August 2026

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with Reduced Safeguards for Exploit Development 2026-08-11 at 16:11 By OpenAI on Monday unveiled a new cybersecurity-focused model called GPT‑5.6‑Cyber that it said is focused on vulnerability research, penetration testing, and incident response. “Built on GPT‑5.6 Sol, it is trained to improve capabilities on several specialized cybersecurity tasks (e.g., finding zero-day vulnerabilities […]

A Malicious SIM Card Can Run Attacker Code Inside the Modems Behind Cellular IoT Devices 2026-08-11 at 15:05 By A malicious SIM card can order the device it sits in to run commands of the attacker’s choosing. On the cellular modules built into electric-vehicle chargers, industrial routers, and car telematics units, that is enough to

Mozilla Revokes Firefox and Thunderbird Linux Signing Key After Key Lands in Private Repo 2026-08-11 at 15:04 By Mozilla has scrapped the cryptographic key behind Firefox and Thunderbird downloads for Linux after an unencrypted copy of it was committed by mistake to one of the company’s own private code repositories. That key is how a

Frontier AI Just Made the Race to Patch Vulns That Much Harder 2026-08-11 at 14:45 By Dominic Djannesari For the 99.9% of organizations bracing for an era of endless Zero Days, it’s time to act—and fast This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Researchers Built a Fake Crypto Startup and Hired Three Suspected North Korean IT Workers 2026-08-11 at 14:35 By Security researchers invented a cryptocurrency startup, advertised developer jobs, and hired three people they believe were North Korean operatives. Every virtual machine the company issued was recording. The onboarding paperwork is the part hiring teams can use.

Researchers Turn USB Auto-Install Into a Full SYSTEM Takeover on Windows 11 2026-08-11 at 13:48 By Windows Plug and Play can be abused to fetch signed vendor software for an emulated USB device and execute privileged installation components that researchers chained to SYSTEM access on a fully updated Windows 11 machine. The same PnP path

Hackers Breach Polish Power Plant Controls via Private Cellular Network and Shut Turbine 2026-08-11 at 09:55 By Attackers shut down a steam turbine and the process-water treatment system at a Polish combined heat and power plant by coming in over the private cellular network the local grid operator uses to reach remote equipment. The plant