D-Link has disclosed and patched 15 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) affecting its DWR-M961 4G/LTE router, specifically hardware revision C1.…
Critical Apache HttpComponents Client Flaw Lets Attackers Impersonate Servers
A critical vulnerability in the Apache HttpComponents Client can allow man-in-the-middle attackers to impersonate trusted servers when applications use…
Cyberattack forces UT San Antonio to delay start of fall semester
The University of Texas at San Antonio pushed back the start of its fall semester by three days after a cyberattack targeted its academic network over the…
RAVEN Tool Steals Entire Elasticsearch Databases and Rebuilds Deleted Backdoors
The RAVEN offensive framework can turn compromised Elasticsearch and Kibana environments into durable data-theft and persistence operations. RAVEN, short…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-19 10h : 6 posts
6 posts published in the last hour 07:31F5 enhances AI Gateway to control AI costs, access, and security 07:31AI “mind virus,” malware living off Azure, an Irregular post-mortem 07:31U.S. CISA adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE…
F5 enhances AI Gateway to control AI costs, access, and security
F5 has introduced enhancements to the F5 AI Gateway and integrated the solution into the F5 AI Security Platform. The enhanced F5 AI Gateway seamlessly…
AI “mind virus,” malware living off Azure, an Irregular post-mortem
Persistent prompts prove potentially pernicious The malware is coming from inside Microsoft Irregular releases AI sandbox escape post-mortem Get the show…
U.S. CISA adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple macOS, Microsoft SharePoint, Broadcom VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE flaws to…
Google HEIR Enables AI Inference Using Homomorphic Encryption
Google HEIR (Homomorphic Encryption Intermediate Representation) an open-source project. The initiative aims to solve one of the biggest…
CareCloud Data Breach Impact Grows to 3.7 Million Individuals
The data breach was initially believed to affect roughly 350,000 people, but the HHS breach tracker shows a far bigger impact.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-19 09h : 7 posts
7 posts published in the last hour 06:31CISA Warns Hackers Are Actively Exploiting VMware vCenter Path Traversal Flaw 06:31Fake Claude Install Guide Steals Mac Passwords and Turns Trusted Crypto Wallet Apps Into Phishing Traps 06:02Fanlore – 144,520 breached accounts 06:02Critical…
CISA Warns Hackers Are Actively Exploiting VMware vCenter Path Traversal Flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting Broadcom VMware vCenter to its Known…
Fake Claude Install Guide Steals Mac Passwords and Turns Trusted Crypto Wallet Apps Into Phishing Traps
A Google-sponsored search result for Claude installation instructions is being used to deliver a sophisticated macOS stealer and remote-access trojan…
Fanlore – 144,520 breached accounts
In August 2026, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) identified unauthorised access to the Fanlore wiki it operates . The breach resulted in…
Critical Microsoft Copilot CoSnitch Vulnerability Lets Attackers Steal Sensitive Data With One Click
A critical vulnerability in Microsoft Copilot Personal, tracked as CVE-2026-24301 and nicknamed CoSnitch, lets attackers silently siphon sensitive data…
Oz Hair and Beauty – 1,988,331 breached accounts
In August 2026, Australian beauty retailer Oz Hair and Beauty was the target of an xpl0itrs extortion attack . The group subsequently published data…
Irregular Pushes Stronger Containment Standards for Secure Frontier AI Cyber Evaluations
Irregular has detailed an investigation into an AI cyber-evaluation incident in which internet access unintentionally allowed models to interact with…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-19 08h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 05:31Medusa Ransomware Attacks 300+ Critical Infrastructure Organizations Using Double Extortion 05:31Cl0p Hackers Exploit PTC Windchill Vulnerability to Deploy Custom Web Shell and Steal Data 05:31Hackers Abuse Thousands of WordPress Sites to Spread StopAndProtect…
Medusa Ransomware Attacks 300+ Critical Infrastructure Organizations Using Double Extortion
Medusa ransomware operators have compromised over 500 organizations across critical infrastructure sectors, according to a joint advisory issued by the…
Cl0p Hackers Exploit PTC Windchill Vulnerability to Deploy Custom Web Shell and Steal Data
The Cl0p ransomware and extortion operation is likely exploiting a critical PTC Windchill vulnerability to deploy a purpose-built Java web shell that can…
Hackers Abuse Thousands of WordPress Sites to Spread StopAndProtect Malware via ClickFix
A large-scale malware operation called StopAndProtect is exploiting thousands of compromised WordPress websites to distribute ransomware, steal files,…
Banks look for fraud signals in customer behavior
Banks are dealing with more fraud in which customers authorize payments after being manipulated by criminals. ThreatMark’s Fraud Readiness Benchmark 2026…
Critical Microsoft Copilot CoSnitch Flaw Lets Hackers Steal Sensitive Data With One Click
A critical one-click vulnerability in Microsoft Copilot Personal, tracked as CVE-2026-24301 and dubbed CoSnitch. This flaw could enable an attacker to…
ChatGPT’s new feature could give infostealers a map of your Mac activity
OpenAI’s new Computer History feature turns recent Mac computer activity into memories ChatGPT and Codex can use, and it’s raising questions about privacy…