The Cognizant TriZetto breach has exposed the sensitive healthcare and personal data of more than 3.4 million patients, quickly becoming one of the most consequential healthcare data breach 2026 incidents reported so far. Security analysts say the TriZetto Provider Solutions data breach highlights the growing risk posed by healthcare technology vendors that process massive volumes of protected patient data. The attack targeted systems operated by TriZetto Provider Solutions, a healthcare IT subsidiary of Cognizant. These systems sit quietly in the background of the U.S. healthcare ecosystem, powering billing workflows, eligibility verification, and insurance claims processing for providers across the country.…
Author: V Diwahar
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, and one of the most compelling shifts right now is AI-assisted penetration testing with Kali Linux. For years, penetration testing has been a hands-on craftequal parts technical skill, patience, and deep familiarity with a growing arsenal of security tools. Traditionally, penetration testers lived in the terminal. Every reconnaissance scan, enumeration attempt, or exploitation step required carefully typed commands, precise flags, and an understanding of what the tool would actually do once executed. One wrong parameter could waste hours or worse, disrupt a production system. Now something interesting is happening. Recent integrations between…
A dramatic escalation in cyber operations is unfolding alongside the military conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran. Within hours of the February 28, 2026 airstrikes codenamed Operation Epic Fury by the U.S. and Operation Roaring Lion by Israel cybersecurity researchers began tracking a surge in Iran cyber attacks 2026 and retaliatory hacktivist activity spreading across the Middle East. The speed of the response is striking. According to threat intelligence from Radware and multiple cybersecurity firms, hacktivist groups mobilized almost immediately, launching coordinated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) campaigns against government infrastructure, telecommunications providers, and financial institutions. In just a matter…
A newly discovered Perplexity Comet browser vulnerability is raising uncomfortable questions about how secure AI-powered browsers really are. Security researchers have demonstrated that something as routine as a Google Calendar invite can trick the Comet browser’s AI assistant into accessing sensitive files and leaking credentials. No malware download. No suspicious link. Just a meeting request. The Perplexity Comet browser vulnerability was uncovered by researchers at Zenity Labs, who showed how attackers could manipulate the browser’s agentic AI system using hidden instructions embedded inside a meeting invitation. Once those instructions are interpreted by the AI, the results can be serious:…
Google has released the March 2026 Android Security Update, and this one isn’t minor housekeeping. The company patched 129 vulnerabilities across the Android ecosystem one of the heaviest single-month patch loads we’ve seen in recent years. The headline issue is an actively exploited zero-day, CVE-2026-21385, affecting Qualcomm display components. According to Google’s March 2026 Android Security Bulletin and Qualcomm advisories, the flaw has already been used in limited, targeted attacks in the wild. That last part matters. This update goes well beyond routine fixes. It addresses critical Remote Code Execution (RCE), Elevation of Privilege (EoP), and kernel-level vulnerabilities that,…
In 2025, AI-powered cyber attacks stopped being a boardroom talking point and became an operational emergency. The shift wasn’t gradual. It was abrupt. According to CrowdStrike’s 2026 Global Threat Report, AI-enabled adversaries increased their activity by 89% year over year. That’s not incremental growth that’s acceleration. And it’s happening inside real enterprise environments, not lab simulations. But the headline number isn’t even the most unsettling part. The defining feature of AI-powered cyber attacks in 2025 was speed. The average eCrime breakout time the window between initial access and lateral movement dropped to just 29 minutes. That represents a 65% acceleration…