Heartbeat 26.06

What’s New From Us

1. Launch of Penetration Testing Services,
2. Free Security Awareness Newsletter Service for Clients and Partners to be published every 2 weeks. 
3. Past newsletters archived to Securitybeat Advisors Blog.

Newsworthy Posts

1. Does Software Integrity Matter in Critical Services?
2. Is your IoT in a BOT Used By Hackers?
3. Does Public Domain Lag in Security?
4. Cold Fusion Insecurity Lives Another Day
5. Wiz Discovers GhostApproval AI Flaw
6. CMMC Maturity On Hold
7. Are We at a Vulnerability Tipping Point?
8. Has Zero Day Become Zero Hour?
9. On-Premise SharePoint Being Actively Exploited
10. Is Your Network Infrastructure Compromised?

Partner Perspective

1. Coyote Brown / Cyber Buyer
   1. Top security news for the past 2 weeks:
      • Data Breaches
        • Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: The worst breaches of 2026 so far
        • Accenture Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Claims Source Code Theft
        • Microsoft Patches Record 622 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days
        • AssuranceAmerica Insurance breach exposes 7M driver’s licenses
      • Ransomware
        • First Fully Autonomous AI Ransomware Campaign Raises the Stakes for Enterprise Cybersecurity
        • Ransomware Groups Turn to Citrix Bleed 2, BYOVD, and Supply Chain Credentials
        • New Spirals ransomware encrypts victim network in under 24 hours
        • Coca-Cola says fairlife targeted by ransomware
      • AI Security
        • The AI vulnerability surge has begun
        • AI Coding Agents Found Triggering Endpoint Security Rules Built to Catch Attackers
        • 1M+ Emails Use Hidden Text to Dupe AI Security Filters
        • AI Can Find Bugs, But Human Knowledge Still Proves Them
      • Governance – GRC
        • AI-Speed Attacks Are Forcing a Rethink of Incident Response
        • Breach Transparency Remains Cybersecurity’s Toughest Governance Problem
        • Pentagon Suspends Phase 2 of CMMC Program
        • CMMC may be paused, but cybersecurity audits likely to return: Industry, experts
   2. New vendors : .fig, Quantro Security, Rescana, Traceforce,
2. The Privacy Professor
   • Tips of the Month – May 2026, June 2026, July 2026