The Cyber Express

A newly documented security flaw in Parallels Desktop, identified as CVE-2026-90894 and nicknamed "ParaShells," could let any local account on a Mac escalate to full root control of the host machine, according to researchers at JFrog.  The risk is greatest on developer machines, where something as ordinary as a compromised Homebrew formula or a malicious npm preinstall s...

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the bipartisan GUARD Act, legislation aimed at strengthening law enforcement efforts against elder financial fraud, cryptocurrency investment scams and other financial crimes targeting older Americans. The bill, H.R. 2978, passed on September 15, 2026, and now heads to the Senate.

The GUARD Act, or Guarding Unprotecte...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed an Emergency Security Protocol that would allow any European Union member state to trigger a coordinated response to security incidents including

AI is moving deeper into cryptanalysis, vulnerability research and offensive security, raising new questions about how quickly vulnerabilities can be discovered and exploited. In the latest episode of Security Pill Season 2.0, The Cyber Express spoke with

CenterPoint Energy disclosed to federal regulators on Sept. 14 that an unauthorized party obtained personal information belonging to some of its customers through an external-facing system, days after a post on a cybercrime forum advertised a data set the seller said covered roughly 7.5 million customer records.

The Houston-based utility, which delivers electric...