highlights

James enabled adaptive autofill in Nightly for testing, which we believe should provide better results in the URL bar when doing autocomplete!
Jack updated the illustrations shown on some of our error pages to match the latest approved designs, giving users more polished artwork when ...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>James <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032547">enabled adaptive autofill in Nightly</a> for testing, which we believe should provide better results in the URL bar when doing autocomplete!</li>
<li>Jack <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031837">updated the illustrations shown on some of our error pages</a> to match the latest approved designs, giving users more polished artwork when the browser encounters connection or security errors!</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Internet connection error page with an adorable Kit illustration" class="aligncenter wp-image-2080 size-full" height="652" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image2-1.png" width="1584"></p>
<ul>
<li>Controls for the Memories feature <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032998">can now be set during Smart Window onboarding</a></li>
</ul>
<p><img alt='Two radio button controls for the Smart Window Memories feature, including "Chats in Smart Window" and "Browsing across Firefox"' class="aligncenter wp-image-2078 size-full" height="546" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image4-1-e1780509799577.png" width="500"></p>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>We’ve disabled the CSS filter implicitly applied to WebExtension pageAction SVG icons across all release channels starting in Firefox 152, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016509">completing the deprecation</a>
<ul>
<li><b>NOTE:</b> The blog post published at<a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/04/23/webextensions-api-changes-firefox-149-152/"> WebExtensions API changes in Firefox 149-152</a> provides to extensions developers more details about this deprecation and links to the related MDN docs.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Friends of the Firefox team</h3>
<h4><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?title=Resolved%20bugs%20(excluding%20employees)&amp;quicksearch=2031599%2C2033820%2C2034178%2C1930213%2C2035355%2C1611643%2C2020302%2C2026007%2C2031015%2C2035252%2C2036528%2C411384%2C2033780%2C2036199%2C1812100%2C1898257%2C2030070%2C2030072">Resolved bugs (excluding employees)</a></h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/niklasbaumgardner/NewContributorScraper">Script to find new contributors from bug list</a></p>
<h4>Volunteers that fixed more than one bug</h4>
<ul>
<li>Amin Amir</li>
<li>Pranjali Srivastava</li>
<li>Sam Johnson</li>
</ul>
<h4>New contributors (🌟 = first patch)</h4>
<ul>
<li> 🌟:23rd: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1812100">Regression: The new swipe-to-navigation indicator stucks for a moment, when deciding not to navigate the other page</a></li>
<li>🌟Akeem Omosanya: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035252">Remove commented-out code in SearchService.sys.mjs</a></li>
<li>Amin Amir:
<ul>
<li>🌟<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031599">Fix browsingContext.sys.mjs to assign to #contextCreatedHandled instead of contextCreatedHandled</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033820">Fix missing WITHOUT ROWID SQLite performance optimization in SERPCategorization.sys.mjs</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>🌟Sahaj: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031015">Suggest the default target language for translation after changing the detected source language</a></li>
<li>🌟JIANG Zhirui: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036199">Breakpad build failed on Windows using VS2026 due to removal of stdext</a></li>
<li> John Iweh: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030072">Add “Open in New Tab” and “Open in New Container Tab” options to the context menu for Tabs from Other Devices</a></li>
<li>Jak: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030070">Bookmarks and History – should respect the “When you open a link, image or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately” setting</a></li>
<li>🌟Andy [:rgbcmy]: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1611643">Autoplayed next video should also be PIP</a></li>
<li> konyhéa: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1930213">“Escape” key should collapse the expanded on hover sidebar launcher even if hover is still active.</a></li>
<li> Pranjali Srivastava:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1898257">Remove icon property from sidebar extensions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026007">Show language-agnostic SelectTranslations context menu item when the source and target languages are the same</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Project Updates</h3>
<h4>Add-ons / Web Extensions</h4>
<h5>Addon Manager &amp; about:addons</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed long-standing regression on the autocomplete and datalist popups for extension inline options pages on about:addons (introduced in Firefox 68 by<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1532724"> Bug 1532724</a>, fix shipping in Firefox 152) –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1595158"> Bug 1595158</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtensions Framework</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed access to web-accessible resources declared with &lt;all_urls&gt; from sandboxed documents (null-principal URLs), restoring extension redirects from the context-menu search flow, starting in Firefox 152 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033905"> Bug 2033905</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtension APIs</h5>
<ul>
<li>Added exhaustive test coverage for tabs.move() against additional edge cases related to split-view tabs –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029092"> Bug 2029092</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>DevTools</h4>
<ul>
<li>Andreas Farre improved the Session History tab in the Application panel (still behind devtools.application.sessionHistory.enabled)
<ul>
<li>added support for remote debugging (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2014064">#2014064</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016121">#2016121</a>)</li>
<li>made sure that calls to History.replaceState are reflected in the UI (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2037359">#2037359</a>)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=559949">Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]</a> fixed the most frequent DevTools crash we were observing in Telemetry, adding a guard against IDBTransaction errors when retrieving breakpoints in the Debugger (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030260">#2030260</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=557153">Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]</a> fixed the image preview tooltip for relative URLs images in constructed stylesheet (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035503">#2035503</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=559949">Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]</a> reduced the overhead we had because of network requests monitoring by only decoding response content when the user actually want to see the response (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026228">#2026228</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h4>WebDriver</h4>
<ul>
<li>Amin Amir cleaned up an <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031599">incorrect variable assignment</a> in our browsingContext module.</li>
<li>Logan Rosen <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036603">updated stale references and broken links</a> in our documentation about Marionette.</li>
<li>Sameem improved the Marionette and WebDriver BiDi <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2020302">screenshot commands to enforce maximum allowed dimensions</a>.</li>
<li>Leo McArdle fixed <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030964">the regression in the “log.entryAdded” event, which lacked an error message in the “text” field for the messages of type “error”</a>.</li>
<li>Henrik Skupin fixed an issue in Marionette where <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033769">WebDriver:Navigate and WebDriver:Refresh did not handle errors</a> when the underlying navigation failed.</li>
<li>Henrik Skupin <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839953">improved geckodriver to detect an early Firefox exit during startup on Android</a>, avoiding up to 60 seconds of unnecessary connection attempts.</li>
<li>Henrik Skupin updated the <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028933">geckodriver CI build job to produce a universal macOS binary</a> supporting both x64 and aarch64.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Lint, Docs and Workflow</h4>
<ul>
<li>Sylvestre <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2023411">ported some linters</a> (e.g. file-whitespace, test-manifest-toml, license, file-perm, rejected-words &amp; more) to Rust to help improve the runtime of the code review bot.</li>
<li>Dale has been working on migration to moz-src for <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034040">customkeys</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035086">dom/quota</a> and <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035295">odom/geolocation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://arewemozsrcyet.com/">https://arewemozsrcyet.com/</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>New Tab Page</h4>
<ul>
<li>We did our first region-specific trainhop on May 11th (just 15% of the US), and turned on HNT Nova (and sometimes Widgets) for those clients to get some advance-data of its behaviour in the wild! A note that HNT Nova gets turned on for everybody when Firefox 151 ships on May 19th.
<ul>
<li>We’ll be launching a similar experiment in the DE, probably on May 12th, also at 15% population.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Most of the team is heads down building out a sports-tracking widget, attempting to get that ready in time to be generally available for the upcoming World Cup event.</li>
<li>Dre landed a new world clock widget, which is currently off by default, but pretty snazzy!</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="World clock widget in New Tab featuring different time zones for YTO, BER, SYD, and LAX." class="aligncenter wp-image-2079 size-full" height="162" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image3-1.png" width="346"></p>
<h4>Search and Urlbar</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nova (URL Bar Design Refresh)
<ul>
<li>Drew and Daisuke continued their work on <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2015612">Nova styling for the Address bar</a> (input and view).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Search and Suggest
<ul>
<li>Drew finalized two bugs for World Cup and sports suggestions, which were landed and uplifted: one to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035322">update the localization string for scheduled games</a> and another to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034350">show both teams’ icons in suggestions</a>. Drew also landed and uplifted a fix for <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035353">rich search suggestion icons being forced into a square aspect ratio</a>.</li>
<li>Standard8 updated Ecosia favicons to the latest branding, including QA testing and publishing.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Settings Redesign (SRD)
<ul>
<li>Stephanie landed a test to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021512">ensure search suggestion settings are hidden when quicksuggest is disabled</a>, as well as a patch to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031341">resolve TypeScript issues</a> in search.mjs, and is adding test coverage to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2007397">confirm removed search engines are not displayed in the default engines dropdown</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>General URL Bar and Component Updates
<ul>
<li>Daisuke landed implementation of the <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1893083">context menu on URL bar results</a>, and a fix to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2020177">show the loading URL in the URL bar when starting up with a homepage</a>.
<ul>
<li>Marco is working on several tasks, including a <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1756564">PDF download / focus stealing issue</a> and <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1924124">allowing arrays to be bound in Sqlite.sys.mjs</a>. Marco also worked on fixes related to Places, such as <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034743">avoiding replacing the favicons database if it is not corrupt</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Standard8 finalized the <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028423">URL bar test manifest split</a>. Standard8 also <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016401">upgraded us to TypeScript 6</a>.</li>
<li>Moritz landed a fix for URL bar abandonment telemetry being recorded when clicking an engine in the unified search button popup (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032973">Bug 2032973</a>), which was also uplifted. Moritz also <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034507">simplified search mode switcher item activation in tests</a>, and made it so that <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036030">the unified search button popup closes when installing an open search engine</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Smart Window</h4>
<ul>
<li>natural language starting with tab close/undo <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035343">2035343</a> with expandable action log <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031508">2031508</a></li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Tab close and undo actions in Smart Window accompanied by an expandable log of actions taken" class="aligncenter wp-image-2077 size-full" height="256" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image1-1.png" width="220"></p>
<ul>
<li>assistant rendering feedback up/down <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032994">2032994</a> and markdown table <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027029">2027029</a></li>
<li>nova styling blur <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027877">2027877</a> and suggestions <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026823">2026823</a></li>
<li>accessibility screen reader <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028676">2028676</a> and keyboard focus <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2037565">2037565</a></li>
<li>optimize conversation starters extra requests <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030005">2030005</a> and caching <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033430">2033430</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Storybook/Reusable Components/Acorn Design System</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nova token updates occasionally, focused on SRD</li>
</ul>
<h4>UX Fundamentals</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for the “SEC_ERROR_CA_CERT_INVALID” certificate error to the Felt Privacy error pages. – <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035942">2035942</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Settings Redesign</h4>
<ul>
<li>Settings redesign is being tested and will hopefully go out in Firefox 152!</li>
</ul>
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<li>
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<title><![CDATA[Firefox Nightly: Eyedropper Quick Action, geckodriver 0.37, and Tighter File Permissions – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 205]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Highlights

Dao added a new Eyedropper quick action! Check it out by typing “color” or “eyedropper” in the URL bar (Bug 1803575) on Nightly.



Henrik Skupin released geckodriver 0.37.0, which includes support for several new APIs and various bug fixes. See the release page for details.
Starting ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:37:28 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>Dao added a new Eyedropper quick action! Check it out by typing “color” or “eyedropper” in the URL bar (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1803575">Bug 1803575</a>) on Nightly.</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt='Firefox URL bar dropdown with "col" typed in, showing an eyedropper button labeled "Pick a color" below search suggestions.' class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2084" height="358" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image1-3.png" width="724"></p>
<ul>
<li>Henrik Skupin <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1938333">released geckodriver 0.37.0</a>, which includes support for several new APIs and various bug fixes. See the <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/tag/v0.37.0">release page for details</a>.</li>
<li>Starting from Firefox 153, access to local file: URLs is being restricted by default.
<ul>
<li>Extensions now require an explicit “Access local files on your computer” permission, separate from broad host permissions, that users must grant.</li>
<li>Extensions can call the extension.isAllowedFileSchemeAccess() API to determine whether they have been granted access to file: URLs (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034168">Bug 2034168</a>).</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Friends of the Firefox team</h3>
<h4><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?title=Resolved%20bugs%20(excluding%20employees)&amp;quicksearch=1941404%2C2039281%2C2024187%2C1674047%2C1986161%2C2043187%2C2019260%2C2027580%2C2027582%2C2041640%2C2039294%2C2042309%2C1830551%2C2031735%2C2043952%2C1972065%2C2043958%2C2042419%2C2042820%2C2022661%2C1994826%2C2041802%2C1315558%2C1930776%2C2042921%2C2043938">Resolved bugs (excluding employees)</a></h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/niklasbaumgardner/NewContributorScraper">Script to find new contributors from bug list</a></p>
<h4>Volunteers that fixed more than one bug</h4>
<ul>
<li>:Vincent</li>
<li>Chris Vander Linden</li>
<li>DrSeed</li>
<li>Khalid AlHaddad</li>
<li>Sam Johnson</li>
</ul>
<h4>New contributors (🌟 = first patch)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Francis :mckenfra: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1315558">tld service for webextensions</a></li>
<li>any1here: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042309">about:preferences#privacy is broken with MOZ_DATA_REPORTING false</a></li>
<li>pullmana8: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031735">Fix protocol/Actor.js to throw an Error instead of an Actor</a></li>
<li>RAN1: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1830551">Firefox Crashes on Quit When Running Two Browsers With Separate Profiles</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Project Updates</h3>
<h4>Accessibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>Morgan added a new accessibility-specific, front-end review skill to mozilla central! 🎉 You can read about it, and learn how to use it <a href="https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/processes/accessibility-review.html#automated-accessibility-review-skill">in the accessibility review source docs</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Add-ons / Web Extensions</h4>
<h5>Addon Manager &amp; about:addons</h5>
<ul>
<li>Migrated addon-page-header and addon-card action buttons to the reusable moz-button web component as part of the ongoing Nova restyling of about:addons –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042200"> Bug 2042200</a> /<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042204"> Bug 2042204</a></li>
<li>Extended moz-page-nav-button with a forwarded title property to fix an accessibility issue where the component lacked a label in collapsed state; Landed in Firefox 153, and uplifted to Firefox 152 for about:settings which was already riding the 152 release train –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2040971"> Bug 2040971</a></li>
<li>Fixed a shutdown-timing bug where a pending GMP update-check timer could fire after XPCOMShutdownThreads started, causing a pref write assertion; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2043803"> Bug 2043803</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtensions Framework</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed MV2 content scripts incorrectly injecting into guarded hosts because MozDocumentMatcher::MatchesURI was not consulting CheckGuarded when mCheckPermissions was false; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041393"> Bug 2041393</a></li>
<li>Added support for accessing ObservableArray attributes (such as adoptedStyleSheets) from XrayWrappers and extension content scripts, unblocking extensions that rely on this Web API; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1751346"> Bug 1751346</a></li>
<li>Wired runtime_blocked_hosts and runtime_allowed_hosts enterprise policy settings through ExtensionSettings to allow administrators to restrict extension host permissions on managed devices, starting in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1805205"> Bug 1805205</a>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to Mike Kaply for implementing this enterprise policy enhancement.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtension APIs</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed promiseTabWhenReady blocking indefinitely on discarded tabs, preventing cleanup of associated resources and potentially causing memory leaks; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1653876"> Bug 1653876</a></li>
<li>Fixed webNavigation.onCommitted being dispatched twice for cross-origin iframes loaded under Fission, caused by a redundant OnStateChange trigger firing in addition to OnLocationChange; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750196"> Bug 1750196</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>DevTools</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=766005">Chris Vander Linden</a> made the Search input component shared as we plan to use it in the Netmonitor as well (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2019260">#2019260</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027580">#2027580</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027582">#2027582</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=631103">pullmana8</a> improved error management in the DevTools protocol (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031735">#2031735</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=553004">Chris H-C :chutten</a> removed Legacy Telemetry devtools instrumentation (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039650">#2039650</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=13647">:glob ✱</a> fixed an issue in the Inspector where the swatch color for variable in @starting-style rule could have the wrong color (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016778">#2016778</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=557153">Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]</a> exposed heading level more clearly in the accessibility tree (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1588784">#1588784</a>) and in the accessibility highlighter (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2044904">#2044904</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt='Accessibility panel in Firefox DevTools showing a selected "heading (level 3)" node named "Backwards compatibility."' class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2083" height="375" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image2-3.png" width="727"></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=559949">Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]</a> migrated the markup view to HTML (from XHTML) to fix an issue when editing the markup (CodeMirror 6 does not support XHTML) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028058">#2028058</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=557153">Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]</a> fixed an issue in Netmonitor search where it could appear the the search stalled (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042405">#2042405</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=656417">Hubert Boma Manilla (:bomsy)</a> added more connection information (ECH, Delegated Credentials, OCSP, Private DNS, …) in Netmonitor Security tab (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036404">#2036404</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h4>WebDriver</h4>
<ul>
<li>Khalid AlHaddad improved the window manipulation commands in Marionette and WebDriver BiDi to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1941404">allow individual window geometry properties, such as x, y, width, and height, to be adjusted independently</a>.</li>
<li>Khalid AlHaddad updated our codebase to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1972065">use constants instead of hardcoded strings</a> for all our session data types.</li>
<li>Alexandra Borovova updated <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2015655">the “emulation.setLocaleOverride” command to also apply a locale emulation in dedicated and shared workers</a>.</li>
<li>Alexandra Borovova fixed <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042385">a regression when there would be no “script.realmCreated” events after the cross-origin navigation</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search and Urlbar</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dharma updated context search actions to trigger search instead of entering search mode @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1945080">1945080</a></li>
<li>Daisuke and Drew worked on a lot of Nova updates, including ensuring Nova is tested @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041255">2041255</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030183">2030183</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2019168">2019168</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2044849">2044849</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033583">2033583</a></li>
<li>Moritz has worked on several refactorings to allow the urlbar to be used in content @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039828">2039828</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039298">2039298</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041280">2041280</a></li>
<li>Middle click paste replaces content was fixed by Moritz @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042893">2042893</a></li>
<li>Michel added feature to show registrable domain on desktop after its implementation on mobile @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1986161">1986161</a></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Hacks.Mozilla.Org: PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This is the technical companion to our update on Distilled, “Keeping the web open and private in the bot era.” Here we take a deeper look at the problem space, the design we’re proposing, and the problems still left to solve. 
Bots (and privacy-preserving browsers) not welcome 
Browse a news site...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:37:27 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="c43"><em><span class="c11 c1">This is the technical companion to our update on Distilled, </span><span class="c11 c1 c17"><a class="c5" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/privacy-security/keeping-the-web-open-and-private-in-the-bot-era/">“Keeping the web open and private in the bot era.”</a></span><span class="c11 c1"> Here we take a deeper look at the problem space, the design we’re proposing, and the problems still left to </span><span class="c1 c11">solve</span></em><span class="c13 c11 c1"><em>.</em> </span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">Bots (and privacy-preserving browsers) not welcome </span></h3>
<p class="c40"><span class="c0">Browse a news site in a private window. Shop at a major retailer with a VPN. Visit a video streaming platform with anti-fingerprinting defenses tuned up. You’ll see the same responses: registration walls, block pages, and endless CAPTCHAs. The message is clear: </span><span class="c13 c11 c1">if we think you might be a bot, you’re not welcome</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c53"><span class="c0">Websites have valid reasons for wanting to block bots. Bots enable volumetric abuse</span><span class="c1">, abuse that wouldn’t otherwise be feasible if they had to be carried out by humans</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c0"> For example</span><span class="c1">: SEO comment spam, credential stuffing and DDoSing</span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> Consequently many sites employ dedicated anti-abuse tooling which aims to keep the bots out whilst minimizing friction for human visitors. </span></p>
<p class="c21"><span class="c0">Unfortunately, that tooling is increasingly failing at both tasks. Browser privacy protections are </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/fingerprinting-protections/">dismantling</a></span><span class="c0"> the passive signals that anti-abuse systems depended on to identify and distinguish </span><span class="c0">visitors</span><span class="c0">. Meanwhile advances in generative AI have rendered CAPTCHAs ineffective: bots now solve them </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.usenix.org/system/files/usenixsecurity23-searles.pdf">faster and more reliably</a></span><span class="c0"> than </span><span class="c0">humans</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c33"><span class="c0">Many sites are switching to more invasive mechanisms and now ask visitors to disclose </span><span class="c1">identifying information</span><span class="c0">,</span><span class="c0"> e.g. an email address, a federated login or </span><span class="c1">disabling their VPN</span><span class="c0">. This means greater friction for users, since providing these details on a first visit takes time. It also compromises their privacy, since these details enable the same kinds of cross-site tracking that browser privacy protections were intended to mitigate. </span></p>
<p class="c38"><span class="c0">This </span><span class="c1">leaves</span><span class="c0"> users </span><span class="c1">with a</span><span class="c0"> dilemma. The more effectively they protect their privacy, the harder it is for websites to distinguish them from bots and the worse the treatment they receive. Website operators are also suffering. The additional friction they inflict upon well-behaved visitors harms their site, but many are willing to pay the costs if it mitigates volumetric abuse. </span></p>
<p class="c44"><span class="c1">Browser-based AI agents make this tension more acute. Sites may want to allow agents which are acting on behalf of individual users while blocking agents engaged in volumetric abuse. However, with no effective mechanisms to distinguish the two, websites are opting to block </span><span class="c17 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3730567.3732913">both</a></span><span class="c0">. That hurts users, who should be free to choose the user agent they use to access the web; it hurts new browsers and agents, which struggle to interoperate; and it hurts sites, which lose legitimate visitors.</span></p>
<p class="c30"><span class="c0">The consequence is that the web gets worse for everyone. Users get more friction or less privacy or both. Website operators see more volumetric abuse and the friction they add drives away users </span><span class="c1">who</span><span class="c0"> would otherwise want to consume their content or services. New user</span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c0">agents struggle to access the same content as conventional browsers. </span></p>
<h3 class="c12"><span class="c20 c1">The</span><span class="c20 c1"> Costs of </span><span class="c2 c1">Convenient</span><span class="c2 c1"> Solutions</span></h3>
<p class="c9"><span class="c0">Some large ecosystem players have put forward solutions that leverage their control of the dominant operating systems and their deep integration with consumer hardware. These rely on device attestation: identifiers and privileged code baked into devices at the hardware level, which let manufacturers prove what software is running on a user’s device. Exposing this functionality to the web means attesting to sites that the user is running approved software with trusted hardware and therefore isn’t a bot. There have been two substantive proposals.</span></p>
<p class="c9"><span class="c0">Google’s Web Environment Integrity, <a href="https://www.theregister.com/software/2023/11/02/google-abandons-web-environment-integrity-api-proposal/335969">abandoned in 2023</a>, was the blunt version. It attested to the user agent itself, as well as the operating system and device in use. Users would have lost control in two ways: once to the attester, which would decide which operating systems and devices could be blessed, and again to the website, which would decide which software to accept. If sites had adopted allow-lists of approved user agents, building a new browser would have become virtually impossible, and sites could have withdrawn access from any user agent they chose.</span></p>
<p class="c9"><span class="c0">Apple’s Private Access Tokens, <a href="https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=huqjyh7k">deployed</a> across their ecosystem in 2022, have more subtle issues. Built on the Privacy Pass protocol standardized at the IETF, they get a lot right: a user receives a renewed, limited batch of one-time tokens that can be presented to websites without linking their visits together. This provides privacy for users and has shown rate limits to be an effective tool for sites – both points we’ll return to later in this post.</span></p>
<p class="c9"><span class="c1">However, Private Access Tokens rely on device attestation, requiring that the hardware manufacturer be in overall control of the user’s device. Presenting a PAT tells a website you are locked into Apple’s rules for what counts as acceptable software. </span><span class="c1">Due to PAT’s technical design</span><sup class="c1"><a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/?p=48374#:~:text=PAT%20requires">[1]</a></sup><span class="c1">, there’s no way to open the system to other sources of scarcity without compromising the system’s privacy properties, meaning that if more widely deployed, access to the web would</span><span class="c1"> become tied to having bought expensive hardware from a small, hard to change set of vendors</span><span class="c1">. </span></p>
<p class="c9"><span class="c1">Both approaches are ultimately hostile to users and to the openness of the web. Both are premised on parts of a user’s device that sit within the manufacturer’s control and beyond the user’s own. Were they widely deployed, the web would become just another walled garden with centralized gatekeepers controlling acceptable hardware, operating systems and software. As convenient as these solutions are for the players who already dominate the ecosystem, we think there’s a better path.</span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">A Better Path Forward </span></h3>
<p class="c24"><span class="c1">Bots’ harms arise from their ability to operate beyond human scale. For sites to prevent volumetric abuse they</span><span class="c0"> don’t actually need to know </span><span class="c1">the user’s</span><span class="c0"> identity or </span><span class="c1">receive cryptographic</span><span class="c0"> proof that they’re running approved softwar</span><span class="c1">e. If sites knew their visitors were restricted to a rate </span><span class="c1">limit</span><span class="c1"> set by a site, that would be enough.  </span></p>
<p class="c34"><span class="c1">Rate limits</span><span class="c0"> only make sense if </span><span class="c1">they’re</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c1">tied to</span><span class="c0"> something scarce; something an attacker can’t cheaply replicate to evade the limit. </span><span class="c0">Without anchoring to a scarce resource, like the trusted hardware used in Private Access Tokens, attackers can generate as many fresh identities as they need to bypass the rate limit. </span></p>
<p class="c56"><span class="c1">However, </span><span class="c0">hardware is just one option for </span><span class="c1">scarcity</span><span class="c0">. Anything a user already has that an attacker can’t trivially spin up at scale will work</span><span class="c1">: e</span><span class="c0">mail addresses and phone numbers are naturally scarce</span><span class="c1">. A paid subscription costs an attacker the same as a real user.  </span><span class="c0">Even maintaining an account on a free service requires </span><span class="c1">some</span><span class="c0"> non-trivial work. </span></p>
<p class="c39"><span class="c0">What if we could use these scarce signals across the web? We</span><span class="c1"> could build </span><span class="c0">an open ecosystem with many parties offering scarcity signals, each site choosing which to accept. By </span><span class="c0">opening up who can provide a signal, and letting sites choose which to accept, we can avoid transferring control to device manufacturers and the resulting harms. </span></p>
<p class="c39"><span class="c1">As a concrete example of who might be well positioned to provide such a signal, we can consider VPN providers acting as a subscription service. Sites routinely block VPN users indiscriminately, whether through a deliberate policy choice or through an indirect consequence of rate limiting visitors per IP address. But a VPN subscription is a perfect source of scarcity. If the VPN provider could vouch for its users so that sites could rate limit each user individually – then users would be able to browse the web with less friction and without giving up their VPN usage. </span></p>
<p class="c35"><span class="c0">The catch is that building </span><span class="c1">a system that can enable this</span><span class="c0"> on the open web whilst </span><span class="c1">maintaining user’s privacy</span><span class="c0"> is genuinely difficult. </span><span class="c1">It requires that we take information from one site — that this user holds some scarce thing — and expose it to other sites so that they can use that as the basis for their rate limiting. </span><span class="c0">Letting one site verify a signal from another is </span><span class="c1">the sort of </span><span class="c0">information flow</span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c0">that privacy-pr</span><span class="c1">eserving </span><span class="c0">browsers have spent the last decade locking down to </span><span class="c1">prevent cross-site tracking</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c35"><span class="c1">Our goal would be that no more than the minimum information gets through: a single bit communicating whether the user is below the rate limit set by the site. Leaking anything more – like the source of the scarcity that the rate limit is anchored to – would be unacceptable. Enabling a new cross-site information flow might feel like compromising privacy to gain better access, but reality is more nuanced. If a new system moves sites away from demanding that visitors be identifiable (whether through fingerprinting or login forms), </span><span class="c1">it can be a win for both privacy and access.</span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">The Foundations </span></h3>
<p class="c50"><span class="c0">The good news is that the cryptographic foundations for a privacy preserving approach already exist. The </span><span class="c1 c3"><a class="c5" href="https://privacypass.github.io/">Privacy Pass protocol</a></span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://privacypass.github.io/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1782228494401139&amp;usg=AOvVaw3uoXdqARBZKjQF5H8uwYKY">,</a></span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.petsymposium.org/2018/files/papers/issue3/popets-2018-0026.pdf">originally developed in 2018</a></span><span class="c0"> to reduce the friction of Cloudflare CAPTCHAs for Tor users, introduced the core primitive: a token that is </span><span class="c13 c11 c1">unlinkable </span><span class="c0">between issuance and redemption. You prove something to an issuer (e.g. by </span><span class="c1">solving a CAPTCHA</span><span class="c0">), receive some tokens, and later present a token to a website. The website can verify the token is legitimate, but can’t link it to the user it was issued to. </span></p>
<p><img alt="A diagram showing the protocol flow for Privacy Pass." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48375" height="1639" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-1.excalidraw1-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c27"><img alt="" title=""><span class="c20 c1 c57"><strong>Figure 1</strong>: </span><span class="c0"><em>In Privacy Pass, a CAPTCHA provider can issue tokens to a client which can then be used to bypass challenges for future site visits. Even if the CAPTCHA provider and sites collude, they can’t use the tokens to identify the user or their browsing history.</em> </span></p>
<p class="c52"><span class="c0">Privacy Pass has gone on to be successfully deployed in systems where the issuer and verifier have a prior trust relationship: </span><span class="c0">Apple</span><span class="c0"> uses it to authenticate users of </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/feed/">Private Cloud Compute</a></span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c1">and</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Overview_Dec2021.PDF">Private Rel</a></span><span class="c17 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Overview_Dec2021.PDF&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1782228494402463&amp;usg=AOvVaw0KGoiSPg-8NLvNvIiSSbPt">ay</a></span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c0">without linking their activity to their identity, </span><span class="c0">Chrome</span><span class="c0"> uses it for </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection">two-hop IP protection</a></span><span class="c0">, and </span><span class="c0">Kagi</span><span class="c0"> uses it to provide </span><span class="c17 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://help.kagi.com/kagi/privacy/privacy-pass.html">private search</a></span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c0">These deployments work in part because a small number of parties have agreed in advance on who issues tokens and who accepts them. </span></p>
<p class="c18"><span class="c0">Applying this approach to an open system where any site can act as</span><span class="c0"> an issuer</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k3QJG2D_Sq4zJiJRn9DfY80hEHuz9UWrJdTt8LbRsMM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.r8jxzjcoeumo">brings real challenges</a></span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> Firstly, even though tokens are unlinkable, knowing a user has access to a specific issuer is a privacy leak on its own, because you can infer that the user meets the relevant issuance criteria. </span><span class="c1">If one site can learn that you have a token from another site, that reveals that you have been to that site, which can be a major privacy problem. </span><span class="c0">This compounds if </span><span class="c1">sites </span><span class="c0">can learn the set of issuers </span><span class="c1">you have visited</span><span class="c0">, since it becomes a fingerprint which can be used to identify </span><span class="c1">you</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c8"><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2014/11/27/zero-knowledge-proofs-illustrated-primer/">Generic techniques</a></span><span class="c0"> exist for proving a statement in zero knowledge: we can prove that </span><span class="c1">a client</span><span class="c0"> ha</span><span class="c1">s</span><span class="c0"> a token from a set of acceptable issuers without revealing which specific issuer it is. We’ll call this issuer blinding. </span><span class="c0">The generic approach is often slow, but </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-orru-zkproof-sigma-protocols-01.html">bespoke approaches</a></span><span class="c0"> tailored to the underlying cryptography can improve this considerably. </span></p>
<p class="c54"><span class="c0">Another challenge is how sites using rate limits decide who to trust to issue tokens. If an issuer misbehaves then the site’s rate limits become ineffective, enabling volumetric abuse. However, if we need to prevent the site from learning which issuers a user has access to, the site is only going to know that one of its trusted issuers was used, not which one. This makes mistakes or misbehaviour by an issuer difficult to detect, and makes it hard for sites to evaluate new issuers. Solving this challenge is essential for openness. Without adequate information, </span><span class="c0">sites are likely to lean towards conservative issuer selection. </span><span class="c1">That could lead to less choice between Anchors, which in turn could lead to a new form of gatekeeper being created.</span><span class="c0"> </span></p>
<p class="c32"><span class="c0">To solve this, sites at least need a way to calculate an aggregate score for each issuer they use. This should roughly correspond to how much of the traffic it considers abusive to have come from users using that particular issuer. Mozilla has long invested in systems like </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/partnership-ohttp-prio/">Prio</a></span><span class="c0"> which use multiparty computation (MPC) to protect user privacy whilst enabling aggregate measurements of system behaviour. </span></p>
<p class="c59"><span class="c0">Privacy Pass also struggles to handle dynamic adjustments to rate limits. Once tokens have been issued, they’re difficult to invalidate without either revoking all active tokens or risking attacks which can compromise the privacy of users. It’s also beneficial if sites can adjust rate limits on a per </span><span class="c1">client</span><span class="c0"> basis, for example by increasing rate limits where they become more confident the </span><span class="c1">client</span><span class="c0"> is benign and withdrawing access </span><span class="c1">when abuse is detected</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c47"><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-schlesinger-cfrg-act-00.html">Anonymous Credit Tokens</a></span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0">offer a useful building block to solve this problem. Conventional Privacy Pass schemes rely on issuing a bucket of tokens but ACT works differently by enabling the use of a credential with state. For example, an ACT credential can hold an internal counter. When the credential is presented, the site can check the counter is over some threshold and mutate it, increasing or decreasing </span><span class="c1">the counter whenever</span><span class="c0"> the site’s perception of the holder has improved or worsened. Critically, the exact value is never leaked to the site, preventing the site from tracking the holder and ensuring successive presentations of the same credential can’t be linked. </span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">Putting it together </span></h3>
<p class="c19"><span class="c1">So how can we combine these techniques to build a system which can enable privacy-preserving rate limiting on the open web? In May 2026, we participated in a </span><a href="https://pactworkshop.com/"><span class="c17 c1">W3C CG Meeting</span></a><span class="c0"> in collaboration with Cloudflare, Chrome and other web stakeholders in which we started sketching out a design we’re calling PACT – Private Access Control Tokens. </span></p>
<p class="c19"><span class="c0">Rate limits need a starting point, a source of scarcity to anchor on. We’ll call an entity that provides such a source an </span><span class="c2 c1">Anchor</span><span class="c0">. To a user who meets the Anchor’s criteria, like having a subscription,</span><span class="c0"> an account in good standing</span><span class="c0">, or a verified phone number, an Anchor issues a batch of </span><span class="c2 c1">Endorsement </span><span class="c0">tokens, following the Privacy Pass model. In practice, Anchors could be any website which has access to this kind of signal. An Endorsement conveys</span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c0">scarcity to other sites. </span></p>
<p class="c51"><span class="c0">That’s enough for a simple system where access is </span><span class="c1">either granted or denied</span><span class="c0">. But as we discussed earlier, we also want the ability to increase access where a visitor behaves benignly and decrease it where they don’t. </span><span class="c1">The state needed to enforce a rate limit</span><span class="c0"> can’t live in the Endorsement, because Endorsements cross trust boundaries between unrelated sites. We need a second object that can hold that state, scoped to the party that maintains it. </span></p>
<p class="c48"><span class="c0">We’ll call that the party that handles rate limiting for a site a </span><span class="c2 c1">Moderator </span><span class="c0">and the stateful object a </span><span class="c2 c1">Credential</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c1">A Credential is specific to a Moderator and, unlike endorsements, we limit each site to nominating a single Moderator. In the common case the site itself plays the Moderator role, so there’s no new entity or trust boundary. </span><span class="c1">A Moderator can also be a third-party service shared across many sites, allowing those sites to cooperatively share a rate limit.</span><span class="c0"> </span></p>
<p class="c48"><span class="c0">In the terminology of the previous section, the Anchor is the issuer of Endorsements, and the Moderator both verifies Endorsements and issues Credentials. A Moderator manages rate-limit policy: it decides which Anchors it trusts, accepts their Endorsements, and issues a Credential in return.</span></p>
<p class="c14"><img alt="" title=""><img alt="A diagram showing an overview of the PACT system" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48381" height="1655" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-5.excalidraw21-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c14"><strong><span class="c1 c20">Figure 2: </span></strong><span class="c1"><em>(1) Clients acquire Endorsements from Anchors in the course of normal browsing to sites they have relationships with. (2) Clients can exchange Endorsements for a stateful Credential from a Moderator. (3) Credentials can be used to access sites which use that Moderator. Credentials can be updated over time.</em> </span></p>
<p class="c41"><span class="c0">Directly revealing which Anchor backed an Endorsement would leak a lot of information about the user. The issuer blinding techniques from the previous section solve this: when an Endorsement is redeemed, the Moderator only learns that it came from one of </span><span class="c1">the </span><span class="c0">Anchors it trusts, but not which one. </span></p>
<p class="c28"><span class="c0">When a Moderator covers more than one site, we let Credentials be presented across all of them but partition cookies and storage as</span><span class="c1"> we would for any other third party site</span><span class="c0">. The unlinkability of </span><span class="c1">Credential</span><span class="c0"> presentations keeps this from creating a new cross-site identifier. The benefit is that good behaviour on one site improves access on every site the Moderator covers, and bad behaviour cuts it everywhere. Websites can already build the same capability with a shared account system, so this doesn’t create a new way to lock users out, but it </span><span class="c1">does provide a</span><span class="c0"> new way to grant access without requiring users to give up their privacy. </span></p>
<p class="c28"><span class="c0">Enabling Moderators that cover many sites carries a centralisation risk, simila</span><span class="c1">r </span><span class="c0">to the concentration we see today in anti-abuse providers. The mitigation is that the choice of Moderator stays with each site, and the choice of trusted Anchors stays with each Moderator. Th</span><span class="c1">is</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c1">can’t</span><span class="c0"> reverse the centralisation pressure the web already faces, but it </span><span class="c1">ensures this system won’t lead to additional lock-in</span><span class="c0">: a new Anchor or a new Moderator can be adopted without coordinating with a dominant vendor. </span></p>
<p class="c46"><span class="c0">The </span><span class="c1">system then has three flows</span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> First, the user </span><span class="c1">receives</span><span class="c0"> Endorsements from an Anchor in the course of normal interaction</span><span class="c1">, based on the Anchor’s positive view of the user</span><span class="c0">. This is </span><span class="c0">a relatively rare operation for any given user and Anchor. After all, as our source of scarcity, Endorsements should not be too easy to accumulate.</span></p>
<p class="c10"><img alt="" title=""><img alt="A diagram showing the PACT Anchor Flow" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48377" height="1789" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-3.excalidraw1-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c10"><strong><span class="c20 c1">Figure 3</span></strong><span class="c1">: <em>In the course of normal browsing, clients browse to websites they have a relationship with. These sites can act as Anchors by issuing Endorsements to clients.</em></span></p>
<p class="c26"><span class="c0">Second, when the user arrives at a site that works with a Moderator, the browser spends an Endorsement from an Anchor the Moderator trusts and receives a Credential in return. The presentation hides </span><span class="c13 c11 c1">which </span><span class="c0">Anchor was used, and </span><span class="c1">neither the Anchor nor the Moderator can trace the Endorsement back to where it was issued</span><span class="c0">. The Moderator decides what initial balance the Credential starts with. If the user has no Endorsements from suitable Anchors at all, existing mechanisms (CAPTCHAs, account creation, federated login) </span><span class="c1">could be used to</span><span class="c0"> bootstrap a Credential the same way, so the system degrades to today’s experience rather than locking the user out.</span></p>
<p class="c7"><img alt="" title=""><img alt="A diagram showing the protocol flow between Anchors and Moderators" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48378" height="1789" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-4.excalidraw1-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c7"><span class="c20 c1"><strong>Figure 4</strong></span><span class="c1"><strong>:</strong><em> When the client browses to a site, it can prompt the client for a Credential from the Moderator it uses. If the Client doesn’t have a suitable Credential, but does have a suitable Endorsement, it can exchange it for a Credential with the Moderator. In practice, the Moderator and the Site might be the same server. </em></span><em><span class="c0"> </span></em></p>
<p class="c25"><span class="c0">Third, as the user browses, the browser presents the Credential and the Moderator updates </span><span class="c1">the internal state of the Credential</span><span class="c0">. The </span><span class="c1">Moderator can reward </span><span class="c0">behaviour that looks benign and </span><span class="c1">penalize suspicious activity</span><span class="c0">, </span><span class="c1">but can’t track the use of the Credential or identify it if it’s used on other sites the Moderator covers</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c0">Revocation falls out of the same mechanism: a Moderator </span><span class="c1">can refuse to return an updated Credential</span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> </span></p>
<p class="c7"><img alt="" title=""><img alt="A diagram showing the PACT Moderator Flow" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48379" height="1618" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-5.excalidraw1-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c7"><strong><span class="c20 c1">Figure 5</span></strong><span class="c0"><strong>:</strong> <em>The Client can present the Credential on sites which use the matching Moderator. Sites can check if the Credential is in good standing. The sites can then adjust the access the Credential has in response to behaviour. E.g. increasing it when they gain confidence in the client or reducing it in response to malicious behaviour.</em></span></p>
<p class="c23"><span class="c0">In practice, all of this would happen transparently to the user through a WebAPI that sites acting as Anchors or Moderators would call from JavaScript. In an ideal ecosystem, users would accumulate Endorsements through normal browsing, just by virtue of the sites they already visit, and the rest of the flow would happen in the background as they move around the web, leaving </span><span class="c1">users</span><span class="c0"> with meaningfully less friction. </span></p>
<p class="c16"><span class="c0">AI agents acting on behalf of a user slot into the same flow. An agent can carry its user’s Credentials, in which case the user remains accountable for how the agent </span><span class="c1">behaves.</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c1">S</span><span class="c0">ites would not need to grant any more access than they would to the user themselves. Alternatively, the operator of an agent can run its own Anchor and vouch for its agents the way other Anchors vouch for human users. </span><span class="c0">Sites retain control over which Anchors they accept, so they can choose how to treat agent traffic without needing a separate detection mechanism. </span></p>
<p class="c6"><span class="c0">Several mechanisms combine to keep the information about a user that flows out close to a single bit. Cryptographic unlinkability ensures successive Credential presentations cannot be tied to each other or to the original issuance, so a user’s visits cannot be </span><span class="c1">joined</span><span class="c0"> into a history. Each site is bound to a single Moderator, so the set of Moderators a user has Credentials with never becomes a cross-site fingerprint. The Anchor-to-Credential exchange happens in an isolated browsing context, so during ordinary browsing the only thing the site or its Moderator ever observes is a Credential presentation: </span><span class="c1">the site only learns if </span><span class="c0">the user has a valid Credential below the rate limit, or </span><span class="c1">nothing</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c1">W</span><span class="c0">hen the Moderator updates a </span><span class="c1">Credential</span><span class="c0">, it</span><span class="c0"> adjusts the credentials state without learning what it is.</span></p>
<p class="c6"><span class="c1">The additional privacy given to users from </span><span class="c0">Issuer blinding</span><span class="c1"> makes participating in the system more challenging for Moderators</span><span class="c0">. Because the Moderator can’t see which Anchor backed a Credential at issuance, it can’t give a Credential from a strong Anchor </span><span class="c1">more access</span><span class="c0"> than one from a weak Anchor: doing so would itself leak which Anchor was used. The initial </span><span class="c1">access</span><span class="c0"> has to be uniform across the Moderator’s whole pool of Anchors, which in practice means setting it at the strength of the weakest. </span><span class="c1">However, this is only relevant for that initial access, the Moderator can update credentials according to the holder’s behavior, enabling Credential’s to accrue access over time.</span></p>
<p class="c42"><span class="c0">Building an open ecosystem also requires that sites can make effective decisions about the Anchors they choose to trust</span><span class="c1">. M</span><span class="c0">ultiparty computation systems like </span><span class="c0">Prio</span><span class="c0"> enable aggregate scoring without compromising pr</span><span class="c1">ivacy</span><span class="c0">. When users present Credentials, they can provide an encrypted share which identifies the anchor they use</span><span class="c1">d and can be privately aggregated to compute the quality of an issuer.</span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">Next Steps </span></h3>
<p class="c49"><span class="c1">We think the</span><span class="c0"> architecture we</span><span class="c1">’ve </span><span class="c0">sketched </span><span class="c1">for PACT </span><span class="c0">has the right shape, but many of the details still need to be worked out</span><span class="c1"> and the entire system needs rigorous privacy and security analysis.</span></p>
<p class="c45"><span class="c0">We want to do that work in the open. The IETF is the natural venue for the cryptographic protocols underneath, and the W3C for the WebAPI surface that sits on top. </span><span class="c0">We’ll be </span><span class="c1">bringing</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://github.com/Moderation-of-unLinkable-Endorsements">draft specifications</a></span><span class="c1"> to these bodies as soon as they’re ready</span><span class="c0">, and we welcome collaborators from across the ecosystem: browser vendors, site operators, anti-abuse providers, and the cryptography community. </span></p>
<p class="c29"><span class="c0">If successful, we think we can provide a system which will keep the web open and </span><span class="c1">private</span><span class="c0">, while still giving sites the rate-limiting signal they need. </span></p>
<h3 class="c29"><span class="c2 c1">Acknowledgements</span></h3>
<p class="c4"><em><span class="c11 c1">The ideas described here are the result of collaboration and conversations with many people, including: Watson Ladd, Thibault Meunier, Michele Orrù, Trevor Perrin, Eric Rescorla, Samuel Schlesinger, Martin Thomson, Eric Trouton, Benjamin Vandersloot &amp; Cathie Yun.</span></em><span class="c11 c1"><em> </em> </span></p>
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<p class="c31"><a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/?p=48374#:~:text=%5B1%5D">[1]</a><span class="c0"> PAT requires that the source of scarcity and an independent issuer be trusted not to collude. If they do, they can track users as they interact with the system. This is not suitable in the context of an open system where any party could play those two roles.</span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This is another post in our series covering what we learned through the Vision Doc process. We previously <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/03/lessons-learned-from-the-rust-vision-doc-process/" rel="external">described the overall approach and what we learned about doing user research</a>, we <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/19/what-do-people-love-about-rust/" rel="external">explored what people love about Rust</a>, <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/01/14/what-does-it-take-to-ship-rust-in-safety-critical/" rel="external">dug into what it takes to ship safety-crticial Rust</a>, and <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/03/20/rust-challenges/" rel="external">described some of the major challenges that people face when using Rust</a>.</em></p>
<p>In this post we walk through what folks have found on their journey to learn the Rust programming language with ups and downs covered.</p>
<p>As a disclaimer, LLMs (Large Language Models) come up in this post because our interviewees brought them up. We're scoping discussion to their use as a learning tool, covering research and example generation, not broader questions about AI (Artificial Intelligence) in software development.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#many-paths-to-needing-rust"></a>
Many paths to needing Rust</h3>
<p>The interviews surfaced several different paths into Rust: curiosity, embedded work, job-market pressure, organizational adoption, and reassignment after a team or company chose Rust. That last path matters because many learners are not evaluating Rust from a blank slate; they are trying to become productive after Rust has already arrived in their work.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Funny enough, I've advocated for more niche languages than Rust in the past. Rust has pretty much stopped being as much of a niche language as it was, but it's not Java." -- Fractional CTO</p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#rust-learning-resources"></a>
Rust learning resources</h3>
<p>Likely as expected, the folks that we talked to reach for a range of resources to learn Rust. Some reach for official documentation, such as <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/" rel="external">The Rust Programming Language Book</a> and find that sufficient to build on what the compiler was already showing them.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I started with the official Rust documentation because there are a lot of great examples of how features like the borrow checker work." -- Software engineer at an Automotive supplier</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Others needed more passes and more formats, sometimes reaching for resources the community maintains, such as <a href="https://rustlings.rust-lang.org/" rel="external">Rustlings</a>, <a href="https://danielkeep.github.io/tlborm/book/index.html" rel="external">The Little Book of Rust Macros</a>, and <a href="https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/" rel="external">Learn Rust With Entirely Too Many Linked Lists</a>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"The first time I went through the chapter in [The Rust Programming Language] on borrow checking, I was like, what is this? I read it again, then I watched a YouTube video of someone explaining the chapter." -- Rust freelance consultant</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"Rust book, Rustlings, Zero to Production in Rust, Jon Gjengset tutorials. A bunch of books. It's not a one-pass reading. Can't say how many times I've gone through it." -- Software engineer working on video streaming and storage</p>
</blockquote>
<p>These resources have brought up an entire generation of Rust programmers. But, to some, there is a perception that these resources have trouble keeping pace with the language.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"We'd like to use [The Rust Programming Language/'the book'], but we've found that it's out of date, unfortunately. We've looked at the GitHub repo and found it's got a lot of unresolved issues and unmerged PRs" -- Principal Software Engineering work on Rust adoption in a regulated industry</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Whether or not this is factually true, Rust's growth has nonetheless put more scrutiny on these materials. Companies evaluating adoption and engineers getting reassigned to Rust teams are looking at them with fresh eyes and finding the gaps that affect their own evaluation.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#beginner-stumblings-and-unlearning-habits"></a>
Beginner stumblings and unlearning habits</h3>
<p>It's pretty typical for Rust to be the 2nd, 3rd or Nth programming language that someone picks up. They'd end up writing their most familiar language in Rust, whether C++ patterns, Java patterns, or whatever they knew, for months or even years. Eventually they got comfortable enough to start writing idiomatic Rust.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"There's a bit of a drop in productivity compared to C if you're already familiar with it just because you're learning new rules, new syntax."  -- Principal Firmware Engineer (mobile robotics)</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"In the beginning it was more poking around the code and adding and removing some ampersands and asterisks to try to make sense of <code>mut</code> and not <code>mut</code> and whatever." -- Senior engineer with 20 years of Java experience in cloud and IoT</p>
</blockquote>
<p>We also spoke with someone who found that not having much of a programming background seemed to benefit people picking up Rust. Not having worn-in grooves from other languages may play a role here, and it's worth investigating further.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I had someone who had never programmed much before start working on the internals of [our Rust project]. She was just fine with getting into Rust. It's more of the senior people that struggle as they need to unlearn practices which may work in other languages, but it's not the 'Rust' way." -- Researcher, Automotive OEM R&amp;D Lab</p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#learning-to-work-with-the-borrow-checker"></a>
Learning to work with the borrow checker</h3>
<p>We heard a lot about learning to work with the borrow checker instead of against it. People get there through different paths, but a few patterns came up repeatedly.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#the-compiler-as-teacher"></a>
The compiler as teacher</h4>
<p>Rust's diagnostics did the teaching on their own, especially around lifetimes.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"If you mess up the lifetimes in a piece of code that you've written by hand, I usually find that Rust's diagnostics are very helpful" -- Researcher working on static analysis of Rust programs</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"Whatever's missing, the compiler usually fills in: it tells me 'you need to declare the lifetime of this reference', so I know and can figure it out. That all generally works pretty well." -- Senior Software Engineer</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#learning-by-doing"></a>
Learning by doing</h4>
<p>Others felt like they only really internalized the borrow checker after writing a lot of Rust. It took projects, coding challenges, prototyping and so on until at some point it clicked.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I actually did not understand the borrow checker until I spent a lot of time writing Rust" -- Founder of a startup built on Rust</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"Besides the prototyping work, I also did coding-challenge-type stuff to get familiar with Rust for Advent of Code. [..] It eventually clicked to the point where I wasn't fighting with Rust, it was working for me. I had that experience other people describe: when I managed to get my program to fit with Rust, it worked. I didn't spend time debugging." -- Principal Software Engineer, large SaaS provider</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#letting-go-of-clone-guilt"></a>
Letting go of "clone guilt"</h4>
<p>Some learners arrive with the assumption that good Rust means zero clones, zero copies, lifetimes threaded through everything. They set the bar at optimal before they've learned how to write idiomatic Rust, and it makes the borrow checker feel harder than it needs to be at the outset.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"On one of my first projects, I was like, 'I don't ever want to copy or clone anything,' so I carefully wove through all the lifetimes and got myself into a bit of a bind. Then I saw someone else just cloning the struct I was working with, and it was super cheap. Sometimes you can just clone and it's going to be okay." -- Researcher at a university</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The experienced Rust developers we spoke with consistently said the same thing: clone freely while you're learning, then optimize when you understand the problem. Rust's reputation for performance and correctness feeds this. Newcomers assume anything less than optimal is wrong before they've written a first working program, and clone guilt is how that shows up.</p>
<p>We think it could be an interesting area of future study to check into the patterns Rust programmers employ at different levels of experience and under which circumstances. One member of the Rust Vision doc team that's very experienced with Rust noted that there's kind of an "expected shape" they understand as passing the compiler. This knowledge influences how they approach writing code which wouldn't take that shape and they naturally find themselves understanding when to use so-called workarounds, such as passing around indices into arrays or <code>Vec</code>s.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#multi-paradigm-but-not-the-oop-some-are-used-to"></a>
Multi-paradigm, but not the OOP some are used to</h3>
<p>The Rust programming language is multi-paradigm, and how that lands depends on what you're coming from. We heard some that came from a functional background were delighted with digging into learning how much Rust inherits from that lineage. Some others noted that they and others on their teams struggled to unlearn the object-oriented style they'd come to use heavily in other languages like C++ and Java.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Developers coming from C++ tend to think object-oriented. I think that's a difference between C++ and Rust." -- Architect at Automotive OEM</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"I had exactly that thing, where I would apply all my years of Java and JS thinking, where I could just create some object, not care about it, return it, have it sloshing around between various functions. Found myself reaching for these patterns and then being told 'no, you cannot do that'." -- Principal Engineer at a SaaS company</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Developers coming from functional programming had less to unlearn: strong typing, pattern matching, and an expression-oriented style were already familiar.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"My background has been more functional programming, strong typing. That originated for me as a Lisper: once a Lisper, always a Lisper." -- Principal Software Engineer working on Rust tooling for safety-regulated industries</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"The languages I primarily used before Rust were things like OCaml. Way back, I came from C and C++, the classic languages, and then I spent quite a long time doing primarily pure functional stuff. These days I've ended up back in what I like to think of as a pragmatic center ground [with Rust]." -- Fractional CTO</p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#teaching-rust-in-academia"></a>
Teaching Rust in academia</h3>
<p>We spoke with a university professor that's been teaching Rust generally. In the academic environment, they were able to use proxies for some things such as "traits are like interfaces in Java" because the students had already gone through a set of courses in their first and second years that taught them Java. They introduced concepts slowly throughout the course, choosing to deal with some more complex topics like generics later. The outcome generally was that students had no problem picking up Rust in this setting.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I couldn't see any big difference on the embedded side. We also teach an embedded class, and we did an experiment. Half of the students' feedback was worse on the Rust class, mostly because they needed to build the project themselves. The C students just got one from [an LLM], absolutely no problem." -- University Professor, on teaching Rust</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The C cohort leaned on LLMs for the project in ways the Rust cohort couldn't. We don't yet have a clear answer for why.</p>
<p>What did come through clearly was the Rust cohort's experience with the community. Some students needed to figure out which drivers to use for the embedded project and how to use them. Their professor encouraged them to open issues and ask questions directly on GitHub, and the maintainers responded. Students who had never contributed to open source before were getting answers from the people who wrote the code.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#learning-using-llms"></a>
Learning using LLMs</h3>
<p>Some experienced folks shared that they saw LLMs as a tool that can help someone come up to speed quickly, either as a research tool or for generating example Rust code to understand concepts.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I'm optimistic that there's a way to work [LLMs] in that will cut down that learning curve. One of the big things these tools bring is reducing the learning curve in general; these are very good tools to help you navigate a space that you don't know yet." -- Maintainer of large open source Rust crate</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"I try [LLMs] out once a month, usually for generating an example or something like this. Just like with Stack Overflow: when you read an example, you should read it carefully and try to understand it. Not copy and paste it, but type it in your own words in code and then check it, because that's where the teeny tiny little mistakes are." -- Founder of startup built on Rust</p>
</blockquote>
<p>For some learners, an LLM is just another way to find answers, no different than a search engine.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"So for the most part, picking up Rust - how do I learn? I'll [use web search for] things, I'll ask [an LLM], I'll just poke around and read the code." -- Senior Software Engineer working in a regulated space</p>
</blockquote>
<p>One founder went further and claimed that LLMs change who can become a Rust developer. One consulting company founder described hiring high school graduates with no systems programming background and training them as Rust developers, with LLMs filling in the learning gaps that would previously have required years of experience.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"At the beginning, I was worried, but now that we have [LLMs] supporting development, the difficulty of the language doesn't matter. I'm seeing a huge opportunity behind strong runtime languages like Rust. [..] In [Developing Country] we hire 20-25 high school graduates, train them to be Rust programmers, then they enhance our workforce worldwide." -- Founder of a consulting company</p>
</blockquote>
<p>We heard this from one organization. This is a claim that the combination of Rust's compiler and LLM tooling can dramatically shorten the path from beginner to working developer. Whether it generalizes depends on questions we can't answer from a single interview: how long these developers stay, what kind of code they can maintain independently, and whether this training/learning model works outside this company's particular structure. If it holds up, the pool of people who can become Rust developers is much larger than the usual hiring profile suggests.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#organizational-considerations-for-rust-learners"></a>
Organizational considerations for Rust learners</h3>
<p>We spoke with a number of folks on teams that are using Rust in larger organizations. Teams wanted to know that everyone would end up at roughly the same level of competence, which led a good number to invest in training courses to get there. Some leaders found that staff was able to ramp well enough by reading The Rust Programming Language, going through Rustlings, and then picking up lower risk and priority tickets to work on. Having a sense of community was also important within companies; it helps people know they are not alone when they are asked to work on Rust after, say, a reorganization happens.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"[..] the idea with the class as opposed to 'just read the Rust book on your own' was that this gives everyone kind of the same baseline going in."  -- Principal Firmware Engineer (mobile robotics)</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"So typically we're going to have people work through Rustlings, work through The Rust Programming Language. We have them then start to pick up lower risk tickets to work on." -- Principal Engineer at a large SaaS provider</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"We've got an internal Slack channel for Rust learning where people can drop questions and others will come in and answer them. That helps build up understanding and community." -- Software Engineer at a large corporation</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Some organizations found that while the person they'd hire would need to learn Rust, it was still preferable to the alternative of hiring someone for a critical piece of software written in another language.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"They needed to grow and maintain this C++ codebase. They had a C++ wizard, and they tried for about two years to find someone with the same level of expertise. They ended up hiring people that didn't know Rust and ramping them up, creating FFI bindings from the C++ side so they could work in Rust. And you can feel it: the borrow checker is teaching these people the right way to handle their systems." -- Principal Engineer at an Automotive OEM</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The community and helping each other aspect seems to grow bonds as organizations mature.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Our team is [all about] mentorship. I've mentored people coming up to speed on Rust, and people help each other hugely." -- Principal Software Engineer at a large SaaS company</p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#silent-attrition"></a>
Silent attrition</h3>
<p>We identified some cases where people have approached Rust and bounced off of it, for one reason or another. In the below case, someone with a background in a language with fewer guardrails found themselves frustrated enough with Rust to walk away.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"All of that means that that embedded ecosystem is very frustrating to somebody who comes from C and is like, why can't I just get a pointer to this peripheral and then write into the registers. What are you doing to me? [..] My friend never got over that. He looked at it and said, I'm not going to deal with this and walked away." -– A second University Professor</p>
</blockquote>
<p>There may be language features that for a particular domain are not seen as comfortable or usable yet, such as async Rust usage in a safety domain. We'd like to map which language features feel off-limits in which domains; async in safety-critical work probably isn't the only case.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"We're not fully sure how async [Rust] will work out in the long run in our domain. [..] People don't feel comfortable yet since C++14 doesn't provide such concepts. [..] It's the chicken-and-egg problem again: we probably need to gain some experience to see whether we can actually benefit from these new concepts in the automotive and safety domains." -- Team Lead at Automotive Supplier (ASIL D target)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>We heard in at least one case, that while the language was challenging and there was a near bounce, the tooling helped keep them coming back and trying.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Well, I think my early impressions of Rust - one is I find C++ so intimidating, and I think a big part of why I was able to succeed at [..] learning Rust is the tooling. I mean, all this makes sense [..] but it's like, for me, getting started with Rust, the language was challenging, but the tooling was incredibly easy." -- Founder of another startup built on Rust</p>
</blockquote>
<p>While it might be considered more of a community concern, if there are interactions online and in spaces that point to learners having
so-called "skill issues" this feeds into the narrative that Rust must be hard to learn. We may be unintentionally turning away Rust Project contributors and maintainers due to the vibes being put out when new learners show up in certain spaces.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"People are very helpful, but generally the attitude is: if your program is very complicated, it's mostly a skill issue. There's not that much empathy when people get stuck learning, and a lot of people are just pushed away by it. There's probably a huge number of people who silently stop wanting to write Rust, because at some point it gets complicated and the feedback they get is 'you just need to be a better programmer, obviously'." -- Software Engineer at a SaaS Provider</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#feedback-on-near-bounces-from-survey"></a>
Feedback on near-bounces from survey</h4>
<p>We found a few interesting perspectives collected in the Rust Vision doc survey which we administered with examples of bouncing and coming back:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I started before 1.0, got stuck very soon when trying to translate patterns from C++ to Rust (due to borrow checking). I tried again after 1.0 and it stuck. [..]" -- Survey Respondent A</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Survey Respondent A went on to share in a more detailed response about a perceived weakness in Rust learning materials related to lifetimes and the borrow checker are explained. There was an observation that it's fairly easy to run into more complex situations with lifetimes and the borrow checker. They felt that the current state of this sort of material and tutorials is fairly superficial and can leave learners stuck when they run into those more complex situations.</p>
<p>One respondent that bounced once and came back shared challenges around usage of async. In concert with Rust's memory-safety and the borrow checker, they found some of the nitty-gritty details of async were difficult to learn. While we're aware of the Rust Project's continuous efforts to improve Rust's async story, this is another data point of a user that faced challenges.</p>
<p>Another survey respondent shared how they had multiple times bounced in trying to learn Rust. They returned after a year or so and found Rustlings to be highly motivating. We note that having multiple pathways for folks to learn Rust opens up more possibilities for those that nearly bounced, just like this person.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#need-more-focused-work-on-silent-attritrion"></a>
Need more focused work on silent attritrion</h4>
<p>The thing that stood out most to us was the lack of real, first-hand knowledge of having bounced when learning Rust. While this is an obvious effect of soliciting answers to our survey and opportunities to interview through Rust channels and our networks, this cohort is good future candidate where interviews could start.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#conclusions"></a>
Conclusions</h3>
<p>Across these conversations, the experience of learning Rust depended heavily on context. Why someone was learning and what support they had mattered as much as the borrow checker. The same kinds of examples kept coming up: a training course that got a team to a shared baseline, a maintainer answering a student's first GitHub issue, and a colleague whose code showed that cloning was okay.</p>
<p>That context is largely something the community has a hand in. With that in mind, here is what we take away from what we heard, and what we still don't know.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#what-seems-worth-trying"></a>
What seems worth trying</h4>
<p><strong>Learning materials aimed at unlearning.</strong> Syntax barely came up when people described their struggles. People struggled with unlearning habits from previous languages, whether OOP structuring from C++ and Java or the instinct to grab a raw pointer to a peripheral. Most of our learning materials teach Rust from first principles, and that works. What we didn't come across is much written for, say, the engineer with ten years of Java who lands on a Rust team after a reorg: material that names the patterns they'll reach for that won't transfer, and shows what to do instead. The professor we spoke with did a version of this in the classroom, leaning on "traits are like interfaces in Java" and saving generics for later in the course, and the students did fine. Something similar could work outside the classroom too.</p>
<p><strong>Put the "clone freely while you're learning" advice somewhere official.</strong> Every experienced developer we spoke with gave the same advice, but learners seem to mostly pick it up by accident, like the researcher who happened to see someone else cloning the struct they had been carefully threading lifetimes through. Saying it early in official materials would take some of the steepness out of the curve. The broader version belongs there too: idiomatic Rust doesn't have to mean optimal Rust, especially on a first project.</p>
<p><strong>Diagnostics are already a primary learning resource: several people told us the compiler taught them lifetimes before any documentation did.</strong> Diagnostics reach learners right at the moment they're stuck. When writing new ones, it seems worth keeping the confused newcomer in mind alongside the expert, because for a lot of people this is where the learning happens.</p>
<p><strong>Is "the book" actually out of date?</strong> Whether or not The Rust Programming Language or other materials are actually behind, a team evaluating Rust looked at its repository, saw unresolved issues and unmerged PRs, and moved on. As more companies evaluate adoption, more people will look at these materials with the same fresh eyes. Visible issue triage and some communication about what's current and what's planned would address the perception, separately from whatever content work may or may not be needed.</p>
<p><strong>How stuck learners get treated is shaping who stays.</strong> We heard about students getting answers on GitHub from the maintainers who wrote the code, and we heard about learners being told their struggles were a skill issue. The first group came away with a lasting good impression of Rust. Some of the second group walked away entirely, and because they leave quietly, it's easy to underestimate how many of them there are. The welcoming side of the community came up unprompted as a reason people stayed, so we know it makes a difference when we get this right.</p>
<p><strong>Every organization we spoke with described essentially the same ramp-up for bringing a team to Rust.</strong> Teams that brought groups of developers to Rust described roughly the same approach: get everyone to a shared baseline with a training course or with The Rust Programming Language and Rustlings, start people on lower-risk tickets, and give them somewhere internal to ask questions. Several organizations also found that hiring developers without Rust experience and ramping them up worked out better than continuing to search for rare expertise in another language. None of this is complicated, and teams weighing adoption don't need to invent a training program from scratch.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#what-we-still-don-t-know"></a>
What we still don't know</h4>
<p>The biggest gap is the people we didn't reach. Nearly everyone we spoke with stuck with Rust long enough to be reachable through Rust channels, so the stories of bouncing off came to us second-hand: a friend who walked away from embedded Rust, colleagues who quietly stopped after the responses they got. As we wrote in <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/03/lessons-learned-from-the-rust-vision-doc-process/" rel="external">our first post</a>, finding people who decided against Rust takes targeted outreach. If the proposed User Research team comes together, talking with learners who bounced would make a good early project, and learning is probably the area where that research would teach us the most.</p>
<p>We also don't know what to make of LLMs as a learning tool yet. They came up as a search engine, as an example generator, and in one organization's case as something that makes training high school graduates into working Rust developers possible. We saw a classroom where the C cohort leaned on LLMs in ways the Rust cohort couldn't, and we don't have an explanation for it. All of this comes from a handful of conversations, so we treat it as a set of leads to follow up on. Given how quickly the tools are changing, it seems better to study this deliberately than to wait and see what folklore develops.</p>
<p>The folks we spoke with showed that people do get there: with enough passes through the materials and enough code written, it eventually clicks. The opportunities above are mostly about making it work for the people who didn't pick Rust on purpose, and for the ones who would have stuck around if their early experience had gone a little differently.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.96.1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rust team has published a new point release of Rust, 1.96.1. Rust is a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
If you have a previous version of Rust installed via rustup, getting Rust 1.96.1 is as easy as:
rustup update stable
If you don't h...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Rust team has published a new point release of Rust, 1.96.1. Rust is a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.</p>
<p>If you have a previous version of Rust installed via rustup, getting Rust 1.96.1 is as easy as:</p>
<pre class="giallo z-code"><code><span class="giallo-l"><span>rustup update stable</span></span></code></pre>
<p>If you don't have it already, you can <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/install.html" rel="external">get <code>rustup</code></a> from the appropriate page on our website.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/30/Rust-1.96.1/#what-s-in-1-96-1"></a>
What's in 1.96.1</h3>
<p>Rust 1.96.1 fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/17131" rel="external">Missing retries / timeouts in Cargo's HTTP client</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/158214" rel="external">Miscompilation in a MIR optimization</a></li>
</ul>
<p>It also <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/17140" rel="external">fixes</a> three CVEs
affecting libssh2 (which is compiled into Cargo):</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15661" rel="external">CVE-2025-15661</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55199" rel="external">CVE-2026-55199</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55200" rel="external">CVE-2026-55200</a></li>
</ul>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/30/Rust-1.96.1/#contributors-to-1-96-1"></a>
Contributors to 1.96.1</h4>
<p>Many people came together to create Rust 1.96.1. We couldn't have done it without all of you. <a href="https://thanks.rust-lang.org/rust/1.96.1/" rel="external">Thanks!</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.97.0]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.97.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
If you have a previous version of Rust installed via rustup, you can get 1.97.0 with:
$ rustup update stable
If you don't have it already,...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.97.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.</p>
<p>If you have a previous version of Rust installed via <code>rustup</code>, you can get 1.97.0 with:</p>
<pre class="giallo z-code"><code><span class="giallo-l"><span>$</span><span> rustup update stable</span></span></code></pre>
<p>If you don't have it already, you can get <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/install.html" rel="external"><code>rustup</code></a> from the appropriate page on our website, and check out the <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/releases.html#version-1970-2026-07-09" rel="external">detailed release notes for 1.97.0</a>.</p>
<p>If you'd like to help us out by testing future releases, you might consider updating locally to use the beta channel (<code>rustup default beta</code>) or the nightly channel (<code>rustup default nightly</code>). Please <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/new/choose" rel="external">report</a> any bugs you might come across!</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/09/Rust-1.97.0/#what-s-in-1-97-0-stable"></a>
What's in 1.97.0 stable</h3>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/09/Rust-1.97.0/#symbol-mangling-v0-enabled-by-default"></a>
Symbol mangling v0 enabled by default</h4>
<p>When Rust is compiled into object files and binaries, each item (functions,
statics, etc) must have a globally unique "symbol" identifying it. To avoid
conflicts when linking together different Rust programs, Rust mangles the
original name of items to include additional context such as the module path,
defining crate, generics, and more. Historically, this mangling was based on
the <a href="https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/cxxabi-1.86.html#mangling" rel="external">Itanium ABI</a>,
also (sometimes) used by C++.</p>
<p>The new mangling scheme resolves a number of drawbacks from the previous one:</p>
<ul>
<li>Generic parameter instantiations preserve their values, rather than being tracked solely behind a hash</li>
<li>Inconsistencies: not all parts used the Itanium ABI, meaning that custom demangling was still necessary</li>
</ul>
<p>Since Rust 1.59, the compiler has supported opting into a Rust-specific
mangling scheme via <code>-Csymbol-mangling-version=v0</code>. Since November 2025, this
scheme has been enabled by default on nightly, and 1.97 is now enabling it on
stable Rust. The legacy mangling scheme can only be enabled on nightly, and the
current plan is to fully remove it.</p>
<p>See the previous <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/11/20/switching-to-v0-mangling-on-nightly/" rel="external">blog post</a> for more details.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/09/Rust-1.97.0/#cargo-support-for-denying-warnings"></a>
Cargo support for denying warnings</h4>
<p>It's common practice to deny warnings in CI. Historically, doing so is
typically done through <code>RUSTFLAGS=-Dwarnings</code>. With Rust 1.97, Cargo controls
how warnings interact with build success: either silencing them (via <code>allow</code>
level), rendering without failing (default, <code>warn</code>), or denying them (via <code>deny</code>).</p>
<p>As a  result of Cargo configuration determining the behavior, using this
feature doesn't invalidate the underlying build cache, meaning that it's easy
to temporarily opt-in. For example, if warnings are adding unwanted noise while
working through fixing errors after a refactor, you can run
<code>CARGO_BUILD_WARNINGS=allow cargo check</code>, temporarily silencing them.</p>
<p>In CI, jobs can instead set <code>CARGO_BUILD_WARNINGS=deny</code> to deny warnings. This
can be combined with <code>--keep-going</code> to collect all errors and warnings rather
than stopping on the first failing package.</p>
<p>See the <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html#buildwarnings" rel="external">documentation</a> for more details.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/09/Rust-1.97.0/#linker-output-no-longer-hidden-by-default"></a>
Linker output no longer hidden by default</h4>
<p>rustc invokes a linker on behalf of users. Historically, rustc has silenced
linker output by default if the link completes successfully. This can mask real
problems, though, so in Rust 1.97 we are enabling linker messages by default.
These are emitted as a warning lint, for example:</p>
<pre class="giallo z-code"><code><span class="giallo-l"><span>warning: linker stderr: ignoring deprecated linker optimization setting '1'</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span>  |</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span>  = note: `#[warn(linker_messages)]` on by default</span></span></code></pre>
<p>Common linker messages that have been diagnosed as false positives or intentional behavior
are filtered out by rustc. Several defects have already been fixed as a result
of no longer hiding this output on nightly.</p>
<p>Note that currently, <code>linker_messages</code> is a special lint that is <em>not</em> affected
by the <code>warnings</code> lint group. This is intentional as rustc generally doesn't
control linker output as precisely, and it's not uncommon for output to only
appear on some platforms. If you are seeing what you think is a false positive
output from the linker, please <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/new/choose" rel="external">file an issue</a>.</p>
<p>To silence the warning in the mean time, you can configure the lint level to
allow. This can be done through <code>Cargo.toml</code> by adding a <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-lints-section" rel="external">lints section</a> like this:</p>
<pre class="giallo z-code"><code><span class="giallo-l"><span>[</span><span>lints</span><span>.</span><span>rust</span><span>]</span></span>
<span class="giallo-l"><span class="z-variable">linker_messages</span><span> =</span><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-string z-string"> "</span><span class="z-string z-quoted z-string">allow</span><span class="z-punctuation z-definition z-string z-string">"</span></span></code></pre><h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/09/Rust-1.97.0/#stabilized-apis"></a>
Stabilized APIs</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/iter/struct.RepeatN.html#impl-Default-for-RepeatN%3CA%3E" rel="external"><code>Default for RepeatN</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/ffi/struct.FromBytesUntilNulError.html#impl-Copy-for-FromBytesUntilNulError" rel="external"><code>Copy for ffi::FromBytesUntilNulError</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/154003" rel="external"><code>Send for std::fs::File</code> on UEFI</a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u32.html#method.isolate_highest_one" rel="external"><code>&lt;{integer}&gt;::isolate_highest_one</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u32.html#method.isolate_lowest_one" rel="external"><code>&lt;{integer}&gt;::isolate_lowest_one</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u32.html#method.highest_one" rel="external"><code>&lt;{integer}&gt;::highest_one</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u32.html#method.lowest_one" rel="external"><code>&lt;{integer}&gt;::lowest_one</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.u32.html#method.bit_width" rel="external"><code>&lt;{uN}&gt;::bit_width</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/num/struct.NonZero.html#method.isolate_highest_one" rel="external"><code>NonZero&lt;{integer}&gt;::isolate_highest_one</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/num/struct.NonZero.html#method.isolate_lowest_one" rel="external"><code>NonZero&lt;{integer}&gt;::isolate_lowest_one</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/num/struct.NonZero.html#method.highest_one" rel="external"><code>NonZero&lt;{integer}&gt;::highest_one</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/num/struct.NonZero.html#method.lowest_one" rel="external"><code>NonZero&lt;{integer}&gt;::lowest_one</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/num/struct.NonZero.html#method.bit_width" rel="external"><code>NonZero&lt;{uN}&gt;::bit_width</code></a></li>
</ul>
<p>These previously stable APIs are now stable in const contexts:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.char.html#method.is_control" rel="external"><code>char::is_control</code></a></li>
</ul>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/09/Rust-1.97.0/#other-changes"></a>
Other changes</h4>
<p>Check out everything that changed in <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/releases/tag/1.97.0" rel="external">Rust</a>, <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/CHANGELOG.html#cargo-197-2026-07-09" rel="external">Cargo</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#rust-197" rel="external">Clippy</a>.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/09/Rust-1.97.0/#contributors-to-1-97-0"></a>
Contributors to 1.97.0</h3>
<p>Many people came together to create Rust 1.97.0. We couldn't have done it without all of you. <a href="https://thanks.rust-lang.org/rust/1.97.0/" rel="external">Thanks!</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.97.1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rust team has published a new point release of Rust, 1.97.1. Rust is a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
If you have a previous version of Rust installed via rustup, getting Rust 1.97.1 is as easy as:
rustup update stable
If you don't h...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Rust team has published a new point release of Rust, 1.97.1. Rust is a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.</p>
<p>If you have a previous version of Rust installed via rustup, getting Rust 1.97.1 is as easy as:</p>
<pre class="giallo z-code"><code><span class="giallo-l"><span>rustup update stable</span></span></code></pre>
<p>If you don't have it already, you can <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/install.html" rel="external">get <code>rustup</code></a> from the appropriate page on our website.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/16/Rust-1.97.1/#what-s-in-1-97-1"></a>
What's in 1.97.1</h3>
<p>Rust 1.97.1 fixes a <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/159035" rel="external">miscompilation in an LLVM optimization</a>.</p>
<p>We have backported both an LLVM fix and a disable of the underlying change in Rust 1.97.0 of
Rust's generated IR that increased the likelihood of this happening. However,
note that the underlying miscompilation has been present since at least Rust
1.87.</p>
<p>If you'd like to help us out by testing future releases, you might consider
running your code's CI or locally using the beta channel (<code>rustup default beta</code>) or the nightly
channel (<code>rustup default nightly</code>). Please
<a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/new/choose" rel="external">report</a> any bugs you
might come across!</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/16/Rust-1.97.1/#contributors-to-1-97-1"></a>
Contributors to 1.97.1</h4>
<p>Many people came together to create Rust 1.97.1. We couldn't have done it without all of you. <a href="https://thanks.rust-lang.org/rust/1.97.1/" rel="external">Thanks!</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[China's New Huawei Ascend 950PR Just Destroyed NVIDIA's Future in AI Industry!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Author: Evolving AI - Bewertung: 179x - Views:7273 Huawei may have just become NVIDIA’s biggest problem in China.

