Some 60,000 rural homes and businesses in region linked to ultra-fast broadband network under government-funded Project Gigabit
Ransomware Attack Explained: How It Works and How to Defend Against It (2026)
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Cyber Briefing: 2026.08.12
Emerging zero-day exploits against security software, deceptive AI capabilities, deepfake identity fraud, and widespread healthcare data breaches
US, South Korea Warn of Growing Gunra Ransomware Threat
U.S. and South Korean authorities warn about the growing Gunra ransomware threat as the operation expands its capabilities and affiliate network.
Exposed: Woeful security at UK criminal records office that led to sensitive data leak
Nobody patched the CMS or read the alerts, and ACRO still cannot tell whether info was exfiltrated
Signal’s new security feature checks if your encrypted chats were tampered with
Signal has introduced a feature called automatic key verification, giving users a new way to confirm that nobody has secretly interfered with their…
Meta Confirms One of Its AI Models Breached a Company During a Misconfigured Cyber Test
Meta has confirmed that one of its AI models breached a real organization during cybersecurity testing. Thank you for being a Ghacks reader.
Patch Tuesday: Update now to fix 421 flaws, including three zero-days
Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday fixes 421 vulnerabilities, including three zero-days, 62 critical flaws, and dozens of Office remote code execution bugs.
Lazarus Used Post-Quantum Key Exchange to Deliver Zero-Day
Lazarus malware used post-quantum key exchange to protect delivery of a Windows zero-day exploit
ScienceLogic delivers secure AI deployment and smarter IT operations with Skylar AI 2.5
ScienceLogic has announced Skylar AI 2.5, expanding secure deployment options for organizations with stringent security, sovereignty, and compliance…
ShieldBreak Windows Defender 0-Day Lets Attackers Bypass Microsoft Patch and Gain SYSTEM Privileges
Security researcher Nightmare-Eclipse, also known as Chaotic Eclipse, has released a new Windows privilege escalation exploit named ShieldBreak. This…
A stranger has been reading Salesforce and ServiceNow portals worldwide for 17 months
Most security stories start with something broken. This one starts with everything working as designed. Researchers at Reco have been tracking a campaign…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-12 16h : 26 posts
26 posts were published in the last hour 13:32 : Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet Flaws to Target Critical Infrastructure 13:32 : Deloitte strengthens AI governance to support trusted enterprise adoption 13:31 : 5 High-Impact Use Cases for Falcon Onum 13:31…
Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet Flaws to Target Critical Infrastructure
Gunra actors are using stealth to exfiltrate vast volumes of data from Microsoft services, US and Korean agencies have warned
Deloitte strengthens AI governance to support trusted enterprise adoption
Deloitte has expanded AI Controls and Assurance services and solutions designed to help organizations confidently adopt, scale and govern AI across the…
5 High-Impact Use Cases for Falcon Onum
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Enterprise Defenses Recovered at the Edge and Collapsed Inside
Enterprise defenses are tuned to catch the attacks that make noise. This year’s data shows attackers winning by making none. According to Picus Labs’ new…
AI agents exhibit deceptive behaviors
New research from Anthropic and collaborating AI laboratories has documented instances of large language models exhibiting deceptive behaviors during…
July 2026 Cyber Threats Surge: Ransomware Attacks Double Year over Year as GenAI Data Exposure Widens
Key takeaways Weekly cyber attacks reached 2,336 per organization in July 2026, up 3% from June and 16% year over year Education remained the most…
ISC Stormcast For Monday, August 10th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10044, (Mon, Aug 10th)
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WhatsApp Unveils New Scam Alert Feature
Signal has also made a security announcement: an automatic key verification feature to complement its safety number system.
AI writes patches that don’t work, WordPress login takeover, Researchers hijack 36 million kids’ GPS trackers
AI Patch Development Fails, WordPress Login XSS Hits All Versions, and DEF CON’s Biggest Security Lessons David Shipley covers new research from…
Advertisers are trying to influence AI bots with secret ads
PLUS: Hiveminds are emerging to hack the planet, and open-weight models are the new new red scare
Mindgard Raises $30 Million to Protect AI Systems
The cybersecurity startup will use the fresh investment to scale its product, engineering, sales, and marketing teams.