August 2026

Atlassian Rovo Can Be Tricked Into Sending Jira and Confluence Data to Attackers 2026-08-08 at 11:54 By Attacker-controlled instructions can make Atlassian’s Rovo assistant collect Jira or Confluence data that a signed-in user can access, then send it to an outside server. Two security firms found that behavior independently, by different routes. Only one of […]

New CSS Attacks Can Break Webmail Defenses to Steal Passwords and Tokens 2026-08-08 at 11:03 By New research shows content inside an email can escape its message boundary and interfere with the webmail interface. Across attack chains spanning Outlook, Gmail, Fastmail, Proton Mail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail, the techniques can capture passwords, take over

Metabase Zero-Day Exploited in Wild Allows Admin Access Without Authentication 2026-08-08 at 09:58 By Metabase has warned that a maximum-severity security flaw impacting its business intelligence and data visualization software package has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. The vulnerability (CVSS score: 10.0), which does not carry a CVE identifier, allows an unauthenticated

N-able Issues N-central Hotfix 2 as Attackers Reach Managed Systems and Persist 2026-08-08 at 09:57 By N-able has released a fresh round of hotfixes for N‑central as part of its investigation into ongoing exploitation of a recently disclosed security flaw in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) product. “We are proactively expanding protections in response

Progress Kemp LoadMaster Flaw Hits CISA KEV After 792 Reported Exploit Attempts 2026-08-08 at 09:52 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a critical-severity security flaw impacting Progress Kemp LoadMaster to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8037 (CVSS

ClickFix Attacks Deliver macOS Stealer That Can Drain Crypto Wallets 2026-08-08 at 04:49 By ClickFix-style attacks are being used to deliver a Go-based malware capable of stealing cryptocurrency assets, as well as browser-stored passwords, Apple iCloud Keychain data, and cached credentials. The macOS-focused infection chain is designed to deliver a shell script that profiles the

UNC6671 Vishing Attacks Target Personal Phones to Steal SaaS Data 2026-08-08 at 04:49 By A recent wave of cyber attacks targeting financial services, private equity, and professional services is attributed to a data extortion group known as UNC6671. “UNC6671 continues to rely on voice phishing (vishing) to target enterprise employees, posing as IT help desk

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

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

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

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

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