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          Metabase SQLi zero-day exploited in customer data-theft attacks

          Levi Strauss & Co. says hackers stole corporate data in cyberattack

          OpenAI rolls out a major ChatGPT upgrade, even if you don’t pay for it

          Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion group

                Metabase SQLi zero-day exploited in customer data-theft attacks

                Levi Strauss & Co. says hackers stole corporate data in cyberattack

                OpenAI rolls out a major ChatGPT upgrade, even if you don’t pay for it

                Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion group

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                  OpenAI releases ChatGPT 5.6 Cyber, but it's only for approved users

                  OpenAI has developed a new model called "GPT 5.6 Cyber," designed for vulnerability research, penetration testing, incident response, and remediation.

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                  New StormEncryptor ransomware used by former Medusa affiliate

                  A financially motivated threat actor previously associated with the Medusa ransomware operation is now deploying a new ransomware strain called StormEncryptor.

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                * Webinar: The state of shadow AI in 2026 (and how attackers are taking advantage)

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                  CISA: SonicWall SMA1000 flaws now exploited by ransomware gangs

                  CISA has confirmed that ransomware gangs have begun exploiting two recently patched SonicWall SMA1000 vulnerabilities, including a maximum-severity server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw.

                    + Sergiu Gatlan
                    + August 10, 2026
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                  When Credentials Are No Longer Enough: Device Trust in the AI Era

                  AI is making phishing, credential theft, and social engineering faster and more efficient, while traditional trust signals such as passwords, MFA, IP reputation, and geolocation become easier to bypass. Specops explains why organizations are increasingly adding device trust to their Zero Trust strategies.

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                  Member of The Com sent to prison for blackmail, sextortion

                  A member of "The Com," a loose-knit online cybercrime collective that targets children and teenagers, has been sentenced to two years in prison for blackmail and sextortion offenses against nearly 120 victims worldwide.

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                  LexisNexis shuts down services after suspicious activity on servers

                  LexisNexis took its Diligence, Metabase API, and Newsdesk services offline as part of its response to unusual activity on servers hosted and managed by an unnamed third-party vendor.

                    + Bill Toulas
                    + August 10, 2026
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                  Valve notifies Steam hardware customers of a data breach

                  Video game publisher and digital distribution giant Valve is notifying Steam hardware customers in Europe that hackers stole their data after hacking its shipping partner, CEVA Logistics.

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                  Critical Progress LoadMaster flaw now actively exploited in attacks

                  The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are exploiting a critical-severity Progress Kemp LoadMaster command injection vulnerability.

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                  Hackers breach TrueConf to trojanize client installers with backdoors

                  The Head Mare hacktivist group has been exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched TrueConf video conferencing servers to replace client installers with malicious versions that deliver backdoors.

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                  Metabase SQLi zero-day exploited in customer data-theft attacks

                  A critical Metabase SQL injection vulnerability was exploited in zero-day attacks to breach customer instances in data theft attacks, known to impact Framework and Tally.

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                    + August 07, 2026
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                  Unlimited Technology Systems breach impacts 3.8 million people

                  Healthcare software company Unlimited Technology Systems reported that more than 3.8 million people were impacted by a data breach incident that occurred in October 2025.

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                    + August 07, 2026
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                  Levi Strauss & Co. says hackers stole corporate data in cyberattack

                  Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) says that hackers used social engineering on three of its employees to gain access to and steal corporate data stored on their machines.

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                    + August 07, 2026
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                  Real emails, hijacked payments: Two H1 2026 attack chains

                  Gen's H1 2026 Threat Report examines two separate attack chains. One used compromised business inboxes and browser manipulation in a banking-malware campaign, while the other used clipboard hijacking to redirect cryptocurrency payments.

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                  North Carolina Ports confirms cyberattack disrupting operations

                  The North Carolina Ports Authority has confirmed that a cyberattack disrupted IT systems and slowed operations at Port of Wilmington, Port of Morehead City, and Charlotte Inland Port.

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                  OpenAI rolls out a major ChatGPT upgrade, even if you don’t pay for it

                  OpenAI is rolling out a more reliable version of ChatGPT GPT-5.6 Sol for Plus and Pro users, while Free users are getting unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna.

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                    + August 06, 2026
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                  ClickFix attack pushes macOS infostealer for crypto theft attacks

                  A Go-based malware delivered in ClickFix attacks targeting macOS users is stealing cryptocurrency assets, browser-stored passwords, Apple Keychain data, and cached credentials.

                    + Ionut Ilascu
                    + August 06, 2026
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                  Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion group

                  A recent wave of cyberattacks targeting hedge funds, private-equity firms, and other financial organizations has been linked to UNC6671, an extortion group reportedly associated with the BlackFile threat actors.

                    + Lawrence Abrams
                    + August 06, 2026
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                  Swiss government SharePoint breach compromised 200 accounts

                  Switzerland's federal IT office says hackers exploited vulnerabilities to breach its Microsoft SharePoint servers and compromised approximately 200 accounts.

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                  New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes

                  Researchers found a way to bypass recent mitigations for Spectre v2 speculative execution side-channel attacks and developed an exploit to leak secrets from Linux machines.

                    + Ionut Ilascu
                    + August 06, 2026
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                  Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber test

                  Meta has become the latest AI company to confirm that one of its models hacked a real organization during cybersecurity testing, as similar incidents continue to emerge following OpenAI'sOpenAI's initial disclosure that its agents breached Hugging Face.

                    + Lawrence Abrams
                    + August 06, 2026
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                  How AI Exposed a Browser Security Gap that Enterprises Cannot Ignore

                  AI did not create a new browser security problem. It exposed one that enterprises have long been able to ignore. Skyhigh Security explains why browsers have become a critical control point for governing data movement, AI interactions, and modern work.

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                  Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison

                  Maksim Silnikau, the creator and administrator of the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in ransomware attacks against at least 18 companies worldwide.

                    + Lawrence Abrams
                    + August 05, 2026
                    + 07:00 PM
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                  Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacks

                  A Canadian man pleaded guilty today to his role in accessing company accounts at cloud storage provider Snowflake and stealing data from at least 165 organizations in a scheme to extort millions of dollars from victims.

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                    + August 05, 2026
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