By HOC Team | Last updated: August 2026 | Read time: ~26 min In February 2018, Tesla’s AWS…
UK PM Exchanged Messages With Fake White House Official
Prime Minister Andy Burnham reportedly exchanges several messages with person claiming to be White House chief of staff
SafePal Hardware Wallet Maker Says Flaw Exposed Data of Nearly 40,000 Customers
SafePal has disclosed that an authorization flaw in an order-tracking plug-in exposed the names, email addresses, shipping addresses, phone numbers, and…
Nvidia Backs $105bn In Financing For OpenAI Data Centre
Nvidia to provide up to $105bn in financial guarantees for Nvidia’s lease of massive Ohio data centre, also invests in site developer
UK Legal Regulator Raises AI Misuse Concerns
Solicitors Regulation Authority sounds the alarm over AI hallucinations and data leaks
AWS Network Firewall now supports rule hit count
As firewall rule sets grow in complexity, security teams face a common challenge: manual log analysis is used to determine which rules are actively…
ThreatsDay: Gogs 10.0 RCE, n8n Workflow-to-RCE, $10M Reward, GLM-5.3 AI Exploit and More
A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something trusted doing exactly what it was allowed to do. Signed drivers get turned against defenses. Legitimate…
NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE, and EPA Warn of Active AI-Assisted Attacks on Siemens S7 PLCs
NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE, and EPA warn of active AI-assisted attacks against Siemens S7 PLCs across US critical infrastructure sectors. Five U.S. federal…
Mexico Considers Social Media Restrictions
Mexican government to begin discussions with teachers on social media restrictions for young people, amid free speech concerns
Manic: The Android Malware That Exfiltrates Data Even When the Phone Is Offline
Manic Android malware combines banking fraud and spyware, using a Bluetooth relay to steal data even when devices are offline. ThreatFabric’s Mobile…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-20 21h : 12 posts
12 posts published in the last hour 18:31Court Strikes Down French Social Media Law 18:31Oracle Patches 943 Vulnerabilities, Including Critical WebLogic Bugs 18:31Secure Agent Harness Execution: Preventing Escape 18:31Windows 11 Hotpatching Explained: How Much Does It Really Reduce Reboots? 18:31Apple…
Court Strikes Down French Social Media Law
After racing through the legislative process, French social media ban for under-15s found incompatible with constitution
Oracle Patches 943 Vulnerabilities, Including Critical WebLogic Bugs
Oracle patched 943 vulnerabilities, including critical remotely exploitable flaws.
Secure Agent Harness Execution: Preventing Escape
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Windows 11 Hotpatching Explained: How Much Does It Really Reduce Reboots?
Windows 11 hotpatching can install security updates without reboots. Learn who qualifies, how the update cycle works, and what IT teams should expect.
Apple Patches Critical iPhone Flaws: Attackers Could Run Malicious Code
Apple patched critical iPhone flaws that could allow malicious code execution, including an ImageIO vulnerability. Here’s what users should know.
Is Cyber missing the Marque?
In this week’s newsletter, new author Mick Baccio introduces himself and explores the operational and security implications of the new White House…
Detailed Timeline of OpenAI’s Cyberattack on Hugging Face
OpenAI presented details of its AI’s model’s cyberattack on Hugging Face at Black Hat last week. Simon Willison details the timeline. It’s really…
August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEs
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US Bank investigates LockBit’s claims as ransomware crims set pay-or-leak deadline
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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…
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:…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-20 20h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 17:31Fitch explains how water, healthcare organizations can keep strong credit ratings despite cyberattacks 17:31AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical Infrastructure 17:31Launching a Consulting Business? It’s Time to Get Some…
Fitch explains how water, healthcare organizations can keep strong credit ratings despite cyberattacks
Resilience, not prevention, is key, analysts at the credit-rating agency said in a pair of new reports.