US Treasury’s OFAC sanctions 2 Iran-linked crypto exchanges 2026-08-07 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The US government sanctioned an individual and two crypto exchanges it said facilitated money laundering for a combined $5 million in digital assets linked to Iran. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Yahoo News’ AI-powered tool drew just 3% of its articles from conservative outlets: study 2026-08-07 at 22:46 By Thomas Barrabi Media Research Center – a conservative watchdog that has previously called out Apple News, Google and other aggregators for alleged bias – conducted a review of the “Yahoo 100” feed. The tool “uses AI to
Nearly 800 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT and Infostealer 2026-08-07 at 21:48 By A cluster of nearly 800 malicious packages has been published to the npm registry as part of a new campaign designed to deliver cross-platform malware targeting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. “These packages appear to use AI slop squatted, or randomly
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11 Reasons Native Telemetry Correlation Matters in XDR 2026-08-07 at 21:45 By Shanleigh Reardon The best XDR doesn’t just collect signals—it connects them This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source
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This new ‘AI’ chatbot is actually just one very tired guy 2026-08-07 at 21:43 By Bianca Zalben The tongue-in-cheek project is advertised on a $6,000 San Francisco billboard, and was launched as a commentary on society’s increasingly automatic reliance on artificial intelligence. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post
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In Other News: AI Slop Limits Apple Bounties, North Carolina Port Attacks, Hackers Target Wall Street 2026-08-07 at 17:26 By SecurityWeek News Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: ban on Chinese data center tech, QuickFox VPN supply chain attack, IEH Corporation mailbox breached via phishing. The post In Other News: AI Slop
Beyond ‘Fake Updates’: From Application Store-Themed Phishing to Large-Scale Distribution of ScreenConnect 2026-08-07 at 16:10 By King Orande and Cris Tomboc The LevelBlue OpsCTI Team recently identified a large-scale phishing campaign leveraging a new social engineering method to deploy unauthorized ConnectWise ScreenConnect clients. Rather than relying on conventional phishing pages, the campaign recreates convincing software
New WordPress Pre-Auth XSS Could Lead to PHP Code Execution – Patch ASAP 2026-08-07 at 15:56 By WordPress has fixed a pre-authentication reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in its login screen that affects every version of the content management system. pwn.ai demonstrated how the flaw can be chained into PHP code execution on the server
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200 accounts compromised in Swiss government’s Microsoft SharePoint breach 2026-08-07 at 15:29 By Sinisa Markovic Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint servers belonging to Switzerland’s Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (BIT), compromising the login credentials of around 200 accounts. On July 28, BIT’s security specialists noticed unusual activity on the SharePoint servers.
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Growing Up The Hard Way 2026-08-07 at 14:55 By Open Source had a great childhood. For two decades it got to be a kid. It ran around barefoot, gave everything away, trusted strangers, and never once thought about who was watching. It ran the kind of lemonade stand that took IOUs from anyone who wandered
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18-Year-Old Linux SCTP Flaw Could Let Local Users Gain Root and Escape Containers 2026-08-07 at 14:10 By A use-after-free bug in Linux’s SCTP networking code can be turned into full root on a host, and Tencent researchers say they used it to escape a container and reach the machine underneath. The flaw has existed since
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Vishing Extortion Group UNC6671 Rebrands After Making Millions 2026-08-07 at 14:06 By Ionut Arghire Initially calling itself BlackFile, the group has expanded operations to the Redact, Pink, Helix, and Falcon brands. The post Vishing Extortion Group UNC6671 Rebrands After Making Millions appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Tish James, Kathy Hochul’s pursuit of Kalshi raises questions about why they’re ignoring Polymarket 2026-08-07 at 14:00 By Charles Gasparino Kalshi argues the suit is a death blow to its business. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source
Ransomware Threats in Europe H1 2026: A Deep Dive into Regional Attack Patterns and Dominant Threat Actors 2026-08-07 at 13:58 By Mihir Bagwe Europe faced a ransomware onslaught in the first half of 2026 that sets a troubling precedent for the remainder of the year. According to Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL), the region
Truck Brake Controller’s Safety Recall Doubled as Hidden Security Fix 2026-08-07 at 13:00 By Eduard Kovacs NMFTA research shows a Bendix EC80 brake controller safety recall also patched remote code execution and DoS vulnerabilities. The post Truck Brake Controller’s Safety Recall Doubled as Hidden Security Fix appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt
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I tested the new Samsung Galaxy Watch9: The health tracker’s most exciting features 2026-08-07 at 12:59 By Carly Stern The new watch, on sale today, tracks fitness and sleep, measures antioxidants in the skin, and an even do a body composition scan. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post
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New NatJack Attacks Hijack TCP Sessions and Spoof DNS by Manipulating NAT Tables 2026-08-07 at 12:32 By Security researcher Malcolm Stagg has disclosed a new attack class called NatJack that manipulates network address translation (NAT) connection state to hijack active TCP sessions, spoof DNS responses, expose mapped ports, and exhaust NAT tables. Presented at Black Hat USA
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CleanSpark misses Wall Street revenue estimates as shares sink 2026-08-07 at 12:25 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai CleanSpark’s shares fell 5.5% on Thursday after the Bitcoin miner reported $138 million in quarterly revenue, narrowly missing Wall Street’s consensus estimate. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 4) 2026-08-07 at 12:24 By SecurityWeek News Companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2026 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. The post Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 4) appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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Stripe-owned Bridge joins EU MiCA register after Luxembourg approval 2026-08-07 at 12:14 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Stripe-owned Bridge has entered the EU MiCA register following Luxembourg approval, joining regulated providers under the bloc’s crypto framework. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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