A one-page visual briefing on August 2026’s global cyber attack landscape: 218 confirmed incidents, a rising four-in-five share driven by profit-motivated…
Google Gemini AI Hacked Three Real Companies in CTF Test
HOC Shorts Google Gemini AI confirmed its model breached three real-world corporate systems. The Root Cause: The breach…
AI Chatbots Get Financial Queries Wrong ‘Most Of Time’
Popular AI chatbots give erroneous responses to financial queries 57 percent of the time on average, rising to 88 percent for complex questions
The SMB cybersecurity squeeze: AI agents at work, old attacks in overdrive
As AI opens new paths to company data while making familiar attacks faster and cheaper, SMBs need protection designed around the time and expertise…
August 2026 Cyber Attacks Statistics
August 2026 statistics report breaks down 218 confirmed cyber incidents by motivation, attack vector, initial access technique, and target sector.…
Meta Challenges Online Safety Categorisation, In Latest Pushback
Facebook parent argues Instagram, WhatsApp shouldn’t face most stringent rules under safety law, in latest challenge by tech firms
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-22 10h : 13 posts
13 posts published in the last hour 07:31Contagious Interview: 30,000 devices infected by a fake job interview 07:31ShinyHunters hijacks Clop, fake LastPass kills security tools, trusted npm release carries malware 07:31Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Bot From Consumer Platform 07:31CrowdStrike…
Contagious Interview: 30,000 devices infected by a fake job interview
North Korea-linked WaterPlum runs the Contagious Interview campaign, infecting over 30,000 devices using a fake job interview. On September 18, Japan’s…
ShinyHunters hijacks Clop, fake LastPass kills security tools, trusted npm release carries malware
ShinyHunters hijacks Clop’s own leak site Fake LastPass installers kill security tools Trusted npm release carries GHAPPIER malware Huge thanks to our…
Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Bot From Consumer Platform
Amazon now displays warning message saying Meta’s AI agent violates its terms of service, in latest legal tussle over e-commerce bots
CrowdStrike SafeMind: When the Best Offense Builds the Best Defense
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Microsoft to Disable SMS as Primary Entra ID Sign-In Method in 2027
Microsoft will turn off SMS as a primary sign-in method for Microsoft Entra ID workforce tenants on February 1, 2027, accelerating its transition to…
A cheap fake base station can still track 5G subscribers
Researchers from the i2CAT Foundation, the University of Murcia, and NEC Laboratories Europe built a low-cost tool called 5G-Shark that lures a target…
Zyxel and Veeam Flaws Under Active Exploitation With Command and SYSTEM Access
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a now-patched security flaw impacting Zyxel GS1900 series switches to its…
Amazon Adds Moonshot’s Kimi K3 To Cloud Platform
Amazon Web Services adds flagship open-weight model to Bedrock, in first major revenue-sharing deal bringing Chinese AI to US
Windows 11 26H1 Security Update Expands Secure Boot Certificate Protection
Microsoft has released the cumulative security update for September 2026 for Windows 11 version 26H1. This update expands the range of systems that can…
WordPress Comment2Shell Flaw Can Turn Anonymous Comment XSS Into RCE via Admin Session
A new flaw in WordPress core let an anonymous visitor leave a comment that planted a hidden script on the page. If a logged-in administrator later opened…
Hackers Exploit WordPress CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137 to Steal Government Data
A suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor has exploited the critical WordPress “wp2shell” vulnerability chain to compromise government and small-business…
One Hidden Meta Muse Setting Could Let Attackers Turn the AI Assistant Into a Backdoor
Malware already running on a Mac can quietly take over Meta’s Muse assistant and use the broad access its owner granted the app, security researcher…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-22 09h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 06:31Ireland Fines Google €403m Over Location Tracking 06:02Vidar Uses Custom Bytecode Interpreter and ARX Stream Ciphers for Per-Build String Obfuscation 06:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-22 08h : 8 posts
Ireland Fines Google €403m Over Location Tracking
Ireland data protection commission says Google violated GDPR as it tracked individuals’ location, used data to sell personalised ads
Vidar Uses Custom Bytecode Interpreter and ARX Stream Ciphers for Per-Build String Obfuscation
Vidar information stealer has introduced a lightweight custom virtual machine and per-build stream-cipher variations to conceal its embedded strings,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-22 08h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 05:31Hackers Impersonate IT Help Desk on Microsoft Teams to Steal Windows Passwords 05:31One Stolen Active Directory File Can Expose Credentials for an Entire Windows Domain 05:31Passwork NIS2 efficiency guide: Save your team hours…
Hackers Impersonate IT Help Desk on Microsoft Teams to Steal Windows Passwords
Hackers are abusing Microsoft Teams chats to impersonate IT help desk staff, trick employees into installing malware or granting remote access, and steal…