GPT-5.6-Cyber is a new OpenAI model built on GPT-5.6 Sol, trained to find zero-day vulnerabilities and build exploit chains, with fewer refusals on…
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Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization?
The recent news coverage of “rogue AI” systems hacking innocent companies reminded me of one of the world’s most unsung heroes and genuinely someone who…
An AI tool found 84 flaws in 5G network software and 23 of them still have no fix
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University turned a set of AI agents loose on the software that runs 4G and 5G phone networks, and the agents came…
Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant
The December 29 cyberattack on a Polish combined heat and power (CHP) plant was the first observed case of attackers gaining access to an OT network…
Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings
Selected red team specialists can now use OpenAI’s cyber models to find and exploit weaknesses in client applications and infrastructure. Those clients…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 11, 2026
CTI Detection Engineer Department of Parliamentary Services | Australia | Hybrid – View job details As a CTI Detection Engineer, you will lead the…
Cyberattack on Steam hardware shipper leaks names, addresses, and order data
Video game publisher Valve is alerting customers in Europe to a data breach at CEVA Logistics, its Steam hardware shipping partner. Reports from affected…
Metabase zero-day exploited to access Framework customer data
Framework, the San Francisco-based company that designs repairable and upgradeable laptops, has suffered a data breach after attackers managed to exploit…
Microsoft Entra ID is removing an extra MFA hurdle for Windows Hello and macOS PSSO users
Microsoft is changing how Entra ID handles MFA for people who sign in with Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) or macOS Platform Single Sign-On (PSSO). The…
N-able ships second N-central hotfix as attackers keep exploiting CVE-2026-18577
To help customers fend off ongoing attacks, N-able released a second security hotfix for N‑central, its monitoring and management (RMM) solution popular…
Anthropic to put AI in charge of reviewing Claude Code actions by default
Anthropic will make auto mode in Claude Code the default for new sessions on Pro, Max, and Team plans starting August 14. Users who previously selected a…
OpenAI locks down Astra over potential critical cyber capabilities
OpenAI’s internal evaluation of its upcoming model, Astra, found significant advances in agentic coding and cybersecurity, leading the company to conclude…
GitHub Dependabot malware alerts now cover eight ecosystems
GitHub has flagged npm malware since March 2026. Anyone pulling in a bad PyPI, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, Go, crates.io, or PHP Composer package has had no…
Chainloop: Open-source evidence store and policy engine for the software supply chain
Chainloop is an open source evidence store for the software supply chain. A command line tool runs inside a GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, or Dagger…
Product showcase: Enpass Password Manager breaks away from the proprietary cloud model
Enpass is a password manager that stores passwords, passkeys, payment cards, identities, secure notes, software licenses, and other sensitive information…
71% of CISOs spend 10+ hours on board reports
Boards want evidence that security controls and architecture reduce business risk, expressed in terms of resilience, consequence, and decision relevance.…
How to report an AI Act violation in the EU
The EU’s fight to regulate AI models entered a new chapter on 2 August 2026, when the European Commission’s AI Office and national authorities began…
Week in review: Cisco fixes IMC bug, Patch Tuesday forecast, Black Hat USA 2026
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Mapping the malware blast radius a single alert won’t…
200 accounts compromised in Swiss government’s Microsoft SharePoint breach
Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint servers belonging to Switzerland’s Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and…
OpenAI drops ChatGPT text chat limits for free users, adds new safeguards for teens
OpenAI has updated GPT-5.6 Sol, the model behind ChatGPT for Plus and Pro subscribers, and pushed a new model, GPT-5.6 Luna, out to everyone using the…