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Cisco warns of ASA and FTD VPN flaw exploited to crash devices
Cisco is warning that a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in Secure Firewall ASA and Threat Defense (FTD) software is being actively exploited in attacks to remotely crash affected devices..
8:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5120249 extended security update
Microsoft has released Windows 10 KB5120249 Extended Security Updates for versions 22H2 and 21H2 to fix security vulnerabilities and bugs. [...]
7:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Delta probes Wi-Fi deauth attack on flight carrying DEF CON attendees
Delta Air Lines is investigating an unauthorized Wi-Fi network that appeared aboard a flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta carrying passengers who had attended the DEF CON hacker convention. [...]
7:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Sandworm-Linked UAC-0145 Uses Fake Job Interviews to Push VPN That Can Run Commands
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new social engineering campaign orchestrated by Russian nation-state threat actors targeting IT workers in the coun..
7:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts to Make Extortion Infra Harder to Disrupt
The ransomware group known as DeadLock has been observed using decentralized infrastructure to facilitate victim communications and data leak operations in a bid to improve operational resilience. "I..
6:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Researchers Disclose AI-Assisted SharePoint Exploit Chain Reaching Unauthenticated RCE
Security researchers found a way to enter Microsoft SharePoint servers as any user, including an administrator, with no valid account. A significant part of the work that found it was done through an ..
6:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Windows 11 KB5121003 & KB5120240 cumulative updates released
Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5121003 and KB5120240 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities, bugs, and add new features. [...]
6:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Microsoft Patch Tuesday August 2026, (Tue, Aug 11th)
This month we got patches for 418 vulnerabilities. Of these, 62 are critical, 1 is being exploited in the wild, and 2 were publicly disclosed as zero-days. Notable fixes include Windows privilege esca..
6:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 400 flaws, 3 zero-days
Today is Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes security updates for a massive 400 flaws, including one actively exploited and two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. [...]
6:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Wesco confirms security incident after ExfilSquad claims data theft
Global supply chain and distribution giant Wesco has confirmed in a statement for BleepingComputer that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident. [...]
4:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with Reduced Safeguards for Exploit Development
OpenAI on Monday unveiled a new cybersecurity-focused model called GPT‑5.6‑Cyber that it said is focused on vulnerability research, penetration testing, and incident response. "Built on GPT‑5.6..
2:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Vague Task, Total Access: When AI Delegation Becomes a Security Risk
AI agents can improvise beyond the intended scope of a task when they are given broad access to enterprise systems and data. Token Security explains why organizations need to define agent intent and c..
2:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Mozilla updates GPG signing key for Firefox releases after exposure
Mozilla announced today that it updated the GPG key used to sign Firefox and Thunderbird releases after it was accidentally exposed on GitHub. [...]
2:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Researchers Built a Fake Crypto Startup and Hired Three Suspected North Korean IT Workers
Security researchers invented a cryptocurrency startup, advertised developer jobs, and hired three people they believe were North Korean operatives. Every virtual machine the company issued was record..
1:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Mozilla Revokes Firefox and Thunderbird Linux Signing Key After Key Lands in Private Repo
Mozilla has scrapped the cryptographic key behind Firefox and Thunderbird downloads for Linux after an unencrypted copy of it was committed by mistake to one of the company's own private code reposito..
1:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
A Malicious SIM Card Can Run Attacker Code Inside the Modems Behind Cellular IoT Devices
A malicious SIM card can order the device it sits in to run commands of the attacker's choosing. On the cellular modules built into electric-vehicle chargers, industrial routers, and car telematics un..
1:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
CISA: Microsoft SharePoint flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks
CISA confirmed today that ransomware gangs have begun abusing a high-severity Microsoft SharePoint remote code execution vulnerability, which has been flagged as actively exploited since early July. [..
1:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
DDoS attacks over 1 Tbps surged fivefold in the second quarter
Cloudflare says it mitigated more than 800 network-layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks exceeding 1 Tbps in the second quarter of the year. [...]
1:10 pm, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet and Schneider Electric Flaws to Breach Networks
Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from South Korea and the U.S. warned of Gunra ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors and organizations across the world. Targets of these..
11:10 am, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Malicious MCP Servers Can Split Instructions to Make AI Coding Agents Exfiltrate Secrets
A malicious tool server connected to an AI coding assistant can quietly walk off with SSH keys, environment secrets, source code, and customer data without ever sending one obviously harmful instructi..
11:10 am, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Researchers Turn USB Auto-Install Into a Full SYSTEM Takeover on Windows 11
Windows Plug and Play can be abused to fetch signed vendor software for an emulated USB device and execute privileged installation components that researchers chained to SYSTEM access on a fully updat..
11:10 am, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Cisco warns of high-severity ClamAV flaws with public exploits
Cisco warned of two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Secure Endpoint Connector that allow threat actors to crash the ClamAV scanning process in denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. [...]
11:10 am, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
US and South Korea warn of Gunra ransomware targeting govt agencies
U.S. federal agencies and South Korea's National Policy Agency warned government and critical infrastructure organizations worldwide to secure their systems against Gunra ransomware attacks. [...]
10:10 am, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Hackers Breach Polish Power Plant Controls via Private Cellular Network and Shut Turbine
Attackers shut down a steam turbine and the process-water treatment system at a Polish combined heat and power plant by coming in over the private cellular network the local grid operator uses to reac..
8:10 am, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform's plugins team to temporarily dis..
