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Week in review: Exploited newly patched BeyondTrust RCE, United Airlines CISO on building resilience

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: United Airlines CISO on building resilience when disruption is inevitable In this Help Net Security interview, Deneen DeFiore, VP and CISO at United Airlines, explains how the company approaches modernization without compromising safety-critical environments, why resilience and c...


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Bitcoin trading firm CEO gets 20 years for operating $200 million Ponzi scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced the CEO of a multi-level marketing and bitcoin trading firm to 20 years in prison after a conviction for wire fraud and money laundering tied to a large scale Ponzi scheme. Court records show that Ramil Ventura Palafox, 61, owned and controlled Praetorian Group International, known as PGI, where he served as chairman, CEO, and primary ...


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Hackers probe, exploit newly patched BeyondTrust RCE flaw (CVE-2026-1731)

Attackers are exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-1731) in internet-facing BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access instances. “Attackers are abusing get_portal_info to extract the x-ns-company value before establishing a WebSocket channel,” Ryan Dewhurst, Head of Threat Intelligence at watchTowr, confirmed on Thursday. Rapid7 researc...


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Proofpoint acquires Acuvity to secure AI and agent-driven workflows

Proofpoint has acquired Acuvity, strengthening its platform with AI-native visibility, governance, and runtime protection for AI and agent-driven workflows. As generative AI reshapes how work gets done, organisations are deploying AI copilots, autonomous agents, and model-connected applications across every function, from software development and customer support to finance a...


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Brutus: Open-source credential testing tool for offensive security

Brutus is an open-source, multi-protocol credential testing tool written in pure Go. Designed to replace legacy tools that have long frustrated penetration testers with dependency headaches and integration gaps, Brutus ships as a single binary with zero external dependencies and native support for the JSON-based reconnaissance pipelines that define offensive security. Solving...


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