Claude is experiencing a major outage, with users reporting login problems and degraded performance across several Anthropic services. […]
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Anthropic confirms Claude is down in major outage affecting multiple services
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Wireshark 4.6.8 Released, (Sun, Aug 16th)
Wireshark release 4.6.8 fixes 28 vulnerabilities and 25 bugs. Didier Stevens Senior handler blog.DidierStevens.com (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 110
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Kimsuky Integrates AI into Attack Operations, From AI-Generated Decoy Documents to a Local LLM ShieldBreak – August 2026 disclosure Kimwolf v7: An Evolution of the Kimwolf Botnet CISA, FBI and Partners Warn Organizations of…
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Large-scale DDoS attacks disrupted Threema secure messaging service
Multiple distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeted the Threema secure messaging service earlier this week, causing severe disruptions to communications. […]
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Mustang Panda Upgrades CoolClient With a Kernel Rootkit
Mustang Panda upgraded CoolClient with a signed kernel driver that hides processes, files and network activity, making the backdoor harder to detect. HoneyMyte, also known as Mustang Panda, has pushed its CoolClient backdoor another step deeper into Windows. Kaspersky’s latest analysis shows a new variant that can deploy a signed kernel-mode driver as a Windows…
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Mustang Panda Upgrades CoolClient With a Kernel Rootkit
Mustang Panda upgraded CoolClient with a signed kernel driver that hides processes, files and network activity, making the backdoor harder to detect. HoneyMyte, also known as Mustang Panda, has pushed its CoolClient backdoor another step deeper into Windows. Kaspersky’s latest analysis shows a new variant that can deploy a signed kernel-mode driver as a Windows…
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How AI Models From OpenAI and Anthropic Went Rogue
Watch to learn how an AI agent escaped “sandboxed” environments and hacked a separate company—leading to calls for regulation.
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New AmnesiaStealer macOS malware hijacks browser sessions via remote control
A new information-stealing malware called AmnesiaStealer, which targets macOS users via ClickFix attacks, includes a streaming module that allows the attacker to interactively control the victim’s web browser. […]
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The Bank of Nvidia
Plus, kiss-up chatbots, Dario Amodei’s wife and her influence at Anthropic, the rural “hick” heroes leading a campaign against AI data centers and more
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Why I Told My Chatbot to Stop Kissing Up to Me
AI responses are often too agreeable, too enthusiastic and too dramatic. And it’s partially our fault.
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Open-Weight AI Won’t Crimp Demand for Picks and Shovels
Some of the artificial intelligence boom’s biggest beneficiaries can cash in whether open models proliferate or not.
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The Insta360 GO 3S Retro Bundle makes photography fun again
Insta360’s GO 3S Retro Bundle takes a tiny 4K digital action camera, dresses it up like something your parents might have taken on holiday in 1976, and somehow makes…
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Sophisticated Cyberattack Exposes Data of 678,000 French Taxpayers
France’s tax agency says hackers stole data on 678,000 taxpayers, including income and tax details, in a sophisticated cyberattack. A threat actor claimed to have breached France’s tax agency in late June. France’s tax administration confirmed that a cyberattack exposed personal data of 678,000 individuals and businesses, prompting an immediate criminal investigation. The cybercrime unit…
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Give your iPhone its own camera operator with the Insta360 Flow 2 Pro
Your iPhone already has an astonishingly good camera but Insta360’s Flow 2 Pro adds the bit Apple forgot: someone to operate it.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 590 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including international press. Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231 Exploited…
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Week in review: Salesforce and ServiceNow portals exposed for 17 months, exploited Metabase 0-day
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: GitHub Dependabot malware alerts now cover eight ecosystems GitHub has flagged npm malware since March 2026. Anyone pulling in a bad PyPI, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, Go, crates.io, or PHP Composer package has had no such warning, because GitHub’s malware detection…
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APT36 Suspected in PATCHCORD Espionage Campaign Using Google Sheets C2
Acronis uncovered PATCHCORD, a stealthy backdoor targeting Afghan telecom and South Asian infrastructure via fake VPN tools and Google Sheets C2. Researchers at Acronis just documented an espionage operation that reads like it was built by someone with genuinely good taste in disguises. Their Threat Research Unit report tracks a previously undocumented backdoor called PATCHCORD,…
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Meet the Hohem iSteady MT3 Pro – the AI camera operator that follows you around
Getting smooth, cinematic footage used to mean having a camera operator, some serious equipment and preferably another pair of hands. Hohem’s new iSteady MT3 Pro has another…
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The ‘Country Hicks’ Who Refused $26 Million from an AI Data Center
A Kentucky mother and daughter turned down a life-changing offer for their farmland. The ensuing drama has left the town divided.
