A cybersecurity advisory with technical details and recommendations has been written by the NSA, CISA and other agencies.
HMRC Warns Crypto Holders Over Unpaid Tax
HMRC sends more than 81,000 warning messages to crypto holders suspected of failing to pay capital gains, amid ongoing crackdown
PwC Faces Scrutiny Over AI-Generated Errors in Research Reports
PwC has come under scrutiny over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its research publications after an investigation identified fabricated…
AI agent suggested installing a malware package. Engineer almost took its advice
Fortunately, the company had a policy of checking source code on GitHub first
Hackers Impersonate Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot to Deliver Infostealers and Backdoors
Threat actors are increasingly abusing the popularity of generative AI brands to distribute malware, turning trusted names such as Claude, ChatGPT and…
Critical Zimbra RCE Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild
CERT Polska has warned that threat actors are actively exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Tracked as…
Microsoft Defender Update Crashes Virus Scans on Windows PCs
Microsoft Defender has been aborting Quick, Full, and Offline virus scans on Windows systems following a series of Security Intelligence updates released…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-20 09h : 4 posts
4 posts published in the last hour 06:3113 Malicious Rabby Firefox Extensions Steal Wallet Keyrings Before They Are Encrypted 06:31Elementor Pro Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Upload PHP and Execute Code 06:01Critical Citrix NetScaler Flaw Allows Attackers to Bypass Authentication…
13 Malicious Rabby Firefox Extensions Steal Wallet Keyrings Before They Are Encrypted
A broad Firefox add-on campaign that includes 13 malicious Rabby Wallet impersonators engineered to exfiltrate wallet keyring data before the application…
Elementor Pro Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Upload PHP and Execute Code
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin that, if successfully exploited, could lead to…
Critical Citrix NetScaler Flaw Allows Attackers to Bypass Authentication
Cloud Software Group has issued a critical security bulletin regarding two vulnerabilities that affect customer-managed NetScaler ADC and NetScaler…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-20 08h : 9 posts
9 posts published in the last hour 05:31T-Mobile Physically Cuts Network Cable to Evict Chinese Salt Typhoon Hackers 05:31Aeternum Operators Use Polygon Smart Contracts to Rotate Malware C2 Domains Dynamically 05:31Critical Snowflake GitHub Actions Flaw Allows Attackers to Steal Internal…
T-Mobile Physically Cuts Network Cable to Evict Chinese Salt Typhoon Hackers
In 2024, T-Mobile’s security team took an unusually direct approach to contain a cybersecurity threat: they physically cut a network cable to terminate…
Aeternum Operators Use Polygon Smart Contracts to Rotate Malware C2 Domains Dynamically
Aeternum operators are abusing Polygon smart contracts as a decentralized dead-drop resolver, allowing malware to retrieve and rotate command-and-control…
Critical Snowflake GitHub Actions Flaw Allows Attackers to Steal Internal Jira Credentials
A significant GitHub Actions injection vulnerability in Snowflake’s public snowflake-connector-net repository. This flaw could have allowed…
AI is making fraud harder to spot and identity harder to prove
Online fraud has become a routine concern for consumers and businesses that rely on digital accounts, payments and customer service. Experian’s 2026 U.S.…
CISA, NSA and FBI Warn Hackers Using AI-Generated Scripts to Target Siemens S7 PLCs
U.S. cybersecurity agencies have issued an urgent warning about an active campaign targeting Siemens S7 series programmable logic controllers (PLCs).…
AI Agent Hacks Snowflake GitHub Workflow and Reaches Internal Jira
An autonomous AI security agent built by Wiz Research has demonstrated how quickly a single overlooked line of shell code can cascade into a full…
T-Mobile Cyber Team Physically Cuts Cable to Remove Chinese Hackers From Network
T-Mobile’s security team resorted to an unusually low-tech fix for a high-tech problem in 2024, physically severing a network cable to cut off Chinese…
Researchers find a loophole that lets expired credit cards make unauthorized payments
A team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown that a contactless credit card keeps working past its printed expiration date, even after…
U.S. Agencies Warn of Hackers Actively Attacking Siemens S7 PLCs in Critical Facilities
The NSA, CISA, FBI, Department of Energy, and EPA issued a joint cybersecurity advisory on August 19 warning that threat actors are actively targeting…
8,539 reasons to rethink how vulnerabilities get patched
The window for responding to newly disclosed security flaws is getting shorter. Exploit code can appear quickly, exploitability can be tested soon after…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, August 20th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10060, (Thu, Aug 20th)
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Airlock Digital Completes Independent IRAP Assessment at the PROTECTED Level
Adelaide, Australia, 19th August 2026, CyberNewswire Airlock Digital Completes Independent IRAP Assessment at the PROTECTED Level on Latest Hacking News |…