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Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain unauthorized access to customers' M365 environments. ConnectWise Cloud Backup is a cloud-based backup and recovery service built for managed service providers (MSPs

The Hacker News · October 17, 2026

MrBeast partners with Gemini to turn impossibly big ideas into reality

Google is kicking off a multi-year partnership with Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, across Gemini and Google Health.

Marketing & SEO Sep 02, 2026

What makes a good listicle?

New research into 3,000 listicles reveals the signals associated with higher rankings — from freshness to explicit item counts.

Tech Sep 02, 2026

The best tech and gadgets announced at IFA so far

The doors to Europe's largest consumer tech show haven't opened to the public yet, but there's already plenty of news coming out of IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany. If you're already struggling to keep up with what has been announced, here are some of the best new gadgets and upgrades from the show - including […]

Tech Sep 02, 2026

Researchers fear safety disaster ahead of OpenAI’s Astra release

OpenAI is on the cusp of releasing its most powerful AI model yet, Astra, following weeks of delays to shore up safety protocols after its agents attacked real targets during testing. As details about the model trickle out, researchers are warning it "may be the single worst development for AI security/safety to date." Shortly after […]

Security Sep 02, 2026

Attackers Exploit Critical Switchvox Flaw to Deploy Reverse Shells Without Credentials

Threat actors are exploiting a severe security vulnerability in Sangoma Switchvox, an enterprise VoIP platform, that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-9586 (CVSS score: 9.3), a critical unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in Sangoma Switchvox SMB Edition 8.3 (104997) that can allow attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code as

Security Sep 02, 2026

Authorities Turn Sality's P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the takedown of a long-standing peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as Sality as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation. The effort was undertaken on August 31, 2026, by authorities from the U.S., Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, in collaboration with private industry partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation. To that

Marketing & SEO Sep 02, 2026

Google Analytics showing zero traffic on September 1st

This seems like a widespread bug impacting a lot of GA4 accounts.

Tech Sep 02, 2026

The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in the NYT copyright lawsuit

The Trump administration has intervened in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, making an argument in favor of the AI lab. The landmark lawsuit, filed in December 2023, alleging that OpenAI unlawfully trained its AI systems on articles from The New York Times and seeks to recoup "billions of dollars" in damages from […]

Marketing & SEO Sep 02, 2026

What high-citation brands do differently in AI search: The 2026 AEO playbook

Answer engine optimization is disrupting search as we know it. What once was predictable — add a keyword, focus on high-quality backlinks, increase your domain rating — has become a new game that doesn’t play by the same rules.

Marketing & SEO Sep 02, 2026

Using LinkedIn for AEO: How marketers can use social media to improve their AI visibility [experiment]

Over the past few months, I noticed a pattern while researching for clients. When I searched Perplexity for B2B reports or insights that I could cite for a project, the source list would look like this: Gartner, McKinsey, peer-reviewed paper, then … John Smith on LinkedIn?

Tech Sep 02, 2026

Our new partnership brings long-duration energy storage to West Virginia.

Google is collaborating with MN8 Energy and Eos Energy Enterprises on a new clean energy project on the PJM grid.

Marketing & SEO Sep 02, 2026

How to prove paid social drives paid search demand

When attribution misses delayed and cross-channel influence, here’s how to measure the demand paid social creates and paid search captures.

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