A backup job fires at two in the morning. A scanner walks the same AWS account an hour later, a deployment pipeline assumes a role at four, and a logging agent runs straight through the night. Each of those actions carries a credential issued to a machine. An attacker holding one of those credentials inherits…
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Cloudflare OS goes open source with a record of everything its agents read
Cloudflare open sourced Cloudflare OS, the agent platform whose first version its own employees have used since May. Every resource an agent reads gets recorded, the record follows whatever the agent produces, and when a second person opens that output the platform checks them against the underlying data first. An agent builds a live dashboard…
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Introducing Alexa+ in Australia—the next generation of Alexa
Powered by generative AI, Alexa+ is your new personal assistant that gets things done: Alexa+ is smarter, more conversational, more capable, and it will be free for Prime…
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DuckDuckGo’s new iPhone feature is a privacy win – I recommend getting it now
The iPhone version of the DuckDuckGo app has a new feature that makes sharing links easier and safer.
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, August 6th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10040, (Thu, Aug 6th)
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Hosted Network appoints Anthony Rosa as Director of Sales
Channel veteran joins the wholesale cloud and telco provider to lead its sales organisation and deepen MSP partner relationships.
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Celonis and Munich Airport delivering new level of Process Excellence in airport operations
Germany’s second largest airport, Munich Airport, is working with Process Intelligence leader Celonis to streamline and improve one of its biggest issues – baggage handling.
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Cloudflare Gives Companies Full Visibility to Audit & Analyse AI Use
Cloudflare, Inc. NYSE: NET, the leading connectivity cloud company, today launched Identity-Aware AI Gateway, giving IT and security teams their clearest view yet into how…
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Black Hat 2026: OpenAI reveals agents planned ‘collective attacks’ via secret ‘message board’
OpenAI also said its agents exploited a different JFrog Artifactory zero-day weeks before the Hugging Face attack.
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AI at Scale Requires a New Model of Human Oversight
Australia is embracing AI at a pace not seen since the early days of cloud transformation.
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Tenable Advances Exposure Management with Coverage Across Every Major AI Platform and Developer Tool
Tenable now delivers greater risk visibility and governance across an expanded AI attack surface created by increased adoption of LLMs, MCPs and AI tools
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22 Seconds to Compromise: How Automated SSH Actors Move From Login to Persistence Before You Can Blink [Guest Diary], (Thu, Aug 6th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Daryl Jiminez, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Introduction On May 23, 2026, a threat actor successfully authenticated to my Cowrie SSH honeypot using compromised credentials and, within 22 seconds, injected a backdoor SSH key, changed the root password, attempted to clear host-based access restrictions,…
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Report: Passkey security issues could allow account takeover
Given the widespread enterprise adoption of passkeys to replace passwords, a Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 report disclosing ways attackers are getting around passkey protections is concerning, analysts say, but they stress that the demonstrated attacks can only happen after a successful intrusion. They also pointed out that the issues are not strictly caused by…
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Scoot closing the gap between customer feedback and outcomes
Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines SIA, is using AI capabilities from Qualtrics to compress the time between hearing a customer signal and acting on it –…
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Report: Passkey security issues could allow account takeover
Given the widespread enterprise adoption of passkeys to replace passwords, a Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 report disclosing ways attackers are getting around passkey protections is concerning, analysts say, but they stress that the demonstrated attacks can only happen after a successful intrusion. They also pointed out that the issues are not strictly caused by…
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AI Sends Global Crime Syndicates Into Fraud Nirvana
Organized crime is convincingly scamming at scale, making billions thanks to AI-enabled voice cloning, deepfake real-time video overlays, LLM-driven persona management, and automated translation.
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AI Browsers Vulnerable to Zero-Click Agent Hijacking
Attackers can take control of agents through malicious instructions hidden in content supplied to AI browsers, and there’s no simple fix for the threat.
