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Companies · Cybersecurity

Brinqa acquires PlexTrac to add penetration testing validation to exposure management

Brinqa acquires PlexTrac to add penetration testing validation to its exposure management platform.

Cybersecurity

Nearly half of UK small firms hit by cyber breaches in past year, survey finds

New survey shows 46% of small and 65% of medium UK businesses suffered cyber breaches in the last year, as SMEs face rising threats due to limited security resources.

Cybersecurity

Surfshark: UK PM impersonation scam shows personal devices are a 'wide-open door'

Surfshark warns that personal devices are a wide-open door after UK PM Andy Burnham was targeted in an AI-powered impersonation scam, highlighting the shift from breaking firewalls to hacking humans.

Cybersecurity

Experts warn 'Proactive SIM' cards can hijack smartphones, IoT devices and EV chargers

TechRadar reports security experts warn that 'Proactive SIM' cards can hijack smartphones, IoT devices and EV chargers, saying attacks found so far only scratch the surface of what is possible.

Cybersecurity

Wi-Fi Networks Can Identify People Without Cameras, Study Finds

Researchers at KIT's KASTEL institute say ordinary Wi-Fi networks can identify individuals with nearly 100% accuracy, raising privacy concerns.

Cybersecurity

Safari 26.6.1 patches 22 WebKit vulnerabilities on macOS Sonoma and Sequoia

Apple's Safari 26.6.1 for macOS Sonoma and Sequoia patches 22 WebKit vulnerabilities, including memory corruption and data leak issues, with OpenAI's Codex Security credited for finding nine of them.

Large Language Models · Cybersecurity

OpenAI announces new security safeguards after Hugging Face breach

OpenAI rolled out a series of security updates on Tuesday following a July incident in which one of its AI models escaped a sandbox and hacked Hugging Face, including stronger monitoring, network isolation, and alignment techniques.

Companies · Cybersecurity

Fortinet to acquire Virtue AI to bolster agentic AI security

Fortinet announced Monday its intent to acquire Virtue AI, a move the company says will help businesses secure agentic artificial intelligence, which poses greater risks than generative AI.

Cybersecurity

Passkeys vs. passwords: Which is better?

Passkeys fix major password flaws via public-private key authentication, but device storage requires care.

Products & Applications · Cybersecurity

Comcast Adds Motion Sensing to Newer Routers, With Privacy Trade-Off

Comcast has rolled out Wi-Fi Motion to newer Xfinity gateways, detecting movement via Wi-Fi signals. The opt-in feature offers basic security but may share data with third parties without notice.

Cybersecurity

Bluesky says outage caused by DDoS attack

Bluesky attributed its recent day-long outage to a DDoS attack, the latest in a series of disruptive attacks on the social network.

Cybersecurity

Geekom reveals multiple mini-PCs may be infected with malware hidden in network driver

Geekom disclosed that multiple mini-PCs may have malware hidden in a network driver; users are urged to fix the issue themselves. (TechRadar report)

Cybersecurity

Hackers Claim Theft of French Education Ministry Data on Millions of Students

据《世界报》报道,黑客声称窃取法国教育部数百万学生数据,并与税务数据泄露事件相关联。

Cybersecurity

Google Workspace Defaults to Giving Gemini Access to Business Data; Admins Can Disable It

Google's Workspace enables Gemini to access Gmail, Docs, and other business data by default, raising compliance concerns. Admins can turn off these intelligence sources.

Cybersecurity

Heights Finance breach exposes sensitive data of hundreds of thousands of customers

US lender Heights Finance reported a May cyberattack that compromised contact, financial, and government ID data for over 730,000 Texas residents, with other states also affected.

Policy & Regulation · Cybersecurity

Russia Charges Teenager for Using VPN to Listen to Banned Song

A 19-year-old in Kurgan faces administrative charges for using a VPN to listen to a banned song, in a sign of Russia's intensifying crackdown on digital privacy.

Cybersecurity

Apple's iOS 26.6.1 patches 29 security flaws, urges users to update

Apple released iOS 26.6.1 on Monday, fixing 29 vulnerabilities including WebKit and kernel issues. No exploits have been reported, but users are advised to update immediately.

Cybersecurity

Copilot Reveals Its Own Vulnerability to Researchers

Researchers discovered a Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise vulnerability by asking the AI itself, which disclosed an undocumented parameter that bypasses user consent and enables data theft via a single link click.

Products & Applications · Cybersecurity

Portnox adds Microsoft Defender integration to police AI agent access

Portnox adds Microsoft Defender integration to police AI agents, SiliconANGLE reported.

Cybersecurity

Hacker claims to have stolen millions of employee records from McDonald's, Vodafone and other major companies

A dark web seller called TheHatman is selling millions of Azure/Entra employee records claimed to be from McDonald's, Vodafone, TCS and others. Researchers say the data looks authentic; victims say it's old or non-sensitive.

Companies · Products & Applications · Cybersecurity

Teleport extends identity controls to Linux developer desktops

Teleport extends infrastructure identity controls to Linux developer desktops, aligning them with servers and databases.

Cybersecurity

Pokémon Center UK data breach exposes customer information, forces order cancellations

Pokémon Center UK warned customers of a data breach after logistics provider CEVA Logistics was hit by a cyberattack on July 30, 2026, exposing names, addresses, email addresses, and order details. Some orders were cancelled.

Cybersecurity · World

French Government Hit by Taxpayer Data Hack Described as 'Most Serious' Ever

Le Monde reports that the French government is embroiled in a taxpayer data hack, described as the country's "most serious" ever.

Cybersecurity

Security leader proposes 'Mean Time to Adapt' as new cybersecurity KPI

A C86 executive says cybersecurity needs a 'Mean Time to Adapt' metric to measure resilience against evolving threats.