In this video, we break down Huawei’s new Ascend 950PR AI chip, why it matters for the global semiconductor war, and how U.S. export restrictions may have accelerated China’s push to...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Evolving AI - Bewertung: 179x - Views:7273 <br/></p><p><iframe id="ytplayer" loading="lazy" type="text/html" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sGHhWmeVIqQ?autoplay=1&origin=https://tsecurity.de" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>Huawei may have just become NVIDIA’s biggest problem in China.<br />
<br />
In this video, we break down Huawei’s new Ascend 950PR AI chip, why it matters for the global semiconductor war, and how U.S. export restrictions may have accelerated China’s push toward technological independence. The Ascend 950PR is designed mainly for AI inference and is built by SMIC using advanced DUV multi-patterning. Huawei is also attacking NVIDIA’s biggest advantages beyond hardware by building a CUDA compatibility layer through CANN and scaling thousands of Ascend NPUs together inside the Atlas 950 SuperPod using UnifiedBus interconnect technology. We also look at reported demand from ByteDance, Alibaba Cloud, and Tencent, the role of DeepSeek models optimized for Ascend hardware, and why NVIDIA could lose major market share inside China even without Huawei beating its most advanced chips in every benchmark. This is bigger than one AI chip. China is building a parallel AI ecosystem across chips, software, networking, cloud infrastructure, and AI models — and Huawei is quickly becoming the center of it.<br />
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#Huawei #NVIDIA #AIChips #Ascend950PR #ChinaTech #Semiconductors #ArtificialIntelligence<br/></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[AMD's 19.6 TB/s Monster AI-Chip Just Made NVIDA's VERA RUBIN Look Like a JOKE!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Author: Evolving AI - Bewertung: 614x - Views:23208 AMD may have finally built a real challenger to NVIDIA’s AI empire. In this video, we break down the AMD Instinct MI400 series and the flagship MI455X AI accelerator, featuring 432GB of HBM4 memory, 19.6TB/s of memory bandwidth, up to 40 petaflo...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Author: PC-WELT - Bewertung: 1109x - Views:21055 Gaming auf Linux war lange kompliziert oder scheiterte gleich am Game-Support. Doch die Zeiten sind vorbei - dank Distros wie Bazzite oder CachyOS macht Zocken auf Linux mittlerweile richtig Bock. Doch welche Gaming-Distro ist die beste? Was sind d...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT-Totalausfall in Berlin: Gerichte komplett lahmgelegt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Author: heise &amp; c't - Bewertung: 1012x - Views:18296 Ein fehlerhaftes Software-Update hat die komplette Berliner Justiz lahmgeleg. Wir erklären, wie es zum IT-Totalausfall kam.

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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment</p><p>Every weekday, Matt, a software engineer, looks forward to his four-hour train commute to Pawling, New York. It’s time he uses to work on his own project: a browser-based video game for which he writes every line of code himself.</p><p>“I am actively trying to keep my axe sharp,” said Matt, who did not want to use his actual name, to protect his employment. In the last six months, Matt’s job has increasingly shifted away from coding, problem solving and software architecture towards reviewing code generated by artificial intelligence. Convinced that the shift will weaken his skills, he’s doing what he can to keep them intact. “I am trying not to leverage AI where I can.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/jul/12/software-developers-engineers-ai">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[7 CRM trends for 2026: AI brings decisive action to customer workflows]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Agentic AI has advanced from the promises-and-pilots phase of 2025 to reality and rollouts in 2026. In the process, agentic AI is transforming virtually every aspect of customer relationship management (CRM), the platform that manages sales, marketing, and customer service.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Agentic AI has advanced from the promises-and-pilots phase of 2025 to reality and rollouts in 2026. In the process, agentic AI is transforming virtually every aspect of <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/272365/what-is-crm-software-for-managing-customer-data.html">customer relationship management (CRM)</a>, the platform that manages sales, marketing, and customer service.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Last year, everybody was dipping their toes into the water,” says <a href="https://futurumgroup.com/keith-kirkpatrick/">Keith Kirkpatrick</a>, research director at The Futurum Group. This year, agentic AI has built momentum from the boardroom down, with companies recognizing that having an AI strategy is imperative. “They feel like if they don’t embrace it now, their competitors will.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/about/people/profiles.gx-harry-datwani+f20748dc.html">Harry Datwani</a>, a principal at Deloitte Digital, adds that enterprise CRM customers have transitioned from “proof of concept” to “scale and execution.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Across sales, service, marketing, even in the commerce space, enterprises are really using AI and agentic,” he says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“CRM in 2026 is undergoing a structural shift, not just an incremental evolution,” says Forrester analyst <a href="https://www.forrester.com/analyst-bio/kate-leggett/BIO2629">Kate Leggett</a>, noting that AI is becoming a core part of CRM infrastructure, not just a feature or an add-on. According to Forrester data, around 70% of companies are already using AI in their CRM systems, she says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here are the hot AI-driven trends in CRM this year.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">CRM becomes an action hero</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">CRM platforms have traditionally served as passive, static systems of record. Now, agentic AI is transforming CRM into a powerful, real-time solution that can act autonomously.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Organizations that rethink CRM as a real-time, AI-powered system of action — and embrace agentic AI to handle complex, unpredictable work — are better positioned to deliver exceptional customer experiences,” says IDC analyst <a href="https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=PRF005191">Neil Ward-Dutton</a>. “This approach not only enhances satisfaction and loyalty but also drives operational efficiency and business agility.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Forrester’s Leggett says that AI-powered CRM platforms have advanced from simple data capture to real-time decision-making and execution. Standard capabilities include next-best action recommendations, call summaries, automated updates, generated emails, knowledge creation, predictive forecasting, and deal scoring.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">She adds that AI agents can now execute workflows, such as routing cases, sending follow-ups, and updating records (with human oversight). They can also handle end-to-end service and sales tasks autonomously, including case resolutions and sales development activities.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Agentic drives workforce changes</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI use in CRM systems is also impacting workforce strategies.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We used to hire for deep expertise,” says Constellation Research analyst <a href="https://www.constellationr.com/user/liz-miller">Liz Miller</a>. “AI has commoditized expertise because I can take all that data from my CRM and train my AI models to go deep, to know everything about any product I’ve ever sold, from what has worked, what hasn’t, every price, every sale.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now, instead of hiring candidates with deep expertise, organizations are looking for candidates who can go wide. “I can train a model to have deep expertise. What I can’t train for is experience, because experience is what happens when a person has gone broad across a lot of different scenarios and faced complexity across that broad scenario,” says Miller.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For example, AI systems can automate many aspects of marketing, Miller notes, but there’s no substitute for creativity: people who can interrogate the data and come up with innovative marketing campaigns that connect with customers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.servicenow.com/workflow/author/terence-chesire.html">Terence Chesire</a>, group vice president of ServiceNow CRM and industry workflows, says that organizations are using agentic AI to free up team members from repetitive, lower-value activities. Those employees have now moved to higher-level roles “where they’re working on transformational deals rather than just building a spreadsheet.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“That’s what we’re seeing as super-exciting as organizations not just free up people, but the speed and effort reduction and the friction reduction in what they can do,” he adds.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Data layer takes center stage</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI’s promise to deliver actionable customer and marketing intelligence has placed even greater emphasis on the importance on sound data management practices for CRM.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The light bulb has flashed on very brightly for our clients,” says Deloitte’s Datwani. “Everyone is talking about AI agents, but your ability to really extract value is inextricably linked to the quality of your data and the ability to make that data accessible. What we’re finding is that despite large investments over time our clients still have fragmented data. And so, they are data rich and insight poor.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The good news, says Datwani, is that AI agents themselves can <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/2140371/gen-ai-can-be-the-answer-to-your-data-problems-but-not-all-of-them.html">help clean up and organize data</a>. And vendors such as <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4030966/snowflake-and-databricks-vie-for-the-heart-of-enterprise-ai.html">Snowflake and Databricks</a>, along with the traditional CRM powerhouses, are offering powerful data analytics solutions. “Everyone is battling for that data layer,” Datwani says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Forrester’s Leggett adds that CRM platforms are converging with <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/308839/top-8-customer-data-platforms.html">customer data platforms (CDPs)</a>, real-time event streams, and external data sources to create connected customer data networks. These real-time, connected data models can help organizations deliver hyper-personalization at scale.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Agentic ushers in pricing complexity</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The shift from license- or subscription-based pricing to an <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/3624540/how-will-ai-agents-be-priced-cios-need-to-pay-attention.html">outcome or consumption pricing model</a> has the potential to help CIOs tie their CRM costs to specific business metrics, such as the number of customer service calls resolved per hour. But it has also introduced a <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4184688/it-hurtles-toward-the-great-enterprise-pricing-reset.html">new level of complexity</a> when it comes to budgeting for CRM costs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For example, Chesire says ServiceNow’s CRM pricing plan starts with a baseline subscription model, and on top of that, customers get a certain number of AI tokens per user and can buy additional tokens as AI usage ramps up.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Meanwhile, Salesforce has <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4189183/salesforce-unveils-ai-help-agent-with-pay-per-resolution-pricing.html">rolled out pay-per-resolution pricing</a> with its recently unveiled AI Help Agent and last month <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4183667/salesforce-to-acquire-usage-based-billing-specialist-m3ter.html">acquired usage-based billing specialist m3ter</a>. Oracle is also <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4184271/oracle-wades-into-outcome-based-ai-billing-waters.html">piloting outcome-based AI pricing</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">All these approaches undercut the predictability of the subscription model, which will complicate CIOs’ cost calculus, Deloitte’s Datwani says. “Now, as you start to think about consumption and tokens, costs might look different. As folks are opening up the architecture with things like headless CRM, what will the cost model look like for API calls or MCP server calls? So, there’s many more variables,” he adds.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The rise of multi-agent orchestration</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To act autonomously, agents need to access multiple data sets and software platforms seamlessly. As a result, the proliferation of agents, some embedded within specific vendor platforms and some created in-house, is going to require an orchestration layer, Futurum’s Kirkpatrick says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He points out that organizations need to monitor and manage agents, enforcing the same type of policy-based access control that exists for people. Organizations also need to set limits on what domains a specific agent can get into, what types of data they can access, what lines can’t they cross.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kirkpatrick predicts that a <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4138739/21-agent-orchestration-tools-for-managing-your-ai-fleet.html">new class of orchestration tools</a> will emerge, although it’s not clear whether that orchestration layer will be provided by the leading CRM vendors, hyperscalers, or third parties.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Datwani agrees. “The orchestration layer is an interesting area, where the traditional vendors are in on it, the hyperscalers are also offering it, and there are third parties. It’s my belief that there’s not going to be a clear winner.”<em></em></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The interface becomes conversational</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Enterprise users who have traditionally had to manually wrangle with CRM systems are likely to find the ability to employ voice commands using a natural language interface to be a game changer. For starters, a salesperson can say, “I have a meeting today with Customer X. Help me prepare.” The agent will collect relevant data, ingest it, and provide a summary with recommendations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ServiceNow’s Chesire says voice-enabled CRM systems have an “almost magical” ability to record, transcribe, and understand the content of a call between a salesperson and a customer or potential customer. The system can then “build a quote” based on that conversation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the customer service side of the equation, AI-driven voice technology enables customers to speak to an AI agent, describe the problem using natural language, and get a response. The agent has the capability to, for example, solve a credit card dispute, order a replacement product, send out a service rep, or do whatever is needed to resolve the issue, says Chesire.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Beyond that, agentic technology is capable of understanding the underlying business process flaws that led to the product snafu, and make recommendations for ways to fix whatever led to the issue in the first place, he adds.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Agentic drives business process transformation</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With the emergence of outcome-based pricing, organizations are taking a fresh look at how they measure the benefits of CRM systems. That conversation is leading to an even more important analysis of underlying business processes. Or, as Constellation’s Miller says, “The old adage of applying new technology to old processes only gets you more expensive old processes.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“When we survey customers, we hear time and time again that the reason why they want to apply AI into their organizations is to foster exponential opportunity and exponential growth,” she says. “How do we get there with CRM has started to become the new conversation.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to Miller, AI systems breach the walls of siloed data and can take a fresh look at legacy workflows. They also don’t get sucked into turf wars between marketing and sales teams. As a result, they often recommend new actions that can lead to better processes. “I think it’s starting to happen. You’re starting to see applications where AI is beginning to accelerate decision-making and decision velocity,” she says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The next phase of maturity is going to be, how do we start to spread AI across our platforms so that we are seeing that holistic end-to-end relationship that we have always wanted to optimize. How do we thread that across platforms and across solutions. We’re starting to see organizations on the leading edge really start to pull those strategies together,” says Miller.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For years, I have been saying that cybersecurity is no longer a technology problem. It has become a business leadership challenge.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yet, despite record levels of spending, ever-growing security teams, increasingly sophisticated technologies and a constant stream of new regulations, organizations continue to suffer major cyber incidents with alarming regularity. Every week seems to bring news of another ransomware attack, supply chain compromise or data breach affecting organizations that many would have assumed were well protected.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The obvious conclusion is that we are asking the wrong questions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Too many executive teams remain preoccupied with the latest threat actor, the newest security product the CISO wants to buy or the latest vulnerability making headlines. Those issues matter, but they are not what should be keeping CEOs awake at night.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In my view, there are three far more fundamental issues that deserve the attention of every chief executive.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1. Corporate complexity, and the widening gap between business leadership and cybersecurity reality</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Perhaps the biggest cybersecurity risk facing large organizations today is not technical at all.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is the growing disconnect between executive perception and operational reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many boards genuinely believe their organizations are reasonably well protected. They receive regular dashboards showing improving maturity scores, increasing compliance levels, falling vulnerability counts and reassuring traffic-light reports.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Unfortunately, cyber attackers do not read dashboards.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Behind those executive reports often lies an increasingly complex technology landscape, thousands of unmanaged digital assets, ageing infrastructure, rampant shadow IT, fragmented ownership, inconsistent governance and security teams struggling to keep pace with relentless business change.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The problem is rarely a lack of effort.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is that corporate complexity has reached a level where traditional governance mechanisms are no longer capable of providing an accurate picture of organizational resilience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Executives believe they understand the level of cyber risk they face because they receive regular reports. Those reports often measure activity rather than resilience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Governance committees end up debating around another percentage point of phishing awareness or vulnerability remediation, while fundamental issues remain unaddressed in the background.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">2. Organizational inertia, and the need for executive structure to evolve faster</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cyber criminals continue to evolve rapidly. Large organizations generally do not.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is the second issue that should concern every CEO.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Throughout my career, I have observed organizations repeatedly responding to new cyber threats by adding another technology platform, another monitoring capability, another compliance framework or another governance committee.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Very rarely do they stop to redesign how cybersecurity operates.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The result is what I described several years ago as the “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Spiral-Failure-How-Break/dp/1637353057/">Cybersecurity Spiral of Failure</a>”.</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>As complexity and regulation increase, organizations invest in more security products.</li>



<li>More products create more complexity.</li>



<li>More products and greater complexity generate more alerts.</li>



<li>More alerts require more analysts.</li>



<li>More analysts produce more reports.</li>



<li>More reports continue to build up executive confidence.</li>



<li>Meanwhile, the underlying structural weaknesses remain largely unchanged, technical debt piles up and costs escalate.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And when the inevitable breach eventually happens, reality reveals itself, but distrust also sets in between senior executives and security teams.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is not a funding problem. Nor is it a skills problem. It is fundamentally an operating model problem.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many organizations continue trying to solve twenty-first century challenges using governance, accountability, organizational and reporting structures designed twenty-five years ago.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The cybersecurity function itself has evolved dramatically. Many executive structures have not.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This organizational inertia extends beyond technology: It affects budgeting cycles, <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4193990/reallocating-cybersecurity-capital-in-the-mythos-era.html">investment priorities</a>, procurement processes, accountability models and decision-making speed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cyber attackers innovate every day. Organizational change often takes years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That imbalance should worry every CEO.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">3. Accelerating technological disruption, and how it challenges organizations in areas where they are intrinsically weak</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The third issue is potentially the most significant over the coming decade.</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Artificial intelligence, autonomous agents and machine identities</li>



<li>Software supply chain complexity.</li>



<li>Quantum computing, and post-quantum cryptography</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Each of these developments represents far more than another technical trend.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Together, they fundamentally change the dynamics of cybersecurity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Artificial intelligence is transforming countless business processes. At the same time, it is also increasing both the speed and sophistication of cyber-attacks while simultaneously transforming defensive capabilities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Organizations have become increasingly dependent on software ecosystems that extend far beyond their own direct control. Engaging with the supply chain in ways that lead to a genuine appreciation of the risks involved has become a key challenge for most cybersecurity practices.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Quantum computing may eventually invalidate much of today’s cryptographic algorithms, forcing organizations into one of the largest technology efforts since Y2K — but without the benefit of a fixed deadline and faced by a problem that is considerably more complex and hyperconnected IT estates that have little to do with those of the late 90s.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of these challenges can be solved overnight: They require clear governance, sustained investment over a few years and cross-functional organizational coordination.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most large organizations are weak on those three fronts: This is precisely why CEOs should be focusing on them now.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Waiting until some of those risks become obvious will almost certainly be too late.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Businesses naturally prioritise immediate commercial pressures. Cybersecurity often involves preparing for risks whose timing remains uncertain.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But one of the greatest leadership failures I keep seeing remains the inability of organizations to act decisively on known unknowns.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That tension explains why many organizations delay action until external events force them to respond. Unfortunately, cybersecurity rarely rewards late action.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Leadership will determine who succeeds</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cybersecurity discussions still frequently focus on technology. I believe they should focus far more on leadership.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Technology will continue evolving. Threat actors will continue adapting. Regulations will continue expanding. Those developments are inevitable.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What remains within the control of every CEO is how their organization responds.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Does cybersecurity remain an IT issue? Or is it recognised as an integral part of business resilience?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">How is cybersecurity accountability assigned at executive level? Or does it still rest largely with a CISO hidden in the organization?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Does the board spend sufficient time discussing resilience? Or does cybersecurity appear only when approving budgets or reviewing incidents?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These questions will increasingly determine organizational success.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The companies that navigate the next decade successfully will not necessarily be those spending the most on cybersecurity. Nor will they be those deploying the latest security technologies first.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They will be the organizations whose leadership recognises that cybersecurity has become a permanent business capability — embedded into governance, strategy, operational decision-making and organizational culture.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That transformation cannot be delegated. It begins with the CEO.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And perhaps that is the single biggest issue that should keep every chief executive awake at night: Not when the next cyber-attack will happen, but whether their organization is evolving quickly enough on those matters to meet a threat landscape that is changing much faster than the business itself.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What is a business analyst?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Business analysts (BAs) are responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the business using <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/191313/what-is-data-analytics-analyzing-and-managing-data-for-decisions.html">data analytics</a> to assess processes, determine requirements, and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to executives and stakeholders.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">BAs engage with business leaders and users to understand how data-driven changes to process, products, services, software, and hardware can improve efficiencies and add value. They must articulate those ideas but also balance them against what’s technologically feasible and financially and functionally reasonable. Depending on the role, a business analyst might work with data sets to improve products, hardware, tools, software, services, or process.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst an agent of change, and says that <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/191157/what-is-business-analytics-using-data-to-predict-business-outcomes.html">business analysis</a> is a disciplined approach to introduce and manage change to organizations, whether they’re for-profit businesses, governments, or nonprofits.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Impact of AI on business analyst role</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As AI becomes commonplace in the tech industry, business analysts are embracing it as a tool to automate repetitive work in the role. AI tools can be used for workflow and diagramming, process mapping, data analysis, and to automate meeting minutes and transcribe meetings where requirements are established, all designed to speed up the process of analyzing data, creating visuals, and transcribing and writing user stories and acceptance criteria.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI tools can also help identify patterns, insights, and unique data points that might go unnoticed by humans, and allow a faster time to generate insights for organizations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Of course, as with all AI tools, they still require humans to oversee prompts, scripting, and evaluate AI outputs to ensure they’re accurate and valid. While they can’t replace the work of BAs, AI can help them spend more time on thoughtful analysis and decision making, rather than mundane tasks such as gathering and summarizing data, and querying.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analyst job description</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">BAs are responsible for creating new models that support business decisions by working closely with finance and IT teams to establish initiatives and strategies aimed at improving revenue and optimizing costs. They need a strong understanding of regulatory and reporting requirements, and have plenty of experience in forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis combined with knowing KPIs, according to Robert Half Technology.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to Robert Half, a BA’s job description typically includes budgeting and forecasting, planning and monitoring, variance analysis, pricing, reporting, and creating a detailed business analysis in an effort to outline problems, opportunities, and solutions for a business. It also says BAs should be able to define business requirements and report them back to stakeholders.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since BAs are tasked with prioritizing technical and functional requirements, identifying what clients want, and determining what’s feasible to deliver, the role requires a deep understanding of systems, how they function, who’ll need to be involved, and the necessary steps to get everyone on board.  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The role is constantly evolving, especially as companies rely more on data to advise business operations. Every company has different issues that a business analyst can address, whether it’s dealing with outdated legacy systems, changing technologies, broken processes, poor client or customer satisfaction, or large, siloed organizations.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analyst skills</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The BA position requires both hard and soft skills, as they need to know how to pull, analyze, and report data trends, share that information with others, and apply it to business goals and needs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not all BAs need a background in IT if they have a general understanding of how systems, products, and tools work. Alternatively, some have strong IT backgrounds and less experience in business, but are interested in shifting away from IT into this hybrid role, which often acts as a communicator between the business and IT sides of the organization. So having extensive experience in either area can be beneficial for BAs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.iiba.org/career-resources/new-to-business-analysis/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">According to the IIBA</a>, some of the most important skills and experience for a business analyst are:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Oral and written communication skills</li>



<li>Interpersonal, organizational, facilitation, and consultative skills</li>



<li>Analytical thinking and problem solving</li>



<li>Being detail-oriented and able to deliver a high level of accuracy</li>



<li>Knowledge of business structure</li>



<li>Stakeholder and cost-benefit analysis</li>



<li>Processes modeling</li>



<li>Understanding networks, databases, and other technologies</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For a more in-depth look at what it takes to succeed as a business analyst, click <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/189108/essential-traits-of-elite-business-analysts.html">here</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analyst salary</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The average annual salary for an IT business analyst is $80,692, according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Business_Analyst%2C_IT/Salary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">data from PayScale</a>. The highest paid BAs are in New York, where the average salary is 14% higher than the national average. Dallas, Texas, is second, with reported salaries 6.4% higher than the national average, closely followed by Washington, D.C., where salaries are 6.3% higher than the national average.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some skills are in higher demand than others, with the potential to boost salary. According to Payscale, these are associated with higher BA salaries. These skills, and the amount they can boost your salary, include:</p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><div class="overflow-table-wrapper"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>Skills</td><td>Salary Boost</td></tr><tr><td>ScrumMaster</td><td>44%</td></tr><tr><td>Microsoft Azure</td><td>30%</td></tr><tr><td>Supply Chain</td><td>27%</td></tr><tr><td>Oracle eBusiness Suite</td><td>25%</td></tr><tr><td>Master Data Management (SAP MDM)</td><td>24%</td></tr><tr><td>SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD)</td><td>24%</td></tr><tr><td>Product Support</td><td>18%</td></tr><tr><td>Microsoft Dynamics GP</td><td>18%</td></tr><tr><td>SAP Quality Management (SAP QM)</td><td>18%</td></tr><tr><td>Workday Software</td><td>15%</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For tips on boosting your salary, click <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/189510/7-steps-business-analysts-can-take-to-earn-more.html">here</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analyst certifications</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Although business analysis is a relatively new discipline in IT, a handful of organizations already offer certifications to help boost your résumé and prove your merit as an analyst. Organizations such as the IIBA, IQBBA, IREB, and PMI each offer their own tailored certifications for business analysis. These include:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>IIBA <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/189169/ecba-certification-an-entry-level-credential-for-business-analysts.html">Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA)</a></li>



<li>IIBA Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA)</li>



<li>IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)</li>



<li>IIBA Agile Analysis Certification (AAC)</li>



<li>IQBBA Certified Foundation Level Business Analyst (CFLBA)</li>



<li>IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE)</li>



<li>PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PBA)</li>



<li>Certified Analytics Professional (CAP)</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For more information about how to earn one of these certifications — and how much they cost — click <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/228834/6-business-analyst-certifications-to-advance-your-analytics-career.html">here</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analytics tools and software</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">BAs typically rely on software such as Microsoft’s Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, as well as SQL, Google Analytics, and Tableau. These tools help BAs collect and sort data, create graphs, write documents, and design visualizations to explain findings. You won’t necessarily need programming or database skills for a BA position, but if you already have these skills, they won’t hurt. The type of software and tools you’ll need to use, however, will depend on your job title and what the organization requires.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[For CIOs, learning from the startup ecosystem has never been more critical.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As pressure mounts to transform business operations with AI and agentic systems, IT leaders should be looking to those on the AI vanguard for insights into the strategic and technical decisions necessary to launch, grow, and thrive in today’s AI-disrupted business environment.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So why not immerse yourself in Silicon Valley’s most famous firehose of hyper-accelerated fail-fast and dream-big culture by <a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/techcrunch-disrupt/?utm_source=cio&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2026&amp;utm_content=partnerdiscount&amp;promo=cio10&amp;display=true">registering for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026</a>?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Three packed days of 200-plus sessions across six stages will spark new ideas for reshaping your AI strategy, provide fresh perspectives on the architectural, workflow, and resource decisions involved in moving AI from pilots to scale, and give you a sneak peek of business disruptions to come.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/techcrunch-disrupt/?utm_source=cio&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2026&amp;utm_content=partnerdiscount&amp;promo=cio10&amp;display=true">Get 10% off your TechCrunch Disrupt</a> pass with the exclusive code CIO10.</strong> </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This year’s <a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/techcrunch-disrupt/">TechCrunch Disrupt</a>, held Oct. 13-15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, will feature big-picture conversations on what’s next in AI; discussions on how AI agents are rewriting SaaS, enterprise workflows, software pricing, and security; and demonstrations of AI’s future across robotics, manufacturing, defense, and industrial operations; and more.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over 10,000 attendees will hear from 250-plus startup founders, technology executives, and enterprise IT leaders about how the future of programming is being rewritten, what enterprise AI security requires, how startups are orchestrating workloads across models while managing cost and reliability at scale, why creating a safety culture is essential for AI deployment, and how startups are deciding what work humans should own versus what should be delegated to AI as they work to build hybrid teams without losing speed, accountability, or culture.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And of course, the rising tide of enterprise-focused startups will be there seeking to bring agentic systems to your business workflows, as well as vendors familiar to your enterprise IT portfolios, such as AWS, Google, and Databricks, and enterprise IT colleagues creating mutually beneficial partnerships with the startup community, such as American Express.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That’s not to mention TechCrunch Disrupt’s signature <a href="https://techcrunch.com/startup-battlefield/">Startup Battlefield</a>, in which 200 standout companies showcase their innovations to compete for a $100K equity-free prize. The battlefield will give CIOs a rapid-fire, broad view of what’s possible — and a possible early look at the next big enterprise player. After all, Dropbox, Trello, and Cloudflare, among others, roamed that same battlefield before the world knew their names.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And with M&amp;A now an early-stage startup strategy for many from day one, TechCrunch Disrupt’s exhibition floor provides IT leaders not just an opportunity to discuss the nuts and bolts of innovation architecture or how an upstart product can enhance your workflows, but a chance to find your next innovation partner, or more.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Leading-edge startups are figuring out how to make AI work at scale. Shouldn’t you be?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Don’t miss your chance to experience TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/techcrunch-disrupt/?utm_source=cio&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2026&amp;utm_content=partnerdiscount&amp;promo=cio10&amp;display=true">Book your pass today and use the exclusive code CIO10</a> to save 10% before prices increase.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Die Zukunft: KI gegen KI]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Die Cybersicherheit entwickelt sich rasch zu einem Wettrüsten zwischen intelligenten Maschinen. Kriminelle nutzen KI bereits, um äußerst überzeugende Phishing-Kampagnen zu entwickeln, Software-Schwachstellen in beispielloser Geschwindigkeit aufzudecken und immer ausgefeiltere Malware zu generiere...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:18:03 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Die Cybersicherheit entwickelt sich rasch zu einem Wettrüsten zwischen intelligenten Maschinen. Kriminelle nutzen KI bereits, um äußerst überzeugende Phishing-Kampagnen zu entwickeln, Software-Schwachstellen in beispielloser Geschwindigkeit aufzudecken und immer ausgefeiltere Malware zu generieren. Sicherheitsteams reagieren darauf mit eigener KI und setzen … <a href="https://www.cole.de/die-zukunft-ki-gegen-ki/">Weiterlesen <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.cole.de/die-zukunft-ki-gegen-ki/">Die Zukunft: KI gegen KI</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.cole.de/">tim@cole.de</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” – BETA Release]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena”. Linux Mint 22.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. New features: This new version of ...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3693044/unix-server/linux-mint-223-zena-beta-release/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:09:59 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:09:56 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
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<title><![CDATA[5 endpoint blind spots your EDR/XDR was never built to see]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In August 2025, 126 malicious packages landed in the npm registry. Even after the community caught the initial wave, 80 of these hidden backdoors remained actively listed.



That was enough. Over 86,000 downloads. Malicious code in PhantomRaven, packages running in the production systems of Fort...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:18:11 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In August 2025, 126 malicious packages landed in the npm registry. Even after the community caught the initial wave, 80 of these hidden backdoors remained actively listed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That was enough. Over 86,000 downloads. Malicious code in <a href="https://www.koi.ai/blog/phantomraven-npm-malware-hidden-in-invisible-dependencies" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PhantomRaven</a>, packages running in the production systems of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. And throughout the entire window, not a single EDR/XDR alert.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This happened because the attack surface has expanded to a layer EDR/XDR was never designed to see: VS Code extensions, local MCP servers, and rogue AI coding assistants that inherit your engineers’ valid credentials to steal data at machine speed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To eliminate this structural vulnerability, Palo Alto Networks acquired Koi, an AI-native developer security product engineered for proactive, precision enforcement. Below we compiled a 2026 CISO checklist you can use to audit your environment and see how Koi automates each defense from day one.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#1. Gain real-time visibility into shadow AI &amp; extensions</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Your existing asset management tracks binaries and installers, but it cannot see local VS Code extensions, MCP servers, or ad-hoc Python scripts running on developer endpoints. This visibility gap was recently exposed by the <a href="https://www.koi.ai/blog/maliciouscorgi-the-cute-looking-ai-extensions-leaking-code-from-1-5-million-developers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MaliciousCorgi campaign</a>, where two marketplace extensions with 1.5 million combined installs silently harvested every file a developer opened. Neither triggered any detection because they were not binaries, not executables, not anything your inventory was built to flag. To counter this, Koi closes the gap by analyzing what extensions actually do after installation, exposing hidden data-harvesting channels running inside your active workspace.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#2. Distinguish between human and autonomous agent behavior </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When a rogue AI agent exfiltrates your proprietary source code, it uses a developer’s valid credentials during normal working hours, making the session look entirely legitimate to standard XDR baselines. Moving beyond static permission lists, Koi deploys behavioral profiling within the workspace runtime. By actively intercepting unauthenticated background tasks and blocking unauthorized file-system reads, it stops automated data exfiltration in real time.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#3. Establish guardrails for automated package updates on endpoints</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Developers prioritize speed, often allowing software packages to auto-update on their endpoints the moment a new version appears. Attackers weaponize this supply chain vulnerability, as seen in the May 2026 Team PCP attack where 3,800 GitHub repositories were compromised in just 36 minutes via poisoned auto-updates. Securing agentic endpoints against these rapid breaches requires behavior-based inspection within the active workspace context. Koi operates at this layer by providing safe deployment buffers that automate version cooldowns, blocking bleeding-edge updates until they are vetted. By continuously auditing process creation within the IDE runtime, Koi instantly drops unauthorized remote connections before malicious payloads can exfiltrate credentials from the endpoint.  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#4. Enforce principle of least privilege for AI agents</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI coding assistants inherit the privileges of whoever deployed them. In practice, that means read access to production databases, write access to core repositories, and access to every secret in environment files and configuration directories. To restrict this excessive access, Koi applies dynamic sandboxing directly to AI agent processes at the kernel level. It enforces a strict zero-trust boundary that segregates sensitive workspace vectors, preventing agents from pulling data outside their approved scope without interrupting developer workflows.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>#5. Maintain continuous endpoint posture management</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Signature-based scanning only stops known threats. Sophisticated repository attacks often arrive as functional, high-rated software that carries no known bad signature. Koi’s research into the <a href="https://www.koi.ai/blog/darkspectre-unmasking-the-threat-actor-behind-7-8-million-infected-browsers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DarkSpectre campaign</a> found eight browser extensions, all carrying “featured” badges from Google and Microsoft, installed by over 8 million users, silently harvesting every conversation from ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini in the background. Koi addresses this by operating upstream: scanning marketplace listings every hour, using LLM-driven code analysis to compare what software promises against what its code does, sandboxing it, and scoring the risk before it ever reaches the endpoint.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Summary</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Securing the modern enterprise is no longer about patching individual gaps. As AI agents redefine the workforce, Agentic Endpoint Security (AES) is now a strategic imperative for every CISO. By establishing a mandatory control plane for the AI-native workspace, AES ensures that your organization can scale engineering velocity without ever compromising enterprise integrity. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ready to secure the future of your software stack? See how <a href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex/agentic-endpoint-security" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Koi Agentic Endpoint Security</a> delivers complete visibility, risk scoring, and real-time prevention across every endpoint in your enterprise.</p>



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<title><![CDATA[Where do you install software from? Standard repos, sources, Flatpak, AppImage, etc]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Do you install only flatpaks? Or only native RPM/DEB/etc? Maybe you're religios about it.  Or maybe you don't care and just use what's convenient, which happens to be... what channel usually for you? Curious to know as a developer where this ship is moving recently    submitted by    /u/oleg_anto...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:11:41 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Linux Tipps</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Any DJs running on Linux? What has worked well for you?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I want to make the jump to Linux on all of my machines however I worry about my DJ hardware compatibility with software. I have read Mixxx is decent on Linux. I have primarily used Serato for many years and would like something similar with hardware support. Anyone who uses primarily Serato based...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:11:36 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I want to make the jump to Linux on all of my machines however I worry about my DJ hardware compatibility with software. I have read Mixxx is decent on Linux. I have primarily used Serato for many years and would like something similar with hardware support. Anyone who uses primarily Serato based gear running well on Linux? My main rigs are a DJM-S11 w 2 Rane 12s, a DJM-S9 with 2 Pioneer PLX-1000s and various DJ mixers. Curious if other DJ folks have made the jump and have a stable situation going. Any recommendations on Linux build/dj software to try for maximum stability?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/aesoped"> /u/aesoped </a> <br> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1v5inyz/any_djs_running_on_linux_what_has_worked_well_for/">[link]</a></span>   <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1v5inyz/any_djs_running_on_linux_what_has_worked_well_for/">[comments]</a></span>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[US Accuses American of Allegedly Wiping His Phone Using a 'Duress' Password During Border Search]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. This is thought to be the first known cas...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3692649/it-security-nachrichten/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:08:09 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a so-called "duress" password built into a phone's software. According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this week following the court's first hearing on Monday, Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick is fighting the charges. Tunick's attorneys said that it was unlawful for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize his phone as he arrived back in the U.S. last year, and that any evidence -- including the alleged wiping of his phone -- should be thrown out.
 
The case centers on a feature included in GrapheneOS, a custom Android operating system that runs in place of the software on most modern Google Pixel devices. Tunick's attorneys confirmed GrapheneOS was running on his phone. The software feature allows the device owner to set a passcode that deliberately wipes the contents of that device if entered instead of the user's unlock passcode. Tunick's case also raises ongoing questions about what constitutional rights can be invoked at the border, which the U.S. government has long asserted is not U.S. soil until a person is authorized to enter. Bill Budington, a senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Runa Sandvik, a digital security expert who works to protect at-risk people as the founder of security consultancy firm Granitt, told TechCrunch that they had not seen similar cases involving the use of duress passwords.
 
"I have not seen this before, though I've discussed the potential scenario with activists and journalists over the years," said Sandvik. "I think this case serves as a reminder that authorities may argue you knowingly destroyed data, so it's better to not have that data on you when you cross certain borders."
 
"With a little planning ahead of time, you can always download the data you need once you get to where you're going," said Sandvik.<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Quote of the day by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen: 'Software is eating the world' — a pithy assessment of the modern tech landscape]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The venture capitalist and tech entrepreneur explained in a famous essay how software infiltrated every industry]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3692644/it-nachrichten/quote-of-the-day-by-netscape-co-founder-marc-andreessen-software-is-eating-the-world-a-pithy-assessment-of-the-modern-tech-landscape/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:02:10 +0200</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The contract unifies existing Oracle licensing under a single vehicle, and is expected to save $441 million across the 10-year period.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3692606/it-nachrichten/oracle-awarded-10-year-7-billion-pentagon-deal-to-supply-department-of-war-with-vital-software-and-services/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:33:06 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[So wählen Sie 2026 ein technisch fortschrittliches SUV: Wichtige Software-, Konnektivitäts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[... Cybersicherheit und Softwaremanagement. Dieser Leitfaden richtet sich an Leser, die vor dem Kauf die Spreu vom Weizen trennen möchten. Was einen ...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3692331/it-security-nachrichten/so-waehlen-sie-2026-ein-technisch-fortschrittliches-suv-wichtige-software-konnektivitaets/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:01:24 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Linux Kernel 7.1.4 Released with Bug Fixes, Security Updates, and Hardware Improvements]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[by George Whittaker
      
            Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of Linux Kernel 7.1.4, the latest stable maintenance update for the Linux 7.1 series. As with other stable kernel releases, version 7.1.4 focuses on fixing bugs, improving hardware compatibility, and addressing se...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3692292/unix-server/linux-kernel-714-released-with-bug-fixes-security-updates-and-hardware-improvements/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:32:46 +0200</pubDate>
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            <div class="field field--name-node-author field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item">by <a title="View user profile." href="https://www.linuxjournal.com/users/george-whittaker" lang="" about="https://www.linuxjournal.com/users/george-whittaker" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">George Whittaker</a></div>
      
            <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of <strong>Linux Kernel 7.1.4</strong>, the latest stable maintenance update for the Linux 7.1 series. As with other stable kernel releases, version 7.1.4 focuses on fixing bugs, improving hardware compatibility, and addressing security and reliability issues without introducing new features. The update became available on <strong>July 18, 2026</strong>, and users of the Linux 7.1 branch are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible.</p>

<p>Rather than changing the kernel's feature set, Linux 7.1.4 delivers dozens of targeted fixes collected from developers across multiple kernel subsystems, helping ensure a more stable experience for desktops, servers, embedded devices, and cloud deployments.</p>

<h2><strong>Another Important Stable Maintenance Release</strong></h2>

<p>The Linux stable branch exists to provide safe updates between major kernel versions. Every stable release undergoes review before being published and contains fixes that have already been tested in the mainline kernel.</p>

<p>Linux 7.1.4 continues this process by incorporating patches that resolve regressions, improve system stability, and fix issues reported by users since the release of Linux 7.1.3.</p>

<p>For most users, these maintenance updates are recommended because they improve reliability without altering existing functionality.</p>

<h2><strong>Bug Fixes Across Multiple Kernel Subsystems</strong></h2>

<p>Like previous stable releases, Linux 7.1.4 includes fixes spanning many areas of the kernel.</p>

<p>The update addresses issues affecting:</p>

<ul><li>Memory management</li>
	<li>File systems</li>
	<li>Networking</li>
	<li>Device drivers</li>
	<li>Architecture-specific code</li>
	<li>Core kernel infrastructure</li>
	<li>USB and storage subsystems</li>
</ul><p>These targeted patches help eliminate crashes, improve compatibility with newer hardware, and resolve edge cases that may only appear under specific workloads.</p>

<h2><strong>Improved Hardware Compatibility</strong></h2>

<p>One of the ongoing goals of Linux stable releases is expanding support for existing and newly released hardware.</p>

<p>Linux 7.1.4 includes updated drivers and compatibility fixes for various devices, helping improve support for:</p>

<ul><li>Graphics hardware</li>
	<li>Storage controllers</li>
	<li>Networking devices</li>
	<li>USB peripherals</li>
	<li>Laptop components</li>
	<li>ARM development boards</li>
</ul><p>Although no major driver additions are expected in a maintenance release, incremental improvements like these often resolve hardware-specific bugs reported by users after earlier releases.</p>

<h2><strong>Security and Reliability Updates</strong></h2>

<p>Stable kernel releases also include security-related fixes that have been accepted into the maintenance branch.</p></div>
      
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<title><![CDATA[‘Lucky’ Season 1 Episode 3 Recap: Lucky Finally Tracks Down Cary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“Lucky” Season 1, Episode 3 follows Lucky as she searches for Cary and the stolen money, using every trick she learned during her unusual childhood. The episode, titled “Read the Room,” also reveals that Agent Billie Rand’s pursuit of Priscilla has become deeply personal.



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<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Lucky” Season 1, Episode 3 follows Lucky as she searches for Cary and the stolen money, using every trick she learned during her unusual childhood. The episode, titled “Read the Room,” also reveals that Agent Billie Rand’s pursuit of Priscilla has become deeply personal.



“Lucky” is a seven-episode Apple TV limited series based on Marissa Stapley’s novel. The first two episodes arrived on July 15, followed by weekly releases through August 19.




Episode title: Read the Room



Release date: July 22, 2026



Runtime: 45 minutes




Spoiler warning for “Lucky” Episode 3



After the failed multimillion-dollar robbery, Lucky remains separated from Cary, who disappeared with their money. She also continues running from Priscilla’s people and the FBI while relying on the criminal skills taught to her by her father, John.



Episode 3 begins with a flashback showing John completing a deal for Priscilla as Agent Rand watches nearby. Lucky warns John that the situation will end badly. In the present, Rand follows Lucky’s trail through gas-station security footage, although she remains several steps behind her.



Lucky reaches Priscilla’s farm and hides while Dutch questions Noah about fake identification documents. Dutch eventually kills him, allowing Lucky to steal Noah’s identification and search for the person making the fake documents.



Lucky crashes a child’s birthday party



Before continuing her search, Lucky enters a child’s birthday party to obtain clothes, money and transportation. A flashback shows John teaching young Lucky how to steal at such events, including taking cash envelopes and unattended purses.



Lucky leaves the party with a new outfit, enough money to tip a valet and someone else’s car. The scene shows how easily she can enter an unfamiliar environment, gain people’s trust and disappear before anyone notices what happened.



At Noah’s home, Lucky discovers that his neighbour creates fake IDs. While studying her previous work, Lucky finds evidence that Cary used her services and adopted the name Colson Smith.



Lucky finally finds Cary



Lucky manipulates a real-estate agent into giving her access to the property where Cary is staying. While Cary swims nearby, she searches the house and discovers a gun and a laptop protected by a 12-word seed phrase.



Cary returns to find the property destroyed and Lucky waiting inside. Meanwhile, Wayne tells Priscilla that he has also discovered Cary’s location, placing both Cary and Lucky in immediate danger.



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<title><![CDATA[Sebastian Kurz und sein KI-Überflieger - SWZ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dream Security hat ein eigenes KI-Sprachmodell für Cyberabwehr entwickelt. Die Software und die Daten würden dabei vollständig auf den eigenen ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Claude Mythos Just Caught the Attention of Canada’s Banking Regulator]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[  Canada’s federal banking regulator has privately warned financial institutions that advances in frontier artificial intelligence are shrinking the time available to detect and contain software vulnerabilities, according to an internal email that specifically identified Anthropic’s Claude Mythos...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, a cheaper AI model for coding, agents and enterprise workflows]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on Friday, a model the company says delivers nearly all the intelligence of its top-of-the-line Claude Fable 5 at half the cost — a launch that signals how the AI race is shifting from raw capability to the economics of daily use.The model, available immediately o...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/">Anthropic</a> released Claude <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> on Friday, a model the company says delivers nearly all the intelligence of its top-of-the-line Claude <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a> at half the cost — a launch that signals how the AI race is shifting from raw capability to the economics of daily use.</p><p>The model, available immediately on all of Anthropic's platforms, is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, unchanged from its predecessor, <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8">Opus 4.8</a>. It becomes the new default model on <a href="https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049741-what-is-the-max-plan">Claude Max</a>, Anthropic's premium consumer tier, and the strongest model available on <a href="https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8325606-what-is-the-pro-plan">Claude Pro</a>.</p><p>The positioning is deliberate. Anthropic is not claiming <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5 </a>is its smartest model — that distinction still belongs to <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a>, and rival systems retain an edge in certain domains. Instead, the company is making a subtler argument that may matter more to enterprise buyers: that the most economically important AI work happens in a middle band of difficulty, where near-frontier intelligence delivered efficiently and cheaply beats frontier intelligence delivered expensively.</p><p>"Opus 5 as your daily driver, the model you hand complex work to and review when it's done," an Anthropic spokesperson said in an interview with VentureBeat, describing how the company's lineup now stratifies. "Fable 5 for your most ambitious work, the days-long autonomous projects nothing could take on before... Sonnet 5 for work you run at scale, where speed and cost per call decide what ships. Haiku 4.5 for subagents and instant answers."</p><h2><b>How Claude Opus 5 benchmark results stack up against Fable 5 and rival AI models</b></h2><p>On paper, the results are striking. Anthropic says <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> sets new state-of-the-art marks on coding and knowledge-work evaluations including <a href="https://www.frontierbench.ai/announcement">Frontier-Bench</a> and <a href="https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/gdpval-aa">GDPval-AA</a>. On <a href="https://www.frontierbench.ai/announcement">Frontier-Bench v0.1</a>, an agentic terminal coding benchmark, Opus 5 scores 43.3 percent — more than double Opus 4.8's 18.7 percent and well ahead of Fable 5's 33.7 percent — at a lower cost per task, according to the company. On <a href="https://arcprize.org/arc-agi/3">ARC-AGI 3</a>, an evaluation of novel problem-solving, Anthropic reports Opus 5 scored three times as high as the next best model. On <a href="https://github.com/xlang-ai/OSWorld-V2">OSWorld 2.0</a>, a computer-use benchmark, the company says the model surpasses Fable 5's best result at just over a third of the cost.</p><p>The numbers come with honest caveats that are themselves notable in an industry prone to superlatives. Anthropic acknowledges <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> remains behind <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/mythos">Mythos 5</a>, a competing model, on cybersecurity tasks and biology research, and an OpenAI-family model still leads on one agentic coding benchmark.</p><p>The more revealing caveat came from Anthropic itself, when asked where <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> still falls short of <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a>. The spokesperson's answer amounted to a candid admission about what benchmarks do and don't capture.</p><p>"The evals where Opus 5 wins are bounded tasks with a specific outcome, which is where it's strongest. What those evals don't measure is duration," the spokesperson told VentureBeat. "One way to put it: Opus 5 is the best tool for the jobs benchmarks can see, and Fable 5 is what you reach for when the job outruns the benchmark."</p><p><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a>, by contrast, "is for the longest, most autonomous jobs, where the model has to stay coherent across many connected steps over hours or days with dense source material," the spokesperson said, advising customers to "run both on a representative workload, one bounded task and one long-horizon job." That framing — bounded tasks versus long-horizon autonomy — may become the defining axis of model differentiation in 2026, as benchmarks saturate and the hardest remaining problems involve sustained, multi-day agentic work rather than discrete puzzles.</p><h2><b>Why token efficiency is becoming the real battleground for enterprise AI spending</b></h2><p>Threaded through the launch is a theme Anthropic clearly wants buyers to absorb: <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> doesn't just score well, it scores well per dollar. The model ships with an adjustable "effort" setting that lets customers trade intelligence for speed and token savings, and Anthropic's charts emphasize performance at a given cost rather than peak performance alone.</p><p>Early customers echoed the point with unusual specificity. Harvey, the legal AI company, said Opus 5 achieved similar performance to Opus 4.8's maximum-reasoning mode "while generating 26% fewer tokens on average," according to Niko Grupen, its head of applied research. Richard Pham of Fundamental Research Lab said that on hard financial-modeling tasks, the model averaged nine percentage points higher accuracy "while using roughly one-third fewer turns and tool calls and 60% less time."</p><p>Wade Foster, chief executive of Zapier, said Opus 5 topped his company's AutomationBench leaderboard "without spending more tokens than prior Claude models," running a full churn-prevention workflow from start to finish. "Previous models didn't pass; Opus 5 hit 100%," he said. Scott Wu, chief executive of Cognition, the company behind the Devin coding agent, said that on FrontierCode 1.1, "Claude Opus 5 approaches Fable-level performance at half the cost," with particular strength in debugging and root-cause analysis.</p><p>The efficiency emphasis reflects commercial reality. Enterprise AI spending is no longer experimental, and inference costs — the price of actually running these models at scale — have become a board-level line item. </p><p>Anthropic's business skews heavily toward API and enterprise usage; according to a February 2026 analysis by <a href="https://research.contrary.com/company/anthropic">Contrary Research</a>, Claude held roughly 40 percent of the enterprise large language model market by usage as of late 2025, and Claude Code alone had reached about $1 billion in annualized revenue. For a company whose customers pay by the token, a model that does more with fewer tokens is not a nice-to-have. It is the product.</p><h2><b>Self-verifying AI agents and what they mean for the hidden costs of automation</b></h2><p>Beyond the numbers, Anthropic is selling a behavioral story: that <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> verifies its work and iterates until it succeeds. The company offered several examples from testing that read like small parables of machine stubbornness.</p><p>In one <a href="https://www.frontierbench.ai/announcement">Frontier-Bench</a> task, the model was asked to reconstruct a machine part as a 3D CAD model from a drawing it was intentionally given no way to view. Rather than fail, Anthropic says, Opus 5 wrote its own computer vision pipeline to extract the geometry from raw pixels — and did so repeatedly, while no competing model solved the task in five attempts. In another case, given a real bug in a popular open-source package manager, the model found the root cause and fixed an edge case the community's own patch had missed; a competing model patched only the symptom and declared victory. An engineer at a trading firm, the company says, used Opus 5 to build a market data feed for a new exchange in a single session and, finding no live feed to validate against, watched the model build its own test harness to check its parsing code.</p><p>Customers described similar behavior in the wild. Cristian Rivera, a staff software engineer at Stripe, said he gave the model "a chief-of-staff role over my dev environments" for a weekend: "it built its own monitor, drove each box, and pulled me in only for the judgment calls."</p><p>This is the capability enterprises actually care about, and it is worth dwelling on why. The gap between a model that produces plausible output and one that verifies its output is the gap between a demo and a deployable system. Most of the hidden cost of enterprise AI today is human review — engineers checking the machine's work. A model that reliably checks its own work compresses that cost, which is precisely why customers keep citing fewer turns, fewer passes, and less time rather than higher raw scores.</p><h2><b>Inside Anthropic's safety strategy: capability gaps, classifiers, and model fallbacks</b></h2><p>The launch also showcases Anthropic's increasingly intricate approach to safety — one that now involves deliberately not teaching its models certain skills. The company says its automated behavioral audit found Opus 5 to be its most aligned model to date, scoring 2.3 on overall misaligned behavior, lower than <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8">Opus 4.8</a>, <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-5">Sonnet 5</a>, or <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a>, with the lowest rates of deceptive behavior and the least susceptibility to being tricked into misuse.</p><p>On the capability side, Anthropic says it intentionally avoided training <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> on cyber tasks, as it did with Opus 4.8. The model improved on them anyway — a side effect of general capability gains — and now nearly matches Mythos 5 at finding software vulnerabilities. But it remains far behind at exploiting them: on Anthropic's OSS-Fuzz evaluation, Opus 5 identified vulnerabilities at a 79.4 percent rate, close to Mythos 5's 80 percent, but succeeded at developing exploits in only 4 challenges versus Mythos 5's 13. That asymmetry — strong at defense-relevant discovery, weak at offense-relevant exploitation — appears to be by design, and the safeguards follow the same logic. Anthropic expects Opus 5's cyber classifiers to intervene about 85 percent less often than Fable 5's.</p><p>When a classifier does trigger, requests in <a href="http://claude.ai/">Claude.ai</a>, <a href="https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview">Claude Code</a>, and <a href="https://claude.com/product/cowork">Claude Cowork</a> fall back to <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8">Opus 4.8</a> by default — raising an obvious question: if a request is too risky for one model, why is it acceptable for another? "The model it falls back to has lower capability levels making the risk of harmful use lower as well," the spokesperson said, adding that "there is a message that lets the user know when this occurs and is visible in the chat."</p><p>The logic is defensible, but it reveals how AI safety actually works in 2026: risk is not a property of the question alone, but of the question multiplied by the capability of the system answering it. On biology, the calculus runs the other way. Opus 5 is now Anthropic's most capable generally available model for scientific research — scoring 10.2 percentage points higher than Opus 4.8 on the company's internal chemistry benchmark — though the spokesperson acknowledged that "Mythos 5 remains the stronger model for long-horizon, open-ended work like autonomous drug design campaigns."</p><h2><b>The business stakes behind the launch: a $380 billion valuation and massive compute bets</b></h2><p>The launch lands at a moment of extraordinary commercial momentum — and extraordinary obligations — for Anthropic. Reuters reported in February that the company was valued at <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/anthropic-valued-380-billion-latest-funding-round-2026-02-12/">roughly $380 billion</a> in its latest funding round, following a period in which, per Contrary Research's analysis, its annualized revenue climbed from about $1 billion at the end of 2024 to a projected $9 billion by the end of 2025, with internal targets reportedly <a href="https://research.contrary.com/company/anthropic">reaching $20 to $26 billion for 2026</a>. Those targets are underwritten by enormous infrastructure commitments, including a <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/microsoft-nvidia-anthropic-announce-strategic-partnerships">reported $30 billion Azure compute deal</a> alongside arrangements with Google Cloud and Nvidia — spending that only pencils out if enterprises keep expanding usage.</p><p>That is the context in which Opus 5's pricing strategy makes sense. Holding the price at Opus 4.8 levels while roughly doubling performance on key agentic benchmarks is effectively a steep price cut per unit of capability, designed to widen the funnel of workloads that are economical to automate. Every task that was marginal at Opus 4.8's cost-per-success becomes viable at Opus 5's — and every viable task is recurring token revenue.</p><p>The regulatory backdrop has grown more complex as well. A U.S. judge gave final approval this week to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-approves-anthropics-15-billion-settlement-copyright-lawsuit-2026-07-20/">Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with book authors</a>, Reuters reported, closing a chapter of litigation over the company's early training data. And in June, Reuters, citing Axios, reported that the U.S. government had moved to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-blocks-foreign-access-anthropics-most-advanced-ai-models-axios-reports-2026-06-13/">block foreign access </a>to Anthropic's most advanced models — a reminder that frontier AI is now entangled with export policy in ways that shape which customers can buy what.</p><p>Also shipping Friday: a Fast mode running at roughly 2.5 times default speed at twice the base price, automatic fallback routing on the API, and mid-conversation tool changes that no longer invalidate the prompt cache — a small feature that agent developers may appreciate more than any benchmark. Consistent with prior Opus models, Opus 5 carries no data retention requirements for general access, a point the spokesperson flagged unprompted for customers with "a hard zero data retention requirement." Developers can access the model as claude-opus-5 on the <a href="https://platform.claude.com/login?returnTo=%2F%3F">Claude API</a> starting today.</p><p>Two questions will determine whether the bet pays off: whether <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5's efficiency claims </a>survive contact with production workloads at scale, and whether enterprises embrace a world where safety classifiers, not users, sometimes decide which model answers. But the deeper message of Friday's launch is that the AI industry's center of gravity has moved. For three years, the labs competed on what their best model could do on its best day. With Opus 5, Anthropic is competing on something less glamorous and far more lucrative: what a very good model can do every day, for half the price. In a market where the frontier keeps moving, Anthropic is wagering that the real fortune lies just behind it.</p><p>
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<description><![CDATA[For CIOs, learning from the startup ecosystem has never been more critical.