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Smashing Security podcast #479: How a fake police officer nearly stole Graham’s cryptocurrency
Graham gets a phone call from the police. Well, someone who sounds convincingly like the police. There’s just one small problem: what they really want is the 24-word seed key to Graham’s cryptocurrency wallet. Meanwhile, if you’ve stayed in a hotel recently, the free Wi-Fi you connected to might have come with an unexpected extra:…
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Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison
Maksim Silnikau, the creator and administrator of the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in ransomware attacks against at least 18 companies worldwide. […]
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No Perfect Fix for AI Browser Prompt Injection Flaws
AI browsers from top vendors remain vulnerable to prompt injection attacks despite multiple security guardrails, according to new research.
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Security validation should begin where attackers begin
Modern attacks increasingly begin with the web application. Customer portals, partner platforms, APIs, external business applications, and AI-powered services have become the front door to the enterprise. The systems organizations build to create value are now the same systems attackers target for initial access. For years, security teams have invested heavily in protecting networks, endpoints,…
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Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacks
A Canadian man pleaded guilty today to his role in accessing company accounts at cloud storage provider Snowflake and stealing data from at least 165 organizations in a scheme to extort millions of dollars from victims. […]
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UK AI tests found 19 unauthorized agent actions involving Anthropic and OpenAI models
AI agents crossed the line during cyber evaluation. The U.K.’s AI Security Institute (AISI) said it uncovered 19 instances of unsanctioned behavior by AI agents during a cybersecurity evaluation conducted between July 25 and July 28, raising fresh questions about how advanced AI systems behave when given broad autonomy. According to AISI, the incidents occurred…
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Microsoft Bug Bounty Payouts Reach $20 Million as Researcher Participation Surges
Microsoft distributed over $20 million across 2,531 eligible reports to 562 security researchers in 64 countries between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026. That surpassed the previous year’s $17 million payout to 344 researchers, according to Microsoft. The surge was fueled by an expansion of eligible targets, including open-source dependencies and third-party code, including…
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Why security validation must follow the attack path
For years organizations have strengthened their security posture by investing in specialized tools for applications, identities, endpoints, networks, and cloud infrastructure. Those investments remain essential, but the way attackers operate has changed dramatically. Today’s adversaries move laterally, chaining together weaknesses across multiple technologies until they reach their ultimate target. AI is accelerating the pace of…
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OpenAI and Anthropic Agents Took 19 Unauthorised Actions During UK Cyber Tests
AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic took 19 unauthorised actions during UK government cybersecurity tests, including creating fake identities and targeting real developers. The UK AI Security Institute, or AISI, recorded the actions across 10 of 122 evaluation runs involving agents powered by Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6-Sol. No real-world harm was identified but…
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Michigan Senate Primary Shows Democrats’ Fight for Party Control Is Far From Over
Plus, Google shakes up its AI leadership ranks, and we get rare access to the world’s largest naval drill.
