Microsoft Defender has been aborting Quick, Full, and Offline virus scans after a cluster of Security Intelligence updates reached Windows PCs on August…
Microsoft at Black Hat 2026: When the Attacker Comes Through the Front Door You Trust
Black Hat 2026 Keynote Report — Cyber Defense Magazine By Dr. Arun Lakhotia Black Hat 2026: The Supply-Chain Trust Series — Cyber Defense Magazine. Part…
Hackers Actively Exploiting macOS’s Built-in Screen Sharing Service Vulnerability in the Wild
Hackers are actively abusing a flaw in macOS Screen Sharing to take root-level control of a small number of devices. The attacks turn a built-in…
NetRise: Reading the Thing That Actually Runs — and Vetting Who Wrote It
Black Hat 2026 Vendor Profile — Cyber Defense Magazine By Dr. Arun Lakhotia Black Hat 2026: The Supply-Chain Trust Series — Cyber Defense Magazine. Part…
Clop-Linked Web Shell Targets PTC Windchill Servers in Data Theft Attacks
A custom Java web shell, associated with the Clop ransomware group, was created to target the PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers by decrypting their…
Critical GitLab Code Injection Flaw CVE-2026-19478
GitLab has released emergency security patches addressing a critical code injection vulnerability that enables unauthenticated attackers to modify or…
China-Nexus Hackers Target Myanmar Diplomats With QUICAgent Go Backdoor via Malicious VHD Files
A China-nexus threat actor is targeting Myanmar government and diplomatic personnel with a multi-stage malware campaign that delivers a custom Go-based…
Grandoreiro Resurfaces in Mexico With New DLL Sideloading Campaign
Grandoreiro is active after its 2024 disruption, with Mexico now accounting for 40% of detections
Virtual Event Today: CodeSecCon – Secure Your Code and Applications
CodeSecCon is the premier virtual event bringing together developers and cybersecurity professionals to revolutionize the way applications are built,…
Hackers Compromised 14,500+ Dahua Devices Using Credential Attacks, Auth Bypasses, and P2P
Cybersecurity researchers at Hunt.io have disclosed details of a campaign that they say compromised more than 14,530 Dahua devices between June 17 and…
Intezer adds native response automation without separate SOAR
Intezer has announced Workflows, a native automation and response builder that enables security teams to create and customize response workflows directly…
Phishing 3.0: The Fight Moves to Agent Versus Agent
Most email defenses still do the job they did a decade ago. Scan the message, look for something malicious, block it. That worked when the danger sat in…
Crypto Scammer Uses Claude Code to Screen 100,000+ Phone Numbers in Phishing Operation
Rapid7 found a crypto scammer used Claude Code on more than 100,000 phone numbers in a phishing and vishing operation targeting cryptocurrency holders.
SilkParasite Espionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments with Five New RATs
A previously unreported cyber espionage operation dubbed SilkParasite has been observed targeting government bodies in Central Asia. The intrusion set…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-19 16h : 10 posts
10 posts published in the last hour 13:31Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter Flaws Under Active Exploit 13:31US Charges 17 Iranian Hackers; $10M Rewards 13:31CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach 13:31Meta collects 3x more data than…
Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter Flaws Under Active Exploit
The U.S.
US Charges 17 Iranian Hackers; $10M Rewards
The United States has indicted 17 Iranian nationals connected to the Mabna Institute, a hacking organization accused of orchestrating extensive…
CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach
The cyberattack at CareCloud resulted in one of the largest reported data breaches in the U.S. healthcare industry this year.
Meta collects 3x more data than Apple/Microsoft
A study by VPN provider Surfshark claims Meta collects significantly more user data than other major technology companies, analyzing privacy labels from…
Comcast gives its Wi-Fi motion detector a security makeover
Rebranded feature promises household alerts without video, but mind the small print
Raspberry Pi launches CM5 batch provisioning jig
Raspberry Pi has introduced a dedicated Programming Jig priced at $600 to streamline the process of preparing multiple Compute Module 5 (CM5) boards for…
Back-to-School Cyber Risks Surge as Education Remains the World’s Most Attacked Sector
From record attack volumes to phishing campaigns targeting students and educators, threat actors are exploiting one of the busiest periods of the academic…
GitHub 8-hour outage traced to autoscaling failure
GitHub suffered a major service disruption lasting 7 hours and 47 minutes on August 17, beginning at 1328 UTC and extending until 2115 UTC.
CISA Warns Microsoft Internet Key Exchange RCE Flaw Is Actively Exploited
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service…