As pressure mounts to transform business operations with AI and agentic systems, IT leaders should be looking to those on the AI vanguard for insights into the strategic and technical decisions necessary to launch, gro...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/techcrunch-disrupt/?utm_source=cio&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2026&amp;utm_content=partnerdiscount&amp;promo=cio10&amp;display=true">Get 10% off your TechCrunch Disrupt</a> pass with the exclusive code CIO10.</strong> </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This year’s <a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/techcrunch-disrupt/">TechCrunch Disrupt</a>, held Oct. 13-15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, will feature big-picture conversations on what’s next in AI; discussions on how AI agents are rewriting SaaS, enterprise workflows, software pricing, and security; and demonstrations of AI’s future across robotics, manufacturing, defense, and industrial operations; and more.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over 10,000 attendees will hear from 250-plus startup founders, technology executives, and enterprise IT leaders about how the future of programming is being rewritten, what enterprise AI security requires, how startups are orchestrating workloads across models while managing cost and reliability at scale, why creating a safety culture is essential for AI deployment, and how startups are deciding what work humans should own versus what should be delegated to AI as they work to build hybrid teams without losing speed, accountability, or culture.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And of course, the rising tide of enterprise-focused startups will be there seeking to bring agentic systems to your business workflows, as well as vendors familiar to your enterprise IT portfolios, such as AWS, Google, and Databricks, and enterprise IT colleagues creating mutually beneficial partnerships with the startup community, such as American Express.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That’s not to mention TechCrunch Disrupt’s signature <a href="https://techcrunch.com/startup-battlefield/">Startup Battlefield</a>, in which 200 standout companies showcase their innovations to compete for a $100K equity-free prize. The battlefield will give CIOs a rapid-fire, broad view of what’s possible — and a possible early look at the next big enterprise player. After all, Dropbox, Trello, and Cloudflare, among others, roamed that same battlefield before the world knew their names.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And with M&amp;A now an early-stage startup strategy for many from day one, TechCrunch Disrupt’s exhibition floor provides IT leaders not just an opportunity to discuss the nuts and bolts of innovation architecture or how an upstart product can enhance your workflows, but a chance to find your next innovation partner, or more.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Leading-edge startups are figuring out how to make AI work at scale. Shouldn’t you be?</p>



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<title><![CDATA[Bridging Innovation and Stability: The Risks of Vibe Coding]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Vibe coding offers resource-limited organizations tools for rapid software development. But to build products that are sustainable and resilient, implementing a defined process is key to long-term success.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:51:41 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🔧 AI Nachrichten</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Cisco, AMD partner to bring enterprise-level security, visibility to Ryzen AI Halo systems]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cisco and AMD have expanded their partnership with a new package of hardware and security software that’s designed to help enterprise customers protect, deploy, and manage distributed AI resources.



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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:18:26 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cisco and AMD have expanded their partnership with a new package of hardware and security software that’s designed to help enterprise customers protect, deploy, and manage distributed AI resources.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">During AMD’s <a href="https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/events/advancing-ai.html">Advancing AI event</a> this week, Cisco’s president and chief product officer <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4184554/how-jeetu-patel-made-cisco-unrecognizable.html">Jeetu Patel</a> took to the stage during AMD CEO <a href="https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/events/advancing-ai.html">Lisa Su’s keynote</a> to talk about how AI inference will be widely distributed and will require an architectural stack of software and tools that Cisco and <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4199402/helios-marks-amds-biggest-ai-infrastructure-push-yet.html">AMD</a> are partnering to develop.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The joint architecture combines AMD’s compact, high-performance Ryzen AI Halo hardware and a variety of Cisco networking, observability, governance, and security technologies. “AMD provides the deskside/local AI platform. At the foundation is AMD Ryzen AI Halo hardware, an isolated agent sandbox and the services needed for local-first inferencing, including model routing and token limits via AMD’s Semantic Router and local inference on Lemonade,” wrote Cisco’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yash-sheth-/">Yash Sheth</a>, senior director, engineering and research, in a <a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/ai/from-one-desk-to-the-whole-enterprise-making-local-ai-resilient">blog post</a> about the new package.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/ryzen-ai-halo.html?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=24009436319&amp;gbraid=0AAAAApk3AUDJs1_xMEd2YjxcG8iJu-gS4&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw94bTBhDQARIsAN3vv0xmM9xu9mXa5H5zAbKFqNzUy1FPP5AS-lOA1qXh1a9bmw54LMQtYXgaArV-EALw_wcB">Ryzen AI Halo</a> (pictured below) is designed to support local AI inference on an AI PC using its CPU, GPU, and XDNA neural processing unit (NPU), according to AMD. A resilient AI platform should continue delivering useful AI services even when connectivity is limited, models need to change, or workloads shift, AMD stated.</p>


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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cisco then wraps that platform in a secure harness that includes its Splunk Agent Observability plus Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring to provide full-stack observability, tracking agent behavior, tokenomics and compute operation, according to Sheth.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cisco also brings its <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4148823/cisco-goes-all-in-on-agentic-ai-security.html">AI Defense</a> for model and agent security; <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4179673/cisco-brings-agentic-ops-platform-and-security-overhaul-to-cisco-live.html">DefenseClaw</a> for security policy enforcement, so guardrails are enforced directly on-device, within the agent harness; and <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4180810/what-is-cisco-cloud-control-and-why-should-customers-care.html">Cisco Cloud Control</a> offering a single pane of glass for unified policy and control, Sheth stated.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“To make deskside and local AI computing work at enterprise scale, every AI node must be treated as a secure, managed node in the enterprise network,” Sheth wrote.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The need for token efficiency and data sovereignty is driving a new class of computing, deskside computing, with users and teams putting AI agents right by their sides,” Sheth wrote. “Inference is moving to a hybrid architecture with thousands of ambient deskside agents in an enterprise helping employees have 24×7 productivity. That’s an extraordinary opportunity. It’s also a brand-new operating challenge.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As agentic AI moves from experimentation to real enterprise workflows, organizations need more than powerful endpoints. AI agents can run continuously and act on enterprise data, but create new requirements for network infrastructure, tokenomics, agent behavior, and security, according to a <a href="https://newsroom.amd.com/news/aai-2026-cisco-client-partnership-update/">statement</a> from AMD.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Running more AI locally can help improve responsiveness, keep sensitive data closer to users, and reduce dependence on cloud-only approaches, but enterprises also need a way to monitor and manage these systems at scale. AMD and Cisco are addressing that gap by collaborating to pair high-performance local AI compute with the observability, governance, and control infrastructure needed for enterprises to deploy it responsibly,” AMD stated.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“By combining AMD Ryzen AI Halo systems and our broader local AI software capabilities with Cisco’s enterprise networking, observability and security technologies, we are helping customers deploy AI in a way that is performant, secure, observable and manageable at scale,” said Jack Huynh, senior vice president and general manager, computing and graphics group with AMD, in a statement.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A few other interesting statistics and trends cited in AMD CEO Su’s keynote include:</p>



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<li>AI adoption is accelerating across all industries, with agentic AI driving a surge in compute demand and shifting workloads from training to inference, which accounts for 60% of global AI compute capacity in 2026.</li>



<li>AI is moving beyond the cloud, with edge and personal devices becoming critical for real-time, distributed intelligence.</li>



<li>The AI accelerator market is projected to reach $1.4 trillion by 2030, nearly tripling previous forecasts, with GPUs expected to dominate but CPUs gaining new growth vectors due to agentic AI.</li>



<li>Server CPU market is forecasted to grow over 50% to $200 billion by 2030, fueled by rapid agentic AI adoption and the need for massive CPU infrastructure.</li>
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<title><![CDATA[GitHub ordered to remove decentralized messaging app Bitchat in India]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[India's Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered GitHub to remove repositories hosting Jack Dorsey's decentralized messaging app Bitchat, arguing that the Bluetooth mesh platform could be used to evade internet shutdowns and lawful surveillance. The order, which was made public by Dorsey after it was...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung Galaxy Watch: Erneute Beschwerden nach Update – diese Nutzer sind betroffen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Software-Updates können neue Funktionen bringen, in Einzelfällen aber auch unerwartete Fehler verursachen.
Bei Problemen helfen oft Fehlerbehebungen durch spätere Updates der Hersteller.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:51:53 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stripe Eyes $10 Billion Deal For AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from PYMNTS.com: Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that could sell for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would mark a significant step outside payments for a company that processes tr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:18:06 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from PYMNTS.com: Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that could sell for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would mark a significant step outside payments for a company that processes transactions for much of the internet. It also lands while Stripe pursues a far larger target: a bid for PayPal that would value the payments giant at about $53 billion.
 
The Journal reported Thursday (July 23) that a transaction could be announced soon, though the talks could still collapse or another buyer could step in. The exact price under discussion could not be learned. Several other large technology companies had also been weighing deals for OpenRouter. The startup was valued at $1.3 billion in May, according to PitchBook, meaning a sale near $10 billion would represent a steep markup in a matter of months. Its backers include Menlo Ventures and CapitalG, the growth fund of Google parent Alphabet.
 
OpenRouter sells software that lets customers reach AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, along with open weight alternatives anyone can download and run. The Journal described the company's position this way: "OpenRouter is part of an emerging crop of startups that have found a lucrative niche between AI developers and the companies that want to use them." The platform lists hundreds of large language models and lets developers compare and switch between them.<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Cl0p Hackers Exploit Windchill Servers to Steal Companies’ Secret Product Designs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cl0p ransomware affiliates are exploiting exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers to steal engineering and product-design data. The campaign combines software flaws to gain access without credentials, install hidden server-side access, and remove sensitive files before demanding payment. The ac...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:18:04 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[(g+) Opinion: Japan automakers bought time with hybrids, now must spend it on software]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Competition between intelligent vehicles and merely electrified ones has just begun Von Hans Greimel (Wirtschaft, Elektroauto)]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691983/it-nachrichten/g-opinion-japan-automakers-bought-time-with-hybrids-now-must-spend-it-on-software/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:06:40 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Competition between intelligent vehicles and merely electrified ones has just begun Von Hans Greimel (<a href="https://www.golem.de/specials/wirtschaft/">Wirtschaft</a>, <a href="https://www.golem.de/specials/elektroauto/">Elektroauto</a>) <img src="https://cpx.golem.de/cpx.php?class=17&amp;aid=211273&amp;page=1&amp;ts=1784908801" alt="" width="1" height="1">]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Netflix and Prime Video plot AI-driven homepages, but users say they don't want 'software to think' for them]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Both Amazon and Netflix are reportedly testing out plans to incorporate AI into the first streaming screen you see.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691906/it-nachrichten/netflix-and-prime-video-plot-ai-driven-homepages-but-users-say-they-dont-want-software-to-think-for-them/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:38:32 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dispatch records cut claims of major Apple Park fire damage down to size]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Santa Clara County firefighters responded to an outside fire at an Apple property in Cupertino on July 23, but public evidence available and fire department reports refute major damage claims.Apple Park headquartersA public PulsePoint listing from Santa Clara County Fire shows an outside fire rep...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:29:40 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Santa Clara County firefighters responded to an outside fire at an Apple property in Cupertino on July 23, but public evidence available and fire department reports refute major damage claims.<br><br><div><img src="https://photos5.appleinsider.com/gallery/68351-144058-Apple-Park-miniature-xl.jpg" alt="Aerial view of a huge circular futuristic office complex surrounding a landscaped green park with trees, pathways, small buildings, and a central circular courtyard" height="738"><span>Apple Park headquarters</span></div><br>A public PulsePoint listing from <a href="https://www.sccfd.org/">Santa Clara County Fire</a> shows an outside fire reported at 5:38 p.m. Pacific time on July 23 at 18922 Forge Drive. The department closed the call at 6:24 p.m., about 45 minutes later, and the listing identifies Engine 71 as the only assigned unit.<br><br>The dispatch record doesn't describe the damage, identify what burned, or say how the fire started. It also doesn't mention an Apple employee, a cigarette, injuries, evacuations, structural damage, or any disruption to <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-park" title="Apple Park" data-kpt="1">Apple Park</a>.<br><br>A July 24 post from ShrimpApplePro claimed that an Apple employee discarded a cigarette near the campus fence, starting a fire that spread to fencing installed in 2025. ShrimpApplePro didn't identify a source, provide a damage estimate, or offer evidence connecting an employee to the fire.<br><br><br> <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/24/dispatch-records-cut-claims-of-major-apple-park-fire-damage-down-to-size?utm_source=rss">Continue Reading on AppleInsider</a> | <a href="https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/245052?urm_source=rss">Discuss on our Forums</a>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[AI's Biggest Hidden Security Flaw]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Author: Security Weekly - A CRA Resource - Bewertung: 2x - Views:12 Modern LLMs process prompts by predicting the next token from context. They don't inherently distinguish system instructions from user instructions, and many "reasoning" models use the same underlying architecture while producing...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:22:44 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Security Weekly - A CRA Resource - Bewertung: 2x - Views:12 <br/></p><p><iframe id="ytplayer" loading="lazy" type="text/html" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zKXmtFm-Gyw?autoplay=1&origin=http://tsecurity.de" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>Modern LLMs process prompts by predicting the next token from context. They don't inherently distinguish system instructions from user instructions, and many "reasoning" models use the same underlying architecture while producing reasoning-style text.<br />
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That makes prompt or command injection a persistent security challenge and highlights an important limitation: fluent explanations aren't necessarily evidence of genuine reasoning or understanding. Developers need additional safeguards instead of assuming the model can reliably separate trustworthy instructions from malicious ones.<br />
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Should future AI models include stronger architectural separation between trusted instructions and user input, or can software safeguards solve the problem?<br />
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<title><![CDATA[The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Ransomware Surge, Data Breaches, and Rising Digital Threats]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This week’s cybersecurity landscape highlights the continued expansion of cyber risks across governments, businesses, and consumers. From ransomware campaigns targeting organizations worldwide to credential-based attacks, data breaches, online fraud, and digital piracy crackdowns, recent incident...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691669/it-security-nachrichten/the-cyber-express-weekly-roundup-ransomware-surge-data-breaches-and-rising-digital-threats/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:30:41 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="831" height="491" src="https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2.webp" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The Cyber Express weekly roundup July 2026" decoding="async" srcset="https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2.webp 831w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-300x177.webp 300w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-768x454.webp 768w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-600x355.webp 600w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-150x89.webp 150w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-750x443.webp 750w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2.webp 831w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-300x177.webp 300w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-768x454.webp 768w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-600x355.webp 600w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-150x89.webp 150w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Cyber-Express-weekly-roundup-July-2026-2-750x443.webp 750w" sizes="(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px" title="The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Ransomware Surge, Data Breaches, and Rising Digital Threats 1"></p><span data-contrast="auto">This week’s cybersecurity landscape highlights the continued expansion of cyber risks across governments, businesses, and consumers. From ransomware campaigns targeting organizations worldwide to credential-based attacks, data breaches, online fraud, and digital piracy crackdowns, recent incidents show how threat actors are exploiting both technical vulnerabilities and human behavior.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">The latest developments underline the need for stronger security practices, including improved identity protection, faster <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/what-is-incident-response/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="incident response" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29121">incident response</a>, and greater awareness of evolving cyber threats. Organizations are increasingly dealing with attacks that go beyond <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/what-is-data/" title="data" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29120">data</a> theft, affecting operations, customer trust, and critical services.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>
<h2 aria-level="2"><b><span data-contrast="none">The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h2>
<h3 aria-level="3"><b><span data-contrast="none">U.S. Accounts for Nearly Half of Global Ransomware Attacks in H1 2026</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">The United States experienced 1,721 ransomware attacks during the first half of 2026, representing nearly 45% of all incidents tracked globally, according to research from <a href="https://cyble.com/resources/research-reports/global-threat-landscape-h1-2026/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL)</a>. The report identified <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/what-is-ransomware/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="ransomware" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29122">ransomware</a> groups Qilin and Akira as among the most active threat actors during the period. </span><a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/us-ransomware-attacks-in-h1-2026/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b><span data-contrast="none">Read more...</span></b></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>
<h3 aria-level="3"><b><span data-contrast="none">Dubai Police Warns Against Online Visa Fraud Schemes</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">Dubai Police has issued a warning about fraudulent online advertisements offering work, residency, and visit visas in exchange for payment. Scammers have reportedly used social media platforms and messaging applications to impersonate government entities or unauthorized service providers to trick victims. </span><a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/dubai-police-fraudulent-visa-ads/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b><span data-contrast="none">Read more...</span></b></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>
<h3 aria-level="3"><b><span data-contrast="none">Craneware Data Breach Exposes Employee and Customer Information</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">Healthcare technology company Craneware confirmed that unauthorized individuals accessed part of its data environment, resulting in the exposure of employee information as well as some customer and partner records. The company stated that the incident has been contained and has not disrupted business operations or customer services. </span><a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/craneware-data-breach/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b><span data-contrast="none">Read more...</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> </span></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>
<h3 aria-level="3"><b><span data-contrast="none">U.S. Targets Illegal FIFA World Cup Streaming Networks</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">The U.S. Department of Justice seized more than 1,000 domains allegedly involved in illegally streaming FIFA World Cup 2026 matches. The action was carried out under Operation Offsides, an initiative focused on combating online piracy and protecting intellectual property rights. </span><a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/illegal-world-cup-streaming-domains-seized/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b><span data-contrast="none">Read more...</span></b></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>
<h3 aria-level="3"><b><span data-contrast="none">Chick-fil-A Customer Accounts Targeted in Credential Attack</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">Chick-fil-A confirmed that certain customer accounts were accessed during an automated credential-stuffing attack between June 17 and June 19, 2026. The attackers used account credentials obtained from an external source to gain unauthorized access. The company said affected information may have included customer names, email addresses, membership details, and limited payment-related data. </span><a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/chick-fil-a-data-security-incident/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b><span data-contrast="none">Read more...</span></b></a><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>
<h3 aria-level="3"><b><span data-contrast="none">South Korea Diplomatic System Breach Lasted Nearly 10 Months</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that attackers maintained access to the National Diplomatic Academy’s online education system for almost 10 months. The breach, which began in April 2025, exposed information linked to thousands of current and former ministry employees. Compromised data included user IDs, names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. </span><a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/national-diplomatic-academy-data-breach-korea/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b><span data-contrast="none">Read more..</span></b></a><b><span data-contrast="auto">.</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":279}'> </span>
<h2 aria-level="2"><b><span data-contrast="none">Weekly Cybersecurity Takeaway</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h2>
<span data-contrast="auto">The week’s incidents demonstrate how <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/cyber-news/" title="cyber" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29124">cyber</a> threats continue to evolve across multiple areas, from ransomware and account compromise to online scams and government-related breaches. Attackers are increasingly targeting weaknesses in identity management, user behavior, and digital infrastructure.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">Organizations and individuals must focus on proactive security measures, including stronger authentication controls, regular monitoring, timely updates, and greater awareness of <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/what-is-social-engineering/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="social engineering" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29123">social engineering</a> tactics. As cyber threats become more widespread and interconnected, improving resilience remains essential for protecting data, services, and public trust.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Cl0p Hackers Exploit Windchill Servers to Steal Companies’ Secret Product Designs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cl0p ransomware affiliates are exploiting exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers to steal engineering and product-design data. The campaign combines software flaws to gain access without credentials, install hidden server-side access, and remove sensitive files before demanding payment. The ac...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:10:33 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cl0p ransomware affiliates are exploiting exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers to steal engineering and product-design data. The campaign combines software flaws to gain access without credentials, install hidden server-side access, and remove sensitive files before demanding payment. The activity places manufacturers, automotive firms, aerospace organizations, and retail apparel companies at particular risk because Windchill […]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[FakeAgent Campaign Uses Malicious Bing Ads and Claude.ai Artifacts to Infect Corporate Users]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A dangerous new malware campaign is tricking corporate workers who simply want a desktop version of a popular AI assistant. Between July 21 and July 22, 2026, at least 29 organizations saw unusual software installs and hidden persistence on their…
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:10:29 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A dangerous new malware campaign is tricking corporate workers who simply want a desktop version of a popular AI assistant. Between July 21 and July 22, 2026, at least 29 organizations saw unusual software installs and hidden persistence on their…</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Confirms No Bloatware Ads in Windows 11; LG Disables McAfee Pop-ups]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has moved quickly to shut down unwanted antivirus advertising after users discovered that connecting an LG monitor could silently install companion software and trigger a McAfee trial pop-up on Windows 11. The issue surfaced when owners of premium LG…
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:10:26 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft has moved quickly to shut down unwanted antivirus advertising after users discovered that connecting an LG monitor could silently install companion software and trigger a McAfee trial pop-up on Windows 11. The issue surfaced when owners of premium LG…</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Berufe: Diese IT-Jobs halten Experten trotz KI für zukunftssicher - Handelsblatt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Man suche deshalb verstärkt nach IT-Fachkräften aus den Bereichen Software-Engineering, Data- und AI-Engineering, Cloud-Technologien, Cyber-Security ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:58:54 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Man suche deshalb verstärkt nach IT-Fachkräften aus den Bereichen Software-Engineering, Data- und AI-Engineering, Cloud-Technologien, <b>Cyber</b>-<b>Security</b> ...]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8595-2: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:43 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - Landlock security;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175, CVE-2025-68239,
CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152, CVE-2025-71161,
CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71269, CVE-2025-71287,
CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23104, CVE-2026-23118,
CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157, CVE-2026-23171,
CVE-2026-23207, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23244,
CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23253, CVE-2026-23255,
CVE-2026-23270, CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23276, CVE-2026-23277,
CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23284, CVE-2026-23285,
CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287, CVE-2026-23289, CVE-2026-23290,
CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292, CVE-2026-23293, CVE-2026-23296,
CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23302, CVE-2026-23303,
CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306, CVE-2026-23307, CVE-2026-23308,
CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23313, CVE-2026-23315,
CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318, CVE-2026-23319, CVE-2026-23321,
CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325, CVE-2026-23330, CVE-2026-23334,
CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339, CVE-2026-23340,
CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347, CVE-2026-23352, CVE-2026-23356,
CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23360, CVE-2026-23361,
CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363, CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365,
CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370,
CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374, CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378,
CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383,
CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389,
CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396, CVE-2026-23397,
CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401, CVE-2026-23412,
CVE-2026-23413, CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418, CVE-2026-23419,
CVE-2026-23420, CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438,
CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440, CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442,
CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446, CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448,
CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454, CVE-2026-23456,
CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465,
CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475,
CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391, CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400,
CVE-2026-31403, CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407, CVE-2026-31408,
CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31412, CVE-2026-31413, CVE-2026-31414,
CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417, CVE-2026-31421,
CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423, CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425,
CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427, CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429,
CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432, CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31434,
CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439, CVE-2026-31440, CVE-2026-31441,
CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447, CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450,
CVE-2026-31451, CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454,
CVE-2026-31455, CVE-2026-31458, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466,
CVE-2026-31467, CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473,
CVE-2026-31474, CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31482, CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487,
CVE-2026-31488, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498,
CVE-2026-31499, CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503,
CVE-2026-31505, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508, CVE-2026-31509,
CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512, CVE-2026-31515,
CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519, CVE-2026-31520,
CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523, CVE-2026-31524,
CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528, CVE-2026-31530,
CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542, CVE-2026-31545,
CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549, CVE-2026-31550,
CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554, CVE-2026-31555,
CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563, CVE-2026-31565,
CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575, CVE-2026-31576,
CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580, CVE-2026-31581,
CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584, CVE-2026-31585,
CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588, CVE-2026-31590,
CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596, CVE-2026-31597,
CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602, CVE-2026-31603,
CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606, CVE-2026-31610,
CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612, CVE-2026-31613, CVE-2026-31615,
CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619,
CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624, CVE-2026-31625,
CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628, CVE-2026-31629,
CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31638, CVE-2026-31639, CVE-2026-31642,
CVE-2026-31645, CVE-2026-31646, CVE-2026-31648, CVE-2026-31651,
CVE-2026-31655, CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31658, CVE-2026-31660,
CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662, CVE-2026-31664, CVE-2026-31665,
CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672,
CVE-2026-31673, CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675, CVE-2026-31677,
CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680, CVE-2026-31681,
CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31686, CVE-2026-31689,
CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696, CVE-2026-31697,
CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700, CVE-2026-31701,
CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706,
CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31711,
CVE-2026-31712, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716,
CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722, CVE-2026-31723,
CVE-2026-31724, CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726, CVE-2026-31728,
CVE-2026-31729, CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731, CVE-2026-31737,
CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741, CVE-2026-31747,
CVE-2026-31748, CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752,
CVE-2026-31754, CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758,
CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763,
CVE-2026-31767, CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770, CVE-2026-31772,
CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779, CVE-2026-31780,
CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007, CVE-2026-43012,
CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015, CVE-2026-43016,
CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019, CVE-2026-43020,
CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025, CVE-2026-43026,
CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030, CVE-2026-43032,
CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43041,
CVE-2026-43043, CVE-2026-43044, CVE-2026-43046, CVE-2026-43047,
CVE-2026-43049, CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052,
CVE-2026-43054, CVE-2026-43056, CVE-2026-43057, CVE-2026-43058,
CVE-2026-43059, CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061, CVE-2026-43062,
CVE-2026-43064, CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068,
CVE-2026-43069, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43074,
CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079, CVE-2026-43080,
CVE-2026-43081, CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43084, CVE-2026-43085,
CVE-2026-43086, CVE-2026-43088, CVE-2026-43089, CVE-2026-43091,
CVE-2026-43092, CVE-2026-43093, CVE-2026-43094, CVE-2026-43098,
CVE-2026-43099, CVE-2026-43103, CVE-2026-43104, CVE-2026-43105,
CVE-2026-43107, CVE-2026-43109, CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111,
CVE-2026-43112, CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43119, CVE-2026-43120,
CVE-2026-43129, CVE-2026-43162, CVE-2026-43245, CVE-2026-43252,
CVE-2026-43265, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43324, CVE-2026-43327,
CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330, CVE-2026-43332,
CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336, CVE-2026-43338,
CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43342, CVE-2026-43343,
CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43355, CVE-2026-43357,
CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360, CVE-2026-43361, CVE-2026-43362,
CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366, CVE-2026-43368,
CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43371, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373,
CVE-2026-43377, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382,
CVE-2026-43386, CVE-2026-43387, CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397,
CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409, CVE-2026-43411,
CVE-2026-43412, CVE-2026-43413, CVE-2026-43415, CVE-2026-43419,
CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43421, CVE-2026-43424, CVE-2026-43425,
CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427, CVE-2026-43428, CVE-2026-43429,
CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432, CVE-2026-43436, CVE-2026-43437,
CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43441, CVE-2026-43445, CVE-2026-43448,
CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450, CVE-2026-43451, CVE-2026-43452,
CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43455, CVE-2026-43456, CVE-2026-43457,
CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459, CVE-2026-43466, CVE-2026-43467,
CVE-2026-43468, CVE-2026-43469, CVE-2026-43471, CVE-2026-43472,
CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475, CVE-2026-43476, CVE-2026-43480,
CVE-2026-43483, CVE-2026-43484, CVE-2026-43488, CVE-2026-43490,
CVE-2026-43491, CVE-2026-43492, CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496,
CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834,
CVE-2026-45835, CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839,
CVE-2026-45840, CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843,
CVE-2026-45844, CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45855,
CVE-2026-45858, CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45920,
CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45942, CVE-2026-45943, CVE-2026-45956,
CVE-2026-45958, CVE-2026-45985, CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987,
CVE-2026-45989, CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45996,
CVE-2026-45997, CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003,
CVE-2026-46004, CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007,
CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46011, CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46015,
CVE-2026-46016, CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46021,
CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46026,
CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037,
CVE-2026-46038, CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46044,
CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049, CVE-2026-46050,
CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053, CVE-2026-46056,
CVE-2026-46058, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062, CVE-2026-46063,
CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46068, CVE-2026-46069,
CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073, CVE-2026-46075,
CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078, CVE-2026-46079,
CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46083, CVE-2026-46084,
CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089, CVE-2026-46090,
CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46094, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102, CVE-2026-46103,
CVE-2026-46106, CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46110,
CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-46114,
CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121,
CVE-2026-46122, CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125,
CVE-2026-46126, CVE-2026-46127, CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129,
CVE-2026-46131, CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46136,
CVE-2026-46137, CVE-2026-46138, CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46142,
CVE-2026-46143, CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146,
CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152,
CVE-2026-46157, CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161,
CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168,
CVE-2026-46169, CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174,
CVE-2026-46176, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46179,
CVE-2026-46180, CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46186, CVE-2026-46187,
CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190, CVE-2026-46191, CVE-2026-46193,
CVE-2026-46194, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46197, CVE-2026-46198,
CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200, CVE-2026-46201, CVE-2026-46204,
CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206, CVE-2026-46207, CVE-2026-46208,
CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46211, CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46214,
CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219, CVE-2026-46220, CVE-2026-46225,
CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46229, CVE-2026-46230,
CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46232, CVE-2026-46233, CVE-2026-46234,
CVE-2026-46235, CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238, CVE-2026-46241,
CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274, CVE-2026-46280, CVE-2026-46282,
CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46286, CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46291,
CVE-2026-46292, CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46296,
CVE-2026-46299, CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304,
CVE-2026-46306, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46314,
CVE-2026-46319, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52920, CVE-2026-52925,
CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52936, CVE-2026-52951, CVE-2026-52954,
CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52961,
CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964, CVE-2026-52967,
CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52974,
CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52981, CVE-2026-52982,
CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986, CVE-2026-52989,
CVE-2026-52990, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52995,
CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006, CVE-2026-53011,
CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014, CVE-2026-53015,
CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022, CVE-2026-53023,
CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034, CVE-2026-53035,
CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040,
CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53058, CVE-2026-53059,
CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062, CVE-2026-53063,
CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066, CVE-2026-53068,
CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073,
CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076, CVE-2026-53077,
CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084, CVE-2026-53085,
CVE-2026-53086, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53094,
CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098, CVE-2026-53110,
CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53115, CVE-2026-53117,
CVE-2026-53122, CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53126, CVE-2026-53128,
CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53279, CVE-2026-53287, CVE-2026-53289,
CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53303, CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53306,
CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53369,
CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376, CVE-2026-53379,
CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844, CVE-2026-63845,
CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848, CVE-2026-63851,
CVE-2026-63852, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855, CVE-2026-63856,
CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862, CVE-2026-63865,
CVE-2026-64164)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8606-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691498/unix-server/usn-8606-1-linux-kernel-azure-vulnerabilities/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:41 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - ATM drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - RNBD block device driver;
  - Ublk userspace block driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Clocksource drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - CPU idle management framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Multifunction device drivers;
  - Broadcom VK accelerator driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Performance monitor drivers;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - RapidIO drivers;
  - RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - RPMSG subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - MediaTek SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - Texas Instruments SoC drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - ChipIdea USB driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - DesignWare USB3 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - vDPA drivers;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FAT file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - JFS file system;
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Proc file system;
  - Pstore file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - Kernel kexec() syscall;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - RCU subsystem;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - 9P file system network protocol;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets driver;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - AppArmor security module;
  - Landlock security;
  - Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40005, CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175,
CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152,
CVE-2025-71161, CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71229,
CVE-2025-71231, CVE-2025-71232, CVE-2025-71233, CVE-2025-71235,
CVE-2025-71236, CVE-2025-71237, CVE-2025-71238, CVE-2025-71239,
CVE-2025-71265, CVE-2025-71266, CVE-2025-71267, CVE-2025-71269,
CVE-2025-71272, CVE-2025-71273, CVE-2025-71274, CVE-2025-71286,
CVE-2025-71287, CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2025-71291, CVE-2025-71292,
CVE-2025-71294, CVE-2025-71295, CVE-2025-71297, CVE-2025-71304,
CVE-2025-71305, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23104,
CVE-2026-23118, CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157,
CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23171, CVE-2026-23207, CVE-2026-23220,
CVE-2026-23221, CVE-2026-23222, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227,
CVE-2026-23228, CVE-2026-23229, CVE-2026-23230, CVE-2026-23233,
CVE-2026-23234, CVE-2026-23235, CVE-2026-23236, CVE-2026-23237,
CVE-2026-23238, CVE-2026-23241, CVE-2026-23242, CVE-2026-23243,
CVE-2026-23244, CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23249,
CVE-2026-23253, CVE-2026-23255, CVE-2026-23266, CVE-2026-23267,
CVE-2026-23270, CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23276,
CVE-2026-23277, CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281,
CVE-2026-23284, CVE-2026-23285, CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287,
CVE-2026-23289, CVE-2026-23290, CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292,
CVE-2026-23293, CVE-2026-23296, CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300,
CVE-2026-23302, CVE-2026-23303, CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306,
CVE-2026-23307, CVE-2026-23308, CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312,
CVE-2026-23313, CVE-2026-23315, CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318,
CVE-2026-23319, CVE-2026-23321, CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325,
CVE-2026-23330, CVE-2026-23334, CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336,
CVE-2026-23339, CVE-2026-23340, CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347,
CVE-2026-23352, CVE-2026-23356, CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359,
CVE-2026-23360, CVE-2026-23361, CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363,
CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365, CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368,
CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370, CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374,
CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378, CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381,
CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383, CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387,
CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389, CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23392,
CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396, CVE-2026-23397, CVE-2026-23398,
CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401, CVE-2026-23412, CVE-2026-23413,
CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418, CVE-2026-23419, CVE-2026-23420,
CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23428, CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438,
CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440, CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442,
CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446, CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448,
CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23450, CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454,
CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-23456, CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458,
CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461, CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463,
CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465, CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470,
CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475, CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391,
CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393, CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396,
CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31403,
CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407, CVE-2026-31408, CVE-2026-31409,
CVE-2026-31411, CVE-2026-31412, CVE-2026-31414, CVE-2026-31415,
CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417, CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31421,
CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423, CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425,
CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427, CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429,
CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432, CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31434,
CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439, CVE-2026-31440,
CVE-2026-31441, CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447, CVE-2026-31448,
CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450, CVE-2026-31451, CVE-2026-31452,
CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454, CVE-2026-31455, CVE-2026-31458,
CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466, CVE-2026-31467, CVE-2026-31469,
CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473, CVE-2026-31474, CVE-2026-31476,
CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31480, CVE-2026-31482,
CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487, CVE-2026-31488,
CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494, CVE-2026-31495,
CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498, CVE-2026-31499,
CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503, CVE-2026-31505,
CVE-2026-31506, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508, CVE-2026-31509,
CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512, CVE-2026-31515,
CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519, CVE-2026-31520,
CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523, CVE-2026-31524,
CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528, CVE-2026-31530,
CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542, CVE-2026-31545,
CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549, CVE-2026-31550,
CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554, CVE-2026-31555,
CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563, CVE-2026-31565,
CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575, CVE-2026-31576,
CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580, CVE-2026-31581,
CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584, CVE-2026-31585,
CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588, CVE-2026-31590,
CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596, CVE-2026-31597,
CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602, CVE-2026-31603,
CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606, CVE-2026-31607,
CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612, CVE-2026-31613,
CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618,
CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624,
CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628,
CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31637, CVE-2026-31638,
CVE-2026-31639, CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31645, CVE-2026-31646,
CVE-2026-31648, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31651, CVE-2026-31655,
CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31658, CVE-2026-31659,
CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662, CVE-2026-31664,
CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31668, CVE-2026-31669,
CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672, CVE-2026-31673,
CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675, CVE-2026-31677, CVE-2026-31678,
CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680, CVE-2026-31681, CVE-2026-31682,
CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31685, CVE-2026-31686,
CVE-2026-31687, CVE-2026-31689, CVE-2026-31693, CVE-2026-31694,
CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696, CVE-2026-31697, CVE-2026-31698,
CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700, CVE-2026-31701, CVE-2026-31702,
CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706, CVE-2026-31707,
CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31711, CVE-2026-31712,
CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716, CVE-2026-31720,
CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722, CVE-2026-31723, CVE-2026-31724,
CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726, CVE-2026-31728, CVE-2026-31729,
CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731, CVE-2026-31737, CVE-2026-31738,
CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741, CVE-2026-31747, CVE-2026-31748,
CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752, CVE-2026-31754,
CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758, CVE-2026-31759,
CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763, CVE-2026-31767,
CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770, CVE-2026-31772, CVE-2026-31773,
CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779, CVE-2026-31780, CVE-2026-31781,
CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007, CVE-2026-43011, CVE-2026-43012,
CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015, CVE-2026-43016,
CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019, CVE-2026-43020,
CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025, CVE-2026-43026,
CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030, CVE-2026-43032,
CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038,
CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043, CVE-2026-43044,
CVE-2026-43046, CVE-2026-43047, CVE-2026-43049, CVE-2026-43050,
CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052, CVE-2026-43054, CVE-2026-43056,
CVE-2026-43057, CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43059, CVE-2026-43060,
CVE-2026-43061, CVE-2026-43062, CVE-2026-43064, CVE-2026-43065,
CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068, CVE-2026-43069, CVE-2026-43071,
CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43074, CVE-2026-43075,
CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079, CVE-2026-43080, CVE-2026-43081,
CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43086, CVE-2026-43088,
CVE-2026-43089, CVE-2026-43091, CVE-2026-43092, CVE-2026-43093,
CVE-2026-43094, CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099, CVE-2026-43103,
CVE-2026-43104, CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43107, CVE-2026-43109,
CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111, CVE-2026-43112, CVE-2026-43113,
CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43119, CVE-2026-43120,
CVE-2026-43123, CVE-2026-43124, CVE-2026-43128, CVE-2026-43129,
CVE-2026-43130, CVE-2026-43132, CVE-2026-43133, CVE-2026-43134,
CVE-2026-43135, CVE-2026-43136, CVE-2026-43137, CVE-2026-43139,
CVE-2026-43140, CVE-2026-43141, CVE-2026-43143, CVE-2026-43145,
CVE-2026-43147, CVE-2026-43148, CVE-2026-43149, CVE-2026-43150,
CVE-2026-43152, CVE-2026-43153, CVE-2026-43156, CVE-2026-43157,
CVE-2026-43158, CVE-2026-43159, CVE-2026-43162, CVE-2026-43163,
CVE-2026-43167, CVE-2026-43168, CVE-2026-43169, CVE-2026-43170,
CVE-2026-43171, CVE-2026-43173, CVE-2026-43175, CVE-2026-43180,
CVE-2026-43182, CVE-2026-43183, CVE-2026-43184, CVE-2026-43185,
CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43187, CVE-2026-43189, CVE-2026-43190,
CVE-2026-43194, CVE-2026-43196, CVE-2026-43199, CVE-2026-43200,
CVE-2026-43201, CVE-2026-43202, CVE-2026-43203, CVE-2026-43205,
CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-43207, CVE-2026-43209, CVE-2026-43211,
CVE-2026-43212, CVE-2026-43214, CVE-2026-43215, CVE-2026-43218,
CVE-2026-43221, CVE-2026-43222, CVE-2026-43223, CVE-2026-43225,
CVE-2026-43226, CVE-2026-43227, CVE-2026-43230, CVE-2026-43231,
CVE-2026-43232, CVE-2026-43233, CVE-2026-43236, CVE-2026-43238,
CVE-2026-43239, CVE-2026-43241, CVE-2026-43242, CVE-2026-43244,
CVE-2026-43245, CVE-2026-43246, CVE-2026-43248, CVE-2026-43249,
CVE-2026-43250, CVE-2026-43251, CVE-2026-43252, CVE-2026-43253,
CVE-2026-43255, CVE-2026-43256, CVE-2026-43257, CVE-2026-43258,
CVE-2026-43261, CVE-2026-43262, CVE-2026-43264, CVE-2026-43265,
CVE-2026-43266, CVE-2026-43268, CVE-2026-43269, CVE-2026-43270,
CVE-2026-43271, CVE-2026-43273, CVE-2026-43275, CVE-2026-43277,
CVE-2026-43278, CVE-2026-43279, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43283,
CVE-2026-43287, CVE-2026-43288, CVE-2026-43289, CVE-2026-43291,
CVE-2026-43295, CVE-2026-43296, CVE-2026-43297, CVE-2026-43300,
CVE-2026-43302, CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43312, CVE-2026-43313,
CVE-2026-43314, CVE-2026-43315, CVE-2026-43316, CVE-2026-43317,
CVE-2026-43318, CVE-2026-43319, CVE-2026-43320, CVE-2026-43324,
CVE-2026-43327, CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330,
CVE-2026-43332, CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336,
CVE-2026-43338, CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43341,
CVE-2026-43342, CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350,
CVE-2026-43355, CVE-2026-43357, CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360,
CVE-2026-43361, CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366,
CVE-2026-43368, CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373,
CVE-2026-43377, CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381,
CVE-2026-43382, CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384, CVE-2026-43386,
CVE-2026-43387, CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397, CVE-2026-43405,
CVE-2026-43406, CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409,
CVE-2026-43411, CVE-2026-43412, CVE-2026-43413, CVE-2026-43414,
CVE-2026-43415, CVE-2026-43419, CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43421,
CVE-2026-43424, CVE-2026-43425, CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427,
CVE-2026-43428, CVE-2026-43429, CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432,
CVE-2026-43436, CVE-2026-43437, CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43441,
CVE-2026-43445, CVE-2026-43448, CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450,
CVE-2026-43451, CVE-2026-43452, CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43455,
CVE-2026-43456, CVE-2026-43457, CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459,
CVE-2026-43466, CVE-2026-43467, CVE-2026-43468, CVE-2026-43469,
CVE-2026-43471, CVE-2026-43472, CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475,
CVE-2026-43476, CVE-2026-43480, CVE-2026-43483, CVE-2026-43484,
CVE-2026-43488, CVE-2026-43490, CVE-2026-43491, CVE-2026-43492,
CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496, CVE-2026-43497,
CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834,
CVE-2026-45835, CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839,
CVE-2026-45840, CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843,
CVE-2026-45844, CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45847,
CVE-2026-45848, CVE-2026-45849, CVE-2026-45851, CVE-2026-45852,
CVE-2026-45855, CVE-2026-45856, CVE-2026-45857, CVE-2026-45858,
CVE-2026-45859, CVE-2026-45860, CVE-2026-45861, CVE-2026-45862,
CVE-2026-45864, CVE-2026-45865, CVE-2026-45866, CVE-2026-45867,
CVE-2026-45868, CVE-2026-45869, CVE-2026-45870, CVE-2026-45871,
CVE-2026-45872, CVE-2026-45873, CVE-2026-45875, CVE-2026-45877,
CVE-2026-45878, CVE-2026-45879, CVE-2026-45880, CVE-2026-45881,
CVE-2026-45882, CVE-2026-45883, CVE-2026-45884, CVE-2026-45885,
CVE-2026-45886, CVE-2026-45890, CVE-2026-45891, CVE-2026-45893,
CVE-2026-45895, CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45902, CVE-2026-45904,
CVE-2026-45905, CVE-2026-45910, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45912,
CVE-2026-45913, CVE-2026-45914, CVE-2026-45915, CVE-2026-45916,
CVE-2026-45917, CVE-2026-45919, CVE-2026-45920, CVE-2026-45921,
CVE-2026-45923, CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45928, CVE-2026-45935,
CVE-2026-45936, CVE-2026-45938, CVE-2026-45941, CVE-2026-45942,
CVE-2026-45943, CVE-2026-45946, CVE-2026-45947, CVE-2026-45948,
CVE-2026-45954, CVE-2026-45956, CVE-2026-45957, CVE-2026-45958,
CVE-2026-45960, CVE-2026-45962, CVE-2026-45964, CVE-2026-45965,
CVE-2026-45968, CVE-2026-45969, CVE-2026-45970, CVE-2026-45972,
CVE-2026-45973, CVE-2026-45974, CVE-2026-45976, CVE-2026-45978,
CVE-2026-45981, CVE-2026-45982, CVE-2026-45983, CVE-2026-45984,
CVE-2026-45985, CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987, CVE-2026-45988,
CVE-2026-45989, CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45996,
CVE-2026-45997, CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003,
CVE-2026-46004, CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007,
CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46011, CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46015,
CVE-2026-46016, CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46021,
CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46026,
CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037,
CVE-2026-46038, CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46043,
CVE-2026-46044, CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049,
CVE-2026-46050, CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053,
CVE-2026-46056, CVE-2026-46058, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062,
CVE-2026-46063, CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46068,
CVE-2026-46069, CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073,
CVE-2026-46075, CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078,
CVE-2026-46079, CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46083,
CVE-2026-46084, CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089,
CVE-2026-46090, CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46094,
CVE-2026-46098, CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102,
CVE-2026-46103, CVE-2026-46106, CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108,
CVE-2026-46110, CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113,
CVE-2026-46114, CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117,
CVE-2026-46119, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121, CVE-2026-46122,
CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125, CVE-2026-46126,
CVE-2026-46127, CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129, CVE-2026-46131,
CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46136,
CVE-2026-46137, CVE-2026-46138, CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46142,
CVE-2026-46143, CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146,
CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152,
CVE-2026-46157, CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161,
CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168,
CVE-2026-46169, CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174,
CVE-2026-46176, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46179,
CVE-2026-46180, CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46186,
CVE-2026-46187, CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190, CVE-2026-46191,
CVE-2026-46193, CVE-2026-46194, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46196,
CVE-2026-46197, CVE-2026-46198, CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200,
CVE-2026-46201, CVE-2026-46204, CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206,
CVE-2026-46207, CVE-2026-46208, CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46211,
CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46214, CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219,
CVE-2026-46220, CVE-2026-46225, CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227,
CVE-2026-46229, CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46232,
CVE-2026-46233, CVE-2026-46234, CVE-2026-46235, CVE-2026-46236,
CVE-2026-46238, CVE-2026-46241, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244,
CVE-2026-46246, CVE-2026-46247, CVE-2026-46249, CVE-2026-46250,
CVE-2026-46251, CVE-2026-46253, CVE-2026-46254, CVE-2026-46255,
CVE-2026-46259, CVE-2026-46260, CVE-2026-46261, CVE-2026-46265,
CVE-2026-46266, CVE-2026-46267, CVE-2026-46270, CVE-2026-46273,
CVE-2026-46274, CVE-2026-46280, CVE-2026-46282, CVE-2026-46285,
CVE-2026-46286, CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46291,
CVE-2026-46292, CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46296,
CVE-2026-46299, CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304,
CVE-2026-46306, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46314,
CVE-2026-46319, CVE-2026-46328, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52920,
CVE-2026-52925, CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52936, CVE-2026-52951,
CVE-2026-52954, CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958,
CVE-2026-52961, CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964,
CVE-2026-52967, CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970,
CVE-2026-52974, CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52981,
CVE-2026-52982, CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986,
CVE-2026-52989, CVE-2026-52990, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993,
CVE-2026-52995, CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001,
CVE-2026-53002, CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006,
CVE-2026-53011, CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014,
CVE-2026-53015, CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022,
CVE-2026-53023, CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034,
CVE-2026-53035, CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039,
CVE-2026-53040, CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045,
CVE-2026-53046, CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049,
CVE-2026-53050, CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53058,
CVE-2026-53059, CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062,
CVE-2026-53063, CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066,
CVE-2026-53068, CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072,
CVE-2026-53073, CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076,
CVE-2026-53077, CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084,
CVE-2026-53085, CVE-2026-53086, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093,
CVE-2026-53094, CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098,
CVE-2026-53110, CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53115,
CVE-2026-53117, CVE-2026-53122, CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53126,
CVE-2026-53128, CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53279, CVE-2026-53287,
CVE-2026-53289, CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294,
CVE-2026-53295, CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53303, CVE-2026-53304,
CVE-2026-53306, CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53320,
CVE-2026-53369, CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376,
CVE-2026-53379, CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844,
CVE-2026-63845, CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848,
CVE-2026-63851, CVE-2026-63852, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855,
CVE-2026-63856, CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862,
CVE-2026-63865, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64034)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8607-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691497/unix-server/usn-8607-1-linux-kernel-azure-cvm-vulnerabilities/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:40 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - ATM drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - RNBD block device driver;
  - Ublk userspace block driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Clocksource drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - CPU idle management framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Multifunction device drivers;
  - Broadcom VK accelerator driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Performance monitor drivers;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - RapidIO drivers;
  - RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - RPMSG subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - MediaTek SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - Texas Instruments SoC drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - ChipIdea USB driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - DesignWare USB3 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - vDPA drivers;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FAT file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - JFS file system;
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Proc file system;
  - Pstore file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - Kernel kexec() syscall;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - RCU subsystem;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - 9P file system network protocol;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets driver;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - AppArmor security module;
  - Landlock security;
  - Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40005, CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175,
CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152,
CVE-2025-71161, CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71229,
CVE-2025-71231, CVE-2025-71232, CVE-2025-71233, CVE-2025-71235,
CVE-2025-71236, CVE-2025-71237, CVE-2025-71238, CVE-2025-71239,
CVE-2025-71265, CVE-2025-71266, CVE-2025-71267, CVE-2025-71269,
CVE-2025-71272, CVE-2025-71273, CVE-2025-71274, CVE-2025-71286,
CVE-2025-71287, CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2025-71291, CVE-2025-71292,
CVE-2025-71294, CVE-2025-71295, CVE-2025-71297, CVE-2025-71304,
CVE-2025-71305, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23104,
CVE-2026-23118, CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157,
CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23171, CVE-2026-23220, CVE-2026-23221,
CVE-2026-23222, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23228,
CVE-2026-23229, CVE-2026-23230, CVE-2026-23233, CVE-2026-23234,
CVE-2026-23235, CVE-2026-23236, CVE-2026-23237, CVE-2026-23238,
CVE-2026-23241, CVE-2026-23242, CVE-2026-23243, CVE-2026-23244,
CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23249, CVE-2026-23253,
CVE-2026-23255, CVE-2026-23266, CVE-2026-23267, CVE-2026-23270,
CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23276, CVE-2026-23277,
CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23284,
CVE-2026-23285, CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287, CVE-2026-23289,
CVE-2026-23290, CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292, CVE-2026-23293,
CVE-2026-23296, CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23302,
CVE-2026-23303, CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306, CVE-2026-23307,
CVE-2026-23308, CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23313,
CVE-2026-23315, CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318, CVE-2026-23319,
CVE-2026-23321, CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325, CVE-2026-23330,
CVE-2026-23334, CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339,
CVE-2026-23340, CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347, CVE-2026-23352,
CVE-2026-23356, CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23361,
CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363, CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365,
CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370,
CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374, CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378,
CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383,
CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389,
CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396,
CVE-2026-23397, CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401,
CVE-2026-23412, CVE-2026-23413, CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418,
CVE-2026-23419, CVE-2026-23420, CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23428,
CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438, CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440,
CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442, CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446,
CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448, CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23450,
CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-23456,
CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465,
CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475,
CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391, CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400,
CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31403, CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407,
CVE-2026-31408, CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31411, CVE-2026-31412,
CVE-2026-31414, CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417,
CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31421, CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423,
CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425, CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427,
CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429, CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432,
CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439,
CVE-2026-31440, CVE-2026-31441, CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447,
CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450, CVE-2026-31451,
CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454, CVE-2026-31455,
CVE-2026-31458, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466, CVE-2026-31467,
CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473, CVE-2026-31474,
CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31482, CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487,
CVE-2026-31488, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498,
CVE-2026-31499, CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503,
CVE-2026-31505, CVE-2026-31506, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508,
CVE-2026-31509, CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512,
CVE-2026-31515, CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519,
CVE-2026-31520, CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523,
CVE-2026-31524, CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528,
CVE-2026-31530, CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542,
CVE-2026-31545, CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549,
CVE-2026-31550, CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554,
CVE-2026-31555, CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563,
CVE-2026-31565, CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575,
CVE-2026-31576, CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580,
CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584,
CVE-2026-31585, CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588,
CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596,
CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602,
CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606,
CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612,
CVE-2026-31613, CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617,
CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623,
CVE-2026-31624, CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627,
CVE-2026-31628, CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31637,
CVE-2026-31638, CVE-2026-31639, CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31645,
CVE-2026-31646, CVE-2026-31648, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31651,
CVE-2026-31655, CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31658,
CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662,
CVE-2026-31664, CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31668,
CVE-2026-31669, CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672,
CVE-2026-31673, CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675, CVE-2026-31677,
CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680, CVE-2026-31681,
CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31685,
CVE-2026-31686, CVE-2026-31687, CVE-2026-31689, CVE-2026-31693,
CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696, CVE-2026-31697,
CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700, CVE-2026-31701,
CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706,
CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31711,
CVE-2026-31712, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716,
CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722, CVE-2026-31723,
CVE-2026-31724, CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726, CVE-2026-31728,
CVE-2026-31729, CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731, CVE-2026-31737,
CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741, CVE-2026-31747,
CVE-2026-31748, CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752,
CVE-2026-31754, CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758,
CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763,
CVE-2026-31767, CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770, CVE-2026-31772,
CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779, CVE-2026-31780,
CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007, CVE-2026-43011,
CVE-2026-43012, CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015,
CVE-2026-43016, CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019,
CVE-2026-43020, CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025,
CVE-2026-43026, CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030,
CVE-2026-43032, CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43037,
CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043,
CVE-2026-43044, CVE-2026-43046, CVE-2026-43047, CVE-2026-43049,
CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052, CVE-2026-43054,
CVE-2026-43056, CVE-2026-43057, CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43059,
CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061, CVE-2026-43062, CVE-2026-43064,
CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068, CVE-2026-43069,
CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43074,
CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079, CVE-2026-43080,
CVE-2026-43081, CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43086,
CVE-2026-43088, CVE-2026-43089, CVE-2026-43091, CVE-2026-43092,
CVE-2026-43093, CVE-2026-43094, CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099,
CVE-2026-43103, CVE-2026-43104, CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43107,
CVE-2026-43109, CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111, CVE-2026-43112,
CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43119,
CVE-2026-43120, CVE-2026-43123, CVE-2026-43124, CVE-2026-43128,
CVE-2026-43129, CVE-2026-43130, CVE-2026-43132, CVE-2026-43133,
CVE-2026-43134, CVE-2026-43135, CVE-2026-43136, CVE-2026-43137,
CVE-2026-43139, CVE-2026-43140, CVE-2026-43141, CVE-2026-43143,
CVE-2026-43145, CVE-2026-43147, CVE-2026-43148, CVE-2026-43149,
CVE-2026-43150, CVE-2026-43152, CVE-2026-43153, CVE-2026-43156,
CVE-2026-43157, CVE-2026-43158, CVE-2026-43159, CVE-2026-43162,
CVE-2026-43163, CVE-2026-43167, CVE-2026-43168, CVE-2026-43169,
CVE-2026-43170, CVE-2026-43171, CVE-2026-43173, CVE-2026-43175,
CVE-2026-43180, CVE-2026-43182, CVE-2026-43183, CVE-2026-43184,
CVE-2026-43185, CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43187, CVE-2026-43189,
CVE-2026-43190, CVE-2026-43194, CVE-2026-43196, CVE-2026-43199,
CVE-2026-43200, CVE-2026-43201, CVE-2026-43202, CVE-2026-43203,
CVE-2026-43205, CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-43207, CVE-2026-43209,
CVE-2026-43211, CVE-2026-43214, CVE-2026-43215, CVE-2026-43218,
CVE-2026-43221, CVE-2026-43222, CVE-2026-43223, CVE-2026-43225,
CVE-2026-43226, CVE-2026-43227, CVE-2026-43230, CVE-2026-43231,
CVE-2026-43232, CVE-2026-43233, CVE-2026-43236, CVE-2026-43238,
CVE-2026-43239, CVE-2026-43241, CVE-2026-43242, CVE-2026-43244,
CVE-2026-43245, CVE-2026-43246, CVE-2026-43248, CVE-2026-43249,
CVE-2026-43250, CVE-2026-43251, CVE-2026-43252, CVE-2026-43253,
CVE-2026-43255, CVE-2026-43256, CVE-2026-43257, CVE-2026-43261,
CVE-2026-43262, CVE-2026-43264, CVE-2026-43265, CVE-2026-43266,
CVE-2026-43268, CVE-2026-43269, CVE-2026-43270, CVE-2026-43271,
CVE-2026-43273, CVE-2026-43275, CVE-2026-43277, CVE-2026-43278,
CVE-2026-43279, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43283, CVE-2026-43287,
CVE-2026-43288, CVE-2026-43289, CVE-2026-43291, CVE-2026-43295,
CVE-2026-43296, CVE-2026-43297, CVE-2026-43300, CVE-2026-43302,
CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43312, CVE-2026-43313, CVE-2026-43314,
CVE-2026-43315, CVE-2026-43316, CVE-2026-43317, CVE-2026-43318,
CVE-2026-43319, CVE-2026-43320, CVE-2026-43324, CVE-2026-43327,
CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330, CVE-2026-43332,
CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336, CVE-2026-43338,
CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43341, CVE-2026-43342,
CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43355,
CVE-2026-43357, CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360, CVE-2026-43361,
CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366, CVE-2026-43368,
CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373, CVE-2026-43377,
CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382,
CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384, CVE-2026-43386, CVE-2026-43387,
CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397, CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43406,
CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409, CVE-2026-43411,
CVE-2026-43412, CVE-2026-43413, CVE-2026-43414, CVE-2026-43415,
CVE-2026-43419, CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43421, CVE-2026-43424,
CVE-2026-43425, CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427, CVE-2026-43428,
CVE-2026-43429, CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432, CVE-2026-43436,
CVE-2026-43437, CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43441, CVE-2026-43445,
CVE-2026-43448, CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450, CVE-2026-43451,
CVE-2026-43452, CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43455, CVE-2026-43456,
CVE-2026-43457, CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459, CVE-2026-43466,
CVE-2026-43467, CVE-2026-43468, CVE-2026-43469, CVE-2026-43471,
CVE-2026-43472, CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475, CVE-2026-43476,
CVE-2026-43480, CVE-2026-43483, CVE-2026-43484, CVE-2026-43488,
CVE-2026-43490, CVE-2026-43491, CVE-2026-43492, CVE-2026-43493,
CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496, CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43499,
CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834, CVE-2026-45835,
CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839, CVE-2026-45840,
CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843, CVE-2026-45844,
CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45847, CVE-2026-45848,
CVE-2026-45849, CVE-2026-45851, CVE-2026-45852, CVE-2026-45855,
CVE-2026-45856, CVE-2026-45857, CVE-2026-45858, CVE-2026-45859,
CVE-2026-45860, CVE-2026-45861, CVE-2026-45862, CVE-2026-45864,
CVE-2026-45865, CVE-2026-45866, CVE-2026-45867, CVE-2026-45868,
CVE-2026-45869, CVE-2026-45870, CVE-2026-45871, CVE-2026-45872,
CVE-2026-45873, CVE-2026-45875, CVE-2026-45877, CVE-2026-45878,
CVE-2026-45879, CVE-2026-45880, CVE-2026-45881, CVE-2026-45882,
CVE-2026-45883, CVE-2026-45884, CVE-2026-45885, CVE-2026-45886,
CVE-2026-45890, CVE-2026-45891, CVE-2026-45893, CVE-2026-45895,
CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45902, CVE-2026-45904, CVE-2026-45905,
CVE-2026-45910, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45912, CVE-2026-45913,
CVE-2026-45914, CVE-2026-45915, CVE-2026-45916, CVE-2026-45917,
CVE-2026-45919, CVE-2026-45920, CVE-2026-45921, CVE-2026-45923,
CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45928, CVE-2026-45935, CVE-2026-45936,
CVE-2026-45938, CVE-2026-45941, CVE-2026-45942, CVE-2026-45943,
CVE-2026-45946, CVE-2026-45947, CVE-2026-45948, CVE-2026-45954,
CVE-2026-45956, CVE-2026-45957, CVE-2026-45958, CVE-2026-45960,
CVE-2026-45962, CVE-2026-45964, CVE-2026-45965, CVE-2026-45968,
CVE-2026-45969, CVE-2026-45970, CVE-2026-45972, CVE-2026-45973,
CVE-2026-45974, CVE-2026-45976, CVE-2026-45978, CVE-2026-45981,
CVE-2026-45982, CVE-2026-45983, CVE-2026-45984, CVE-2026-45985,
CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987, CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-45989,
CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45996, CVE-2026-45997,
CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003, CVE-2026-46004,
CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007, CVE-2026-46009,
CVE-2026-46011, CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46015, CVE-2026-46016,
CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46021, CVE-2026-46022,
CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46026, CVE-2026-46027,
CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037, CVE-2026-46038,
CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46044,
CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049, CVE-2026-46050,
CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053, CVE-2026-46056,
CVE-2026-46058, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062, CVE-2026-46063,
CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46068, CVE-2026-46069,
CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073, CVE-2026-46075,
CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078, CVE-2026-46079,
CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46083, CVE-2026-46084,
CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089, CVE-2026-46090,
CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46094, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102, CVE-2026-46103,
CVE-2026-46106, CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46110,
CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-46114,
CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117, CVE-2026-46119,
CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121, CVE-2026-46122, CVE-2026-46123,
CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125, CVE-2026-46126, CVE-2026-46127,
CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129, CVE-2026-46131, CVE-2026-46132,
CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46136, CVE-2026-46137,
CVE-2026-46138, CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46142, CVE-2026-46143,
CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146, CVE-2026-46149,
CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152, CVE-2026-46157,
CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161, CVE-2026-46163,
CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168, CVE-2026-46169,
CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174, CVE-2026-46176,
CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46179, CVE-2026-46180,
CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46186, CVE-2026-46187,
CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190, CVE-2026-46191, CVE-2026-46193,
CVE-2026-46194, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46197,
CVE-2026-46198, CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200, CVE-2026-46201,
CVE-2026-46204, CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206, CVE-2026-46207,
CVE-2026-46208, CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46211, CVE-2026-46212,
CVE-2026-46214, CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219, CVE-2026-46220,
CVE-2026-46225, CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46229,
CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46232, CVE-2026-46233,
CVE-2026-46234, CVE-2026-46235, CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238,
CVE-2026-46241, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244, CVE-2026-46246,
CVE-2026-46247, CVE-2026-46249, CVE-2026-46250, CVE-2026-46251,
CVE-2026-46253, CVE-2026-46254, CVE-2026-46255, CVE-2026-46259,
CVE-2026-46260, CVE-2026-46261, CVE-2026-46265, CVE-2026-46266,
CVE-2026-46267, CVE-2026-46270, CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274,
CVE-2026-46280, CVE-2026-46282, CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46286,
CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46291, CVE-2026-46292,
CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46296, CVE-2026-46299,
CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304, CVE-2026-46306,
CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46314, CVE-2026-46319,
CVE-2026-46328, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52920, CVE-2026-52925,
CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52936, CVE-2026-52951, CVE-2026-52954,
CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52961,
CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964, CVE-2026-52967,
CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52974,
CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52981, CVE-2026-52982,
CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986, CVE-2026-52989,
CVE-2026-52990, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52995,
CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006, CVE-2026-53011,
CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014, CVE-2026-53015,
CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022, CVE-2026-53023,
CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034, CVE-2026-53035,
CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040,
CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53058, CVE-2026-53059,
CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062, CVE-2026-53063,
CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066, CVE-2026-53068,
CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073,
CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076, CVE-2026-53077,
CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084, CVE-2026-53085,
CVE-2026-53086, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53094,
CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098, CVE-2026-53110,
CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53115, CVE-2026-53117,
CVE-2026-53122, CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53126, CVE-2026-53128,
CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53279, CVE-2026-53287, CVE-2026-53289,
CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53303, CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53306,
CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53369,
CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376, CVE-2026-53379,
CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844, CVE-2026-63845,
CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848, CVE-2026-63851,
CVE-2026-63852, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855, CVE-2026-63856,
CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862, CVE-2026-63865,
CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64034)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8608-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691496/unix-server/usn-8608-1-linux-kernel-azure-fips-vulnerabilities/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:38 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - Landlock security;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175, CVE-2025-68239,
CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152, CVE-2025-71161,
CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71269, CVE-2025-71287,
CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23104, CVE-2026-23118,
CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157, CVE-2026-23171,
CVE-2026-23207, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23244,
CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23253, CVE-2026-23255,
CVE-2026-23270, CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23276, CVE-2026-23277,
CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23284, CVE-2026-23285,
CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287, CVE-2026-23289, CVE-2026-23290,
CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292, CVE-2026-23293, CVE-2026-23296,
CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23302, CVE-2026-23303,
CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306, CVE-2026-23307, CVE-2026-23308,
CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23313, CVE-2026-23315,
CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318, CVE-2026-23319, CVE-2026-23321,
CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325, CVE-2026-23330, CVE-2026-23334,
CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339, CVE-2026-23340,
CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347, CVE-2026-23352, CVE-2026-23356,
CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23360, CVE-2026-23361,
CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363, CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365,
CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370,
CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374, CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378,
CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383,
CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389,
CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396, CVE-2026-23397,
CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401, CVE-2026-23412,
CVE-2026-23413, CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418, CVE-2026-23419,
CVE-2026-23420, CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438,
CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440, CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442,
CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446, CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448,
CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454, CVE-2026-23456,
CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465,
CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475,
CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391, CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400,
CVE-2026-31403, CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407, CVE-2026-31408,
CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31412, CVE-2026-31413, CVE-2026-31414,
CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417, CVE-2026-31421,
CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423, CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425,
CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427, CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429,
CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432, CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31434,
CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439, CVE-2026-31440, CVE-2026-31441,
CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447, CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450,
CVE-2026-31451, CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454,
CVE-2026-31455, CVE-2026-31458, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466,
CVE-2026-31467, CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473,
CVE-2026-31474, CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31482, CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487,
CVE-2026-31488, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498,
CVE-2026-31499, CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503,
CVE-2026-31505, CVE-2026-31506, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508,
CVE-2026-31509, CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512,
CVE-2026-31515, CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519,
CVE-2026-31520, CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523,
CVE-2026-31524, CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528,
CVE-2026-31530, CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542,
CVE-2026-31545, CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549,
CVE-2026-31550, CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554,
CVE-2026-31555, CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563,
CVE-2026-31565, CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575,
CVE-2026-31576, CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580,
CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584,
CVE-2026-31585, CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588,
CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596,
CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602,
CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606,
CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612, CVE-2026-31613,
CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618,
CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624,
CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628,
CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31638, CVE-2026-31639,
CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31645, CVE-2026-31646, CVE-2026-31648,
CVE-2026-31651, CVE-2026-31655, CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31658,
CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662, CVE-2026-31664,
CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671,
CVE-2026-31672, CVE-2026-31673, CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675,
CVE-2026-31677, CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680,
CVE-2026-31681, CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31686,
CVE-2026-31689, CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696,
CVE-2026-31697, CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700,
CVE-2026-31701, CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705,
CVE-2026-31706, CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709,
CVE-2026-31711, CVE-2026-31712, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715,
CVE-2026-31716, CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722,
CVE-2026-31723, CVE-2026-31724, CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726,
CVE-2026-31728, CVE-2026-31729, CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731,
CVE-2026-31737, CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741,
CVE-2026-31747, CVE-2026-31748, CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751,
CVE-2026-31752, CVE-2026-31754, CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756,
CVE-2026-31758, CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762,
CVE-2026-31763, CVE-2026-31767, CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770,
CVE-2026-31772, CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779,
CVE-2026-31780, CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007,
CVE-2026-43012, CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015,
CVE-2026-43016, CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019,
CVE-2026-43020, CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025,
CVE-2026-43026, CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030,
CVE-2026-43032, CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43040,
CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043, CVE-2026-43044, CVE-2026-43046,
CVE-2026-43047, CVE-2026-43049, CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051,
CVE-2026-43052, CVE-2026-43054, CVE-2026-43056, CVE-2026-43057,
CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43059, CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061,
CVE-2026-43062, CVE-2026-43064, CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066,
CVE-2026-43068, CVE-2026-43069, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073,
CVE-2026-43074, CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079,
CVE-2026-43080, CVE-2026-43081, CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43084,
CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43086, CVE-2026-43088, CVE-2026-43089,
CVE-2026-43091, CVE-2026-43092, CVE-2026-43093, CVE-2026-43094,
CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099, CVE-2026-43103, CVE-2026-43104,
CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43107, CVE-2026-43109, CVE-2026-43110,
CVE-2026-43111, CVE-2026-43112, CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43119,
CVE-2026-43120, CVE-2026-43129, CVE-2026-43162, CVE-2026-43245,
CVE-2026-43252, CVE-2026-43265, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43324,
CVE-2026-43327, CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330,
CVE-2026-43332, CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336,
CVE-2026-43338, CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43342,
CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43355,
CVE-2026-43357, CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360, CVE-2026-43361,
CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366, CVE-2026-43368,
CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43371, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373,
CVE-2026-43377, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382,
CVE-2026-43386, CVE-2026-43387, CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397,
CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409, CVE-2026-43411,
CVE-2026-43412, CVE-2026-43413, CVE-2026-43415, CVE-2026-43419,
CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43421, CVE-2026-43424, CVE-2026-43425,
CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427, CVE-2026-43428, CVE-2026-43429,
CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432, CVE-2026-43436, CVE-2026-43437,
CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43441, CVE-2026-43445, CVE-2026-43448,
CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450, CVE-2026-43451, CVE-2026-43452,
CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43455, CVE-2026-43456, CVE-2026-43457,
CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459, CVE-2026-43466, CVE-2026-43467,
CVE-2026-43468, CVE-2026-43469, CVE-2026-43471, CVE-2026-43472,
CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475, CVE-2026-43476, CVE-2026-43480,
CVE-2026-43483, CVE-2026-43484, CVE-2026-43488, CVE-2026-43490,
CVE-2026-43491, CVE-2026-43492, CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496,
CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834,
CVE-2026-45835, CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839,
CVE-2026-45840, CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843,
CVE-2026-45844, CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45855,
CVE-2026-45858, CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45920,
CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45942, CVE-2026-45943, CVE-2026-45956,
CVE-2026-45958, CVE-2026-45985, CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987,
CVE-2026-45989, CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45996,
CVE-2026-45997, CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003,
CVE-2026-46004, CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007,
CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46011, CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46015,
CVE-2026-46016, CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46021,
CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46026,
CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037,
CVE-2026-46038, CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46044,
CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049, CVE-2026-46050,
CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053, CVE-2026-46056,
CVE-2026-46058, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062, CVE-2026-46063,
CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46068, CVE-2026-46069,
CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073, CVE-2026-46075,
CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078, CVE-2026-46079,
CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46083, CVE-2026-46084,
CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089, CVE-2026-46090,
CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46094, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102, CVE-2026-46103,
CVE-2026-46106, CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46110,
CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-46114,
CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121,
CVE-2026-46122, CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125,
CVE-2026-46126, CVE-2026-46127, CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129,
CVE-2026-46131, CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46136,
CVE-2026-46137, CVE-2026-46138, CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46142,
CVE-2026-46143, CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146,
CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152,
CVE-2026-46157, CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161,
CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168,
CVE-2026-46169, CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174,
CVE-2026-46176, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46179,
CVE-2026-46180, CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46186, CVE-2026-46187,
CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190, CVE-2026-46191, CVE-2026-46193,
CVE-2026-46194, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46197, CVE-2026-46198,
CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200, CVE-2026-46201, CVE-2026-46204,
CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206, CVE-2026-46207, CVE-2026-46208,
CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46211, CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46214,
CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219, CVE-2026-46220, CVE-2026-46225,
CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46229, CVE-2026-46230,
CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46232, CVE-2026-46233, CVE-2026-46234,
CVE-2026-46235, CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238, CVE-2026-46241,
CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274, CVE-2026-46280, CVE-2026-46282,
CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46286, CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46291,
CVE-2026-46292, CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46296,
CVE-2026-46299, CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304,
CVE-2026-46306, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46314,
CVE-2026-46319, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52920, CVE-2026-52925,
CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52936, CVE-2026-52951, CVE-2026-52954,
CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52961,
CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964, CVE-2026-52967,
CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52974,
CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52981, CVE-2026-52982,
CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986, CVE-2026-52989,
CVE-2026-52990, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52995,
CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006, CVE-2026-53011,
CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014, CVE-2026-53015,
CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022, CVE-2026-53023,
CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034, CVE-2026-53035,
CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040,
CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53058, CVE-2026-53059,
CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062, CVE-2026-53063,
CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066, CVE-2026-53068,
CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073,
CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076, CVE-2026-53077,
CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084, CVE-2026-53085,
CVE-2026-53086, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53094,
CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098, CVE-2026-53110,
CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53115, CVE-2026-53117,
CVE-2026-53122, CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53126, CVE-2026-53128,
CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53279, CVE-2026-53287, CVE-2026-53289,
CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53303, CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53306,
CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53369,
CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376, CVE-2026-53379,
CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844, CVE-2026-63845,
CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848, CVE-2026-63851,
CVE-2026-63852, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855, CVE-2026-63856,
CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862, CVE-2026-63865,
CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64164)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8609-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691495/unix-server/usn-8609-1-linux-kernel-azure-cvm-vulnerabilities/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:37 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - ATM drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - RNBD block device driver;
  - Ublk userspace block driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Clocksource drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - CPU idle management framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Multifunction device drivers;
  - Broadcom VK accelerator driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Performance monitor drivers;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - RapidIO drivers;
  - RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - RPMSG subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - MediaTek SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - Texas Instruments SoC drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - ChipIdea USB driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - DesignWare USB3 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - vDPA drivers;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FAT file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - JFS file system;
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Proc file system;
  - Pstore file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - Kernel kexec() syscall;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - RCU subsystem;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - 9P file system network protocol;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets driver;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - AppArmor security module;
  - Landlock security;
  - Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40005, CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175,
CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152,
CVE-2025-71161, CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71229,
CVE-2025-71231, CVE-2025-71232, CVE-2025-71233, CVE-2025-71235,
CVE-2025-71236, CVE-2025-71237, CVE-2025-71238, CVE-2025-71239,
CVE-2025-71265, CVE-2025-71266, CVE-2025-71267, CVE-2025-71269,
CVE-2025-71272, CVE-2025-71273, CVE-2025-71274, CVE-2025-71286,
CVE-2025-71287, CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2025-71291, CVE-2025-71292,
CVE-2025-71294, CVE-2025-71295, CVE-2025-71297, CVE-2025-71304,
CVE-2025-71305, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23104,
CVE-2026-23118, CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157,
CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23171, CVE-2026-23220, CVE-2026-23221,
CVE-2026-23222, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23228,
CVE-2026-23229, CVE-2026-23230, CVE-2026-23233, CVE-2026-23234,
CVE-2026-23235, CVE-2026-23236, CVE-2026-23237, CVE-2026-23238,
CVE-2026-23241, CVE-2026-23242, CVE-2026-23243, CVE-2026-23244,
CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23249, CVE-2026-23253,
CVE-2026-23255, CVE-2026-23266, CVE-2026-23267, CVE-2026-23270,
CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23276, CVE-2026-23277,
CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23284,
CVE-2026-23285, CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287, CVE-2026-23289,
CVE-2026-23290, CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292, CVE-2026-23293,
CVE-2026-23296, CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23302,
CVE-2026-23303, CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306, CVE-2026-23307,
CVE-2026-23308, CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23313,
CVE-2026-23315, CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318, CVE-2026-23319,
CVE-2026-23321, CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325, CVE-2026-23330,
CVE-2026-23334, CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339,
CVE-2026-23340, CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347, CVE-2026-23352,
CVE-2026-23356, CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23361,
CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363, CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365,
CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370,
CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374, CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378,
CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383,
CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389,
CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396,
CVE-2026-23397, CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401,
CVE-2026-23412, CVE-2026-23413, CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418,
CVE-2026-23419, CVE-2026-23420, CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23428,
CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438, CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440,
CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442, CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446,
CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448, CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23450,
CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-23456,
CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465,
CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475,
CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391, CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400,
CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31403, CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407,
CVE-2026-31408, CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31411, CVE-2026-31412,
CVE-2026-31414, CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417,
CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31421, CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423,
CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425, CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427,
CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429, CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432,
CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439,
CVE-2026-31440, CVE-2026-31441, CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447,
CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450, CVE-2026-31451,
CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454, CVE-2026-31455,
CVE-2026-31458, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466, CVE-2026-31467,
CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473, CVE-2026-31474,
CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31482, CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487,
CVE-2026-31488, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498,
CVE-2026-31499, CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503,
CVE-2026-31505, CVE-2026-31506, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508,
CVE-2026-31509, CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512,
CVE-2026-31515, CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519,
CVE-2026-31520, CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523,
CVE-2026-31524, CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528,
CVE-2026-31530, CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542,
CVE-2026-31545, CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549,
CVE-2026-31550, CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554,
CVE-2026-31555, CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563,
CVE-2026-31565, CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575,
CVE-2026-31576, CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580,
CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584,
CVE-2026-31585, CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588,
CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596,
CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602,
CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606,
CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612,
CVE-2026-31613, CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617,
CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623,
CVE-2026-31624, CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627,
CVE-2026-31628, CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31637,
CVE-2026-31638, CVE-2026-31639, CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31645,
CVE-2026-31646, CVE-2026-31648, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31651,
CVE-2026-31655, CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31658,
CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662,
CVE-2026-31664, CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31668,
CVE-2026-31669, CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672,
CVE-2026-31673, CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675, CVE-2026-31677,
CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680, CVE-2026-31681,
CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31685,
CVE-2026-31686, CVE-2026-31687, CVE-2026-31689, CVE-2026-31693,
CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696, CVE-2026-31697,
CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700, CVE-2026-31701,
CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706,
CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31711,
CVE-2026-31712, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716,
CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722, CVE-2026-31723,
CVE-2026-31724, CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726, CVE-2026-31728,
CVE-2026-31729, CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731, CVE-2026-31737,
CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741, CVE-2026-31747,
CVE-2026-31748, CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752,
CVE-2026-31754, CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758,
CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763,
CVE-2026-31767, CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770, CVE-2026-31772,
CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779, CVE-2026-31780,
CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007, CVE-2026-43011,
CVE-2026-43012, CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015,
CVE-2026-43016, CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019,
CVE-2026-43020, CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025,
CVE-2026-43026, CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030,
CVE-2026-43032, CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43037,
CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043,
CVE-2026-43044, CVE-2026-43046, CVE-2026-43047, CVE-2026-43049,
CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052, CVE-2026-43054,
CVE-2026-43056, CVE-2026-43057, CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43059,
CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061, CVE-2026-43062, CVE-2026-43064,
CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068, CVE-2026-43069,
CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43074,
CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079, CVE-2026-43080,
CVE-2026-43081, CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43086,
CVE-2026-43088, CVE-2026-43089, CVE-2026-43091, CVE-2026-43092,
CVE-2026-43093, CVE-2026-43094, CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099,
CVE-2026-43103, CVE-2026-43104, CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43107,
CVE-2026-43109, CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111, CVE-2026-43112,
CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43119,
CVE-2026-43120, CVE-2026-43123, CVE-2026-43124, CVE-2026-43128,
CVE-2026-43129, CVE-2026-43130, CVE-2026-43132, CVE-2026-43133,
CVE-2026-43134, CVE-2026-43135, CVE-2026-43136, CVE-2026-43137,
CVE-2026-43139, CVE-2026-43140, CVE-2026-43141, CVE-2026-43143,
CVE-2026-43145, CVE-2026-43147, CVE-2026-43148, CVE-2026-43149,
CVE-2026-43150, CVE-2026-43152, CVE-2026-43153, CVE-2026-43156,
CVE-2026-43157, CVE-2026-43158, CVE-2026-43159, CVE-2026-43162,
CVE-2026-43163, CVE-2026-43167, CVE-2026-43168, CVE-2026-43169,
CVE-2026-43170, CVE-2026-43171, CVE-2026-43173, CVE-2026-43175,
CVE-2026-43180, CVE-2026-43182, CVE-2026-43183, CVE-2026-43184,
CVE-2026-43185, CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43187, CVE-2026-43189,
CVE-2026-43190, CVE-2026-43194, CVE-2026-43196, CVE-2026-43199,
CVE-2026-43200, CVE-2026-43201, CVE-2026-43202, CVE-2026-43203,
CVE-2026-43205, CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-43207, CVE-2026-43209,
CVE-2026-43211, CVE-2026-43214, CVE-2026-43215, CVE-2026-43218,
CVE-2026-43221, CVE-2026-43222, CVE-2026-43223, CVE-2026-43225,
CVE-2026-43226, CVE-2026-43227, CVE-2026-43230, CVE-2026-43231,
CVE-2026-43232, CVE-2026-43233, CVE-2026-43236, CVE-2026-43238,
CVE-2026-43239, CVE-2026-43241, CVE-2026-43242, CVE-2026-43244,
CVE-2026-43245, CVE-2026-43246, CVE-2026-43248, CVE-2026-43249,
CVE-2026-43250, CVE-2026-43251, CVE-2026-43252, CVE-2026-43253,
CVE-2026-43255, CVE-2026-43256, CVE-2026-43257, CVE-2026-43261,
CVE-2026-43262, CVE-2026-43264, CVE-2026-43265, CVE-2026-43266,
CVE-2026-43268, CVE-2026-43269, CVE-2026-43270, CVE-2026-43271,
CVE-2026-43273, CVE-2026-43275, CVE-2026-43277, CVE-2026-43278,
CVE-2026-43279, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43283, CVE-2026-43287,
CVE-2026-43288, CVE-2026-43289, CVE-2026-43291, CVE-2026-43295,
CVE-2026-43296, CVE-2026-43297, CVE-2026-43300, CVE-2026-43302,
CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43312, CVE-2026-43313, CVE-2026-43314,
CVE-2026-43315, CVE-2026-43316, CVE-2026-43317, CVE-2026-43318,
CVE-2026-43319, CVE-2026-43320, CVE-2026-43324, CVE-2026-43327,
CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330, CVE-2026-43332,
CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336, CVE-2026-43338,
CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43341, CVE-2026-43342,
CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43355,
CVE-2026-43357, CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360, CVE-2026-43361,
CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366, CVE-2026-43368,
CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373, CVE-2026-43377,
CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382,
CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384, CVE-2026-43386, CVE-2026-43387,
CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397, CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43406,
CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409, CVE-2026-43411,
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<title><![CDATA[Getting a grip on shadow tokens and AI blowouts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Four months of Claude Code — that’s all it took for Uber to burn through its entire annual budget for AI. Token after token, engineers embraced the platform with few control mechanisms tying costs to outcomes. The result was a budget runaway and a clear case study in how limited oversight snowbal...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691453/it-nachrichten/getting-a-grip-on-shadow-tokens-and-ai-blowouts/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:04:46 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Nachrichten</category>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Four months of Claude Code — that’s all it took for Uber to burn through its entire annual budget for AI. Token after token, engineers embraced the platform with few control mechanisms tying costs to outcomes. The result was a budget runaway and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2026/05/17/uber-burns-its-2026-ai-budget-in-four-months-on-claude-code/">a clear case study</a> in how limited oversight snowballs into an AI blowout.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is a phenomenon I like to call “shadow tokens” — AI credits paid for by the company but largely invisible to decision-makers. Too many engineers have the final say over how much they consume and, therefore, what it costs. This all-you-can-eat attitude is part of the reason why <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/930447/microsoft-claude-code-discontinued-notepad">Microsoft is reportedly</a> winding down many internal licenses across key engineering teams and why <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/investing/the-next-phase-of-ai-spending-is-already-underway">one in five organizations</a> is missing its AI spend forecast by more than 50%.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And the trend is only accelerating. By 2028, <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4189149/ai-coding-token-costs-are-on-track-to-rival-human-payroll.html">Gartner predicts</a> that AI coding costs (driven by this kind of ungoverned consumption) will be as much per developer as the salary companies pay that person.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">LLMs and agents introduce a new class of variable cost that scales with behavior rather than headcount, putting enterprises on the hook for tools that balloon with workload. I don’t see this as enterprises overspending because they’re reckless — it’s down to a lack of managerial oversight, budget alignment that demands a proven return on investment, and engineer education on how much is too much.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Going forward, CIOs need to thread the AI needle between governance that encourages transparency and reasonable spend without stifling innovation.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">When shadow tokens result in real costs</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The issue is that AI isn’t a traditional line item. Previously, enterprise leaders onboarded software-as-a-service (SaaS) with a good idea of the total cost. An allocated software seat or annual contract was a known quantity. The cloud added some variation (with fluctuations depending on hosting size), but instances were still modelable. AI flips this status quo on its head — the unit of consumption is behavior and the cost is exponential.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And these specifics aren’t immediately apparent at pilot. Tools can appear inexpensive in controlled experiments yet unpredictably scale depending on session length, context window size, model selection and whether agents run in parallel. This is the fallacy of the $20-per-seat enterprise plan — tokens are charged separately at API rates with no ceiling. The final dollar value of any session is set by factors that finance can’t always model in advance, particularly when these decisions usually rest with the engineers themselves.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to <a href="https://www.deloitte.com/cz-sk/en/services/consulting/research/the-state-of-ai-in-the-enterprise.html">Deloitte</a>, only 21% of organizations deploying agents have a mature governance model, a real concern because they’re token-eating machines. This is what was happening at Uber — Claude Code in agentic mode was autonomously reading codebases, planning changes across dozens of files and opening pull requests. Each step quickly adds up, with Anthropic’s own documentation noting that agents consume approximately seven times as many tokens as standard sessions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is shadow IT and shadow AI, evolved. This time, however, many leaders approved the tool in question without guardrails governing consumption. AI hype adds fuel to the fire and normalizes long sessions. Uber’s CTO, for example, <a href="https://x.com/praveenTweets/status/2033627282418655711">described</a> a company-wide shift toward “agentic software engineering” with employees “who are quietly experimenting, quietly shipping and quietly pushing things forward”. This is an exciting way to test the limits of what’s possible, certainly, but it’s also a position that goes a long way to explaining how the company spent its annual AI budget by April.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Shifting the culture from usage to yield</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Engineers haven’t done anything wrong here. In fact, they’re adopting and experimenting as instructed, with Uber creating leaderboards and ranking users by token consumption. More use led to a better ranking, reflecting a culture that lauds new ways of doing things. This behavior is known as “<a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4178320/tokenmaxxing-when-ai-adoption-metrics-go-bad.html">tokenmaxxing</a>,” and its principal knock-on effect is shadow tokens — quantity-over-quality processes that leaders struggle to control until they’re fully realized in the budget. Of course, if management treats adoption metrics as performance metrics, then engineers can’t be blamed for using more tokens. The tension is that the teams driving adoption aren’t the ones managing spend.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of this is meant to dismiss AI’s productivity possibilities and potential return on investment. Developers save <a href="https://getdx.com/blog/ai-assisted-engineering-q4-impact-report-2025/">3.6 hours</a> per week, achieve 60% higher pull request throughput and cut onboarding time in half with automation. Meanwhile, Uber shared that roughly 11% of live backend updates were written by agents with no human in the loop. However, these wins aren’t the problem — it’s that too many teams aren’t connecting input to output. I’ve spoken to admins who discovered their token spend had tripled in a single quarter after using heavier models or accidentally doubling up on agentic applications. Nobody knew until the financial damage was done.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Automation needs to happen sustainably with an eye on the bottom line. In my view, a much better metric for achieving this is AI yield — the measurable business or engineering output generated per dollar spent on tokens. Otherwise, without a feedback loop, even genuinely productive teams are flying blind.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Stopping token waste before an AI blowout</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Creating that throughline between AI investment and token consumption starts with established financial metrics. This is possible via maximum spend limits (dictated by spend tagging, workload tiering and cost-per-output benchmarks) per team or project. Then, any additional allocation requires approval, closing the loop between the engineers spending the tokens and the leaders paying for them. AI isn’t cheap and teams should demonstrate a bang for their buck.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is something we do with our engineering team at Hexnode. Resource allocation for Claude Code and Cursor is tied directly to ROI rather than letting consumption run open-ended. Given the pay-as-you-go nature of these tools, a firm usage limit per team offers simple but essential control.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Similarly, there’s room to apply some of the governance principles IT uses for device management. Things like policy enforcement, role-based access, real-time monitoring and automated alerts can flag usage behavior in advance. Uncovering such insights at the token layer works to identify power users and prevent excessive spending.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We also need to encourage cultures that praise outputs that actually achieve efficiency. AI applications that result in shipping faster, reducing rework and cutting review cycles are gains that should be celebrated. If your company hosts leaderboards, frame unnecessary token burn as wasteful rather than valuable. The organizations creating healthier consumption habits work with their engineers to understand not just how to use AI, but what responsible use looks like and what it costs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is a conversation teams need to have now. Anthropic <a href="https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15036540-use-the-claude-agent-sdk-with-your-claude-plan">just ended flat-rate pricing</a> for programmatic workloads from June 15. Now, agents, continuous integration pipelines and automated workflows draw from a dedicated monthly credit pool billed separately from the subscription. Once that pool is exhausted, agent tasks either stop entirely or overflow to extra billing. Work can either get very expensive or grind to a halt for teams that aren’t prepared.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Getting a grip on shadow tokens means better rules and tools connecting spend to outcomes. Only by building the financial and cultural infrastructure that encourages sustainable adoption can leaders see what they’re spending, connect it to what they’re getting and course-correct before the costs become a crisis. Ultimately, shadow tokens are only invisible if we choose not to look.</p>