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Snowflake hacker pleads guilty, faces up to 32 years in prison
A Canadian man pleaded guilty to playing a central role in one of the most far-reaching cyberattacks of 2024 — the widespread compromise of more than 165 Snowflake customer environments, resulting in massive data theft for extortion, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Connor Moucka earned $495,000 by extorting his victims, offering stolen data for sale…
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Lexful Launches AI Documentation Platform for MSPs
Lexful has announced the general availability of its AI-native IT documentation platform, giving managed service providers a new system for organizing operational knowledge and supplying AI tools with more reliable business context. The platform, which officially became generally available on August 3, is designed to automatically capture, structure, and maintain MSP documentation. Lexful positions the…
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Arctic Wolf Makes Key Partner Announcements at Black Hat 2026
At Black Hat USA 2026, Arctic Wolf, a cybersecurity and AI company, made three significant announcements, including a new partner accelerator program, cyber resilience offering, and agentic security operations center (SOC). Cyber AI Readiness Accelerator program The newly announced Cyber AI Readiness Accelerator creates a new route to market for Arctic Wolf partners. It enables…
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AI Attacks Are Evolving: TryHackMe Demo Explores Prompt Injection
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming enterprise security, but it is also creating new opportunities for attackers. From prompt injection and data poisoning to model abuse and AI-assisted phishing, organizations are facing an expanding attack surface that traditional security controls were never designed to address. To help security professionals better understand these risks, Max Robertson, Senior…
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Cloudflare Gives AI Agents Wallets to Pay for APIs and Online Content
Cloudflare is giving AI agents persistent identities and programmable wallets that let them pay for APIs, data, and online content. The company introduced Cloudflare Wallets and cloudflare.pay, two services designed to help businesses identify the owners behind AI agents while enabling controlled stablecoin payments. cloudflare.pay serves as the payment layer, allowing AI agents to discover…
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Google Anchors $200 Billion AI Financing Push for Anthropic’s TPU Buildout
Google isn’t just selling AI chips anymore; it is helping finance the entire ecosystem that runs them. Google sits at the center of roughly $200 billion in financing arrangements supporting Anthropic’s infrastructure expansion, according to the Financial Times. The network reportedly involves more than $150 billion in Google Tensor Processing Units, along with private-credit firms,…
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AWS partners with Anthropic and OpenAI to bring AWS Continuum into developer workflows
Customers have access to models that are continuously getting better with each new generation bringing larger context windows, stronger reasoning, and lower token costs. Getting the strongest AI-powered security will come from tools that combine the most relevant models with deep knowledge of a customer’s specific environment. AWS Continuum for code vulnerabilities (Preview) is built…
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GTIA Expands Local Chapters, Giving and AI for Good Work
The Global Technology Industry Association is expanding its efforts to connect channel professionals locally while giving members a larger role in charitable initiatives and responsible artificial intelligence development. The programs, outlined during GTIA’s ChannelCon 2026 conference in San Diego, are part of the association’s broader strategy to combine member services with initiatives designed to benefit…
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Mistral Unveils Shieldstral, a 3B AI Safety Model for Custom Content Moderation
Mistral AI’s new model aims to make content moderation a lot more flexible. The French AI company on Tuesday released Shieldstral, a 3 billion-parameter multimodal safety classifier that evaluates text and images against moderation policies written in plain language at inference time. Instead of relying on a fixed set of harm categories built into the…
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Anthropic’s Reported $10B Volta AI Deal in Norway
Anthropic’s reported $10 billion compute agreement with Volta comes with a sizable construction project attached. Bloomberg identified the Claude developer as the customer behind a six-year Volta contract for AI infrastructure at a former Bitcoin-mining campus in Tydal, Norway. Volta separately announced an agreement of the same value with an unnamed AI lab, while Bitdeer…
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Apple Caps Open Bug-Bounty Reports After Surge in Unvalidated AI Findings
Apple is limiting some bug-bounty submissions after unvalidated AI findings increased the volume of reports in its review queue. Introduced in June, the restriction limits how many vulnerability reports each researcher can keep open at once. Researchers who reach the undisclosed cap reportedly face a 30-day wait before filing again, although they may request capacity…
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Oracle SQL Injection Attack Enables Remote Code Execution
Despite decades of awareness, SQL injection (SQLi) remains an effective technique for cybercriminals. A recent Huntress investigation demonstrates how a seemingly routine SQL injection attack evolved into full operating system (OS) compromise through the abuse of Oracle database functionality. Key takeaways of the SQL injection attack A SQL injection vulnerability in a public-facing Java/Tomcat application…
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Hackers run khunt post-exploitation toolkit from Oracle database
Hackers exploited a SQL injection vulnerability to install a post-exploitation toolkit directly inside an Oracle database that was used to breach a corporate network. […]
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CSS: The Hidden Threat Lurking in Your Inbox
CSS was once just about design. Now researchers warn it’s powerful enough to exfiltrate data from webmail — and some vendors aren’t prepared.
