• PJ Bradley
    PJ Bradley
    Contributing Writer Security Buzz

    PJ Bradley is a writer from southeast Michigan with a Bachelor's degree in history from Oakland University. She has a background in school-age care and experience tutoring college history students.

    Currently, PJ is focused on building a career in higher education while freelancing as a writer. A lover of literature and art, she dedicates much of her free time to creative writing and reading.

Articles by PJ Bradley
Mimosa Android malware https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-android-smartphone-833337/
Preinstalled Midnight Mimosa Malware Found on Android Phones in 150+ Countries
October 29, 2026
Researchers at Bitdefender have discovered a malware campaign, identified as Midnight Mimosa, in which malware is embedded within the firmware of low-cost Android phones. Affecting thousands of devices across more than 150 countries, this campaign…
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Lunex Malware Zeroes Out EDR Callbacks Before Stealing Browser Credentials
October 27, 2026
Ontinue’s Cyber Defense Centre recently discovered and reverse-engineered an attack using the Lunex Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform. During this attack chain, EDR agents run normally, and dashboards appear green, all while the attacker is inside the…
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ClingSTUN Backdoor Uses Public STUN Servers to Turn IoT Devices Into Proxies
October 23, 2026
On October 5th, Fortinet’s Fortiguard Labs disclosed a newly discovered Linux proxy malware strain, dubbed ClingSTUN. Taking advantage of known and unpatched vulnerabilities in internet-facing devices, it enables compromised IoT and edge devices to be…
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Nearly Half of Security Pros Still Use Passwords They Rank Least Secure
October 22, 2026
Yubico and Okta recently collaborated on the 2026 Global State of Authentication Report, analyzing survey responses from almost 2,000 technology and security professionals across nine countries. The report reveals significant trends in enterprise security, comparing…
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CyberFOX Optimize365 Microsoft 365 security https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-wearing-round-gold-colored-watch-using-black-tablet-computer-with-blue-detachable-keyboard-on-round-white-wooden-table-1181206/
CyberFOX Adds Microsoft 365 Security With Second Acquisition in Four Months
October 21, 2026
Global cybersecurity software provider CyberFOX recently announced the acquisition of Microsoft 365 security provider Optimize365. This deal follows the company’s June purchase of SASE provider Timus Networks, and both acquisitions are funded on the back…
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Microsoft Teams fake IT support https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-headset-on-a-laptop-7709095/
Ontinue Finds 30% of Organizations Faced Fake IT Support on Microsoft Teams
October 19, 2026
Ontinue’s 1H 2026 Threat Intelligence Report reveals trends in the cybercrime landscape and the realities of defenses. Almost one-third of monitored organizations were targeted in the first half of 2026 by fake IT support attacks…
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Citrix Netscaler vulnerability https://www.pexels.com/photo/abstract-digital-cube-network-with-led-light-effects-30547618/
NetScaler RCE Flaws Were Exploited for Weeks Before Citrix Named Them
October 13, 2026
Administrators were recently warned by managed service providers (MSPs), MDR vendors, and national security agencies to power down Citrix NetScaler appliances. A pre-notification without CVE IDs from the Dutch National Cyber Security Center (NCSC-NL) regarding…
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TPLink Tapo C200 https://www.pexels.com/photo/modern-home-security-surveillance-camera-28940577/
Tapo C200 Camera Flaws Let Attackers Skip the Password and Take Control
October 12, 2026
OPSWAT recently published threat research on two newly discovered vulnerabilities in TP-Link Tapo cameras. The Tapo brand serves more than 50 million global users in 170 countries and regions, with the Tapo C200 serving as…
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Bad Bot Traffic Grew 9x Faster Than Human Traffic
October 10, 2026
DataDome recently released the State of Bot & Agent Security Report 2026, examining trends through analysis of trillions of requests across more than 75,000 customer sites and testing of over 20,000 popular websites. According to…
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GitLab path traversal vulnerability https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-computer-generated-image-of-a-futuristic-room-18419508/
GitLab Flaw Drew Probing Within Hours
October 07, 2026
On September 10th, GitLab released a patch for versions 19.3.2, 19.2.6, and 19.1.8 of GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) after the discovery of a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-85706. Within hours, watchTowr…
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Palantir Anthropic restriction AI https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-and-white-do-not-enter-signage-890774/
Palantir, Nvidia, and Booz Allen Restrict Anthropic Over 30 Day Log Retention
October 05, 2026
Several major technology companies, including Palantir, Nvidia, and Booz Allen, have restricted or threatened to drop frontier AI models unless OpenAI and Anthropic can offer stronger guarantees on the safety of their sensitive data and…
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Fenix24 ransomware cyber resilience https://www.pexels.com/photo/antelope-canyon-illustration-1533505/
Only 4 of 800+ Clients Came Close to Their Ransomware Recovery Targets
October 04, 2026
Disaster recovery company Fenix24 recently released a report, “The State of Recoverability 2026,” exploring the resilience of organizations against ransomware threats through how well they meet ransomware recovery targets. Examining engagements with more than 800…
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65% of Companies Have Had an AI Agent Act Outside its Scope
September 30, 2026
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) recently published a research report prepared for Cequence Security, “Agents Without Guardrails: The Agentic AI Governance Gap in the Enterprise.” The report reveals a number of alarming statistics, with an initial…
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Socure Fravity identity fraud https://www.pexels.com/photo/the-word-fraud-spelled-out-in-scrabble-letters-19835552/
Socure Raises $156M at $5.2B Valuation, Buys Fravity to Fight AI Fraud
September 28, 2026
Trust infrastructure provider Socure recently announced a strategic growth investment round valuing the company at $5.2 billion, raising $156 million. The investors were led by Summit Partners and also included Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Wells Fargo,…
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Palo Alto Console AI SOC https://www.pexels.com/photo/abstract-geometric-cubes-in-futuristic-design-39501489/
Palo Alto Networks Buys Console to Automate Security Operations
September 27, 2026
For years now, alert volumes have consistently outpaced the capacity of human analysts to address and remediate every flagged issue. Traditional security operations center (SOC) workflows are built around dashboards, queues, and manual triage, often…
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IT support vishing voice phishing https://pixabay.com/illustrations/ai-generated-sound-wave-audio-8061338/
Fake IT Support Calls on Microsoft Teams Breached 150 Employees
September 22, 2026
A recent publication from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research team offers insight into Microsoft Teams voice phishing (vishing) campaigns. This activity, dubbed Spring Ring, ran from January through April 2026 and was discovered based…
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Noma Security Hugging Face AI identity https://www.pexels.com/photo/data-codes-through-eyeglasses-577585/
Researchers Uncover New Attack That Steals Data From AI Workflows
September 20, 2026
Recent research from Noma Security’s Noma Labs has revealed a newly discovered attack leveraging legitimate, authorized use of AI workflows to obtain sensitive data. It starts with an attacker sending an ordinary message to a…
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Surfshark Optery data https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-cyber-spy-hacking-system-while-typing-on-laptop-5935794/
Surfshark Acquires Data Removal Firm Optery in Second US Deal
September 15, 2026
Personal and private information has circulated since the advent of the internet and has been increasingly surfacing in recent years through search engines, broker databases, and AI summaries. Data brokers buy and sell this information,…
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