Tech contractor for Brightly Software sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider attack
A tech worker who hatched an elaborate insider attack in late 2023 and attempted to extort Brightly Software for about $2.5 million was sentenced to…
Month: August 2026
5 key takeaways from Black Hat USA 2026
Microsoft’s Yossi Weizman and Echo’s Mor Weinberger showed that recent supply chain attacks such as Shai-Hulud, Trivy, and Megalodon repeatedly used the same patterns: forged…
2026 AWS CyberVadis report now available for due diligence on third-party suppliers
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has completed theCyberVadis assessment of its security posture with the highest score (Mature) in all assessed…
Apple sends new ‘Threat Notification’ alerts over mercenary spyware attacks
You’re not alone if you just received an “Apple Threat Notification” saying it detected a “mercenary spyware attack targeted at your iPhone.” Some users on…
New DRAM Scrambling Attack Exposes CPU’s Most Protected Memory Zones
A new attack technique that manipulates a computer’s memory controller to bypass some of the strongest hardware security boundaries built into modern processors, including protections…
White House Authorizes Offensive Cyber Operations Against Foreign Syndicates
Carmen Estela Cyber Defense Magazine August 13, 2026 Target Foreign Networks On August 12, 2026, President Donald J. Trump signed a new National Security Presidential…
Forescout Launches Rapid Insight Assessment to Uncover Hidden Cyber Risks
Forescout has launched a new Rapid Insight Assessment designed to help organisations uncover hidden assets, network blind spots, and security exposures as artificial intelligence accelerates…
Trump Administration Authorizes Cyber Operations Against Foreign Criminal Networks
The Trump administration has issued a presidential memorandum that establishes a federal program allowing vetted U.S. private-sector companies to conduct government-directed cyber surveillance and cyber…
A10 Networks introduces AI Gateway to secure and manage enterprise AI
A10 Networks has announced the general availability of the A10 AI Gateway, a centralized, intelligent control plane that gives organizations unified routing, cost management, and…
SAP Commerce Cloud Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code
Ravie LakshmananAug 12, 2026Enterprise Security / Vulnerability SAP has released patches to address a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Commerce Cloud (Data Hub Adapter) that could…
At least six police forces have racked up contracts with Palantir worth £7.8m
At least six different police forces have recently used artificial intelligence (AI) investigation tools provided by Palantir Technologies, Computer Weekly and Good Law Project have…
Vengeful researcher drops ShieldBreak Windows zero-day on Patch Wednesday
In summary Nightmare Eclipse has released a proof of concept called ShieldBreak, a zero-day flaw in Defender that allows privilege escalation to SYSTEM with no…