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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Gets LG to Disable McAfee Pop-Ups From Its Windows Monitor App]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has confirmed that LG has agreed to disable an unsolicited McAfee promotional pop-up delivered through its Monitor App Installer, following a wave of user complaints about the software silently arriving via Windows Update. The issue began when Reddit user Mags_Smash reported that Window...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691443/it-security-nachrichten/microsoft-gets-lg-to-disable-mcafee-pop-ups-from-its-windows-monitor-app/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:57:33 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft has confirmed that LG has agreed to disable an unsolicited McAfee promotional pop-up delivered through its Monitor App Installer, following a wave of user complaints about the software silently arriving via Windows Update. The issue began when Reddit user Mags_Smash reported that Windows Update had silently installed the “LG Monitor App Installer” after connecting […]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://cyberpress.org/microsoft-gets-lg-to-disable-mcafee-pop-ups/">Microsoft Gets LG to Disable McAfee Pop-Ups From Its Windows Monitor App</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cyberpress.org/">Cyber Security News</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[FakeAgent Campaign Uses Malicious Bing Ads and Claude.ai Artifacts to Infect Corporate Users]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A dangerous new malware campaign is tricking corporate workers who simply want a desktop version of a popular AI assistant. Between July 21 and July 22, 2026, at least 29 organizations saw unusual software installs and hidden persistence on their systems after staff searched for the Claude deskto...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691442/it-security-nachrichten/fakeagent-campaign-uses-malicious-bing-ads-and-claudeai-artifacts-to-infect-corporate-users/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:57:30 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A dangerous new malware campaign is tricking corporate workers who simply want a desktop version of a popular AI assistant. Between July 21 and July 22, 2026, at least 29 organizations saw unusual software installs and hidden persistence on their systems after staff searched for the Claude desktop app. The attack begins with paid ads […]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://cybersecuritynews.com/fakeagent-campaign-malicious-bing-ads/">FakeAgent Campaign Uses Malicious Bing Ads and Claude.ai Artifacts to Infect Corporate Users</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cybersecuritynews.com/">Cyber Security News</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Confirms No Bloatware Ads in Windows 11; LG Disables McAfee Pop-ups in Monitor App]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has moved quickly to shut down unwanted antivirus advertising after users discovered that connecting an LG monitor could silently install companion software and trigger a McAfee trial pop-up on Windows 11. The issue surfaced when owners of premium LG displays reported that plugging in t...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691428/it-security-nachrichten/microsoft-confirms-no-bloatware-ads-in-windows-11-lg-disables-mcafee-pop-ups-in-monitor-app/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:42:03 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft has moved quickly to shut down unwanted antivirus advertising after users discovered that connecting an LG monitor could silently install companion software and trigger a McAfee trial pop-up on Windows 11. The issue surfaced when owners of premium LG displays reported that plugging in their monitors caused Windows Update to deliver the LG Monitor […]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://cybersecuritynews.com/microsoft-confirms-no-bloatware-ads-windows-11/">Microsoft Confirms No Bloatware Ads in Windows 11; LG Disables McAfee Pop-ups in Monitor App</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cybersecuritynews.com/">Cyber Security News</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[[NEU] [mittel] Progress Software MOVEit Transfer: Mehrere Schwachstellen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Progress Software MOVEit Transfer ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, erweiterte Berechtigungen zu erlangen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriffe durchzuführen.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691377/it-security-nachrichten/neu-mittel-progress-software-moveit-transfer-mehrere-schwachstellen/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:25:59 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Progress Software MOVEit Transfer ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, erweiterte Berechtigungen zu erlangen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriffe durchzuführen.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why I changed how I pitch AI: It’s no longer about saving money, but managing tokens and adoption]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I have worked alongside enterprise technology for more than 30 years and watched AI evolve from a lab experiment into the modern boardroom’s core focus. However, the last few years of implementing AI alongside our customers have delivered our most profound reality checks.



The initial hype has ...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691324/it-nachrichten/why-i-changed-how-i-pitch-ai-its-no-longer-about-saving-money-but-managing-tokens-and-adoption/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:04:13 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Nachrichten</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have worked alongside enterprise technology for more than 30 years and watched AI evolve from a lab experiment into the modern boardroom’s core focus. However, the last few years of implementing AI alongside our customers have delivered our most profound reality checks.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The initial hype has faded, leaving CIOs to drive real enterprise value. Based on my experience implementing Google, OpenAI and Anthropic technologies, here are the fundamental, technology-agnostic lessons every leader must anchor their strategy around.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>AI as a leadership multiplier</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The most common tactical error we see is treating AI as an isolated technology project. What I have observed among our customers is that true success does not come from organizations that define a standalone “AI strategy,” but rather from those leaders that integrate AI into their business strategy.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When our customers isolate AI and define an AI strategy, it inevitably treats it like a “technological toy” to experiment with. This approach yields fragmented, orphaned initiatives that fail to scale because they are fundamentally disconnected from their core corporate objectives. What I learned is that AI is not the ultimate destination; it is a powerful catalyst. We have replaced “What can AI do for our customers?” with a more strategic question, “How does AI accelerate their existing business goals?”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Think of AI like electricity. No modern corporation designs a standalone “electricity strategy.” Instead, all companies route it invisibly across the entire organization to illuminate offices, power production lines and drive communication. AI must be woven into the enterprise fabric in the exact same way, acting as an underlying utility that supercharges your existing operational model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Integrating AI into the broader business strategy also dictates how we measure success. It forces a shift away from short-term tech vanity metrics and anchors the technology into a long-term roadmap.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When AI remains trapped within the IT department of our customers, we notice that it is relegated to a mere “software experiment.” To become a true competitive advantage, we observed that AI requires intense cross-functional orchestration. This perspective does not diminish the merit of the technical team; their expertise is fundamental for establishing the architecture, data governance and tools your enterprise requires. However, while IT builds the foundational infrastructure, it lacks the organizational authority to decide what should be built on top of it. Only the CEO or the owner of the company can step in to ensure AI leaves the “toy project” phase and integrates into the DNA of the organization.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The requirement for top-down, executive ownership stems from three critical realities observed in the field:</p>



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<li><strong>Silo-smashing and data collaboration:</strong> True enterprise AI is data-hungry and that data lives across disparate business lines, finance, operations, marketing and customer service. Only the CEO possesses the cross-functional authority to demand that data silos be dismantled.</li>



<li><strong>Cultural transformation and fear mitigation:</strong> AI triggers widespread anxiety over job displacement across all industries and hierarchies. When relegated to an “IT project,” resistance spikes as teams view it as a threat to their livelihoods. When I saw the CEO lead this cultural shift directly is when I noticed the best results.</li>



<li><strong>C-Suite education and strategic alignment:</strong> The mandate for AI capability cannot just be delegated downward; the transformation must begin at the very top. I have conducted more than 70 presentations for the Board of Directors and C-Level teams. These people need to be actively educated not on technical code, but on specific business use cases, return on investment (ROI) frameworks and how AI resolves core organizational bottlenecks.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/c-suite-insights/ceo-survey.html">PwC’s data found that only 12% of enterprises have achieved both cost and revenue benefits from AI</a>. Those elite 12% succeeded precisely because their CEOs embedded AI extensively across <em>strategic decision-making and cross-functional workflows</em>. AI is simply too disruptive and too critical to be left exclusively in the hands of technical experts. If AI is not on the CEO’s weekly agenda, it is fundamentally missing from the company’s true strategy.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>AI as a new operational framework</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Traditional IT systems have operated on strict algorithmic certainty: if you input a specific set of data, the system executes an immutable line of code and guarantees the same, predictable output every single time.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI completely breaks this paradigm. Because modern AI is built on probabilistic models, it does not execute static formulas; instead, it predicts the most likely correct response based on mathematical probabilities. This means that AI solutions carry an inherent, small percentage of uncertainty and variability. A prompt entered today might yield a slightly different, though contextually valid, output tomorrow.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Executive leadership and organizational cultures must be actively educated to accept and navigate this fundamental shift. Traditional quality assurance frameworks for software are designed for a 100% success rate. Applying this rigid standard to AI will paralyze your initiatives, keeping 80% of your projects trapped eternally in the pilot phase. This happened to us in a food and beverage company in Latin America a couple of years ago. After this experience, we started to include conditions in our contracts that tolerate statistical margins of error and still define the project as a success.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In terms of cost calculation, we had to teach CIOs and business managers to forget the monthly subscription model for AI and learn to manage the primary unit of exchange in modern AI: the token.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To understand AI costs, executives must understand how large language models process data. AI models do not read full words; instead, they break text, images or code down into “pieces” called tokens. As a baseline, every 100 words process as approximately 130 to 140 tokens. Because the major AI providers use the token as their currency, <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.22750">your business is billed dynamically based on the exact volume of tokens consumed</a> by every query submitted (input) and every response generated (output).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many leaders believe AI costs are fixed due to flat-rate enterprise tiers ($25–$30/user). This is a temporary illusion. These venture-capital-subsidized rates mask true operational costs and come with dynamic usage limits. Modeling long-term ROI on them guarantees a severe budget shock when true consumption pricing takes over.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The solution is not to halt AI adoption; doing so means losing your competitive edge. Instead, the cost per token must cease to be treated as a technical footnote relegated to the IT department. It must be elevated to a core business variable.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Risks in the AI adoption model</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since the beginning of the AI boom, I have seen all our customers making a critical tactical error that could cost them heavily in the medium term: they are focusing only on operational efficiency (reducing costs with AI).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have observed that an alarmingly high percentage of companies remain trapped in pilot phases focused exclusively on short-term cost reduction. <a href="https://www.bain.com/insights/your-ai-budget-is-growing-your-returns-arent-heres-why/">Bain &amp; Company’s global Automation and AI Pathfinder Survey </a>found that the largest share of companies measuring their AI initiatives (exactly 40%) realized cost reductions of 10% or less, heavily missing their internal targets. Our customers are putting too many resources and effort into marginal financial gains and in doing so, they are jeopardizing their most valuable assets: service quality, resilience and customer trust.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Utilizing AI solely to slash headcount or cut operational corners is a dangerous trap that introduces severe field liabilities. A financial service organization in Latin America announced that they saved $1 million in customer support by replacing humans with AI chatbots. However, the mid-term reality revealed a different story: a damaged brand reputation due to AI errors and an influx of frustrated clients fleeing because the automated system cannot handle special cases.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Putting a company on an extreme AI diet might make it look leaner on next quarter’s financial statement, but over-indexing on cost-cutting will ultimately leave the business too weak to compete when market dynamics shift. We are now inviting our customers to change the question from <em>“How much money will AI save us?”</em> to <em>“How will we leverage AI to exponentially increase the long-term value of our enterprise?”</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deploying enterprise AI is a marathon, not a sprint, and the terrain changes with every mile. The organizations that thrive in this next era will be those that transition from fascination to discipline, treating AI not as a magic bullet for immediate savings, but as a core capability that demands rigorous governance, architectural foresight and cultural maturity. Navigating this shift requires moving past the theoretical hype and anchoring decisions in raw, field-tested reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As we continue to deploy these technologies across industries, the blueprint for success is being rewritten in real time. Let’s keep this conversation going as we map out the future of business intelligence together.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>This article is published as part of the Foundry Expert Contributor Network.</strong><br><a href="https://www.cio.com/expert-contributor-network/"><strong>Want to join?</strong></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8603-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:02:31 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - PSP security protocol;
  - ARM32 architecture;
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - User-Mode Linux (UML);
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Intel NPU Driver;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Auxiliary display drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - Ublk userspace block driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - Buffer Sharing and Synchronization framework;
  - DPLL subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - Arm Firmware Framework for ARMv8-A(FFA);
  - EFI core;
  - FWCTL subsystem;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - I3C subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device core drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Texas Instruments network drivers;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - Parport drivers;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - Chrome hardware platform drivers;
  - ACPI WMI driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - MediaTek PM domains;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - MPAM driver;
  - Amlogic Meson reset controller drivers;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - NVIDIA Tegra Control Backbone (CBB) driver;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - Thunderbolt and USB4 drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - Userspace I/O drivers;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Dual Role (OTG-ready) Controller drivers;
  - USB Serial drivers;
  - USB Type-C support driver;
  - USB Type-C Port Controller Manager driver;
  - TI TPS6598x USB Power Delivery controller driver;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - vDPA drivers;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM AMD SEV Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - 9P distributed file system;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - AFS file system;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - HugeTLB file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Overlay file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - DRM TTM subsystem;
  - Codetag library;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - Memory management;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Freescale ENETC Ethernet drivers;
  - Memory Management;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Linked list library;
  - Netfilter;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Networking core;
  - Network shaper API;
  - Network traffic control;
  - TCP network protocol;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - IPC subsystem;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - DMA mapping infrastructure;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - IRQ subsystem;
  - Kexec HandOver (KHO);
  - Locking primitives;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Timer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - 802.1Q VLAN protocol;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - Ethtool driver;
  - Handshake API;
  - HSR network protocol;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - IUCV driver;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Phonet protocol;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - Key management;
  - Landlock security;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - SELinux security module;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - AudioScience HPI driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - FourSemi audio codecs;
  - Texas InstrumentS Audio (ASoC/HDA) drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31574, CVE-2026-31575, CVE-2026-31576,
CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31579, CVE-2026-31580,
CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584,
CVE-2026-31585, CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588,
CVE-2026-31589, CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31591, CVE-2026-31592,
CVE-2026-31593, CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596,
CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31600,
CVE-2026-31601, CVE-2026-31602, CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31604,
CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606, CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31608,
CVE-2026-31609, CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612,
CVE-2026-31613, CVE-2026-31614, CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616,
CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31620,
CVE-2026-31621, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624,
CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628,
CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31686, CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31696,
CVE-2026-31697, CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700,
CVE-2026-31701, CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31703, CVE-2026-31704,
CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706, CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708,
CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31710, CVE-2026-31711, CVE-2026-31712,
CVE-2026-31713, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716,
CVE-2026-31717, CVE-2026-31718, CVE-2026-31719, CVE-2026-43058,
CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43348,
CVE-2026-43349, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43490, CVE-2026-43491,
CVE-2026-43492, CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496,
CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43498, CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-43501,
CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834, CVE-2026-45835, CVE-2026-45836,
CVE-2026-45837, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839, CVE-2026-45840,
CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843, CVE-2026-45844,
CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987,
CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-45989, CVE-2026-45990, CVE-2026-45991,
CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45995, CVE-2026-45996, CVE-2026-45997,
CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46001, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003,
CVE-2026-46004, CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007,
CVE-2026-46008, CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46010, CVE-2026-46011,
CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46013, CVE-2026-46014, CVE-2026-46015,
CVE-2026-46016, CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46020,
CVE-2026-46021, CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024,
CVE-2026-46025, CVE-2026-46026, CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46028,
CVE-2026-46029, CVE-2026-46030, CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46032,
CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46034, CVE-2026-46035, CVE-2026-46036,
CVE-2026-46037, CVE-2026-46038, CVE-2026-46039, CVE-2026-46040,
CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46042, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46044,
CVE-2026-46045, CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049,
CVE-2026-46050, CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053,
CVE-2026-46054, CVE-2026-46056, CVE-2026-46057, CVE-2026-46058,
CVE-2026-46059, CVE-2026-46060, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062,
CVE-2026-46063, CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46066,
CVE-2026-46067, CVE-2026-46068, CVE-2026-46069, CVE-2026-46070,
CVE-2026-46071, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073, CVE-2026-46074,
CVE-2026-46075, CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078,
CVE-2026-46079, CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46081, CVE-2026-46082,
CVE-2026-46083, CVE-2026-46084, CVE-2026-46085, CVE-2026-46086,
CVE-2026-46087, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089, CVE-2026-46090,
CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46093, CVE-2026-46094,
CVE-2026-46095, CVE-2026-46096, CVE-2026-46097, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46100, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102,
CVE-2026-46103, CVE-2026-46104, CVE-2026-46105, CVE-2026-46106,
CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46109, CVE-2026-46110,
CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-46114,
CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117, CVE-2026-46118,
CVE-2026-46119, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121, CVE-2026-46122,
CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125, CVE-2026-46126,
CVE-2026-46127, CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129, CVE-2026-46130,
CVE-2026-46131, CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46134,
CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46136, CVE-2026-46137, CVE-2026-46138,
CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46140, CVE-2026-46141, CVE-2026-46142,
CVE-2026-46143, CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146,
CVE-2026-46147, CVE-2026-46148, CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150,
CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152, CVE-2026-46153, CVE-2026-46154,
CVE-2026-46155, CVE-2026-46156, CVE-2026-46157, CVE-2026-46158,
CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161, CVE-2026-46162,
CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46165, CVE-2026-46166,
CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168, CVE-2026-46169, CVE-2026-46170,
CVE-2026-46171, CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174,
CVE-2026-46175, CVE-2026-46176, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178,
CVE-2026-46179, CVE-2026-46180, CVE-2026-46181, CVE-2026-46182,
CVE-2026-46183, CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46186,
CVE-2026-46187, CVE-2026-46188, CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190,
CVE-2026-46191, CVE-2026-46192, CVE-2026-46193, CVE-2026-46194,
CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46197, CVE-2026-46198,
CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200, CVE-2026-46201, CVE-2026-46202,
CVE-2026-46203, CVE-2026-46204, CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206,
CVE-2026-46207, CVE-2026-46208, CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46210,
CVE-2026-46211, CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46213, CVE-2026-46214,
CVE-2026-46215, CVE-2026-46216, CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219,
CVE-2026-46220, CVE-2026-46221, CVE-2026-46222, CVE-2026-46223,
CVE-2026-46224, CVE-2026-46225, CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227,
CVE-2026-46228, CVE-2026-46229, CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46231,
CVE-2026-46232, CVE-2026-46233, CVE-2026-46234, CVE-2026-46235,
CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238, CVE-2026-46239, CVE-2026-46240,
CVE-2026-46241, CVE-2026-46242, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244,
CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274, CVE-2026-46275, CVE-2026-46276,
CVE-2026-46277, CVE-2026-46278, CVE-2026-46279, CVE-2026-46280,
CVE-2026-46281, CVE-2026-46282, CVE-2026-46283, CVE-2026-46284,
CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46286, CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46288,
CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46290, CVE-2026-46291, CVE-2026-46292,
CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46295, CVE-2026-46296,
CVE-2026-46297, CVE-2026-46298, CVE-2026-46299, CVE-2026-46301,
CVE-2026-46302, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304, CVE-2026-46305,
CVE-2026-46306, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46308, CVE-2026-46309,
CVE-2026-46310, CVE-2026-46311, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46313,
CVE-2026-46314, CVE-2026-46315, CVE-2026-46316, CVE-2026-46317,
CVE-2026-46318, CVE-2026-46319, CVE-2026-46320, CVE-2026-46321,
CVE-2026-46322, CVE-2026-46324, CVE-2026-46332, CVE-2026-52904,
CVE-2026-52905, CVE-2026-52906, CVE-2026-52907, CVE-2026-52911,
CVE-2026-52912, CVE-2026-52913, CVE-2026-52914, CVE-2026-52915,
CVE-2026-52916, CVE-2026-52918, CVE-2026-52919, CVE-2026-52920,
CVE-2026-52921, CVE-2026-52922, CVE-2026-52923, CVE-2026-52925,
CVE-2026-52926, CVE-2026-52927, CVE-2026-52928, CVE-2026-52931,
CVE-2026-52932, CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52934, CVE-2026-52936,
CVE-2026-52937, CVE-2026-52941, CVE-2026-52943, CVE-2026-52944,
CVE-2026-52949, CVE-2026-52950, CVE-2026-52951, CVE-2026-52952,
CVE-2026-52953, CVE-2026-52954, CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52956,
CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52959, CVE-2026-52960,
CVE-2026-52961, CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964,
CVE-2026-52965, CVE-2026-52967, CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969,
CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52971, CVE-2026-52973, CVE-2026-52974,
CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52976, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52978,
CVE-2026-52979, CVE-2026-52980, CVE-2026-52981, CVE-2026-52982,
CVE-2026-52983, CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986,
CVE-2026-52987, CVE-2026-52988, CVE-2026-52989, CVE-2026-52990,
CVE-2026-52991, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52994,
CVE-2026-52995, CVE-2026-52996, CVE-2026-52997, CVE-2026-52998,
CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53000, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53005, CVE-2026-53006,
CVE-2026-53007, CVE-2026-53008, CVE-2026-53009, CVE-2026-53010,
CVE-2026-53011, CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014,
CVE-2026-53015, CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53017, CVE-2026-53018,
CVE-2026-53019, CVE-2026-53020, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022,
CVE-2026-53023, CVE-2026-53024, CVE-2026-53025, CVE-2026-53026,
CVE-2026-53027, CVE-2026-53028, CVE-2026-53029, CVE-2026-53030,
CVE-2026-53031, CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034,
CVE-2026-53035, CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53038,
CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040, CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53042,
CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53044, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53051, CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53053, CVE-2026-53054,
CVE-2026-53055, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53057, CVE-2026-53058,
CVE-2026-53059, CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062,
CVE-2026-53063, CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066,
CVE-2026-53067, CVE-2026-53068, CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53070,
CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073, CVE-2026-53074,
CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076, CVE-2026-53077, CVE-2026-53078,
CVE-2026-53079, CVE-2026-53080, CVE-2026-53081, CVE-2026-53082,
CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084, CVE-2026-53085, CVE-2026-53086,
CVE-2026-53087, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53089, CVE-2026-53090,
CVE-2026-53091, CVE-2026-53092, CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53094,
CVE-2026-53095, CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098,
CVE-2026-53099, CVE-2026-53100, CVE-2026-53101, CVE-2026-53102,
CVE-2026-53103, CVE-2026-53104, CVE-2026-53105, CVE-2026-53106,
CVE-2026-53107, CVE-2026-53108, CVE-2026-53109, CVE-2026-53110,
CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53113, CVE-2026-53114,
CVE-2026-53115, CVE-2026-53116, CVE-2026-53117, CVE-2026-53118,
CVE-2026-53119, CVE-2026-53120, CVE-2026-53121, CVE-2026-53122,
CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53124, CVE-2026-53125, CVE-2026-53126,
CVE-2026-53127, CVE-2026-53128, CVE-2026-53129, CVE-2026-53130,
CVE-2026-53174, CVE-2026-53277, CVE-2026-53278, CVE-2026-53279,
CVE-2026-53280, CVE-2026-53281, CVE-2026-53282, CVE-2026-53283,
CVE-2026-53284, CVE-2026-53285, CVE-2026-53286, CVE-2026-53287,
CVE-2026-53288, CVE-2026-53289, CVE-2026-53290, CVE-2026-53291,
CVE-2026-53292, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53297, CVE-2026-53298, CVE-2026-53299,
CVE-2026-53300, CVE-2026-53301, CVE-2026-53302, CVE-2026-53303,
CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53305, CVE-2026-53306, CVE-2026-53307,
CVE-2026-53308, CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53310, CVE-2026-53311,
CVE-2026-53312, CVE-2026-53313, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53315,
CVE-2026-53316, CVE-2026-53317, CVE-2026-53318, CVE-2026-53319,
CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53321, CVE-2026-53322, CVE-2026-53323,
CVE-2026-53324, CVE-2026-53357, CVE-2026-53358, CVE-2026-53360,
CVE-2026-53364, CVE-2026-53365, CVE-2026-53367, CVE-2026-53368,
CVE-2026-53369, CVE-2026-53370, CVE-2026-53371, CVE-2026-53372,
CVE-2026-53373, CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376,
CVE-2026-53377, CVE-2026-53378, CVE-2026-53379, CVE-2026-53380,
CVE-2026-63837, CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63839, CVE-2026-63840,
CVE-2026-63841, CVE-2026-63842, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844,
CVE-2026-63845, CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848,
CVE-2026-63849, CVE-2026-63850, CVE-2026-63851, CVE-2026-63852,
CVE-2026-63853, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855, CVE-2026-63856,
CVE-2026-63857, CVE-2026-63858, CVE-2026-63859, CVE-2026-63860,
CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862, CVE-2026-63863, CVE-2026-63864,
CVE-2026-63865, CVE-2026-63866, CVE-2026-63875, CVE-2026-63876,
CVE-2026-63877, CVE-2026-63878, CVE-2026-63879, CVE-2026-63880,
CVE-2026-63881, CVE-2026-63882, CVE-2026-63883, CVE-2026-63884,
CVE-2026-63886, CVE-2026-63887, CVE-2026-63888, CVE-2026-63889,
CVE-2026-63890, CVE-2026-63891, CVE-2026-63892, CVE-2026-63893,
CVE-2026-63894, CVE-2026-63895, CVE-2026-63896, CVE-2026-63897,
CVE-2026-63898, CVE-2026-63899, CVE-2026-63900, CVE-2026-63901,
CVE-2026-63902, CVE-2026-63903, CVE-2026-63904, CVE-2026-63905,
CVE-2026-63906, CVE-2026-63907, CVE-2026-63908, CVE-2026-63910,
CVE-2026-63911, CVE-2026-63912, CVE-2026-63913, CVE-2026-63914,
CVE-2026-63915, CVE-2026-63916, CVE-2026-63917, CVE-2026-63918,
CVE-2026-63919, CVE-2026-63920, CVE-2026-63921, CVE-2026-63922,
CVE-2026-63923, CVE-2026-63924, CVE-2026-63925, CVE-2026-63926,
CVE-2026-63927, CVE-2026-63928, CVE-2026-63929, CVE-2026-63930,
CVE-2026-63931, CVE-2026-63932, CVE-2026-63933, CVE-2026-63934,
CVE-2026-63935, CVE-2026-63936, CVE-2026-63937, CVE-2026-63938,
CVE-2026-63939, CVE-2026-63940, CVE-2026-63941, CVE-2026-63942,
CVE-2026-63943, CVE-2026-63944, CVE-2026-63945, CVE-2026-63946,
CVE-2026-63947, CVE-2026-63948, CVE-2026-63949, CVE-2026-63950,
CVE-2026-63951, CVE-2026-63952, CVE-2026-63953, CVE-2026-63954,
CVE-2026-63955, CVE-2026-63956, CVE-2026-63957, CVE-2026-63958,
CVE-2026-63959, CVE-2026-63960, CVE-2026-63961, CVE-2026-63962,
CVE-2026-63963, CVE-2026-63964, CVE-2026-63965, CVE-2026-63966,
CVE-2026-63967, CVE-2026-63968, CVE-2026-63969, CVE-2026-63970,
CVE-2026-63971, CVE-2026-63972, CVE-2026-63973, CVE-2026-63974,
CVE-2026-63975, CVE-2026-63976, CVE-2026-63977, CVE-2026-63978,
CVE-2026-63979, CVE-2026-63980, CVE-2026-63981, CVE-2026-63982,
CVE-2026-63983, CVE-2026-63984, CVE-2026-63985, CVE-2026-63986,
CVE-2026-63987, CVE-2026-63988, CVE-2026-63989, CVE-2026-63990,
CVE-2026-63991, CVE-2026-63992, CVE-2026-63993, CVE-2026-63994,
CVE-2026-63995, CVE-2026-63996, CVE-2026-63997, CVE-2026-63998,
CVE-2026-63999, CVE-2026-64000, CVE-2026-64001, CVE-2026-64002,
CVE-2026-64003, CVE-2026-64004, CVE-2026-64005, CVE-2026-64006,
CVE-2026-64007, CVE-2026-64008, CVE-2026-64009, CVE-2026-64010,
CVE-2026-64011, CVE-2026-64012, CVE-2026-64013, CVE-2026-64014,
CVE-2026-64015, CVE-2026-64017, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64019,
CVE-2026-64020, CVE-2026-64021, CVE-2026-64022, CVE-2026-64023,
CVE-2026-64024, CVE-2026-64025, CVE-2026-64026, CVE-2026-64027,
CVE-2026-64029, CVE-2026-64030, CVE-2026-64031, CVE-2026-64032,
CVE-2026-64033, CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64035, CVE-2026-64036,
CVE-2026-64037, CVE-2026-64038, CVE-2026-64039, CVE-2026-64040,
CVE-2026-64041, CVE-2026-64042, CVE-2026-64043, CVE-2026-64044,
CVE-2026-64045, CVE-2026-64046, CVE-2026-64047, CVE-2026-64048,
CVE-2026-64049, CVE-2026-64050, CVE-2026-64051, CVE-2026-64052,
CVE-2026-64053, CVE-2026-64054, CVE-2026-64055, CVE-2026-64056,
CVE-2026-64057, CVE-2026-64058, CVE-2026-64059, CVE-2026-64060,
CVE-2026-64061, CVE-2026-64062, CVE-2026-64063, CVE-2026-64064,
CVE-2026-64065, CVE-2026-64066, CVE-2026-64067, CVE-2026-64068,
CVE-2026-64069, CVE-2026-64070, CVE-2026-64071, CVE-2026-64072,
CVE-2026-64073, CVE-2026-64074, CVE-2026-64075, CVE-2026-64076,
CVE-2026-64077, CVE-2026-64078, CVE-2026-64079, CVE-2026-64080,
CVE-2026-64081, CVE-2026-64082, CVE-2026-64083, CVE-2026-64084,
CVE-2026-64085, CVE-2026-64086, CVE-2026-64087, CVE-2026-64088,
CVE-2026-64089, CVE-2026-64090, CVE-2026-64091, CVE-2026-64093,
CVE-2026-64094, CVE-2026-64095, CVE-2026-64096, CVE-2026-64097,
CVE-2026-64098, CVE-2026-64099, CVE-2026-64100, CVE-2026-64101,
CVE-2026-64102, CVE-2026-64103, CVE-2026-64104, CVE-2026-64105,
CVE-2026-64106, CVE-2026-64107, CVE-2026-64108, CVE-2026-64109,
CVE-2026-64110, CVE-2026-64111, CVE-2026-64112, CVE-2026-64113,
CVE-2026-64114, CVE-2026-64115, CVE-2026-64116, CVE-2026-64117,
CVE-2026-64118, CVE-2026-64119, CVE-2026-64120, CVE-2026-64121,
CVE-2026-64122, CVE-2026-64123, CVE-2026-64124, CVE-2026-64125,
CVE-2026-64126, CVE-2026-64127, CVE-2026-64128, CVE-2026-64129,
CVE-2026-64130, CVE-2026-64131, CVE-2026-64132, CVE-2026-64133,
CVE-2026-64134, CVE-2026-64135, CVE-2026-64136, CVE-2026-64137,
CVE-2026-64138, CVE-2026-64140, CVE-2026-64141, CVE-2026-64142,
CVE-2026-64143, CVE-2026-64144, CVE-2026-64145, CVE-2026-64146,
CVE-2026-64147, CVE-2026-64148, CVE-2026-64149, CVE-2026-64150,
CVE-2026-64151, CVE-2026-64152, CVE-2026-64153, CVE-2026-64154,
CVE-2026-64155, CVE-2026-64156, CVE-2026-64157, CVE-2026-64158,
CVE-2026-64159, CVE-2026-64160, CVE-2026-64161, CVE-2026-64162,
CVE-2026-64163, CVE-2026-64164, CVE-2026-64165, CVE-2026-64166,
CVE-2026-64167, CVE-2026-64168, CVE-2026-64169, CVE-2026-64170,
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<title><![CDATA[Top AIs invent same fake PyPl and npm package names]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Enterprise software developers continue to be in danger of falling victim to slopsquatting, where AI coding tools hallucinate the existence of nonexistent libraries and hackers create malicious packages in response.



The top AI coding tools are remarkably consistent in their hallucinations: Res...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:56:02 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Enterprise software developers continue to be in danger of falling victim to slopsquatting, where AI coding tools hallucinate the existence of nonexistent libraries and hackers create malicious packages in response.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The top AI coding tools are remarkably consistent in their hallucinations: Researcher Aleksandr Churilov found the same 127 fake package names generated by five different LLMs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/3961304/ai-hallucinations-lead-to-new-cyber-threat-slopsquatting.html">Slopsquatting is a relatively new form of malware attack</a> that involves the creation of malicious packages in response to the hallucinations of AI coding tools, causing the malicious packages to be incorporated into legitimate applications.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Churilov set out his findings in a research paper, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17062" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Range Shrinks, the Threat Remains: Re-evaluating LLM Package Hallucinations on the 2026 Frontier-Model Cohort</a>, which is yet to be peer-reviewed. He found 127 hallucinated package names were shared across Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4-mini, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and DeepSeek V3.2.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> As of April this year, 53 of those names — 41 on the PyPI software repository and 12 on npm —are still available for registration.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to the study, there are two reasons for this amount of conformity in the output of the models. First, models may learn the same incorrect package references from shared public training material, such as tutorials and documentation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Second, they may independently extrapolate plausible names from ecosystem conventions. In this way, they could produce names that look correct, even if they don’t actually exist.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While Churilov’s research will worry CISOs and security-conscious developers, there is some relief. The research has not yet found any evidence that any of the remaining 53 names have been registered maliciously, nor used in an attack.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This article first appeared on <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4200884/top-ais-invent-same-fake-pypl-and-npm-package-names.html">InfoWorld</a>.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Top AIs invent same fake PyPl and npm package names]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Enterprise software developers continue to be in danger of falling victim to slopsquatting, where AI coding tools hallucinate the existence of nonexistent libraries and hackers create malicious packages in response.



The top AI coding tools are remarkably consistent in their hallucinations: Res...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:51:25 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Enterprise software developers continue to be in danger of falling victim to slopsquatting, where AI coding tools hallucinate the existence of nonexistent libraries and hackers create malicious packages in response.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The top AI coding tools are remarkably consistent in their hallucinations: Researcher Aleksandr Churilov found the same 127 fake package names generated by five different LLMs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/3961304/ai-hallucinations-lead-to-new-cyber-threat-slopsquatting.html">Slopsquatting is a relatively new form of malware attack</a> that involves the creation of malicious packages in response to the hallucinations of AI coding tools, causing the malicious packages to be incorporated into legitimate applications.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Churilov set out his findings in a research paper, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17062" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Range Shrinks, the Threat Remains: Re-evaluating LLM Package Hallucinations on the 2026 Frontier-Model Cohort</a>, which is yet to be peer-reviewed. He found 127 hallucinated package names were shared across Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4-mini, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and DeepSeek V3.2.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> As of April this year, 53 of those names — 41 on the PyPI software repository and 12 on npm —are still available for registration.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to the study, there are two reasons for this amount of conformity in the output of the models. First, models may learn the same incorrect package references from shared public training material, such as tutorials and documentation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Second, they may independently extrapolate plausible names from ecosystem conventions. In this way, they could produce names that look correct, even if they don’t actually exist.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While Churilov’s research will worry CISOs and security-conscious developers, there is some relief. The research has not yet found any evidence that any of the remaining 53 names have been registered maliciously, nor used in an attack.</p>



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<title><![CDATA[Auto-Software: Ford setzt auf natives Apple Maps bei neuer UEV-Plattform]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Apple und Ford bauen ihre Zusammenarbeit im Auto deutlich aus. Künftige Elektro­fahrzeuge auf Fords neuer Universal Electric Vehicle Platform (UEV) erhalten Apple Maps als fest integrierte Navigationslösung. Darüber hinaus sollen Kartendaten von Apple auch Fords nächste Generation des Assistenzsy...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:49:26 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['They may never have considered what physical editions mean to the people who value them' — Disgaea creator disagrees with Sony's decision to end the production of game discs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Nippon Ichi Software CEO Sohei Niikawa has objected to Sony's plan to end disc production, saying the company might as well eliminate hardware too.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:33:39 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Warum LLM-Observability zum Sicherheitsfaktor für KI-Systeme wird]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Agentische KI verändert, wie Software agiert und welche Risiken entstehen. Warum Observability neu gedacht werden muss, um autonome Systeme sicher, transparent und handhabbar zu machen.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft tightens Windows enterprise activation security]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is making Trusted Platform Module (TPM)-backed attestation a requirement for Windows Key Management Service (KMS), the on-premises service used for Windows volume activation, replacing the software-only trust model with hardware-backed verification to strengthen enterprise activation se...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft is making Trusted Platform Module (TPM)-backed attestation a requirement for Windows Key Management Service (KMS), the on-premises service used for Windows volume activation, replacing the software-only trust model with hardware-backed verification to strengthen enterprise activation security. Attestation will become mandatory with the next Windows Server Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release. How TPM-backed KMS attestation works The KMS server uses its TPM to generate an attestation report proving its identity and integrity before activation is … <a href="https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/24/microsoft-kms-tpm-security-update/" rel="nofollow">More <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[What is a business analyst?



