August 2026

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta could face ‘astronomical’ damages as historic teen mental health case heads to trial 2026-08-17 at 19:46 By Thomas Barrabi The Instagram parent claims it could face $1.4 trillion in damages – nearly the size of its entire market cap – based on how a coalition of state attorneys general argue that penalties […]

Why GSOCs and Protective Intelligence Are the Cornerstone of Executive Protection 2026-08-17 at 19:00 By The converging landscape has shifted executive protection from a reactionary and operational pursuit to an intelligence-driven mission.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

New California law could change how kids consume social media forever 2026-08-17 at 18:46 By Nina Joudeh The proposals, AB 1709 and AB 2, cleared the State Senate Appropriations Committee this week and could reach Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk before the legislative session ends Aug. 31. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

Multiple Suicides Reported in US Cyber Operations Forces 2026-08-17 at 17:53 By 5 individuals associated with the U.S. Cyber Operations Forces committed suicide.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

⚡ Weekly Recap: VMware Exploits, Windows 0-Day, MCP Attacks, Browser Hijacks and More 2026-08-17 at 16:23 By The expensive attacks are not always the clever ones. This week had plenty of proof. Exposed services got hit, old bugs found fresh use, browser sessions became attack paths, and supply-chain problems kept spreading farther than the original

How MCP Servers Can Expose Enterprise Secrets 2026-08-17 at 15:50 By MCP servers can expose enterprise secrets through plaintext configuration files, over-permissioned access and prompt injection, often before security teams even know the server is running. As more organizations adopt AI agents into their systems, that exposure can silently become a major gap in MCP

Unisoc VoLTE Video Call Exploit Chain Can Give Attackers Full Android Kernel Access 2026-08-17 at 15:50 By Security researchers at SSD Secure Disclosure have published a two-stage exploit chain that achieves full Android kernel access on devices running Unisoc modem firmware through a VoLTE video call, with no fix from the chipset maker. The advisory, published

SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231 Targeted in Exploitation Attempts Days After Patch 2026-08-17 at 14:25 By A maximum-severity security vulnerability impacting SAP Commerce Cloud is witnessing active exploitation efforts. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58231, is rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It relates to an instance of insufficient authorization checks and input validation. “SAP Commerce

Apple macOS Screen Sharing Flaw Exploited on Internet-Exposed Macs to Install Monero Miner 2026-08-17 at 14:25 By A recently patched security flaw in Apple macOS has come under active exploitation in the wild to deploy a cryptocurrency miner, the Netherlands National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-65400 (CVSS score:

Hackers Spend Nearly $7 Million on Expired Domains to Redirect Traffic to Scams and Malware 2026-08-17 at 14:25 By Threat actors are acquiring expired domains to inherit website traffic and reputation to redirect victims to scams and malware on a large scale. DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox has given the name dropcatch domains to those