Civil-society initiative will pay cybersecurity vendors to protect rural water systems
The group is seeking philanthropic grants, but its founder said the federal government ultimately needs to step in. Source link
Month: August 2026
UK man tied to The Com sentenced for abusing 117 victims
A 20-year-old man in the United Kingdom was sentenced to two years in prison Monday after admitting to running an online abuse campaign that affected…
OpenAI says Astra could reach ‘critical’ cyber capability, tightens safeguards
The company said Astra has not yet been definitively classified at that level, but its early performance is “strong enough” that such a designation cannot…
A researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.
“I did not realize that this was going to be as big of a problem as it is,” says Solovewicz, who is not publicly naming…
Inside the Metabase SQLi: Exploited in the Wild
On August 6th, 2026, Metabase disclosed a security incident. An attacker used a zero-day SQL Injection vulnerability (GHSA-vwf4-m7j8-wcjf) in the Metabase platform against Metabase Cloud.…
Redefining Audit Readiness in the Frontier AI Era | Qualys
Key Takeaways Human-speed compliance is dead. Attackers utilizing modern, autonomous AI tools can chain enterprise misconfigurations and weaponize vulnerabilities in under 25 minutes, rendering manual,…
When Credentials Are No Longer Enough: Device Trust in the AI Era
Identity security is under growing strain. The passwords, multi-factor authentication (MFA) responses, IP reputation, geolocation and browser characteristics organizations have traditionally used to judge whether…
Fake GoogleTranslate Chrome Extension Lets Attackers Remotely Control Your Browsers
A malicious Chrome extension masquerading as GoogleTranslate that can steal sensitive browser data, live-stream web sessions, and allow threat actors to remotely interact with Chrome…
Blockchain and AI: Why Trusted Data Matters
The internet has crossed a threshold that content teams can no longer ignore. Independent analysis of tens of thousands of web pages found that mostly…
Android Banking Droppers Surge as Malware Operators Change Packaging Tactics
Android banking malware operators are increasingly relying on dropper-based packaging to evade mobile app-store controls, shifting how threats are classified and delivered rather than simply…
Top 5 B2B Cybersecurity YouTube Channels In 2026
Out of the pure play cybersecurity b2b focused media outlets and event producers with YouTube channels listed by their number of subscribers (minimum of 1,000…
N-able ships second N-central hotfix as attackers keep exploiting CVE-2026-18577
To help customers fend off ongoing attacks, N-able released a second security hotfix for N‑central, its monitoring and management (RMM) solution popular with managed service…