Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests…
Phantom Stealer Hides Inside PNG Files, Then Steals Your Passwords, Cookies and Crypto
Phantom Stealer is taking a familiar computer file and turning it into a hiding place. The credential-stealing malware can conceal its next stage in PNG…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, August 11th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10046, (Tue, Aug 11th)
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IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-13 12h : 14 posts
14 posts were published in the last hour 9:31 : 2026-08-10: Lumma Stealer or variant 9:31 : German Group Files Criminal Complaint Over Meta Smart Glasses 9:31 : How to Test for CORS Misconfigurations Like a Bug Bounty Hunter 9:31…
2026-08-10: Lumma Stealer or variant
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German Group Files Criminal Complaint Over Meta Smart Glasses
Smart glasses violate Germany privacy law as they are virtually undistinguishable from ordinary spectacles, argues HateAid
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…
Critical VMware vCenter Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs
Tracked as CVE-2026–59310, the directory traversal bug allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
SharePoint CVE-2026-55040 Comes Under Attack Following Public Exploit
Attackers are exploiting SharePoint flaw CVE-2026-55040 after a public PoC was released, allowing unauthenticated users to impersonate administrators.…
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…
Australia Proposes Mandatory Charges In Revised Media Law
Australian government proposes bill bringing in mandatory charges for tech firms to help support local news media
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…
Taiwan Targeted By Autonomous AI Attacks
Hackers suspected to be linked to mainland China steal documents from Taiwan in four-day campaign carried out by off-the-shelf autonomous AI tools
Critical Adobe Commerce Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Escalate Privileges
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Commerce, Adobe Commerce B2B, and Magento Open Source to address multiple critical vulnerabilities. One of…
Nightmare Eclipse Drops Windows Zero-Day Exploit ‘ShieldBreak’
Dropped on Patch Tuesday, the exploit allows any user to spawn a shell with System privileges.
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.
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
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-13 11h : 13 posts
13 posts were published in the last hour 8:31 : AI-Assisted Bug Discovery Still Depends on Human Validation 8:31 : Armored Likho expands its cyber-espionage toolkit 8:31 : Trump Signs Memo Authorizing Private Firms for Cyber Operations Against Foreign Criminals…
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…
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…
Trump Signs Memo Authorizing Private Firms for Cyber Operations Against Foreign Criminals
President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum that creates a pathway for companies to take part in government-led cyber operations against…
WhatsApp Introduces On-Device Scam Alert to Detect Fraud Messages
WhatsApp has initiated a limited beta rollout of a feature called Scam Alert, which utilises an on-device machine learning model to identify potentially…
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…
Supreme Court Pauses Apple App Store Hearing
US’ top court gives Apple one-day pause to hearings around fees it should charge App Store developers, as it considers longer suspension