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Berlin Refuses to Pay Hackers Who Stole Data From the City’s State Network 2026-08-29 at 01:17 By Berlin’s state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city’s state administrative network, and said it will not meet the extortionists’ demands. The same statement disclosed that…

Cosmos EVM Flaw Exploited After Cosmos Labs Knew Every Blockchain Running It Was Vulnerable 2026-08-28 at 23:38 By Cosmos Labs has warned that a critical balance-handling flaw in the shared Cosmos EVM module was exploited to drain funds from six blockchains between August 20 and August 25, 2026. The vulnerability, designated GHSA-7g4w-cg88-2cq2, is rated Critical…

Attackers Chain Two PaperCut Flaws to Execute Code Without Authentication 2026-08-28 at 22:07 By Malicious actors are exploiting a newly patched security flaw in PaperCut NG and MF to execute arbitrary code on susceptible instances, as the company released a fresh emergency fix with additional hardening. “This vulnerability gives an unauthenticated attacker remote control over…

Android 17 Adds OS-Wide ECH to Hide Website Visits From Network Providers 2026-08-28 at 22:07 By Google on Thursday announced new network security protections in Android 17 to bolster connection privacy, address cellular vulnerabilities, and safeguard the privacy of users’ home networks. Topping the list is support for Encrypted Client Hello (ECH), a privacy standard…

ownCloud Flaw Exploited to Steal Nuclear Records From Philippine Research Body 2026-08-28 at 22:07 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting ownCloud to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports that a Chinese-speaking threat actor weaponized the vulnerability to target a nuclear research body…

Mark Zuckerberg hatched secret jobs bloodbath plan to ax 60% of staff — and then it blew up in his face 2026-08-28 at 21:32 By Titus Wu Under a plan, AI would take over much of the daily work performed by thousands of human employees. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |…

Buzzy NYC nightclub plans to permanently ban partiers entering with smart glasses: ‘Keep the dance floor private’ 2026-08-28 at 20:01 By Ben Cost They didn’t want this creepy mainstream trend going underground. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Meta Pays $18B Settlement, Plans Platform Changes 2026-08-28 at 20:00 By Meta will be making adjustments to its platforms following an $18 billion settlement.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Security Leaders Discuss OpenAI’s Call for Collaboration on Cyber Defense 2026-08-28 at 19:00 By 100 technology firms released an open letter calling for “collective action” for cyber defense. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code 2026-08-28 at 18:57 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 18 Google Chrome and one Microsoft Edge extensions that were published over the last six months and harbored wallet secret stealing and cryptocurrency draining capabilities. The extensions, per Socket security researcher Karlo Zanki,…

Two Unitree G1 EDU Humanoid Robot Flaws Enable Root RCE, One Starts Over Bluetooth 2026-08-28 at 16:30 By Security researcher Olivier Laflamme has disclosed two independent root remote code execution (RCE) chains affecting the Unitree G1 EDU, including a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) path that can reach root on the robot’s Locomotion PC. The flaws…

Key Reasons Why Identity Fabric Matters in 2026 2026-08-28 at 16:30 By An Identity Fabric knits fragmented identity systems into a coherent layer that observes how identities behave across applications, APIs, and infrastructure. As enterprise access spans more cloud services and automated workloads, identity security depends less on static configuration and more on runtime visibility.…

Manchester Airports Breach Impacts 8.7M 2026-08-28 at 15:00 By 8.7 million customers’ data was accessed in an airport breach, most information being emails and Wi-Fi sign ups. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

China-Made ZBT Routers Ship With Two Implants Giving Unauthenticated Attackers Root Access 2026-08-28 at 14:28 By VulnCheck has disclosed two previously undocumented factory implants in firmware for routers built by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics (ZBT), each of which gives an unauthenticated remote attacker the ability to run commands as root on affected devices. The implants, named…

Three CVSS 10.0 ServiceNow Flaws Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code and SQL 2026-08-28 at 14:20 By ServiceNow has released patches for four security flaws impacting the ServiceNow AI Platform, three of them rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system and exploitable, in certain circumstances, by an unauthenticated attacker. The company said it deployed a…

NASA set to launch next-generation telescope to unlock universe’s deepest mysteries 2026-08-28 at 13:28 By FOX Weather The mission aims to uncover more information about some of the universe’s greatest mysteries, including dark energy. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Critical cPanel Flaw Could Let One Hosting Customer Take Root Control of a Whole Server 2026-08-28 at 12:45 By cPanel has released patches for a security flaw affecting domain parking and addon domain functionality in cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM), which could allow code execution as the root user. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier…

PaperCut Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks, Affecting All NG and MF Versions 2026-08-28 at 11:25 By PaperCut has alerted customers that bad actors are actively exploiting a vulnerability impacting all versions of its PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF print management software in zero-day attacks. The company has released an emergency patch for v25 and v26 to…

APT28-Linked HOOKEDGE Backdoor Targets European Government and Diplomatic Organizations 2026-08-28 at 11:20 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of campaigns targeting government and diplomatic organizations in Romania, Spain, and Türkiye between late September 2025 and early April 2026. These campaigns, per Recorded Future Insikt Group, have led to the deployment of a previously…

US judge rules Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic unlawful 2026-08-28 at 09:10 By Reuters A US judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on the battlefield. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Report Finds AI Security Fails to Match AI Usage 2026-08-28 at 07:00 By A report by Guardrail Technologies analyzed how S&P 500 companies document their AI usage alongside their AI cybersecurity measures.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

OpenAI Says Reward Hacking Drove AI Agents to Exploit Zero-Days and Breach Hugging Face 2026-08-28 at 00:01 By OpenAI on Wednesday revealed that reward hacking was a key driver behind the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered hack of Hugging Face last month, adding that it found evidence of misaligned behavior as early as late May. The incident,…

Mosquito killer retailing for $988 swears to battle rising California West Nile threat 2026-08-27 at 23:59 By Christopher Edwards Earlier this month, the second Californian this year died from West Nile Virus. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source