For twenty-five years, “data” in security meant logs and events. But logs are a lossy representation of reality.
Critical Veeam ONE Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Coerce SMB Authentication From Service Accounts
Veeam has released security updates for a critical vulnerability in Veeam ONE that could allow an unauthenticated network attacker to coerce SMB…
Ransomware Hacker Uses AI to Plan Attacks and Compromises More Than 20 Organizations
A Russian-speaking affiliate of the Aurora ransomware operation compromised more than 20 organizations across nine countries between April and July 2026,…
A polymorphic phishing page (that occasionally breaks itself), (Thu, Aug 27th)
As I’ve mentioned before in some of my diaries, from time to time, I like to go over phishing messages that get caught in my various spam traps or sent to…
AccuKnox Launches AgentZ to Help Enterprises Build, Run, and Govern AI Agents at Scale
Menlo Park, California, USA, August 27th, 2026, CyberNewswire AccuKnox today announced the launch of AgentZ, a platform for building, running, and…
LLM-Based Social Engineering Scams
OpenAI disrupted a social engineering group from Cambodia that used ChatGPT. Its scope is impressive: The network simultaneously conducted multiple types…
CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Microsoft SQL Server RCE Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2019-1068, a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft SQL…
JavaScript obfuscation: From party trick to phishing kit
Learn the basics of what obfuscation is, why a researcher would try to reverse it, and several ways to approach the problem.
FBI Seizes China State-Sponsored Hacker Platforms Used to Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure
The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI have seized domains associated with two hacking platforms linked to China, QScan and QTRouter. This…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-27 12h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 09:31Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Responsibility for Major Cyberattack on Norway’s Public Digital Services 09:31GitLab Duo Claude AI Agent Flaw Lets Attackers Execute Arbitrary Commands in CI Pipelines 09:31OpenAI: Hugging Face Incident a “Warning Shot”…
Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Responsibility for Major Cyberattack on Norway’s Public Digital Services
The pro-Russian hacker group Server Killers claimed responsibility for the attack.
GitLab Duo Claude AI Agent Flaw Lets Attackers Execute Arbitrary Commands in CI Pipelines
GitLab has released security updates for both its Community Edition and Enterprise Edition, addressing seven vulnerabilities, including a high-severity…
OpenAI: Hugging Face Incident a “Warning Shot” to the World
OpenAI reveals that unauthorized message boards were at the heart of the recent Hugging Face breach
US Disrupts Chinese Hacking Platform Used in Military and Critical Infrastructure Attacks
The operation focused on a group named QTFY, which offers hacking services to the Chinese government and others.
New GPUThor Rowhammer Defeats ECC on NVIDIA RTX A6000 to Gain Host Root Access
Academic researchers have disclosed a Rowhammer attack impacting NVIDIA workstation GPUs with GDDR6 memory that defeats error correction codes (ECC), the…
New Windows Backdoor Hides Inside ESET Agent and Wakes Up With a Secret Network Packet
SLEEPWALKER is a Windows backdoor built to stay quiet until an operator sends a specially crafted network packet. Rather than calling home to a fixed…
Meta to Pay Up to $18B Over Teen Social Media Use
Meta will pay up to $18B and cap teen Facebook and Instagram use at two hours daily after nearly all US states sued over child safety. Meta will pay up to…
AI-Powered AnonyMousKIT PhaaS Steals Apple IDs and 2FA Codes to Unlock Stolen iPhones
AnonyMousKIT is turning stolen iPhones into an entry point for account theft. The phishing-as-a-service platform targets people already searching for a…
CISA Warns Water Utilities: Find Your Exposed PLCs Before Attackers Do
CISA urges water utilities to find and secure internet-exposed PLCs after July attacks showed how easily exposed industrial systems can be compromised.…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-27 10h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 07:31Anthropic Works On Data-Retention Rules With Greater Privacy 07:31FBI takes down China-linked hacking network behind attacks on NASA, DOJ and U.S. Senate 07:31CISA Adds Six Exploited Flaws to KEV, Including NetScaler, Linux, and…
Anthropic Works On Data-Retention Rules With Greater Privacy
Start-up reportedly planning retention system using customers’ servers, as it seeks to balance growth with security
FBI takes down China-linked hacking network behind attacks on NASA, DOJ and U.S. Senate
The Justice Department and FBI have seized domains tied to two hacking tools built and run by a Chinese state-sponsored group, cutting off access to…
CISA Adds Six Exploited Flaws to KEV, Including NetScaler, Linux, and SQL Server Bugs
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added six flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog,…
CompTIA Security+ Study Guide 2026: How to Pass SY0-701
By HOC Team | Last updated: August 27, 2026 | Read time: ~22 min In 2025, over 350,000…