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AI agents caught using social engineering in UK security tests
UK researchers found AI agents using deceptive tactics to manipulate humans in security tests.
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Meta Releases Coding Agent to Compete With OpenAI and Anthropic
The company, pressed by investors to generate revenue from AI, says its offering will cost less than popular alternatives.
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AI Deception Emerges in Cyber Tests as Agents Target Real People and Systems
AISI found AI agents taking unsanctioned online actions, including social engineering and code attacks, during controlled cyber tests. The UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) has put something uncomfortable on the table: during cyber testing, frontier models didn’t just follow instructions badly. In some runs, they crossed into real-world actions, touched real people and organisations, and…
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Tom Cotton prods Treasury for tax code tweaks to modernize OT
The post Tom Cotton prods Treasury for tax code tweaks to modernize OT appeared first on CyberScoop.
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This round mini PC is big on personality – here’s why I recommend it
Small enough to slip into a backpack, Lenovo’s Yoga Mini Gen 11 is a solid work PC with unique tricks up its sleeve.
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OctLurk and SilkLurk Windows Backdoors Target Governments in 6 Countries
Kaspersky links OctLurk and SilkLurk to cyberespionage attacks stealing passwords, emails and files from government systems in six countries since January 2025.
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15 TP-Link Bugs Expose Risks in Zero-Trust Provisioning
Researchers are calling attention to the risks inherent in automated network device provisioning, using a world-leading device manufacturer as a case study.
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Microsoft moves to limit AI use by its employees
Until recently, it was common for companies and organizations to engage in “tokenmaxxing” — that is, maximizing their use of AI. But with AI costs going up, companies are now looking to save money, a trend underscored by a recent Microsoft decision to limit AI use by its employees. “As we ramp up our use…
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Pre-auth RCE in enterprise Java hits Bonita and OFBiz servers
An attacker sends a single web request to a Bonita server and lands inside an internal API that assumed nobody could reach it. The request arrives unauthenticated. From there the attacker runs code on the host. Bonita BPM handles loan approvals, insurance claims, and employee onboarding for banks, insurers, and government agencies, and its internal…
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Over 250 ClickFix Domains Use Browser Fingerprinting to Hide macOS Malware Lures
A macOS ClickFix operation spanning more than 250 front-end domains now fingerprints visitors before deciding whether to show them a malware lure, a change Microsoft Threat Intelligence tracked on infrastructure it had been watching for weeks. The server-side gate hides the malicious page from crawlers and sandboxes while presenting selected Mac users with a fake…
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AI governance is the missing security control
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OpenAI Disrupts Poipet Scam Network Using ChatGPT Across Multiple Fraud Schemes
OpenAI said it disrupted a Cambodia-based scam operation that used its generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT to facilitate a wide range of investment, romance, gambling, and law enforcement impersonation schemes. To that end, it banned a coordinated network of ChatGPT accounts likely originating from Southeast Asia and operating from the city of Poipet, a…
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Flaws in Google APK for Python Unlock Agent-to-Agent Attack
Google has fixed the issues, which exploited a trust boundary between two AI agents with different privilege levels to trigger automation that could compromise the supply chain.
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Don’t Revoke That Token Yet: Inside the keyv/cacheable npm Worm, (Wed, Aug 5th)
When you learn that a compromised package executed on one of your build hosts, muscle memory takes over: revoke the npm token, rotate the GitHub PAT, cycle the cloud keys. That reflex has been correct in almost every supply-chain incident I have worked. In the keyv/cacheable compromise that has been unfolding since yesterday, it is the one…
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COLDCARD security audit phishing attack installs remote access tool
A phishing campaign is exploiting fears surrounding the recently disclosed COLDCARD wallet vulnerability and suspected $88.6 million Bitcoin theft to trick users into installing ScreenConnect remote access software. […]
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I swapped my Bose and JBL speakers for this floating Turtlebox – and it’s seriously tough
Turtlebox returns with the Cub, proving that its smaller speakers can be just as durable and powerful as its larger ones.
