What the U.S. AI Action Plan Means For Cyber Defenders
Last week, the Trump Administration laid out its AI Action Plan, comparing the international competition for AI dominance to the 20th century space race: “Whoever…
Month: July 2026
CVE-2026-8933: Local Privilege Escalation in Ubuntu snap-confine
The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has identified a Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine (CVE-2026-8933). This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to…
Chick-fil-A discloses data breach after credential stuffing attacks
American fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is notifying an undisclosed number of customers of a data breach after their accounts were hacked in a wave…
GolangGhost Steals Chrome Secrets From macOS Keychain and Hijacks MetaMask Permissions
A new malware campaign is targeting cryptocurrency and Web3 professionals through fake job interviews. The operation delivers GolangGhost, a remote access trojan that can steal…
DigiCert expands its EMEA channel strategy with Ignition Technology
DigiCert, a global leader in intelligent trust, has announced a strategic distribution partnership with Ignition Technology to scale its presence across EMEA, accelerate market entry and…
Police Dismantle Kratos Phishing-as-a-Service Platform and Take Down Over 200 Servers
Authorities from Germany, the United States, and Indonesia have dismantled the central infrastructure of Kratos, a major phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that enabled cybercriminals worldwide to…
AccuKnox Wins Best AI Startup Award for Enterprise Agentic AI Security at BSides Bangalore
Bangalore, India, July 22nd, 2026, CyberNewswire AccuKnox announced it has won the number one Startup Award at Security BSides Bangalore 2026, marking the second consecutive…
Small teams are the heaviest users of AI coding agents
The pull request arrives with the tests already run and the description already written, the work of an agent that handled the whole thing on…
Google Launches Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber AI to Find and Fix Software Vulnerabilities
Ravie LakshmananJul 21, 2026Software Security / Artificial Intelligence Google’s DeepMind on Tuesday announced the release of Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a specialized artificial intelligence (AI)…
Dutch Surf tests practical route out of Big Tech dependency
When a group of Dutch researchers studying the societal impact of algorithms realised they were doing that work entirely on platforms they had no control…
Court Services Victoria appoints chief digital and innovation officer
Court Services Victoria has appointed Pauline Diano as its chief digital and innovation officer, expanding the scope and remit of its previous digital leadership role.…
SecurityWeek Launches Critical Impact Awards to Recognize Excellence in Industrial Cybersecurity
SecurityWeek today announced the launch of the Critical Impact Awards, a new recognition program honoring the individuals, organizations, and technologies delivering measurable impact and contributions in…