Cisco Moves to Acquire Astrix Security to Tackle Non-Human Identity Risks
2026-05-05T01:24:09Z•81cdaf3bc8ac98025b306d8e2bd69ccc2c5c938d4eb405388743ffc1fb8fa2ef
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What happened
Multiple high-impact cybersecurity developments: Cisco is acquiring Astrix Security to address non-human/AI identities; Trellix reported a source code repository breach (no impact to release/distribution process identified so far); DigiCert revoked certificates after attackers used malware via a customer chat channel to access its internal support portal. Active exploitation was observed for two widely relevant issues: a Linux 'Copy Fail' vulnerability (added to CISA KEV with limited exploitation observed) and large-scale cPanel attacks that have compromised over 40,000 servers, likely abusing
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