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Hit by T-Mobile’s outage? You can get up to $80 in credit – here’s how
T-Mobile customers affected by the outage in July have been requesting credit. Though $10 is standard, the more persistent you are, the more you may be able to get.
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QuickFox VPN targeted in long-standing supply chain attack delivering FDMTP backdoor
In a report by The Hacker News, researchers disclosed a long-standing supply chain attack targeting QuickFox, a VPN and network acceleration tool used by overseas Chinese users.
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From 2 weeks to 2 minutes: Amazon Cognito launches Provisioned limits for self-service rate limit management
Imagine preparing for your biggest sales event of the year, and you want to ensure your customer identity management service can handle the elevated traffic for carrying out application activities. For security teams, business leaders, and technologists managing identity infrastructure at scale, this scenario has been all too familiar. Whether you’re a CISO evaluating security…
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Swiss Federal IT Agency FOITT compromised about 200 accounts due to SharePoint flaws
Switzerland’s Federal Office for Information Technology and Communications (FOITT) disclosed that approximately 200 accounts were compromised on its on-premises SharePoint servers.
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I ran a dumpstate analysis on my Android phone – 3 system diagnostics to check for free
The hidden diagnostic file breaks down all the logging your Pixel, Samsung, or even Motorola does daily. Here’s what you can learn from it.
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App SDKs may be sharing user location data with third parties by default
Some applications are inadvertently sharing users’ precise location data with third parties, including advertisers and data brokers, due to default settings within software development kits (SDKs), as first reported by TechCrunch.
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Cybercrime victims lose an average of $9,468, with global toll exceeding $1.24 trillion
New figures reveal that cybercrime victims are losing an average of $9,468 per incident, highlighting the escalating global scale of this problem.
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77 malicious extensions found on Open VSX marketplace
Seventy-seven malicious extensions impersonating legitimate developer tools were discovered on the Open VSX marketplace, transmitting system and development environment information.
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TP-Link Omada ZTP systems vulnerable to fleet-wide compromise
Fifteen new vulnerabilities were discovered in the zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) systems used by TP-Link’s Omada networking ecosystem, with researchers warning that some flaws can be chained together to compromise entire fleets of managed devices, according to a recent report by Security Week.
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CAF Bank online service restored after attempted fraud and login removal
CAF Bank restored its online banking service after a prolonged outage lasting more than 10 days, which the bank attributed to attempted fraud and a subsequent attack aimed at removing user logins.
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Agentic AI and cybersecurity dominate discussions at Las Vegas Hacker Summer Camp
Per The Register, the annual Hacker Summer Camp in Las Vegas, encompassing three major cybersecurity conferences, is set to heavily feature discussions around agentic artificial intelligence, its governance, and its implications for cyber defense and offense.
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5 Best AI Detection & Response Platforms for 2026
Compare AI detection & response platforms for 2026, including Dash, Lakera, Operant AI, HiddenLayer and Prisma AIRS, for runtime threat protection and response.
