Paris public prosecutor’s office begins investigation after hack steals tax data on hundreds of thousands of individuals, businesses
Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities
The bugs could lead to code execution, privilege escalation, sandbox escape, and information disclosure.
Microsoft Links 30+ Domains to MacSync Stealer’s Credential-Theft and Data-Exfiltration Infrastructure
More than 30 domains tied to MacSync Stealer, exposing a rotating macOS-focused infrastructure that supports payload delivery, command-and-control,…
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
UK Fraud Cases Hit Record High in 2026
Cifas data finds account takeover and identity fraud are driving a surge in fraud cases
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
OpenAI puts major frontier AI training run on hold over cyber risks
OpenAI temporarily paused reinforcement learning (RL) training on its latest models intended for deployment for two weeks while it hardened and red-teamed…
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
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-19 11h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 08:02D-Link DWR-M961 Router Hit by 15 Command Injection and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities 08:02Critical Apache HttpComponents Client Flaw Lets Attackers Impersonate Servers 08:02Cyberattack forces UT San Antonio to delay start of fall semester 08:02RAVEN…
D-Link DWR-M961 Router Hit by 15 Command Injection and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
D-Link has disclosed and patched 15 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) affecting its DWR-M961 4G/LTE router, specifically hardware revision C1.…
Critical Apache HttpComponents Client Flaw Lets Attackers Impersonate Servers
A critical vulnerability in the Apache HttpComponents Client can allow man-in-the-middle attackers to impersonate trusted servers when applications use…
Cyberattack forces UT San Antonio to delay start of fall semester
The University of Texas at San Antonio pushed back the start of its fall semester by three days after a cyberattack targeted its academic network over the…
RAVEN Tool Steals Entire Elasticsearch Databases and Rebuilds Deleted Backdoors
The RAVEN offensive framework can turn compromised Elasticsearch and Kibana environments into durable data-theft and persistence operations. RAVEN, short…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-19 10h : 6 posts
6 posts published in the last hour 07:31F5 enhances AI Gateway to control AI costs, access, and security 07:31AI “mind virus,” malware living off Azure, an Irregular post-mortem 07:31U.S. CISA adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE…
F5 enhances AI Gateway to control AI costs, access, and security
F5 has introduced enhancements to the F5 AI Gateway and integrated the solution into the F5 AI Security Platform. The enhanced F5 AI Gateway seamlessly…
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…
U.S. CISA adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE flaws to…
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…
CareCloud Data Breach Impact Grows to 3.7 Million Individuals
The data breach was initially believed to affect roughly 350,000 people, but the HHS breach tracker shows a far bigger impact.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-19 09h : 7 posts
7 posts published in the last hour 06:31CISA Warns Hackers Are Actively Exploiting VMware vCenter Path Traversal Flaw 06:31Fake Claude Install Guide Steals Mac Passwords and Turns Trusted Crypto Wallet Apps Into Phishing Traps 06:02Fanlore – 144,520 breached accounts 06:02Critical…
CISA Warns Hackers Are Actively Exploiting VMware vCenter Path Traversal Flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting Broadcom VMware vCenter to its Known…
Fake Claude Install Guide Steals Mac Passwords and Turns Trusted Crypto Wallet Apps Into Phishing Traps
A Google-sponsored search result for Claude installation instructions is being used to deliver a sophisticated macOS stealer and remote-access trojan…
Fanlore – 144,520 breached accounts
In August 2026, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) identified unauthorised access to the Fanlore wiki it operates . The breach resulted in…
Critical Microsoft Copilot CoSnitch Vulnerability Lets Attackers Steal Sensitive Data With One Click
A critical vulnerability in Microsoft Copilot Personal, tracked as CVE-2026-24301 and nicknamed CoSnitch, lets attackers silently siphon sensitive data…