August 2026

What the first year of EU AI Act transparency enforcement could look like

What the first year of EU AI Act transparency enforcement could look like 2026-08-07 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Edwin Weijdema, Field CTO at Veeam, answers questions on Article 50 of the EU AI Act and what the first year of enforcement might bring. He explains why corrective orders […]

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US fuel gauge exposure fell by more than half in three months

US fuel gauge exposure fell by more than half in three months 2026-08-07 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Every month for the better part of a year, about 4,800 US internet addresses answered a query in the protocol that fuel tank gauges speak. In June the number was 2,354. The count fell across April, May,

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MARA swings to Q2 loss as Bitcoin’s slump masks higher output

MARA swings to Q2 loss as Bitcoin’s slump masks higher output 2026-08-07 at 06:48 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng Bitcoin miner MARA posted its highest quarterly Bitcoin production in over a year, but was overshadowed by a 28% decline in the average price of Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

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Following primary loss, crypto PACs invest $1.5M in 3 US state races

Following primary loss, crypto PACs invest $1.5M in 3 US state races 2026-08-07 at 00:11 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress PACs reported spending more than $1.5 million on media for four House and Senate races ahead of Aug. 18 primary elections. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

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Gavin Newsom dragged to court in self-driving truck battle that could change state forever

Gavin Newsom dragged to court in self-driving truck battle that could change state forever 2026-08-06 at 22:26 By Titus Wu Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration improperly rolled out regulations that pave the way for self-driving trucks on state roads, the union claimed. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View

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New Zapscape KVM Flaw Could Let Privileged L1 Guest Code Escape to Linux Hosts

New Zapscape KVM Flaw Could Let Privileged L1 Guest Code Escape to Linux Hosts 2026-08-06 at 20:58 By Zapscape, a new Linux kernel vulnerability, could allow an attacker with kernel privileges inside an L1 guest virtual machine (VM) to escape KVM isolation and execute code on the host. The risk applies when nested virtualization is

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Photos: Black Hat USA 2026, part two

Photos: Black Hat USA 2026, part two 2026-08-06 at 20:50 By Help Net Security Round two from Black Hat USA 2026. This set covers the parts of the show floor that did not make the first gallery. Scroll through below. Featured vendors: BlackCloak, Teleport, GitGuardian, Oak, Hexnode, Picus Security, Featured speaker: Kate Silverstein (Mozilla) discussing

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Cisco Patches 12 SD-WAN and IOS XE Flaws, Including Three 9.8 CVSS Score Bugs

Cisco Patches 12 SD-WAN and IOS XE Flaws, Including Three 9.8 CVSS Score Bugs 2026-08-06 at 20:13 By Cisco has rolled out updates to address multiple critical security vulnerabilities impacting Catalyst SD-WAN and IOS XE Software as part of a comprehensive internal security review. The security issues affect Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Software, regardless of device

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‘Nostradamus of AI’ Leopold Aschenbrenner makes new $400M bet after Situational Awareness fund’s near-collapse

‘Nostradamus of AI’ Leopold Aschenbrenner makes new $400M bet after Situational Awareness fund’s near-collapse 2026-08-06 at 19:56 By Thomas Barrabi Leopold Aschenbrenner, has made a new $400 million bet on a private company – just days after the near-implosion of his hedge fund, according to a report. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology

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New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs

New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs 2026-08-06 at 19:17 By An unprivileged Linux program can time a hardware interrupt to land in the gap between a processor sanitizing its branch predictor and the kernel using it, re-poisoning the predictor after the defense has run. MIT CSAIL researchers

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ThreatsDay: Odysseus RCE, Samsung One-Click Takeover, iCloud Backdoor Fight + 27 More Stories

ThreatsDay: Odysseus RCE, Samsung One-Click Takeover, iCloud Backdoor Fight + 27 More Stories 2026-08-06 at 18:24 By Apparently, opening the thing is now enough. A repo can run before the first prompt, a package can hide among hundreds, and a harmless-looking PDF can finish the job. This week runs on cheap leverage: exposed servers, recycled

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Novel-reading apps used users’ phones to generate fake ad traffic

Novel-reading apps used users’ phones to generate fake ad traffic 2026-08-06 at 17:07 By Sinisa Markovic A new mobile ad fraud scheme, dubbed Papyrus, is using a cluster of novel-reading apps to generate hidden browser traffic, according to IAS Threat Lab. Sample novel-reading apps associated with Papyrus (Source: IAS Threat Lab) While a person taps

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Day in the Life of a Cybersecurity Director: Turning Intelligence into Action

Day in the Life of a Cybersecurity Director: Turning Intelligence into Action 2026-08-06 at 17:00 By Kenneth Ng When people hear the word cybersecurity, they often picture analysts racing to stop an attack in real time. Those roles are absolutely critical, but a lot of effective security happens long before an alert ever appears.  This

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