Urgent Chrome Update Fixes Critical Bugs

Hacktivist activity surges in the Middle East. Defense tech firms distance themselves from Claude. International law enforcement take down the Leakbase cybercrime forum. A pair of Cisco SD-WAN vulnerabilities are under active exploitation. Google releases an urgent Chrome security update. Age-verification is put under the microscope. TikTok is leaving end-to-end encryption out of your DMs. Our guest is Daniel Barbu, Director of EMEA Security from Adobe, discussing fostering a human‑centered, enablement‑driven, and collaborative approach to AI. Clever code catches cardiac clues.

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CyberWire Guest

Today on our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by ⁠Daniel Barbu⁠, Director of EMEA Security from ⁠Adobe⁠, discussing how fostering a human‑centered, enablement‑driven, and collaborative approach to AI through the security guild, trainings, and other initiatives. Tune into the full conversation here.

Selected Reading

Retaliatory Hacktivist DDoS Activity Following Operation Epic Fury/Roaring Lion (Radware)

Threat Brief: March 2026 Escalation of Cyber Risk Related to Iran (Palo Alto Networks)

Unit 42's Iran Threat Brief: What We're Seeing (Threat Vector podcast special edition by Palo Alto Networks)

Defense tech companies are dropping Claude after Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist (NBC)

Sen. Wyden Warns of Mass Surveillance Amid Pentagon's Fight With Anthropic (Gizmodo)

Sprawling FBI, European operation takes down Leakbase cybercriminal forum (The Record)

Cisco Warns of More Catalyst SD-WAN Flaws Exploited in the Wild (SecurityWeek) 

Google Rolls Out Emergency Chrome Update to Patch 10 Critical Security Vulnerabilities (GB Hackers)

Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check (Techdirt)

TikTok says it won't encrypt DMs claiming it puts users at risk (BBC)

WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed - News (UCSC)

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