Business analysts (BAs) are responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the business using data analytics to assess processes, determine requirements, and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to executives and stakeholders.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What is a business analyst?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Business analysts (BAs) are responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the business using <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/191313/what-is-data-analytics-analyzing-and-managing-data-for-decisions.html">data analytics</a> to assess processes, determine requirements, and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to executives and stakeholders.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">BAs engage with business leaders and users to understand how data-driven changes to process, products, services, software, and hardware can improve efficiencies and add value. They must articulate those ideas but also balance them against what’s technologically feasible and financially and functionally reasonable. Depending on the role, a business analyst might work with data sets to improve products, hardware, tools, software, services, or process.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst an agent of change, and says that <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/191157/what-is-business-analytics-using-data-to-predict-business-outcomes.html">business analysis</a> is a disciplined approach to introduce and manage change to organizations, whether they’re for-profit businesses, governments, or nonprofits.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Impact of AI on business analyst role</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As AI becomes commonplace in the tech industry, business analysts are embracing it as a tool to automate repetitive work in the role. AI tools can be used for workflow and diagramming, process mapping, data analysis, and to automate meeting minutes and transcribe meetings where requirements are established, all designed to speed up the process of analyzing data, creating visuals, and transcribing and writing user stories and acceptance criteria.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI tools can also help identify patterns, insights, and unique data points that might go unnoticed by humans, and allow a faster time to generate insights for organizations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Of course, as with all AI tools, they still require humans to oversee prompts, scripting, and evaluate AI outputs to ensure they’re accurate and valid. While they can’t replace the work of BAs, AI can help them spend more time on thoughtful analysis and decision making, rather than mundane tasks such as gathering and summarizing data, and querying.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analyst job description</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">BAs are responsible for creating new models that support business decisions by working closely with finance and IT teams to establish initiatives and strategies aimed at improving revenue and optimizing costs. They need a strong understanding of regulatory and reporting requirements, and have plenty of experience in forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis combined with knowing KPIs, according to Robert Half Technology.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to Robert Half, a BA’s job description typically includes budgeting and forecasting, planning and monitoring, variance analysis, pricing, reporting, and creating a detailed business analysis in an effort to outline problems, opportunities, and solutions for a business. It also says BAs should be able to define business requirements and report them back to stakeholders.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since BAs are tasked with prioritizing technical and functional requirements, identifying what clients want, and determining what’s feasible to deliver, the role requires a deep understanding of systems, how they function, who’ll need to be involved, and the necessary steps to get everyone on board.  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The role is constantly evolving, especially as companies rely more on data to advise business operations. Every company has different issues that a business analyst can address, whether it’s dealing with outdated legacy systems, changing technologies, broken processes, poor client or customer satisfaction, or large, siloed organizations.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analyst skills</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The BA position requires both hard and soft skills, as they need to know how to pull, analyze, and report data trends, share that information with others, and apply it to business goals and needs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not all BAs need a background in IT if they have a general understanding of how systems, products, and tools work. Alternatively, some have strong IT backgrounds and less experience in business, but are interested in shifting away from IT into this hybrid role, which often acts as a communicator between the business and IT sides of the organization. So having extensive experience in either area can be beneficial for BAs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.iiba.org/career-resources/new-to-business-analysis/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">According to the IIBA</a>, some of the most important skills and experience for a business analyst are:</p>



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<li>Oral and written communication skills</li>



<li>Interpersonal, organizational, facilitation, and consultative skills</li>



<li>Analytical thinking and problem solving</li>



<li>Being detail-oriented and able to deliver a high level of accuracy</li>



<li>Knowledge of business structure</li>



<li>Stakeholder and cost-benefit analysis</li>



<li>Processes modeling</li>



<li>Understanding networks, databases, and other technologies</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For a more in-depth look at what it takes to succeed as a business analyst, click <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/189108/essential-traits-of-elite-business-analysts.html">here</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analyst salary</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The average annual salary for an IT business analyst is $80,692, according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Business_Analyst%2C_IT/Salary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">data from PayScale</a>. The highest paid BAs are in New York, where the average salary is 14% higher than the national average. Dallas, Texas, is second, with reported salaries 6.4% higher than the national average, closely followed by Washington, D.C., where salaries are 6.3% higher than the national average.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some skills are in higher demand than others, with the potential to boost salary. According to Payscale, these are associated with higher BA salaries. These skills, and the amount they can boost your salary, include:</p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><div class="overflow-table-wrapper"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>Skills</td><td>Salary Boost</td></tr><tr><td>ScrumMaster</td><td>44%</td></tr><tr><td>Microsoft Azure</td><td>30%</td></tr><tr><td>Supply Chain</td><td>27%</td></tr><tr><td>Oracle eBusiness Suite</td><td>25%</td></tr><tr><td>Master Data Management (SAP MDM)</td><td>24%</td></tr><tr><td>SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD)</td><td>24%</td></tr><tr><td>Product Support</td><td>18%</td></tr><tr><td>Microsoft Dynamics GP</td><td>18%</td></tr><tr><td>SAP Quality Management (SAP QM)</td><td>18%</td></tr><tr><td>Workday Software</td><td>15%</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For tips on boosting your salary, click <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/189510/7-steps-business-analysts-can-take-to-earn-more.html">here</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analyst certifications</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Although business analysis is a relatively new discipline in IT, a handful of organizations already offer certifications to help boost your résumé and prove your merit as an analyst. Organizations such as the IIBA, IQBBA, IREB, and PMI each offer their own tailored certifications for business analysis. These include:</p>



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<li>IIBA <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/189169/ecba-certification-an-entry-level-credential-for-business-analysts.html">Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA)</a></li>



<li>IIBA Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA)</li>



<li>IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)</li>



<li>IIBA Agile Analysis Certification (AAC)</li>



<li>IQBBA Certified Foundation Level Business Analyst (CFLBA)</li>



<li>IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE)</li>



<li>PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PBA)</li>



<li>Certified Analytics Professional (CAP)</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For more information about how to earn one of these certifications — and how much they cost — click <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/228834/6-business-analyst-certifications-to-advance-your-analytics-career.html">here</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Business analytics tools and software</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">BAs typically rely on software such as Microsoft’s Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, as well as SQL, Google Analytics, and Tableau. These tools help BAs collect and sort data, create graphs, write documents, and design visualizations to explain findings. You won’t necessarily need programming or database skills for a BA position, but if you already have these skills, they won’t hurt. The type of software and tools you’ll need to use, however, will depend on your job title and what the organization requires.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[ISC2 has begun developing a vendor-neutral AI security certification aimed at cybersecurity professionals working to secure AI systems and manage emerging AI risks.



The nonprofit organization, best known for the CISSP certification, says it is seeking volunteers worldwide to help define the kn...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:09:03 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.isc2.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ISC2</a> has begun developing a <a href="https://www.isc2.org/new-ai-certification#AI%20Security%20Certification%20Frequently%20Asked%20Questions" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">vendor-neutral AI security certification</a> aimed at cybersecurity professionals working to secure AI systems and manage emerging AI risks.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The nonprofit organization, best known for the <a href="https://www.isc2.org/certifications/cissp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CISSP certification</a>, says it is seeking volunteers worldwide to help define the knowledge and <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/3566827/global-cybersecurity-talent-gap-widens.html" target="_blank">skills</a> that will shape the new credential. While ISC2 has not finalized the certification domains, the <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/isc2-begins-developing-its-ai-security-certification-and-opens-call-for-volunteers-worldwide-302825622.html?tc=eml_cleartime" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">certification</a> is expected to address both technical AI security and governance topics, with a pilot exam planned before the end of 2026.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseymarks/">Casey Marks</a>, ISC2 chief operating officer, feedback from cybersecurity practitioners led ISC2 to conclude that AI security had grown beyond expanding AI content within existing certifications.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“AI has reached a tipping point,” Marks says. “AI no longer is just another tool; instead, it has fundamentally changed the cybersecurity practice itself.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ISC2 already includes <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4196919/isc2-ai-raises-accountability-demands-for-cybersecurity-teams.html" target="_blank">AI-related content in certifications</a> including CISSP and <a href="https://www.isc2.org/certifications/CCSP" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CCSP</a>, but Marks says practitioners have identified new responsibilities and risks that extend beyond those programs. “Enterprise security teams are currently grappling with significant knowledge gaps, particularly around securing model architectures against new vulnerabilities like prompt injection, data poisoning, and model inversion,” Marks adds.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Organizations are working to understand emerging governance frameworks, including the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and ISO/IEC 42001, while adapting traditional application security and security operations workflows to AI systems, he says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ISC2 has not finalized the certification domains, but Marks says the organization expects the credential to address both technical controls and governance practices for <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4174188/ai-reshapes-cybersecurity-workforce-priorities-as-it-teams-brace-for-new-risks.html" target="_blank">securing AI systems and managing AI risk</a>. The certification will use ISC2’s established certification development process, which relies on cybersecurity practitioners to define job roles, develop exam content, and validate competencies.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Marks says ISC2 will continue to update the certification through ongoing input from cybersecurity professionals, in addition to its regular certification review process.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The organization is also determining which professionals the certification will target. Marks says AI security responsibilities are emerging across security architecture, risk management, security operations, software development security, governance and compliance, communication and network security, and security assessment and testing. ISC2 says the certification will reflect how those roles are evolving.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For organizations that are building AI security programs now, Marks recommends using existing AI training resources, adopting established governance frameworks, creating cross-functional AI security working groups, and participating in the certification development process.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Marks says ISC2 expects AI knowledge to become part of most cybersecurity roles while a more specialized AI security discipline continues to develop. He says organizations will increasingly need professionals with foundational AI security knowledge, as well as specialists in areas such as adversarial machine learning, model architectures, and AI data pipelines.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Looking ahead, Marks says he expects AI security expertise to evolve into both a foundational skill for cybersecurity professionals and a specialized discipline of its own.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“At this time, we are seeing a hybrid evolution occurring in real time: AI security is simultaneously becoming a baseline expectation for all security roles, while also carving out a dedicated, highly specialized discipline,” Marks says.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For years, I have been saying that cybersecurity is no longer a technology problem. It has become a business leadership challenge.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yet, despite record levels of spending, ever-growing security teams, increasingly sophisticated technologies and a constant stream of new regulations, organizations continue to suffer major cyber incidents with alarming regularity. Every week seems to bring news of another ransomware attack, supply chain compromise or data breach affecting organizations that many would have assumed were well protected.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The obvious conclusion is that we are asking the wrong questions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Too many executive teams remain preoccupied with the latest threat actor, the newest security product the CISO wants to buy or the latest vulnerability making headlines. Those issues matter, but they are not what should be keeping CEOs awake at night.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In my view, there are three far more fundamental issues that deserve the attention of every chief executive.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1. Corporate complexity, and the widening gap between business leadership and cybersecurity reality</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Perhaps the biggest cybersecurity risk facing large organizations today is not technical at all.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is the growing disconnect between executive perception and operational reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many boards genuinely believe their organizations are reasonably well protected. They receive regular dashboards showing improving maturity scores, increasing compliance levels, falling vulnerability counts and reassuring traffic-light reports.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Unfortunately, cyber attackers do not read dashboards.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Behind those executive reports often lies an increasingly complex technology landscape, thousands of unmanaged digital assets, ageing infrastructure, rampant shadow IT, fragmented ownership, inconsistent governance and security teams struggling to keep pace with relentless business change.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The problem is rarely a lack of effort.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is that corporate complexity has reached a level where traditional governance mechanisms are no longer capable of providing an accurate picture of organizational resilience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Executives believe they understand the level of cyber risk they face because they receive regular reports. Those reports often measure activity rather than resilience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Governance committees end up debating around another percentage point of phishing awareness or vulnerability remediation, while fundamental issues remain unaddressed in the background.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">2. Organizational inertia, and the need for executive structure to evolve faster</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cyber criminals continue to evolve rapidly. Large organizations generally do not.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is the second issue that should concern every CEO.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Throughout my career, I have observed organizations repeatedly responding to new cyber threats by adding another technology platform, another monitoring capability, another compliance framework or another governance committee.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Very rarely do they stop to redesign how cybersecurity operates.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The result is what I described several years ago as the “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Spiral-Failure-How-Break/dp/1637353057/">Cybersecurity Spiral of Failure</a>”.</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>As complexity and regulation increase, organizations invest in more security products.</li>



<li>More products create more complexity.</li>



<li>More products and greater complexity generate more alerts.</li>



<li>More alerts require more analysts.</li>



<li>More analysts produce more reports.</li>



<li>More reports continue to build up executive confidence.</li>



<li>Meanwhile, the underlying structural weaknesses remain largely unchanged, technical debt piles up and costs escalate.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And when the inevitable breach eventually happens, reality reveals itself, but distrust also sets in between senior executives and security teams.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is not a funding problem. Nor is it a skills problem. It is fundamentally an operating model problem.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many organizations continue trying to solve twenty-first century challenges using governance, accountability, organizational and reporting structures designed twenty-five years ago.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The cybersecurity function itself has evolved dramatically. Many executive structures have not.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This organizational inertia extends beyond technology: It affects budgeting cycles, <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4193990/reallocating-cybersecurity-capital-in-the-mythos-era.html">investment priorities</a>, procurement processes, accountability models and decision-making speed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cyber attackers innovate every day. Organizational change often takes years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That imbalance should worry every CEO.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">3. Accelerating technological disruption, and how it challenges organizations in areas where they are intrinsically weak</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The third issue is potentially the most significant over the coming decade.</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Artificial intelligence, autonomous agents and machine identities</li>



<li>Software supply chain complexity.</li>



<li>Quantum computing, and post-quantum cryptography</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Each of these developments represents far more than another technical trend.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Together, they fundamentally change the dynamics of cybersecurity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Artificial intelligence is transforming countless business processes. At the same time, it is also increasing both the speed and sophistication of cyber-attacks while simultaneously transforming defensive capabilities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Organizations have become increasingly dependent on software ecosystems that extend far beyond their own direct control. Engaging with the supply chain in ways that lead to a genuine appreciation of the risks involved has become a key challenge for most cybersecurity practices.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Quantum computing may eventually invalidate much of today’s cryptographic algorithms, forcing organizations into one of the largest technology efforts since Y2K — but without the benefit of a fixed deadline and faced by a problem that is considerably more complex and hyperconnected IT estates that have little to do with those of the late 90s.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of these challenges can be solved overnight: They require clear governance, sustained investment over a few years and cross-functional organizational coordination.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most large organizations are weak on those three fronts: This is precisely why CEOs should be focusing on them now.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Waiting until some of those risks become obvious will almost certainly be too late.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Businesses naturally prioritise immediate commercial pressures. Cybersecurity often involves preparing for risks whose timing remains uncertain.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But one of the greatest leadership failures I keep seeing remains the inability of organizations to act decisively on known unknowns.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That tension explains why many organizations delay action until external events force them to respond. Unfortunately, cybersecurity rarely rewards late action.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Leadership will determine who succeeds</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cybersecurity discussions still frequently focus on technology. I believe they should focus far more on leadership.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Technology will continue evolving. Threat actors will continue adapting. Regulations will continue expanding. Those developments are inevitable.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What remains within the control of every CEO is how their organization responds.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Does cybersecurity remain an IT issue? Or is it recognised as an integral part of business resilience?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">How is cybersecurity accountability assigned at executive level? Or does it still rest largely with a CISO hidden in the organization?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Does the board spend sufficient time discussing resilience? Or does cybersecurity appear only when approving budgets or reviewing incidents?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These questions will increasingly determine organizational success.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The companies that navigate the next decade successfully will not necessarily be those spending the most on cybersecurity. Nor will they be those deploying the latest security technologies first.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They will be the organizations whose leadership recognises that cybersecurity has become a permanent business capability — embedded into governance, strategy, operational decision-making and organizational culture.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That transformation cannot be delegated. It begins with the CEO.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And perhaps that is the single biggest issue that should keep every chief executive awake at night: Not when the next cyber-attack will happen, but whether their organization is evolving quickly enough on those matters to meet a threat landscape that is changing much faster than the business itself.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">EF Core is Microsoft’s flagship ORM (object-relational mapper), the software layer that allows .NET developers to work with relational databases. The <code>DbContext</code> class is the core component of the EF Core framework for managing database operations. However, the <code>DbContext</code> class in EF Core is not thread-safe. Hence, if you share <code>DbContext</code> instances between multiple threads, you will often encounter data corruption issues and the <code>InvalidOperationException</code>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In this article, we’ll learn how we can execute queries in parallel in EF Core by handling thread-safety issues to avoid concurrency errors. To work with the code examples provided in this article, you should have Visual Studio 2026 installed in your system. You can <a href="https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/insiders/">download Visual Studio 2026 here</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Executing EF Core queries in parallel – the problem</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When working in today’s data-driven applications, you will often need to fetch data from multiple unrelated datasets. In applications that use concurrency, thread-safety is critical to guaranteeing correct execution, avoiding data corruption and race conditions, and ensuring data consistency. Let’s understand this with an example. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Let’s say we want to populate a dashboard that displays all recently processed orders, metrics, logs, and traces, as well as your application’s performance metadata. We might write the following code. </p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>public class Dashboard
{
    public List Orders { get; set; } = new();
    public Metrics Metrics { get; set; } = new();
    public List Logs { get; set; } = new();
    public List Traces { get; set; } = new();
}
public static async Task LoadDashboardAsync(ProductService productService)
{
    Task&lt;List&gt;    ordersTask  = productService.GetProcessedOrdersAsync();
    Task        metricsTask = productService.GetMetricsAsync();
    Task&lt;List&gt; logsTask    = productService.GetRecentLogsAsync();
    Task&lt;List&gt;    tracesTask  = productService.GetTracesAsync();
    await Task.WhenAll(ordersTask, metricsTask, logsTask, tracesTask);
    return new Dashboard
    {
        Orders  = await ordersTask,
        Metrics = await metricsTask,
        Logs    = await logsTask,
        Traces  = await tracesTask
    };
}
</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the preceding code snippet, there are four read operations that are executed by four different <code>Task</code> instances. Our objective is to ensure that the database round trips run in parallel instead of in sequence. We can accomplish this by using<code>Task.WhenAll</code>, which starts the four tasks, waits for every task to finish, then returns the data wrapped inside a new <code>Dashboard</code> instance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If we executed these queries sequentially, the user would have to wait until each query completed its execution in turn—for a total wait time equal to the sum of the times for all four queries. However, by running these queries in parallel, we reduce the wait time considerably. The user will need to wait only as long as it takes for the slowest of the four queries to complete its execution.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, there is a danger with the above approach. If you run multiple operations on the same <code>DbContext</code> instance, you will see an <code>InvalidOperationException</code> with the following message:</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A second operation started in this context before the previous operation was completed. This is usually caused by multiple threads using the same <code>DbContext</code> instance; instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Oracle Database follow a request-response communication model at the connection level: a single connection can process only one command at a time. Hence, you cannot run multiple queries concurrently using the connection. If you <code>await</code> several operations using the same connection, EF Core detects the overlapping use of a non-thread-safe context and throws an <code>InvalidOperationException</code>. To run queries in parallel, you must give each task its own connection or context.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why DbContext isn’t thread-safe – and how to work around it</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <code>DbContext</code> class in EF Core is designed to manage a single unit of work. To be more precise, EF Core does not provide support for running multiple operations on the same <code>DbContext</code> instance. This design approach creates inherent challenges when you use the same <code>DbContext</code> instance across multiple threads. If <code>DbContext</code> were thread-safe, extensive locking would be required, which would degrade data access performance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This stateful design of <code>DbContext</code> makes it unsuitable for concurrent access patterns that involve loading, modifying, or tracking different sets of data simultaneously, because it needs to maintain the internal representation of database state.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/change-tracking/" data-type="link" data-id="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/change-tracking/">change tracker</a> is one of the most important components of <code>DbContext</code> in EF Core. It monitors all entities loaded into memory and detects any changes made to them after they have been loaded. It keeps track of the original, current, and changed values of the entities, thereby enabling the EF Core runtime to know the current state of these entities when you call the <code>SaveChanges()</code> method on the <code>DbContext</code> instance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To implement thread-safety when working with DbContext, we must write our code to ensure that each concurrent operation gets its own copy of a short-lived instance. Now, we <em>could</em> accomplish this by wrapping a shared <code>DbContext</code> instance inside a thread-safe block using the <code>lock</code> keyword, so that all calls to the database take place using one and only one thread at a time. This approach is illustrated in the code snippet below. </p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
public class Product
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
    public decimal Price { get; set; }
    public int Quantity { get; set; }
}
public class AppDbContext : DbContext
{
    public AppDbContext(DbContextOptions options) : base(options) { }
    public DbSet Products =&gt; Set();
}
</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, while the above approach gives us the thread-safety we need, it can degrade data access performance considerably. A better approach is to use <code>IDbContextFactory</code> , which creates fresh <code>DbContext</code> instances on demand. Calling its <code>CreateDbContext()</code> method is cheap and produces a fresh, isolated context every time. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The following code snippet shows how you can register an instance of type <code>IDbContextFactory</code> as a singleton. You can safely call this code from any thread.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>builder.Services.AddDbContextFactory(options =&gt;
    options.UseSqlServer(
        builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("Default")));
</code></pre>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Executing EF Core queries in parallel – the solution</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now let’s see how we can put <code>IDbContextFactory</code> to work. The following code illustrates a class named <code>ProductService</code> that uses a factory to create <code>DbContext</code> instances for each scope of work.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>public class ProductService
{
    private readonly IDbContextFactory _factory;
    public ProductService(IDbContextFactory factory)
        =&gt; _factory = factory;
    public async Task GetByIdAsync(int id)
    {
        await using var context = await _factory.CreateDbContextAsync();
        return await context.Products.FindAsync(id);
    }
    public async Task UpdateStockQuantityAsync(int id, int updateQuantity)
    {
        await using var context = await _factory.CreateDbContextAsync();
        var product = await context.Products.FindAsync(id);
        if (product is null) return;
        product.Quantity += updateQuantity;
        await context.SaveChangesAsync();
    }
}
</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Note that <code>ProductService</code> has two methods, <code>GetByIdAsync</code> and <code>UpdateStockQuantityAsync</code>. An instance of the <code>DbContext</code> class is created locally in each of these methods. Now, suppose you have two threads, T1 and T2, that execute these methods concurrently. That is, thread T1 executes the <code>GetByIdAsync</code> method while thread T2 executes the <code>UpdateStockQuantityAsync</code> method. Because each of these methods is executed in isolation, they will have their own context, connection, and change-tracking information, and there will be no mutable state, so you don’t need to implement thread synchronization in either of these methods.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Consider the following code that executes a read operation and an update operation in two separate tasks. </p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>public static async Task RunMethodsInParallelAsync(ProductService productService)
{
      Task readTask = productService.GetByIdAsync(1);
      Task updateTask = productService.UpdateStockQuantityAsync(3, 5);
      await Task.WhenAll(readTask, updateTask);
      Product? product = await readTask;
 }
</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <code>Task.WhenAll</code> method runs the two tasks in parallel and waits until both have finished. The reason this approach is thread-safe, and will not create concurrency errors, is that each of these two methods creates its own <code>DbContext</code> instance internally. Therefore the read operation and the update operation use independent <code>DbContext</code> instances.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Use DbContext pooling to reduce allocation cost</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Although creating <code>DbContext</code> instances is not that costly, you should consider using pooled contexts in applications that require high scalability and high performance. The following code snippet shows how you can register a pooled context. </p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>builder.Services.AddPooledDbContextFactory(options =&gt;
    options.UseSqlServer(connectionString));
</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A call to <code>AddDbContext()</code> will register a <code>DbContext</code> instance as scoped per HTTP request. Each request will run on a different thread and each will have its own context. However, keep in mind that the default scoped registration of the <code>DbContext</code> will not always suffice.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You will need a factory to create instances of <code>DbContext</code> when you’re using a background service, or performing some work inside a particular request, or running some business logic operation over multiple contexts.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Key takeaways</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>If you use EF Core in the data access layer of your application, you must implement thread safety measures whenever you run your queries in parallel.</li>



<li>You cannot execute multiple queries in parallel in EF Core using the same <code>DbContext</code> instance.</li>



<li>The <code>IDbContextFactory</code> enables you to create a <code>DbContext</code> instance for each thread, thereby enabling you to work with these instances in isolation.</li>



<li>Although using a <code>DbContext</code> pool involves a small allocation overhead, it becomes a non-issue if you need high throughput.</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Russian APT Laundry Bear perfects zero-click phishing attack]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A newly identified Russian state threat actor is using a novel zero-click phishing technique, likely developed with the help of an AI, to target Western users of Zimbra software products]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NodeBB Patches Eight AI-Found Flaws Exposing Admin Access and Private Chats]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eight security flaws in NodeBB went public on Wednesday, along with the code to exploit them. Aikido Security rates all eight as high severity and says its AI pentest agents found them in a six-hour review of the forum software's source code.

Every version before 4.14.0 is affected. NodeBB has f...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Strategic Command: World War I - Battles for Ypres DLC – Yay or Nay (PC)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It’s a bad idea to over-commit when it’s unclear whether the enemy is breaking or bending. We’re aiming for Ypres but would settle for Passchendaele if all goes right. But after five days, the breach the Allies have made in German lines is still small, and they are extracting a price of blood for...]]></description>
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So far, I’ve been replacing losses at the front, hoping to get the momentum going. But it might be time to take a one or two turn breather, use the artillery defensively, and bring in some fresh troops. A diversionary strike, which would gobble up some resources, might also help the Allies as they try to secure more victory points in Belgium.

Strategic Command: World War I - Battles for Ypres is developed by Fury Software and published by Matrix Games. This is the second downloadable content pack for the strategy game, focused on one of the most important strategic regions of the first global conflict.

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<title><![CDATA[Phishing-Fallen: KI-Mails, QR-Codes, falsche Warnungen – so schützen Sie sich]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Zwei große Änderungen hat es in den vergangenen Jahren bei Phishing-Angriffen gegeben: Die Kriminellen erstellen mithilfe von generativer KI sprachlich fast perfekte Mails, die in Stil, Struktur und Tonalität kaum noch von legitimen Nachrichten zu unterscheiden sind. Wo früher holpriges Deutsch s...]]></description>
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<p>Zwei große Änderungen hat es in den vergangenen Jahren bei Phishing-Angriffen gegeben: Die Kriminellen erstellen mithilfe von generativer KI sprachlich fast perfekte Mails, die in Stil, Struktur und Tonalität kaum noch von legitimen Nachrichten zu unterscheiden sind. Wo früher holpriges Deutsch sofort Misstrauen geweckt hat, liest sich heute eine Phishing-Mail wie eine echte Mitteilung von Microsoft, einer Bank oder einem Paketdienst.</p>



<p>Auch das Design wirkt meist höchst professionell. Zum anderen sind auch die technischen Tricks beim Datendiebstahl heute höher entwickelt. Einige Maschen umgehen sogar eine Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung. Das Ziel der Angreifer bleiben vor allem Zugangsdaten, Session-Tokens und persönliche Infos.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1. Microsoft-365-Log-in-Falle trickst Zwei-Faktor-Anmeldung aus</h2>



<p>Eine neue Angriffsmethode verwendet den originalen Microsoft-Anmeldedialog und kommt entsprechend fast ohne gefälschte Webseiten aus. Die Kriminellen nutzen dafür den Oauth-Device-Code-Flow. Das ist ein Anmeldeverfahren für Geräte oder Programme, die keinen brauchbaren Browser oder keine komfortable Texteingabe bieten, etwa Smart-TVs, IoT-Geräte, Drucker oder CLI-Tools. </p>



<p>Offiziell heißt er „OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant“. Mit der Methode lassen sich auch Konten übernehmen, die mit einer Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung geschützt sind.</p>



<p>Die Kriminellen schicken an ihre Opfer eine Phishing-Nachricht und geben vor, das Gerät der Opfer müsste für den Log-in ins Microsoft-365-Konto neu autorisiert werden. Die Nachrichten beginnen meist harmlos, etwa mit „Ihre Sitzung ist abgelaufen“, und bieten einen Link zur Neuanmeldung. Wenn das Opfer dem Link in der Nachricht folgt, landet es zunächst auf einer gefälschten Website, schließlich aber beim offiziellen Microsoft-Authentifizierungsverfahren für Geräte und Anwendungen (Oauth-Device-Code-Flow).</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a63269712915"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Phishing-Fallen-M365-Phishing-Quelle-Proofpoint.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all" alt="Phishing Fallen M365 Phishing Quelle Proofpoint" class="wp-image-3187589" width="1140" height="1082" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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					<path fill="#fff" d="M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z"></path>
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			</button><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Bei diesem Trick übernehmen die Angreifer auch Konten, die mit einem zweiten Faktor geschützt sind. Dafür kombinieren sie die echten Authentifizierungsseiten von Microsoft und Phishing-Webseiten.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Proofpoint</p></div>



<p>Es handelt sich um echte Microsoft-Meldungen und Webseiten. Allerdings autorisiert das Opfer nicht den Zugang zu seinem eigenen PC oder Smartphone, sondern eine Anwendung der Kriminellen. Diese bekommen nach der Freigabe durch das getäuschte Opfer einen Access-Token. Damit kann die feindliche Anwendung per API auf das Microsoft-Konto zugreifen, ohne dass noch einmal ein Passwort eingegeben werden muss.</p>



<p>Übrigens: Die meisten dieser Angriffe verstecken den Link zur gefälschten Website in einem QR-Code. Dieser entgeht den Spam-Filtern eher als ein üblicher Link, und es lässt die meisten Opfer vom PC auf das Smartphone wechseln. </p>



<p>Auf diesem ist es wegen des kleineren Bildschirms und oft fehlender Sicherheits-Software noch wahrscheinlicher, dass das Opfer die Täuschung nicht bemerkt. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2xhd6n6d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Eine ausführliche Analyse der Angriffe auf Microsoft-365-Konten haben die Sicherheitsexperten von Proofpoint veröffentlicht</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">2. Support-Masche: Ihr Computer ist gesperrt &amp; Co.</h2>



<p>Die Support-Masche ist zwar nicht neu, funktioniert aber nach wie vor: Noch immer fallen zahlreiche Menschen auf die perfide Betrugsstrategie herein. Zu den prominenten Opfern zählt Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner. </p>



<p>Mutmaßlich staatlich organisierte Angreifer kontaktierten sie über den Messenger-Dienst Signal und gaben sich als vermeintliche Signal-Support-Mitarbeiter aus. Unter einem Vorwand forderten sie Klöckner und weitere Politiker auf, ihre PIN einzugeben. Dadurch erlangten die Angreifer Zugriff auf die Signal-Konten der Betroffenen – und damit auf private Chats und Kontakte.</p>



<p>Das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) haben gemeinsam einen <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yc89cfjd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leitfaden veröffentlicht</a>, der potenziellen Opfern hilft zu prüfen, ob ihr Signal-Konto übernommen wurde.</p>


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			</button><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Phishing mit der Support-Masche. Durch eine vorgetäuschte Windows- oder Defender-Warnung werden Sie zu einem Telefongespräch mit den Angreifern gedrängt.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Bundesnetzagentur</p></div>



<p>Ebenfalls weiterhin verbreitet sind Angriffe durch angebliche Microsoft-Support-Mitarbeiter. Die Betrüger kontaktieren ihre Opfer per Telefon, E-Mail oder über gefälschte Pop-up-Warnungen im Browser. </p>



<p>Dabei behaupten sie, der Windows-PC habe ein Sicherheitsproblem – etwa sei der Computer gesperrt oder mit Schadsoftware infiziert. Anschließend versuchen sie, die Betroffenen zur Installation einer Fernwartungssoftware oder eines vermeintlichen Sicherheitstools zu bewegen. Tatsächlich erhalten die Angreifer dadurch oft vollständigen Zugriff auf den Rechner.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">3. Gefälschter Microsoft Defender warnt</h2>



<p>Der Microsoft Defender ist ein Windows-Bordmittel und schützt PCs gegen alle bekannten PC-Viren. Entsprechend alarmierend ist für viele Nutzer eine Warnung dieses Antiviren-Tools. Eine gefälschte Form dieser Warnung erscheint mal per E-Mail, mal als Pop-up im Browser. In diesen Nachrichten wird behauptet, der Schutz des Defenders müsse kostenpflichtig erneuert werden. In der Folge werden die Nutzer auf gefälschte Shop-Webseiten geleitet, die eine Zahlung für einen Virenschutz verlangen.</p>



<p>Grundsätzlich gilt: Der Microsoft Defender ist auf Privat-PCs ein Bordmittel und kostenlos in Windows enthalten. Eine Zahlung ist nicht nötig. Sollte die Warnung per Mail bei Ihnen landen, löschen Sie diese einfach. Schlägt sie als Pop-up im Browser auf, schließen Sie einfach das Browser-Fenster, notfalls mit der Tastenkombination „Alt+F4”. </p>



<p><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yaz82hf3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Der Antivirenspezialist Norton hat eine Anleitung veröffentlicht</a>, die erklärt, wie sich solche Pop-up-Warnungen im Browser beseitigen lassen, falls sie sich im System festgesetzt haben.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">4. Microsoft-Onedrive: Cloud-Phishing über Freigaben</h2>



<p>Cloud-Dienste wie Onedrive von Microsoft nutzen viele Windows-Nutzer mehrmals täglich. Genau deshalb sind sie ein attraktives Ziel für Phishing. Statt klassischer E-Mails mit Dateianhängen erhalten die Nutzer Freigabe-Benachrichtigungen mit einem Betreff wie „Dokument wurde mit Ihnen geteilt“. Der Inhalt wirkt meist harmlos und oft beruflich relevant: Rechnungen, Projektpläne, Gehaltslisten oder interne Dokumente.</p>



<p>Besonders tückisch ist die Kombination aus echten und gefälschten Elementen. Manche Angriffe nutzen tatsächlich legitime Cloud-Plattformen, bieten dort aber manipulierte Dokumente an. Das Ziel dieser Angriffe sind mehrheitlich die Log-in-Daten der Opfer zu Ihren Cloud- und Mail-Konten. Diese werden dann von den Angreifern übernommen und etwa für neue Phishing-Attacken genutzt.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">5. Lieferdienste, Lieferdienste und noch mal Lieferdienste</h2>



<p>Phishing im Namen von Paketdiensten gehört zu den stabilsten Angriffsmustern überhaupt und wird gleichzeitig immer ausgefeilter. Der Grund ist die hohe Alltagstauglichkeit: Fast jeder erwartet regelmäßig Lieferungen und ist deshalb kaum misstrauisch, wenn eine Mail, SMS oder Whatsapp zum Thema Paketversand eintrudelt. Moderne Varianten enthalten nicht nur einfache Textlinks, sondern vollständige Tracking-Systeme.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a632697140c0"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Phishing-Fallen-Paket-Phishing.png?w=1200" alt="Phishing Fallen Paket Phishing" class="wp-image-3187584" width="1200" height="539" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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			</button><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Hier sehen Sie vier Schritte eines vorgeblichen Lieferdienstes, der Ihnen ein Paket zustellen möchte. In weiteren Schritten sollen Sie Ihr Kundenkonto mit persönlichen Daten vervollständigen und eine Expresslieferung bezahlen.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Arne Arnold</p></div>



<p>Diese Seiten sind dynamisch aufgebaut und simulieren echte Logistikprozesse. Beim Sendungsverlauf heißt es dann etwa: „Zustellung fehlgeschlagen – bitte Adresse bestätigen“ oder „Letzte Möglichkeit zur Terminänderung“. Besonders kritisch ist die Kombination aus Zeitdruck und Kontext. Wer Opfer eines solchen Angriffs wird, gibt meist seine Log-in-Daten für Shopping- oder Zahlungsdienste preis. Oder er überweist den Angreifern direkt Geld, da angeblich Steuern, Bearbeitungsgebühren oder ein Expresszuschlag fällig sind.</p>


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			</button><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Eine Phishing-Webseite eines vorgeblichen Lieferdienstes, die hier eine Nachzahlung abrechnen möchte, bevor das Paket zugestellt werden kann.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Arne Arnold</p></div>



<p>Übrigens: Ab dem 1. Juli 2026 gibt es zusätzliche Abgaben auf Sendungen aus Nicht-EU-Ländern. Für Waren unter 150 Euro sind dann pauschal 3 Euro Zollgebühr und eine Einfuhrumsatzsteuer fällig. Einige Kurierdienste verlangen zusätzlich eine Servicepauschale für diese Zollanmeldung. Über die genauen Kosten informiert <a href="https://tinyurl.com/sztfupt4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">eine Seite der Verbraucherzentrale NRW</a>. Es lohnt sich, die tatsächlichen Kosten zu kennen, denn es ist wahrscheinlich, dass zu diesem Termin vermehrt Phishing-Mails zu diesem Thema versendet werden.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">6. Phishing zu Online-Banking gibt es immer</h2>



<p>Phishing zum Online-Banking gibt es fast schon so lange wie das Online-Banking selbst. Die Bedrohungslage ist aber so angespannt wie nie, denn die Angriffe sind nun wirklich zahlreich. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y58m5smy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Über die neuesten Phishing-Fallen informieren unter anderem die Verbraucherzentralen</a>.</p>



<p>Beispiele aus dem Mai 2026 lauten etwa so: „Bestätigung Ihrer Mobilfunknummer erforderlich“. Absender ist vorgeblich die Easybank. Eine Fälschung von Commerzbank-Mails warnt vor einem fälligen „Photo-TAN Update“, bei dem ein „einmaliger Abgleich der Zugangsdaten“ nötig ist. </p>



<p>Andere Phishing-Mails geben vor, von der Deutschen Bank zu sein, und fordern eine Reaktivierung des „photoTAN-Sicherheitszertifikats“. Auch Kunden der DKB erhielten im Mai Phishing-Mails.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a632697157e7"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Phishing-Fallen-commerzbank2-Quelle-Verbraucherzentrale.png" alt="Phishing Fallen commerzbank2 Quelle Verbraucherzentrale" class="wp-image-3187583" width="460" height="665" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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			</button><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Eine aktuelle Phishing-Mail, die auf Kunden der Commerzbank abzielt. Im Text wird ordentlich Druck aufgebaut. Wer nicht reagiert, verliert angeblich „am nächsten Werktag“ den Zugriff auf sein Bankkonto.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Verbraucherzentrale</p></div>



<p>Sollten Sie eine Mail von Ihrer Bank bekommen, klicken Sie auf keinen Fall auf einen der Links in dieser Mail. Wenn Sie sich unsicher sind, ob Sie reagieren sollen, rufen Sie die Website Ihrer Bank über Ihren Browser auf. </p>



<p>Sollte es tatsächlich ein Anliegen der Bank geben, wird es Ihnen nach dem Einloggen in Ihr Online-Konto angezeigt. Oder Sie rufen Ihre Bank einfach per Telefon an und fragen, ob Informationen von Ihnen benötigt werden.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">7. Phishing per Post: Kreditbetrug per Postident-Verfahren</h2>



<p>Diese Phishing-Angriffe erreichen Sie per Post in Ihrem echten Briefkasten. Die Briefe geben vor, von Ihrer Bank zu stammen, und fordern Sie auf, Ihre Daten erneut per Postident zu bestätigen. Postident ist ein Verfahren der Post, mit dem Sie Ihre Identität gegenüber anderen, etwa einer neuen Bank oder einem Kreditinstitut, bestätigen können. Wer das beigefügte Schreiben nutzt, legitimiert in der Regel einen hohen Kredit bei einer anderen Bank.</p>



<p>Schäden von 15.000 bis 25.000 Euro sind hier keine Seltenheit. Vorangegangen ist meist ein Diebstahl Ihrer genauen Daten (Postadresse, Hausbank, Arbeitgeber, Verdienst), den die Angreifer dann nutzen. An die Daten kommen die Kriminellen etwa über gefälschte Wohnungsinserate bei Immoscout24 oder ähnlichen Portalen. Wer sich auf eine Wohnung oder ein Haus mit Gehaltszetteln und weiteren Angaben bewirbt, hat bereits alle wichtigen Daten für den Postident-Betrug verraten. Seien Sie beim Postident-Verfahren stets besonders vorsichtig. Konkrete Tipps lesen Sie <a href="https://tinyurl.com/bdbnmxhn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">hier</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sicherheitstipps: Phishing erkennen und blockieren</h2>



<p><strong>An diesen Merkmalen erkennen Sie betrügerische Nachrichten:</strong></p>



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<li><strong>Unverlangter Kontakt:</strong> Sie erhalten eine E-Mail, Whatsapp oder SMS über eine Gutschrift, eine Lastschrift oder andere finanzielle Ansprüche, obwohl Sie aktuell keine Buchung storniert oder reklamiert haben.</li>



<li><strong>Zeitdruck:</strong> Die Nachricht suggeriert dringenden Handlungsbedarf und fordert zur schnellen Reaktion auf.</li>



<li><strong>Verdächtige Links:</strong> Die Links in der Nachricht sind hinter einem QR-Code maskiert, führen zu unpassenden Domains oder sind ungewöhnlich lang.</li>



<li><strong>Aufforderung zur Dateneingabe:</strong> Seriöse Unternehmen fordern in Nachrichten oder Mails nur äußerst selten zur Eingabe sensibler Daten auf.</li>



<li><strong>Unpersönliche Anrede:</strong> Oft fehlt die namentliche Ansprache oder es werden generische Formulierungen verwendet.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Diese Maßnahmen schützen vor Phishing-Fallen:</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>E-Mail, SMS und Whatsapp &amp; Co. sind keine geschlossenen Nachrichtenkanäle:</strong> Sie müssen damit rechnen, auch betrügerische Nachrichten zu erhalten.</li>



<li><strong>Misstrauen Sie Links in Nachrichten:</strong> Klicken Sie keine Links an und scannen Sie keine QR-Codes, wenn Log-in-, Zahlungs- oder Sicherheitsaufforderungen in der Mail stehen. Öffnen Sie den jeweiligen Dienst im Browser über die manuelle Eingabe der Adresse.</li>



<li><strong>Nutzen Sie Browser und Passwortmanager als Frühwarnsystem: </strong>Wenn Ihr <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1204833/test-die-besten-passwort-manager.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Passwortmanager</a> Ihre Log-in-Daten auf einer Webseite nicht einfügen möchte, dann ist die Domain vermutlich gefälscht. Achten Sie zudem auf die Warnungen Ihres Browsers.</li>



<li><strong>MFA aktivieren: </strong>Nutzen Sie immer eine Zwei- oder Multifaktor-Authentifizierung, wenn diese angeboten wird. Vor allem <a href="http://www.pcwelt.de/2107907" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Passkeys</a> erhöhen die Sicherheit.</li>



<li><strong>Remote-Support misstrauen: </strong>Installieren Sie keine Fernwartungs-Tools, nachdem Sie unaufgefordert kontaktiert wurden.</li>



<li><strong>Freigaben hinterfragen: </strong>Wenn Sie Freigaben für Dateien in Cloud-Speichern erhalten, kontaktieren Sie zunächst den Absender, idealerweise telefonisch.</li>
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<p>Infos zu aktuellen Angriffen: Informieren Sie sich über Phishing-Kampagnen etwa bei der <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y58m5smy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Verbraucherzentrale NRW</a>.</p>



<p><strong>Als letzte Verteidigungslinie lassen sich Antivirenprogramme, Browserschutz und Spezial-Tools einsetzen:</strong></p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Antivirus:</strong> Große Sicherheits-Suiten wie <a href="https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=14693&amp;awinaffid=486277&amp;clickref=rss&amp;platform=dl&amp;ued=http://www.gdata.de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">G Data Internet Security</a> filtern Phishing-Mails heraus, bevor sie diese Nachrichten öffnen.</li>



<li><strong>Browser-Schutz: </strong>Browser von Sicherheitsanbietern blockieren viele aktuelle Phishing-Seiten, etwa der <a href="https://neobrowser.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">KI-Browser Norton Neo</a>.</li>



<li><strong>Spezial-Tools:</strong> KI-Chatbots wie <a href="https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinaffid=486277&amp;awinmid=11660&amp;clickref=rss&amp;ued=http://www.bitdefender.com/de-de/consumer/scamio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Scamio von Bitdefender</a> begutachten verdächtige Nachrichten und warnen vor gefährlichen Inhalten.</li>
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			</button><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Einen guten Phishing-Schutz erhalten Sie beispielsweise über Browser von Sicherheitsanbietern wie hier dem Browser Norton Neo.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Arne Arnold</p></div>

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<title><![CDATA[Garmin’s TrainingPeaks acquisition and the Garmin Cirqa smart band could have a surprise connection — as the Cirqa puts access to its coaching software behind the Connect+ premium tier]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What does this mean for the TrainingPeaks coaching ecosystem?]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3690998/it-nachrichten/garmins-trainingpeaks-acquisition-and-the-garmin-cirqa-smart-band-could-have-a-surprise-connection-as-the-cirqa-puts-access-to-its-coaching-software-behind-the-connect-premium-tier/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Why enterprises should care about Nokia’s AI-RAN platform]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Nokia provided an AI-RAN platform update that brings an AI-native and programmable compute which is projected to double spectral efficiency by 2028. This increases speed, but more importantly, it can allow mobile operators to create some actual monetization beyond connectivity...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this month, Nokia provided an AI-RAN platform update that brings an AI-native and programmable compute which is projected to double spectral efficiency by 2028. This increases speed, but more importantly, it can allow mobile operators to create some actual monetization beyond connectivity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With this release, Nokia is introducing what it calls the industry’s first commercial AI-RAN platform, built on its AI‑native anyRAN software and Nvidia’s Aerial AI-RAN stack running on merchant GPU-based accelerated computing. The company is already seeing more than 20% gains in spectral efficiency from AI-driven radio algorithms, with a roadmap to reach 50% by 2027 and more than 100% by 2028, effectively doubling capacity on existing spectrum in dense cells.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Legacy RAN infrastructure enables connectivity but not much beyond that. The AI-RAN makes the network intelligent and extends AI into the physical world, enabling telcos to get more from their infrastructure investments, including <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4128115/is-private-5g-6g-important-after-all.html">providing a path to 6G</a>. The partnership with Nvidia brings CUDA and AI into mobile environments.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For <em>Network World</em> readers, the headline isn’t just that Nokia got to market first with AI‑RAN—it’s that the company is using AI and GPUs to break the historical coupling between radio performance and custom silicon refresh cycles, and to turn the RAN into an application platform.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What AI-RAN actually is</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At a technical level, Nokia’s AI‑RAN is a software‑defined baseband architecture that runs Layer 1/Layer 2 RAN functions and AI models on accelerated compute, primarily GPUs, instead of being locked into fixed‑function ASICs. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheers/">Udayan Mukherjee</a>, Nokia’s CTO for RAN and core, summarized the vision in the <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4200815/AI-RAN-analyst-briefing-20260714_095948-Meeting-Recording-2-_1_otter_ai_transcript.txt">analyst briefing</a>: “AI‑RAN is essentially a platform that turns the radio network into a true AI‑native programmable platform… one software detached from the hardware, defining flexible hardware deployment configurations, including part of the AI grid.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Several pillars stand out:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>AI‑native design: Algorithms move from traditional linear models to increasingly nonlinear techniques (e.g., advanced channel estimation, deep receivers/transmitters, RKHS-based methods), which demand tensor-heavy compute best delivered by GPUs.</li>



<li>Software-defined RAN: The same anyRAN software stack runs across different hardware configurations—plug‑in cards, standalone AI‑RAN nodes, and COTS/cloud RAN—so innovation comes via software releases rather than baseband card swaps.</li>



<li>Programmable “D‑apps” layer: Nokia is pushing a new real‑time E3 interface from Layer 1/2 into an application layer for distributed apps (D‑apps) that can tap IQ samples, channel estimation and scheduling data for use cases such as sensing and location services.</li>



<li>Crucially, this isn’t meant to replace all custom silicon overnight. Mukherjee was explicit: “We are not dropping the purpose‑built product… but we want to also get to merchant silicon, because that’s the future as we want to develop bigger models and AI elements and value‑added services on top of it.” The result is a hybrid era where AI‑accelerated platforms coexist with existing basebands but begin to shoulder the most compute‑intensive workloads.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why AI-RAN matters for operators</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nokia and its early operator partners are trying to solve three perennial problems: finite spectrum, changing traffic patterns, and the drag of hardware refresh cycles.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">First, spectrum constraints. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aji-ed/">Aji Ed</a>, Nokia’s head of AI‑RAN and cloud RAN, called spectrum “the first constraint everybody has,” noting that operators have paid “huge amount of money” for bands and now need to “get up to the 2x spectrum” in terms of usable capacity. By running more complex AI models for multi‑user MIMO pairing, channel estimation, carrier aggregation and deep receiver/transmitter functions on GPUs, Nokia believes it can unlock those gains where traditional platforms simply run out of compute headroom.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Second, traffic is shifting. Generative AI and distributed inference workloads are driving more uplink-heavy, latency‑sensitive patterns that current RANs weren’t designed for. AI‑RAN’s ability to adapt scheduling, beamforming and resource allocation dynamically via AI models deployed at the baseband is meant to keep up with this shift.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Third, innovation cadence. In Ed’s words, “hardware upgrades can’t keep up with the innovation… we can’t really have a silicon refresh cycle linked with every three‑year cycle.” Nokia’s subscription‑based software model is designed to deliver new AI algorithms, spectral‑efficiency improvements and network optimization features continuously, without requiring “forklift” hardware replacements.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For operators, the message is attractive: comparable TCO and power to existing basebands, “no hardware premium” for GPU adoption, but higher capacity and a path to new services. Nokia told analysts it has reached performance, price and energy efficiency parity between its custom GridShark silicon and GPU-based systems, while moving the baseband roadmap to merchant silicon.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Nokia’s differentiation strategy</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Every major RAN vendor is talking about AI‑enhanced radio, but Nokia is drawing a line between incremental gains and what it claims is a platform shift. When asked why its 2x spectral efficiency ambition is so much higher than the ~20% numbers competitors discuss, Ed pointed to the underlying architecture: “We are able to bring much more complex algorithms into this compute infrastructure… all of these require much higher compute, which is exactly what is coming from the accelerated computing.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Several differentiators emerge:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Aggressive spectral roadmap: Nokia is targeting 1.5x by 2027 and 2x by 2028, across TDD massive MIMO and FDD scenarios, with a feature roadmap built jointly with Nvidia and other partners.</li>



<li>Single code base, three deployment paths: The same anyRAN software stack runs on (1) a GPU‑powered AirScale capacity plug‑in card, (2) a high‑capacity standalone AI‑RAN node, and (3) GPU‑based COTS/cloud RAN servers. This lets operators modernize “at their own pace” and mix brownfield evolution with greenfield AI-native deployments.</li>



<li>Open ecosystem with D‑apps: Nokia is leaning into ORAN compliance (front‑haul, O1/O2) and actively championing the E3 interface and D‑apps concept within ORAN and AI‑RAN alliances, with Bell Labs and at least two external partners already building sensing and location applications on the platform.</li>



<li>Software subscription tied to value: The commercial model builds on existing software subscriptions but ties pricing more explicitly to delivered value, such as spectral efficiency improvements and new AI services, rather than pure license metrics.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mukherjee emphasized the openness angle in the briefing: “We see a lot of third‑party applications, whether it’s improving spectral efficiency or location service or sensing, can be developed on this platform… any AI‑powered services from us in Nokia or from ecosystems can be actually developed on top of it.” For operators burned by closed optimization stacks, that’s a notable pivot.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How AI-RAN unlocks new revenue</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most operators will sign off on AI‑RAN if the capacity and TCO story holds, but the more strategic question is monetization beyond connectivity. Nokia’s spokespeople spent considerable time on this in the analyst call, pointing to several classes of services that are difficult or impossible to deliver without AI running in the RAN itself.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Examples include:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Integrated sensing: Turning the RAN into a distributed sensor grid that can support applications such as 3D mapping, gesture recognition and environmental monitoring, using the same RF infrastructure. Mukherjee noted, “We have at least two to three partners developing sensing applications on top of it… as well as two other companies developing location services.”</li>



<li>Physical AI and location services: For factories, logistics hubs and smart cities, AI‑RAN can provide high‑precision positioning and real‑time telemetry for robots, drones and autonomous systems by fusing radio data and AI models at the edge.</li>



<li>Distributed AI infrastructure: Operators exploring “AI‑native cities” can use AI‑RAN nodes and COTS GPU servers as a distributed inference fabric for applications that need tight latency to endpoints—think AR/VR offload, real‑time video analytics or interactive generative AI experiences.</li>



<li>Premium connectivity tiers: With fine‑grained, AI‑driven control over uplink/downlink scheduling and QoS, operators can create differentiated SLAs for enterprise slices, mission‑critical IoT and AI workloads, charging for guaranteed performance rather than best‑effort connectivity.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ed framed the opportunity as a continuum: Superior connectivity from 2x spectral efficiency creates “space for new AI workloads and other use cases,” while the D‑apps ecosystem and subscription model provide a mechanism to package and sell those capabilities. In practice, that could look like:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Industrial sensing-as-a-service, where Nokia and partners supply D‑apps for integrated sensing and positioning, and operators monetize them per site or per device.</li>



<li>Network‑exposed APIs for inference, location and RF sensing, integrated into operators’ broader network API portfolios as they pursue “network-as-a-platform” strategies.</li>



<li>Sector‑specific AI‑native services, such as stadium analytics, transportation corridor monitoring, or drone traffic management, built by ISVs on top of Nokia’s exposed E3 data.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For operators that already use Nokia’s MantaRay and SMO stacks for cross‑network optimization, AI‑RAN essentially becomes the local real‑time execution environment, while R‑apps/X‑apps continue to orchestrate macro-level behaviors. Mukherjee described this layered architecture as “DU and CU on the platform running D‑apps using E3, interfacing to X‑apps and R‑apps through E2SM and connecting to the overall management system/SMO for lifecycle management.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Adoption path and reality check</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nokia is not promising instant transformation. AI‑RAN pilots are slated for late 2026, with commercial availability on card‑based systems in 2027 and AirScale-based systems around 2028, all driven from a single software stack that supports 4G, 5G and is upgradable to 6G. The company already has trials and collaborations underway with T‑Mobile US, SoftBank, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, BT, Elisa, Vodafone, Orange, NTT Docomo, Deutsche Telekom and others.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are still open questions around 3GPP vs ORAN standardization of E3, the maturity of the D‑apps ecosystem, and how operators will digest yet another subscription layer tied to radio software. But Nokia’s move puts a stake in the ground: in the AI era, the RAN is not just a throughput engine; it’s a programmable AI computer that can be monetized.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For <em>Network World</em> readers evaluating vendor roadmaps, this launch suggests a clear directional change. If Nokia hits its targets, AI‑RAN could mark the point where baseband becomes less about hardware SKUs and more about an AI platform strategy—one where spectral efficiency and new services are rolled out at “software speed,” as Ed described it, rather than at the pace of the next card generation.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Apache Syncope, the widely deployed open-source identity management platform, has patched a batch of critical vulnerabilities that could let low-privilege users escalate to administrator status and execute arbitrary code on the server. The Apache Software Foundation disclosed six new CVEs affecti...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:11:44 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apache Syncope, the widely deployed open-source identity management platform, has patched a batch of critical vulnerabilities that could let low-privilege users escalate to administrator status and execute arbitrary code on the server. The Apache Software Foundation disclosed six new CVEs affecting versions 3.0.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.x, with fixes rolled out in versions 4.1.2 and 4.0.7. […]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mit dem zweiten Chrome-Update der Woche schließt Google weitere Browser-Lücken]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In den neuen Chrome-Versionen 150.0.7871.186/187 für Windows und macOS sowie 150.0.7871.186 für Linux vom 23. Juli haben die Entwickler vier Schwachstellen beseitigt. Keine der geschlossenen Lücken wird laut Google bislang für Angriffe ausgenutzt. Diese Aktualisierung folgt nur zwei Tage nach dem...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:04:07 +0200</pubDate>
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<p>In den neuen Chrome-Versionen 150.0.7871.186/187 für Windows und macOS sowie 150.0.7871.186 für Linux vom 23. Juli haben die Entwickler vier Schwachstellen beseitigt. Keine der geschlossenen Lücken wird laut Google bislang für Angriffe ausgenutzt. Diese Aktualisierung folgt nur zwei Tage nach dem vorherigen Chrome-Update. Die Hersteller anderer Chromium-basierter Browser werden in Kürze nachziehen.</p>



<p>Im <a href="https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chrome Release Blog</a> führt Daniel Yip vier beseitigte Sicherheitslücken auf, die Google alle selbst entdeckt hat. Die Schwachstellen CVE-2026-16804 bis -16807 sind als hohes Risiko ausgewiesen. Drei der vier Anfälligkeiten sind Use-after-free-Lücken (UAF) in verschiedenen Komponenten, namentlich Input, Blink und WebMCP (Web Model Context Protocol, eine Schnittstelle für „KI“-Agenten). Das Problem bei CVE-2026-16807 ist hingegen ein unzulässiger Schreibzugriff auf Speicherbereiche außerhalb der vorgesehenen Grenzen (out of bounds write) in der Codecs-Komponente.</p>



<p><a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1197811/die-neuesten-sicherheits-updates.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">▶Die neuesten Sicherheits-Updates</a></p>



<p>Erst am 21. Juli hat Google ein Update bereitgestellt und damit <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3196305/google-behebt-hochriskante-schwachstellen-in-chrome.html" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3196305/google-behebt-hochriskante-schwachstellen-in-chrome.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">12 Sicherheitslücken geschlossen</a>. In aller Regel aktualisiert sich Chrome automatisch, wenn eine neue Version verfügbar ist. Mit dem Menü-Eintrag <em>» Hilfe » Über Google Chrome</em> können Sie die Update-Prüfung manuell anstoßen.</p>



<p>Google hat am 23. Juli auch Chrome für Android 150.0.7871.181 veröffentlicht. In der Android-Version sind die gleichen Schwachstellen beseitigt wie in den Desktop-Ausgaben. Der Extended Stable Channel für Windows und macOS enthält nun die Chromium-Version 150.0.7871.187. Die Freigabe der Chrome-Version 151 ist für den 28. Juli geplant.</p>



<p><strong>Tipp:</strong> Unabhängig davon, dass Sie Ihren Browser stets aktuell halten, sollten Sie die Sicherheit Ihres PCs zusätzlich mit geeigneter Antivirus-Software verbessern. Gute Antivirus-Lösungen stellen wir in „<a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2255713/test-bestes-antivirus-programm-windows.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Die besten Antivirus-Programme im Test: So schützen Sie Ihren Windows-PC</a>“ vor. Falls Sie großen Wert auf anonymes Surfen legen, <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1193534/die-besten-vpn-dienste-im-vergleich.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">sind wiederum gute VPN-Programme einen Blick wert.</a></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading toc">Andere Chromium-basierte Browser</h2>



<p>Die Hersteller anderer auf Chromium basierender Browser sind nun wieder gefordert, mit Updates nachzuziehen. Microsoft Edge, Brave und Vivaldi sind auf dem Sicherheitsstand vor dem zweiten Chrome-Update dieser Woche. Opera hat zwar am 23. Juli ein Bugfix-Update veröffentlicht, ist jedoch mit seiner Browser-Version 133 in puncto Sicherheit weiterhin auf einem Holzweg unterwegs. Darin ist die veraltete Chromium-Ausgabe 149.0.7827.201 vom 25. Juni verbaut und für Chromium 149 liefert Google seitdem keine Updates mehr.</p>



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<p><strong>Chromium-basierte Browser in der Übersicht:</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-stripes"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><thead><tr><th><strong>Browser</strong></th><th>Version</th><th>Chromium-Version</th><th>abgesichert?</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1135017/google-chrome.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="Download">Google Chrome ↓</a></td><td>150.0.7871.182</td><td>150.0.7871.182</td><td>🟢</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1191500/brave-browser.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="Download">Brave ↓</a></td><td>1.92.143</td><td>150.0.7871.182</td><td>🟡</td></tr><tr><td>Microsoft Edge</td><td>150.0.4078.96</td><td>150.0.7871.182</td><td>🟡</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1082991/browser-opera.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="Download">Opera One ↓</a></td><td>133.0.5932.85</td><td>149.0.7827.201</td><td>🟠</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1151272/vivaldi.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="Download">Vivaldi ↓</a></td><td>8.1.4087.56 </td><td>150.0.7871.186</td><td>🟡</td></tr></tbody></table><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>Chromium-basierte Browser – Stand: 23.07.2026</em></figcaption></figure>
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<title><![CDATA[13 clevere USB-C-Gadgets, die viel mehr können, als nur Ihr Handy aufzuladen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ich weiß nicht, wie es in Ihren Schubladen aussieht, aber meine sind voll mit Kabeln, die ich wahrscheinlich nie wieder benutzen werde, weil die Technologie sich ziemlich weiterentwickelt hat. Zum Glück scheint sich USB-C durchzusetzen, denn es gibt keinen falschen Weg, diese Dinger anzuschließen...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:03:52 +0200</pubDate>
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<p>Ich weiß nicht, wie es in Ihren Schubladen aussieht, aber meine sind voll mit Kabeln, die ich wahrscheinlich nie wieder benutzen werde, weil die Technologie sich ziemlich weiterentwickelt hat. Zum Glück scheint sich USB-C durchzusetzen, denn es gibt keinen falschen Weg, diese Dinger anzuschließen. Aber nicht nur Smartphones, Tablets und Laptops verwenden diese Anschlüsse, sondern auch eine lange Liste von Gadgets.</p>



<p>Wir haben den Markt nach versteckten Perlen durchforstet: Gadgets, bei denen Sie denken werden: “Wow, ich wusste gar nicht, dass ich das brauche, aber es wird mein Leben so viel einfacher machen!” Schauen wir uns also an, mit welchen coolen Geräten Sie Ihre Typ-C-Kabel und -Anschlüsse nutzen können.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">heat it Insektenstichheiler</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b7d445"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PC-Welt-Aufmacher-57.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all" alt="heat it - Insektenstichheiler für dein Smartphone - Chemiefreie Behandlung von Juckreiz &amp; Schmerz mit konzentrierter Wärme - für Android mit USB-C (nicht für iPhone 15 geeignet) Amazon Angebot" class="wp-image-2376376" width="1200" height="800" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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<p>Wer im Sommer oder Urlaub oft von Mücken geradezu heimgesucht wird, wird sich besonders über dieses geniale Gadget freuen: Dieses winzige Gerät, das sich einfach per USB-C mit Ihrem Smartphone verbinden lässt, kann mit gezielter Wärme den Juckreiz von Stichen und Insektenbissen deutlich reduzieren.</p>



<p>Ähnlich wie größere Varianten, etwa diesen hier <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2420282/beurer-insektenstichheiler-br-90-im-test-rasche-hilfe-gegen-juckreiz.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">von Beurer</a>, muss man den kleinen <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0D26GWWD1?th=1&amp;tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stichheiler von heat it</a> einfach nur per App aufladen und dann auf den Stich halten. Die Hitze erledigt dann den Rest und zersetzt die Proteine, die im Mückenstich dafür sorgen, dass die Stelle anschwillt, juckt und schmerzt. Ein echtes Must-have für den Sommer, und es kostet nicht mal 25 Euro.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mini-Ventilator</h2>


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<p>Ziemlich genial sind auch diese kleinen Ventilatoren, die man im Sommer einfach in der Hosentasche mitnehmen und bei Bedarf schnell einsetzen kann. Wer schon einmal bei 30 Grad in einer vollen S-Bahn saß und sich zumindest ein wenig frische Luft gewünscht hat, der wird dieses Gadget lieben.</p>



<p>Der <a href="https://www.amazon.de/KIMMOO-Tragbarer-1-Turbo-Ventilator-USB-wiederaufladbarer-Mini-Handventilator/dp/B0DRNQKTH9?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mini-Ventilator für unter 20 Euro</a> mit USB-C-Ladeanschluss kann ganz einfach über <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1167895/vergleich-die-besten-powerbanks-im-test-4500-bis-30000-mah.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Powerbanks</a>, Computer, Laptops oder USB-Ladegeräte betrieben werden. Es gibt aber noch kleinere und günstigere <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Mini-Handy-Fan-Handy-Fan-Taschen-Fan-Reise-Ventilatoren-Smartphone-Tablet-Typ-C-Schnitts-Wei%C3%9F/dp/B0BVMZBVD6/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ventilatoren</a>, die man direkt ans Handy anschließen kann, und gerade mal 2-3 Euro pro Stück kosten. Diese sorgen aber auch für einen weniger starken Luftstrom, daher würden wir eher die erste Variante empfehlen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">USB-C zu HDMI Adapter</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b7f001"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Anker-USBC-to-HDMI-adapter.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1200" alt="Anker USB-C to HDMI adapter" class="wp-image-2905503" width="1200" height="675" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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<p>Wenn Ihr Laptop über einen USB-C-Anschluss verfügt, Sie Ihren Monitor aber schon seit Ewigkeiten nicht mehr geupgradet haben, verfügt Ihr Bildschirm vermutlich nicht über einen Typ-C-Anschluss. Dieser <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07THJGZ9Z?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adapter von Anker</a> löst dieses Problem für Sie, sodass Sie das normale HDMI-Kabel, das Sie an Ihren Monitor anschließen, mit diesem Gerät verbinden können.</p>



<p>Der Adapter unterstützt Auflösungen von bis zu 4K bei 60 Hz, was ziemlich beeindruckend ist. Dies ist auch eine raffinierte Möglichkeit, Ihr Smartphone oder Tablet an Ihren Monitor oder Fernseher anzuschließen. Das Gerät kostet circa 13 Euro, aber wir haben es schon für nur 13 Euro bei Amazon gesehen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mini-Schraubendreher</h2>


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<p>Wenn Sie häufig an Ihrem Computer oder anderen Geräten herumschrauben müssen, ist dieser <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Mini-Elektrisch-Schraubendreher-Set-Screwdriver/dp/B0D47CS4TD/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">elektrische Mini-Schraubendreher</a> vielleicht genau das Richtige für Sie. Dieser stiftförmige Schraubendreher verfügt über vier LED-Leuchten, damit Sie besser sehen können, woran Sie gerade arbeiten, und dreht sich 200 Mal pro Minute, sodass Sie die Arbeit schneller erledigen können.</p>



