A fast-moving campaign is turning a VMware vCenter flaw into a route to full control of virtual infrastructure. Attackers are abusing CVE-2026-59310, a…
Kimsuky Uses Local AI Development Environment to Expand Cyber Espionage Tooling in Operation GitPower
North Korean state-backed threat actor Kimsuky is extending its established espionage playbook with locally hosted artificial intelligence tooling,…
Critical WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes 600,000 Sites to File Upload Attacks
A critical security flaw in the Forminator Forms WordPress plugin could allow unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious PHP files, potentially…
OpenAI tightens defenses after AI agents breach research environment
Following the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, in which an agentic collective autonomously penetrated OpenAI’s research infrastructure and another company’s…
Octagon Android Bot Uses Hidden VNC and Accessibility Overlays to Steal Crypto Wallet Credentials
Octagon, a previously undocumented Android banking and cryptocurrency fraud platform marketed as malware-as-a-service by a Russian-speaking actor using…
Serve Robotics Splits With Uber Eats, Expands Grubhub Deal
Food delivery robot operator enters new cities with Grubhub, as it faces end of its long-running deal with Uber Eats
Falcon Platform IOAs Arrive in Falcon Next-Gen SIEM to Identify New Threats
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IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-18 12h : 13 posts
13 posts published in the last hour 09:318 Best EDR Solutions & Software for 2026 09:31Hacker claims millions of records stolen from corporate Azure tenants 09:31Heights Finance Data Breach Impacts at Least 1.2 Million Individuals 09:31China Set To End Travel…
8 Best EDR Solutions & Software for 2026
Compare the 8 best EDR solutions for 2026, including Microsoft, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo Alto, and more, based on security features and use cases.
Hacker claims millions of records stolen from corporate Azure tenants
A threat actor known as “TheHatman” claims to have obtained millions of employee records from the Azure environments of several Fortune 500 companies,…
Heights Finance Data Breach Impacts at Least 1.2 Million Individuals
Hackers stole names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and financial information from a third-party platform.
China Set To End Travel Ban For Manus Execs
Chinese government reportedly preparing to allow senior Manus executives to return to Singapore, as split from Meta nears completion
GitLab Patches Critical Unauthenticated GraphQL Vulnerability
GitLab patched a critical GraphQL flaw that let unauthenticated attackers remotely modify or delete public projects on self-managed servers. GitLab pushed…
SafePal Hardware Wallet Maker Says Flaw Exposed Data of Nearly 40,000 Customers
SafePal has disclosed that an authorization flaw in an order-tracking plug-in exposed the names, email addresses, shipping addresses, phone numbers, and…
Nvidia Backs $105bn In Financing For OpenAI Data Centre
Nvidia to provide up to $105bn in financial guarantees for Nvidia’s lease of massive Ohio data centre, also invests in site developer
Kubernetes Security: Hardening Your Container Environment (2026)
By HOC Team | Last updated: August 2026 | Read time: ~26 min In February 2018, Tesla’s AWS…
GitLab Patches Critical Code Injection Vulnerability
The security defect allows unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete user data and public projects.
UK PM Exchanged Messages With Fake White House Official
Prime Minister Andy Burnham reportedly exchanges several messages with person claiming to be White House chief of staff
Microsoft Adds Customizable Context Menu to Windows 11 File Explorer
Microsoft has introduced a redesigned and customizable context menu for the Windows 11 File Explorer, along with significant improvements in reliability…
Mexico Considers Social Media Restrictions
Mexican government to begin discussions with teachers on social media restrictions for young people, amid free speech concerns
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-18 11h : 9 posts
9 posts published in the last hour 08:31C2Looper v2 Uses GitHub Repositories as Full Command-and-Control Infrastructure. 08:31U.S. CISA adds a Ray-Project Ray flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog 08:31UK Legal Regulator Raises AI Misuse Concerns 08:02Windows 11 File Explorer…
C2Looper v2 Uses GitHub Repositories as Full Command-and-Control Infrastructure.
C2Looper, a Rust-based backdoor likely associated with a ransomware-related threat actor. A newer build, internally identified as version 2, replaces…
U.S. CISA adds a Ray-Project Ray flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Ray-Project Ray vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S.…
UK Legal Regulator Raises AI Misuse Concerns
Solicitors Regulation Authority sounds the alarm over AI hallucinations and data leaks