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Belarusian Ransom Cartel Mastermind Gets 16 Years in Prison

Belarusian Ransom Cartel Mastermind Gets 16 Years in Prison 2026-08-06 at 12:30 By Ionut Arghire Maksim Silnikau was the creator and administrator of the ransomware group and involved in Angler EK’s distribution. The post Belarusian Ransom Cartel Mastermind Gets 16 Years in Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]

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Attackers Compile khunt Inside Oracle to Turn SQL Injection Into Windows SYSTEM Access

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 […]

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Block raises 2026 outlook on strong quarter, says AI touches nearly all code

Block raises 2026 outlook on strong quarter, says AI touches nearly all code 2026-08-06 at 04:33 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng Cash App and Square drove better-than-expected results, while the company said it expanded its use of AI across software engineering. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Bitcoin Red Team reports 5K findings in sweeping security audit

Bitcoin Red Team reports 5K findings in sweeping security audit 2026-08-06 at 04:09 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng “There’s a lot of chaos right now in the ecosystem. We absolutely understand that many people are being bombarded with security issues right now,” said Bitcoin developer Calle. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

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Google’s Jeff Dean — chief scientist for 27 years — leaving during AI leadership overhaul for startup

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 […]

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Bloodbath at Visa as top execs making mega bucks get canned from California offices

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

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Senator Warren questions US AI chip policy after Trump crypto investment: Report

Senator Warren questions US AI chip policy after Trump crypto investment: Report 2026-08-06 at 00:15 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The lawmaker reportedly sent a letter to the Commerce Secretary demanding answers about the administration’s treatment of the UAE following investments in the Trump family’s crypto company. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News […]

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Paperclip AI Flaws Let Attackers Run Host Commands via Malicious Agent Imports

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 […]

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Poison Claude Sells Discounted Claude Access While Its Operator Sees Every Customer Prompt

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 […]

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How a $50,000 Exploit Chain Turned Bixby Against Samsung Phones 

How a $50,000 Exploit Chain Turned Bixby Against Samsung Phones  2026-08-05 at 22:40 By Eduard Kovacs The chain involved the exploitation of several vulnerabilities in the Samsung Members and Samsung Account applications. The post How a $50,000 Exploit Chain Turned Bixby Against Samsung Phones  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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Senator Lummis still pushing for CLARITY vote before August recess

Senator Lummis still pushing for CLARITY vote before August recess 2026-08-05 at 22:18 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright US lawmakers have only a few days to hold a vote on a crypto market structure bill before a recess begins that could push consideration into the 2026 election season or beyond. This article is an excerpt […]

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Pre-auth RCE in enterprise Java hits Bonita and OFBiz servers

Pre-auth RCE in enterprise Java hits Bonita and OFBiz servers 2026-08-05 at 21:45 By Mirko Zorz An attacker sends a single web request to a Bonita server and lands inside an internal API that assumed nobody could reach it. The request arrives unauthenticated. From there the attacker runs code on the host. Bonita BPM handles […]

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Over 250 ClickFix Domains Use Browser Fingerprinting to Hide macOS Malware Lures

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 […]

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OpenAI Disrupts Poipet Scam Network Using ChatGPT Across Multiple Fraud Schemes

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 […]

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Trojanized npm Packages Decode C2 IP From Ethereum Recipient Addresses

Trojanized npm Packages Decode C2 IP From Ethereum Recipient Addresses 2026-08-05 at 18:55 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged an evolution of the EtherHiding blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) technique that conceals the C2 server IP address inside a made-up destination address of a completely empty Ethereum transfer. The new dead drop resolver approach, observed in two trojanized […]

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Gold hits six-week highs on China demand as Bitcoin ignores fresh S&P 500 record

Gold hits six-week highs on China demand as Bitcoin ignores fresh S&P 500 record 2026-08-05 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Gold and US stocks stole the limelight on Wednesday as Bitcoin failed to gain significantly beyond $64,000. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Top product launches at Black Hat USA 2026

Top product launches at Black Hat USA 2026 2026-08-05 at 18:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Black Hat USA 2026 is underway in Las Vegas, and vendors are using the moment to unveil what they hope will define the next year of defense. Here are the announcements drawing the most attention on the ground, and why they […]

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