A new zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft Defender has been publicly disclosed by a threat actor called Nightmare Eclipse.
Category: CyberMaterial
Five Healthcare Organizations Report Data Breaches
Five small healthcare organizations across the United States have reported data breaches exposing patient protected health information, with incidents…
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber Model
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.6-Cyber, a specialized artificial intelligence model tailored for cybersecurity use cases.
Deepfake identity fraud arrest in Spain
Spanish National Police have arrested a suspect in Murcia for allegedly using deepfake technology to defeat video-based identity verification systems.
Signal launches Automatic Key Verification
Signal has introduced Automatic Key Verification (AKV), a new security feature that helps detect if someone has secretly tampered with encryption keys to…
Cyber Briefing: 2026.08.11
Critical infrastructure providers, supply chain logistics networks, and enterprise platforms continue to be disrupted by active ransomware campaigns
Cyber Briefing: 2026.08.13
Advanced threat actors and automated vulnerability discovery are driving widespread data exposure, urgent infrastructure upgrades, and a shift toward…
Chainloop: Open-source supply chain security tool
A new open-source tool called Chainloop provides organizations with an evidence store and policy engine for tracking software supply chain security.
Windows 11 USB Plug and Play Privilege Escalation
Security researchers have identified a privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows 11 that exploits the operating system’s Plug and Play service to…
Deel acquires identity security firm Clarity
Global workforce platform Deel has acquired identity security startup Clarity in an undisclosed transaction, marking the company’s fifteenth acquisition…
Ceva Logistics Data Breach Impacts European Clients
Ceva Logistics disclosed a data breach affecting its European contract logistics operations, with eight warehouses compromised between July 29 and August…
Ransom Cartel Leader Sentenced to 16 Years
A federal court has sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison for leading the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation.
Jewelbug APT: China-based group runs espionage and crypto fraud
A China-based threat actor identified as Jewelbug has been conducting large-scale espionage operations against government and military targets across the…
RingCentral breach: 1.6M accounts exposed
Cloud-based business communications provider RingCentral suffered a data breach in July 2026 after falling victim to an extortion campaign by the…
SharePoint CVE-2026-55040 Under Active Exploit
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition is under active exploitation following the public…
CBTS launches continuous penetration testing service
CBTS has launched a new Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) offering that provides continuous security assessment capabilities for enterprise…
Cisco sees network refresh surge from AI vulnerability disco
Cisco is experiencing a surge in network equipment sales as customers rush to replace unsupported devices following the emergence of Anthropic’s Mythos AI…
Twitch AI training opt-out enabled by default
Twitch has rolled out a new privacy control that allows streamers to prevent their channel content from being used to train Amazon’s generative AI models,…
Cyber Briefing: 2026.08.10
Emerging operational risks range from critical zero-day software vulnerabilities and AI agent manipulation to targeted social engineering intrusions,…
Levi Strauss Hit by Cyberattack
Levi Strauss & Co.