Tag: cybersecurity
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NATO and an AI startup can now name and track software vulnerabilities
Tags: ai, communications, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, flaw, intelligence, software, startup, vulnerabilityNATO’s cyber defense arm and a startup that uses artificial intelligence to find software flaws can now issue the ID numbers the industry uses to track those flaws, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity announced last week. The NATO Cyber Security Centre, part of the NATO Communications and Information Agency, and AISLE, a cybersecurity company…
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Whither CMMC? Another Battle Over Troubled DOD Cyber Regs
Defense Cyber Vendors Blindsided by Pause to Program 7 Years in the Making. The deadline for industry comments on how to fix the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification process at the Department of Defense is at the end of this week, setting the stage for a battle royale over the future of the program. It feels…
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Kimi K3 Reached GitHub During Cybersecurity Test, Exposing Sandbox Gap
Kimi K3 reached GitHub during a cybersecurity test, prompting a dispute over AI guardrails, sandbox configuration, and agent containment. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/news-kimi-k3-github-sandbox-security-test/
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Royal Navy Cuts Camera Internet Access After Drones Contact Chinese IP
Royal Navy drone cameras contacted a Chinese IP address, raising cybersecurity concerns over third-party hardware, supplier vetting, and device traffic. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cybersecurity/news-navy-drone-camera-china-emea-uk/
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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. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/water-cybersecurity-mdr-services-def-con-franklin/827449/
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Senate Democrats introduce bill to distribute $300 million annually to shore up water system cybersecurity
Tags: cybersecurityTwo Democratic senators introduced legislation that would allocate $300 million each year to fund cybersecurity improvements for the water and wastewater sector. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/senate-water-cybersecurity-legislation
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China-linked hackers turning popular cybersecurity tool into ransomware launchpad, Microsoft warns
Tags: china, cybersecurity, exploit, hacker, microsoft, ransomware, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityA China-linked threat actor is believed to be exploiting a critical vulnerability affecting cybersecurity software from the company N-able. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/china-hackers-ransomware-microsoft
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OpenAI Pauses Astra Model Over Critical Cybersecurity Risk Concerns
OpenAI paused work involving Astra after tests showed cybersecurity abilities that could approach its Critical risk threshold under the company’s framework. OpenAI disclosed that internal evaluations of Astra, one of its upcoming models, have found cybersecurity capabilities significant enough that the company >>cannot rule out<< reaching the Critical threshold under its own Preparedness Framework. In…
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CISA Flags Progress LoadMaster Command Injection Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical command injection vulnerability in Progress LoadMaster, tracked as CVE-2026-8037, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog after confirming evidence of active exploitation. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable appliances, posing a significant risk to organizations that expose LoadMaster…
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TrueConf Server Flaws Exploited to Replace Client Installers with PhantomCore
Tags: attack, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, kaspersky, programming, russia, software, threat, vulnerabilityThe threat actor known as Head Mare has been observed weaponizing security flaws in unpatched TrueConf servers once again in attacks targeting Russian companies spanning instrumentation, electronics, transport, energy, IT, and software development sectors.Russian cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky said it detected the attacks in July 2026.The activity involves exploiting a vulnerability chain First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Critical Progress LoadMaster flaw now actively exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are exploiting a critical-severity Progress Kemp LoadMaster command injection vulnerability. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-critical-progress-loadmaster-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
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A GitHub Misconfiguration Let Kimi K3 Cheat a Cybersecurity Benchmark
Kimi K3 bypassed a UK cybersecurity test by accessing GitHub, cloning the benchmark and reading its solutions instead of solving the challenge Sometimes the smartest move isn’t solving the puzzle, it’s noticing nobody locked the door to the answer key. That’s essentially what happened when Moonshot’s Kimi K3 model was put through a cybersecurity evaluation…
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OpenAI locks down Astra over potential critical cyber capabilities
OpenAI’s internal evaluation of its upcoming model, Astra, found significant advances in agentic coding and cybersecurity, leading the company to conclude that it cannot … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/10/openai-astra-critical-cyber-capabilities/
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Solidity Pro VS Code Extensions Steal Crypto Wallets, API Keys, and Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named Solidity Pro (“solidity-pro”) that has been observed delivering a browser wallet and credential stealer.The names of the extensions are below – helper-beeps.solidity-pro web3devtoolsx.solidity-proAlthough neither of the extensions is now available on Open VSX, the GitHub repository First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Claude-Powered AI Agent Exploits API Authorization Flaw to Hack Gym Booking System
