No two companies are alike. And yet, many organizations face similar questions when it comes to endpoint and network security. We addressed many of these…
28,000 Exposed .git Repositories Leak Active AWS, OpenAI, Stripe and GitHub Credentials
A large-scale internet scan has uncovered 28,000 publicly accessible .git repositories exposing credentials for AWS, OpenAI, Stripe, GitHub, and other…
Linux Turns 35 as Open-Source Kernel Powers Global Critical Infrastructure
Linux has now reached 35 years old, serving as a reminder of the modern world’s reliance on an open-source kernel. On August 25, 1991, a 21-year-old…
Sensitive Information Exposed in Nutex Health Data Breach
Nutex Health has informed the SEC that it recently detected unauthorized access and data exfiltration.
Meta adds three new features to keep WhatsApp accounts secure
Meta has added new security enhancements to WhatsApp, this time in the form of stronger two-step verification, additional information about calls from…
Operation Jackal: 58 Arrests Expose the Money Laundering Machine Behind Global Scams
INTERPOL’s Operation Jackal IV made 58 arrests and exposed global networks laundering money from scams, fraud and sextortion. INTERPOL announced that…
Waymo Builds Custom Robotaxi Chip
Like sister company Google, Waymo now using custom TSMC-manufactured 5nm chip to reduce latency of AI decision-making
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-26 10h : 7 posts
7 posts published in the last hour 07:31Critical Gitea RCE Actively Exploited as Reported Attack Drops Miner-Like Payload 07:31China’s hackers pick DeepSeek, OpenAI blocks Russian influence push, webpages mess with local AI 07:31Fake Apple Support AI Calls Target Stolen-Device Owners…
Critical Gitea RCE Actively Exploited as Reported Attack Drops Miner-Like Payload
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday warned of active exploitation efforts targeting a recently patched critical…
China’s hackers pick DeepSeek, OpenAI blocks Russian influence push, webpages mess with local AI
China’s hackers pick DeepSeek OpenAI blocks a Russian influence push A webpage can mess with local AI Get the show notes here:…
Fake Apple Support AI Calls Target Stolen-Device Owners for Passcodes and 2FA Codes
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform built to strip Apple’s Activation Lock from stolen devices,…
AI-Powered Balonx Sistema PhaaS Harvests Credentials From Over 1,100 Banking Users
Mexico’s financial sector is facing an industrialized phishing Balonx Sistema, a Mexico-focused Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform that has harvested…
New CoreRAT Malware Gives Core Werewolf Hackers Full Control of Compromised Systems
A new remote access trojan called CoreRAT is giving the Core Werewolf threat group a way to take over infected Windows systems. The malware appeared in…
OpenSSL Flaws Allow Remote Attackers to Crash Servers With Malformed Packets
OpenSSL has released security updates addressing nine vulnerabilities that could allow remote attackers to crash QUIC, DTLS, CMS, CMP, and TLS-enabled…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-26 09h : 4 posts
4 posts published in the last hour 06:02Production data in testing is still common, and Tricentis’ CISO wants it gone 06:02Hackers Hide Malware Inside Plain English Words to Infect Windows Users With Amatera Stealer 06:02Linux Foundation takes on TRACE, a…
Production data in testing is still common, and Tricentis’ CISO wants it gone
In this Help Net Security interview, Erika Dean, CISO at Tricentis, talks about keeping production data out of test environments and why she thinks the…
Hackers Hide Malware Inside Plain English Words to Infect Windows Users With Amatera Stealer
Threat actors behind ClearFake campaigns are using a newly identified loader, WordlistLoader, to deliver the Amatera Stealer to Windows systems. The…
Linux Foundation takes on TRACE, a hardware-backed runtime evidence specification for AI agents
The Linux Foundation announced the contribution of TRACE (Trust, Runtime Attestation and Compliance Evidence), from OPAQUE. Collaboratively developed by…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-26 08h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 05:31Microsoft Teams Outage Disrupts Meetings and Screen Sharing for Users 05:31CISA Warns of Exploited Gitea Vulnerability 05:31AI vulnerability discovery scores the highest impact of 20 emerging risks 05:31CISA Red Team Achieves Full Domain…
Microsoft Teams Outage Disrupts Meetings and Screen Sharing for Users
Microsoft confirmed that some customers were unable to use multiple features of Microsoft Teams. However, the company reported that monitoring indicated…
CISA Warns of Exploited Gitea Vulnerability
CVE-2026-60004 is a remote code execution vulnerability patched by Gitea developers in late July with the release of version 1.27.1.
AI vulnerability discovery scores the highest impact of 20 emerging risks
Risk managers, auditors and senior executives at 316 companies spent April and May ranking 20 threats they have not yet felt. AI discovery of cyber…
CISA Red Team Achieves Full Domain Compromise Across Critical Infrastructure Networks
CISA’s latest red team assessment shows how common failures in Active Directory, cloud identity, and SOC processes can turn a phishing foothold into an…
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: August 2026
Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security…