<p>Der Schraubendreher verfügt über 64 verschiedene Aufsätze, es sollte also für so gut wie jeden Einsatzzweck ein passender dabei sein. Er kann über USB-C aufgeladen werden und hält bis zu drei Stunden lang. Der Elektroschraubendreher kostet normalerweise 41 Euro, ist aber auch für 32 Euro im Angebot erhältlich.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">USB-C microSD-Kartenleser</h2>


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<p>Die meisten Laptops verfügen heutzutage nicht mehr über einen Kartenleser, daher muss man andere Wege finden, um Daten von diesen kleinen Dingern zu übertragen. Egal, ob Sie Daten von der Karte Ihrer Dashcam oder Ihrer Kamera übertragen möchten, dieser winzige <a href="https://www.amazon.de/UGREEN-Kartenleser-Aluminium-Kartenleseger%C3%A4t-kompatibel/dp/B08CS8T8DC/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ugreen USB-C microSD-Kartenleser</a> ist dafür bestens geeignet.</p>



<p>Der Kartenleser ist so klein, dass Sie ihn wahrscheinlich an einem Schlüsselbund befestigen können. Wenn Sie eine etwas vielseitigere Version bevorzugen, bietet <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07D1J88CF?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ugreen ein Modell an, das auch mit SD-Karten kompatibel ist</a> und sowohl über USB-C- als auch USB-A-Anschlüsse verfügt. Alle diese Modelle kosten weniger als 10 Euro und sind daher eine lohnende Investition.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Anker Nano Power Bank</h2>


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<p>Eine Sache, die Sie unbedingt in Ihrer Tasche, Reisetasche oder in Ihrem Rucksack haben müssen, ist eine <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1167895/vergleich-die-besten-powerbanks-im-test-4500-bis-30000-mah.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Powerbank</a>. Denn man weiß schließlich nie, wann das Telefon einen mal im Stich lässt und nach einer Aufladung schreit. Die <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Anker-Powerbank-Integrierter-Faltbarer-Kompatibel/dp/B0C6XK77HJ/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anker Nano Power Bank</a> ist zum Glück so klein, dass sie fast überall hinpasst.</p>



<p>Sie verfügt über einen faltbaren USB-C-Anschluss und einen Anschluss an der Seite, sodass Sie bei Bedarf zwei Geräte gleichzeitig aufladen können. Die Kapazität von 5.000 mAh reicht gerade aus, um Ihr Handy einmal vollständig aufzuladen, was in der Not entscheidend sein kann. Außerdem kostet sie gerade mal 26 Euro, ist aber immer wieder mal reduziert.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Endoskopkamera mit Licht</h2>


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<p>Auch wenn Sie diese <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Endoskopkamera-Ennovor-Wasserdicht-Inspektionskamera-Rohrkamera/dp/B0DFM6RFHR/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Endoskopkamera von Ennovor</a> nicht jeden Tag benutzen werden, kann sie doch sehr nützlich sein. Sie schließen sie einfach an Ihr Telefon an, installieren eine App und sehen alles, was Ihre Kamera macht. <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2771668/dieses-geniale-tool-kostet-weniger-als-19-euro-und-erleichtert-mir-jede-woche-das-leben.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mein Kollege schwört darauf</a> und verwendet sie, um alles zu finden, was so hinter dem Schreibtisch verloren geht.</p>



<p>Gerade dann, wenn Sie am Auto arbeiten oder nach undichten Leitungen suchen, ist das Teil super nützlich. Da sie die Schutzklasse IP67 hat, können Sie sie sogar in Ihr Aquarium stellen. Die Kamera wird mit einem circa 5 Meter langen, halbstarren Kabel und diversem Zubehör geliefert, darunter ein Haken, ein Magnet und ein Spiegel. Sie können diese Kamera im Moment für um die 22 Euro kaufen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Blukar Taschenlampe</h2>


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<p>Egal, wer Sie sind oder wo Sie so unterwegs sind: Sie brauchen eine Taschenlampe. Je kleiner, desto besser, denn so können Sie sie in jede Tasche stecken. <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Blukar-Taschenlampe-Superhelle-Betriebsdauer-Wasserdichte/dp/B0B42R2GKP/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dieses Modell von Blukar</a> verfügt über einen eingebauten 1800mAh-Akku, den Sie mit einem der vielen Typ-C-Kabel aufladen, die Sie so herumliegen haben.</p>



<p>Mit einer einzigen Ladung können Sie bis zu 16 Stunden arbeiten, was ziemlich gut ist. Sie können zwischen vier verschiedenen Blitzmodi wählen, darunter auch einer, der Ihnen hilft, Hilfe zu signalisieren. Außerdem kostet die kleine Taschenlampe weniger als 10 Euro. Es gibt also keine Ausrede, sich diesen Tipp entgehen zu lassen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Samsung Flash-Laufwerk</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b83f55"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Samsung-USB-Type-C-flash-drive-product-promo.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1200" alt="Samsung USB Type-C flash drive product promo" class="wp-image-2441089" width="1200" height="800" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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<p>Die allermeisten Flash-Laufwerke haben einen USB-A-Anschluss, aber <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Samsung-Type-CTM-Flash-MUF-256DA-APC/dp/B09R2CF1K2/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">dieses von Samsung</a> besitzt einen Typ-C-Anschluss. Mit Übertragungsgeschwindigkeiten von bis zu 400 MB/s können Sie Dateien im Handumdrehen verschieben. Das Coole an diesem USB-Stick ist, dass Sie ihn sogar in Ihr Smartphone stecken können, um 4K-Videos direkt darauf aufzunehmen.</p>



<p>Das Samsung Type-C Flash-Laufwerk ist in verschiedenen Speicheroptionen erhältlich, angefangen bei 64 GB bis hin zu 512 GB.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mini Luftpumpe</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b84b10"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PC-Welt-Aufmacher-60.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all" alt="CYCPLUS Luftpumpe I50PSI Elektrischer Kompressor Tragbar Fahrradpumpe Mini Reifenpumpe mit Digital LED Anzeige LED Licht Wiederaufladbarer Li-ionen 12V für alle Fahrräder Motorräder und Autos Amazon Angebot" class="wp-image-2377338" width="1200" height="800" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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<p>Ebenfalls perfekt für den Sommer geeignet ist diese <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B08QMJSHDG?th=1&amp;tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">kleine Luftpumpe von Cycplus</a>, die unterwegs in jede Tasche passt. Sie kann nicht nur einen Fahrradreifen innerhalb von zwei Minuten auf Knopfdruck wieder aufpumpen, sondern wird auch per USB aufgeladen. Sie eignet sich laut Hersteller für Mountainbikes, Rennräder, Motorräder und sogar Autos!</p>



<p>Neben der Luftpumpe selbst lässt sich dieses praktische Gadget auch als Taschenlampe oder Powerbank für unterwegs einsetzen. Alles Dinge, die man auf einer Fahrradtour sehr gut gebrauchen kann. Und für den Preis von nur 45,99 Euro wirklich empfehlenswert, wenn Sie schnelle Hilfe bei platten Reifen benötigen. Im Angebot kostet sie sogar nur 37 Euro.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Leselampe mit Buchklemme</h2>


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<p>Wer auch gerne und viel liest, und das teilweise bis spät in die Nacht hinein, wird sich über dieses kleine Teil hier freuen: eine Leselampe, die Sie einfach an Ihr Buch klemmen können. Das ist jetzt vielleicht nichts bahnbrechend Neues, doch mit insgesamt drei Farbtemperaturen und fünf verschiedenen Lichtmodi können Sie individuell anpassen, wie viel Licht Sie zum Lesen brauchen. </p>



<p>Die <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Gritin-Farbtemperatur-Helligkeit-Wiederaufladbare-Klemmlampe/dp/B0CBPL4RKH?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leselampe von Gritin</a> kostet bei Amazon gerade mal 13 Euro und besitzt einen 1200-mAh-Akku, der je nach Nutzung bis zu 80 Stunden durchhält. Danach können Sie ihn einfach per USB wieder aufladen. Den Hals der Lampe können Sie nach Belieben hin- und herschwenken, und es gibt sogar eine kleine Ladeanzeige. Was will man mehr?</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Externes DVD-Laufwerk</h2>


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<p>Wenn Ihr Laptop wie viele heutzutage kein DVD-Laufwerk besitzt, dann wird Ihnen dieses kleine Gerät sehr nützlich sein. Dieses <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07V67STBD?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">externe DVD-Laufwerk von Amicool </a>wird über USB-C (oder USB-A) an Ihren Laptop angeschlossen und bietet Ihnen das optische Laufwerk, das Sie manchmal benötigen.</p>



<p>Es kann DVDs und CDs problemlos lesen und brennen, sodass Sie Software installieren, Dateien kopieren, Daten sichern, Spiele spielen und vieles mehr können. Sie müssen nicht einmal Treiber installieren, da dieses Gerät Plug-and-Play-fähig ist. Normalerweise kostet es 28 Euro, aber oft ist es schon für etwa 20 Euro zu haben, was ein absolutes Schnäppchen ist.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wiederaufladbare Handwärmer</h2>


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<p>Wenn es langsam wieder kälter wird, wünscht man sich oft nichts sehnlicher, als seine Hände etwas schneller aufwärmen zu können. Das geht natürlich auch mit Handschuhen oder einer Tasse Tee, doch <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Handw%C3%A4rmer-wiederaufladbar-elektrische-Taschenheizung-W%C3%A4rme-Therapie/dp/B0CJYBXMXH?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">diese Handwärmer für 20 Euro</a> sind nicht nur wiederaufladbar, sondern halten Ihre Finger mit einer einzigen Ladung auch bis zu 24 Stunden lang warm.</p>



<p>Die beiden Gadgets verfügen über einen Temperatursensor-Chip, mit dem Sie eine von drei Temperaturen für eine präzise Steuerung auswählen können. Außerdem stehen verschiedene Farben zur Auswahl, wodurch sie sich auch bestens als Geschenk eignen.</p>

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<description><![CDATA[Millions of drivers with a dealer-installed KARR Security System are being urged to update their KARR alarm using an iPhone or Android device after researchers uncovered a Bluetooth vulnerability that could allow nearby attackers to unlock or immobilize affected vehicles.  

The flaw impacts mo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:54:05 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="826" height="496" src="https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System.webp" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="KARR Security System" decoding="async" srcset="https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System.webp 826w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-300x180.webp 300w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-768x461.webp 768w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-600x360.webp 600w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-150x90.webp 150w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-750x450.webp 750w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System.webp 826w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-300x180.webp 300w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-768x461.webp 768w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-600x360.webp 600w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-150x90.webp 150w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/KARR-Security-System-750x450.webp 750w" sizes="(max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px" title="2.2 Million Vehicles Exposed to KARR Bluetooth Security Flaw 1"></p><span data-contrast="auto">Millions of drivers with a dealer-installed KARR Security System are being urged to update their KARR alarm using an iPhone or Android device after researchers uncovered a Bluetooth vulnerability that could allow nearby attackers to unlock or immobilize affected vehicles. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">The flaw impacts more than 2.2 million vehicles equipped with the aftermarket security system, but it does not affect factory-installed vehicle software, Apple CarPlay or Apple's iPhone platform.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>
<h3 aria-level="2"><b><span data-contrast="none">KARR Security System Vulnerability Affects Dealer-installed Hardware</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">The KARR <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/" title="Security" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29119">Security</a> System is installed by dealerships to secure vehicles on their lots. In many cases, the hardware remains connected even after buyers decline the paid KARR alarm service. Because it is third-party equipment, automakers cannot deliver fixes through their standard software update process.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">Researchers from the <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/22/if-youve-got-this-dealer-installed-car-alarm-patch-it-today-with-your-iphone" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">University of California</a>, San Diego found that attackers within Bluetooth range could lock or unlock vehicles, disable alarms, activate horns, flash lights, or prevent parked vehicles from starting. However, they confirmed the flaw cannot remotely start a vehicle or control it while driving.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>
<h3 aria-level="2"><b><span data-contrast="none">iPhone App Update Fixes KARR Alarm Flaw</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">Acrisure Protection Group, which sells the KARR Security System, released a firmware update on July 20 after researchers privately disclosed the issue in January 2025. Owners using the KARR Security app on an <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/iphone-bootrom-vulnerability/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iPhone</a> should receive an update notification. Others must download the app, connect it to the KARR alarm, then navigate to "Customer Service" and "Firmware Update."</span>

<span data-contrast="auto">The patch was released before presentations scheduled for DEF CON on August 9 in Las Vegas and the USENIX Security Symposium on August 12 in Baltimore.</span>
<h3 aria-level="2"><b><span data-contrast="none">Hidden KARR Security System Complicates Updates</span></b><span data-ccp-props='{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}'> </span></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">Researchers estimate at least half of affected owners never requested the KARR Security System. Dealerships often left deactivated hardware installed, yet researchers found these units continued broadcasting <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/apple-airpods-firmware-update/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bluetooth</a> signals while vehicles were running and for up to 10 minutes after being switched off.</span>

<span data-contrast="auto">Owners can identify the system by checking for a KARR or "SWDS" sticker on the driver's window or a blinking button beneath the dashboard. Most affected vehicles were purchased from Honda, Toyota, Mazda, Ford and Jeep dealerships in Southern California between 2017 and July 21, although impacted vehicles were also identified elsewhere.</span>
<h3 aria-level="2"><b><span data-contrast="none">Shared Bluetooth Key Exposes KARR Alarm Devices</span></b></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">Researchers discovered a universal authentication key embedded in the official smartphone app while reverse engineering Bluetooth communications. Using a proof-of-concept Android app, they unlocked vehicles, disabled KARR alarm functions, and triggered horns and lights.</span>

<span data-contrast="auto">Although the flaw alone cannot steal a vehicle, researchers said it could provide quiet access before a commercially available locksmith tool creates a working key. Acrisure described the attack as "highly complex" and said the real-world <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/what-are-risks-in-cybersecurity/" title="risk" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29118">risk</a> is low. Neither UC San Diego nor Wired found evidence of <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/nation-state-hackers-weaponize-winrar-flaw/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminals</a> exploiting the vulnerability.</span>
<h3 aria-level="2"><b><span data-contrast="none">Privacy Concerns and Recommended Action</span></b></h3>
<span data-contrast="auto">Researchers also warned that Bluetooth signals from the KARR Security System could reveal vehicle locations. Using the WiGLE wireless database, they estimated at least 2.2 million Bluetooth-enabled systems had been deployed and detected 97 KARR-equipped vehicles during a 20-minute drive near the UC San Diego campus.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">Drivers should confirm whether their vehicle contains a KARR Security System, install the latest firmware using the iPhone or Android app, and contact their dealership or KARR support if they cannot complete the update.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung und Google zeigen ihre Gemini-Brillen mit 9 Stunden Akkulaufzeit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Google, Samsung und klassische Brillenhersteller haben ihre neuen Modelle gezeigt, die dann hoffentlich auch mal breit in den Markt kommen. Google liefert die Software, Qualcomm…
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<title><![CDATA[Smart #5 Brabus im Test: Familienkutschen-Sleeper mit unerwartet viel Wumms und Gebimmel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Die Brabus-Version von Smarts #5 mit 646 PS beschleunigt rasant und ist ein großartiges Langstreckenauto. Die Software nervt allerdings oft. Ein Praxistest von Tobias Költzsch (Elektroauto, Test)]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:16:55 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fake Notepad++ Plugin Delivers MATCHBOIL.V2 in UAC-0099 Attacks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new campaign that involves the use of a malicious program that's dressed up as a Notepad++ plugin to compromise Windows systems.

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<title><![CDATA[Ransomware groups are hammering your vulnerable VPNs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cybercriminals are actively exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks firewall and VPN appliances to deploy the Qilin ransomware strain.



A critical authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2026-0257) in Palo Alto GlobalProtect portal and gateway was the common link in a serie...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cybercriminals are actively exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks firewall and VPN appliances to deploy the Qilin <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/563507/what-is-ransomware-how-it-works-and-how-to-remove-it.html">ransomware</a> strain.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A critical authentication bypass flaw (<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-0257">CVE-2026-0257</a>) in Palo Alto GlobalProtect portal and gateway was the common link in a series of intrusions in June, Arctic Wolf Labs warns. Exploitation of the vulnerability <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4179847/attackers-exploit-palo-alto-globalprotect-flaw-days-after-disclosure.html">came within days of disclosure</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Post-exploitation tradecraft varied across intrusions, from rapid encryption-only operations to full double-extortion, possibly suggesting multiple affiliates operating under the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) umbrella,” Arctic Wolf’s researchers <a href="https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/exploitation-of-cve-2026-0257-leads-to-qilin-ransomware/">wrote in a post on the threat</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The campaign against Palo Alto’s VPN client is part of a rising trend that sees ransomware groups increasingly targeting vulnerabilities in network edge tools and devices.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Ransomware takes aim at the edge</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Beyond GlobalProtect, <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4079316/cross-platform-ransomware-qilin-weaponizes-linux-binaries-against-windows-hosts.html">Qilin</a> — the most active threat group in Q2 2026, responsible for 14% of attacks, according to <a href="https://www.nccgroup.com/resource-hub/cyber-threat-intelligence-reports/">NCC Group’s latest Quarterly Cyber Threat Intelligence Report</a> —  has also targeted flaws in Fortinet’s FortiGate, Citrix NetScaler, and Check Point Remote Access VPN.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Check Point warned in June of <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4182898/check-point-warns-of-ransomware-linked-attacks-exploiting-outdated-vpn-protocol.html">ransomware attacks against VPNs</a> that still use the deprecated Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) protocol. Citrix issued patches in early July for a <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4192741/new-citrixbleed-like-netscaler-flaw-sees-exploit-attempts-in-the-wild.html">CitrixBleed-like flaw</a> in its NetScalar devices that had come under attack.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Meanwhile, Fortibleed, a massive credential-compromise campaign, <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4186790/fortibleed-campaign-exposes-75000-fortinet-firewalls-worldwide.html">exposed 75,000 FortiGate firewalls in June</a>.  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Qilin is by no means alone in increasing its operations against VPNs and other network security tools.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4178580/the-gentlemen-are-coming-for-your-files-and-then-your-network.html">The Gentlemen</a>, No. 2 on NCC Group’s list with 238 victims in Q2 2026, is noted for breaking into organizations through firewalls, VPNs, and other internet-exposed systems — FortiGate and Cisco products in particular.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Akira, No. 4 on NCC Group’s list (127 victims), is also known for exploiting VPN vulnerabilities and abusing legitimate credentials, primarily versus <a href="https://www.twinstrata.com/news/akira-ransomware/">products from Ivanti, Cisco, and Fortinet</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">In the line of fire</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Network edge security devices are becoming security liabilities for enterprise security professionals, with an alarming rise in zero-day exploits arising from what experts describe as <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4074945/network-security-devices-endanger-orgs-with-90s-era-flaws.html">basic and readily preventable vulnerabilities</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A range of attackers spanning opportunistic hackers to ransomware-as-a-service operators and nation-state sponsored APT (advanced persistent threat) groups are actively exploiting software vulnerabilities in edge devices to hack into corporate networks.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Although there has not been a material rise in ransomware volume in the last quarter, the trajectory of attacks continues upwards, and VPNs remain an increasingly attractive target,” said Matt Hull, VP and head of cyber intelligence and response at NCC Group.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Unpatched vulnerabilities in edge devices are far from the only software bugs fueling ransomware attacks. For example, last year the <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4068379/oracle-issues-emergency-patch-for-zero-day-flaw-exploited-by-cl0p-ransomware-gang.html">Clop ransomware gang hacked hundreds of companies</a> by exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in Oracle’s E-Business Suite software.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Edge of darkness</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">VPNs and other internet-facing edge devices remain prime targets for ransomware operators because they provide a direct route into an organization’s network.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Attackers may exploit an unpatched vulnerability, use stolen credentials, or target weak authentication controls,” said Alexander Leslie, a senior advisor at cyber threat intelligence firm Recorded Future. “In some cases, exploitation begins before organizations have had sufficient time to apply vendor guidance, leaving security teams with a very narrow window to respond.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">VPN exploitation sits alongside other initial access methods, such as phishing, compromised credentials, or software supply chain attacks. The preferred attacker infiltration method varies by campaign and sector but locating security in edge devices carry particular advantages from the perspective of attackers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Vulnerabilities in perimeter devices are particularly valuable to attackers because those systems are continuously exposed to the internet and can provide privileged access while bypassing some endpoint controls,” said Leslie.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dray Agha, senior manager of security operations at managed detection and response firm Huntress, backed up this assessment that exploiting internet-facing VPNs and edge devices remains the “dominant, volume-driven tactic” for ransomware operators because these appliances offer a “direct, publicly accessible gateway straight into the heart of corporate networks.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rather than exploiting vulnerabilities in edge devices, attackers more commonly use internet-facing gateways as a means to abuse stolen credentials to break into corporate networks, according to Huntress.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“What we see at Huntress is that the VPN is the site of initial access some 70% of the time, for advanced threat actors,” said Agha. “Overwhelmingly, however, they are not exploiting for access; rather they are using stolen credentials to authenticate to non-MFA’d [multi-factor authentication] user accounts.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Hardened perimeter</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">CSOs should treat their network perimeter as hostile territory by enforcing aggressive patch management, applying critical edge device updates within 24 to 48 hours, and mandating strict MFA for all access.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Implementing zero-trust network segmentation to trap attackers and prevent lateral movement if the initial gateway is compromised also helps in making enterprise networks more resilient against attacks, Huntress’ Agha advised.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication, removal of unsupported systems, and close monitoring for unusual authentication or administrative activity also form key components in attack impact mitigation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Internet-facing assets that are known to be actively exploited should be prioritized as a patching priority.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Threat intelligence and evidence of active exploitation should help determine which vulnerabilities demand immediate action,” Recorded Future’s Leslie said.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The automotive software vulnerabilities hiding in your dashboard]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pop the hood on a new car and you won’t find much you can fix with a wrench. What you’ll find is software, and a lot of it. The screen in the dash probably runs Android or a flavor of…
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:01:05 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OpenAI-Vorfall: Dass eine KI auf gefährliche Ideen kommt, wird noch oft passieren]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LLMs haben laut dem Experten vielfältige Effekte auf die Cybersicherheit: "Das reicht von der Sicherheit von Vibe-coded Software über die Erstellung ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Pop the hood on a new car and you won’t find much you can fix with a wrench. What you’ll find is software, and a lot of it. The screen in the dash probably runs Android or a flavor of Linux. The system watching the road for you might run QNX or VxWorks, the same kind of code that flies aircraft a...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pop the hood on a new car and you won’t find much you can fix with a wrench. What you’ll find is software, and a lot of it. The screen in the dash probably runs Android or a flavor of Linux. The system watching the road for you might run QNX or VxWorks, the same kind of code that flies aircraft and runs factory floors. Carmakers spent the last decade making this switch, and it … <a href="https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/24/car-research-automotive-software-vulnerabilities/" rel="nofollow">More <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Russian-Linked Hackers Target Zimbra Users With Zero-Day Exploit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Zimbra phishing campaign attributed to Russian state-supported cyber actors has targeted Western government and commercial organizations, exploiting CVE-2025-66376 to access sensitive email data and other information, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory issued in July 2026.

The activ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:25:49 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Zimbra-phishing-campaign.gif" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Zimbra phishing campaign" decoding="async" title="Russian-Linked Hackers Target Zimbra Users With Zero-Day Exploit 1"></p>A Zimbra phishing campaign attributed to Russian state-supported cyber actors has targeted Western government and commercial organizations, exploiting CVE-2025-66376 to access sensitive email data and other information, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory issued in July 2026.

The activity has been linked primarily to LAUNDRY BEAR, a Russian state-supported advanced persistent threat (APT) group tracked under several names across the cybersecurity industry. The advisory said the campaign has been active since at least July 2025 and has targeted organizations using the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS).

Unlike conventional phishing attacks that typically require victims to click a malicious link or open an attachment, the campaign uses a view-based <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/exploit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="exploit" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29111">exploit</a>. A user only needs to view a malicious email in a vulnerable version of ZCS webmail for the exploit to attempt execution.
<h3><strong>Zimbra Phishing Campaign Uses CVE-2025-66376</strong></h3>
The campaign centers on CVE-2025-66376, a vulnerability that was initially exploited as a <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/zero-day-vulnerability-microsoft-sharepoint/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">zero-day vulnerability </a>before a patch was released. According to the <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260723.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">advisory</a>, the activity began in July 2025, months before the vulnerability was published and patched.

The <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/firewall-daily/vulnerabilities/" title="vulnerability" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29110">vulnerability</a> allows a JavaScript payload contained in email content to execute because of improper sanitization of CSS @import directives within an email. The malicious payload uses Base64 encoding and XOR encryption and can be modified to help bypass basic threat detection signatures.

Once triggered, the payload attempts to collect and exfiltrate information through 12 stages. These include gathering the victim's email address and environment information, collecting two-factor authentication codes and application passwords, attempting to capture saved passwords, enabling mail protocols, gathering the Global Address List (GAL), and sending archived email <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/what-is-data/" title="data" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29112">data</a>.

The advisory said the campaign's use of a zero-day exploit demonstrates the ability of LAUNDRY BEAR to operationalize novel <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/what-are-vulnerabilities/" title="vulnerabilities" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29108">vulnerabilities</a> into a successful attack capability.
<h3><strong>LAUNDRY BEAR Targets Email and Sensitive Data</strong></h3>
The primary objective of the Russian state-supported <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/cyber-news/" title="cyber" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29109">cyber</a> actors appears to be the covert acquisition of email data. The campaign attempts to steal the last 90 days of email communications, email addresses, passwords, the organization's Global Address List, 2FA tokens and newly created application passcodes.

The actors have targeted organizations connected to the defense industrial base, government, education, energy, law enforcement, media, non-governmental organizations and technology sectors.

The advisory said LAUNDRY BEAR likely identifies organizations with publicly exposed Zimbra infrastructure through port scanning and commercially available datasets. It may then compile individual user email addresses using commercial data, open-source intelligence or previously exfiltrated information.

The group has also used compromised accounts to distribute <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/what-is-phishing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="phishing" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29114">phishing</a> emails. Since at least November 2025, malicious emails were reportedly sent from victim infrastructure, potentially using previously compromised accounts to make the activity harder to detect and to bypass anti-phishing measures.
<h3><strong>Ulej and Flowerbed Support Email Data Exfiltration</strong></h3>
The campaign uses a custom capability called Ulej, which was developed to exploit ZCS and exfiltrate sensitive information. The collected data is sent to infrastructure associated with the Flowerbed framework.

Flowerbed is a Python project using Docker and includes four containers: Catcher, Certbot, Nginx and Gardener. Catcher receives and aggregates stolen information, while Nginx operates as an HTTPS reverse proxy. The framework uses DNS and HTTPS channels for <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/ai-driven-phishing-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email data exfiltration</a>.

The advisory said the campaign can exfiltrate email content, contacts, attachments, authentication information and other data. The stolen information is initially stored by Catcher before being transferred to non-public-facing infrastructure.

The report also noted indications that artificial intelligence may have played a role in developing the Flowerbed codebase, highlighting the increasing use of AI in developing malicious capabilities.
<h3><strong>Organizations Urged to Patch Vulnerable Zimbra Systems</strong></h3>
The advisory urged organizations using ZCS to immediately ensure their systems are not running vulnerable versions. A patch for CVE-2025-66376 was released for ZCS versions 10.1.13 and 10.0.18.

If immediate patching is not possible, organizations are advised to have employees use alternative mail clients and avoid the Classic ZCS webmail client until the software is updated.

<a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/" title="Security" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29107">Security</a> teams are also advised to monitor internet-connected ZCS systems, workstations accessing those systems and network traffic for signs of suspicious activity. Recommended monitoring includes looking for large outbound data transfers to unfamiliar VPS providers, unusual DNS queries with random subdomains, sudden connections to newly established domains and connections involving <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/how-to-get-a-vpn/" title="VPN" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29113">VPN</a> providers such as Mullvad.

Organizations should also consider authentication services that support passkeys and maintain network monitoring, packet capture or NetFlow data and relevant logs.

The advisory further recommends that organizations identifying victims revoke Application Passcodes and 2FA scratch keys and require affected employees to change their passwords. Security teams should also investigate the original phishing email and quarantine similar messages to prevent further exploitation and data theft.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Für Samsung Galaxy-Handys: Funktion deutlich verbessert – eine bisherige Einschränkung entfällt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Smartphone-Hersteller entwickeln ihre Software regelmäßig weiter. Neue Funktionen sollen dabei häufig Sicherheit und Bedienkomfort verbessern.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:19:06 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Smartphone-Hersteller entwickeln ihre Software regelmäßig weiter. Neue Funktionen sollen dabei häufig Sicherheit und Bedienkomfort verbessern.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[One Country Absorbed Nearly Half of the World’s Ransomware Attacks in Just Six Months – The United States]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Strip away the geopolitics, the hacktivist noise, and the espionage headlines, and one number from the first half of 2026 stands out above everything else: 1,721. That's how many ransomware attacks hit organizations in the United States between January and June, according to new research from Cyb...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:42:03 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="800" height="533" src="https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026.webp" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Ransomware Attacks, Qilin, US, Ransomware Attacks on US" decoding="async" srcset="https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026.webp 800w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-300x200.webp 300w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-768x512.webp 768w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-600x400.webp 600w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-150x100.webp 150w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-750x500.webp 750w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026.webp 800w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-300x200.webp 300w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-768x512.webp 768w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-600x400.webp 600w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-150x100.webp 150w, https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Ransomware-Attacks-on-US_H12026-750x500.webp 750w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" title="One Country Absorbed Nearly Half of the World's Ransomware Attacks in Just Six Months - The United States 1"></p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="3:1-3:473;116-588">Strip away the geopolitics, the hacktivist noise, and the espionage headlines, and one number from the first half of 2026 stands out above everything else: 1,721. That's how many ransomware attacks hit organizations in the United States between January and June, according to new research from <a href="https://cyble.com/resources/research-reports/global-threat-landscape-h1-2026/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs</a> (CRIL). It's not just the highest total of any country tracked in the report — it's more than the next nine most-targeted countries combined.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="5:1-5:375;590-964">Canada, in second place worldwide, recorded 179 attacks. Germany logged 155. The United Kingdom, 138. Add up the rest of the global top 10 — France, Italy, Spain, Thailand, India and Brazil — and the total still falls more than 600 attacks short of the U.S. figure alone. Out of 3,836 <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/what-is-ransomware/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="ransomware" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29106">ransomware</a> attacks CRIL tracked worldwide this half, roughly 45% landed on American soil.</p>

<h5 data-sourcepos="5:1-5:375;590-964">Also read: <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/fairlife-ransomware-attack/">Fairlife Ransomware Attack Hits Production Systems, U.S. Operations Suspended</a></h5>
<h3 class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="7:1-7:39;966-1004"><strong>A Single Region, an Outsized Share</strong></h3>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="9:1-9:434;1006-1439">Widen the lens slightly and the picture holds. North America as a whole recorded 1,981 ransomware attacks in H1 2026 — more than half of every ransomware incident Cyble observed globally — alongside 35 <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/what-is-data/" title="data" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29101">data</a> breach and leak incidents and 9 initial access sale listings. The report describes the region as home to "a mature, persistently active RaaS ecosystem operating at high volume across a wide range of industries and geographies."</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="11:1-11:544;1441-1984">Two ransomware-as-a-service operators did much of the damage. Qilin, the single most prolific gang worldwide, claimed 370 of those North American attacks on its own — nearly 19% of the regional total. Akira followed with 268, and INC Ransom added another 164. Together, Qilin and Akira alone accounted for more than half of all recorded ransomware activity across the region, a level of concentration that points to a small number of highly organized affiliate networks doing the bulk of the damage rather than a diffuse swarm of opportunists.</p>

<h5 data-sourcepos="11:1-11:544;1441-1984">Also read: <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/qilin-ransomware-group-ttps/">Qilin Ransomware Group’s TTPs Examined by Researchers</a></h5>
<h3 class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="13:1-13:29;1986-2014"><strong>Where the Pressure Lands</strong></h3>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="15:1-15:705;2016-2720">Professional Services bore the brunt of North American ransomware activity, with INC Ransom showing a marked preference for law firms and other high-value services with sensitive client data. Construction, Manufacturing and Healthcare followed close behind.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="15:1-15:705;2016-2720">One operator, AiLock, stood out for a coordinated wave of victim disclosures that all landed on the same day — March 3 — a pattern consistent with a mass-exploitation campaign rather than isolated intrusions. LockBit, despite years of law enforcement pressure and takedown attempts, kept up a steady tempo against public-sector and educational targets throughout the period, showcasing how difficult the group has been to fully dismantle.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="17:1-17:611;2722-3332">On the <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/what-is-a-data-breach/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="data breach" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29105">data breach</a> side, Technology and financial services (BFSI) were the most frequently targeted sectors in North America, together accounting for roughly 43% of incidents — a reflection of how much intellectual property and monetizable personal data those industries hold.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="17:1-17:611;2722-3332">Notably, Agriculture &amp; Livestock emerged as a significant target for initial access brokers, accounting for a third of all access listings tied to the region. Cyble flags this as a sign of "growing <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/what-are-risks-in-cybersecurity/" title="risk" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29103">risk</a> in the food supply chain," an area that has historically drawn less attention from ransomware operators than finance or healthcare.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="19:1-19:421;3334-3754">The initial access market itself was strikingly concentrated: two sellers, tracked under the handles "redpin" and "xpl0itrs," accounted for nearly all listings targeting North American organizations. Threat actors also continued to lean on known and zero-day <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/what-are-vulnerabilities/" title="vulnerabilities" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29104">vulnerabilities</a> in widely deployed enterprise platforms — including products from Ivanti and Palo Alto Networks — as their preferred way into corporate networks.</p>

<h3 class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="21:1-21:37;3756-3792"><strong>Hacktivism Blurs into Cybercrime</strong></h3>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="23:1-23:647;3794-4440">North America wasn't spared the <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/hacktivism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="hacktivism" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29102">hacktivism</a> wave sweeping the rest of the world either. Collectives including SOLDADOS DIGITALES – UNIÓN AMERICANA and LYSTIC TEAM #ID drove roughly 56 <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/general/data-leak/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="data leak" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29100">data leak</a> or dump posts and touched about 360 unique domains across the region, with Government, Technology, financial services and telecommunications entities most frequently in the crosshairs.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="23:1-23:647;3794-4440">Cyble's broader findings suggest many groups marketing themselves as ideologically driven hacktivists are, in practice, running side businesses in stolen data brokerage and DDoS-for-hire services — a blurring of motive that complicates how defenders triage the threat.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="27:1-27:692;4480-5171">The scale of the U.S. numbers doesn't necessarily mean American companies have weaker defenses than their global peers — the concentration also reflects the sheer size and digital density of the U.S. economy, and its outsized share of the high-value targets ransomware affiliates chase. But the data does argue for a shift in posture.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" data-sourcepos="27:1-27:692;4480-5171">Cyble's broader recommendations — treating data exfiltration, not just encryption, as the primary risk; prioritizing patches for the recurring vendor list; and monitoring initial access markets as a leading indicator rather than an afterthought — apply nowhere more urgently than in a country absorbing this much of the world's ransomware volume on its own.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Wer eine Fritzbox hat, muss in den nächsten Tagen reagieren]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ein Software-Fehler eurer Fritzbox könnte euer Internet unbemerkt ausbremsen.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:35:22 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ein Software-Fehler eurer Fritzbox könnte euer Internet unbemerkt ausbremsen.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows 11 schneller machen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Windows 11 (ab Version 22H2) schneller machen: Mit diesen 13 Tipps klappt’s im Handumdrehen.
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Im Vergleich zu Windows 10 hat Microsoft bei Windows 11 einige Maßnahmen ergriffen, um die PC-Performance zu optimieren. Das heißt allerdings nicht, dass es nicht noch besser, bez...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:19:33 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Im Vergleich zu <a title="Windows 10" href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2823259/windows-11-im-windows-10-look-nutzen.html" target="_blank">Windows 10</a> hat Microsoft bei <a title="Windows 11" href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2805175/laeuft-win-11-auf-ihrem-pc.html" target="_blank">Windows 11</a> einige Maßnahmen ergriffen, um die PC-Performance zu optimieren. Das heißt allerdings nicht, dass es nicht noch besser, beziehungsweise schneller geht. Zum Beispiel mit den folgenden, simplen Optimierungstipps. Sie zu befolgen kann übrigens auch gewährleisten, dass Ihre <a class="idgGlossaryLink" href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank">Windows</a>-11-Maschine nicht im Laufe der Zeit erlahmt.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">13 Tipps, um Windows 11 schneller zu machen</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vorab noch ein Hinweis: Wir beziehen uns in diesem Artikel auf <a title="Windows 11 Version 22H2" href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2816557/die-erste-version-auf-die-firmen-wechseln-koennen.html" target="_blank">Windows 11 Version 22H2</a>. Wenn Sie eine frühere Version von <a class="idgGlossaryLink" href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank">Windows</a> 11 nutzen, stehen einige Features unter Umständen nicht zur Verfügung oder sehen anders aus.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>1. Autostart deaktivieren</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Programme, die zwar im Hintergrund laufen, aber nur selten oder nie verwendet werden, können Ihren PC verlangsamen. Zu unterbinden, dass solche Applikationen zum Systemstart ausgeführt werden, kann Ihren Rechner entsprechend beschleunigen. Dazu rufen Sie zunächst den <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> Task Manager auf, indem Sie: </p>



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<li><p>entweder die <a title="Tastenkombination" href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2718711/windows-10-wichtige-tastenkombinationen-im-ueberblick.html" target="_blank">Tastenkombination</a> <strong>Strg + Alt + Entf</strong> eingeben, oder</p></li>



<li><p>den Task Manager über die Windows-Suchleiste starten.</p></li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Im Task Manager klicken Sie rechts auf den Menüpunkt “<strong>Autostart von Apps</strong>“. Nun sehen Sie eine Liste der Programme und Dienste, die beim Start von <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> initiiert werden – inklusive der Info, wie sich die jeweilige App auf den Startprozess auswirkt (dieser Wert bezieht sich allerdings nur auf den Startvorgang, nicht den laufenden Windows-11-Betrieb). Um zu verhindern, dass eines der gelisteten Programme oder Dienste zusammen mit dem System gestartet wird, genügt ein Rechtsklick, die Auswahl von “<strong>Deaktivieren</strong>” sowie ein anschließender Neustart des Rechners.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>2. Effizienzmodus verwenden</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Über den Task Manager initiieren Sie einen weiteren Trick, um <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 schneller zu machen. Den mit Windows 11 22H2 eingeführten “<strong>Effizienzmodus</strong>“, der Ihren PC beschleunigen und zudem die Akkulaufzeit Ihres Laptops optimieren kann. Neben anderen Maßnahmen regelt der Effizienzmodus in <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 zum Beispiel die Priorität von Prozessen und Anwendungen, die im Hintergrund laufen. Dabei ist der Begriff allerdings etwas irreführend, denn Sie können nicht Ihren gesamten Rechner in den Effizienzmodus versetzen – sondern lediglich <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2860610/effizienzmodus-fuer-programme-aktivieren.html" title="einzelne Anwendungen und Prozesse" target="_blank">einzelne Anwendungen und Prozesse</a>. Der Haken dabei: Das funktioniert nur mit bestimmten.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rufen Sie den Task Manager (siehe oben) auf und wählen sie im Menü links den Punkt “<strong>Prozesse</strong>“. Rechts sehen Sie nun eine Liste der Anwendungen und Prozesse, die aktuell laufen. Wenn Sie einen der Listeneinträge auswählen, haben Sie oben rechts im Task Manager die Möglichkeit, den <strong>Effizienzmodus</strong> zu aktivieren. Ist die Schaltfläche ausgegraut, steht die Funktion für die ausgewählte App nicht zur Verfügung. Darüber hinaus wissenswert: Unter <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 arbeiten einige Anwendungen standardmäßig im Effizienzmodus, ohne die Möglichkeit, diesen zu deaktivieren (etwa <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2823167/edge-browser-zwang-in-teams-und-outlook.html" title="Microsoft Edge" target="_blank">Microsoft Edge</a>).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>3. Automatisierte Wartung nutzen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 führt im Hintergrund kontinuierlich Wartungsmaßnahmen an Ihrem PC durch, beispielsweise Sicherheits-Scans und Systemdiagnosen. Das soll sicherstellen, dass alles auf dem neuesten Stand ist, eventuelle Probleme automatisch behoben werden und das Device mit optimaler Leistung läuft. Sie sollten deshalb sicherstellen, dass die automatische Wartung durch Windows aktiviert ist. Bei Bedarf können Sie diese Funktion auch manuell starten.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rufen Sie dazu die <strong>Systemsteuerung</strong> auf und wählen Sie dort <strong>System und Sicherheit</strong> -&gt; <strong>Sicherheit und Wartung</strong>. Hier finden Sie den Abschnitt “<strong>Automatische Wartung</strong>“, inklusive der Option, diese direkt manuell zu starten.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>4. Adware und Bloatware beseitigen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Möglicherweise liegt es gar nicht an <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11, dass Ihr PC langsam startet. Eventuell beansprucht auch <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2860628/installation-ohne-bloatware.html" title="Bloat" target="_blank">Bloat</a>– oder Adware die Systemressourcen über Gebühr. Software dieser Art wird oft vom Hersteller Ihres PCs vorinstalliert – und in der Regel standardmäßig auch beim Systemstart aktiviert.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Um das abzustellen, führen Sie zunächst einen System-Scan durch, um Adware und Malware aufzuspüren. Wenn Sie bereits eine Security-Suite installiert haben, können Sie diese dazu verwenden. Ansonsten empfiehlt sich für diese Aufgabe der in <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 integrierte <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2858833/mit-dem-microsoft-defender-nach-viren-suchen.html" title="Defender" target="_blank">Defender</a>. Um einen Scan zu starten, suchen Sie die App über das <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a>-Suchfeld. Anschließend können Sie mit einem zweiten Tool auf Nummer sicher gehen – dazu empfiehlt sich zum Beispiel das kostenlose Tool von <a href="https://de.malwarebytes.com/" title="Malwarebytes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Malwarebytes</a>. Anschließend geht es der Bloatware an den Kragen. Dazu empfehlen sich zwei Werkzeuge:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Das kostenlose Anti-Bloatware-Tool “<strong><a title="Bulk Crap Uninstaller" href="https://www.bcuninstaller.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bulk Crap Uninstaller</a></strong>” und</p></li>



<li><p>die Webseite “<strong><a title="Should I Remove It?" href="https://www.shouldiremoveit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Should I Remove It?</a></strong>“.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Letztere bietet nicht nur wertvolle Tipps zu installierter Software auf Ihrem System, sondern bietet auch diverse nützliche Inhalte, die Sie dabei unterstützt, Bloatware von den Systemen verschiedener <a href="https://www.shouldiremoveit.com/oems-bloatware.aspx" title="spezifischer Hersteller" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spezifischer Hersteller</a> zu entfernen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>5. Suchindizierung abschalten</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a>-11-Suche führt im Hintergrund eine Indizierung der Festplattendaten durch, damit Sie Ihren PC schneller durchsuchen können. Die beschleunigten Suchvorgänge können allerdings zu einem langsameren Rechner führen, denn die Suchindizierung kostet Ressourcen. Dies gilt insbesondere für Systeme, die ohnehin etwas schwach auf der Brust sind. Bei ihnen kann es zu einem Geschwindigkeitsschub führen, die Suchindizierung abzuschalten. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Um das zu bewerkstelligen, geben Sie <strong>services.msc</strong> in das <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a>-Suchfeld ein und öffnen die <strong>Dienste-App</strong>. In der Auflistung scrollen Sie bis zum Eintrag “<strong>Windows Search</strong>” – und vollziehen einen Doppelklick. Im folgenden Fenster können Sie den Dienst stoppen und Ihren Rechner neu starten. Anschließend sind Ihre Suchvorgänge möglicherweise etwas langsamer, den Unterschied werden Sie allerdings kaum bemerken. Dafür sollten Sie den Geschwindigkeitszuwachs umso mehr spüren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Alternativ können Sie die Indizierung auch nur für Dateien an bestimmten Speicherorten deaktivieren, während Dateien und Ordner, in, beziehungsweise nach denen Sie häufig suchen, weiterhin indiziert werden. Dazu geben Sie im <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a>-Suchfeld “<strong>index</strong>” ein und öffnen anschließend die App “<strong>Indizierungsoptionen</strong>“. Klicken Sie auf die Schaltfläche “<strong>Ändern</strong>“, und Sie sehen eine Liste der Speicherorte, die indiziert werden. Damit ein spezifischer Speicherport nicht mehr indiziert wird, deaktivieren Sie einfach das entsprechende Kontrollkästchen daneben.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>6. Festplatte entrümpeln</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Eine überfüllte Festplatte mit Dateien, die nicht mehr benötigt werden, kann Ihren PC ausbremsen. Sich ein paar Minuten Zeit zu nehmen, um Ihre Festplatte aufzuräumen, kann in einen sofortigen Geschwindigkeitsschub resultieren. Dazu brauchen Sie nicht mehr als das <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a>-11-Bord-Tool “<strong>Speicheroptimierung</strong>“.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dieses finden Sie über das Einstellungsmenü, unter dem Punkt <strong>System</strong> -&gt; <strong>Speicher</strong>. Wenn Sie den Schieberegler bei Speicheroptimierung nach rechts schieben, überwacht <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 Ihren PC kontinuierlich und löscht automatisiert temporäre oder alte Dateien. Dabei können Sie die Funktionsweise des Tools an Ihre Bedürfnisse anpassen. Sie können die Speicheroptimierung auch anweisen, Dateien in Ihrem Download-Ordner oder Ihrem Papierkorb nach einer bestimmten Frist zu löschen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>7. Schatten, Animationen und visuelle Effekte deaktivieren</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Auf schnellen, neueren PCs beeinträchtigen die visuellen Effekte von <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 die PC-Leistung für gewöhnlich nicht. Auf älteren, langsameren Rechnern kann das anders aussehen. Sollte Ihr PC in letztgenannte Kategorie fallen, fahren Sie in der Regel besser, wenn Sie die visuellen Schmankerl von Windows 11 deaktivieren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dazu geben Sie <strong>sysdm.cpl</strong> in das <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a>-Suchfeld ein und starten das gleichnamige Systemsteuerungselement. Im folgenden Dialogfeld “<strong>Systemeigenschaften</strong>” navigieren Sie zur Registerkarte “<strong>Erweitert</strong>“. Anschließend klicken Sie auf die Schaltfläche “<strong>Eigenschaften</strong>” im Bereich “<strong>Leistung</strong>“. Sie sehen nun das Dialogfeld “Leistungsoptionen” mit einer langen Liste von Animationen und Spezialeffekten. Hier können Sie nach Belieben experimentieren. Wenn Sie einfach nur zielstrebig die größten Performance-Fresser entfernen möchten – das sind in der Regel die Optionen:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Animation beim Minimieren und Maximieren von Fenstern;</p></li>



<li><p>Animationen auf der Taskleiste;</p></li>



<li><p>Fensterschatten anzeigen;</p></li>



<li><p>Menüelemente nach Aufruf ausblenden;</p></li>



<li><p>Menüs in Ansicht ein- oder ausblenden;</p></li>



<li><p>Quickinfo in Ansicht ein- oder ausblenden;</p></li>



<li><p>Steuerelemente und Elemente innerhalb von Fenstern animieren.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die einfachste Lösung: Wählen Sie oben im Dialogfeld die Option “<strong>Optimale Einstellung automatisch auswählen</strong>“. In diesem Fall deaktiviert <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 automatisch die Effekte, die Ihr System verlangsamen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>8. Transparenz deaktivieren</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ein weiterer Hebel, um <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 schneller zu machen: Deaktivieren Sie auch die Transparenzeffekte in der Taskleiste und an anderen Stellen. Diese kosten erstaunlich viel Systemleistung. Klicken Sie sich dazu im Einstellungsmenü über “<strong>Personalisierung</strong>” bis zu “<strong>Farben</strong>” durch und schieben Sie den Schieberegler für die Transparenzeffekte auf Aus.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>9. Energieeinstellungen anpassen</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mit Hilfe der Energieeinstellungen Ihres <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a>-11-PCs können Sie Energieeffizienz und Leistung in Einklang bringen. Ist auf Ihrem System ein Energiesparplan aktiviert, führt das also in jedem Fall zu Leistungseinbußen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Um das zu verhindern, rufen Sie die Systemsteuerung auf und wählen dann “<strong>Hardware und Sound</strong>“, gefolgt von “<strong>Energieoptionen</strong>“. Wählen Sie nun die gewünschte Einstellung. Für Desktop-Benutzer gibt es keinen Grund, die Option “Energiesparen” zu wählen – und selbst Laptop-Benutzer sollten die Option “Ausgewogen” in Betracht ziehen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>10. Windows-Tipps und -Tricks abschalten</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 analysiert ständig, was Sie auf Ihrem PC tun, und gibt Ihnen an diversen Stellen Tipps, “um noch mehr zu machen”. Hilfreich sind die allerdings selten – und ein schlechtes Gefühl gibt’s inklusive, wenn Windows ständig über die Schulter schaut. Viel wichtiger ist aber, dass diese Art des Monitorings auch Ihr System verlangsamen kann.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Um <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 dazu zu bringen, die Ratschläge für sich zu behalten, öffnen Sie das Einstellungsmenü und wählen anschließend “<strong>System</strong>” und dann “<strong>Benachrichtigungen</strong>“. Hier scrollen Sie ganz nach unten, um unter dem Punkt “<strong>Zusätzliche Einstellungen</strong>” das Kontrollkästchen “<strong>Tipps und Vorschläge erhalten, wenn Windows verwendet wird</strong>“.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>11. Spielmodus deaktivieren</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der in <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a> 11 integrierte Spielmodus ist sinnvoll, wenn Sie Games zocken. Sobald das System eines erkennt, verwendet es die Systemressourcen vorrangig dafür – zulasten aller anderen Anwendungen und Hintergrundprozesse. Wenn Sie allerdings gerade nicht, beziehungsweise nie spielen, kann der Spielmodus Ihr System verlangsamen, denn er hält einige Systemressourcen in Reserve – und führt gelegentlich auch zu Stabilitätsproblemen. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Da der Spielmodus standardmäßig aktiviert ist, müssen Sie ihn abschalten. Dazu rufen Sie im Einstellungsmenü “<strong>Spiele</strong>” und anschließend “<strong>Spielemodus</strong>” auf und betätigen den Schieberegler entsprechend.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>12. Treiber aktualisieren</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Veraltete Treiber können Ihren <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/operating-systems/" target="_blank" class="idgGlossaryLink">Windows</a>-11-PC signifikant erlahmen lassen. Um zu verhindern, dass es soweit kommt, gehen Sie wie folgt vor: </p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><p>Rufen Sie die Windows-Einstellungen auf (<strong>Windows-Taste + I</strong>).</p></li>



<li><p>Wählen Sie zunächst “<strong>Windows Update</strong>” im Menü links, anschließend im Hauptfenster zuerst “<strong>Erweiterte Optionen</strong>“, dann “<strong>Optionale Updates</strong>“.</p></li>



<li><p>In der <strong>Treiberupdate</strong>-Auflistung dürfen Sie nun diejenigen auswählen, die Sie herunterladen und installieren möchten.</p></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>13. Windows neu starten</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Last, but not least eine echte Geheimwaffe aus den <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2616501/die-duemmsten-it-support-anfragen.html" title="IT-Abteilungen dieser Welt" target="_blank">IT-Abteilungen dieser Welt</a>: Wenn Ihr Rechner lahmt, <strong>starten Sie ihn neu</strong>. Das sorgt dafür, dass der Arbeitsspeicher wieder ins Reine kommt und nicht mehr benötigte Prozesse beendet werden.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Dieser Beitrag ist <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/1617815/how-to-speed-up-windows-11.html" target="_blank">im Original</a> bei unserer Schwesterpublikation Computerworld.com erschienen.</strong></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://microsoft.ai/">Microsoft AI</a> released two new in-house models into public preview on Wednesday — <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5-pro-and-mai-voice-2-flash/">MAI-Image-2.5-Pro</a>, its highest-fidelity image generator to date, and <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5-pro-and-mai-voice-2-flash/">MAI-Voice-2-Flash</a>, a speech model built for high-volume enterprise workloads — while publishing production data that amounts to the company's most aggressive argument yet that it can power its own products without leaning on OpenAI's frontier models.</p><p>The announcement, made by <a href="https://microsoft.ai/">Microsoft AI's Superintelligence team</a>, lands roughly a year after the company committed to building purpose-built models internally, and it arrives with an unusual level of specificity about where those models now run: <a href="https://www.bing.com/">Bing</a>, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/powerpoint">PowerPoint</a>, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onedrive/online-cloud-storage">OneDrive</a>, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365">Dynamics 365</a>, <a href="https://excel.cloud.microsoft/en-us/">Excel</a>, <a href="https://github.com/features/copilot">GitHub Copilot</a>, and <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us">Azure</a>. The message to enterprise buyers — and, implicitly, to OpenAI — is that Microsoft's homegrown models are no longer research projects. They are production infrastructure serving millions of users.</p><p>"Each of these enhancements is a step toward the same goal: Microsoft products, powered by Microsoft models," the company wrote in its announcement blog.</p><h2><b>How MAI-Image-2.5-Pro and MAI-Voice-2-Flash stake out opposite ends of the AI cost curve</b></h2><p>The two new releases occupy opposite ends of what Microsoft calls the quality-speed-cost curve, and the positioning is deliberate. <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5-pro-and-mai-voice-2-flash/">MAI-Image-2.5-Pro</a> targets the premium tier: hero imagery, detailed editing, and precise in-image text rendering — the last of which has long been a notorious weak spot for image generation models. Microsoft priced the model at $5 per million text input tokens, $8 per million image input tokens, and $106 per million image output tokens. The base <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5-pro-and-mai-voice-2-flash/">MAI-Image-2.5</a> model recently launched at <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5/">No. 2 for image editing on Arena</a>, the community leaderboard that has become a de facto scoreboard for generative media.</p><p>The creative industry appears to be taking notice. Rob Reilly, global chief creative officer at advertising giant WPP, called the Pro model "a strong leap forward for GenMedia tools" in a statement included in Microsoft's announcement, adding that "Microsoft has firmly established itself among the leaders in generative AI."</p><p><a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5-pro-and-mai-voice-2-flash/">MAI-Voice-2-Flash</a> goes the other direction. First previewed at Microsoft's <a href="https://news.microsoft.com/build-2026/">Build conference</a>, Flash runs twice as fast as MAI-Voice-2 and costs 32% less, priced at $15 per million characters. It is designed for the unglamorous but enormous market of high-volume voice — call centers, voice agents, and real-time speech applications where latency and cost-per-call matter more than marginal gains in expressiveness. Together, the two models reflect a strategy of building families of models rather than a single flagship, because, as the company put it, a creative studio chasing maximum fidelity has very different needs from a customer service operation handling millions of calls a day.</p><h2><b>Microsoft's production metrics show in-house models cutting GPU costs by up to 89%</b></h2><p>The model launches are arguably less newsworthy than the deployment metrics Microsoft attached to them — numbers that read like a systematic case for swapping out third-party frontier models across its product portfolio. </p><p><a href="https://explore.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/features/bing-image-creator?form=MA13FV">Bing Image Creator </a>now runs entirely on <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5-pro-and-mai-voice-2-flash/">MAI-Image-2.5</a>, end to end, marking the first time the consumer image tool is fully in-house. In PowerPoint, Microsoft says MAI-Image-2.5 reduces GPU costs by up to 84% compared with GPT-Image-2, OpenAI's image model. In OneDrive, where MAI-Image-2.5 is now the default for key image-editing scenarios, the company reports a 26% increase in save rates, roughly 25% lower P95 latency, and 2.5 times greater efficiency under medium-utilization production workloads.</p><p>On the voice side, <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5-pro-and-mai-voice-2-flash/">MAI-Voice-2-Flash</a> now powers Dynamics 365 Contact Center — the platform used by customers including T-Mobile and EasyJet — where Microsoft claims GPU cost reductions of up to 89%. The model is also integrated into Azure Voice Live for developers building speech-to-speech agents.</p><p>Perhaps the most consequential deployment sits in healthcare. Microsoft's <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/health-solutions/clinical-workflow/dragon-copilot">Dragon Copilot</a>, used by 170,000 medical providers and responsible for processing 28 million patient encounters last quarter, now runs on MAI-Transcribe-1.5 for its multilingual workflow across 58 languages. Microsoft says internal evaluations show a 50% relative reduction in both transcription and language-identification error rates across most languages — a meaningful claim in a domain where transcription errors can propagate directly into clinical notes.</p><h2><b>Inside the 'hill-climbing' strategy that lets small models beat GPT-5.6 in Excel</b></h2><p>In a companion post published the same day, Microsoft detailed the methodology behind these results — what it calls its "<a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/hill-climbing-mai-models-for-github-copilot-and-excel/">hill-climbing machine</a>," an integrated flywheel of data, models, and the product "harness" that surrounds them.</p><p>The clearest example is <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/introducingmai-code-1-flash/">MAI-Code-1-Flash</a>, the lightweight coding model launched in GitHub Copilot in June. Microsoft says the model achieves an approximately 10% higher code accept rate than GPT-5.4 Mini and Claude Haiku 4.5 in VS Code, while using 10% fewer median tokens. Developer retention tells a similar story: users were 6% more likely to return across multiple days than with GPT-5.4 Mini, and 11% more likely than with Claude Haiku 4.5.</p><p>Then Microsoft did something more interesting. It took the MAI-Code-1-Flash checkpoint and further <a href="https://microsoft.ai/news/hill-climbing-mai-models-for-github-copilot-and-excel/">trained it inside an Excel reinforcement learning environment</a>, teaching a coding model the tools and workflows of spreadsheet knowledge work. The result, according to production user feedback, is a model on par with GPT-5.6 for the most common Excel tasks — while being small enough to run on Nvidia's older H100 and even A100 GPUs rather than requiring the latest-generation accelerators.</p><p>That hardware detail deserves emphasis. Every major AI company is fighting for allocation of cutting-edge chips, and a model that delivers frontier-adjacent quality on two-generation-old silicon fundamentally changes the deployment economics. It also frees the newest hardware — including Microsoft's now-operational GB200 cluster — for training rather than serving.</p><h2><b>Satya Nadella's 'frontier diffusion' manifesto redraws the OpenAI relationship</b></h2><p>Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella framed the announcements in a lengthy post on X titled "<a href="https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2080329851127669104">Frontier Diffusion &amp; Control</a>," which functions as something close to a strategic manifesto. "We can now take saturated frontier capabilities and deliver them at scale and at lower cost through models optimized for high-usage products, while continuing to use frontier models for frontier needs," Nadella wrote, adding that Microsoft is "beginning to route traffic across our first-party surfaces to MAI whenever our models match or outperform frontier alternatives."</p><p>Translated from executive prose: capabilities that were state-of-the-art a year ago are now table stakes, and Microsoft believes it can replicate them cheaply for the specific, repetitive tasks that dominate real product usage. Why pay frontier prices for a frontier model when a user just wants to reformat a spreadsheet column?</p><p>Nadella was careful to note that "frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic are part of the orchestration system alongside MAI" — but he also articulated a pointed principle of model independence, arguing that a company's evaluations "should continue to hill climb even when any given model has been removed." </p><p>“Keeping the harness, memory, context, and skills outside the model, he argued, is what gives Microsoft control. The subtext is hard to miss. Reuters reported in April that Microsoft’s <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/microsoft-end-exclusive-license-openais-technology-2026-04-27/">exclusive license to OpenAI’s technology</a> had been revised into a non-exclusive arrangement, and The Information reported last September that Microsoft had <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-buy-ai-anthropic-shift-openai">begun incorporating Anthropic models</a> into some products. Wednesday’s announcement completes the triangle: Microsoft as orchestrator, with its partners’ frontier models as interchangeable components and its own models absorbing an ever-larger share of routine traffic.”</p><h2><b>Developers cheer cheaper task-specific models while skeptics question Microsoft's track record</b></h2><p>The response online captured both the appeal and the skepticism surrounding the strategy. "I love when people use small models for niche tasks," wrote one X user, <a href="https://x.com/mavihsk/status/2080330529547993252">@mavihsk</a>, responding to Nadella's post. "Why do I have to use the all-knowing model just to change my field in Excel?" Another user, <a href="https://x.com/nabu_lines/status/2080343512780837226">@nabu_lines</a>, distilled the pitch neatly: "cost and performance both improve when you stop overusing the biggest model."</p><p>Others were less charitable about Microsoft's execution track record. "Microsoft is the worst when it comes to listening to user feedback," wrote designer <a href="https://x.com/designedbyabin/status/2080332368301412434">@designedbyabin</a>, arguing the company "will lose the AI race because they repeatedly failed to understand user needs." And one user, <a href="https://x.com/tokenoverflow/status/2080386145712824694">@tokenoverflow</a>, offered a drier critique of the model-independence pitch: "i want it keep hill climbing after removing microsoft."</p><p>The skeptics raise a fair point. Microsoft's self-reported metrics — accept rates, save rates, GPU savings — come from its own internal evaluations, not independent benchmarks, and the company chooses which comparisons to publish.</p><p>But the strategy's logic does not depend on any single number. Nadella's framing that software now has "<a href="https://x.com/satyanadella/status/2080329851127669104">real marginal cost for the first time</a>" explains why Microsoft is obsessive about tokens, GPUs, and serving costs: when AI features run on every keystroke across a billion-user product portfolio, an 84% GPU cost reduction is not an optimization. It is the difference between a viable business and a money pit.</p><h2><b>Why Microsoft is turning its internal AI playbook into an Azure product</b></h2><p>The final piece of the strategy is that Microsoft is selling the playbook, not just the models. Nadella explicitly positioned the hill-climbing approach as "a template for every other AI native, SaaS, or Enterprise company," and Microsoft is packaging the toolchain through Foundry and what it calls Frontier Tuning — letting enterprises train specialized models against their own proprietary evaluations and reinforcement learning environments. That turns Microsoft's internal cost-cutting exercise into an Azure product, and it gives enterprise customers a reason to run their AI workloads on Microsoft's cloud even if the models themselves come from elsewhere.</p><p>The company's emphasis on models trained "on clean, traceable, enterprise-grade data, without distillation from third-party models" serves the same commercial end. In an industry facing mounting scrutiny over training data provenance, Microsoft is betting that enterprise buyers — and courts — will care where model capabilities come from. Microsoft says it is now extending the hill-climbing approach to <a href="https://copilot.microsoft.com/">Copilot Chat</a>, <a href="https://outlook.live.com/mail/">Outlook</a>, and <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/powerpoint">PowerPoint</a>, and both new models are available in public preview through <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-foundry">Microsoft Foundry</a> and the <a href="https://playground.microsoft.ai/">MAI Playground</a>. "None of this is an endpoint," the company wrote. "We're just getting started."</p><p>Seven years ago, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/10/rise-of-openai-microsofts-13-billion-artificial-intelligence-bet.html">Microsoft bet more than $13 billion</a> that OpenAI would build the future of AI. 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<description><![CDATA[A new attack method found by Zenity Labs reveals that AI agents are becoming persistent insiders that attackers can recruit, rather than malware they have to install.