An Australian AI agent powered by Anthropic’s Claude reportedly exploited an authorization flaw in a gym booking platform, allowing it to book classes outside of permitted time frames and cancel another user’s waitlist reservation without explicit permission. This incident underscores how increasingly autonomous AI agents can turn routine online tasks into cybersecurity issues when granted…
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Cybersecurity Newsletter Weekly Top 50 Biggest Cybersecurity Stories $70M Bitcoin Heist,Google Passkey Theft, Copilot CEO Fraud,Chrome 151 Claude Exploits More
Welcome to this week’s edition of the GBHackers cybersecurity newsletter, your weekly cybersecurity bulletin covering the 50 most important stories from August 37, 2026. It was a brutal week for trust in the tools we rely on: a Coldcard firmware flaw drained $70 million in Bitcoin, malware learned to steal Google’s synced passkeys, and […]…
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The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk
AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly powerful models. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/09/the-ai-safety-test-is-becoming-a-safety-risk/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 589 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including international press. Palo Alto Networks Faces China Cybersecurity Review Amid Rising Tech Tensions Metabase Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild,…
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Palo Alto Networks Faces China Cybersecurity Review Amid Rising Tech Tensions
China opened a cybersecurity review of Palo Alto Networks, citing national security concerns but giving no details about the reasons behind the probe. China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) announced that it’s launching a cybersecurity review of products Palo Alto Networks sells in the country. The announcement itself runs to a few sentences of formal Chinese, citing…
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U.S. CISA adds a Progress LoadMaster flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, kev, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Progress LoadMaster vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Progress LoadMaster vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8037 (CVSS score of 9.6), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability is an OS Command Injection Remote Code Execution issue…
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Bugtraq Is Back: The Original Full Disclosure Mailing List Is Live Again
Sophia Antipolis, France, August 7th, 2026, CyberNewswire At DEF CON 34 in Las Vegas, security researcher Jonathan Brossard, known in the community as endrazine, announced the rebirth of the original Bugtraq mailing list. Established in 1993, Bugtraq is the original mailing list where cybersecurity vulnerabilities, mitigations, and cutting-edge techniques have been discussed at scale. With…
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Progress Kemp LoadMaster Flaw Hits CISA KEV After 792 Reported Exploit Attempts
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a critical-severity security flaw impacting Progress”¯Kemp LoadMaster to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation in the wild.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8037 (CVSS score: 9.6), is a command injection flaw that could be weaponized to achieve arbitrary First seen on…
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Zutrittskontrolle als Governance- und Cybersecurity-Priorität
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/zutrittskontrolle-governance-cybersecurity-prioritaet
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China Opens Cybersecurity Review of Palo Alto Networks Products
China has opened a cybersecurity review of Palo Alto Networks products, raising potential risks for critical infrastructure customers and foreign vendors. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cybersecurity/news-china-palo-alto-networks-cybersecurity-review/
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Experts say healthcare faces cybersecurity crisis: ‘These are patient safety issues’
Regulatory failures, funding constraints and industry consolidation have created serious hacking risks. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/healthcare-cybersecurity-crisis-def-con/827378/
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Water utilities group partners with DEF CON offshoot for Water Watch Center
The National Rural Water Association and a group of cybersecurity experts have formed a program to help cash-strapped utilities face the increase in threats to their systems. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/water-watch-center-utilities-def-con-franklin-nrwa
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Kimi K3 Bypasses Cyber Test With Answer From GitHub
Test Flaw Allowed Moonshot AI’s Model to Reach the Internet. Moonshot AI’s open-weight model Kimi K3 jumped its sandbox during a test of its cybersecurity abilities to locate an already worked-out solution on GitHub – behavior perfectly normal for coders but that raises red flags for artificial intelligence models. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Cybersecurity, Then & Now: A Visual Look at 20 Years of Change
Tags: cybersecuritySince 2006, Dark Reading has been at the forefront of covering cybersecurity. The more things change, the more they stay the same. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/cybersecurity-then-now
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AI Agents, Supply Chain Attacks, and Critical Flaws Define the Week in August 2026
Weekly summary of Cybersecurity Insider newsletters for August 2026, including Def Con and Black Hat conference coverage First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/weekly-roundup/ai-agents-supply-chain-attacks-and-critical-flaws-define-the-week-in-august-2026/