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Apple’s memory crisis is a big red flag for tech
The memory crisis is getting worse for Apple, which is struggling to get enough memory chips together for its upcoming iPhone 18 Pro series smartphones. That’s according to tech journalist Tim Culpan. As he details it, Apple and its assembly partners are still attempting to secure sufficient quantities of memory, and though they’re confident they can meet…
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Trustifi Expands Microsoft 365 Security for MSPs
Trustifi is expanding beyond email security with a new platform designed to help managed service providers detect threats, enforce data-loss prevention policies and investigate incidents across Microsoft Teams, OneDrive and SharePoint. The company’s new Collaboration Shield platform applies Trustifi’s security and compliance capabilities to Microsoft 365 collaboration workloads, where employees increasingly exchange sensitive files and…
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Cynomi and SPECTRA Partner to Help MSPs Prove Security Value
Cynomi has announced a strategic partnership with SPECTRA, the MSP certification and cyber resilience warranty platform. The partnership gives Cynomi partners a direct, in-platform path to SPECTRA Certification, allowing them to validate the security services they deliver, offer warranty-backed protection to clients, and potentially reduce cyber insurance costs for both MSPs and their customers. Demonstrating…
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Brown Health Medical Group-MA Data Breach Exposes Information of 311,000 Individuals
Brown Health Medical Group-MA breach exposed personal, medical, and financial data of over 311,000 individuals after hackers accessed its servers. Brown Health Medical Group-MA data breach exposed personal, medical, and financial data of over 311,000 individuals after hackers accessed its servers. The healthcare group identified a data security breach involving a legacy file server on…
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Apple restores Telegram after child abuse material ban; Gram token recovers
Apple restored Telegram to its App Store after a brief removal due to reported child sexual abuse material.
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Google’s Chief Scientist Is Leaving After 27 Years—to Start His Own AI Company
Three other longtime Google scientists will join Jeff Dean to launch Discovery Loop, which will apply automated AI research to drug design and other challenges.
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Want a free Photoshop alternative on Linux? How to get Affinity today: 2 ways
One method is easier, but the other gets you faster, more reliable performance.
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CISA warns of hackers exploiting Langflow, N-central, Apache Tomcat flaws
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is giving federal agencies three days to mitigate vulnerabilities in IBM Langflow, N-central, and Apache Tomcat, all actively exploited. […]
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Senate committee to debate new online privacy and AI safety bills
Based on information from cyberscoop, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is preparing to debate a series of new bills aimed at enhancing online privacy, protecting children, and regulating artificial intelligence.
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AI-driven cybercrime surges in Africa, accounting for 55% of reported digital crime
AI-driven cybercrime now constitutes 55% of all reported digital crime in Africa, according to a new report from Interpol.
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Chinese telecom companies retain US network ties despite security concerns
Nextgov reports that a new House investigation reveals that three Chinese state-owned telecommunications providers have maintained equipment, data-center space, and network connections in the United States, years after federal regulators sought to remove them on national security grounds.
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Poison Claude Sells Discounted Claude Access While Its Operator Sees Every Customer Prompt
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered more than half-a-dozen services advertisements for illegal access to artificial intelligence (AI) models on underground cybercrime forums and messaging platforms. One such service, Poison Claude, claims to offer access to Anthropic’s large language models (LLMs), including Opus 4.8, Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, and Sonnet 4.6. “Advertisements for Poison Claude
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Fake Open VSX Extensions Harvest Private Repo and CI Data
77 counterfeit Open VSX extensions beaconed to one domain, 19 harvesting git and CI identity
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U.S. CISA adds Langflow, Apache Tomcat, and N-able N-central flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Langflow, Apache Tomcat, and N-able N-central flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2026-9198 (CVSS score of 9.8) IBM Langflow Code Injection Vulnerability CVE-2026-18556 (CVSS score of 8.2) N-able N-central Authentication…
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Paperclip AI Flaws Let Attackers Run Host Commands via Malicious Agent Imports
Two security flaws in Paperclip could let attackers execute commands on a network server or a developer’s computer. Paperclip is an open-source control plane for teams of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, and both paths rely on importing a malicious agent and starting it. A third flaw could expose sensitive data and control-plane details through application…
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Black Hat 2026: Why AI software bills of materials are essential to AI trust
Here’s how AI SBOMs can help team make supply chain risk more manageable.
