A “confidence disconnect” is plaguing the industry, a consulting firm said.
AI Is Learning to Write Genetic Code
This sort of research is both exciting and terrifying: The two models in question were told to generate complete genomes for a viable bacteriophage—a type…
Oz Hair and Beauty – 1,988,331 breached accounts
In August 2026, Australian beauty retailer Oz Hair and Beauty was the target of an xpl0itrs extortion attack . The group subsequently published data…
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…
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…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-21 19h : 21 posts
21 posts published in the last hour 16:32Android Car Malware Spreads Through Built-In Updaters for Ad Fraud, Proxy Botnet 16:32Microsoft Patches Entra ID RCE Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks 16:31ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10058, (Wed, Aug 19th) 16:31Critical…
Android Car Malware Spreads Through Built-In Updaters for Ad Fraud, Proxy Botnet
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware family that’s specifically designed to infect Android-based vehicle head unit firmware developed by…
Microsoft Patches Entra ID RCE Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
Microsoft patched an Entra ID RCE vulnerability exploited in attacks that required no authentication or user interaction.
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10058, (Wed, Aug 19th)
This post has no text preview — click the link below to read the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10058,…
Critical N-able Passportal Flaw Lets Malicious Websites Steal Entire Password Vault and 2FA Codes
A critical vulnerability in N-able Passportal’s Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser extensions could allow a malicious website or embedded iframe to steal…
Homeland security cybercops say patch TrueConf (Russia’s Zoom) if you’re using it
Ukrainian hacktivists exploiting the bugs, but TrueConf’s reach stretches well beyond home turf
CoPilot Snitches on Itself, Hacker leaks Azure data and Texas University deals with cyber attack
Microsoft Copilot CoSnitch Flaw, Alleged Azure Employee Data Leaks, UTSA Cyberattack, and AI “Mind Viruses” The episode covers a one-click flaw in…
Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches National Security Advisory Firm
The newly-formed Nakasone Group will counsel government leaders, corporations, prominent families, and other private clients confronting cybersecurity,…
Microsoft Defender’s Own Driver Can Be Weaponized to Delete Security Software at Boot
Check Point Research has disclosed a technique that uses Microsoft Defender’s own legitimately signed boot-time remediation driver to perform arbitrary…
Critical Patches, AI-Driven Attacks, and Data Theft Define the Week in August 2026
Weekly summary of Cybersecurity Insider newsletters in August 2026.
Critical GitLab Code Injection Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Attacks
GitLab administrators are being urged to patch immediately after security researchers observed attempts to exploit CVE-2026-19478, a critical…
Australian hotel chain leaks guests’ PII after breach at third-party database operator
Unknown parties know where you stayed last summer, down under, across 120 Quest properties
US Bank Investigating Data Breach Following LockBit Ransomware Claim
US Bank is investigating LockBit’s claims of a breach and data theft, with the ransomware group threatening to publish the alleged stolen files on…
OpenAI’s overhead will rise 20 percent for some workloads as it hardens security
Expanded multistage chain of thought monitoring makes frontier model work more expensive
Claude Opus 5 Routes Around Obfuscated Binaries Instead of Defeating the Protection
Claude Opus 5 did not crack hardened binaries in a reverse-engineering experiment. Instead, it sought easier ways to recover hidden information, showing…
Scammers Use WhatsApp Groups to Coordinate Millions in Victim Trades and Pump Real Stocks
Scammers are using WhatsApp groups to turn ordinary investors into an unwitting buying force. The operation does not need a hacked trading account or a…
Critical WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes Sites to RCE Attacks
A critical security flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin could allow unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious PHP files and execute code on…
AI Proves Decades-Old Math Problems With Machine-Checkable Results
The cost of generating new results on some of mathematics’ long-standing open problems has dropped dramatically, with OpenAI claiming that its Astra model…
Hackers Hide Agent Tesla JScript Behind Unicode Emojis to Evade Detection
Hackers are using Unicode emoji characters to hide an Agent Tesla JScript dropper in a business email compromise campaign aimed at finance teams. The…