August 2026

Bill Ackman unveils 6 new investments including Netflix, Visa, Mastercard in major portfolio overhaul

Bill Ackman unveils 6 new investments including Netflix, Visa, Mastercard in major portfolio overhaul 2026-08-13 at 19:42 By Reuters The billionaire said he believes the firms’ earnings are poised for strong growth, which he views as the greatest driver of investment value over time. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York

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Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure: A Shared Responsibility in an Era of Escalating Cyber Threats

Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure: A Shared Responsibility in an Era of Escalating Cyber Threats 2026-08-13 at 19:00 By The recent cyberattacks targeting municipal water facilities across multiple U.S. states serve as another reminder that America’s critical infrastructure remains under constant attack. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 21 Deals Announced in July 2026

Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 21 Deals Announced in July 2026 2026-08-13 at 17:41 By Eduard Kovacs Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Barracuda, CrowdStrike, Cyera, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, and Qualcomm. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 21 Deals Announced in July 2026 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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White House authorizes private US companies to hack foreign criminal networks

White House authorizes private US companies to hack foreign criminal networks 2026-08-13 at 17:31 By Sinisa Markovic President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum on August 12 allowing vetted private companies to run offensive cyber operations against foreign threat actors, under the control and oversight of the US government. The post White House authorizes

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Adobe Commerce Bug Targeted Immediately After Disclosure

Adobe Commerce Bug Targeted Immediately After Disclosure 2026-08-13 at 17:17 By Ionut Arghire The first exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2026-71362 were observed shortly after Adobe released patches. The post Adobe Commerce Bug Targeted Immediately After Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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DataGrout helps enterprises control AI usage, governance and LLM costs

DataGrout helps enterprises control AI usage, governance and LLM costs 2026-08-13 at 16:58 By Industry News SelectHub has announced the launch of DataGrout, its specialized AI research lab introducing an LLM inference optimization platform and AI governance solution for enterprises. DataGrout’s mission is to drive token reduction for agentic workflows, chatbots and AI tools, while

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Release the RAVEN: Kibana Under Siege

Release the RAVEN: Kibana Under Siege 2026-08-13 at 16:36 By Karl Biron In Parts 1 and 2, every command targeted port 9200. Every exploit, every reconnaissance query, every credential test hit the Elasticsearch REST API directly. But Elasticsearch rarely operates alone. Sitting alongside it on most deployments is Kibana, the visualization and management interface, quietly

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A10 Networks introduces AI Gateway to secure and manage enterprise AI

A10 Networks introduces AI Gateway to secure and manage enterprise AI 2026-08-13 at 16:19 By Industry News A10 Networks has announced the general availability of the A10 AI Gateway, a centralized, intelligent control plane that gives organizations unified routing, cost management, and governance across every AI agent, application and large language model (LLM) they use.

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Attackers exploit critical SharePoint flaw after PoC goes public (CVE-2026-55040)

Attackers exploit critical SharePoint flaw after PoC goes public (CVE-2026-55040) 2026-08-13 at 16:05 By Sinisa Markovic Threat actors have begun exploiting a critical Microsoft SharePoint flaw following the release of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code by Rapid7. About CVE-2026-55040 Tracked as CVE-2026-55040, the vulnerability was patched by Microsoft as part of its July 2026 Patch Tuesday

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WordPress 7.0.4 Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

WordPress 7.0.4 Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 2026-08-13 at 15:53 By Ionut Arghire Attackers with Author-level user or higher permissions could exploit the flaw via malicious Postscript files. The post WordPress 7.0.4 Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Venture Firm Team8 Secures Additional $365 Million

Venture Firm Team8 Secures Additional $365 Million 2026-08-13 at 14:42 By SecurityWeek News The Israeli company has nearly $2 billion in total assets under management since 2014. The post Venture Firm Team8 Secures Additional $365 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Fortinet Patches Authentication Flaws in FortiWeb and FortiManager

Fortinet Patches Authentication Flaws in FortiWeb and FortiManager 2026-08-13 at 13:40 By Ionut Arghire The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to log in with random usernames and passwords or impersonate any FortiGate appliance. The post Fortinet Patches Authentication Flaws in FortiWeb and FortiManager appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Searchlight Cyber combines exposure and threat intelligence in new PTEM platform

Searchlight Cyber combines exposure and threat intelligence in new PTEM platform 2026-08-13 at 13:34 By Industry News Searchlight Cyber has launched its Preemptive Threat Exposure Management (PTEM) platform, combining exposure visibility with real-world attacker intelligence to help organizations prioritize and reduce the exposures most likely to be exploited. Security for the real-time era For decades,

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Jewelbug: APT Group Runs Espionage and Crypto Fraud Operations Side by Side

Jewelbug: APT Group Runs Espionage and Crypto Fraud Operations Side by Side 2026-08-13 at 13:00 By Threat Hunter Team China-based hackers-for-hire group is breaking into government ministries across the Middle East and Asia from the same control panel it uses to run an industrial-scale cryptocurrency fraud business. This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View

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Attackers Exploit SharePoint Authentication Bypass After Public PoC Release

Attackers Exploit SharePoint Authentication Bypass After Public PoC Release 2026-08-13 at 09:09 By Threat actors have begun to exploit a newly disclosed Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability following the release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) code. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-55040 (CVSS score: 9.1), which refers to a critical security feature bypass that stems from weak authentication.

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Four corporate investigation mistakes organizations make under pressure

Four corporate investigation mistakes organizations make under pressure 2026-08-13 at 08:00 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Christine Gadsby, VP and Chief Security Advisor at BlackBerry, explains why corporate investigations go wrong before the forensic team arrives. The first hours matter more than leaders assume. Access gets granted, conversations start, and

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DDoS attacks hit record scale as 1 Tbps+ campaigns become more common

DDoS attacks hit record scale as 1 Tbps+ campaigns become more common 2026-08-13 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec DDoS attacks grew in scale during the first half of 2026, bringing larger traffic floods, shorter attack durations, and increasingly automated campaigns. Cloudflare’s H1 2026 DDoS Threat Report shows threat actors relying on multi-vector techniques and large-scale

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