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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:32:32 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A new attack method found by Zenity Labs reveals that AI agents are becoming persistent insiders that attackers can recruit, rather than malware they have to install.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Its researchers have discovered <a href="https://labs.zenity.io/p/agentforger-part-1-chatgpt-cross-site-agent-forgery" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AgentForger</a>, a phishing-based attack that silently creates and launches a fully autonomous AI agent within OpenAI workspaces.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Once running, the agent has full access to apps like Outlook, Slack, SharePoint, and Google Drive. It is configured to operate indefinitely without further user interaction, can approve its own access by toggling “never ask” settings, and can continue to act on new assignments sent via email by the attackers that control it. Broad, unfettered access to systems allows it to perform reconnaissance, harvest sensitive data and credentials, impersonate victims, and launch phishing campaigns.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While OpenAI resolved the vulnerability four days after disclosure, on a larger scale, AgentForger sheds light on what can happen when <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4200043/openai-model-escape-puts-enterprise-ai-defenses-on-notice.html" target="_blank">AI agents go rogue</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We’re moving into a world where software doesn’t just help people work. It works alongside them,” said <a href="https://zenity.io/authors/michael-bargury" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Michael Bargury</a>, co-founder and CTO of agentic AI security platform Zenity. “As AI agents become more capable, attackers will naturally look for ways to influence them, just as they’ve always looked for ways to influence people.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A ‘persistent operator’ that acts without approval</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI’s Workspace Agents can connect and work autonomously across Outlook, Gmail, Slack, Google Drive, SharePoint, and Teams. Users open the agent builder, describe what the agent can do in natural language, connect to tools, set approvals, review and test, schedule actions, then publish. For instance, an agent can autonomously handle incoming emails, review and take actions with approval, gather information from various sources to send out daily briefings, or automatically respond to questions in ChatGPT or Slack channels.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Normally, this is “useful automation,” Zenity AI red team researcher <a href="https://labs.zenity.io/authors/mike-takahashi" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mike Takahashi</a> wrote in a <a href="https://labs.zenity.io/p/agentforger-part-1-chatgpt-cross-site-agent-forgery" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">blog post</a>. But in this attack, “the same scheduler becomes the persistence mechanism.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The creation workflow kicks off the moment a user clicks on a phishing link containing instructions from the threat actor. For the attack to work, a victim must be logged into ChatGPT and Workspace Agents, and have at least one integration with another app, such as Outlook, Gmail, Slack, Google Drive, SharePoint, or Teams.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Because those connections already exist, OAuth consent screens are not triggered. Furthermore, the victim does not need to click on another link, keep a Builder tab open, or even visit ChatGPT again.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The forged agent is a “persistent operator;” it is installed on the original click and given a schedule, and at those predetermined times, the agent invokes itself, scans for emails from attacker addresses with the subject line “task”, carries those orders out, then returns results to the same attacker-controlled email address.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It goes undetected because the attacker prompt instructs the Builder to toggle Outlook to never ask for approval of its actions. Typically, the default is “always ask,” to keep agents from taking unauthorized action; that switch gives agents the ability to act without asking for human approval.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“AgentForger showed that an attacker could deploy an autonomous insider agent inside your ChatGPT workspace with a single click,” said Bargury. From there, it can continue to access information, harvest credentials from various sources, impersonate employees, and carry out phishing attacks and fraud while “leveraging the trusted victim’s identity.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A ‘planted accomplice’ that does all the work</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Once activated, AgentForger can perform reconnaissance to create an internal map of a company. For instance, agents can scan Outlook, Slack, Teams, Google Drive, SharePoint, or calendar data to identify people, roles, active projects, internal discussions, or all-hands recurring meetings. This can help attackers identify where in the enterprise to target next, based on active teams and channels, projects in the works, or prominent users.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“This is the kind of internal context an attacker normally has to build slowly,” Takahashi noted. But in this scenario, action is based on a single emailed assignment. The attacker’s “planted accomplice” does all the work.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In another scenario, the agent can steal data by searching for and identifying financial documents, business agreements, or invoices. Or, it can steal credentials by scanning for messages containing passwords, one-time codes, access tokens, password recovery links, or API keys. Further, it can impersonate victims to carry out phishing scams, for instance, by sending legitimate-looking Teams messages instructing users to confirm their credentials on a fake Microsoft login page.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In all cases, collected information is organized, analyzed, and sent back to the attacker.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“AgentForger points to something much bigger than a single vulnerability,” said Bargury. “It’s less about one bug and more about understanding how the <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4198963/ai-security-operations-and-the-new-race-against-time.html" target="_blank">security model changes</a> as AI becomes part of everyday business operations.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">FOMO exposing security gaps</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This isn’t necessarily about trust, but more about the need to move fast and adapt, Bargury emphasized. AI agents are helping employees automate work, make decisions faster, and get more done. But enterprises fear they’ll fall behind if they don’t move quickly enough.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The challenge is that we’re introducing a fundamentally new kind of technology into the enterprise,” said Bargury. “The pressure to integrate the next AI feature is outpacing the security controls needed to safely deploy it.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, the answer isn’t to slow down adoption, he emphasized; the business value is too significant. Rather, the first step is understanding where AI agents exist, who created them, what they’re connected to, and what they’re allowed to do. And when it comes to autonomous agents, enterprises need to pay attention to the processes that trigger them: A schedule, an incoming email, or another automated event.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Those triggers should be governed just as carefully as the agent itself,” said Bargury.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">High-impact actions should require approval where appropriate, and security teams should be able to quickly disable an agent or its triggers if something doesn’t look right, he said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">More broadly, AI agents are introducing the need for a new security model, he pointed out. The question is no longer just “Does this agent have permission?” It’s also, “Is this the behavior we intended?”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The organizations that answer both questions will be in the strongest position to adopt AI safely,” Bargury said.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Codeberg bans hosting ‘mostly’ AI-generated code]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Codeberg, the nonprofit alternative to GitHub used to host FLOSS projects, will no longer host software that’s “mostly” AI-generated. A vote closed yesterday (22 July, 2026), passing 358 to 144 with 14 abstentions on roughly 50% turnout to stop hosting software that’s largely vibe-coded. A second...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:57:37 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Researchers replace downloaded macOS apps with evil twins, Apple shrugs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Gatekeeper has one job and it's not doing it for some software]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:39:57 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Oracle Signs 10-Year Software Contract With Pentagon Worth Up To $7 Billion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle has signed a 10-year Pentagon contract worth up to $7 billion to provide on-premises software, licenses, maintenance, and consulting for branches of the military. CNBC reports: The contract covers the use of Oracle software in on-premises data centers for branches of the military, the U.S....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:06:40 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Oracle has signed a 10-year Pentagon contract worth up to $7 billion to provide on-premises software, licenses, maintenance, and consulting for branches of the military. CNBC reports: The contract covers the use of Oracle software in on-premises data centers for branches of the military, the U.S. intelligence community and the Coast Guard, according to a statement. The Central Intelligence Agency was Oracle's first customer. A five-year base period for the contract includes perpetual and subscription-based software licenses, maintenance and consulting, according to one description.
 
Kirsten Davies, the Department of Defense's chief information officer, said in the release that the agency is saving at least $441 million for taxpayers "by fundamentally improving how we procure on-premises Oracle capabilities."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Agentic coding goes hands free as OpenAI brings GPT-Live's full duplex voice control to Codex and ChatGPT on the desktop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two weeks after debuting its more naturalistic GPT-Live audio AI model with full-duplex capabilities (listening and speaking at the same time), OpenAI is bringing it directly into developer workflows. The company announced that GPT-Live now powers the ChatGPT desktop application on macOS and Wind...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:20:42 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two weeks after debuting its <a href="https://venturebeat.com/technology/openai-launches-gpt-live-a-full-duplex-voice-upgrade-that-lets-chatgpt-talk-more-like-a-person">more naturalistic GPT-Live audio AI model</a> with full-duplex capabilities (listening and speaking at the same time), OpenAI is bringing it directly into developer workflows. </p><p>The company announced that <a href="https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2080378182469857576">GPT-Live now powers the ChatGPT desktop application</a> on macOS and Windows, integrating directly with agentic systems like Codex and ChatGPT Work (which are separate experiences available in the ChatGPT desktop app). </p><p>When OpenAI initially launched GPT-Live on July 8, 2026, it introduced a continuous audio model capable of listening and speaking simultaneously—eliminating rigid turn-taking while delegating complex reasoning to background models like GPT-5.5. </p><p>Today's release expands that conversational layer to technical tasks, enabling software engineers to orchestrate multi-threaded coding jobs, review pull requests, and debug applications using natural voice commands.</p><p>As such, it could usher in a new era of "hands free" software development and even live, in-person group coding parties for <a href="https://openai.com/index/codex-for-knowledge-work/">Codex's more than 5 million weekly active users</a>. Codex, of course, is the name given to OpenAI's models and harness focused on coding, but which the company has this year expanded into a more <a href="https://venturebeat.com/technology/openai-drastically-updates-codex-desktop-app-to-use-all-other-apps-on-your-computer-generate-images-preview-webpages">general productivity platform. </a>An OpenAI spokesperson told VentureBeat this is the first time voice activation has been included natively with Codex on the desktop. </p><p>OpenAI posted a <a href="https://youtu.be/E0ZMOschrTU?si=WWc8fZ2o0UtxrDFk">promotional video</a> showing some of its employees, Codex developer experience engineer Jason Liu and Codex technical staffer Guinness Chen, speaking to the same ChatGPT desktop app session in the same room, each issuing different instructions and conversing with the same model. </p><div></div><h2><b>New capabilities unlocked</b></h2><p>At its core, this integration relies on decoupling the real-time voice layer from the underlying execution engines.</p><p>While GPT-Live maintains fluid conversation—inserting natural verbal acknowledgments like "got it" without interrupting the user—it passes heavy computational workloads to background reasoning models. </p><p>On macOS, the desktop application incorporates "Appshots" and screen context features, allowing ChatGPT Voice to analyze the frontmost window alongside local files, codebase structures, and active plugins.</p><p>This architecture creates a pair-programming dynamic where developers talk through problems conversationally while agents execute tasks asynchronously. </p><p>Rather than manually stopping coding sessions to type detailed instructions or switch windows, developers direct the system hands-free. </p><p>The full-duplex engine dynamically decides when to speak, pause, or invoke tools, maintaining conversational state even as background agents process complex code modifications.</p><h2><b>Directing coding and complex builds with your voice alone</b></h2><p>The central operational capability in this update centers on multi-task execution across Codex and ChatGPT Work environments. </p><p>Software engineers can initiate multiple concurrent task threads from a single spoken prompt. For instance, a developer preparing to ship a feature can instruct the system to investigate an open authentication bug, review a pending API migration pull request, and generate missing unit tests simultaneously.</p><p>The desktop application coordinates these actions across disparate contexts, tracing issues through Slack conversations, GitHub repositories, and local codebases.</p><p>Developers can also verbally convert design mockups into working code, splitting tasks across frontend, backend, and testing layers. </p><p>With support for multi-folder projects (build 26.715) and remote execution via iOS, engineers can check task progress, answer agent prompts, and redirect active jobs without switching applications or managing individual processes line by line.</p><h2><b>Proprietary license</b></h2><p>OpenAI’s voice-enabled desktop release operates under a proprietary, commercial enterprise model. Access is restricted to paid subscribers across Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans.</p><p>For individual developers and corporate engineering departments, this commercial structure means the model weights, voice processing pipelines, and agent state architectures remain fully closed. </p><p>Organizations cannot modify or self-host the underlying systems. Furthermore, tasks initiated via ChatGPT Voice consume standard usage allocations directly from existing Codex and ChatGPT Work plan quotas, treating voice-triggered actions identically to standard agentic workloads.</p><h2><b>Community reactions</b></h2><p>Developer communities immediately noted the implications of bringing continuous full-duplex voice to autonomous coding workflows. </p><p>Reacting to the build 26.715 release announcement—which details voice integration and multi-folder project support—AI Insider journalist <a href="https://x.com/ChrisGPT/status/2080375250139693293">@ChrisGPT noted on X</a>: "Today OpenAI will release voice and remote guidance for codex ! One step closer to personal AGI". </p><p>Early technical feedback highlights widespread enthusiasm for orchestrating complex agentic tasks hands-free, particularly when stepping away from the workstation or managing build pipelines remotely.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Are Linux Mint's Default Apps Too Outdated for Everyday Use?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Did anyone in this community watched this video? The creator claims that Linux Mint, along with many LTS Linux distributions, often ships older versions of software, especially default apps like Calendar, Mail, Calculator, etc. He mentions Mint several times throughout the video. The video is fro...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:13:13 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Did anyone in this community watched this <a href="https://youtu.be/1ebkQq5TcMw?si=YD6V0yDXZxFFgLqe">video</a>? The creator claims that Linux Mint, along with many LTS Linux distributions, often ships older versions of software, especially default apps like Calendar, Mail, Calculator, etc. He mentions Mint several times throughout the video.</p> <p>The video is from <strong>The Linux Experiment</strong>, which seems to be a well-known YouTube channel with nearly half a million subscribers.</p> <p>I came across this video just before switching from Windows to Linux Mint, and it made me a bit hesitant.</p> <p>As a regular user, it feels like there's no easy way to know whether we're using the latest and safest versions of these built-in apps. For example, if we connect our Google or Apple Calendar account to an older calendar app, could that create a security risk? The same concern applies to email clients, we don't know if we're using the latest and most secure version.</p> <p>Most regular users don't have the time or technical knowledge to manually check every application's version or update software outside the normal update process. We generally expect the operating system to keep essential apps secure and up to date.</p> <p>Am I misunderstanding how Linux Mint and other LTS distributions handle software updates and security? I'd appreciate hearing from people with more experience.</p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/eqwhcsz67xeh1.jpg?width=365&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=3afc46c4597b33d1436a64a7ff3a5ffa9dcc7a4d">https://preview.redd.it/eqwhcsz67xeh1.jpg?width=365&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=3afc46c4597b33d1436a64a7ff3a5ffa9dcc7a4d</a></p> <p><a href="https://preview.redd.it/are-linux-mints-default-apps-too-outdated-for-everyday-use-v0-bs4cq3ue4xeh1.jpg?width=365&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=1e3ab85d7a6c369d1c10a2675a848e3e4b33d84a"></a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/EFG4567"> /u/EFG4567 </a> <br> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1v45adu/are_linux_mints_default_apps_too_outdated_for/">[link]</a></span>   <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1v45adu/are_linux_mints_default_apps_too_outdated_for/">[comments]</a></span>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Community Fedora Remix 12.3 hopefully soon to be archived :)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a batch of software CDs I found at the thrift store long my interest in Linux, I found a previously unarchived version of Fedora. I will be posting it on archive.org as soon as I rip it. I also have a potentially-working copy of PCLinuxOS 2007, but on the computer I tested it on, it kicks me o...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:13:09 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>In a batch of software CDs I found at the thrift store long my interest in Linux, I found a previously unarchived version of Fedora. I will be posting it on archive.org as soon as I rip it. I also have a potentially-working copy of PCLinuxOS 2007, but on the computer I tested it on, it kicks me out to a basic shell due to some kind of error. If I can get it to work, I can upload it stand-alone since it only seems to preserved in archives or Linux User magazine and !com magazine cover DVDs (the former or which has a LOT of potentially otherwise-unarchived distro versions)</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Iheretomakeonepost"> /u/Iheretomakeonepost </a> <br> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1v4lef3/community_fedora_remix_123_hopefully_soon_to_be/">[link]</a></span>   <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1v4lef3/community_fedora_remix_123_hopefully_soon_to_be/">[comments]</a></span>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Responds to LG Monitors Installing McAfee Ads On Windows]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LG is removing a McAfee pop-up ad from its LG Monitor App Installer after criticism that some LG monitors were silently installing the app through Windows Update and showing ads on every boot. Microsoft says LG agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up, but the broader issue remains: Windows allows cer...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:09:16 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[LG is removing a McAfee pop-up ad from its LG Monitor App Installer after criticism that some LG monitors were silently installing the app through Windows Update and showing ads on every boot. Microsoft says LG agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up, but the broader issue remains: Windows allows certain peripheral companion apps to install automatically without notifying users. Ars Technica reports: Following Gamers Nexus' video, a Microsoft representative stated that the LG Monitor App Installer will no longer show pop-up ads for McAfee. In response to a social media post about the app, Pavan Davuluri, EVP of Windows and devices at Microsoft, said this week: "We've connected with the team at LG and as an immediate next step, they have agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up from their app. We appreciate LG working with us toward a shared goal of a better experience for our mutual customers. We will keep improving here with our ecosystem partners."
 
As mentioned, some LG monitors appear to have been installing LG Monitor App Installer onto Windows computers for months. Publication Windows Latest noted that the app recently got an update, "and its changelog mentions McAfee as an additional app," which could be what prompted more people to see the ads... and then complain about them. However, the removal of McAfee doesn't address the problem of a peripheral installing ad-pushing software onto people's computers.
 
Users have been finding LG Monitor App Installer and its ads on their systems without LG ever showing a prompt or asking for permission. LG has some of the most expensive computer monitors available. Paying, in some cases, over $1,000 for a monitor that ends up forcing ads onto Windows is disruptive and a privacy concern. Once the app is installed, "LG technically possesses permission to use 'all system resources,'" as well as to "collect geolocation, device data, online activity, contacts, user credentials, transactions, and more," [editor-in-chief of Gamers Nexus, Steve Burke] said.<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[G Data Endpoint-Protection v15.9 stört SW-Inventarisierung]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kurzer Hinweis für Administratoren, die auf G Data Endpoint-Protection setzen. Ein Leser berichtet, dass seit der Version 15.9 die Software-Inventarisierung beim Management Server nicht mehr funktioniere. G Data Endpoint-Protection ist eine Sicherheits- und Virenschutzlösung für das Unternehmensu...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:03:05 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kurzer Hinweis für Administratoren, die auf G Data Endpoint-Protection setzen. Ein Leser berichtet, dass seit der Version 15.9 die Software-Inventarisierung beim Management Server nicht mehr funktioniere. G Data Endpoint-Protection ist eine Sicherheits- und Virenschutzlösung für das Unternehmensumfeld. Laut Blog-Leser MVO … <a href="https://borncity.com/blog/2026/07/24/g-data-endpoint-protection-v15-9-stoert-sw-inventarisierung/">Weiterlesen <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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<title><![CDATA[AMD expands its software stack with Rocm.ai]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The company wants to simplify AI workload deployment with unified development and optimization platform]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:58:22 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[‘The Java Story’ recounts the rise, fall, and rise again of Java]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The evolution of Java is the subject of a just-released documentary about the programming language and development platform. “The Java Story: The Official Documentary” tells the story of Java through interviews with the engineers who created it and shepherded it through three decades.



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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:04:52 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🔧 AI Nachrichten</category>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The evolution of <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2335996/9-reasons-java-is-still-great.html" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2335996/9-reasons-java-is-still-great.html">Java</a> is the subject of a just-released documentary about the programming language and development platform. <a href="https://inside.java/2026/07/18/the-java-documentary/">“The Java Story: The Official Documentary”</a> tells the story of Java through interviews with the engineers who created it and shepherded it through three decades.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Produced by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@cultrepo">CultRepo</a> and sponsored by Oracle, JetBrains, IBM, and Azul, the documentary follows Java from its set-top box and browser-based origins at Sun Microsystems in the 1990s and through its rise to dominate server-side computing in the 2000s, the “dark ages” and resurgence with Java 8 under Oracle in the 2010s, and its continuing modernization and promising role in AI today. “From its humble beginnings as a project code-named ‘Oak’ at Sun Microsystems to becoming a global standard for enterprise software and billions of devices, Java’s journey is one of radical innovation, strategic pivots, and enduring community strength,” said Cult.Repo. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The documentary also delves into Sun’s bitter Java licensing dispute with Microsoft, Oracle’s suit of Google over its use of Java APIs Android (Google won), the creation of the <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2164290/a-look-inside-the-java-community-process.html" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2164290/a-look-inside-the-java-community-process.html">Java Community Process</a>, Sun’s open-sourcing of Java, and Oracle’s switch to the six-month release cycle. Technical enhancements such as lambda expressions in Java 8, virtual threads in Java 21 (<a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2334607/project-loom-understand-the-new-java-concurrency-model.html" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2334607/project-loom-understand-the-new-java-concurrency-model.html">Project Loom</a>), and the ongoing refactor to bring value objects to the Java object model (<a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2337986/project-valhalla-a-look-inside-javas-epic-refactor.html" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2337986/project-valhalla-a-look-inside-javas-epic-refactor.html">Project Valhalla</a>) also get attention. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Technical experts and other Java figures interviewed in the documentary include James Gosling, creator of Java; Kim Polese, Java’s first product manager; Carla Schroer, director of Java compatibility at Sun Microsystems; James Duncan Davidson, creator of Apache Tomcat; Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java Platform Group at Oracle; Brian Goetz, Java language architect in the Java Platform Group at Oracle; Rod Johnson, creator of Spring; and Gavin King, creator of Hibernate. </p>
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<title><![CDATA[NetworkManager update advances IPv6-only support, Wi‑Fi management, and security for Linux-based operating systems]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Networking is core to any operating system, and when it comes to Linux, it’s actually a combination of several key components. The Linux kernel handles the data plane, moving packets, and holding live device state. NetworkManager is the network configuration service, operating as the control plan...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:34:46 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Networking is core to any operating system, and when it comes to Linux, it’s actually a combination of several key components. The Linux kernel handles the data plane, moving packets, and holding live device state. NetworkManager is the network configuration service, operating as the control plane, deciding what a device’s configuration should be.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/releases/1.58.0">NetworkManager 1.58</a> was released this week, following more than five months of development and 407 commits since version 1.56. The release covers three areas: expanded support for IPv6-only networks, a set of Wi-Fi management updates, and a round of security hardening.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">IPv4 address exhaustion remains the pressure behind the first of those areas, pushing more networks toward IPv6-only operation every year.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“More networks, mobile carriers, cloud providers, and anyone squeezed by IPv4 exhaustion are running IPv6-only by default,” <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanhoof/">Chris Van Hoof</a>, director of Linux engineering, platform enablement at Red Hat, told <em>Network World</em>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Advancing IPv6-only support</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dual stack networking, running IPv4 and IPv6 in parallel, has been the default IPv6 transition strategy for years. Dual stack networking, however, has a structural problem in that it still requires an IPv4 address on every device, so it does nothing to relieve address exhaustion pressure.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">An alternative model called IPv6-mostly addresses that gap. It is defined in RFC 8925, “IPv6-Only-Preferred Option for DHCPv4,” and lets capable clients drop IPv4 entirely while legacy hosts that still need it keep receiving it on the same network segment.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“NetworkManager can also now auto-signal RFC 8925’s IPv6-only-preferred option, telling the network a host is fine skipping an IPv4 lease entirely,” Van Hoof said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the traffic that still needs IPv4, NetworkManager 1.58 adds support for CLAT, short for customer-side translator. CLAT is the client-side half of 464XLAT, a mechanism defined in RFC 6877, “464XLAT: Combination of Stateful and Stateless Translation.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">464XLAT pairs CLAT on the endpoint, which performs stateless header translation, with a stateful NAT64 translator on the provider side, letting IPv4-only apps keep functioning on a network that has no IPv4 of its own.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“CLAT is the translation layer that lets legacy IPv4-only apps and services keep working on those networks without bolt-on middleware,” Van Hoof said.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wi-Fi management updates</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">NetworkManager 1.58 also brings a set of changes to how the daemon handles Wi-Fi connections and configuration.</p>



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<li><strong>Band selection: </strong>The band property of Wi-Fi connections now accepts a 6GHz value, and a Wi-Fi scan run through nmcli, NetworkManager’s command line tool, now shows each access point’s band as well.</li>



<li><strong>Credential handling:</strong> WPS credentials with a 64 character hex PSK are now accepted, matching what some access points return.</li>



<li><strong>Text interface improvements:</strong> nmtui, NetworkManager’s menu driven text interface, picked up several usability additions. A new device select button lets you choose a physical interface from a list instead of typing its name. The activation screen gained a rescan Wi-Fi button, and secret prompts now include a show password checkbox. There is also a share QR code option, mirroring the existing nmcli device wifi show-password command.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Security hardening</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The release fixes vulnerabilities and tightens several defaults tied to DHCP handling and connection permissions.</p>



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<li><strong>CVE-2026-10805: </strong>Hostnames and MUD URLs are now validated before being written to the dhclient configuration file, rejecting characters that could alter the config syntax.</li>



<li><strong>DHCPv4 client fix: </strong>An out-of-bounds read in the internal DHCPv4 client, triggerable by an on-link attacker with a malformed UDP packet, has been fixed.</li>



<li><strong>Router option validation: </strong>The internal DHCPv4 client now ignores DHCP option 3, the Router option, when a lease also contains option 121, the Classless Static Route option, following the recommendation in RFC 3442.</li>



<li><strong>Permission checks and deprecations:</strong> For private connections that restrict access to specific users, NetworkManager now verifies that the user can access the referenced 802.1X certificates and keys.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tunneling and automation updates</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Two smaller but practical additions round out this release: a new tunnel type for virtualized networks, and a fix that closes a gap in how NetworkManager’s state survives a reboot.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">NetworkManager 1.58 also adds support for creating and managing GENEVE tunnel interfaces. GENEVE, short for Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation, is a tunneling protocol that wraps Ethernet frames inside UDP packets, letting virtualized or overlay networks run on top of physical Layer 3 infrastructure. It shows up mainly in virtualization and cloud environments, where a hypervisor or container networking layer needs to build a virtual network segment across physical hosts. Previously, NetworkManager could not create or manage these interfaces directly.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The release also adds persisted managed state. NetworkManager tracks whether it is responsible for a given network device, a setting called its managed state. Until now, that setting reset on every reboot, so provisioning tools had to reapply it each time a system restarted. NetworkManager 1.58 lets the managed state survive a reboot when it is set through nmcli or the D-Bus API.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“It’s a small change but closes a real automation gap: Provisioning tools and cloud-init style workflows can set a device’s state once via D-Bus or nmcli and trust it survives a reboot, instead of reapplying config every time,” Van Hoof said.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple Maps Is Coming to Ford’s Electric Vehicles in 2027]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Apple Maps will come built into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle Platform in 2027, giving drivers direct access to navigation, traffic updates, EV routing, and hands-free driving support without needing an iPhone.



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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:12:26 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Apple Maps will come built into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle Platform in 2027, giving drivers direct access to navigation, traffic updates, EV routing, and hands-free driving support without needing an iPhone.



Apple and Ford announced the partnership as part of a broader plan to bring Apple Maps directly into vehicle displays through Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK. Ford will use the software across its upcoming electric vehicle platform, while drivers will still have the option to use CarPlay.



The built-in Apple Maps experience will include turn-by-turn directions, natural language guidance, live traffic information, incident alerts, detailed place cards, and route suggestions. Drivers will also get EV-focused features such as intelligent routing and battery preconditioning, which prepares the battery before arriving at a charging station.



Apple Maps will also support Ford’s hands-free driving system



Ford plans to use road-level data from Apple Maps to support the next generation of its BlueCruise hands-free highway driving system. The company expects this data to improve the driving experience between highway entrances and exits, while also helping its Latitude AI team develop more advanced hands-free features.



The direct integration means Ford drivers will be able to use Apple Maps even without an iPhone connected to the vehicle. CarPlay will remain available for users who prefer Apple’s full in-car interface.



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<title><![CDATA[Black Forest Labs launches FLUX 3 capable of generating images and 20-second video with audio — but in limited release to start]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Black Forest Labs (BFL) is expanding its FLUX family beyond image generation with today's launch of FLUX 3, a multimodal frontier model trained to understand and generate images, or combined audio/video clips up to 20 seconds from a single prompt — and to extend the same underlying architecture t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:48:22 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Black Forest Labs (BFL) is expanding its FLUX family beyond image generation with <a href="https://bfl.ai/blog/flux-3">today's launch of FLUX 3</a>, a multimodal frontier model trained to understand and generate images, or combined audio/video clips up to 20 seconds from a single prompt — and to extend the same underlying architecture to robotic vision and actions.</p><p>The Freiburg, Germany-based AI lab says FLUX 3 is jointly trained across those modalities rather than assembling separate image, video and audio models behind a common interface. </p><p>That distinction is central to the company's pitch: BFL wants enterprises to think about creative generation, simulation, computer use and robotics as connected applications of a single capability it calls visual intelligence — models, in the company's words, "that can perceive, predict, and act across physical and digital environments." This release marks BFL's first public video generation model. </p><div></div><p>FLUX 3 will be offered through four product lines: FLUX 3 Video, FLUX 3 Image, FLUX 3 Action and the upcoming, open source FLUX 3 Dev. FLUX 3 Video, with optional native audio generation, and FLUX 3 Action are entering a <a href="https://tally.so/r/44d9NX">gated "Early Access" program now</a>, to which anyone can apply, but which BFL must approve. </p><p>There is presently no public access through BFL's application programming interface (API) or those of partners yet, but the company says FLUX 3 Image will roll out in the coming weeks, followed by general availability. The limited initial availability rollout echoes the release strategies of new models from other frontier labs in the U.S. lately, including <a href="https://venturebeat.com/technology/anthropic-says-its-most-powerful-ai-cyber-model-is-too-dangerous-to-release">Anthropic</a> and <a href="https://venturebeat.com/technology/openai-unveils-gpt-5-6-sol-terra-and-luna-models-but-only-accessible-to-limited-preview-partners-for-now-per-us-gov">OpenAI</a>, though those were ostensibly for security concerns and due to government request. </p><p>What the company has not announced is pricing, production service-level commitments, evaluation methodology, sample sizes, rater counts or any image-model benchmarks at all. Enterprise buyers therefore cannot yet calculate total cost of ownership or independently reproduce the video comparisons.</p><p>Another big notable omission: FLUX 3 is <i>not</i> launching with downloadable weights at this time, nor an open source license. BFL says faster and open-weight versions will arrive later this year, and its technical blog names FLUX 3 Dev as "open-weight access to a multimodal backbone, for content creation (video, audio and image) and action prediction" — a considerably broader commitment than any previous FLUX Dev release, all of which covered images only.</p><p>But it arrives last in the sequence. Developers accustomed to receiving a locally deployable FLUX variant alongside — or soon after — a major model announcement will have to wait. That delay does not negate the company's commitment, but it is disappointing given the role open weights have played in FLUX's adoption thus far. </p><h2><b>Flux 3 is rated higher than the competition, but missing pricing and benchmarking details may prevent rapid enterprise adoption</b></h2><p>BFL has published several benchmark comparisons, but they're qualified as preliminary — with full benchmark results and methodology to be published later during broader general availability. </p><p>In early head-to-head preference testing on 10-second, 720p text-to-video clips with audio, the company says FLUX 3 was preferred over Luma Ray 3.2 in 93% of comparisons, Runway Gen-4.5 in 77%, Grok Imagine Video in 69%, Kling v3 Pro in 60%, Happy Horse v1 in 59%, Happy Horse 1.1 in 57%, and both Seedance 2.0 and Google's Gemini Omni Flash in 52%.</p><p>One caveat travels with every one of those figures, and it comes from BFL itself. The chart carrying the results is labeled a "preliminary evaluation of an early FLUX 3 candidate" — meaning the numbers describe a pre-release checkpoint rather than the model now entering early access. That cuts both ways: the shipping model may perform better, but nothing published today measures what customers will actually call.</p><p>Luma Ray 3.2 and Runway Gen-4.5, where FLUX 3 posted 93% and 77%, are the softest comparisons on the list — established products, but not the models currently setting the pace in independent video rankings. Those are real wins, and they are the ones least likely to change an enterprise shortlist.</p><p>Seedance 2.0, at 52%, is a statistical coin flip against a model most Western enterprises cannot currently procure. ByteDance indefinitely postponed Seedance 2.0's international rollout after Netflix, Warner Bros., Disney, Paramount and Sony sent legal threats over alleged systematic copyright infringement, and that suspension remains in place. Tying a frozen product is neither a strong claim nor a damaging one.</p><p><a href="https://venturebeat.com/technology/googles-gemini-omni-flash-hits-the-api-turning-enterprise-video-production-into-a-conversation">Gemini Omni Flash</a>, also at 52%, matters much more. Omni is the closest large-platform analogue to what FLUX 3 is attempting — multimodal input, video and audio-aware creation, conversational editing — and by BFL's own measurement, the two are indistinguishable on 10-second text-to-video quality. </p><p>Google's advantage in that matchup is that Omni is generally available via Google's Gemini API for $0.10 per second of generated 720p video, or a 10-second clip for around.</p><p>One regional wrinkle matters for a German company's home market. Editing <i>uploaded</i> video is unavailable to Omni Flash users in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, though editing video the model itself generated is permitted. A European enterprise that wants to run its existing footage through a generative editing pass cannot currently do so on Omni Flash.</p><p>Here's a rough guide for enterprises considering which video models to rely upon: </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Model</b></p></td><td><p><b>Max single-generation duration</b></p></td><td><p><b>Max resolution</b></p></td><td><p><b>Key constraints</b></p></td><td><p><b>Price per 10-second clip (720p)</b></p></td><td><p><b>Price per 10-second clip (1080p)</b></p></td><td><p><b>Price per 10-second clip (4K)</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FLUX 3 Video </p></td><td><p><b>20 seconds </b></p></td><td><p>Not stated; evaluations run at 720p </p></td><td><p>Early access; no published SLA or pricing </p></td><td><p>Not announced </p></td><td><p>Not announced </p></td><td><p>Not announced </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HappyHorse 1.1 </p></td><td><p>15 seconds </p></td><td><p>1080p </p></td><td><p>No 4K; closed weights </p></td><td><p>Not published (v1.0 reseller rate is ~$1.82) </p></td><td><p>Not published (v1.0 reseller rate is ~$3.12) </p></td><td><p>n/a </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veo 3.1 </p></td><td><p>Per-second billing </p></td><td><p><b>4K</b> </p></td><td><p><b>Supports clip extension; preview </b></p></td><td><p>$4.00 </p></td><td><p>$4.00 </p></td><td><p>$6.00 </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veo 3.1 Fast </p></td><td><p>Per-second billing </p></td><td><p><b>4K </b></p></td><td><p>Preview </p></td><td><p>$1.00 </p></td><td><p>$1.20 </p></td><td><p><b>$3.00 </b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veo 3.1 Lite </p></td><td><p>Per-second billing </p></td><td><p>1080p </p></td><td><p>No 4K, no clip extension; preview </p></td><td><p><b>$0.50 </b></p></td><td><p><b>$0.80 </b></p></td><td><p>n/a </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gemini Omni Flash </p></td><td><p>10 seconds (3s minimum) </p></td><td><p>720p at 24 FPS </p></td><td><p>Preview abd no EU access</p></td><td><p>$1.00 </p></td><td><p>n/a </p></td><td><p>n/a </p></td></tr></tbody></table><h2><b>One architecture for media generation and physical action</b></h2><p>FLUX 3 builds on <a href="https://venturebeat.com/technology/black-forest-labs-new-self-flow-technique-makes-training-multimodal-ai">Self-Flow</a>, BFL's method for aligning multimodal understanding and generation within one architecture, publicized back in March 2026. </p><p>The company says it significantly scaled up compute and data to train across video, images and audio simultaneously, and that testing showed video generation and action prediction do not require separate foundations — the same architecture could be extended to action prediction without sacrificing what it learned from video.</p><p>"We place vision at the center of our approach because it is the most signal-rich medium of the physical world. Images convey structure, images and video teach spatial relationships, video teaches dynamics, and actions reveal causal relationships. But vision alone is not the complete picture," said Robin Rombach, co-founder and CEO of BFL, in a pre-release statement provided to VentureBeat. "True intelligence means perceiving the world: predicting how it will change, taking action, and learning from the results. Joint training within one unified architecture is what will get us there, because each training modality strengthens the others. Audio conveys timing, prosody, and physical events that elude vision. Language conveys goals, abstractions, and instructions that pixels cannot easily express."</p><p>He put the case more bluntly elsewhere in the announcement: "You can't cheat reality. A model that only learns images can only generate images. But the world is not made of still frames. It moves, sounds, changes, and responds."</p><p>BFL says FLUX 3 targets creative tooling, media, design, e-commerce and physical AI, supporting video generation with synchronized audio, precise image editing, product and material consistency across motion, multilingual generation and robotic action prediction. It is already being tested by Canva, Burda, Magnific (formerly Freepik), Krea and Picsart.</p><p>For creative software companies, the appeal is consolidation. A single foundation could potentially support storyboarding, image editing, product rendering, video variation and localization without repeatedly translating assets and instructions between disconnected models.</p><p>For robotics teams, the potential value is data efficiency. Models that already encode motion, object behavior and physical change may need less task-specific robot training than systems starting from raw demonstrations.</p><h2><b>What FLUX 3 Video can actually do</b></h2><p>The video tier is the most concretely specified part of the launch, and it settles a question that had been circulating as rumor: FLUX 3 generates clips of up to 20 seconds with audio in a single generation. </p><p>Every video output comes with native audio. For comparison, HappyHorse 1.0 tops out at 15 seconds of 1080p with synchronized audio — though BFL has not stated what resolution its 20-second clips run at, and its published evaluations were conducted at 720p. Still, a 20-second long clip from a single prompt is among the longest yet achieved, matching <a href="https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/video-generation">OpenAI's discontinued Sora model.</a></p><p>The capability list BFL published covers:</p><ul><li><p>Text-to-video generation.</p></li><li><p>Image-to-video generation, either animating from a starting frame or using images as visual references.</p></li><li><p>Video-to-video generation from a reference clip, carrying elements such as a specific character into a new scene or context.</p></li><li><p>Generative video-audio continuation from existing video and audio input.</p></li><li><p>Keyframe-to-video generation for controlled transitions between defined moments.</p></li><li><p> Multilingual dialogue.</p></li><li><p>A broad range of visual styles and aspect ratios, from candid camcorder footage to animation and cinematics.</p></li><li><p>Typography generation and animated design.</p></li><li><p>Agentic chaining of individual clips into longer, multi-shot sequences.</p></li></ul><p>That last item is the one enterprise video teams should look at hardest. BFL claims the capabilities combine to produce sequences lasting several minutes, with visual references keeping characters consistent across scenes. If that holds up under production conditions, it addresses the constraint that has kept generative video out of most commercial pipelines: not clip quality, but continuity across shots.</p><p>It is also the capability where competition is most direct. HappyHorse 1.1's headline upgrade is R2V, or Reference-to-Video, which accepts multiple character reference images to hold identity stable across generated footage — the same problem, approached at the input layer rather than through agentic clip chaining. Alibaba also claims zero-drift lip sync and has specifically targeted the artifacts that mark commercial AI video as synthetic, including facial oiliness and over-sharpening. Character consistency is where this category is being contested, and both companies know it.</p><p>BFL says FLUX 3 Video is already particularly strong at human facial expressions, associating sounds with physical events, and multilingual output. On the image side, the company says preliminary evaluations conducted during midtraining show significant improvement over earlier FLUX versions in complex prompt handling and text generation, including high-accuracy text in multiple languages. It published no image benchmarks or win rates.</p><h2><b>FLUX-mimic tests whether video models can become robot models</b></h2><p>BFL is applying its unified-architecture thesis through FLUX-mimic, a video-action model built on FLUX 3 and developed with Swiss firm Mimic Robotics, one of the first partners to receive early access.</p><p>The technical blog describes two distinct routes to action prediction: integrating native action prediction directly into FLUX 3, scaling up the initial Self-Flow work; and using the pretrained video backbone as a dynamics-aware foundation from which specialized action models can be finetuned with limited task-specific data. FLUX-mimic is the second route — the FLUX 3 backbone combined with mimic's robot-learning and production-deployment expertise in dexterous manipulation.</p><p>FLUX-mimic is designed for general-purpose robotic manipulation: helping robots understand a visual scene, predict the consequences of an action, and adapt to new tasks with far less task-specific data. </p><p>BFL and Mimic Robotics say that depending on task difficulty, the model can be finetuned for a specific manipulation task with as little as 30 minutes of robot data, where prior approaches have required 30 or more hours.</p><p>"The hardest part of robotics is data," said Elvis Nava, CTO of Mimic Robotics, in a statement provided to VentureBeat. "Every new task normally means hours of a robot repeating itself. Because FLUX-mimic is built on top of frontier video models that already understand how the physical world behaves, it picks up a new task in minutes, not days. This way, we can leapfrog the current state of the art in robot learning."</p><p>BFL<!-- --> argues that a model trained only on images cannot understand a world that "moves, sounds, changes, and responds," and that physical understanding is what produces convincing generated footage. Google makes a nearly identical claim for Gemini Omni. </p><p>Its developer documentation cites "world knowledge" that combines "an understanding of physics" with Gemini's grasp of history, science and cultural context. Its marketing is blunter still: "Most AI models just predict the next pixel to build a narrative or an image. Gemini Omni is different," the company posted in June, crediting the model with "an intuitive understanding of forces like gravity, kinetic energy, and fluid dynamics for more realistic movements that follow real-world logic." </p><p>The practical consequence for enterprise buyers is that world-model language is not a differentiator. Two of the three leading video systems now market physical understanding as their central advantage, and neither has published a benchmark that measures it. </p><p>There is no standard test for whether generated water behaves like water, whether a dropped object falls at a plausible rate, or whether a sound arrives when the impact does. Human preference ratings capture some of it indirectly. Nothing else on offer captures it at all.</p><h2><b>Open weights helped make FLUX an industry standard</b></h2><p>BFL<a href="https://venturebeat.com/technology/s"> officially launched in summer 2024 </a>and gained a name for itself in the AI industry in the intervening two years for its commitment to open sourcing high-quality AI image models beloved by developers, creatives, and enterprises. </p><p>The company's founders, including Rombach, Andreas Blattmann and Patrick Esser, previously helped create VQGAN, latent diffusion and <a href="https://venturebeat.com/business/stable-diffusion-creators-launch-black-forest-labs-secure-31m-for-flux-1-ai-image-generator">Stable Diffusion</a>, the latter the open source technology that kicked off broad AI generation capabilities for the masses and currently used by many AI image generators and companies. </p><p>That reach translated into commercial distribution. FLUX models now power generative features inside Adobe Photoshop, Picsart and Nous Research's Hermes Agent, among other platforms, and the company cites film director Martin Scorsese among professional users.</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/black-forest-labs-ai-image-generation/"><i>Wired</i></a> magazine described Black Forest Labs as a relatively small company that nevertheless became a leading competitor to Silicon Valley's largest AI labs, with FLUX models ranking near the top of image benchmarks and becoming some of the most downloaded text-to-image models on AI code sharing community Hugging Face. The company says it now runs a 100-person team across Freiburg and San Francisco.</p><p>FLUX.1 Dev, FLUX.1 Kontext Dev, FLUX.1 Fill Dev and related control models, <a href="https://venturebeat.com/business/black-forest-labs-releases-flux-1-1-pro-and-an-api">released shortly after the firm's launch,</a>  gave researchers and creative-tool developers access to downloadable checkpoints, local inference and integrations with frameworks including Hugging Face Diffusers and ComfyUI. FLUX.1 Kontext Dev, for example, was released as an open-weight model for research and noncommercial use, with generated outputs permitted for commercial purposes under the applicable license.</p><p>The company continued that pattern with <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/black-forest-labs-launches-flux-2-ai-image-models-to-challenge-nano-banana">FLUX.2 Dev</a> in late 2025, a 32-billion-parameter open-weight model combining generation and multi-reference editing. Black Forest Labs called it the strongest open-weight image generation and editing model available at launch and released weights, reference inference code and optimized implementations for consumer Nvidia GPUs.</p><p>FLUX 3 Dev raises the stakes on that evaluation. Previous Dev releases were image models. This one is described as a multimodal backbone spanning video, audio, image and action prediction — meaning a single license will govern whether a company can locally deploy a model that touches both content production and physical machinery.  BFL hasn't yet shared information about its license, the parameter count, quantizations or hardware requirements.</p><p>The company frames open weights as an enterprise feature rather than a community gesture, arguing they enable secure, low-latency local deployment for applications like robotic control systems and let teams adapt FLUX 3 to their own data, products and workflows. </p><p>The financial backing behind FLUX 3 is worth noting alongside the technical claims. Black Forest Labs is valued at $3.25 billion and has raised more than $450 million from investors including a16z, AMP, Salesforce Ventures, Nvidia, General Catalyst, Adobe Ventures, Figma Ventures, Canva and Deutsche Telekom's T.Capital.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[AMD raises the AI stakes with Helios, Venice and robotics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AMD executives took to the stage at its Advancing AI 2026 event in San Francisco today to detail the company’s next generation of AI infrastructure solutions, from Instinct MI455X AI accelerator GPUs and 6th Gen EPYC “Venice” CPUs, to Pensando networking, ROCm.AI software and its Helios rack-scal...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD executives took to the stage at its Advancing AI 2026 event in San Francisco today to detail the company’s next generation of AI infrastructure solutions, from Instinct MI455X AI accelerator GPUs and 6th Gen EPYC “Venice” CPUs, to Pensando networking, ROCm.AI software and its Helios rack-scale platform that ties it all together.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD has been working towards rack-scale AI system solutions for years. Its ZT Systems acquisition last year added valuable engineering talent and intellectual property that is now finally bearing the real fruits. Its <a href="https://www.amd.com/en/products/rackscale-solutions/helios.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Helios AI platform</a> is a major platform evolution for AMD, with shipments scheduled to begin in the second half of this year (which is here and now).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The announcements at Advancing AI show how the company has engineered its AI platform solutions for large reasoning models, sustained inference and agentic workflows. These workloads pressure memory capacity, data movement, networking and CPU orchestration. AMD’s approach is to keep as much data close to the compute engines as possible and move it more efficiently throughout the system, but there’s deeper nuance here that’s obvious versus AMD’s chief rival, NVIDIA.  </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">AMD’s MI455X targets the AI memory wall</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Instinct MI455X GPU is the compute engine that fuels the Helios rack, and the first GPU based on AMD’s new CDNA 5 architecture. Built with a modular mix of 2nm and 3nm chiplets, it carries 432GB of HBM4 and 23.3TB/s of peak memory bandwidth.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Compared to AMD’s current MI355X, <a href="https://hothardware.com/news/instinct-mi400-challenge-vera-rubin" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the MI455X offers</a> 1.5 times the memory capacity, up to 2.9 times the peak memory bandwidth and up to four times the peak matrix performance with MXFP4 and MXFP8 data types, which are lower-precision numerical formats designed to accelerate AI processing while reducing memory demands. With MXFP6 (6-bit floating point), performance is rated at up to twice that of MI355X.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD also shared some actual, measured internal results using production silicon. The company claims MI455X delivers 3.8 times higher FP8 decode performance, 3.5 times more measured FP4 compute performance and between 2.5 and 3.5 times more networking bandwidth than MI355X, depending on the transfer path tested. Those figures provide more context than just numerical specifications, though they remain AMD-provided comparisons that will need independent validation.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/amd-generational-leap.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024" alt="AMD Instinct chart showing generational leap in performance" class="wp-image-4200600" width="1024" height="547" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">AMD</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The architectural choices behind the numbers are important. Reasoning models and long context windows require sizeable KV caches for maintaining AI attention states, while mixture-of-experts models frequently move large amounts of data across accelerators. MI455X should let more model data, activation states and cache remain local. New dedicated IP in hardware can transfer data while the GPU continues processing, and expanded cache and multicast capabilities are designed to reduce redundant data movement to further improve efficiency.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The aforementioned lower-precision formats can also raise throughput and reduce memory use, but model developers still have to determine where they can be applied without unacceptable accuracy loss.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">AMD’s Helios rack takes aim at Vera Rubin</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/amd-helios-rack.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024" alt="AMD Helios rack" class="wp-image-4200601" width="1024" height="626" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Dave Altavilla</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Helios is AMD’s primary rack-scale competitor to NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform. Each liquid-cooled rack combines 72 MI455X GPUs, 18 single-socket Venice host CPUs and Pensando networking technologies.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In its most complete, premium configuration, AMD rates Helios for 2.9 exaflops of low-precision AI compute, with 31TB of aggregate HBM4 capacity, 1.7PB/s of memory bandwidth, 260TB/s of bidirectional scale-up bandwidth and 43TB/s of scale-out bandwidth.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These are formidable figures, but they are technical specifications rather than actual application benchmarks. The more consequential development is AMD’s move from collections of eight-GPU servers to a 72-GPU shared-memory domain. Models too large for one node can operate across the rack without treating every exchange as a scale-out networking transaction, which benefits large-model inference as well as training.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD uses UALink over Ethernet, or UALoE, for an open standard scale-up fabric. Each MI455X provides 3.6TB/s of bidirectional scale-up bandwidth, while the complete rack delivers all-to-all connectivity through a single switch layer. AMD also claims six times more scale-out bandwidth per GPU than MI355X when MI455X is configured with three Pensando Vulcano 800 AI NICs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While open standards give cloud providers more control over suppliers and system design, AMD and its partners now have to prove those components can deliver the predictable performance, reliability and deployment experience customers expect from a tightly controlled, more vertically integrated platform.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Finally, AMD designed Helios with automatic rerouting around failed links, virtual rack partitions, tray-level serviceability and rack-wide power, cooling and health monitoring. Major hyperscalers and potentially large-scale enterprise customers will likely key in on these capabilities, which can affect the availability, total cost and consistency of the AI services they consume.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Kind of like cowbell, AMD Venice gives agentic AI more CPU</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/amd-epyc-venice-cpus.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024" alt="Chart showing AMD EPYC CPU performance" class="wp-image-4200603" width="1024" height="515" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">AMD</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD’s agentic CPU messaging regarding its upcoming Venice-based EPYC processors is mostly marketing speak, but the underlying requirement is very real. An AI agent can invoke retrieval, databases, security checks, code execution and other tools before a GPU generates a response. Running many agents concurrently increases the amount of conventional compute requirements surrounding the accelerators.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Venice scales to 256 Zen 6 cores with support for 512 threads, 16 memory channels, up to 1GB of L3 cache per socket, along with PCIe 6.0 and CXL 3.1 connectivity. AMD is also offering several Venice configurations for other applications, including general-purpose servers, high-frequency workloads, GPU hosts and high-density CPU sandbox systems used to execute agent tools.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Treating the CPU solely as a GPU host understates its role. Gateways, tokenization, vector search, databases and short-lived code execution stress different mixes of per-core performance, thread count, memory bandwidth and I/O. Specifically, AMD’s internal testing shows Venice significantly outperforming its current EPYC 9965 Turin CPU across five parts of the agentic AI pipeline, including gateway processing, context assembly, vector search, enterprise applications and short-lived tool execution. Individual gains vary by workload, but AMD details the overall generational improvement at up to a 1.7 times lift. As with the MI455X figures though, these comparisons come from AMD and will require independent validation.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Pensando networking and ROCm software advance</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Keeping GPUs fed with data and coordinating traffic across racks directly affects utilization and operating costs. In fact, GPU utilization is a pretty sad state of affairs currently for some of the major frontier model providers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As such, Pensando networking has become central to AMD’s roadmap. Helios can connect each MI455X to as many as three 800Gbps Vulcano AI NICs, while Salina DPUs handle front-end networking and infrastructure services.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the software side, which is an equally critical component, AMD also introduced ROCm.AI, an AI-assisted development layer due to arrive in August. It includes reusable skills for coding agents, simplified management and Hyperloom, which can profile workloads, tune serving configurations, modify kernels and validate results.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These tools address two persistent AMD challenges: developer efficiency and ease of use, and software tuning. Automated optimization still has to produce repeatable gains without creating hard-to-maintain code, however. And while ROCm has progressed significantly over the last few years, NVIDIA’s CUDA retains an advantage in maturity, tooling and developer familiarity.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Customer commitments underscore rack-scale confidence</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD now has commitments that give its MI450 generation and Helios considerably more weight. Meta and OpenAI have announced multi-generation agreements composed of up to 6GW of AMD compute capacity, with initial 1GW deployments planned for the second half of 2026.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Oracle plans a 50,000-GPU public cloud cluster beginning in the third quarter, while Microsoft will deploy Helios for Azure AI inference. Finally, just before the AMD event, <a href="https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1292/amd-and-anthropic-announce-strategic-partnership-to-deploy-up-to-2-gigawatts-of-amd-instinct-mi450-series-gpus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anthropic announced</a> a strategic partnership for up to 2 Gigawatts of AMD-fueled AI compute, with its first gigawatt expected online in the first half of 2027.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Commitments of this scale reflect confidence in more than just MI455X performance. These customers are evaluating the complete architecture, including Venice CPUs, Pensando networking, ROCm software, rack integration, serviceability and AMD’s ability to deliver and execute across multiple product generations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is some financial alignment behind the agreements as well. AMD issued OpenAI performance-based warrants and committed to investing up to $5 billion in Anthropic. That context matters when evaluating these deals as market validation, but these planned deployments are substantial nonetheless and put Helios on a much stronger foundation as it begins shipping.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">AMD expands its robotics and embedded foundation</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD also expanded its physical AI portfolio, building on credible traction from its Xilinx-derived Kria adaptive system-on-modules and embedded technologies that are already powering robotics, machine vision and industrial automation applications.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The new Ryzen AI Embedded X100 combines up to 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, integrated Radeon graphics, a second-generation NPU and as much as 128GB of unified LPDDR5X memory shared across its compute engines. To me this looks a lot like a repackaging and optimization of the company’s Strix Halo platform, but with specific optimizations for the embedded space. Regardless, AMD is pairing X100 with the Kria AI Robotics Developer Platform, which includes a System Module or SOM, and a new Robotics Partner Network spanning hardware, software and platform providers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Samples began shipping in June, with full production expected in the fourth quarter. This broader objective is to give developers a path across AMD x86 CPUs, GPUs, NPUs and FPGAs for real-time autonomous systems, rather than requiring them to assemble those hardware engines and software components independently.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Execution for AMD is now the test</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD has assembled a credible platform for the burgeoning agentic AI market that’s blowing up currently with no signs of stopping. MI455X addresses memory and data movement, Venice handles dense agentic CPU workloads, Pensando networking connects global system resources, and ROCm.AI addresses software complexity. Finally, Helios assembles these components into a true competitive threat for NVIDIA’s latest Vera Rubin platform.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AMD’s open architecture may appeal to customers seeking supplier choice, but openness must also translate into reliable deployments, competitive total cost and software that does not require a significant rip-up. NVIDIA enters this cycle with a stronger ecosystem and far more rack-scale deployment experience. The true test will be how easily and reliably customers can integrate, operate and maintain these AMD solutions at scale.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As it stands, AMD now has major customers and a clearly defined architecture with systems engineering expertise behind it. Delivering Helios on schedule and showing that its performance claims translate into a real production workload throughput advantage and total cost of ownership gains will determine how much the competitive gap narrows. And of course, this is in a market that is clamoring for ever-more compute resources with a seemingly insatiable demand for AI services and capacity. That’s an environment for big iron success. Now AMD just has to deliver optimized, turnkey AI platforms. This is far easier said than done, but time will soon tell as deployments take shape this year.</p>



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files to restricted system directories outside of the application's intended directory.
The following versions of Rockwell Automation ThinManager are affected:

