U.S. courts will begin separately tracking spyware-based interceptions, giving the public new data on government hacking while leaving key gaps.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-17 20h : 7 posts
7 posts published in the last hour 17:31Updates to your AWS Sign-In experience 17:31600,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Forminator Forms WordPress Plugin 17:31LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack – Technology, Banking and Healthcare the Most Affected 17:01OpenMatter Network…
Updates to your AWS Sign-In experience
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is gradually introducing updates to the AWS Sign-In and sign-up experience to a limited number of customers. We’re sharing these…
600,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Forminator Forms WordPress Plugin
On July 14th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Forminator Forms, a WordPress plugin with more…
LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack – Technology, Banking and Healthcare the Most Affected
The SANDCLOCK LiteLLM supply-chain attack exposed credentials across 2,038 repositories, affecting technology, finance, healthcare, retail and more.…
OpenMatter Network to Take Verification Message to Belgrade Blockchain Week 2026
Melbourne, Florida, August 17th, 2026, CyberNewswire Head of Operations and Partnerships Chris Biele to lead sessions on secure scientific collaboration,…
An AI broke Snowflake’s code. Then another AI agent exploited it
Don’t worry, this one was via a bug bounty program
GitHub Outage Disrupts Developers Worldwide Amid Ongoing Investigation
GitHub, the world’s largest code-hosting platform, is grappling with a significant service disruption that began around 13:40 UTC on August 17, 2026,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-17 19h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 16:31Critical flaw in SAP Commerce Cloud faces initial exploitation attempts 16:02UNISOC Modem Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution via Video Calls 16:02Google Pauses AI Tool That Created Fake Images in Google Earth 16:02LiteLLM Supply-Chain…
Critical flaw in SAP Commerce Cloud faces initial exploitation attempts
The vulnerability has a maximum severity score of 10, indicating serious potential impact and relative ease to exploit by an attacker.
UNISOC Modem Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution via Video Calls
UNISOC modem flaw enabled kernel-level code execution through video calls
Google Pauses AI Tool That Created Fake Images in Google Earth
Google has disabled a newly introduced AI feature in Google Earth that allowed users to overlay computer-generated scenes on top of satellite, aerial and…
LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack Exposed Credentials Across 2,500 Organizations
Malicious LiteLLM releases may have exposed credentials from more than 2,500 organizations and hundreds of thousands of CI/CD pipelines.
How Computers Can Leak Secrets Without Being Hacked
When people think about a cyberattack, they usually picture stolen passwords, malware, ransomware or someone exploiting a vulnerability to break into a…
Major genetic-testing firm says hack compromised sensitive patient data
The June breach, which also exposed employees’ information, underscored the supply-chain risks facing the healthcare sector.
Amgen Data Breach Exposes Patient Health and Proprietary Cloud Data
Amgen has disclosed a serious cloud-related data breach that exposed patient health information and proprietary company data, highlighting how third-party…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-17 18h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 15:31Walking the AI Security and ROI Tightrope 15:31Reading the Signals in the OWASP LLM Top 10 2026 15:01Apple Screen Sharing Security, (Mon, Aug 17th) 15:01PLEASE_READ_ME: The Opportunistic Ransomware Devastating MySQL Servers 15:00IT Security…
Walking the AI Security and ROI Tightrope
Organisations across every sector are accelerating their adoption of generative AI, driven by board-level expectations for rapid innovation and measurable…
Reading the Signals in the OWASP LLM Top 10 2026
In this article OWASP has released the GenAI LLM Top 10 for 2026. The movement between rankings signals where AI security priorities are heading: toward…
Apple Screen Sharing Security, (Mon, Aug 17th)
About 20 years ago, with macOS 10.5 (Leopard), Apple introduced screen sharing. Apple did not invent a new protocol for screen sharing. Instead, it used…
PLEASE_READ_ME: The Opportunistic Ransomware Devastating MySQL Servers
Guardicore Labs uncovers a Ransomware detection campaign targeting MySQL servers. Attackers use Double Extortion and publish data to pressure victims.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-17 17h : 15 posts
15 posts published in the last hour 14:31Top 10 Best Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) Solutions in 2026 14:3178 arrests in bust of major Western Mediterranean smuggling network in Spain 14:31Cyber Briefing: 2026.08.17 14:31ICT Infrastructure Memorizes Device Signal Coordinate 14:31France’s tax authority…
Top 10 Best Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) Solutions in 2026
A software-defined perimeter makes your infrastructure invisible: resources accept no unauthenticated connections, so attackers cannot scan, probe, or…
78 arrests in bust of major Western Mediterranean smuggling network in Spain
The operation, conducted under a newly established Europol Taskforce within Europol’s European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling, brought together officers…