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DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts to Make Extortion Infra Harder to Disrupt

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DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts to Make Extortion Infra Harder to Disrupt 2026-08-11 at 19:35 By The ransomware group known as DeadLock has been observed using decentralized infrastructure to facilitate victim communications and data leak operations in a bid to improve operational resilience. “Its recovery ecosystem combines the Session messaging network with blockchain-backed services […]

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Nasdaq to acquire LeveL Markets in push toward ‘always-on’ markets

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Nasdaq to acquire LeveL Markets in push toward ‘always-on’ markets 2026-08-11 at 19:34 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Nasdaq’s acquisition of the third-largest US alternative trading system comes as the exchange operator expands into tokenized securities and longer trading hours. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Zoom Patches Zero-Click Code Execution Vulnerability

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Zoom Patches Zero-Click Code Execution Vulnerability 2026-08-11 at 18:49 By Ionut Arghire Impacting Zoom annotation, the bug could be exploited by a meeting participant to execute code on another participant’s machine. The post Zoom Patches Zero-Click Code Execution Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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The AI Governance Gap Is a Leadership Problem: Waiting Won’t Close It

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The AI Governance Gap Is a Leadership Problem: Waiting Won’t Close It 2026-08-11 at 18:00 By Steve Durbin Organizations are rushing to implement AI without fully grasping where its legal protections begin and end. The post The AI Governance Gap Is a Leadership Problem: Waiting Won’t Close It appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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SAP Patches Critical Code Injection, Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

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SAP Patches Critical Code Injection, Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities 2026-08-11 at 17:14 By Ionut Arghire SAP released 28 new and two updated security notes, including four notes dealing with critical-severity bugs. The post SAP Patches Critical Code Injection, Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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US Water Systems Get Cyber Boost From New Senate Bill and ‘Water Watch Center’

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US Water Systems Get Cyber Boost From New Senate Bill and ‘Water Watch Center’ 2026-08-11 at 17:03 By Eduard Kovacs The Water Watch Center launched at DEF CON aims to help under-resourced utilities protect their systems against hackers. The post US Water Systems Get Cyber Boost From New Senate Bill and ‘Water Watch Center’ appeared

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Practical Cybersecurity for Small Water Utilities: 5 Steps to Reduce Operational Risk

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Practical Cybersecurity for Small Water Utilities: 5 Steps to Reduce Operational Risk 2026-08-11 at 17:00 By Nolen Johnson Recent cyberattacks against U.S. water and wastewater systems delivered an important reminder: disrupting operational technology (OT) does not always require sophisticated malware or a previously unknown vulnerability. In the July 2026 activity, internet-facing programmable logic controllers (PLCs),

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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with Reduced Safeguards for Exploit Development

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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with Reduced Safeguards for Exploit Development 2026-08-11 at 16:11 By OpenAI on Monday unveiled a new cybersecurity-focused model called GPT‑5.6‑Cyber that it said is focused on vulnerability research, penetration testing, and incident response. “Built on GPT‑5.6 Sol, it is trained to improve capabilities on several specialized cybersecurity tasks (e.g., finding zero-day vulnerabilities

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Arctera enhances Unified Platform for evidence-driven compliance workflows

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Arctera enhances Unified Platform for evidence-driven compliance workflows 2026-08-11 at 16:09 By Industry News Arctera has announced new capabilities to the Arctera Unified Platform enabling organizations to manage complex governance requirements by connecting signals, controls and response workflows across the compliance lifecycle. These capabilities help organizations create a more complete and defensible record of compliance

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Citrix expands Platform Flex with observability and secure developer services

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Citrix expands Platform Flex with observability and secure developer services 2026-08-11 at 15:39 By Industry News Citrix has announced new services for Citrix Platform Flex, extending its flexible credit model with additional options for delivering, monitoring and securing digital work environments. The new offerings include Citrix Experience Insights Flex, a Citrix-managed observability service powered by

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Malicious SIMs can hijack smartphones, steal files, and lock them onto 2G

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Malicious SIMs can hijack smartphones, steal files, and lock them onto 2G 2026-08-11 at 15:10 By Sinisa Markovic Researchers have found that compromised or malicious SIM cards can issue commands to some smartphones and cellular-connected devices, allowing attackers to steal information, disrupt communications, downgrade connections to 2G, and in some cases execute code. Tomasz Piotr

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A Malicious SIM Card Can Run Attacker Code Inside the Modems Behind Cellular IoT Devices

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A Malicious SIM Card Can Run Attacker Code Inside the Modems Behind Cellular IoT Devices 2026-08-11 at 15:05 By A malicious SIM card can order the device it sits in to run commands of the attacker’s choosing. On the cellular modules built into electric-vehicle chargers, industrial routers, and car telematics units, that is enough to

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Mozilla Revokes Firefox and Thunderbird Linux Signing Key After Key Lands in Private Repo

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Mozilla Revokes Firefox and Thunderbird Linux Signing Key After Key Lands in Private Repo 2026-08-11 at 15:04 By Mozilla has scrapped the cryptographic key behind Firefox and Thunderbird downloads for Linux after an unencrypted copy of it was committed by mistake to one of the company’s own private code repositories. That key is how a

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Corma Raises $60 Million for Defensive Cybersecurity AI Model

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Corma Raises $60 Million for Defensive Cybersecurity AI Model 2026-08-11 at 15:01 By SecurityWeek News Corma emerged from stealth with seed funding from Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Coatue. The post Corma Raises $60 Million for Defensive Cybersecurity AI Model appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Researchers Built a Fake Crypto Startup and Hired Three Suspected North Korean IT Workers

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Researchers Built a Fake Crypto Startup and Hired Three Suspected North Korean IT Workers 2026-08-11 at 14:35 By Security researchers invented a cryptocurrency startup, advertised developer jobs, and hired three people they believe were North Korean operatives. Every virtual machine the company issued was recording. The onboarding paperwork is the part hiring teams can use.

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