ThinManager >=1...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689943/it-security-nachrichten/rockwell-automation-thinmanager/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:17:43 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
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<h2>Summary</h2>
<p><strong>Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files to restricted system directories outside of the application's intended directory.</strong></p>
<p>The following versions of Rockwell Automation ThinManager are affected:</p>
<ul>
<li>ThinManager &gt;=13.0.0|&lt;13.0.7, &gt;=13.1.0|&lt;13.1.5, &gt;=13.2.0|&lt;13.2.4, &gt;=14.0.0|&lt;14.0.2</li>
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<th role="columnheader">Equipment</th>
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<td>v3 8.1</td>
<td>Rockwell Automation</td>
<td>Rockwell Automation ThinManager</td>
<td>Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')</td>
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<h3>Background</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Critical Infrastructure Sectors: </strong>Chemical, Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Water and Wastewater</li>
<li><strong>Countries/Areas Deployed: </strong>Worldwide</li>
<li><strong>Company Headquarters Location: </strong>United States</li>
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<h2>Vulnerabilities</h2>
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<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-11917</a></h3>
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<p>A path traversal security issue exists within Rockwell Automation ThinManager software due to improper limitation of file save operations within the API. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to restricted system directories outside of the application's intended directory.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-11917">View CVE Details</a></p>
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<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Rockwell Automation ThinManager</h5>
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<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Rockwell Automation</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Rockwell Automation ThinManager: &gt;=13.0.0|&lt;13.0.7, Rockwell Automation ThinManager: &gt;=13.1.0|&lt;13.1.5, Rockwell Automation ThinManager: &gt;=13.2.0|&lt;13.2.4, Rockwell Automation ThinManager: &gt;=14.0.0|&lt;14.0.2</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
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<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>Users using the affected software, should upgrade to one of the corrected versions as follows:</p>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>ThinManager Versions 13.0.0 - 13.0.7 --&gt; 13.0.8</p>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>ThinManager Versions 13.1.0 - 13.1.5 --&gt; 13.1.6</p>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>ThinManager Versions 13.2.0 - 13.2.4 --&gt; 13.2.5</p>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>ThinManager Versions 14.0.0 - 14.0.2 --&gt; 14.0.3</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>Users using the affected software, who are not able to upgrade to one of the corrected versions, should use Rockwell Automation's security best practices.<br><a href="https://support.rockwellautomation.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1085012/loc/en_US#__highlight">https://support.rockwellautomation.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1085012/loc/en_US#__highlight</a></p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For more information, refer to Rockwell Automation's Securitry Advisory page.<br><a href="https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories.html">https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories.html</a></p>
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<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html">CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')</a></p>
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<h4>Metrics</h4>
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<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
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<td>3.1</td>
<td>8.1</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H</a></td>
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<td>4.0</td>
<td>7.2</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</a></td>
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<hr>
<h2>Acknowledgments</h2>
<ul>
<li>Rockwell Automation reported this vulnerability to CISA</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h2>Legal Notice and Terms of Use</h2>
<p>This product is provided subject to this Notification (https://www.cisa.gov/notification) and this Privacy &amp; Use policy (https://www.cisa.gov/privacy-policy).</p>
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<h2>Recommended Practices</h2>
<p>CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.</p>
<p>Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, ensuring they are not accessible from the internet.</p>
<p>Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolating them from business networks.</p>
<p>When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most current version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as the connected devices.</p>
<p>CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.</p>
<p>CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.</p>
<p>CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.</p>
<p>Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.</p>
<p>Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.</p>
<p>CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:</p>
<p>Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages.</p>
<p>Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams.</p>
<p>Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.</p>
<p>No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.</p>
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<h2>Revision History</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Initial Release Date: </strong>2026-07-14</li>
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<td>2026-07-14</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>Initial Publication by Rockwell Automation</td>
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<td>2026-07-21</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>Initial Republication of Rockwell Automation advisory</td>
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<title><![CDATA[Panduit IntraVUE]]></title>
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Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with access to the IT network to manipulate industrial control devices without requiring physical access, specialized insider knowledge, or advanced tooling.
The following versions of Panduit IntraVUE are a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:16:33 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
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<h2>Summary</h2>
<p><strong>Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with access to the IT network to manipulate industrial control devices without requiring physical access, specialized insider knowledge, or advanced tooling.</strong></p>
<p>The following versions of Panduit IntraVUE are affected:</p>
<ul>
<li>IntraVUE &lt;=3.2.1a14 </li>
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<th role="columnheader">Equipment</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vulnerabilities</th>
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<td>v3 10</td>
<td>Pronetiqs</td>
<td>Panduit IntraVUE</td>
<td>Plaintext Storage of a Password, Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy'), Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere, Inadequate Encryption Strength</td>
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<h3>Background</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Critical Infrastructure Sectors: </strong>Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Information Technology, Water and Wastewater</li>
<li><strong>Countries/Areas Deployed: </strong>Worldwide</li>
<li><strong>Company Headquarters Location: </strong>Netherlands</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Vulnerabilities</h2>
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<p><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle-all" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">Expand All +</a></p>
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<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-40430</a></h3>
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<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE Versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have a plaintext storage of a password vulnerability that could expose cleartext credentials through the API.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40430">View CVE Details</a></p>
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<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
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<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
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<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/256.html">CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password</a></p>
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<h4>Metrics</h4>
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<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
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<td>3.1</td>
<td>7.5</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N</a></td>
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<td>4.0</td>
<td>8.7</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="csaf-accordion-item">
<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-42933</a></h3>
<div class="csaf-accordion-content">
<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have an unintended proxy or intermediary vulnerability which could allow an attacker to use an active proxy, which would bypass OT segmentation.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42933">View CVE Details</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
</div>
<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/441.html">CWE-441 Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Metrics</h4>
<div class="csaf-table csaf-metrics-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS Version</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>CRITICAL</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>CRITICAL</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="csaf-accordion-item">
<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-44955</a></h3>
<div class="csaf-accordion-content">
<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have an exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere vulnerability which could allow for asset discovery by unauthenticated users.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44955">View CVE Details</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
</div>
<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/497.html">CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Metrics</h4>
<div class="csaf-table csaf-metrics-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS Version</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>5.3</td>
<td>MEDIUM</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>6.9</td>
<td>MEDIUM</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="csaf-accordion-item">
<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-50044</a></h3>
<div class="csaf-accordion-content">
<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have an inadequate encryption strength vulnerability which could allow an attacker to steal admin credentials via weak hash or a pass-the-hash attack.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50044">View CVE Details</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
</div>
<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/326.html">CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Metrics</h4>
<div class="csaf-table csaf-metrics-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS Version</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>6.8</td>
<td>MEDIUM</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>7.6</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="csaf-accordion-item">
<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-28698</a></h3>
<div class="csaf-accordion-content">
<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have an exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere vulnerability which could expose the underlying host/share filesystem.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28698">View CVE Details</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
</div>
<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/497.html">CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Metrics</h4>
<div class="csaf-table csaf-metrics-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS Version</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>8.6</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>9.2</td>
<td>CRITICAL</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<h2>Acknowledgments</h2>
<ul>
<li>Phlebas of Lumintel reported these vulnerabilities to CISA</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h2>Legal Notice and Terms of Use</h2>
<p>This product is provided subject to this Notification (https://www.cisa.gov/notification) and this Privacy &amp; Use policy (https://www.cisa.gov/privacy-policy).</p>
<hr>
<h2>Recommended Practices</h2>
<p>CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities.</p>
<p>Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, ensuring they are not accessible from the Internet.</p>
<p>Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolating them from business networks.</p>
<p>When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most current version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as the connected devices.</p>
<p>CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.</p>
<p>CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.</p>
<p>CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.</p>
<p>Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.</p>
<p>Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.</p>
<p>CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:</p>
<p>Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages.</p>
<p>Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams.</p>
<p>Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.</p>
<p>No known public exploitation specifically targeting these vulnerabilities has been reported to CISA at this time.</p>
<hr>
<h2>Revision History</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Initial Release Date: </strong>2026-07-23</li>
</ul>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
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<th role="columnheader">Revision</th>
<th role="columnheader">Summary</th>
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</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>2026-07-23</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>Initial Publication</td>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 101 enterprises, agent orchestration is consolidating onto model-provider platforms — Anthropic’s Claude leads by a wide margin — chosen for the gravity of the underlying model and judged on reliable multi-step execution. But the ambition runs well ahead of the reality: most deployed “agents” are still chatbot wrappers, the control plane enterprises expect is deliberately hybrid to avoid lock-in, and real-time fiscal control over token burn remains the exception.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines enterprise agent orchestration: which platforms enterprises run on, what drives the choice, what they optimize for, how they expect agent control to be structured, and — most revealingly — how orchestrated their deployed “agents” actually are and how tightly they control the cost of running them.</p><p>The central finding is a gap between orchestration ambition and orchestration reality. Enterprises are consolidating fast onto the major model platforms: Anthropic’s Claude is the primary platform for 40%, more than double any rival, followed by Microsoft (18%) and OpenAI (13%). The choice is driven by “model gravity” — native alignment with a state-of-the-art base model (21%) — and success is judged by reliable, multi-step execution (task completion reliability 32%, multi-step workflow management 28%). Yet asked to assess their portfolios honestly, 71% say a quarter or fewer of their deployed “agents” are true multi-step orchestrated workflows rather than single-prompt chatbot wrappers, and only 10% have crossed the halfway mark. The orchestration layer is being built well ahead of the orchestrated portfolio it is meant to run.</p><p>That gap shapes the architecture enterprises are putting in place. By the end of 2026 a clear majority (51%) expect a hybrid control plane — provider-native plus external orchestration — and only 6% expect to hand control to a provider-managed service, because vendor lock-in (35%) is the risk they fear most if control lives inside a model provider. Investment follows the build-out: agent workflow tooling leads the spend (34%), with security and permissions enforcement (25%) behind. And fiscal control lags throughout — more than a quarter (27%) have no real-time way to stop a runaway agent before the bill arrives.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series, this instrument focused on enterprise agent orchestration. Responses are filtered to organizations with 100 or more employees (n=101), drawn from a single June 2026 wave; because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends.</p><p>By organization size the sample is spread evenly across the enterprise bands: 100–499 employees, 2,500–9,999, and 50,000+ (21% each), with 10,000–49,999 and 500–2,499 (19% each). By role it is senior and buyer-credible: product and program managers (15%), CIO/CTO/CISO (13%), consultants and advisors (13%), and a spread of data, AI, and engineering directors and VPs, with an “Other” function at 18%. On purchasing, 81% are recommenders, influencers, or final decision-makers for AI solutions (66% recommender/influencer, 15% final decision-maker). Technology/Software is the largest industry at 44%, followed by Financial Services (17%) and Healthcare/Life Sciences (8%).</p><p>At 101 respondents the sample is robust enough to read directionally with reasonable confidence, though it remains self-selected and is not a probability sample.</p><h2>Finding 1: Orchestration runs on model-provider platforms</h2><p><b>Anthropic’s Claude leads; open frameworks are marginal</b></p><p>We asked which agent orchestration platform enterprises primarily use today. The answer concentrates on the major model providers — and on one in particular.</p><div></div><p>A note on reading these shares. As described in the methodology section, the respondents are self-selected, and this question asked them for a single primary platform — so the figures measure which platform leads each enterprise's deployment, within a self-selected audience of AI-active technical decision-makers. A sample built this way can diverge substantially from spend-weighted market measures, and each VB Pulse survey draws its own sample with its own company-size mix, so vendor figures should not be compared across our surveys either. Read these shares as a portrait of where this cohort has placed its primary orchestration bet today, rather than as market share.</p><p>The model platforms dominate. Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and Amazon together account for roughly 80% of deployments (81 of 101), while the open frameworks (LangChain/LangGraph) and custom in-house builds that anchor engineering discussion sit in single digits. Anthropic’s lead — 40%, more than double the next platform — mirrors the “model gravity” selection logic in Finding 2: enterprises are choosing the orchestration layer that comes with the model they want to build on. As with the security vendors in the prior agent-security wave, the tools that define the category in technical circles are not yet where enterprise deployment concentrates. A small 3% are not orchestrating at all.</p><p>Respondents rate the platforms they run at 3.94 out of 5 overall (109 answered), with “value for money” specifically at 3.94 and “ease of implementation” the weakest score, at 3.85 — placing orchestration near the bottom of our five-tracker satisfaction range, ahead of only evaluation tooling. A rating just under 4 out of 5, from users of whom 96% plan to change their orchestration approach within the year, reads as provisional acceptance: the platforms work well enough to run today, and not well enough to stop the search for something better. The ratings sit alongside near-universal intent to change; this is a layer enterprises tolerate more than they love.</p><h2>Finding 2: Model gravity drives platform selection</h2><p><b>The base model, not the tooling, decides the platform</b></p><p>We asked what most influenced the orchestration platform choice. The single largest factor is the pull of the underlying model — though flexibility and ease of development follow close behind.</p><div></div><p>Model gravity leading is the selection-side explanation for Anthropic’s platform lead: enterprises pick the orchestration environment closest to the frontier model they have standardized on. But the next tier complicates the picture — flexibility across models and tools (17%) and ease of development (17%) say enterprises also want to avoid being trapped by that choice, foreshadowing the lock-in fear in Finding 6. Security and permissions (14%) and total cost of ownership (11%) round out a pragmatic buying logic. Performance (latency/memory) sits last at 4%, a reminder that at this stage of adoption the binding constraints are model fit and optionality, not raw speed.</p><h2>Finding 3: The job is reliable multi-step execution</h2><p><b>Enterprises just orchestration by whether it completes the work</b></p><p>We asked what enterprises optimize for — their primary success metric for orchestration. Reliability and multi-step workflow management dominate; developer- and user-facing metrics trail.</p><div></div><p>Task completion reliability (32%) and multi-step workflow management (28%) together account for 59% of responses (60 of 101): orchestration succeeds, in the enterprise view, when it reliably carries a task through multiple steps to completion. Developer productivity (17%) matters but is secondary — the inverse of its prominence in framework discussion — and end-user experience (9%) is a minor concern, consistent with orchestration being an internal execution problem rather than a UX one. This reliability-first standard is exactly what makes the Chatbot Trap finding so pointed: enterprises define success as dependable multi-step execution, yet most of their deployed “agents” do not yet do multi-step work at all.</p><p>The trap is not evenly distributed. Splitting the sample by organization size, 77% of smaller enterprises say a quarter or fewer of their agents do true multi-step work, against 62% of larger ones. Larger enterprises are meaningfully further into genuine multi-step deployment; the chatbot trap is, directionally, a mid-market condition.</p><h2>Finding 4: Consolidate, productionize, and build in-house </h2><p><b>Three strategic moves are nearly tied for the year ahead</b></p><p>We asked what major change enterprises anticipate in their orchestration strategy over the next 12 months. Three moves cluster at the top, almost evenly split.</p><div></div><p>The top three — building in-house control (25%), standardizing on one framework (24%), and moving agents from sandbox to production (23%) — are statistically indistinguishable and tell a single story: enterprises are moving from experimentation to operational consolidation. They want fewer frameworks, more production exposure, and more ownership of the control layer; only 4% expect no change. The appetite for custom in-house control planes is notable alongside the platform concentration in Finding 1 — enterprises are standardizing on model-provider platforms while simultaneously planning to wrap them in control logic they own, the hybrid posture that Finding 6 makes explicit.</p><h2>Finding 5: Nearly seven in 10 plan to switch — and the biggest group of movers has no shortlist </h2><p>The strategic change enterprises anticipate (previous finding) comes with vendor motion attached. Asked whether they plan to adopt a new, additional, or replacement agent orchestration platform in the next twelve months, more respondents are moving here than in any other layer we track.</p><div></div><p>Asked which platforms they are considering, the most common answer among those in motion is none yet: 29% of all respondents are evaluating without a shortlist, the largest single response after "not considering a change." Among named candidates, OpenAI leads at 16%, followed by LangChain/LangGraph at 12% and Anthropic at 7% — and notably, the independent frameworks draw roughly double their current usage footprint in forward consideration, the same pattern our security tracker found for specialist vendors. Read with this report's concentration and lock-in findings, the picture completes itself: the major model-platform providers hold roughly four-fifths of today's primary usage, vendor lock-in has become the leading fear, 96% anticipate a strategic change — and now the purchase intent to act on all of it, with the largest bloc of buyers still undecided. The most concentrated layer of the agentic stack is also, as of June, the least settled.</p><h2>Finding 6: Investment flows to workflow tooling</h2><p><b>Tooling and permissions lead the spend; monitoring trails</b></p><p>We asked which orchestration-related investment will grow most next year. Agent workflow tooling leads, with security and permissions enforcement behind.</p><div></div><p>Workflow tooling leading (34%) is the budget-side expression of the reliability-and-multi-step priority in Finding 3: the money is going to the machinery that strings steps together dependably. Security and permissions enforcement (25%) and scaling infrastructure (20%) follow — the investments required to take agents from sandbox into production, the strategic move in Finding 4. Monitoring and debugging draws a smaller 11%, with another 11% reporting flat budgets. The weight on tooling, permissions, and scaling over pure observability signals that enterprises are spending to build and harden orchestration, not merely to watch it run.</p><h2>Finding 7: The control plane will be hybrid — and lock-in is why</h2><p><b>Enterprises expect to split control between providers and their own layer</b></p><p>We asked where enterprises expect the primary control plane for agents to live by the end of 2026, and what worries them most if that control sits inside a model-provider platform. A clear majority expect a hybrid model — and vendor lock-in is the reason.</p><div></div><p>Hybrid control is the dominant expectation by a wide margin (51%), and only 6% expect to hand control to a provider-managed service outright. Read together, the hybrid, custom, and externally-abstracted options — every architecture that keeps control at least partly outside the provider — sum to 88% (89 of 101). The reason surfaces directly when we asked about the risk of provider-resident control: vendor lock-in leads at 35% (35 of 101), ahead of security and permissioning limitations (28%) and inflexibility across models and tools (21%). The pattern echoes the prior wave’s “don’t trust the model to police itself” posture — here, enterprises will build on a provider’s platform but decline to be governed entirely by it. The hybrid control plane is the architectural hedge against the lock-in they most fear.</p><p>The June figure asserting a preference for a hybrid control plane marks movement from earlier. In the April–May survey (n=145), only 34% expected a hybrid control plane, and a greater number (12%) expected to hand control fully to a provider-managed service. These two snapshots don’t yet measure a confirmed longitudinal trend — but the direction of the conversation is unambiguous: toward keeping control.</p><p>Lock-in is also a new arrival as a top concern. In the April–May wave, the leading concern was security and permissioning limitations (32%), with lock-in second at 24%; by June the two had traded places. The worry about provider platforms appears to be maturing from whether they can be secured to whether they can be replaced.</p><h2>Finding 8: The chatbot trap — most “agents” aren’t agents yet</h2><p><b>Enterprises admit most deployments are still chatbot wrappers</b></p><p>We asked enterprises to assess their portfolios honestly: what share of their deployed “agents” are true multi-step orchestrated workflows versus simple single-prompt chatbot wrappers. The answer is the defining finding of this wave.</p><div></div><p>This is the gap at the center of the report. Combining the bottom two bands, 71% of enterprises (72 of 101) say a quarter or fewer of their deployed “agents” are genuinely orchestrated — and just 10% (10 of 101) have crossed the halfway mark. The ambition documented in the earlier findings — model-provider platforms, reliability-first success metrics, production rollouts, a deliberate control architecture — runs well ahead of the deployed reality, which remains overwhelmingly single-prompt assistants dressed as agents. This is less a contradiction than a roadmap: the platforms, budgets, and strategies are being put in place precisely because the orchestrated portfolio is still so thin. The open question for later waves is how fast the reality closes on the ambition.</p><h2>Finding 9: Fiscal control is still reactive</h2><p><b>Only a minority can stop a runaway agent before the bill arrives</b></p><p>Finally, we asked how enterprises enforce fiscal control over agent token consumption — the risk that an autonomous loop exhausts a budget before anyone intervenes. Most rely on native caps or after-the-fact monitoring; real-time programmatic control is the exception.</p><div></div><p>More than a quarter of enterprises (27%) admit they have no real-time, programmatic way to stop an agent before a budget-breaking bill arrives — they learn of it from the logs afterward. Another 32% lean entirely on the native caps and throttles built into their primary platform, a control only as good as the provider’s tooling and one that ties back to the lock-in concern of Finding 6. The enterprises building custom gateways (23%) or exploiting cross-model routing to arbitrage cost (19%) are the ones treating token burn as an engineering problem to be controlled deterministically. As with orchestration maturity, fiscal control is an area where the operational reality lags the ambition: agents are moving toward production faster than the cost-control plane around them is being built.</p><p>It’s worth noting, a split appears according to company size: roughly one in three enterprises under 2,500 employees (34%) exercises only reactive control of agent spend, against 20% of larger enterprises — directional figures, but consistent with the chatbot-trap split. The mid-market is running the least mature agents on the least instrumented budgets.</p><h2>The bottom line: The layer is real; most of the agents aren't yet</h2><p>Organizations with 100 or more employees describe an orchestration strategy that is consolidating quickly and maturing slowly. They are standardizing — for now — on model-provider platforms, which collectively hold roughly four-fifths of primary usage, chosen for the gravity of the underlying model, and they judge success by reliable multi-step execution. Investment is flowing to workflow tooling and permissions, the strategy is to consolidate frameworks and push agents into production, and the control plane they expect is deliberately hybrid, because vendor lock-in is the risk they fear most. But the standardization is provisional: 68% plan to adopt a new, additional, or replacement orchestration platform within twelve months — the highest switching intent of any layer we track — and the largest group of those movers has not yet shortlisted a candidate. Today's concentration describes where enterprises are, and visibly does not describe where they intend to stay.</p><p>But the honest self-assessment punctures the ambition. Seventy-one percent say a quarter or fewer of their deployed "agents" are truly orchestrated, only 10% are past the halfway mark, and more than a quarter cannot stop a runaway agent in real time. The orchestration layer — the platforms, the budgets, the control architecture — is being built ahead of the orchestrated portfolio it is meant to run. At 101 respondents in a single June wave this reads as a clear directional signal rather than a precise measurement: enterprises have decided how they want to orchestrate agents well before most of their agents are doing anything an orchestration layer is for. The questions for subsequent waves are whether the deployed reality closes the gap on the ambition — and, with nearly seven in ten buyers in motion and most of them undecided, which platforms the settled stack finally lands on.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 101 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single June 2026 wave. Because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, results read directionally rather than as a confirmed trend. Respondents include product and program managers, CIOs, CTOs and CISOs, consultants and advisors, and directors and VPs of data, AI, and engineering, across Technology/Software, Financial Services, Healthcare, and other sectors.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 157 enterprises, organizations are granting AI agents more autonomy while trusting the evaluations meant to gate that autonomy less. Half have already shipped an agent that passed their internal evaluations and then failed a customer in production; only one in twenty fully trusts automated evaluation today; and the most-cited weakness is that evaluations do not align with real-world outcomes. Yet two-thirds already allow, or are actively engineering toward, deploying agent changes to production on automated evaluation alone — with no human in the loop. The result is an evaluation gap — the distance between how much autonomy enterprises are handing their agents and how far they trust the tests that are supposed to catch the failures.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines how technical leaders measure agent performance: which reliability and evaluation platforms they use, how they select and trust them, what breaks in production, and how far they are willing to let agents run without a human in the loop.</p><p>The central finding is an evaluation gap — the distance between the autonomy enterprises are granting their agents and the trust they place in the evaluations meant to govern it. Half of organizations (50%) have, in the past year, deployed an agent or LLM feature that passed their internal evaluations and then caused a customer-facing failure, and a quarter have seen it happen more than once. Trust in the tests themselves is thin: only 5% say they fully trust automated evaluation today, and the single most-cited limitation is that evaluations align poorly with real-world outcomes (29%). Enterprises are discovering that a passing eval is not the same as a working agent.</p><p>What makes the gap consequential is the direction of travel. Two-thirds of organizations (66%) already permit fully automated, zero-human-in-the-loop deployment for low-risk agents (34%) or are actively engineering their pipelines to allow it within twelve months (33%). At the same time, the evaluation stack that would have to earn that trust is fragmented and immature: the most common primary tools are the model providers’ native evals, tied with having no dedicated tooling at all (17% each); and only about a quarter of enterprises run real-time quality checks on live production traffic. The autonomy is arriving faster than the assurance.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series, this survey — the Agentic Reliability &amp; Evals tracker — focused on how technical leaders evaluate agent performance and reliability. Responses are filtered to organizations with 100 or more employees (n=157), drawn from a single survey in June 2026; because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends. Where questions were multiple-select, those shares can sum to more than 100%.</p><p>By role the sample is senior and buyer-credible: 38% are final decision-makers for AI purchases and another 34% recommenders or influencers. Product and program managers (15%), consultants and advisors (10%), directors of engineering/IT (8%), and CIOs/CTOs/CISOs (8%) lead the named titles, alongside a large “Other” function (37%). By organization size the sample is mid-market-weighted: 100–499 (37%) and 500–2,499 (27%) employees lead, with 2,500–9,999 (20%), 10,000–49,999 (10%), and 50,000+ (6%) above them. Technology/Software is the largest industry at 23%, followed by Retail/Consumer (15%), Healthcare/Life Sciences (12%), and Manufacturing (10%).</p><p>At 157 respondents the sample is large enough to read directionally but should be treated as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement; it is self-selected and is not a probability sample. It skews toward the mid-market, so it is best read as the view from organizations actively standing up agent evaluation practices rather than from the largest operators.</p><p><i>Note: This survey was rebuilt for the June wave from the earlier “LLM observability and evaluations” survey; because the questions and sample differ, no comparisons are made to the April–May data.</i></p><h1>Finding 1: A passing eval is not a working agent</h1><p><b>Half have shipped an agent that passed evals, then failed a customer</b></p><p>We asked whether, in the past 12 months, organizations had deployed an agent or LLM feature that passed their internal evaluations but then caused a customer-facing failure. Half of those that run evaluations had.</p><div></div><p>This is the report’s defining number. Half of organizations (50%) have shipped an AI feature that cleared their internal evaluations and then failed in front of a customer — an incorrect output, a broken workflow, or a quality incident — and a quarter have seen it happen more than once. Only 36% report no such failure, and the remainder either run no pre-deployment evaluations (8%) or don’t track the root cause closely enough to know (6%). The failure is precise and expensive: the evaluation said the agent was ready, and it was not. Everything that follows — how enterprises trust their evals, what they monitor, and how much autonomy they grant — is shaped by this experience.</p><h2>Finding 2: Almost no one fully trusts automated evaluation</h2><p><b>The top complaint: Evals don't match real-world outcomes</b></p><p>We asked which limitation most reduces trust in automated agent evaluations today. Only a sliver of enterprises had no complaint at all.</p><div></div><p>Trust in automated evaluation is scarce, and specific. Only 5% of organizations say they fully trust automated evaluation as it stands — meaning 95% name a limitation that holds them back. The most common, at 29%, is the one that most directly explains Finding 1: evaluations align poorly with real-world outcomes, passing agents that later fail. Bias or inconsistency (21%) and a lack of explainability (18%) follow — enterprises cannot always tell why an evaluation reached its verdict — and 17% cite data-leakage or privacy concerns in the evaluation process itself. The tests meant to certify agents are not yet trusted to certify them, which is precisely why the autonomy trajectory in Finding 3 is so striking.</p><h2>Finding 3: The autonomy ceiling is rising anyway</h2><p><b>Two-thirds already allow, or are building toward, zero-human deployment</b></p><p>We asked whether organizations would let an autonomous agent deploy a code or system change to production on automated evaluation results alone, with no human-in-the-loop validation. The trajectory runs straight through the trust gap.</p><div></div><p>Here is the paradox at the heart of the report. Even though almost no one fully trusts automated evaluation (Finding 2), two-thirds of organizations (66%) either already allow zero-human-in-the-loop deployment for low-risk agents (34%) or are actively engineering their pipelines to permit it within a year (33%). Only 22% rule it out for the foreseeable future. The direction is unambiguous: enterprises are moving to let evaluations gate production autonomously — removing the human check — at the same moment they say those evaluations don’t reliably match reality. The autonomy ceiling is rising faster than the assurance beneath it, which is the mechanism by which the false-confidence failures of Finding 1 will scale rather than shrink.</p><p>Notably, the autonomy bet is not just a small company phenomenon. Splitting the sample by company size, larger enterprises are slightly further down the path toward zero human review than smaller companies (70% versus 64%) and slightly more likely to have shipped an evaluation-passing agent that then failed a customer (54% versus 48%). The assumption that large, regulated organizations are holding the human in the loop longest is, in this sample, backwards.  To be sure, these are directional figures, since the survey was not a huge sample — 57 respondents from companies with 2,500+ employees and 100 from companies smaller than that. </p><h2>Finding 4: The evaluation stack is fragmented and provider-led</h2><p><b>Provider-native evals lead — tied with no dedicated tool at all</b></p><p>We asked which agent reliability or evaluation platform enterprises primarily use today. The market has no clear leader — and a large share has nothing dedicated.</p><div></div><p>The evaluation layer is early and unconsolidated. Provider-native tooling leads — OpenAI’s native evals and traces (17%) and Anthropic’s Claude Console evals (13%) together outweigh any independent platform — but it is tied at the top by a striking answer: 17% of enterprises use no dedicated agent-evaluation tooling at all, a notable gap for organizations shipping agents to customers. The specialist evaluation vendors — DeepEval (12%), Braintrust (8%), LangSmith, Weave, Promptfoo, Langfuse, Arize — are scattered across single to low double digits, and 11% have built their own. No independent platform has yet become the category standard, which leaves most enterprises evaluating agents with provider-native tools, home-grown scripts, or nothing.</p><h2>Finding 5: Production monitoring rarely watches output quality</h2><p><b>Only a quarter run real-time quality checks on live traffic</b></p><p>Production monitoring for an AI agent can watch two very different things. It can watch whether the system is <b>functioning</b> — is the agent up and responding, did each request complete, how fast, at what cost, with any errors. Or it can watch whether the agent's output is <b>correct</b> — automated checks that evaluate the content of each answer as it goes out: did the agent give the right answer, take the right action, stay within policy. The distinction matters because a confidently wrong answer is invisible to the first kind of monitoring: the request completes, the response is fast, no error is thrown, and every functioning-metric reads healthy. We asked organizations which kind their live production monitoring is built for today.</p><div></div><p>Grouped by what is actually being watched, the split is stark: 51% of organizations monitor only whether the agent is functioning, while 23% monitor whether its answers are right. Counting the ad-hoc reviewers and the don't-knows, roughly three-quarters of organizations run no automated, real-time evaluation of output correctness in production — they can see that the system is up and what it costs, and they are taking the correctness of its answers on faith. That blind spot is the runtime counterpart to the pre-deployment gap in Finding 1: the same organizations engineering the human out of the deployment decision mostly cannot see, in real time, when the deployed agent starts getting things wrong.</p><h2>Finding 6: Bought on cost, measured on consistency</h2><p><b>Price and integration drive selection; evaluation consistency is the goal</b></p><p>We asked what most influenced enterprises’ choice of an evaluation vendor, and what they treat as their primary measure of success. Both answers are pragmatic.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises buy evaluation tooling on economics and trust it on repeatability. Cost of evaluations (28%) narrowly leads selection, just ahead of ease of integration (27%) and evaluation accuracy (24%) — breadth of observability (13%) and vendor roadmap (4%) matter far less. On what success looks like, more than a third (36%) name evaluation consistency — getting the same verdict on the same behavior every time — well ahead of speed of experimentation (19%), reduction in failures (18%), production visibility (13%), and compliance (11%). The emphasis on consistency is telling: before enterprises can trust an evaluation’s verdict, they need it to be stable — the very property whose absence (bias and inconsistency) ranked among the top trust limitations in Finding 2. Satisfaction with current tooling is only moderate, averaging 3.8 on a five-point scale across overall satisfaction, ease of implementation, and value for money.</p><h2>Finding 7: The next dollar goes to humans and observability</h2><p><b>Investment is flowing to oversight, not just automation</b></p><p>We asked which reliability and evaluation investment will grow most over the next year. The money is going toward watching agents more closely — including with people.</p><div></div><p>The second-largest planned investment — behind only production observability — is human review workflows, at 26%. Read against Finding 1, that is the report's quietest contradiction: at the same moment two-thirds of enterprises are engineering the human out of the deployment decision, more of them plan to grow spending on human reviewers (26%) than on the automated evaluation pipelines (16%) that would replace them. The zero-human trajectory and the human-review budget are rising in the same companies at the same time. Indeed, only 8% report that their budget is not increasing. </p><p>Taken together, enterprises are hedging: building toward autonomy while spending to watch agents more closely and keep humans available for the calls that automated evaluation cannot yet be trusted to make.</p><h2>Finding 8: A tooling reshuffle is coming</h2><p><b>Nearly two-thirds plan to adopt or switch platforms within a year</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises plan to adopt a new, additional, or replacement evaluation platform, and which they are considering. Few intend to stand pat.</p><div></div><p>The evaluation market is wide open. While 36% have no plans to change, a clear majority (64%) intend to adopt a new, additional, or replacement platform within twelve months, and 31% within the next quarter. The consideration set points where current usage is thinnest: Confident AI’s DeepEval leads what enterprises are evaluating (20%), ahead of OpenAI’s native evals (13%) and Braintrust (9%) — the open-source specialists drawing more interest than their present footprint. </p><p>Given that so many enterprises today rely on provider-native tools or nothing at all (Finding 4), this is less a defection than a first real wave of tooling adoption — the moment the evaluation layer starts to consolidate. Which platforms earn that trust, in a market where almost no one trusts automated evaluation yet, is the open question this series will keep tracking.</p><h2>The bottom line: An evaluation gap that autonomy will widen, not close</h2><p>Organizations with 100 or more employees are granting AI agents more independence than they trust their evaluations to support. Half have already shipped an agent that passed its evals and then failed a customer; almost none fully trust automated evaluation, chiefly because it doesn’t match real-world outcomes; and most watch production for uptime and cost rather than for whether the agent’s answers are right. Yet two-thirds already allow, or are actively building toward, deploying to production on automated evaluation alone.</p><p>The vendor market is early and unsettled: the most common primary evaluation tools are provider-native evals, tied with no dedicated tooling at all, and a clear majority plan to adopt or switch platforms within the year. Encouragingly, the next dollar is going to observability and — pointedly — human review, suggesting enterprises sense the gap even as they engineer past it. At 157 respondents in a single wave this is a directional read, skewed toward the mid-market — but the direction is clear: autonomy is being granted on the strength of evaluations that the people granting it do not yet trust. The evaluation gap is not a coverage problem that more tests alone will close; it is a problem of evaluations that reflect reality and can be trusted to gate it. The open question for later waves is whether assurance catches up to autonomy — or whether the false-confidence failures move from customer incidents into changes that deploy themselves.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 157 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single June 2026 wave. This is a directional read rather than a precise measurement — the sample is self-selected, not a probability sample, and skews toward the mid-market. Respondents include product and program managers, consultants and advisors, directors of engineering/IT, and CIOs/CTOs/CISOs, among other functions, across technology/software, retail/consumer, healthcare/life sciences, manufacturing, and other industries.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The AI context gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a trust problem, not a retrieval problem — and most are still building the fix]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:19:42 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 101 enterprises, the infrastructure that feeds AI agents their business context is being built faster than it can be trusted. Retrieval-augmented generation is already the default context source, and provider-native retrieval has quietly overtaken the dedicated vector databases that define the category — yet a majority of enterprises have already watched their agents produce confident, wrong answers traced to missing or inconsistent context. A governed semantic layer is emerging as the fix, but most are still building it; the field is converging on hybrid retrieval; and even as provider-native tools lead in practice, a plurality say they intend to keep best-of-breed. The result is a context gap — agents that sound authoritative running on a foundation their owners do not yet fully trust.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines the enterprise RAG and context layer: what feeds AI agents their business context, which retrieval systems enterprises run, how they buy and measure them, where the architecture is heading, and — most revealingly — how often that context is already failing them.</p><p>The central finding is a context gap — the distance between how confidently enterprise agents answer and how reliable the context beneath them actually is. A majority of enterprises (57%) report that in the past six months their AI agents produced confident but wrong answers they traced to missing or inconsistent business context, and more than half of those said it happened more than once. This is not a fringe failure: retrieval is the primary context source for 38% of enterprises, more than any other approach, so when retrieval is thin or inconsistent, the errors it produces are wearing the agent’s authority. The infrastructure to fix it is being built — 58% already run or are building a governed semantic layer — but for most it is not yet in production.</p><p>Underneath, the market is consolidating in a direction that surprises. Provider-native retrieval — OpenAI’s file search (40%) and Google’s Vertex AI Search (38%) — already leads every dedicated vector database, and enterprises expect hybrid retrieval to dominate by the end of 2026 (34%). Yet a plurality (36%) say they intend to keep best-of-breed standalone tools rather than consolidate onto a provider’s native context stack, and a majority (57%) plan to switch or add a provider within the year. Stated preference and actual usage are pulling in opposite directions — the market is buying provider-native while insisting it wants independence.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series. This survey focused on enterprise RAG infrastructure and the context layer — the retrieval systems, semantic layers, and context sources that feed AI agents. Responses are filtered to organizations with more than 100 employees (n=101); the survey drew no responses from organizations of 100 or fewer, so the full sample qualifies. All responses are from a single Q2 2026 (June) wave, so the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends. Several questions were multiple-select, so those shares can sum to more than 100%.</p><p>By organization size the sample concentrates in the mid-market: 251–1,000 employees (31%) and 101–250 (31%) lead, with 1,001–5,000 (20%), 5,001–10,000 (12%), and 10,001+ (7%) above them. By role it spans managers (39%), individual contributors (27%), the C-suite (16%), and VPs and directors (14%); on purchasing authority it is buyer-credible, with 46% final decision-makers and another 26% recommenders or influencers. Technology/Software is the largest industry at 20%, followed by Healthcare/Life Sciences (11%) and a broad spread across retail, transportation, financial services, manufacturing, and education.</p><p>At 101 respondents this is a modest sample and should be read as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement; it is self-selected and is not a probability sample. It is best read as the view from organizations actively standing up RAG and context infrastructure rather than from the largest operators.</p><h2>Finding 1: Confident and wrong</h2><p><b>More than half have traced agent errors to bad context</b></p><p>We asked whether, in the past six months, enterprises had traced a confident but wrong agent answer to missing or inconsistent business context. Most had.</p><div></div><p>This is the report’s defining number. A majority of enterprises (57%) have already had an AI agent produce a confident, wrong answer they traced to bad context — wrong metrics, stale definitions, or missing documents — and more than half of those have seen it happen more than once. Only 28% report no such failure, and a small remainder either don’t run agents on enterprise data or don’t trace root cause closely enough to know. </p><p>The failure mode is specific and dangerous: the model is not obviously hallucinating; it is confidently wrong because the context feeding it was thin or inconsistent. Everything else in this report — what enterprises retrieve, how they govern it, and what they plan to build — is downstream of this problem.</p><h2>Finding 2: RAG is the default context source</h2><p><b>Retrieval feeds more agents than any other method</b></p><p>We asked what an enterprise’s AI agents primarily use to understand its data. Retrieval leads by a wide margin.</p><div></div><p>Retrieval is the backbone of enterprise context. For 38% of organizations, RAG over documents or a vector index is the primary way agents understand the business — nearly twice the share of the next approach, a governed semantic layer or ontology (21%). Mixed approaches (14%), direct live-system queries (10%), and long-context loading (6%) fill out the rest, and only 2% let agents run on the model’s general knowledge alone. The concentration matters in light of Finding 1: because so much enterprise context flows through retrieval, the quality of that retrieval is the quality of the answer. When RAG is the default source, thin retrieval is not an edge case — it is the main failure surface.</p><p>One approach is notable for its absence from these answers: customizing model weights, also known as fine-tuning. Every leading source of business context is injected at run time. Our most recent direct measurement of fine-tuning comes from our April–May survey wave (a separate survey, n=136), where fine-tuning capabilities ranked last of six factors in model selection at 5% — even as 26% of that sample still named fine-tuning and customization an investment they expect to grow. Fine-tuning has fallen out of the primary selection conversation; context injection is how enterprises make agents knowledgeable about their business.</p><h2>Finding 3: Provider-native retrieval already leads the vector databases</h2><p><b>OpenAI file search and vertex AI search top the dedicated tools</b></p><p>We asked which retrieval systems enterprises run in production today. The answer favors the model providers and hyperscalers over the specialists.</p><div></div><p>The dedicated vector database is no longer the center of the RAG stack. OpenAI’s file search (40%) and Google’s Vertex AI Search (38%) lead — provider-native and hyperscaler-native retrieval — ahead of every purpose-built vector database. Among the specialists, the most-used is the one enterprises already run for other reasons (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, 20%) and the open, embedded option (pgvector, 12%); the pure-play vector databases that define the category — Weaviate, Qdrant, Pinecone, Milvus — each sit in single digits to low double digits. Notably, 13% of enterprises say they still run no production RAG at all. As with the platforms in the parallel infrastructure wave, enterprises are gravitating to retrieval that comes bundled with tools they already buy.</p><p>The shape of this finding held across both Q2 waves. In April–May (n=161), provider-built retrieval led usage there too, while every dedicated vector database remained marginal — the most-used standalone vector database peaked at 8% of that sample — and the hybrid, pluralistic future was already the consensus expectation (34% expected hybrid retrieval to dominate, with another 29% expecting multiple architectures by use case). Two waves, consistent picture: the category that coined the “vector database” term is being collected by the platforms enterprises already buy from.</p><h2>Finding 4: But they say they want to keep best-of-breed</h2><p><b>A plurality resist consolidating onto a provider’s native stack</b></p><p>We asked how enterprises will respond as model providers bundle retrieval, memory, and orchestration into their platforms. Their stated intent cuts against their current usage.</p><div></div><p>Here is the tension at the heart of the stack. Even as provider-native retrieval leads in practice (Finding 3), a plurality of enterprises (36%) say they intend to keep best-of-breed standalone tools rather than consolidate onto a provider’s native context stack — well ahead of the 21% who plan to consolidate. Another 21% expect a mix, and 9% intend to build and own the layer themselves. The gap between what enterprises run and what they say they want is the strategic question of the category: they are adopting bundled retrieval for convenience while asserting they will preserve independence. Which impulse wins — the pull of the provider bundle or the stated preference for modular control — will shape the retrieval market more than any single tool.</p><h2>Finding 5: Hybrid retrieval is the consensus bet</h2><p><b>Vector-only retrieval is already seen as insufficient</b></p><p>We asked which retrieval architecture enterprises expect to dominate their production RAG systems by the end of 2026. The field is converging — with a large share still unsure.</p><div></div><p>The architecture is settling on hybrid. A third (34%) expect hybrid retrieval — embeddings combined with reranking and access controls — to dominate their production systems by the end of 2026, three times the 11% who expect vector-only retrieval to prevail. That is a notable signal: the pure vector-search approach that launched the category is already viewed as insufficient on its own, superseded by pipelines that add reranking for accuracy and access controls for governance — the very access controls whose absence produces the failures in Finding 1. Tellingly, the second-largest answer is uncertainty: 17% simply don’t know, and another 14% expect to move beyond a dedicated vector layer entirely toward tool-first or long-context retrieval. The consensus is not a single tool but a layered pipeline — and it is not yet fully formed.</p><h2>Finding 6: The governed context layer is being built now</h2><p><b>Most run or are building a semantic layer — few in production</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises use a governed semantic or context layer to give agents and BI a shared understanding of their data. Most are on the path; fewer have arrived.</p><div></div><p>The fix for the context gap is under construction. Well over half of enterprises (58%) either run a governed semantic layer in production (25%) or are piloting and building one (34%), and a further 17% are actively evaluating — meaning three-quarters are engaged with the idea in some form. But the balance is telling: more are building than have shipped, so for most enterprises the shared, governed definition layer that would prevent the "confident but wrong" failures of Finding 1 is still a work in progress. The semantic layer is the industry’s answer to inconsistent context; this wave catches it mid-construction, ambition well ahead of production.</p><h2>Finding 7: Bought on ingestion and simplicity, watched for correctness</h2><p><b>Selection favors operability; monitoring favors correctness and security</b></p><p>We asked what matters most when enterprises choose a retrieval system, and what they track once it is running. Both answers lean practical.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises choose retrieval systems on operability. Ease of data ingestion (36%), latency and performance (32%), and operational simplicity (29%) lead the selection criteria — ahead of retrieval accuracy and access control (23% each), the two factors most directly tied to the failures in Finding 1. Once systems are running, the emphasis shifts toward trust: the most-tracked metrics are response correctness (42%) and security and access control (38%), ahead of latency (28%), operational stability (27%), and answer relevance (23%). </p><p>Satisfaction with current systems is moderately positive but not enthusiastic — on a five-point scale, overall satisfaction averages 4.0, with ease of implementation and value for money both near 3.9. Enterprises buy for how easily a system runs and watch it for whether it can be trusted.</p><h2>Finding 8: A retrieval reshuffle is coming</h2><p><b>A majority plan to change providers — and the vector specialists are gaining interest</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises plan to change or add a retrieval provider, and which they are considering. The consideration set differs from today’s stack.</p><div></div><p>The retrieval stack is not settled. While 43% have no plans to change, a small majority (57%) intend to switch or add a provider within twelve months, and a quarter (26%) within the next quarter. The consideration set is where it gets interesting: provider-native retrieval still leads what enterprises are evaluating (OpenAI 22%, Vertex AI Search 21%), but the open-source vector specialists punch above their current footprint — Qdrant (14%) and Milvus (13%) draw more switching interest than their present usage (10% and 6%) would suggest. Read with Finding 4, the picture is a market in flux: enterprises run provider-native today, are evaluating a broader field, and say they want to keep their options open. The reshuffle ahead will test whether best-of-breed intent survives contact with the convenience of the bundle.</p><h1>The bottom line: A context gap that more retrieval alone won’t close</h1><p>Organizations with more than 100 employees are wiring agents into their business faster than they can guarantee the context those agents run on. Retrieval is the default source of enterprise context, and it increasingly comes from the model providers and hyperscalers rather than the dedicated vector databases — yet a majority of enterprises have already watched agents answer confidently and wrongly because that context was thin or inconsistent. The failure is not exotic; it is the predictable result of pointing authoritative-sounding agents at an unreliable foundation.</p><p>The industry’s answer — a governed semantic layer, hybrid retrieval with reranking and access controls — is being built but is mostly not yet in production, and enterprises are pulled between the convenience of provider-native bundles and a stated preference for best-of-breed independence. At 101 respondents in a single Q2 wave this is a directional read, skewed toward the mid-market — but the direction is clear: the context layer is the next contested tier of the AI stack, and right now agents are running ahead of it. The context gap is not a retrieval-volume problem that more documents or bigger indexes will solve on their own; it is a problem of governed, consistent, access-aware context. The open question for later waves is whether enterprises finish building that layer before the confident-but-wrong failures move from the lab into decisions that matter.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 101 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single Q2 2026 (June) wave. At this sample size the results should be read as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement — it's a self-selected sample, not a probability sample, and skews toward the mid-market. Respondents include managers, individual contributors, VPs/directors, and the C-suite, with strong purchasing authority, across technology, healthcare, retail, transportation, financial services, manufacturing, and education.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The agent security gap: 54% of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident, and most still let agents share credentials]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Across 107 enterprises, AI agents are being given real access to systems and data while the controls meant to contain them lag behind. More than half have already had a confirmed agent security incident or a near-miss; only about a third give every agent its own scoped identity, and most agents s...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:19:41 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 107 enterprises, AI agents are being given real access to systems and data while the controls meant to contain them lag behind. More than half have already had a confirmed agent security incident or a near-miss; only about a third give every agent its own scoped identity, and most agents still share credentials; and only three in ten isolate their highest-risk agents. The security stack is overwhelmingly borrowed from the model providers and hyperscalers rather than purpose-built for agents, spending remains a thin slice of the security budget, and enterprises are evenly split on whether their defenses are keeping pace with AI-enabled attackers. The result is an agent security gap — autonomous agents proliferating faster than the identity, isolation, and enforcement controls needed to hold them.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines how enterprises secure their AI agents: what tooling they run, how they manage agent identity and isolation, what has already gone wrong, how much they spend, and whether they believe their defenses are keeping pace with AI-enabled attackers.</p><p>The central finding is an agent security gap — the distance between the autonomy enterprises are granting their agents and the controls in place to contain them. More than half of organizations (54%) have already experienced a confirmed agent security incident (18%) or a near-miss caught before harm (36%). The structural weakness beneath those numbers is identity: only about a third (32%) give every agent its own scoped, managed identity, while the rest report that some agents share credentials or that agents mostly run on shared API keys and human or service-account credentials. When agents share credentials, a single compromised or over-permissioned agent carries a wide blast radius — and only three in ten enterprises (30%) isolate their highest-risk agents in sandboxes to bound that radius.</p><p>What makes the gap notable is how comfortable enterprises are inside it. The security stack is overwhelmingly provider-native — OpenAI’s guardrails (51%), Google’s and Microsoft’s cloud controls, and Anthropic’s managed-agent controls dominate, while the dedicated agent-security specialists barely register — and satisfaction with that borrowed stack is high, averaging 4.2 out of 5. Yet spending remains a thin slice of the security budget, only a third of enterprises believe their AI defenses are ahead of AI-enabled attackers, and a clear majority plan to change tooling within the year. Enterprises are satisfied with controls they are simultaneously preparing to replace.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series, this instrument focused on enterprise agent security — the tooling, identity, isolation, and enforcement controls organizations use to secure autonomous AI agents. Responses are filtered to organizations with more than 100 employees (n=107; the survey’s smallest size band, 1–100 employees, is excluded), drawn from a single June 2026 wave. Because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends. Several questions were multiple-select, so those shares can sum to more than 100%.</p><p>By role the sample is senior and buyer-credible: 45% are final decision-makers for AI purchases and another 30% recommenders or influencers. Managers (43%), individual contributors (24%), VPs and directors (15%), and the C-suite (11%) make up the seniority mix. By organization size the sample is mid-market-weighted: 251–1,000 (42%) and 101–250 (25%) employees lead, with 1,001–5,000 (19%), 5,001–10,000 (8%), and 10,001+ (7%) above them. Technology/Software is the largest industry at 23%, followed by Manufacturing (15%), Retail/E-commerce (14%), and Healthcare/Life Sciences (13%).</p><p>At 107 respondents the sample is large enough to read directionally but should be treated as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement; it is self-selected and is not a probability sample. It skews toward the mid-market, so it is best read as the view from organizations actively standing up agent security rather than from the largest operators.</p><p>Satisfaction ratings are computed on the respondents who answered each rating question; the overall satisfaction score reflects 82 of the 107 qualified respondents.</p><h2>Finding 1: The incidents are already here</h2><p><b>More than half have had an agent security incident or near-miss</b></p><p>We asked whether organizations had experienced an agent security incident — a confirmed breach, or a near-miss caught before harm. Most that run agents in production had.</p><div></div><p>This is the report’s defining number. More than half of organizations (54%) have already had an agent security event — 18% a confirmed incident and 36% a near-miss caught before it caused harm. Only 42% report nothing, and a small remainder either run no agents in production or don’t track such events. That so many report near-misses rather than only confirmed incidents is telling: enterprises are catching problems, but they are catching them close to the edge. The controls examined in the rest of this report — identity, isolation, enforcement — are what determine whether the next near-miss stays a near-miss.</p><p>Exposure scales with company size, but containment does not. The incident-or-near-miss rate rises from 49% in the mid-market (companies with 101-1,000 employees) to 63% at larger enterprises (above 1,000 employees), while sandbox isolation of high-risk agents falls from 35% to 20%, and satisfaction with security tooling drops from 4.36 to 3.97. The organizations running the most agents across the most systems carry the most incidents and the least of the one control that bounds an incident's blast radius.</p><h2>Finding 2: The identity gap</h2><p><b>Only a third give every agent its own scoped identity</b></p><p>We asked how enterprises manage the identity of their AI agents — whether each agent has its own credentials, or agents share them. Full per-agent identity is the exception.</p><div></div><p>Rolled together, the overlapping answers show 69% of enterprises (74 of 107) with credential sharing somewhere in the agent fleet. Identity is the structural weakness beneath the incidents. Only about a third of enterprises (32%) give every agent its own scoped, managed identity — the precondition for least-privilege access and clean attribution. Nearly half (48%) say some agents have scoped identities but many still share credentials, and another 32% say agents mostly run on shared API keys or borrowed human and service-account credentials. (Respondents could describe more than one pattern across their agent fleet, so these overlap.) </p><p>The consequence is direct: when agents share credentials, an over-permissioned or compromised agent can act with far more reach than intended, and forensics after an incident cannot cleanly tell which agent did what. The non-human identity problem — giving every agent its own governed identity — is the single largest unfinished piece of enterprise agent security.</p><p>Moreover, a company’s agent credential posture is correlated with incidents. Organizations with credential sharing anywhere in the fleet were hit — with an incident or a near-miss in the past twelve months — at 63.5% (47 of 74). Organizations where every agent carries its own scoped identity were hit at 40.9% (9 of 22). The fully-scoped group is small, so for now the relationship is an association rather than proven causation, and the gap is concentrated in the mid-market — but within a single survey, a twenty-three point difference in incident rate suggests significance.</p><h2>Finding 3: Observe and enforce, but rarely isolate</h2><p><b>Only three in 10 sandbox their highest-risk agents</b></p><p>We asked what an organization’s agent security posture looks like in practice — whether they observe, enforce, isolate, or some combination. The control that bounds damage is the least common.</p><div></div><p>Monitoring and enforcement are reasonably common; containment is not. Roughly half of enterprises observe agent activity (47%) or enforce scoped permissions at runtime (49%), but only 30% isolate their highest-risk agents in sandboxes that bound the blast radius when the other controls fail. That ordering is backwards from a defense-in-depth standpoint: observation tells you what happened, enforcement tries to prevent it, but isolation is what limits the damage when prevention fails — and it is the control enterprises have adopted least. Combined with the identity gap in Finding 2, the picture is of agents that are watched and permissioned but rarely boxed in, which is precisely the configuration in which a single failure propagates.</p><h2>Finding 4: Security runs on borrowed, provider-native controls</h2><p><b>Guardrails from OpenAI, Google and Microsoft dominate; specialists barely register</b></p><p>We asked which agent security tooling enterprises use, and which is their primary layer. The answer favors the model providers and hyperscalers over the dedicated security vendors.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises are securing agents with tools that came bundled with their models and clouds. OpenAI’s guardrails lead at 51%, followed by Google’s and Microsoft’s cloud-native controls and Anthropic’s managed-agent controls — and when asked to name their single primary security layer, 82% name one of these provider-native offerings. The purpose-built agent-security category — Palo Alto’s Prisma AIRS, CrowdStrike, Cisco AI Defense, Zenity, HiddenLayer, Check Point’s Lakera, Okta for AI Agents, non-human identity platforms — barely registers, each in the low single digits, and only 5% run no dedicated tooling at all. As with retrieval and evaluation elsewhere in this series, the provider bundle is winning the default: enterprises reach first for the guardrails their platform ships, and the independent security layer that would address the identity and isolation gaps has not yet been adopted at scale.</p><p>The provider-default pattern is consistent across both Q2 survey waves. In April–May (n=110), usage was led by the same names — OpenAI's controls at 26%, Azure at 15%, AWS at 14%, Google at 12% — with every dedicated agent-security specialist at 3% or below and one in ten using no dedicated tooling at all. The common finding from the two surveys: Enterprises are defaulting to the solutions provided by the platform they’re using, and the specialist category vendors have yet to become big players here.</p><p>(<i>A note on reading these shares. As described in the methodology section, the respondent sample is self-selected and skews mid-market, and the usage question counted every vendor or approach a respondent has in place — so the figures measure presence in the security stack rather than spending or exclusivity. Individual vendor percentages therefore carry all the usual sample caveats. The structural pattern, however, held across both Q2 waves on two differently worded questions: provider-native and hyperscaler controls lead, and dedicated agent-security specialists remain in low single digits. Read the individual shares loosely and the pattern with confidence.)</i></p><h2>Finding 5: And enterprises are comfortable with it</h2><p><b>Satisfaction is high, even as incidents mount and identity lags</b></p><p>We asked how satisfied enterprises are with their current agent security tooling. The comfort is notably out of step with the exposure documented above.</p><div></div><p>Satisfaction with agent security tooling is high — 4.2 out of 5 overall, and 4.1 for value for money — among the most positive readings in this series. That is the striking part: enterprises are highly satisfied with a stack that is mostly borrowed provider guardrails, even though more than half have already had an incident or near-miss and only a third give their agents scoped identities. The comfort appears to rest on the convenience and low friction of provider-native controls rather than on demonstrated containment. It is a false comfort in the making — the same enterprises expressing satisfaction are, as Finding 8 shows, a clear majority planning to change tooling within the year, which suggests the confidence is thinner than the score implies.</p><h2>Finding 6: Budgets haven’t caught up</h2><p><b>Most spend under a tenth of the security budget on agents</b></p><p>We asked what share of the security budget enterprises allocate to securing AI agents. For a fast-emerging risk, the allocation is modest.</p><div></div><p>Spending on agent security is still a thin slice. The most common allocation is 6–10% of the security budget (46%), and a third of enterprises (34%) spend 5% or less; only a quarter (24%) devote more than a tenth. Given the incident rate in Finding 1 and the identity and isolation gaps in Findings 2 and 3, the budget looks like a lagging indicator — the risk has arrived faster than the funding to address it. The enterprises spending more than a tenth of their security budget on agents are a distinct minority, and they are likely the ones building the scoped-identity and isolation controls the rest have not.</p><h1>Finding 7: The arms race is even, at best</h1><p><b>Only a third think their AI defenses are ahead of AI-enabled attackers</b></p><p>We asked how enterprises assess the balance between their AI-enabled defenses and AI-enabled attackers. Confidence is far from settled.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises are split on whether they are winning. Only about a third (35%) believe their AI-enabled defenses are ahead of AI-enabled attackers; the rest are less sure — 32% call it roughly even, 21% think attackers are ahead, and another 21% say it is too early to tell. Taken together, a clear majority (53%) rate the balance as even or tilted toward the attacker. That uncertainty sits uneasily beside the high satisfaction of Finding 5: enterprises are content with their tooling yet unconvinced it is winning the contest it exists to win. In a domain where the offense is also compounding with AI, an even race is not a comfortable place to be.</p><h2>Finding 8: A security reshuffle is coming</h2><p><b>Nearly six in 10 plan to adopt or switch tooling within a year</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises plan to adopt a new, additional, or replacement agent security solution, and which they are considering. Few intend to stand pat.</p><div></div><p>The security stack is not settled. While 41% have no plans to change, a clear majority (59%) intend to adopt a new, additional, or replacement agent security solution within twelve months, and 29% within the next quarter — a strong signal that, high satisfaction notwithstanding, enterprises know the current stack is provisional. Incidents are what start the buying cycle. </p><p>Among organizations that have been hit, 42.1% plan to adopt, add, or replace agent security tooling within the next ninety days, against 14.0% of organizations with no incident — and after a confirmed incident it becomes majority behavior, at 52.6%. Getting hit also changes the threat assessment: 33.3% of hit organizations say AI-armed attackers are ahead of their defenses, against 8.0% of the unhit. Experience, in this data, is the strongest predictor of both urgency and pessimism.</p><p>The consideration set still leans provider-native (OpenAI 34%, Google 30%, Anthropic 29%, Azure 25%), but the dedicated security vendors — Cloudflare, Cisco, Palo Alto, Okta, Check Point’s Lakera — draw early interest in the mid-to-high single digits, more than their current footprint. </p><p>What the shopping does not yet include is the identity layer specifically. Twelve percent of the respondents include an agent-identity product — Okta for AI Agents, Microsoft Entra Agent ID, or a non-human identity platform — anywhere in their consideration set, and among the credential-sharing organizations that have already had an incident, identity consideration is essentially unchanged, at roughly one in ten. The control most directly implicated by the incident data is the one largely missing from the purchase plans. Whether this wave hardens the provider-native default or finally opens the door to purpose-built agent security — the identity and isolation controls the incidents call for — is the question this series will keep tracking.</p><h2>The bottom line: A security gap that autonomy will test first</h2><p>Organizations with more than 100 employees are giving AI agents real reach into systems and data while securing them with controls built for something else. More than half have already had an incident or near-miss; only a third give every agent its own scoped identity, and most still share credentials; only three in ten isolate their highest-risk agents; and the stack doing this work is overwhelmingly borrowed from the model providers and hyperscalers rather than purpose-built for agents.</p><p>The uncomfortable pairing is confidence with exposure: satisfaction with the current tooling is among the highest in this series, yet spending is a thin slice of the security budget, only a third believe their defenses are ahead of AI-enabled attackers, and a clear majority are already planning to replace what they have. At 107 respondents in a single wave this is a directional read, skewed toward the mid-market — but the direction is clear: agent adoption is running ahead of agent security, and the controls that matter most when something fails — scoped identity and isolation — are the ones enterprises have built least. The agent security gap is not a coverage problem that a provider guardrail will close on its own; it is a problem of identity, isolation, and enforcement built for autonomous software. The open question for later waves is whether enterprises close it deliberately — or whether a confirmed incident closes it for them.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 107 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single June 2026 wave. This is a directional read, not a precise measurement — the sample is self-selected and skews mid-market, so it's best read as the view from organizations actively standing up agent security rather than from the largest operators. Respondents are senior and buyer-credible (45% final decision-makers, 30% recommenders/influencers), spanning managers through the C-suite, and drawn primarily from Technology/Software, Manufacturing, Retail/E-commerce, and Healthcare/Life Sciences.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model-provider APIs, yet the next dollar is aimed at specialized compute almost none of them use today...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:19:39 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model-provider APIs, yet the next dollar is aimed at specialized compute almost none of them use today; a majority intend to switch or add providers within the year, many within a quarter. Buying decisions turn on integration and total cost of ownership rather than headline token price — which is fortunate, because most enterprises cannot yet see their unit economics clearly: GPUs sit at half utilization or less, and fewer than half rigorously track what their compute actually costs. The result is a compute gap — heavy, fast-moving investment running ahead of the visibility needed to control it.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines enterprise AI infrastructure and compute: where organizations are in their deployment journey, what they run AI on today, how satisfied they are, what would make them switch, where they plan to evaluate their investments, and — most revealingly — how well they can measure and control the economics of the compute underneath it all.</p><p>The central finding is a compute gap — the distance between how aggressively enterprises are investing in AI infrastructure and how little of its economics they can see. Only about one in five (21%) run AI in production at scale, yet spending intentions are outrunning that maturity: the single largest planned area enterprises plan to evaluate over the next year is AI-specialized clouds (45%), a layer almost none of these enterprises use today. Meanwhile the compute already in place runs cold — 83% report GPU utilization of 50% or less — and fewer than half (44%) can rigorously track what their AI compute costs. Enterprises are buying more infrastructure faster than they can account for what they already own.</p><p>Enterprises are not settled on their infrastructure vendors, either: A clear majority (64%) plan to switch or add an infrastructure provider within twelve months, and 38% within the next quarter — unusually high churn intent for a category this foundational. When they choose, they choose on integration with the existing stack (41%) and total cost of ownership (35%), not on headline price: cost per million tokens is the deciding factor for just 8%. And the frontier constraint that will shape the next round of decisions — the shift from GPU compute to memory bandwidth as inference scales — is barely on the radar, with roughly one in five enterprises either unaware of it or yet to address it.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series, this survey focused on enterprise AI infrastructure, compute, and inference economics. Responses are filtered to organizations with more than 100 employees (n=107; the survey’s smallest size band, 1–100 employees, is excluded), drawn from a single Q2 2026 (June) wave. Because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends. Several questions were multiple-select, so those shares can sum to more than 100%.</p><p>By organization size the sample concentrates in the mid-market: 101–250 employees (36%) and 251–1,000 (27%) lead, with 1,001–5,000 (22%), 5,001–10,000 (8%), and 10,001+ (7%) above them. By role it spans managers (38%), individual contributors (28%), VPs and directors (19%), and the C-suite (13%); on purchasing authority it is buyer-credible, with 45% final decision-makers and another 30% recommenders or influencers for AI solutions. Technology/Software is the largest industry at 26%, followed by Healthcare/Life Sciences (15%), Financial Services (13%), and Retail/E-commerce (12%).</p><p>At 107 respondents the sample is large enough to read directionally but should be treated as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement; it is self-selected and is not a probability sample. It also skews toward the mid-market and toward earlier-stage adopters, so it is best read as the view from organizations actively building out AI infrastructure rather than from the largest hyperscale operators.</p><h2>Finding 1: Ambition outpaces production</h2><p><b>Only one in five run AI in production at scale</b></p><p>We asked where organizations sit in their AI deployment journey. Most are still building toward production rather than operating at scale.</p><div></div><p>The maturity curve is front-loaded. Three-quarters of enterprises (76%) are either experimenting or running only some workloads in production, and just 21% describe AI in production at scale. This matters for everything that follows: the infrastructure decisions in this report are being made largely by organizations still early in deployment, whose compute footprint — and whose costs — are about to grow. The evaluation and switching intentions in Findings 3 and 4 are the leading edge of that build-out, not the settled preferences of operators who have already found what works.</p><h2>Finding 2: Enterprises run on hyperscalers and model APIs</h2><p><b>The specialized GPU clouds barely register — today</b></p><p>We asked which providers and platforms enterprises currently use to run their AI. The answer is a familiar one: the incumbents.</p><div></div><p>The current stack is hyperscaler-and-API. Google Cloud leads at 48%, and the general-purpose clouds (Google, Microsoft, AWS, Oracle) together with the major model APIs (Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic) account for essentially all current deployment. The specialized “neocloud” GPU providers that dominate AI-infrastructure headlines — CoreWeave, Lambda, Crusoe, Nebius and peers — register at or near zero among these enterprises today. Only 6% run their own on-prem GPU clusters and 4% a custom open-source stack. Enterprises are, for now, running AI on the providers they already buy from — which makes the evaluation intentions in Finding 3 all the more striking.</p><p><i>(A note on reading these shares. As described in the methodology section, this sample is self-selected and skews mid-market, and this question counted every provider a respondent uses — an average of 2.1 selections each — so the figures measure presence in the stack rather than spending or primary status. A sample built this way will show a different provider mix than a spend-weighted census of the broader market; Google's strength here, for example, is consistent with its long-standing position among smaller enterprises building on AI. Read these shares as a portrait of what this AI-active cohort runs today, and treat gaps between these figures and industry-wide market share estimates as a property of the sample rather than a contradiction of either.)</i></p><h2>Finding 3: The next dollar goes to infrastructure they don’t yet run</h2><p><b>AI-specialized clouds top the evaluations list</b></p><p>We asked where enterprises planned to evaluate AI infrastructure over the next 12 months. Their answers point away from the stack they run today.</p><div></div><p>Here is the report’s sharpest tension. The single most-cited planned evaluation area — AI-specialized clouds, at 45% — is the very category almost none of these enterprises use today (Finding 2). Nearly a third (32%) intend to evaluate non-Nvidia accelerators, and 28% in next-generation Nvidia silicon; even decentralized compute networks (16%) and sovereign compute (11%) draw meaningful interest. Read against current usage, this is not incremental — it is the leading edge of a re-platforming. The direction-of-travel question tells the same story: every infrastructure approach is net-expanding, but specialized AI clouds carry the highest net momentum (+24), edging out even the hyperscalers (+22). Enterprises are preparing to move a meaningful share of AI compute off the general-purpose cloud.</p><p>This continues a trend we saw in our April-May survey wave. Back then, usage of the AI-specialized clouds was equally marginal — CoreWeave at 3%, Lambda at 4%, Crusoe at 2% of enterprises. When we asked enterprises what change they planned in their AI infrastructure strategy over the next twelve months, the most-cited answer was moving workloads to specialized AI clouds, at 33%. Asked in April-May which emerging compute option they were most likely to evaluate AI-specialized clouds again drew the most responses. Two waves, two differently worded questions, one consistent picture: the type of cloud enterprises are most eager to assess is the type they have barely begun to use.</p><h2>Finding 4: A switching wave is building</h2><p><b>Six in 10 plan to change providers within a year — many within a quarter</b></p><p>We asked whether and when enterprises plan to switch or add an infrastructure provider. Very few intend to stand still.</p><div></div><p>For a category as foundational as compute, this is a remarkable amount of intended movement. Only 36% have no plans to change, meaning a clear majority (64%) intend to switch or add a provider within twelve months — and 38% within the next quarter alone. Where that interest points is telling: the providers drawing the most switching consideration are again the incumbents — Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud (33% each), OpenAI (30%), and Gemini (22%) — which suggests much of the near-term movement is reshuffling among the majors and consolidating spend rather than defecting to new entrants. The neocloud interest in Finding 3 is a 12-month evaluation thesis; the switching in the next quarter is mostly incumbents trading share.</p><p>(<i>Method note: Respondents who selected both "no plans to change" and a specific switching window are counted as switchers, on the logic that naming a timeframe is the more specific answer; three respondents were reclassified under this rule.</i>)</p><h2>Finding 5: Nobody buys on token price</h2><p><b>Integration and total cost of ownership decide — not sticker price</b></p><p>We asked what matters most when enterprises select an AI infrastructure provider. Headline price finished last.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises do not buy AI infrastructure on pricing, which is the place vendors compete on hardest. Integration with the existing stack (41%) and total cost of ownership (35%) dominate, while the headline metric — cost per million tokens — is the deciding factor for just 8%, dead last. The pattern is coherent: buyers are optimizing for how a provider fits and what it truly costs to operate, not for the advertised unit rate. It also foreshadows Finding 7 — enterprises say TCO matters most, yet most cannot yet measure it rigorously. The stated priority and the measured capability are out of step.</p><h2>Finding 6: Expensive GPUs, idle most of the time</h2><p><b>83% report GPU utilization of 50% or less</b></p><p>We asked what share of their GPU capacity enterprises actually utilize. The answer is a well-known but rarely quantified inefficiency.</p><div></div><p><i>Disclosure: Band percentages count every selection against all 107 qualified respondents; 14 respondents selected more than one band, so bands overlap. At the respondent level, 83 of the 100 GPU-operating enterprises reported utilization at or below 50%</i></p><p>The compute already in place runs cold. Adding the bands at or below half capacity, 83% of enterprises that operate GPUs report utilization of 50% or less, and nearly half (49%) run at 25% or below. Only 12% clear the 50% mark, and a further 8% do not measure utilization at all. Idle accelerators are expensive accelerators, and this is the clearest single measure of the compute gap: enterprises are planning to buy more GPUs and specialized compute (Finding 3) while the capacity they already own sits substantially unused. The efficiency headroom in the current fleet is large — and largely unmeasured.</p><h2>Finding 7: Spending fast, measuring slowly</h2><p><b>Fewer than half rigorously track what their compute costs</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises can quantify the cost and return of their AI infrastructure spend, and how satisfied they are with what they run. Confidence in the ledger lags the spending.</p><div></div><p>Measurement trails money. Fewer than half of enterprises (44%) rigorously track the cost and return of their AI compute; the majority track only partially (39%), cannot quantify it yet (20%), or have not prioritized it (6%). That gap is consequential given Finding 5, where total cost of ownership was the second-ranked buying criterion — enterprises are choosing providers on an economic basis they mostly cannot yet measure. Satisfaction with current infrastructure is moderately positive but not enthusiastic: on a five-point scale, overall satisfaction averages 4.0, with ease of implementation (3.8) and value for money (3.9) trailing slightly — the softness landing, tellingly, on cost. Enterprises are spending quickly and accounting slowly.</p><h2>Finding 8: The next bottleneck few are watching</h2><p><b>As inference shifts from compute to memory, the field scatters</b></p><p>Finally, we asked how enterprises would address the emerging constraint in large-scale inference — the shift from GPU compute to memory, specifically KV-cache capacity. The responses reveal a frontier that is not yet a priority.</p><div></div><p>The memory frontier is real but barely governed. Asked which approach they would rely on as the binding constraint in inference shifts from compute to memory bandwidth, enterprises scatter: Dell leads at 31%, Nvidia follows at 16%, and the rest fragments across storage vendors, open-source tooling, and model-level efficiency techniques. Most telling is that roughly one in five (18%) either do not recognize the constraint or have not begun to address it. For a shift that will reshape inference cost and architecture, this is an early and unsettled market — and, consistent with the measurement gap in Finding 7, one where many enterprises simply do not yet have a view. It is the next chapter of the compute gap, arriving before most have closed the current one.</p><h2>The bottom line: A compute gap that faster spending will widen, not close</h2><p>Organizations with more than 100 employees are investing in AI infrastructure faster than they can measure it. Most are still early in deployment, yet their spending intentions point past their current stack — toward specialized clouds and alternative accelerators almost none of them run today — and a clear majority intend to change providers within the year. They buy on integration and total cost of ownership rather than headline price, which is rational; the difficulty is that most cannot yet see those economics clearly.</p><p>The visibility gap is concrete. The GPUs enterprises already own run at half utilization or less for the overwhelming majority, and fewer than half can rigorously track what their compute costs or returns. Satisfaction is decent but unenthusiastic, softest on value for money — the dimension hardest to judge without measurement. And the next constraint, the shift from compute to memory in large-scale inference, is arriving while most enterprises are still unaware of it. At 107 respondents in a single Q2 wave this is a directional read, skewed toward the mid-market and earlier-stage adopters — but the direction is consistent: the appetite to spend is running well ahead of the instrumentation to spend well. The compute gap is not a capacity problem that more hardware will solve on its own; it is, first, a problem of seeing what the hardware already costs. The open question for later waves is whether enterprises build that visibility before the re-platforming arrives — or buy the next layer of infrastructure as blind to its economics as the last.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 107 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single Q2 2026 (June) wave. Because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the results read cross-sectionally rather than as a month-over-month trend, and at 107 respondents this is a directional signal rather than a precise measurement — the sample is self-selected, skews mid-market, and leans toward earlier-stage adopters rather than the largest hyperscale operators. Respondents include managers, individual contributors, VPs/directors, and the C-suite, with buyer-credible purchasing authority, across Technology/Software, Healthcare/Life Sciences, Financial Services, Retail/E-commerce, and other industries.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Primate Labs released Geekbench 7 for macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, and Linux, redesigning its cross-platform benchmark to better reflect how current software uses CPUs and GPUs.Geekbench 7The update changes Geekbench's multi-core methodology and adds workloads for artificial intelligence, media ...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Primate Labs released Geekbench 7 for <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos" title="macOS" data-kpt="1">macOS</a>, iOS, Android, Windows, and Linux, redesigning its cross-platform benchmark to better reflect how current software uses CPUs and GPUs.<br><br><div><img src="https://photos5.appleinsider.com/gallery/68338-144040-Geekbench-7-Banner-xl.jpg" alt="Geekbench 7 app icon featuring stylized bar chart above black glasses on a rounded blue square background, set against a dark blue textured backdrop" height="738"><span>Geekbench 7</span></div><br>The update changes Geekbench's multi-core methodology and adds workloads for artificial intelligence, media processing, gaming, and content creation. Primate Labs says the revisions account for increasingly demanding computing tasks and the larger data sets handled by modern devices.<br><br>Geekbench 7 remains free for personal use.<br><br><br> <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/23/new-geekbench-7-benchmark-adds-ai-workloads-better-reflects-2026-computer-use-cases?utm_source=rss">Continue Reading on AppleInsider</a> | <a href="https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/245040?urm_source=rss">Discuss on our Forums</a>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Puppet Inventor Luke Kanies recalls the reasoning behind Puppet (now OpenVox), its early history, and goals.

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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:54:20 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Puppet Inventor Luke Kanies recalls the reasoning behind Puppet (now OpenVox), its early history, and goals.

Prototype in Summer 2004 to proof intellectual property
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Sysadmins building tools for sysadmins, transform the role of a sysadmin
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<description><![CDATA[Mit der Web-App Screenwall können alte Smartphones, Tablets und Computer als Second Screen verwendet werden - ohne Installation. Ein Hands-on von Tobias Költzsch (Software, Smartphone)]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689502/it-nachrichten/screenwall-ausprobiert-alte-smartphones-per-web-app-als-second-screen-nutzen/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:33:18 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mit der Web-App Screenwall können alte Smartphones, Tablets und Computer als Second Screen verwendet werden - ohne Installation. Ein Hands-on von Tobias Költzsch (<a href="https://www.golem.de/specials/software/">Software</a>, <a href="https://www.golem.de/specials/smartphone/">Smartphone</a>) <img src="https://cpx.golem.de/cpx.php?class=17&amp;aid=211219&amp;page=1&amp;ts=1784820242" alt="" width="1" height="1">]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:04:43 +0200</pubDate>
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