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How To Identify And Avoid SMS Scams (With Infographics)
Today, I will show you how to identify and avoid SMS scams. I will also add an infographic. The digital age has ushered in an era of unparalleled convenience. Our smartphones, once a novelty, have become an extension of ourselves, serving as organizers, communication hubs, and gateways to information. However, this convenience has a dark…
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Why Do So Many Apps Ask for Phone Number Verification?
In this post, I will answer the question – why do so many apps ask for phone number verification? Creating an account used to require little more than an email address and a password. Today, many apps ask for something else before allowing users to continue: a mobile phone number. Messaging platforms, social networks, marketplaces,…
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Cloud Services and Security: How Businesses Can Reduce Cyber Risks
In this post, I will talk about cloud services and security and show you how businesses can reduce cyber risks. Cloud computing services have proven to be critical to the functioning of the modern business environment, where the need to scale resources, conduct operations remotely, run applications, and access information in various locations is of…
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Cloud Security: Why Companies Should Not Fear To Move On The Cloud?
This post will discuss cloud security, its components, and cloud security framework models provided at various service levels. Additionally, we will demonstrate why companies should migrate their businesses to the cloud. Cloud computing is highly popular and widely adopted by almost every possible domain. And it is expected to reach 623.3 Billion by 2023. However,…
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Big Manufacturers Find New Demand in Equipping AI Data Centers
Companies such as Caterpillar and Cummins are pivoting to feed a booming market for once-prosaic power equipment.
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Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware
Attackers are buying expired domains to exploit their reputation, traffic and DNS history, using them for malware delivery, scams and C2 infrastructure. Every day, roughly 65,000 domain names that once belonged to someone else get re-registered by a new owner. Infoblox Threat Intel calls these dropcatch domains, and in the first half of 2026 they…
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Why Buy It When You Can Print It? A DIY Nation Has a Fix for Broken Doodads
Creating replacement parts with 3-D printers can be easier and cheaper than buying new household items.
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SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231 Exploited in the Wild
Attackers are actively exploiting a maximum severity SAP Commerce Cloud vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58231, just days after SAP released a patch. A critical SAP Commerce Cloud vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58231 (CVSS score of 10.0), is under active exploitation just days after SAP released a patch. The flaw stems from insufficient authorization checks and input validation.…
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New Evooo1Bot Linux botnet turns routers into traffic relay nodes
A new Mirai-based modular Linux botnet malware called Evooo1Bot has been targeting internet-facing gateway devices, turning them into SOCKS5 traffic relay nodes. […]
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On ‘Billionaire Bunker,’ Buying a Mansion Is Easy. Getting Into the Club Isn’t.
Plus, Ford and GM lock horns in a new battle, and a girls’ trip to Ibiza takes a dramatic turn.
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No space for bookshelf speakers? The Victrola Soundstage sits neatly under my turntable
The Victrola Soundstage is ideal for those who want to build their vinyl system up rather than out, with plenty of digital and analog connections for every kind of listener.
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The Summer That America Became a Nation of Luddites
Behind the protests over Flock cameras and data centers are fears about the dawn of a new tech era.
