Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests…
Akira Affiliate Crashes Ransomware After Attempting EDR Evasion
Huntress documents how a ransomware affiliate sabotaged its own attack with an anti-EDR effort
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-15 21h : 10 posts
10 posts published in the last hour 18:31Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware 18:31How to Test for CORS Misconfigurations Like a Bug Bounty Hunter 18:31Imperva API Security Token & Authentication Risk Report: Nearly 40%…
Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Domains and Using Them to Deliver Malware
Attackers are buying expired domains to exploit their reputation, traffic and DNS history, using them for malware delivery, scams and C2 infrastructure.…
How to Test for CORS Misconfigurations Like a Bug Bounty Hunter
A step-by-step method for finding and proving CORS misconfiguration vulnerabilities: the header checks, the edge cases developers miss, and how to fix…
Imperva API Security Token & Authentication Risk Report: Nearly 40% of APIs Face Multiple Authentication Risks
Every year, the security industry publishes benchmark reports built more or less the same way: pick a handful of common vulnerabilities, measure how often…
WhatsApp Begins Limited Test of AI Scam Alerts for Unknown Senders
WhatsApp is testing an on-device Scam Alert feature that flags suspicious messages while keeping analysis local and preserving end-to-end encryption.
Google Says Chrome Cut 7 Billion Unwanted Android Notifications Per Day
Google says Chrome cut unwanted Android notifications by more than 7 billion per day using permission controls, abuse detection, rate limits, and…
July 2026 Cyber Attacks Statistics Infographic
One page, every number that matters. This infographic distills July 2026’s 188 confirmed cyber attacks into a fast visual read — who’s behind them, how…
Microsoft Plans to End SMS and Voice Authentication for Entra ID
Microsoft is reportedly phasing out SMS and voice authentication in Entra ID. See the claimed deadlines and what IT administrators should do next.
July 2026 Cyber Attacks Statistics
July 2026 saw 188 confirmed cyber attacks across 69 countries, with financially motivated Cyber Crime driving three in four incidents. Malware remained…
Singapore Is Literally Training People to Get Scammed
Singapore is using simulated AI-enabled scam calls to train the public, offering IT leaders a new model for social engineering security training.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-15 20h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 17:31ICO Reprimands Criminal Records Office After 2023 Breach 17:31Bad Advice and Myths Around Malware Prevention 17:31SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231 Exploited in the Wild 17:02Storm-1175 Replaces Medusa With New StormEncryptor Ransomware 17:02Armored Likho expands…
ICO Reprimands Criminal Records Office After 2023 Breach
The ICO has issued a formal reprimand to ACRO after patching and security monitoring failures led to a breach
Bad Advice and Myths Around Malware Prevention
Have you ever given advice like “opening PDFs is safe”, “exploits are extremely rare” or “browsers are secure”? Please don’t.
SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231 Exploited in the Wild
Attackers are actively exploiting a maximum severity SAP Commerce Cloud vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58231, just days after SAP released a patch. A…
Storm-1175 Replaces Medusa With New StormEncryptor Ransomware
Microsoft says China-linked Storm-1175 is using a new ransomware called StormEncryptor, replacing Medusa in its latest attacks. Microsoft says…
Armored Likho expands its cyber-espionage toolkit
Kaspersky experts break down a new Armored Likho campaign that poses as a fundraising efforts and delivers a new Still Toolkit aimed at stealing Telegram…
AI-Assisted Bug Discovery Still Depends on Human Validation
With artificial intelligence, security researchers can identify software vulnerabilities much faster by scanning code, generating payloads, mapping attack…
Post-Hugging Face Reflections: The Agentic Attacker Is Already Here
Bill Robbins, CEO of Menlo Security An AI agent broke out of the sandbox built to contain it and put itself on the open internet. Then it attacked another…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-15 19h : 6 posts
6 posts published in the last hour 16:31Apple Warns of Supply Crunch as Demand Surges 16:31Iran-Linked Hackers Suspected in Cyberattacks Targeting Minnesota Water Systems 16:31Russian Hackers Use Exchange Zero-Day in Email Attacks 16:31Trump Memo Signals New U.S. Push to Disrupt…
Apple Warns of Supply Crunch as Demand Surges
Apple’s issue is a supply crunch: strong demand for iPhones and Macs is outpacing the company’s ability to secure key components, especially advanced…
Iran-Linked Hackers Suspected in Cyberattacks Targeting Minnesota Water Systems
Several water systems in Minnesota were under attack from cyber intruders over the weekend. Investigators believe the attacks were launched from an…
Russian Hackers Use Exchange Zero-Day in Email Attacks
Russia-aligned cyberespionage group Laundry Bear, also tracked as Void Blizzard and TA488, is exploiting a Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA)…