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8 Top SAST Tools for Polyglot Monorepos and Platform Engineering in 2026

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By Owais Sultan
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening An enterprise guide to incremental analysis, ownership, policy, self-hosting, specialist language lanes, and the operating model behind static application security testing at scale. A polyglot monorepo can contain a customer-facing TypeScript application, Go services, Python data jobs, Java infrastructure, C++ agents, Terraform modules, and generated code under one version-control boundary.
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Woodgnat Hackers Use Mistic RAT to Broker Access for Ransomware Gangs

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By Deeba Ahmed Verified
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening A newly discovered remote access Trojan (RAT) called Backdoor.Mistic (Mistic backdoor), tracked by Zscaler as MLTBackdoor, is helping hackers infiltrate corporate networks. Detected in April 2026, this RAT is used by a specific group to set up hidden entry points inside businesses. Instead of disrupting systems themselves, these actors operate as brokers, selling network access to major ransomware operations.
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macOS Flaw Allowed Standard Users to Disable CrowdStrike and Kandji Security Tools

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By Deeba Ahmed Verified
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening Cybersecurity defence firm XM Cyber has found a security flaw in the Apple macOS operating system. The issue centres on a vulnerability within the core communication architecture used by top enterprise protective software. It is basically a structural gap that allows ordinary system accounts to fully bypass normal security boundaries.
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A decade of infrastructure development, one new name: Coinspaid Dev

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By Owais Sultan
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening Coinspaid Dev (stylized as {coinspaid.dev}), the engineering team behind the infrastructure powering Coinspaid Solutions, has separated from Coinspaid as an independent engineering brand after more than a decade of building blockchain infrastructure.
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Fake GTA 6 Early Access Websites Target Gamers with Malware and Crypto Scams

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By Deeba Ahmed Verified
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening Gaming enthusiasts have been waiting for Grand Theft Auto VI for over a decade since the last game came out in September 2013, and publisher Take-Two Interactive has sold 225 million copies of it since. This 13-year gap naturally has made fans desperate for any hint of the sequel, and cybercriminals know this very well. That’s why they are using the game’s massive hype to steal money and infect computers.
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Upwind Security Brings AI Visibility to the Endpoint, Unifying Cloud and Device Security

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By Owais Sultan
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening Enterprise security teams have spent years building defenses around the cloud. They secured workloads, locked down identities, and monitored runtime behavior with increasing sophistication. What they didn’t fully anticipate was AI rewriting the rules about where risk actually lives. Upwind Security is responding to that shift with a new AI Sensor for Endpoints, announced today.
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Suspected Cyberattack Sends Fake Emergency Alert to Phones Across Brazil

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By Deeba Ahmed Verified
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening Last week, Brazil’s emergency alert system was taken offline after a suspected cyberattack sent fake warnings to phones across several regions. People in several parts of Brazil woke up on Saturday morning to a strange emergency text message on their mobile phones. The message appeared as an Extreme Alert containing the word “misantropi4,” a version of the Portuguese word “misantropia,” meaning hatred toward humanity.
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Operation Endgame Disrupts StealC, Amadey and SocGholish Malware Networks

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By Amir Waqas Verified
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening An international law enforcement operation has disrupted infrastructure used by StealC malware, a widely used infostealer sold to cybercriminals as a service. The latest action was announced on 24 June 2026 as part of Operation Endgame, a long-running effort aimed at malware families and services that help cybercriminals steal credentials, gain access to systems, and prepare follow-up attacks.
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New GhostShell Hacking Group Targets Ukraine’s Drone Defense Sector

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By Deeba Ahmed Verified
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening A new cyberattack campaign has been discovered targeting Ukraine’s drone sector, including military units, supply chains, and volunteer groups. Security researchers at Synaptic Systems recently analysed the activity and named the new group behind it GhostShell and the tracking label MB-0009. Reportedly, it has been active since at least February 2026. GhostShell uses a trick called a decoy document to trap its targets.
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Fake npm Packages Impersonate PostCSS Tool to Steal Chrome Passwords

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By Deeba Ahmed Verified
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Speed Voice Press play to start listening Cybersecurity research firm JFrog reveals a new technique in its latest report that cybercriminals are using to target software developers, tricking them into downloading remote access trojans (RATs). This operation relies on an attack method called package impersonation, in which malicious packages are uploaded as trusted utilities to attract developers.
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