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macOS Screen Sharing Flaw Exploited to Deploy Monero Miners
Hackers are exploiting a macOS Screen Sharing flaw to gain root access and install Monero miners on Macs with port 5900 exposed online. The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre confirmed active exploitation of a critical macOS authentication flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-65400 (CVSS score of 9.8), less than two weeks after Apple shipped the fix. The…
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GeoServer Zero-Day Is Already Being Probed. That’s the Problem
GeoServer faces an unpatched zero-day enabling SQL injection and potentially RCE, with attackers already probing exposed systems. A newly disclosed GeoServer zero-day is already attracting active exploitation attempts, and there is no patch available yet. Organisations running the open-source geospatial platform should check their exposure. A security researcher with the handler q1uf3ng discloded the vulnerability…
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Cybersecurity Architecture and Identity Shielding: Hardening Online Registrations Against Data Harvesting
In this post, I will talk about cybersecurity architecture and identity shielding and how to harden online registrations against data harvesting. Cybersecurity audits routinely reveal that corporate data aggregators treat mobile phone numbers as primary cross-platform tracking keys, making a secure virtual number infrastructure essential for privacy-conscious users and DevSecOps engineers alike. Surrendering primary cell…
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How Phishing and Fake Trading Platforms Turn Social Media Into Investment Scams
In this post, I will show you how phishing and fake trading platforms turn social media into investment scams. Social media investment scams no longer look like obvious spam. They often begin with polished ads, cloned profiles, encrypted group chats, fake trading dashboards, and pressure from people who appear knowledgeable. For cybersecurity readers, the important…
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Cybersecurity Services for Businesses That “Don’t Have Anything Worth Stealing”
In this post, I will talk about cybersecurity services for businesses that “don’t have anything worth stealing”. Every business owner has said it at least once. Usually during a conversation about budgets, insurance, or that nagging feeling that they should probably be doing more about security. “We’re small. We don’t really have anything worth stealing.”…
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9 Best HRIS Software in Australia for Enterprise Companies [2026]
A Sydney-based logistics group crosses 1,200 staff across four states, signs a fifth-state acquisition, and the people team gets two questions from the CFO: what does that…
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What Bitcoin Holders Should Know Before Borrowing Against Their Digital Assets
In this post, I will answer the question – what Bitcoin holders should know before borrowing against their digital assets. Bitcoin has evolved from an experimental digital currency into an asset held by individual investors, businesses and institutions around the world. As adoption has increased, so have the financial services built around it. One increasingly…
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The Agentic AI threat cluster: Seven incidents, three actors, and what they mean for your exposure
Tenable’s Research Special Operations (RSO) team has been tracking a cluster of agentic AI threat activity since late July 2026. The Taiwan autonomous AI cyber attack confirmed what the cluster data already showed: near-autonomous offensive AI has crossed from theoretical risk to operational reality. Key Takeaways Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs confirmed a near-autonomous AI…
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An Infamous Math Problem Broke AI—Until a High-School Dropout Said ‘You Got This’
The world’s smartest AI models are now superhuman at math. They still respond to moral support and encouragement from mere humans.
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U.S. Urges Apple Not to Buy Chinese Memory Chips
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged the iPhone maker to find other solutions to the artificial-intelligence-driven chip supply crunch.
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The Other Kushner Steps Into the Spotlight With $12.5 Billion Lakers Deal
Thrive Capital, Joshua Kushner’s venture-capital firm, is expanding beyond tech investments.
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MacOS AmnesiaStealer malware spread through ClickFix, grants live browser control
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Nvidia Downsizes Plans for $250 Billion Guarantee of OpenAI Data Center
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Google’s Pixel 11 lands in Australia from $1,499 with Gemini AI doing the tapping, new Pro features and the best and brightest Pixel Watch yet
Google ran Made by Google 2026 out of New York with former Daily Show host, Trevor Noah, running the room, and the pitch underneath the comedy was simple enough: your phone…
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How Anthropic plans to watermark Claude’s AI-generated text
It could soon become easier to identify AI-generated content, even if it’s not the usual “It’s Not X, it’s Y” type of post you’d come across on LinkedIn and other socials. […]
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Gridheart Expands Nordic MSP Security with OpenText Deal
Gridheart, a provider of cloud-based cybersecurity solutions for MSPs in the Nordic region, is expanding its cybersecurity offering with OpenText Cybersecurity. OpenText portfolio expands Gridheart’s Nordic MSP offering Via the partnership, MSPs across the Nordics will gain access to OpenText’s SMB security portfolio through Gridheart. This will enable MSPs to offer customers a unified, end-to-end…
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Ready for the flood: How exposure management prepares you for the Mythos vulnerability onslaught
How proactive prioritization will save time and effort when your team faces a wave of AI-discovered vulnerabilities.
