August 2026

New Passkey Attacks Can Recover Synced Private Keys or Bypass Phishing-Resistant MFA 2026-08-10 at 15:25 By Three separate research efforts last week demonstrated ways to defeat passkey protections without breaking the cryptography they rest on. Passkeys are designed to replace reusable passwords and resist phishing. The attacks instead reused signed authentication material that Windows had […]

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg pushes positive AI message, calls for open-source approach to beat China 2026-08-10 at 13:59 By Ariel Zilber Amid AI doomerism, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is continuing his attempt at positive messaging about the tech in a new manifesto while calling on Washington to lower barriers for US open-source developers to help them […]

OpenAI risks White House relationship with hiring of ‘nuisance’ AI policy executive: sources 2026-08-10 at 13:00 By Thomas Barrabi Ball infuriated Trump AI officials last month after claiming that the White House should create “regulatory risk” — or new rules imposing consequences on US firms — to discourage use of Chinese AI models. This article […]

The Crime Began Well Before the Breach 2026-08-10 at 12:00 By The image most security professionals still carry of perimeter crime is the opportunist: the actor who spots an open gate, grabs what is within reach, and flees. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Solidity Pro VS Code Extensions Steal Crypto Wallets, API Keys, and Credentials 2026-08-10 at 10:38 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named Solidity Pro (“solidity-pro”) that has been observed delivering a browser wallet and credential stealer. The names of the extensions are below – helper-beeps.solidity-pro web3devtoolsx.solidity-pro Although […]

Modern Wireless-First Security Solutions Deliver Multiple Benefits for Mixed-Use Properties 2026-08-10 at 10:00 By The most common longstanding security and safety challenges of mixed-use properties generally fall into 4 categories.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

OpenAI’s Next AI Model Astra Shows Cyber Performance Strong Enough to Trigger Pause 2026-08-10 at 08:50 By OpenAI has announced that it’s pausing some “internal activities” involving its upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) model Astra after an internal evaluation found it had made significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity. In response to the discovery, the […]