Unveiling good and bad behaviors on the Agentic Internet
The Internet isn’t a single lane of traffic. For a long time, the rule of thumb in web security was that bots are bad, while…
Month: August 2026
Real emails, hijacked payments: Two H1 2026 attack chains
Gen Threat Labs followed two H1 2026 campaigns where attackers used legitimate accounts, browser settings and blockchain data as part of the attack path. The…
CVE-2026-64561 Zapscape Lets KVM Guests Escape to Linux Host With Root Privileges
A Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64561 and named Zapscape, could allow attackers to escape a KVM virtual machine and take control of its underlying…
Windows Hello Key Abuse Lets Attackers Access Microsoft Entra ID Accounts
Security researcher has disclosed a technique involving Windows Hello for Business (WHFB) that could allow attackers with access to an active Windows user session to…
Cybercrime Magazine’s Best Convos At Black Hat USA 2026
The premier Cybersecurity event of the year, Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas, ended yesterday and the Cybercrime Magazine media team is on their way home.…
200 accounts compromised in Swiss government’s Microsoft SharePoint breach
Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint servers belonging to Switzerland’s Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (BIT), compromising the login credentials of around…
Growing Up The Hard Way
Open Source had a great childhood. For two decades it got to be a kid. It ran around barefoot, gave everything away, trusted strangers, and…
Point72 Among Hedge Funds Hit Wall Street Cyberattacks
A cyberattack on Wall Street recently targeted several leading hedge funds, including Point72 Asset Management, Millennium Management, Two Sigma Investments, and Citadel. The attackers used voice phishing, or “vishing,”…
TCE Weekly Roundup: Ransomware & Data Breaches
This weekly roundup highlights the growing cybersecurity risks affecting businesses, government agencies, and critical service providers. From the continued dominance of ransomware operations to government…
Foreign control of AI vendors a board-level risk, ASD says
Australian boards should treat the foreign ownership, control and influence of their artificial intelligence (AI) providers as a cyber risk in its own right, the…
Vishing Extortion Group UNC6671 Rebrands After Making Millions
UNC6671, an extortion group engaging in tailored IT helpdesk voice phishing (vishing), has rebranded and diversified its operations over the past several months, Google Threat…
Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Over Child Safety Failures in New Mexico Case
Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Over Child Safety Failures in New Mexico Case Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2026 Meta was ordered to pay $567M…