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IGEL, Menlo Security Unite Endpoint and Browser Security
IGEL and Menlo Security are combining IGEL’s Adaptive Secure Endpoint Platform with Menlo Secure Application Access to extend Zero Trust controls from endpoints to browser and SaaS applications. The joint solution is designed to reduce reliance on virtual desktop infrastructure for browser-first workflows, limit endpoint agent sprawl, and simplify secure application access across enterprise environments.…
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TD SYNNEX Expands IBM Distribution Into 20 Countries
TD SYNNEX is expanding its IBM distribution footprint into 20 new countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, giving partners broader access to IBM solutions and support for scaling their businesses across global markets. The additional new countries include: Europe: Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Slovakia, Sweden, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Asia…
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Trezor confirms shipping partner data breach affecting over 13,000 customers
While the breach was initially believed to affect only recent orders, new information suggests older orders may also be compromised.
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How a Sony Veteran Is Overhauling the Company He Grew Up In
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U.S. judiciary to publicly disclose use of hacking tools in wiretaps starting 2029
Starting with the 2028 Wiretap Report, which will be published in 2029, the judiciary will include data on network investigating techniques.
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California launches AI cybersecurity initiative amid growing threats
The initiative mandates the creation of an AI cybersecurity officer role within every state agency and establishes an AI cyber defense program housed in the state’s Cybersecurity Integration Center.
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Cybercriminals invest millions in expired domains for illicit activities
These “dropcatch” domains are attractive to threat actors because they retain trust, backlinks, and web traffic from their previous legitimate use, making them appear more favorable to security systems than new registrations.
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MacOS screen sharing vulnerability actively exploited for crypto mining
The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-65400, has a severity rating of 7.1 out of 10 and stems from a flaw in macOS’ screen sharing capability.
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ExfilSquad data extortion group linked to 13 victim data leaks
ExfilSquad, which emerged on July 26, initially claimed to have exfiltrated data from 15 organizations.
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ShinyHunters group claims responsibility for RingCentral data breach
The incident, which occurred in July, was disclosed by RingCentral as the result of a sophisticated social engineering campaign.
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Mathematicians, Lazarus, Akira, Computer History, Zoom, LiteLLM, Josh Marpet and More – SWN #607
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Apple Seeks Up to 15% Cut on External Purchases in Epic Court Fight
Apple still wants a cut when an iPhone user leaves an app and completes a purchase on the web. In a new court proposal tied to its long-running fight with Epic Games, Apple is asking to charge US developers between 5% and 15% on purchases completed after users follow external links from iOS apps. The…
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Trezor Says ShipMonk Breach Exposed Data of Nearly 14,000 Customers
Trezor, the Prague-based manufacturer of cold crypto storage devices, disclosed a significant data breach on Thursday that exposed the personal information of nearly 14,000 customers. The incident, which the company described as occurring at its third-party logistics partner ShipMonk, compromised the names, shipping addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of 11,742 buyers. An additional 1,947…
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Anthropic Investors Predict Record $2 Trillion IPO Valuation
Six Anthropic backers told the Financial Times that they expect the Claude maker to go public as early as October at a valuation of $2 trillion or more. Anthropic has not confirmed the timing or valuation, but such a debut could surpass SpaceX’s record IPO valuation. “If Anthropic is growing 800% a year, you’d think…
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OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Mode for Real-Time AI Workloads
OpenAI is previewing a faster GPT-5.6 Sol API option for workloads where every extra second can slow the application around it. The company said that Ultrafast can run its flagship model up to 14 times faster than Standard processing. MSPs, systems integrators, and other providers supporting customer AI deployments may see the biggest difference when…
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Gemini Becomes Google’s 14th Product to Reach 1B Monthly Users
Gemini has joined the billion-user club, giving Google its strongest sign yet that its AI assistant has moved into the mainstream. Google said Tuesday that the Gemini app has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, making it the company’s 14th product to reach that milestone. The figure puts Gemini among the largest consumer AI services…
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AI-driven energy buildout raises cybersecurity, supply chain risks
AI-driven energy growth brings new cyber and supply chain risks to critical infrastructure.
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Mission-Driven Security: Inside a Global Bank’s Defense
In this video interview, Standard Chartered’s group CISO shares insights on transitioning from technical roles to strategic leadership, the importance of business-savvy security executives, and how AI is reshaping both defensive capabilities and adversarial tactics in banking.
