Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it…
14 Trojanized npm Packages Drop RedC2 4.0 Linux Backdoor With AI-Assisted C2
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of trojanized npm packages that masquerade as working calendar and streak utilities but are engineered to…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-21 22h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 19:31Apple Changes EU Fees For Third-Party App Stores 19:31France Probes Major Tax Authority Data Breach 19:02Pennsylvania Governor Restricts Data Centre Development 19:02Your Shredded Visa Card May Still Work at the Checkout 19:02UK Fraud…
Apple Changes EU Fees For Third-Party App Stores
Apple says latest fee structure to come into effect on 1 October, as EU seeks to force app competition
France Probes Major Tax Authority Data Breach
Paris public prosecutor’s office begins investigation after hack steals tax data on hundreds of thousands of individuals, businesses
Pennsylvania Governor Restricts Data Centre Development
While stopping short of a moratorium, governor’s executive order places strict conditions on future data centre project approvals
Your Shredded Visa Card May Still Work at the Checkout
UMass Amherst researchers showed expired Visa contactless cards can make real purchases by exploiting an unsigned expiry field in Visa’s EMV kernel.…
UK Fraud Cases Hit Record High in 2026
Cifas data finds account takeover and identity fraud are driving a surge in fraud cases
New Manic Android Malware Uses Offline Networks to Drain Bank Accounts
Manic Android malware steals banking credentials and can relay stolen data through nearby infected phones, complicating traditional device isolation.
AI Data Centre Expansion Planned For Lanarkshire
DataVita to expand existing Lanarkshire facility and build second site, as part of £300m AI investment in Scottish county
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-21 21h : 7 posts
7 posts published in the last hour 18:31Meta Faces Biggest Legal Challenge Yet As Addiction Trial Begins 18:31Microsoft Expands Mailbox Storage From 50 GB to 100 GB for Users 18:31Microsoft Patches Severe Entra ID Flaw (CVSS 10.0) Allowing Remote Code…
Meta Faces Biggest Legal Challenge Yet As Addiction Trial Begins
California lawyer accuses Meta of intentionally addicting children to boost profits, as major trial begins in US federal court
Microsoft Expands Mailbox Storage From 50 GB to 100 GB for Users
Microsoft has started expanding primary mailbox storage for Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard, and Business Premium users. Eligible users…
Microsoft Patches Severe Entra ID Flaw (CVSS 10.0) Allowing Remote Code Execution
Update: The story was updated after publication to note that the vulnerability has not been exploited. Although the security bulletin originally marked…
Claude Mythos 5 Now Available in Claude Security for Vulnerability Scanning
Anthropic has expanded access to its frontier AI cyber-defense capabilities by making Claude Mythos 5 available in Claude Security, enabling enterprise…
2026-08-21: SmartApeSG ClickFix campaign leads to two RATs
This post has no text preview — click the link below to read the original article. This article has been indexed from Malware-Traffic-Analysis.net – Blog Entries Read the original article: 2026-08-21: SmartApeSG ClickFix campaign leads to two RATs
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 10, 2026 to August 16, 2026)
Last week, there were disclosed in and that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were that contributed to…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-21 20h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 17:31Microsoft discloses maximum severity flaw in Entra ID 17:31AI “mind virus,” malware living off Azure, an Irregular post-mortem 17:31Defense contractors still struggling with basic CMMC requirements 17:02AI Is Learning to Write Genetic Code…
Microsoft discloses maximum severity flaw in Entra ID
The company said the remote-code execution vulnerability has been fully mitigated and no further action is necessary.
AI “mind virus,” malware living off Azure, an Irregular post-mortem
Persistent prompts prove potentially pernicious The malware is coming from inside Microsoft Irregular releases AI sandbox escape post-mortem Get the show…
Defense contractors still struggling with basic CMMC requirements
A “confidence disconnect” is plaguing the industry, a consulting firm said.
AI Is Learning to Write Genetic Code
This sort of research is both exciting and terrifying: The two models in question were told to generate complete genomes for a viable bacteriophage—a type…
Oz Hair and Beauty – 1,988,331 breached accounts
In August 2026, Australian beauty retailer Oz Hair and Beauty was the target of an xpl0itrs extortion attack . The group subsequently published data…
Google HEIR Enables AI Inference Using Homomorphic Encryption
Google HEIR (Homomorphic Encryption Intermediate Representation) an open-source project. The initiative aims to solve one of the biggest…