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Women face the systemic problem of continually being underrepresented and undervalued in the cyber security space at a time when the diversity of threat actors is now broad and attacks can come from unanticipated places.

Artificial intelligence is transforming cyber security, but solving the industry’s biggest skills challenge isn’t simply about recruiting more people.

There's plenty that is wonderful about the internet – the ability to stay in touch with loved ones no matter where they are in the world, access to unlimited information, etcetera, etcetera.

Grand Theft Auto VI, widely heralded as the game event of the decade, took a significant hit last week after a cybercriminal sent much of the internet into pandemonium after publishing gameplay footage a week before the game’s publisher planned to reveal core portions of the game to the public.

Every day, tens of thousands of internet domains expire and become available for registration again. Infoblox Threat Intel observed roughly 65,000 re-registered, or “dropcatch,” domains daily during the first half of 2026 — nearly 20% of all newly observed domains each day.

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In June, competitive intelligence firm Klue disclosedOpens a new window that an attacker had used a stale legacy credential to get hold of OAuth tokens and reach into its customers’ Salesforce environments. LastPass and several cybersecurity companies were among the victims. The kicker came a few days later, when Klue told TechCrunchOpens a new window the credential in question was provided to a third party in 2022 for a limited pilot, and nobody revoked it when the pilot wrapped.

Cybercriminals are investing millions of dollars to acquire expired domain names and repurpose them for various malicious activities, including malware distribution, scams, illegal streaming, and online gambling, according to a recent report by Infoblox Threat Intel, as covered by IT Pro.

DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox has given the name dropcatch domains to those that get a second chance, where an expired domain becomes available for registration and is then snapped up by another party.

Infoblox has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase network intelligence and observability platform Kentik for an undisclosed amount. The integration blends Infoblox’s DNS/network context with Kentik’s real-time network traffic visibility to strengthen hybrid cloud cyber resilience.