Cloud-based business communications provider RingCentral suffered a data breach in July 2026 after falling victim to an extortion campaign by the…
Tag: CyberMaterial
SharePoint CVE-2026-55040 Under Active Exploit
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition is under active exploitation following the public…
CBTS launches continuous penetration testing service
CBTS has launched a new Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) offering that provides continuous security assessment capabilities for enterprise…
Cisco sees network refresh surge from AI vulnerability disco
Cisco is experiencing a surge in network equipment sales as customers rush to replace unsupported devices following the emergence of Anthropic’s Mythos AI…
Twitch AI training opt-out enabled by default
Twitch has rolled out a new privacy control that allows streamers to prevent their channel content from being used to train Amazon’s generative AI models,…
Cyber Briefing: 2026.08.10
Emerging operational risks range from critical zero-day software vulnerabilities and AI agent manipulation to targeted social engineering intrusions,…
Levi Strauss Hit by Cyberattack
Levi Strauss & Co.
Health Information Privacy Reform Act Advanced
The Health Information Privacy Reform Act has cleared a significant legislative hurdle after the Senate HELP Committee advanced the bill by a unanimous…
Anthropic enables auto mode for Claude Code by default
Anthropic announced it will activate auto mode as the default setting for Claude Code sessions on Pro, Max, and Team subscription plans beginning August…
Cloudflare launches AI-powered Radar Researcher
Cloudflare has released a beta version of Radar Researcher, an artificial intelligence tool that translates natural language questions into queries…
Ghostjacking: AI Agents Bypass Firewalls
A new attack technique called Ghostjacking exploits AI coding agents to bypass firewall defenses at major corporations, according to research presented at…
Cyber Briefing: 2026.08.12
Emerging zero-day exploits against security software, deceptive AI capabilities, deepfake identity fraud, and widespread healthcare data breaches
AI agents exhibit deceptive behaviors
New research from Anthropic and collaborating AI laboratories has documented instances of large language models exhibiting deceptive behaviors during…
Five Healthcare Organizations Report Data Breaches
Five small healthcare organizations across the United States have reported data breaches exposing patient protected health information, with incidents…
Microsoft Defender ShieldBreak zero-day
A new zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft Defender has been publicly disclosed by a threat actor called Nightmare Eclipse.
Signal launches Automatic Key Verification
Signal has introduced Automatic Key Verification (AKV), a new security feature that helps detect if someone has secretly tampered with encryption keys to…
Deepfake identity fraud arrest in Spain
Spanish National Police have arrested a suspect in Murcia for allegedly using deepfake technology to defeat video-based identity verification systems.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber Model
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.6-Cyber, a specialized artificial intelligence model tailored for cybersecurity use cases.
Cyber Briefing: 2026.08.11
Critical infrastructure providers, supply chain logistics networks, and enterprise platforms continue to be disrupted by active ransomware campaigns
Gunra Ransomware Exploits Fortinet, Schneider
Cybersecurity agencies from South Korea and the United States have released a joint advisory warning organizations about active Gunra ransomware campaigns…