A stealthy and persistent phishing campaign, dubbed VENOMOUS#HELPER, has successfully compromised over 80 organizations by weaponizing legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software to bypass traditional security defenses. According to a recent report from Securonix, the activity has been active since April 2025 but has intensified in early 2026, primarily targeting entities in the United States, Western Europe, and Latin America. The attackers are not using tradi

WatchGuard Technologies has unveiled Rai, a new agentic AI digital workforce designed specifically for managed service providers (MSPs) looking to automate threat detection and response operations. The company introduced Rai during its EMEA Impact 2026 Partner Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, positioning the platform as a major shift from traditional “assistive AI” tools toward autonomous cybersecurity operations. What Rai does According to WatchGuard, Rai functions as an al

In a surprising alliance between two of the industry's most influential players, Anthropic and SpaceX have signed a landmark agreement giving the AI lab access to Colossus 1, currently one of the world's most powerful AI supercomputers. Editorial credit: gguy / Shutterstock The deal, announced last week, marks a pragmatic shift in the AI landscape. Despite a history of public tension between Elon Musk and Anthropic leadership, the partnership provides Anthropic with the massi

In a significant reversal of its long-standing privacy roadmap, Meta has officially discontinued support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on Instagram, as of May 8, 2026. The move marks the end of an era for private messaging on the platform, which first introduced the optional security feature in 2021. Editorial credit: In Green / Shutterstock Users who previously relied on "Vanish Mode" or manual E2EE toggles to secure their conversations are now being prompted to download

Coinbase posted its second consecutive quarterly loss after weaker cryptocurrency prices and lower trading activity weighed heavily on the company’s core business, highlighting the continued volatility facing the digital asset industry. Editorial credit: alfernec / Shutterstock The largest publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange in the United States reported a net loss of $394.1 million for the first quarter of 2026, compared with a profit of $65.6 million during the same per