AI security startup Mindgard has closed a $30 million Series A funding round, pushing the company’s total funding to nearly $42 million. The milestone…
New Passkey Attacks Can Recover Synced Private Keys or Bypass Phishing-Resistant MFA
Three separate research efforts last week demonstrated ways to defeat passkey protections without breaking the cryptography they rest on. Passkeys are…
New “City-Forum” Hackers Attacking Salesforce and ServiceNow Instances Worldwide
A newly identified threat actor is running a large-scale, long-running cyber campaign targeting Salesforce Experience Cloud sites and ServiceNow Service…
New CSS Attacks Expose Webmail Users to Passord and Token Theft
In new research, CSS-based attacks have been discovered that can bypass security protections in webmail services, allowing attackers to steal passwords,…
Cyber vulnerability sweep picks up Royal Navy drones sending data to China
No, no nasties to see here, guv…
Health Information Privacy Reform Act Advanced
The Health Information Privacy Reform Act has cleared a significant legislative hurdle after the Senate HELP Committee advanced the bill by a unanimous…
The AI Memory Security Blueprint
Designing Context Isolation, Retrieval Trust, and Vector Database Governance for Enterprise RAG Systems Part 1 — Five Documents Can Hijack a Frontier…
Anthropic enables auto mode for Claude Code by default
Anthropic announced it will activate auto mode as the default setting for Claude Code sessions on Pro, Max, and Team subscription plans beginning August…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-12 20h : 11 posts
11 posts were published in the last hour 17:31 : ICE Can Now Buy Your Credit Card Information 17:31 : Cloudflare launches AI-powered Radar Researcher 17:31 : Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach 17:31 : Ghostjacking:…
ICE Can Now Buy Your Credit Card Information
Every time you apply for a credit card or update your account details, you may be sharing your data with ICE. A research by 404 Media said that personal…
Cloudflare launches AI-powered Radar Researcher
Cloudflare has released a beta version of Radar Researcher, an artificial intelligence tool that translates natural language questions into queries…
Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach
An extortion gang known for targeting transportation companies and private equity firms has taken credit for a breach at Uber Freight.
Ghostjacking: AI Agents Bypass Firewalls
A new attack technique called Ghostjacking exploits AI coding agents to bypass firewall defenses at major corporations, according to research presented at…
MITRE ATT&CK Framework Explained: How to Use It for Threat Detection (2026)
By HOC Team | Last updated: July 2026 | Read time: ~22 min In the months following the…
Python Now Has a Post-Quantum Encryption Library
This is good : Post-quantum cryptography is now one pip-install away for the entire Python ecosystem. With funding from the Sovereign Tech Agency , we…
Claude Code puts auto mode in the driver’s seat
Walk away and hope the classifier catches anything irreversible or destructive
“Ghostjacking” Exploits AI Agents’ Trusted Access to Evade Firewall Controls
Tenet reported that half of Fortune 500 companies are vulnerable to the Ghostjacking technique, which involves tricking AI agents with fake reports
China-linked Hackers Using AI Agents to Attack Taiwan Government Websites
Suspected China-linked attackers have carried out what researchers describe as the first fully autonomous cyberattack on a foreign government, using…
Framework loses customer data in Metabase zero-day attack
Repairable hardware is little comfort when personal details escape
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-12 19h : 16 posts
16 posts were published in the last hour 16:31 : FBI, NCAA Warn Hackers Are Targeting College Athletes’ Private Photos 16:31 : Ransomware Attacks Fall as Business Defenses Improve 16:31 : IT threat evolution in Q2 2026. Non-mobile statistics 16:31…
FBI, NCAA Warn Hackers Are Targeting College Athletes’ Private Photos
Hackers are targeting college athletes’ accounts to steal intimate photos, prompting a new FBI and NCAA initiative focused on prevention and support.
Ransomware Attacks Fall as Business Defenses Improve
Ransomware has long been one of the biggest cyber threats to businesses, often forcing victims into costly downtime and data loss. Recently, analysts have…
IT threat evolution in Q2 2026. Non-mobile statistics
The report presents key trends and statistics on malware that targeted personal computers running Windows and macOS, as well as internet of things (IoT)…
Go-Based macOS Malware Steals Crypto and Secrets
A macOS malware variant has been detected stealing crypto, passwords and more