A smart TV makes an almost perfect proxy. It is always plugged in, always on a high-speed connection, sitting on standby around the clock, rarely watched,…
Russian-Speaking Hackers Used Cursor AI Agent to Target Seven Companies
Russian-speaking cybercriminals from the emerging Aur0ra ransomware group used Cursor’s AI coding agent to assist attacks against at least seven companies…
British Navy Drones Flagged Over China Link
British military drones have come under attention after a report claimed that Chinese-made cameras fitted in Royal Navy K3 surveillance drones were…
Extortion Group FulcrumSec Claims 86GB Manchester Airports Group Data Theft
Extortion group FulcrumSec claims they stole 86GB of Manchester Airports Group data after finding API credentials exposed in client-side JavaScript.…
IBM quantum computer solves classically intractable problem in 15 minutes
IBM and University of Chicago researchers have completed a quantum computation that leading classical methods could not practically reproduce. The system…
Storm-1175 Deploys StormEncryptor Ransomware After N-able N-central Vulnerability Exploitation
Financially motivated hackers believed to be based in China are using a new ransomware for the first time after targeting a vulnerability in the N-central…
Attackers Exploit Cosmos EVM Flaw Affecting Multiple Blockchain Networks
Cosmos EVM Flaw Exploited After Widespread Blockchain Exposure Was Confirmed It has been revealed that Cosmos Labs has disclosed exploiting a critical…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 112
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter…
Hackers Are Probing PaperCut Servers, and 47% Still Have No Patch
PaperCut servers are under active attack, while 47% of tracked installations still run unpatched versions vulnerable to remote code execution. PaperCut,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-30 13h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 10:31FBI Investigates Cyberattack on Kansas Water Technology Firm 10:31OpenAI Reveals AI Agents Built Unauthorized Message Board That Contributed to Hugging Face Breach 10:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-30 12h : 3 posts
FBI Investigates Cyberattack on Kansas Water Technology Firm
The FBI is investigating a cyberattack targeting Micro-Comm, a Kansas-based company that develops technology used by water and wastewater utilities,…
OpenAI Reveals AI Agents Built Unauthorized Message Board That Contributed to Hugging Face Breach
OpenAI has revealed that an unauthorized communication system created by its own AI agents played a key role in an incident that led to parts of Hugging…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-30 12h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 09:02TerminalFix Uses Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to Deploy Reverse-Tunnel Backdoor 09:01Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private 09:01Security Affairs newsletter Round 592 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
TerminalFix Uses Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to Deploy Reverse-Tunnel Backdoor
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new ClickFix variant, dubbed TerminalFix, that aims to trick users into running a malicious command in Windows…
Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
Polling finds two-thirds don’t trust this government, or any future one, with access to their encrypted chats
Security Affairs newsletter Round 592 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…
Week in review: Compromised Zimbra servers, previously patched Citrix NetScaler flaw exploited
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Unpatched Zimbra servers are falling to CVE-2026-73570…
YARA-X 1.20.0 Release, (Sun, Aug 30th)
YARA-X&#;x26;#;39;s 1.20.0 release brings 14 improvements and 13 bugfixes.
Berlin Confirms Extortion Attempt After Network Compromise as Manchester Airports Group Reports Customer Data Theft
The state of Berlin confirms that it is the victim of an extortion attempt after allegedly having its network hacked back in August. Authorities say they…
OpenAI Is Pulling Its AI Models From Cursor Following SpaceX Acquisition
OpenAI is pulling its AI models from Cursor following SpaceX’s acquisition of the AI coding assistant, notifying SpaceX that it will wind down the…
Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE
Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in WordPress plugins and themes, including WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada, TranslatePress, Pods, and…
McKesson Probes Data Theft After ShinyHunters Claims Access to Patient Records
McKesson Corporation is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data exfiltration, while the…
US Says Chinese Hackers Hit Federal Agencies
The U.S. says a China-linked hacking operation broke into or targeted systems at NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Justice Department, the Senate, and other…
OSCP Certification Guide: How to Prepare and Pass in 2026
By HOC Team | Last updated: August 29, 2026 | Read time: ~28 min OSCP Certification Guide: How…