August 2026
CISA’s logging guidance works beyond government
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) wants federal agencies to (re)shape their logging strategy around one question: when an attack hits, can you …
Android car head units infected with proxy botnet malware through built-in software updaters
A newly discovered Android malware, distributed through the built-in updaters in affected Android-based car head units, turns infected devices into ad-fraud tools and nodes in …
Product showcase: AI Paper Trail shows the privacy cost of talking to AI
Proton’s AI Paper Trail is a free tool designed to make the information accumulated across AI conversations easier to see. It analyzes exported ChatGPT or Claude conversation …
Fake bank websites play dead to evade security scanners
A phishing method, named Chameleon SEO Poisoning, that uses manipulated search results and cloaked fake banking websites to steal credentials while evading security scanners …
Ransomware attackers are zeroing in on mid-market companies
Mid-sized companies accounted for 73% of publicly disclosed ransomware and data-extortion incidents with known revenue in North America and Europe between January 2023 and …
AWS makes it easier to spot firewall rules that have gone quiet
AWS Network Firewall’s rule hit count capability gives security teams visibility into which stateful firewall rules are matching traffic, helping them identify unused or …
Week in review: Records allegedly stolen from Azure tenants, Medusa ransomware hits 500+ orgs
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Windows 11’s strongest security defenses can be bypassed without a …
Microsoft patches critical Entra ID vulnerability (CVE-2026-69836)
Microsoft has patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-69836) in Entra ID, initially reported to have been exploited in the wild. Entra ID is …
Attackers impersonate popular AI brands to spread malware
Attackers are impersonating popular AI brands like Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot to spread information stealers, backdoors, malicious browser extensions, and other …
Citrix urges customers to fix critical NetScaler authentication bypass (CVE-2026-19490)
Citrix has patched two vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, including a critical authentication bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2026-19490, and is urging …
GitLab 19.3 helps enterprises scale agentic development securely
GitLab has announced updates that give enterprises more control as they scale agentic software development. GitLab Dedicated customers, who already run their most sensitive …
A $25 template helped scammers build hundreds of phantom bank domains
A phrase on a suspicious website turned into an investigation of phantom banks built to support scams, according to new research from Allure Security. Molly DeQuattro, the …
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