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Patching & Updates 29 June 2026

US seizes hundreds of FIFA World Cup illegal streaming domains

The U.S. Justice Department's Criminal Division has seized nearly 400 web domains used for illegally streaming matches at the FIFA World Cup. [...]

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Patching & Updates 29 June 2026

Better spreadsheets with sensible AI

ISSUE 23.26 • 2026-06-29 MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan Give AI a chance to help you with any Excel or spreadsheet app. AI can greatly speed up your time spent working on a workbook — rom explaining…

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Patching & Updates 29 June 2026

Don’t pay for bot-detection tools — use these free apps

PUBLIC DEFENDER Don’t pay for bot-detection tools — use these free apps By Brian Livingston • Comment about this article We’re subjected every day to more and more “AI slop.” That’s the flat, droning…

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Patching & Updates 29 June 2026

Rename Master: From “IMG_004582” to something useful

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen Remember when we all had digital cameras and just willy-nilly dumped all those photos into our computers after that trip to Council Bluffs? It was easy. Oh, sure…

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Patching & Updates 29 June 2026

What to do with older tech

ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley When I started writing this column, I planned to open with the forthcoming end of the Windows 10 ESU. Oops. On June 24, Microsoft changed its mind. It decided to extend…

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Patching & Updates 28 June 2026

Data breach exposes up to 14.2 million email logins at six ISPs

Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI Corporation disclosed a data breach where threat actors gained access to one of its email systems used by five other internet service providers (ISPs) in the…

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Patching & Updates 27 June 2026

Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious payload that remains invisible to security scanners, AI agents, and human…

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Patching & Updates 26 June 2026

FBI: Russian hackers now target Signal backup recovery keys

The FBI and CISA are warning that a phishing campaign targeting Signal users tied to Russian intelligence services has evolved to steal Signal Backup Recovery Keys, allowing attackers to access…

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Patching & Updates 26 June 2026

CISA sets urgent deadline to fix Cisco flaw exploited in attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is giving federal agencies until Sunday to patch a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server that is being actively…

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Patching & Updates 26 June 2026

Polymarket customers lose $3 million in supply-chain attack

Polymarket says it will fully reimburse customers who lost an estimated $3 million after hackers injected a malicious script into the platform's frontend following a breach at a third-party vendor.…

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Patching & Updates 26 June 2026

Cybersecurity firms targeted by fraudulent OpenAI organization invites

Threat actors are creating OpenAI tenants that impersonate legitimate companies and inviting employees to join them, in what appears to be a ploy to trick targets into submitting sensitive company…

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Patching & Updates 26 June 2026

Your First GRC Agent: A Red Teamer's Walkthrough

AI won't replace GRC analysts, but it can eliminate much of the repetitive work they do. Anecdotes walks through building an agent that continuously monitors controls, identifies evidence gaps, and…

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Patching & Updates 26 June 2026

Call me gobsmacked

Check out the latest surprise from Microsoft. Am I surprised? Absolutely. Will we have more on this topic? Yes. Stay tuned. Is this a result of higher prices? Of Windows 12 not here yet? I’m honestly…

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Patching & Updates 25 June 2026

Anthropic is testing desktop-like Claude Cowork for mobile

Anthropic appears to be testing Claude Cowork support on mobile, allowing you to manage long-running Claude tasks from your phone. [...]

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Patching & Updates 25 June 2026

Poland busts SIM-swapping gang tied to millions in crypto theft

Authorities in Poland have arrested four members of an organized cybercrime group accused of breaching telecommunications partners and hijacking email accounts to carry out SIM-swapping attacks. [...]

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