August 2026

CryptoJS Weak RNG Behind $5.7 Million in Drains Affects Five Crypto Wallet Apps 2026-08-06 at 14:49 By Coinspect has identified CryptoJS.lib.WordArray.random() as the weak random number generator behind the Ill Bloom wallet drains. Introduced in the JavaScript cryptography library 12 years ago, the function supplied weak entropy that affected wallet apps used to generate recovery […]

Apple iCloud Private Relay Can Expose Real IPs Through WebKit Proxy Bypasses 2026-08-06 at 14:33 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security issue with Apple’s iCloud Private Relay tool that can expose a user’s real IP address. Introduced with iOS 15, iCloud Private Relay employs a dual-hop architecture to ensure users’ privacy by routing their […]

AI Recommendation Poisoning: How “Ask AI” Buttons Silently Alter LLM Memory 2026-08-06 at 14:30 By A new class of prompt injection is spreading across commercial websites. It requires no malware, no stolen credentials, and no zero-day exploit. It abuses a standard feature built into almost every major AI assistant: pre-filled deep links. We observed production […]

Attackers Compile khunt Inside Oracle to Turn SQL Injection Into Windows SYSTEM Access 2026-08-06 at 12:19 By Attackers broke into an organization’s Oracle database through a SQL injection flaw in a public-facing web application, then installed a post-exploitation toolkit without writing an executable to disk. They fed Java source code to the database, let Oracle […]

The State of National Security 2026-08-06 at 12:00 By Former FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate discusses the state of National Security today. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Google’s Jeff Dean — chief scientist for 27 years — leaving during AI leadership overhaul for startup 2026-08-06 at 03:07 By Taylor Herzlich Google’s current chief scientist is leaving to start his own AI startup, Discovery Loop, with three other company veterans, according to a company blog post. This article is an excerpt from Latest […]

Bloodbath at Visa as top execs making mega bucks get canned from California offices 2026-08-06 at 00:27 By Titus Wu Payment processing giant brutally cut 2,600 jobs, sparing no one — not even top executives. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Poison Claude Sells Discounted Claude Access While Its Operator Sees Every Customer Prompt 2026-08-05 at 23:27 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered more than half-a-dozen services advertisements for illegal access to artificial intelligence (AI) models on underground cybercrime forums and messaging platforms. One such service, Poison Claude, claims to offer access to Anthropic’s large language models […]

Paperclip AI Flaws Let Attackers Run Host Commands via Malicious Agent Imports 2026-08-05 at 23:27 By Two security flaws in Paperclip could let attackers execute commands on a network server or a developer’s computer. Paperclip is an open-source control plane for teams of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, and both paths rely on importing a malicious […]

Over 250 ClickFix Domains Use Browser Fingerprinting to Hide macOS Malware Lures 2026-08-05 at 21:44 By A macOS ClickFix operation spanning more than 250 front-end domains now fingerprints visitors before deciding whether to show them a malware lure, a change Microsoft Threat Intelligence tracked on infrastructure it had been watching for weeks. The server-side gate […]

OpenAI Disrupts Poipet Scam Network Using ChatGPT Across Multiple Fraud Schemes 2026-08-05 at 21:33 By OpenAI said it disrupted a Cambodia-based scam operation that used its generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT to facilitate a wide range of investment, romance, gambling, and law enforcement impersonation schemes. To that end, it banned a coordinated network of […]