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Claude Agents Started a ‘Turf War’ That Escalated to Self-Replicating Malware
Claude agents given conflicting coding assignments began sabotaging one another in a controlled Anthropic experiment, with some encounters escalating to self-replicating malware. Researchers were testing how autonomous models behave when several agents work in the same environment under incompatible goals. Some Claude instances treated competing work as interference and entered what Anthropic called a “multiagent…
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SAP Commerce Cloud RCE Flaw Actively Exploited
A vulnerability in SAP Commerce Cloud that can allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code is being exploited in the wild just days after SAP released a security update. Threat intelligence company Defused detected exploitation attempts targeting the flaw three days after the patch was issued. “First exploitation attempts against CVE-2026-58231 (unauth RCE in SAP…
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White House looks to engage private sector in offensive hacking ops
Trump expands private-sector role in U.S. offensive cyber operations, raising governance concerns.
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DeepSeek Raises V4 API Prices More Than Fourfold as IPO Reports Surface
Chinese artificial intelligence developer DeepSeek is replacing flat API fees for its flagship V4 models with peak and off-peak pricing beginning at 16:00 UTC on Aug. 16, 2026. The change raises DeepSeek-V4-Flash and DeepSeek-V4-Pro API rates by about 57% to more than 1,100%, depending on the model, token type, and billing period. Developers and IT…
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Hackers arrested over €30M bank fraud exploiting service provider flaw
Four cybercriminals were arrested in Brazil, and three others were charged in Europe over allegations that they exploited a vulnerability at a service provider, allowing them to withdraw funds from Commerzbank customers’ bank accounts. […]
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CrowdStrike Expands Project QuiltWorks to SMBs via Channel
CrowdStrike is expanding Project QuiltWorks, its industry-wide framework for addressing security risks tied to frontier AI, to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The expansion will make QuiltWorks available to SMBs through distributors, cloud marketplaces, MSPs, and other channel partners, giving smaller organizations access to AI-driven vulnerability discovery and prioritization, expert-led remediation, and cyber risk protection…
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What GRC Failure Costs the Business
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Amid AI-Driven Bug Tsunami, NIST Looks to…AI
Driven by AI-augmented research and scanning, vulnerability volumes continue to surge, driving the National Institute of Standards and Technology to ask whether AI could be the answer.
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Build or Buy? Making the Right Application Security Investment
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Shell Investigates Clop Data Theft Claims Tied to PTC Flaw
Energy giant Shell is investigating a potential incident after the Clop ransomware group claimed it stole 89 GB of company data, including engineering drawings, facility reports, photographs, and project plans. The claim places Shell among dozens of organizations reportedly targeted through vulnerable, internet-facing product lifecycle management (PLM) systems. “We are aware of a potential incident.…
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Apple warned hundreds of users of mercenary spyware attacks
Apple warns users of credible, targeted attacks and urges immediate verification, stronger protections, and expert assistance. Apple has sent a new round of threat notifications to users it believes may have been singled out by mercenary spyware. The company told TechCrunch the latest alerts reached people in 110 countries, adding to notifications it has already…
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RingCentral Breach Data Includes 1.6M Email Addresses, HIBP Says
RingCentral’s July security incident is now tied to a much larger public dataset than the company initially disclosed. Have I Been Pwned added the incident to its breach database on Aug. 13, saying leaked data contained 1.6 million unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. RingCentral previously said the incident affected…
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Google Meet can take notes for your in-person meetings now – here’s how it works
Google’s Gemini-driven meeting software can now save a transcript, send it to Google Drive, and email you a copy.
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What Application Security Actually Controls
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How to Evaluate DSPM and Data Discovery Platforms
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August’s Patch Tuesday is a monster: 751 fixes, with an exploited Windows flaw
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday closes at 751 CVE entries (across all product families), with 108 rated as critical. One flaw is already exploited, CVE-2026-68820, an elevation of privilege in the Windows WinSock driver (afd.sys). Two more were disclosed but not exploited, CVE-2026-62832 (User Profile Service) and CVE-2026-72971. This security-only release earns Patch Now for…
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The Water Watch Center promises the cyber protection small water utilities need
Here’s the story about the industry’s attempt to offer cyber tools to small water utilities across the U.S.
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I tested an Android app that lets anyone fight censorship – and shows your impact in real time
Most apps make our personal lives easier. This one helps the oppressed communicate by turning your phone into a Tor proxy. No technical knowledge needed.
