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US Charges 17 Iranian Hackers; $10M Rewards
The United States has indicted 17 Iranian nationals connected to the Mabna Institute, a hacking organization accused of orchestrating extensive…
CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach
The cyberattack at CareCloud resulted in one of the largest reported data breaches in the U.S. healthcare industry this year.
Meta collects 3x more data than Apple/Microsoft
A study by VPN provider Surfshark claims Meta collects significantly more user data than other major technology companies, analyzing privacy labels from…
Comcast gives its Wi-Fi motion detector a security makeover
Rebranded feature promises household alerts without video, but mind the small print
Raspberry Pi launches CM5 batch provisioning jig
Raspberry Pi has introduced a dedicated Programming Jig priced at $600 to streamline the process of preparing multiple Compute Module 5 (CM5) boards for…
Back-to-School Cyber Risks Surge as Education Remains the World’s Most Attacked Sector
From record attack volumes to phishing campaigns targeting students and educators, threat actors are exploiting one of the busiest periods of the academic…
GitHub 8-hour outage traced to autoscaling failure
GitHub suffered a major service disruption lasting 7 hours and 47 minutes on August 17, beginning at 1328 UTC and extending until 2115 UTC.
CISA Warns Microsoft Internet Key Exchange RCE Flaw Is Actively Exploited
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-19 15h : 10 posts
10 posts published in the last hour 12:31Hackers Use Fake Claude Install Guide to Deploy MacSync Stealer and Trojanize Crypto Wallet Apps 12:31RAVEN Tool Exfiltrates Entire Elasticsearch Databases and Maintains Access After Password Rotation 12:31Google Mandiant AI Agents Find Over…
Hackers Use Fake Claude Install Guide to Deploy MacSync Stealer and Trojanize Crypto Wallet Apps
Mac users searching for help with Claude Code are being lured into a malware campaign that turns a routine installation task into a full device…
RAVEN Tool Exfiltrates Entire Elasticsearch Databases and Maintains Access After Password Rotation
A newly detailed offensive security tool called RAVEN shows how a compromised Elasticsearch environment can become a data-loss incident with persistent…
Google Mandiant AI Agents Find Over 100 Critical Vulnerabilities in Source Code Within Two Days
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has announced that its Agentic Vulnerability Discovery Harness (AVDH) identified over 100 critical true-positive…
Oracle Releases 943 Security Patches Including Critical WebLogic Full Takeover Vulnerability
Oracle has released 943 new security patches in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update, addressing flaws across its enterprise software portfolio.…
Balonx PhaaS Steals Bank OTPs in Real Time While AI Calls and Android RAT Target Victims
Mexico’s banking sector is facing a more industrialized fraud threat as the Balonx Sistema phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation combines real-time OTP…
US Charges 17 Iranian Hackers, Offers $10 Million Rewards for 5 of Them
The 17 members of the Mabna Institute targeted hundreds of universities and organizations in the US and abroad.
OpenAI Tightens AI Safeguards Following Hugging Face Incident
OpenAI is strengthening safeguards for its most advanced AI models, citing growing risks as frontier systems gain more powerful cyber capabilities
Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Support Ends in October 2026
Microsoft has issued a 60-day reminder that the Windows 11 version 24H2 Home and Pro editions will reach the end of updates on October 13, 2026. This date…
Prevalent AI Raises $22 Million to Expand Data Fabric Platform
AI-powered data fabric company Prevalent AI today announced raising $22 million in growth funding from Integrity Growth Partners (IGP). Founded in 2017 by…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-19 14h : 12 posts
12 posts published in the last hour 11:31Syrian migrant smugglers arrested in coordinated strike in Germany and Serbia 11:31Cl0p Ransomware Group Names Over 40 Victims of PTC Windchill Campaign 11:31Scammers are using fake crypto AML checkers to drain your wallet…
Syrian migrant smugglers arrested in coordinated strike in Germany and Serbia
This follows several years of intensive and extensive investigations led by the German Federal Police under the direction of three Bavarian Public…
Cl0p Ransomware Group Names Over 40 Victims of PTC Windchill Campaign
The cybercrime gang has listed major companies such as Shell, Philips, Fiserv, Zebra, Mindray, and Largan Precision.
Scammers are using fake crypto AML checkers to drain your wallet
We found wallet-checking sites impersonating real anti-money laundering services that trick people into approving access to scammers.
StopAndProtect Uses Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites to Spread Malware and Steal Data
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a global cybercrime operation that abuses thousands of hacked WordPress websites as infrastructure to disseminate…