August 2026

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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Product showcase: Is this image real? Slop or Not investigates

Product showcase: Is this image real? Slop or Not investigates 2026-08-13 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Slop or Not is an AI text and image detector for iPhone and Mac that runs entirely offline, with no account required. It uses on-device AI models powered by the Apple Neural Engine to detect AI-generated content. According to

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Wireshark 4.6.8 patches 28 security bugs, nine in file parsers

Wireshark 4.6.8 patches 28 security bugs, nine in file parsers 2026-08-13 at 06:53 By Anamarija Pogorelec Wireshark 4.6.8 fixes 28 security bugs in the protocol analyzer, and nine of them fire when someone opens a saved capture file. Those nine sit in file parsers, the code that reads a capture off disk before any dissection

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ASX shareholder plans to sue former directors over failed blockchain project

ASX shareholder plans to sue former directors over failed blockchain project 2026-08-13 at 04:00 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra ASX’s failed blockchain-based CHESS overhaul faces renewed governance scrutiny after the exchange admitted misleading the market. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Trump Media charging for early access to president’s posts slammed as ‘blatantly corrupt,’ lawsuit says

Trump Media charging for early access to president’s posts slammed as ‘blatantly corrupt,’ lawsuit says 2026-08-12 at 23:50 By Associated Press President Donald Trump was sued in federal court Wednesday to stop him from making money off a new, paid service at his Truth Social company offering early, exclusive access to his posts on U.S.

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NYC council announces probe into ‘predatory marketing practices’ on prediction markets

NYC council announces probe into ‘predatory marketing practices’ on prediction markets 2026-08-12 at 23:22 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Council Speaker Julie Menin sent letters to four companies offering prediction market services to New Yorkers as part of an investigation into their marketing practices. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Lazarus Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Gain SYSTEM Access and Deploy Backdoor

Lazarus Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Gain SYSTEM Access and Deploy Backdoor 2026-08-12 at 20:39 By The North Korean threat actor known as Lazarus Group has been attributed to the zero-day exploitation of a newly patched security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows to deliver a never-before-seen backdoor targeting defense and aerospace companies across France, Germany, Brazil, and

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Sorry, students: Anthropic adding watermarks to AI-generated content, potentially making cheating harder

Sorry, students: Anthropic adding watermarks to AI-generated content, potentially making cheating harder 2026-08-12 at 20:26 By Thomas Barrabi The AI giant linked the move to the European Union AI Act’s transparency code, which took effect on Aug. 2. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

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Oracle to slash more jobs to fund AI plans with ‘double digit’ percentage cuts on some teams: report

Oracle to slash more jobs to fund AI plans with ‘double digit’ percentage cuts on some teams: report 2026-08-12 at 19:36 By Sheetal Banchariya Managers have reportedly been asked to identify workers for cuts before the company’s second quarter begins Sept. 1, with some teams potentially facing double-digit percentage reductions. This article is an excerpt

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Google unveils latest Pixel phones with slimmer cameras, more AI: Here’s how much they cost

Google unveils latest Pixel phones with slimmer cameras, more AI: Here’s how much they cost 2026-08-12 at 18:22 By Associated Press With the improvements, the search giant hopes to give users a reason to buy new models and expand the number of people using its AI tools. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology

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SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited Shortly After PoC Release

SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited Shortly After PoC Release 2026-08-12 at 17:47 By Eduard Kovacs The vulnerability was patched by Microsoft in July and CISA warned that it could end up being exploited in the wild. The post SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited Shortly After PoC Release appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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737 Chrome VPN Extensions Caught Routing Traffic Through Proxies. Check If You Have One

737 Chrome VPN Extensions Caught Routing Traffic Through Proxies. Check If You Have One 2026-08-12 at 17:09 By A massive set of 737 free VPN and proxy extensions have been found to mainly target Russian-speaking users seeking access to blocked services with an aim to intercept browser traffic and route them through a proxy infrastructure.

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Kalshi launches sports and crypto perps data feed on DoubleZero

Kalshi launches sports and crypto perps data feed on DoubleZero 2026-08-12 at 16:58 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Kalshi launched access to its sports and crypto perpetual data feed through DoubleZero’s dedicated fiber network to bolster institutional data access. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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A stranger has been reading Salesforce and ServiceNow portals worldwide for 17 months

A stranger has been reading Salesforce and ServiceNow portals worldwide for 17 months 2026-08-12 at 16:51 By Mirko Zorz Most security stories start with something broken. This one starts with everything working as designed. Researchers at Reco have been tracking a campaign they call City-Forum, named after a domain registered in 2002, abandoned, and now

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Signal’s new security feature checks if your encrypted chats were tampered with

Signal’s new security feature checks if your encrypted chats were tampered with 2026-08-12 at 16:47 By Sinisa Markovic Signal has introduced a feature called automatic key verification, giving users a new way to confirm that nobody has secretly interfered with their encrypted chats. “Signal is always end-to-end encrypted, and automatic key verification provides an additional,

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ScienceLogic delivers secure AI deployment and smarter IT operations with Skylar AI 2.5

ScienceLogic delivers secure AI deployment and smarter IT operations with Skylar AI 2.5 2026-08-12 at 16:42 By Industry News ScienceLogic has announced Skylar AI 2.5, expanding secure deployment options for organizations with stringent security, sovereignty, and compliance requirements, while introducing enhancements that strengthen AI performance, operational intelligence, and enterprise integrations. The release further improves AI

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