Prime Minister Andy Burnham reportedly exchanges several messages with person claiming to be White House chief of staff
Microsoft Adds Customizable Context Menu to Windows 11 File Explorer
Microsoft has introduced a redesigned and customizable context menu for the Windows 11 File Explorer, along with significant improvements in reliability…
Mexico Considers Social Media Restrictions
Mexican government to begin discussions with teachers on social media restrictions for young people, amid free speech concerns
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-18 11h : 9 posts
9 posts published in the last hour 08:31C2Looper v2 Uses GitHub Repositories as Full Command-and-Control Infrastructure. 08:31U.S. CISA adds a Ray-Project Ray flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog 08:31UK Legal Regulator Raises AI Misuse Concerns 08:02Windows 11 File Explorer…
C2Looper v2 Uses GitHub Repositories as Full Command-and-Control Infrastructure.
C2Looper, a Rust-based backdoor likely associated with a ransomware-related threat actor. A newer build, internally identified as version 2, replaces…
U.S. CISA adds a Ray-Project Ray flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Ray-Project Ray vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S.…
UK Legal Regulator Raises AI Misuse Concerns
Solicitors Regulation Authority sounds the alarm over AI hallucinations and data leaks
Windows 11 File Explorer Gets Faster, Customizable Right-Click Menu With App Extension Controls
Microsoft has introduced a redesigned File Explorer context menu for Windows 11 Insiders, promising faster right-click performance, less clutter, and new…
Synthesized builds Test Data Agent to validate AI agents with production-like data
Synthesized has announced its Test Data Agent, a new agentic infrastructure capability being developed to create and provision the realistic data,…
Critical GitLab GraphQL Vulnerability Allow Attackers to Delete Public Projects
GitLab has released urgent security updates to fix a critical GraphQL vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete public…
Secure Agent Harness Execution: Preventing Escape
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Top 10 Best Network Sandboxing Solutions in 2026
Network sandboxing detonates unknown files and URLs in an isolated environment to see what they actually do catching malware that has never been seen…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-18 10h : 10 posts
10 posts published in the last hour 07:31Court Strikes Down French Social Media Law 07:31August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEs 07:31GitLab Patches Multiple Security Flaws in CE and EE With 19.2.4 Update…
Court Strikes Down French Social Media Law
After racing through the legislative process, French social media ban for under-15s found incompatible with constitution
August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEs
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GitLab Patches Multiple Security Flaws in CE and EE With 19.2.4 Update
GitLab has released critical security updates for both the Community Edition (CE) and the Enterprise Edition (EE), addressing two GraphQL-related…
North Korean IT worker lands federal job, Azure records go up for sale, GitHub goes down
Federal agency hires North Korean IT worker Millions of Azure records allegedly for sale GitHub outage hits Actions and Copilot Get the show notes here:…
CISA Flags Actively Exploited Ray Flaw That Can Trigger Browser-Based RCE
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical flaw impacting Ray to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
New Mirai-Based Evooo1Bot Botnet Targets Linux Devices
Evooo1Bot is a Mirai-based Linux botnet that hijacks routers and IoT devices for DDoS attacks, credential theft and criminal proxy services. Fortinet’s…
Operation ASTERIX Uses Vishing and Fake Crypto Wallet Apps to Steal Seed Phrases
Operation ASTERIX, a cryptocurrency fraud campaign that combined account enumeration, branded phishing, targeted voice calls, and trojanized wallet…
Hackers Turn Claude Code and Codex Into AI-Powered Tools for Credential Theft and Cloud Attacks
Threat actors are increasingly using coding assistants as operational tools. Detailed research from Gambit Security highlights three campaigns where…
Dozens of WebKit Vulnerabilities Patched With Fresh macOS, iOS Security Updates
The bugs could be exploited to crash Safari, corrupt memory, leak sensitive data, escape the sandbox, and exfiltrate data.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-18 09h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 06:31How QR-code phishing can slip past corporate security measures 06:31Claude Code Helps Ransomware Operator Steal LDAP Passwords, Backdoor VPNs and Exfiltrate SQL Databases 06:31Shadow hVNC Malware Kit Gives Hackers Hidden Windows Desktop for…
How QR-code phishing can slip past corporate security measures
Quishing has become a popular alternative to traditional phishing. Here’s how businesses can close the gap.