August 2026

Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization?

Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization? 2026-08-11 at 09:00 By Help Net Security The recent news coverage of “rogue AI” systems hacking innocent companies reminded me of one of the world’s most unsung heroes and genuinely someone who may well have saved the world. In 1983, the USSR’s early warning systems reported […]

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Payments platform Decta explores stablecoin-enabled treasury settlement

Payments platform Decta explores stablecoin-enabled treasury settlement 2026-08-11 at 09:00 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Decta will use USDC through OpenPayd’s infrastructure for international treasury settlement, seeking faster transfers and more efficient liquidity management. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins

BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins 2026-08-11 at 08:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform’s plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads. “Unlike traditional software supply chain attacks, zero source code files were modified

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An AI tool found 84 flaws in 5G network software and 23 of them still have no fix

An AI tool found 84 flaws in 5G network software and 23 of them still have no fix 2026-08-11 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz Researchers at Nanyang Technological University turned a set of AI agents loose on the software that runs 4G and 5G phone networks, and the agents came back with 84 security flaws

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Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant

Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant 2026-08-11 at 08:00 By Sinisa Markovic The December 29 cyberattack on a Polish combined heat and power (CHP) plant was the first observed case of attackers gaining access to an OT network through a private APN, according to CERT Polska. The private APN is a

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Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings

Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings 2026-08-11 at 07:43 By Anamarija Pogorelec Selected red team specialists can now use OpenAI’s cyber models to find and exploit weaknesses in client applications and infrastructure. Those clients never get the models themselves. That split is the design of the Daybreak Cyber Partner

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As AI keeps tight grip on world, the thrill of collecting vintage computers is growing

As AI keeps tight grip on world, the thrill of collecting vintage computers is growing 2026-08-11 at 04:42 By Associated Press Software engineer Josh Dersch is among a growing community of vintage computer collectors saving classic machines from the digital dustbin. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View

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Famed California bars forced to boot draconian surveillance system after privacy backlash

Famed California bars forced to boot draconian surveillance system after privacy backlash 2026-08-11 at 02:00 By Marina Peña The bars Badlands and Toad Hall said they would stop using the AI-powered platform PatronScan, which was used to verify IDs and ages and flag problem patrons across all venues. This article is an excerpt from Latest

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Judge stays CFTC’s case against US soldier over prediction market bets

Judge stays CFTC’s case against US soldier over prediction market bets 2026-08-10 at 23:50 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright A New York judge granted a motion filed by US prosecutors in July to stay the CFTC’s civil case against Gannon Ken Van Dyke over making more than $400,000 on prediction markets. This article is an

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TRON USDT supply hits $87.9B as transfers reach $2.1T in Q2: Messari

TRON USDT supply hits $87.9B as transfers reach $2.1T in Q2: Messari 2026-08-10 at 22:47 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Messari reported that TRON recorded all-time highs in stablecoin supply and network activity during the second quarter, while DeFi and decentralized exchange activity declined. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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UK money laundering suspect bought $100M in Trump crypto business: NYT

UK money laundering suspect bought $100M in Trump crypto business: NYT 2026-08-10 at 22:35 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright An individual behind the Aqua 1 entity that purchased $100 million worth of World Liberty Financial tokens in 2025 is reportedly a businessman with ties to the UK and UAE. This article is an excerpt from

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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen mulls dropping $56B eBay takeover bid: report

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen mulls dropping $56B eBay takeover bid: report 2026-08-10 at 21:01 By Thomas Barrabi Cohen – who became a favorite of retail investors as GameStop rose to “meme stock” prominence – is instead considering proposing a partnership that would allow eBay access to GameStop’s base of approximately 1,600 US stores, Bloomberg reported,

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Shipping 10–50× More Code? Watch This Webinar on Securing AI-Speed Development

Shipping 10–50× More Code? Watch This Webinar on Securing AI-Speed Development 2026-08-10 at 20:29 By AI is helping development teams produce far more code, far faster. But security teams still have to review vulnerabilities, manage dependencies, prioritize fixes, and control risk at human speed. When software output jumps 10 to 50 times, the problem is

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China-Linked Hackers Deploy New StormEncryptor Ransomware, Likely via N-central Flaw

China-Linked Hackers Deploy New StormEncryptor Ransomware, Likely via N-central Flaw 2026-08-10 at 19:38 By Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor linked to China, has deployed a previously undocumented ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. The use of StormEncryptor marks a shift from the adversary’s previous use of Medusa ransomware, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence

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⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Goes Rogue, Metabase 0-Day, MCP Supply-Chain Attacks, and Router Backdoors

⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Goes Rogue, Metabase 0-Day, MCP Supply-Chain Attacks, and Router Backdoors 2026-08-10 at 18:00 By A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal thing. Cloning a repo. Answering a call. Leaving a box exposed. Trusting the default. That pretty much covers the mood this week. Old bugs

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Cyberattack on Steam hardware shipper leaks names, addresses, and order data

Cyberattack on Steam hardware shipper leaks names, addresses, and order data 2026-08-10 at 17:34 By Sinisa Markovic Video game publisher Valve is alerting customers in Europe to a data breach at CEVA Logistics, its Steam hardware shipping partner. Reports from affected customers began surfacing on social media earlier today, after Valve started sending out data

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OpenAI’s Upcoming Astra Model Raises Autonomous Cyberattack Concerns

OpenAI’s Upcoming Astra Model Raises Autonomous Cyberattack Concerns 2026-08-10 at 17:33 By Eduard Kovacs The current GPT-5.6-Sol has been assigned a ‘high’ cybersecurity threshold, but Astra could reach the maximum ‘critical’ threshold.  The post OpenAI’s Upcoming Astra Model Raises Autonomous Cyberattack Concerns appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Stealthium Targets Security Blind Spots in AI Accelerators and Neo-Clouds

Stealthium Targets Security Blind Spots in AI Accelerators and Neo-Clouds 2026-08-10 at 17:19 By Kevin Townsend The startup analyzes subtle telemetry signals to detect attacks that traditional security tools cannot see inside accelerator-powered AI infrastructure. The post Stealthium Targets Security Blind Spots in AI Accelerators and Neo-Clouds appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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