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Hacker Conversations: Marcus Hutchins and the Journey From the Gray Zone to Redemption

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Hacker Conversations: Marcus Hutchins and the Journey From the Gray Zone to Redemption 2026-08-11 at 13:00 By Kevin Townsend Marcus Hutchins doesn’t personally consider himself a hacker – but he accepts the epithet because it’s a widely used term for what he once did. The post Hacker Conversations: Marcus Hutchins and the Journey From the […]

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Ransomware gangs don’t need control system access to disrupt industrial production

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Ransomware gangs don’t need control system access to disrupt industrial production 2026-08-11 at 12:32 By Sinisa Markovic Disrupting IT systems that support industrial environments can be enough to interrupt production, even when ransomware operators do not gain direct access to industrial control systems (ICS), according to Dragos. The company identified 1,140 ransomware incidents involving industrial […]

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Locking your ssh-agent exposed local-only keys until OpenSSH 10.5

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Locking your ssh-agent exposed local-only keys until OpenSSH 10.5 2026-08-11 at 12:15 By Anamarija Pogorelec Lock your ssh-agent and it should sit there refusing to sign anything until you unlock it. In OpenSSH 10.4, locking it also switched off the check that tells the agent whether a request came from your own machine or arrived […]

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Anthropic strikes $9B compute deal with Bitcoin miner Riot: Report

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Anthropic strikes $9B compute deal with Bitcoin miner Riot: Report 2026-08-11 at 11:00 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Anthropic reportedly struck a $9 billion deal with Riot for 191 megawatts of capacity from the Bitcoin miner’s Rockdale campus in Texas. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Hackers Breach Polish Power Plant Controls via Private Cellular Network and Shut Turbine

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Hackers Breach Polish Power Plant Controls via Private Cellular Network and Shut Turbine 2026-08-11 at 09:55 By Attackers shut down a steam turbine and the process-water treatment system at a Polish combined heat and power plant by coming in over the private cellular network the local grid operator uses to reach remote equipment. The plant […]

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GPT-5.6-Cyber refuses security researchers’ requests far less often

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GPT-5.6-Cyber refuses security researchers’ requests far less often 2026-08-11 at 09:32 By Sinisa Markovic GPT-5.6-Cyber is a new OpenAI model built on GPT-5.6 Sol, trained to find zero-day vulnerabilities and build exploit chains, with fewer refusals on higher-risk, dual-use work. Model is available only through Daybreak Red, the higher tier of OpenAI’s vetted access program […]

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South Korea drops Travel Rule threshold for crypto transfers

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South Korea drops Travel Rule threshold for crypto transfers 2026-08-11 at 09:28 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun South Korea will remove its 1 million won Travel Rule threshold and apply information-sharing requirements to all transfers between registered crypto service providers. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Mozilla Issues New Firefox GPG Key Following Exposure

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Mozilla Issues New Firefox GPG Key Following Exposure 2026-08-11 at 09:16 By Eduard Kovacs The previous GPG signing subkey was inadvertently added to a GitHub repository and Mozilla decided to revoke it. The post Mozilla Issues New Firefox GPG Key Following Exposure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]

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Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization?

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Who will be the Stanislav Petrov in your organization? 2026-08-11 at 09:00 By Help Net Security The recent news coverage of “rogue AI” systems hacking innocent companies reminded me of one of the world’s most unsung heroes and genuinely someone who may well have saved the world. In 1983, the USSR’s early warning systems reported […]

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Payments platform Decta explores stablecoin-enabled treasury settlement

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Payments platform Decta explores stablecoin-enabled treasury settlement 2026-08-11 at 09:00 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Decta will use USDC through OpenPayd’s infrastructure for international treasury settlement, seeking faster transfers and more efficient liquidity management. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins

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BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins 2026-08-11 at 08:48 By Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform’s plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads. “Unlike traditional software supply chain attacks, zero source code files were modified […]

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An AI tool found 84 flaws in 5G network software and 23 of them still have no fix

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An AI tool found 84 flaws in 5G network software and 23 of them still have no fix 2026-08-11 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz Researchers at Nanyang Technological University turned a set of AI agents loose on the software that runs 4G and 5G phone networks, and the agents came back with 84 security flaws […]

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Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant

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Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant 2026-08-11 at 08:00 By Sinisa Markovic The December 29 cyberattack on a Polish combined heat and power (CHP) plant was the first observed case of attackers gaining access to an OT network through a private APN, according to CERT Polska. The private APN is a […]

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Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings

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Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings 2026-08-11 at 07:43 By Anamarija Pogorelec Selected red team specialists can now use OpenAI’s cyber models to find and exploit weaknesses in client applications and infrastructure. Those clients never get the models themselves. That split is the design of the Daybreak Cyber Partner […]

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As AI keeps tight grip on world, the thrill of collecting vintage computers is growing

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As AI keeps tight grip on world, the thrill of collecting vintage computers is growing 2026-08-11 at 04:42 By Associated Press Software engineer Josh Dersch is among a growing community of vintage computer collectors saving classic machines from the digital dustbin. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View […]

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Famed California bars forced to boot draconian surveillance system after privacy backlash

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Famed California bars forced to boot draconian surveillance system after privacy backlash 2026-08-11 at 02:00 By Marina Peña The bars Badlands and Toad Hall said they would stop using the AI-powered platform PatronScan, which was used to verify IDs and ages and flag problem patrons across all venues. This article is an excerpt from Latest […]

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Judge stays CFTC’s case against US soldier over prediction market bets

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Judge stays CFTC’s case against US soldier over prediction market bets 2026-08-10 at 23:50 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright A New York judge granted a motion filed by US prosecutors in July to stay the CFTC’s civil case against Gannon Ken Van Dyke over making more than $400,000 on prediction markets. This article is an […]

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TRON USDT supply hits $87.9B as transfers reach $2.1T in Q2: Messari

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TRON USDT supply hits $87.9B as transfers reach $2.1T in Q2: Messari 2026-08-10 at 22:47 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Messari reported that TRON recorded all-time highs in stablecoin supply and network activity during the second quarter, while DeFi and decentralized exchange activity declined. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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UK money laundering suspect bought $100M in Trump crypto business: NYT

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UK money laundering suspect bought $100M in Trump crypto business: NYT 2026-08-10 at 22:35 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright An individual behind the Aqua 1 entity that purchased $100 million worth of World Liberty Financial tokens in 2025 is reportedly a businessman with ties to the UK and UAE. This article is an excerpt from […]

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