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9 AugAlcon - 218,395 breached accountsIn August 2026, the Alcon eye care company was named in a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign . The group subsequently published data allegedly sourced from Alcon containing 218k unique email addresses along with other largely corporate B2B contact fields, including nam…HAVEIBEENPWNED.COM

9 AugRansomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT managerCarly Page reports: Turns out the fastest way to get a company to consider paying a ransom isn’t calling the CEO – it’s targeting the 46-year-old IT manager. That’s according to Zscaler, whose ThreatLabz researchers tracked 351 victims across 334 organizations c…DATABREACHES.NET

9 Aug KEVSecurity Affairs newsletter Round 589 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITIONA new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including international press. Palo Alto Networks Faces China Cy…SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM

9 AugKR: 3Pro TV Data Breach Exposes 460,000 Records, Including 2,979 Bank AccountsPark Hyo-jung reports: More than 460,000 pieces of personal data, including bank account and credit card information, were exposed in a breach at South Korean financial media outlet 3Pro TV. E-Broadcasting, the company that operates 3Pro TV, posted a notice on the outlet’s …DATABREACHES.NET

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9 AugWeek in review: Cisco fixes IMC bug, Patch Tuesday forecast, Black Hat USA 2026Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Mapping the malware blast radius a single alert won’t show you In this interview with Help Net Security, Mike Wiacek, founder and CTO of Stairwell, explains Backstory, an AI agent th…HELPNETSECURITY.COM

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9 AugThe AI safety test is becoming a safety riskAI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly powerful models.TECHCRUNCH.COM

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9 AugU.S. Defense Manufacturer IEH Hit by Phishing Attack, Exposing Potentially Export-Controlled DataIEH was breached by a phishing attack that exposed its Microsoft 365 inbox, including emails and potentially export-controlled military data. IEH Corporation is a U.S. defense and aerospace manufacturer based in Brooklyn, New York. The company specializes in high-reliability elec…SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM

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9 AugSECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 109Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Fake Xeno Roblox Cheats Deliver Powerful Java Stealer Through Discord and Forums DarkSword’s Panel Sprawl: Ho…SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM

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9 AugBuilding space in the AI era.This week on T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing: we look at how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting the space sector and introducing new cybersecurity challenges that manufacturers have not fully realized.THECYBERWIRE.COM

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9 AugDesigning space systems for the AI era.As commercial space activity accelerates, satellite manufacturers are rethinking how spacecraft are designed, built, and secured. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with ⁠Jason Roberson⁠, an Industry Value Expert for Aerospace & Defense at ⁠Dassault Systems⁠, t…THECYBERWIRE.COM

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9 AugWebmail CSS Attacks Expose a New Risk for AI-Powered Email ToolsCSS attacks on major webmail services can steal credentials, hijack sessions and manipulate AI tools connected to users’ inboxes. PortSwigger researcher Gareth Heyes demonstrated something that should make every webmail team a little nervous: plain CSS, the styling language that&…SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM

9 AugThis ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting youA security researcher has designed an algorithm that can create computer-generated patterns capable of hiding people, faces, and vehicles from detection by surveillance cameras.TECHCRUNCH.COM