7:10 am, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, August 11th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10046, (Tue, Aug 11th)
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2:10 am, August 11, 2026 Cybersecurity
Hackers breached a small Polish energy plant via private APN last year
Hackers breached a heat-and-power plant facility in Poland, which supplies heat to about 50,000 residents, using a private APN (Access Point Name) to access an OT (Operational Technology) network. [....
11:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
BdThemes plugins supply-chain hack creates rogue WordPress admins
A threat actor compromised the upstream infrastructure of BdThemes, a developer of premium WordPress web-design tools, and modified a remote JSON feed delivered to administrators' browsers to create r..
10:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
OpenAI releases ChatGPT 5.6 Cyber, but it's only for approved users
OpenAI has developed a new model called "GPT 5.6 Cyber," designed for vulnerability research, penetration testing, incident response, and remediation. [...]
8:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
China-Linked Hackers Deploy New StormEncryptor Ransomware, Likely via N-central Flaw
Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor linked to China, has deployed a previously undocumented ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. The use of StormEncrypto..
6:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
New StormEncryptor ransomware used by former Medusa affiliate
A financially motivated threat actor previously associated with the Medusa ransomware operation is now deploying a new ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. [...]
6:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Goes Rogue, Metabase 0-Day, MCP Supply-Chain Attacks, and Router Backdoors
A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal thing. Cloning a repo. Answering a call. Leaving a box exposed. Trusting the default. That pretty much covers the mood th..
5:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
Scans for Solana (Surfpool?) Endpoints, (Mon, Aug 10th)
Solana is a crypto platform known for speed. Developers like it to develop distributed applications or to implement crypto payments. To interact with the blockchain, APIs are provided for developers. ..
5:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
Kimsuky Builds Offline AI Stack to Boost Phishing and Automate Malware Development
North Korea's state hackers are no longer content to type prompts into public chatbots. One of the country's main espionage groups has begun running artificial intelligence (AI) offline on its own ser..
3:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
CISA: SonicWall SMA1000 flaws now exploited by ransomware gangs
CISA has confirmed that ransomware gangs have begun exploiting two recently patched SonicWall SMA1000 vulnerabilities, including a maximum-severity server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw. [...]
3:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
When Credentials Are No Longer Enough: Device Trust in the AI Era
AI is making phishing, credential theft, and social engineering faster and more efficient, while traditional trust signals such as passwords, MFA, IP reputation, and geolocation become easier to bypas..
2:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
TrueConf Server Flaws Exploited to Replace Client Installers with PhantomCore
The threat actor known as Head Mare has been observed weaponizing security flaws in unpatched TrueConf servers once again in attacks targeting Russian companies spanning instrumentation, electronics, ..
1:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
Shipping 10–50× More Code? Watch This Webinar on Securing AI-Speed Development
AI is helping development teams produce far more code, far faster. But security teams still have to review vulnerabilities, manage dependencies, prioritize fixes, and control risk at human speed. Whe..
1:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
LexisNexis shuts down services after suspicious activity on servers
LexisNexis took its Diligence, Metabase API, and Newsdesk services offline as part of its response to unusual activity on servers hosted and managed by an unnamed third-party vendor. [...]
1:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
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 designed to replace reusable passwords and resis..
1:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
Member of The Com sent to prison for blackmail, sextortion
A member of "The Com," a loose-knit online cybercrime collective that targets children and teenagers, has been sentenced to two years in prison for blackmail and sextortion offenses against nearly 120..
1:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
Valve notifies Steam hardware customers of a data breach
Video game publisher and digital distribution giant Valve is notifying Steam hardware customers in Europe that hackers stole their data after hacking its shipping partner, CEVA Logistics. [...]
12:10 pm, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
Critical Progress LoadMaster flaw now actively exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are exploiting a critical-severity Progress Kemp LoadMaster command injection vulnerability. [...]
10:10 am, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
Solidity Pro VS Code Extensions Steal Crypto Wallets, API Keys, and Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named Solidity Pro ("solidity-pro") that has been observed delivering a browser wallet and credentia..
8:10 am, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
OpenAI's Next AI Model Astra Shows Cyber Performance Strong Enough to Trigger Pause
OpenAI has announced that it's pausing some "internal activities" involving its upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) model Astra after an internal evaluation found it had made significant advancement..
7:10 am, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
ISC Stormcast For Monday, August 10th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10044, (Mon, Aug 10th)
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2:10 am, August 10, 2026 Cybersecurity
Hackers breach TrueConf to trojanize client installers with backdoors
The Head Mare hacktivist group has been exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched TrueConf video conferencing servers to replace client installers with malicious versions that deliver backdoors. [...]
3:10 pm, August 8, 2026 Cybersecurity
New CSS Attacks Can Break Webmail Defenses to Steal Passwords and Tokens
New research shows content inside an email can escape its message boundary and interfere with the webmail interface. Across attack chains spanning Outlook, Gmail, Fastmail, Proton Mail, Yahoo Mail, a..
10:10 am, August 8, 2026 Cybersecurity
Atlassian Rovo Can Be Tricked Into Sending Jira and Confluence Data to Attackers
Attacker-controlled instructions can make Atlassian's Rovo assistant collect Jira or Confluence data that a signed-in user can access, then send it to an outside server. Two security firms found that ..
10:10 am, August 8, 2026 Cybersecurity
Progress Kemp LoadMaster Flaw Hits CISA KEV After 792 Reported Exploit Attempts
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a critical-severity security flaw impacting Progress Kemp LoadMaster to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) cat..
8:10 am, August 8, 2026 Cybersecurity
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