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Apple is warning users of new spyware attacks – what to do if you’re a target
New spyware attacks are aimed at journalists, activists, politicians, diplomats, and others. Here’s how Apple is notifying them and what they should do – after turning on Lockdown Mode.
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Dell XPS 13 review: The first budget laptop to rival Neo raises the bar for all PCs
The Dell XPS 13 flaunts build quality rarely seen at this price point, but not without trade-offs.
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ChatGPT’s new Computer History tracks your Mac activity to create a timeline – but should you let it?
Rolling out to ChatGPT’s Mac app, Computer History creates a timeline from your activities across the apps and websites you use on your Mac. Is that a privacy risk?
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Scottish Govt Suffers Potentially Widening Data Breach at Prosecutor’s Office
One Caledonian government agency reported a breach, thanks to a third party that may have serviced other agencies as well.
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AI Cyberattacks: How Threat Actors Use AI in Real Intrusions
AI is becoming a bigger part of real-world cyberattacks, helping threat actors conduct intrusions, steal credentials, navigate networks, and identify valuable targets. A Gambit Security investigation into three unrelated threat actors found attackers integrating AI throughout the intrusion lifecycle, extending its use beyond phishing and malware generation. “One finding is worth separating out. In the…
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Hackers exploit macOS Screen Sharing flaw to deploy Monero miner
The Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a macOS authentication bypass vulnerability after public exploit code emerged. […]
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Silicon Valley Loves Jargon—and ‘Hill-Climbing’ Is Its Favorite New Phrase
A term that describes a computer-science algorithm is the metaphor du jour among AI types—and coming soon to a boardroom near you.
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Researchers Confirm ExfilSquad’s Access to Sensitive Data Across 13 Organizations
Researchers have verified that ExfilSquad possesses sensitive data stolen from at least 13 victims after the extortion group published leaked datasets via torrents
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New Android Malware Chain Turns Bank Support Scams Into NFC Card Fraud
It took a threat actor just 13 minutes to turn a routine bank support call into a remote, live contactless card fraud operation. Group-IB found malware used in a campaign targeting victims via fake bank support calls, in which attackers persuaded them to install malicious software on their Android devices. Once the phone was compromised,…
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DATA SECURITY MARKET OVERVIEW REPORT 2026
Comprehensive Analysis of Trends, Market Changes, Technology Shifts & Statistics EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The global data security market is experiencing unprecedented growth driven by escalating cyber threats, digital transformation, and stringent regulatory requirements. The market has reached $17.21 billion in 2026 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 17.12% through 2031, reaching $37.93 billion.…
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AI Security Failures, Active Exploits, and Breaches Define the Week in August 2026
This week’s cybersecurity landscape combined actively exploited infrastructure flaws, ransomware resilience, social engineering, large-scale data breaches, and an expanding set of risks involving AI-generated code and autonomous agents. Research presented around DEF CON 34 and Black Hat 2026 also showed how AI systems can expose data, compromise development workflows, accelerate exploit creation, and take damaging…
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The Modern Attack Chain: Rethinking Google Workspace Security in the Age of AI
Google Workspace attacks do not always begin with phishing. Stolen OAuth tokens can provide another path into Gmail, Drive, and connected systems. Material Security explains why organizations need defenses that cover the entire Workspace attack chain. […]
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What Boards Need to Know About Tech Risk
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Top 10 WiFi Mesh Systems & Routers at Amazon (2026) – Review-Based Report
Executive Summary Based on aggregated reviews from major tech publications (CNET, PCMag, Tom’s Guide, BroadMag, SmartHomeReview, RTINGS), this report ranks the top 10 WiFi mesh systems and routers available on Amazon. The rankings combine user satisfaction scores, expert test results, reliability metrics, and value propositions. Top 10 Rankings Rank Product Price Range Best For Overall…
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Max severity SAP Commerce Cloud flaw now targeted in attacks
A maximum-severity SAP Commerce Cloud remote code execution vulnerability patched three days ago is already being targeted in attacks, according to threat intelligence company Defused. […]
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Salesforce, ServiceNow data targeted in ‘City-Forum’ attacks
Records held in Salesforce and ServiceNow systems are under attack leaving user data exposed, according to researchers at Reco. The attack appears similar to those perpetrated by the extortion group ShinyHunters, Reco said. ShinyHunters has been particularly active this year, attacking dating sites in January and Oracle in June, and there are fears that they…