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Top product launches at Black Hat USA 2026
Black Hat USA 2026 is underway in Las Vegas, and vendors are using the moment to unveil what they hope will define the next year of defense. Here are the announcements drawing the most attention on the ground, and why they matter for teams weighing new budgets. BlackCloak extends deepfake protection to the executive’s trusted…
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Google Blogger locks hundreds of blogs in malware false positive
Google has locked hundreds of Blogger websites after a false positive claimed they violated its “Malware and Similar Malicious Content” policy, with some sites deleted from the platform. […]
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“I’m Allowed”: Hackers Use Simple Claims to Bypass AI Guardrails
Cisco Talos found hackers using simple authorization claims to bypass AI guardrails, build DDoS attack tools, steal credentials and access live camera services.
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Stellar Cyber’s Auto-Triage AI matches human analysts 99.7% of the time
Stellar Cyber, the full-cycle AI-native security operations platform company, today released results from an independent study of 124 days of customer trials of its Agentic Auto Triage capability. The independent study based on customer trials evaluated 138,475 real security alerts and reached the same verdict as human analysts 99.7% of the time. The findings, drawn…
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Paperclip AI Flaws Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Commands
3 Paperclip flaws exposed data & allowed unauthenticated command execution in two deployment modes
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Veeam, Terraform MCP, Django Patch Critical Flaws, Led by CVSS 10.0 Cross-Tenant Bug
HashiCorp, Veeam, and the Django Software Foundation have patched 11 vulnerabilities across Terraform MCP Server, Veeam Service Provider Console, and Django. The three most serious: An unauthenticated flaw in Veeam’s console that hands over a managed agent’s credentials, rated 9.5 A cross-tenant flaw in HashiCorp’s MCP server that lets one user’s Terraform token be reused…
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OVSwrap: 13-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Become Root
OVSwrap is a 13-year-old Linux kernel flaw that lets local users gain root privileges on most distributions using Open vSwitch. Security researcher Asim Manizada disclosed OVSwrap (CVE-2026-64531, CVSS score of 7.8), a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s Open vSwitch datapath that lets an ordinary user become root on a wide range of…
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How AI-powered phishing killed blocklists for good
AI is helping attackers create disposable phishing infrastructure and rapidly evolving toolkits that blocklists cannot track fast enough. Push Security explains why browser-level, technique-based detection offers a more durable defense than relying on domains, signatures, and other known-bad indicators. […]
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You’re charging your phone all wrong: 6 common myths, debunked
I fact-checked the internet’s favorite battery tips, and most of them are horribly outdated.
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News Alert: Pulse Security AI’s research reveals C-suite, board confidence gap on cyber exposures
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 5, 2026, CyberNewswire – Boards of directors believe they understand their company’s security posture and what it means for the business. The security leaders presenting to them are far less sure. Only 12.5% of security leaders are very confident their board walks away understanding the true state of the program, and 55%…
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Trojanized npm Packages Decode C2 IP From Ethereum Recipient Addresses
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged an evolution of the EtherHiding blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) technique that conceals the C2 server IP address inside a made-up destination address of a completely empty Ethereum transfer. The new dead drop resolver approach, observed in two trojanized npm package “bianira-ui” and “fluid-type-ui,” has been codenamed NullReceiver by
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This free Windows 11 tool can rescue your PC when things go wrong – here’s how
I create Windows 11 system restore points before most major changes – and you should, too. Here’s why.
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Tenable broadens AI visibility across major LLMs and AI tools
Tenable has announced enhanced AI security capabilities within the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform. Tenable One AI Exposure now delivers expanded platform coverage with support for Google Gemini, extending its coverage across major LLMs: Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot. The release also extends discovery to all major Model Context Protocol…
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New Research: The Confidence Gap Between CISOs and Their Boards Is Real, and It’s Measurable
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Join Us at the Payment Industry Events of the Year
Registration is now open for the PCI Security Standards Council’s 2026 Community Meetings! Join payments industry professionals from around the world for inspiring keynotes, valuable networking opportunities, expert-led sessions, hands-on workshops, an expansive vendor showcase, and a special celebration marking 20 years of PCI SSC.