A litigant hid AI prompt injections in a court filing to influence a ruling. The judge caught it and banned him from electronic filing. A man suing the…
Code fixers have fired up the AI warp drive. Strange new worlds await
With more patches per month than at a pirate convention, the bug must be an endangered species. Well, about that
SafePal Data Breach Hits Tens of Thousands of Customers
Nearly 40,000 customers of hardware wallet provider SafePal have been impacted by a data breach
Why Facebook’s war on ad blockers could help scammers
One ad blocker is giving up the fight against Facebook ads. The consequences could go beyond annoying advertising.
Why more security data has blurred companies’ view of risk
More security data can create blind spots. Here’s how to regain visibility.
Matic Robot Vacuum Cleaners Get Voice, Gesture Controls
US-based Matic adds voice, gesture controls to home cleaners, meaning users can now initiate tasks without opening an app
Recent macOS Screen Sharing Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
Threat actors gained root access to the vulnerable systems and deployed a Monero miner.
GeoServer’s Unauthenticated SQL injection Vulnerability Enables RCE Attacks
GeoServer administrators should urgently update affected systems after researchers disclosed an unauthenticated SQL injection flaw in the…
Flock Brings In Surveillance Controls Amid Police Abuse
US private surveillance firm Flock introduces limits on data from camera network, after cases of abuse by police found to be rampant
Z.ai Unveils GLM-5.3 with Major Enhancements for Coding and Cybersecurity
Z.ai has released GLM-5.3, a new AI model built to handle complex coding, long-running agent tasks, and cybersecurity analysis. The company says the model…
DeepSeek Releases V4-Pro Model, Hikes Prices
Start-up’s latest flagship model accompanied by substantial price jump, as DeepSeek also releases agentic harness
New MessiahGPT AI Model Fueling Automated Ransomware and Phishing Attacks
A criminal AI service called MessiahGPT is being marketed on BreachForums as an uncensored platform for creating ransomware, phishing kits, stealers,…
Alibaba Releases Weights Of Flagship Qwen3.8-Max AI Model
Hangzhou-based tech giant shifts to open-weight approach for 2.4 trillion-parameter model, with commercial restrictions
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-17 11h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 08:31Infostealers Harvest 1.7 Billion Credentials in Six Months 08:31Critical SAP Commerce Cloud Vulnerability Exploited 3 Days After Disclosure 08:31Scientists turn DNA into a memory device that uses 100x less power 08:31Police bust cybercrime…
Infostealers Harvest 1.7 Billion Credentials in Six Months
Flashpoint data reveals infostealers were responsible for taking 1.7 billion credentials in the first half of 2026
Critical SAP Commerce Cloud Vulnerability Exploited 3 Days After Disclosure
The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-58231 can be exploited to execute arbitrary code and compromise internal components.
Scientists turn DNA into a memory device that uses 100x less power
Researchers combined synthetic DNA with a semiconductor to create an ultra-low-power memory device capable of storing and processing information in the…
Police bust cybercrime ring accused of stealing €30 million in four-day spree
German and Brazilian police dismantled an international bank fraud ring blamed for a €30 million cyberattack on a German financial institution, arresting…
McDonald’s Employee Data Appears in Leak, Seller Claims 1.7M Records Stolen
A seller claims 1.7M McDonald’s employee records were stolen from Azure. An 8,000-row sample appears genuine, but its age and full size remain…
Malicious Google Apps Script Profiles Crypto Victims Before Delivering Signed Windows Malware
A targeted cryptocurrency intrusion has exposed how Google-hosted Apps Script pages can be weaponized to profile prospective victims before delivering…
Chinese AI company Zhipu claims its new model is a better bug-finder than Anthropic, OpenAI
PLUS: HCL, TCS, admit data breaches; South Korea to fine Apple, Google; India bans some rideshare tips; and more!
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-17 10h : 14 posts
14 posts published in the last hour 07:32Akira Ransomware Uses Safe Mode to Bypass EDR 07:31GeoServer Pre-Auth SQL Injection Flaw Lets Attackers Gain Remote Code Execution 07:31Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Uses 16 DDoS Methods and SOCKS5 Proxies to Hijack Edge Devices…
Akira Ransomware Uses Safe Mode to Bypass EDR
Akira attackers used Safe Mode to disable EDR before deploying ransomware, but memory issues caused the encryptor to fail. An Akira ransomware affiliate…
GeoServer Pre-Auth SQL Injection Flaw Lets Attackers Gain Remote Code Execution
A newly disclosed SQL injection vulnerability in GeoServer allows remote attackers to execute operating system commands on backend PostgreSQL hosts under…