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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 33 Deals Announced in August 2026
Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Brinqa, Cribl, Echo, Fortinet, Kiteworks, Palo Alto Networks, and Visa.
Anthropic Researcher Resigns With Warning About the Dangers of AI Development
Both Anthropic and OpenAI have seen high-profile resignations in recent years that were tied to safety concerns.
Hacker Conversations: Vinnie Liu, Performer Turned Ringmaster
Vinnie Liu was recruited by the NSA when he was just 17 years old. He is now the CEO of Bishop Fox.
Webinar Today: Keep Pace With AI – A New Operating Model for Endpoint Remediation
Join the webinar for a focused, 20-minute discussion on Frontier Pace Governance, an approach to balancing automation, policy, and business risk as IT…
Deceptive Android Apps Exploit Google Play Early Access to Evade Reviews
Deceptive apps in Early Access are being used by dishonest developers for their own benefit.
Critical NetScaler Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
Tracked as CVE-2026-19490, the authentication bypass flaw has been exploited in the wild since at least September 3.
Widened Scan Turns Up Fourth Rogue Claude Cyber Incident
Anthropic is most concerned about Claude Mythos 5’s reckless behavior after recent incidents in which real systems were hacked.
4.1 Million Impacted by AdaptHealth Data Breach
In June 2026, hackers stole personal, health, and insurance information from AdaptHealth’s systems.
Organizations Warned of Cisco Secure FMC Exploitation
Cisco and CISA have flagged exploitation of CVE-2026-20079, a vulnerability disclosed in March 2026.
New ‘ShieldCrash’ Zero-Day Exploit Targets Microsoft Defender
The exploit provides full System privileges on Windows machines running the September 2026 patches.
Fortinet Code Execution Flaw Exploited in PivotC2 RAT Attacks
The high-severity, unauthenticated vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-25249 was patched in January 2026.
HelmGuard Raises $7.3 Million for Agentic GRC and Security
The company will increase its US market presence and will expand its engineering and go-to-market teams.
Android’s September 2026 Updates Patch 180 Vulnerabilities
The security updates resolve critical flaws across Android’s Framework, System, and Kernel components.
AI Is Giving Lesser-Resourced Attackers Nation-State-Level Reach, Google Warns
Criminal and state-sponsored adversaries are increasingly using AI to automate and scale their attacks, according to GTIG.
Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Nvidia, AMD, Arm Issue Security Advisories
Major chipmakers announced patches for vulnerabilities recently discovered in their products.
Fortinet Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in FortiMonitorOnSight, Chrome Extension
The critical, unauthenticated bugs allow attackers to bypass authentication and proxy a user’s browser traffic.
Meta Launches Personal AI Agent, Muse, Emphasizes Safety and Privacy
Muse runs on a dedicated, secure virtual machine that houses both the agent and the user’s data.
US Agencies Warn China Is Systematically Extracting Frontier AI Capabilities
Distillation is an ‘attack’ against an AI model designed to capture outputs, understand reasoning processes, and subsequently train a different model.
ICS Patch Tuesday: Schneider Electric, Siemens Fix Critical Flaws
AVEVA and Rockwell Automation also released patches for vulnerabilities affecting industrial control system products.