Australia to make tech companies pay more outlets for content
Australia will raise the number of deals large tech firms must strike with local news outlets under a revamp of its media licensing laws to…
Month: August 2026
Mindgard Raises $30 Million to Protect AI Systems
AI security startup Mindgard today announced raising $30 million in a Series A funding round that brings the total raised by the company close to…
CEVA Logistics Cyberattack Disrupts European Warehouses and Shipments
CEVA Logistics Cyberattack Disrupts European Warehouses and Shipments Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2026 CEVA Logistics suffered a cyberattack disrupting European operations, with eight warehouses affected…
Researchers observe first ‘near-autonomous’ AI attack on government target in Taiwan
Suspected Chinese hackers used open-source artificial intelligence models to run a cyberattack against the Taiwanese government in the first publicly known case of an autonomous…
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group reports 44% rise in high-impact CVEs in July
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has released its CVE report for July 2026, identifying 85 high-impact vulnerabilities that it says Australia and New Zealand organisations should…
The AI harness is the new attack surface
“Teams think in terms of apps, services, pipelines, or bots,” Santos says. Harnesses disappear into code repositories, SaaS products, and vendor configuration screens instead of…
AWS successfully completed its 2025-26 NHS DSPT assessment
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce its successful completion of the 2025-26 NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (NHS DSPT) assessment audit and…
Plug and Pwn attack uses fake USB devices for Windows SYSTEM access
Security researchers have disclosed new “Plug and Pwn” attacks that abuse the Windows Plug and Play feature to trigger Windows into installing vulnerable or insecure…
Palo Alto Networks Patches 11 New Vulnerabilities Across PAN-OS, GlobalProtect, and Prisma Access
Palo Alto Networks has released its August 12, 2026 security bulletin, disclosing 11 new vulnerabilities affecting PAN-OS, the GlobalProtect App, Prisma Access Agent, and Prisma…
Vega Introduces Detection Skills, The New Open Standard for AI Reasoning in Agentic Cyber Defense
Vega, the pioneer of Agentic Cyber Defense, today launched Detection Skills: an open standard that redefines security operations for the AI era. The standard captures…
‘The Worst I’ve Ever Seen’: Cargo Thefts Have Turned Violent in Pursuit of AI Hardware
During the 25 years Gerardo Pachuca has spent investigating thieves who steal cargo from semitrucks, he says he’s never seen behavior this brazen. The consultant…
ShieldBreak Windows Defender 0-Day Lets Attackers Bypass Microsoft Patch and Gain SYSTEM Privileges
Security researcher Nightmare-Eclipse, also known as Chaotic Eclipse, has released a new Windows privilege escalation exploit named ShieldBreak. This exploit claims to bypass Microsoft’s July…