Apple battles it out again with the UK over encrypted iCloud access
Apple is fighting another attempt by the UK's Home Office to get a backdoor providing access to encrypted iCloud data.
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Iran Cyberattacks Against Minnesota Water Systems
Attribution is preliminary , and so far it seems no real damage. And it seems like this is a campaign that has targeted at least seven states . And, because this is where the US is right now, Trump do
Advance Zero Trust for AI: New tools and guidance to secure AI agents and DevSecOps
Microsoft expands its Zero Trust for AI strategy to enhance security for AI and DevSecOps environments with new tools and guidance. The post Advance Zero Trust for AI: New tools and guidance to secure
128 Seconds to disruption: Microsoft Defender stops ransomware at QNET
Microsoft Defender automatically isolated a compromised QNET endpoint in 128 seconds, stopping a multi-stage attack before the payload could persist or spread. The post 128 Seconds to disruption: Micr
Dem senators criticize Trump administration decisionmaking on AI security risks
The five senators said the administration has alternated between being too passive and overstepping, and China stands to benefit as a result. The post Dem senators criticize Trump administration decis
Spring 2026 PCI DSS and PCI 3DS compliance packages for AWS now available
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the successful completion of our Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) and Three Domain Secure (3DS) certifications. As part of this
Prolific ransomware group behind SonicWall zero-day attacks
INC ransomware wasn’t the first group to exploit the zero-days, but it’s been the most assertive and effective in chaining both vulnerabilities to steal and encrypt data for extortion. The post Prolif
Lawmakers spring to save ID theft services for OPM breach victims, with expiration looming
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., hope to make the services permanent before they end next month. The post Lawmakers spring to save ID theft services for OPM breach vict
Senate set to debate package of bills on privacy, AI and kids safety
Headlined by the Kids Online Safety Act, a key committee will look to clear major legislation governing how minors interact with the internet. The post Senate set to debate package of bills on privacy
AI Agent Carried Out A Ransomware Attack Without Any Human Oversight
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Aug. 4, 2026 – Listen to the podcast "This wasn’t someone behind the keyboard using AI as a tool to write m
Botnet Hunting for Vulnerabilities in Diagnostic Tools
This morning, I noticed specific sources "hunting" for vulnerabilities in URLs that I haven&#;x26;#;39;t noticed before. All of these URLs appear to be associated with diag
Travelers targeted when logging into hotel Wi-Fi networks
Russian cybercrime groups are running a campaign that abuses hospitality Wi-Fi to steal information from travelers worldwide.
How legitimate cloud platforms enable phishers to bypass MFA
We cover a cloud-based AitM attack scenario leveraging service workers and Ultraviolet, and provide detailed phishing hosting statistics across platforms like Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, Netlify, GitH
Some Claude Chats Are Searchable on Google
And it’s personal information (alternate link ): The exposed data includes an AI-powered therapy app that someone appears to have vibe-coded, notes on meetings, and a dashboard someone made appa
How companies could share cyber risks without exposing their secrets
A cryptographic technique could let companies prove they're vulnerable to critical flaws without revealing the sensitive data that attackers could exploit. The post How companies could share cyber ris
WhatsApp account takeover scam asks you to "vote for my friend"
Scammers are trying to take over WhatsApp accounts by sending messages asking people to vote for a friend in a fake online contest.
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Public interest coalition urges Congress to investigate OpenAI, Hugging Face hack
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More on the OpenAI Agent’s Attack on Hugging Face
Hugging Face has published a detailed timeline of the attack. From the summary: The agent was running an internal OpenAI cyber-capability evaluation based on the ExploitGym benchmark, which tasks an A
3rd August – Threat Intelligence Report
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 27th July, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Minnesota IT Services has confirmed coordinated cyber