🐛 COMMON VULNERABILITIES AND EXPOSURES 2[−]
16 AugSecurity Affairs newsletter Round 590 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. Crooks Are Buying Your Expired Do…SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM
16 AugCVE-2026-65769 Microsoft Teams iOS Information Disclosure VulnerabilityCorrected build number for the security update. This in an informational change only.MSRC.MICROSOFT.COM
⚠️ VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE 6[−]
16 AugWeek in review: Salesforce and ServiceNow portals exposed for 17 months, exploited Metabase 0-dayHere’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: GitHub Dependabot malware alerts now cover eight ecosystems GitHub has flagged npm malware since March 2026. Anyone pulling in a bad PyPI, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, Go, crates.io, or P…HELPNETSECURITY.COM
16 AugNC: Possible cyberattack hits Wake election software vendor, leaving poll workers’ data exposedCaroline Yaffa reports: The Wake County Board of Elections is suspending its use of a software vendor after it reported a possible cyberattack. There’s no evidence that voting machines, ballots, voter registration records or systems used to count votes were affected, according to…DATABREACHES.NET
16 AugNew Jersey Federal Judge Dismisses Data Breach Class Action Against Background Check CompanyThere’s an update to a data leak incident reported in 2024. Phil Stilton reports: A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against New Jersey-based background check company TABB Inc., finding the plaintiff failed to establish that he suffered a concrete…DATABREACHES.NET
16 Aug500 Hosts, 1 TB and No Negotiation: Anubis Provides Details on the Fairlife AttackSuspectFile has a great read on the Anubis attack on Fairlife. Marco De Felice faithfully reports what Anubis claims in its exclusive communications with him, what Coca-Cola claims, and how the claims differ. One of the most striking statements detailed the group’s response…DATABREACHES.NET
16 AugRep. Thompson brings bipartisan rural hospital cybersecurity act to HouseNorthCentralPA reports: A group of legislators has introduced the bipartisan Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act to the House of Representatives with the intention to strengthen rural hospitals’ protection against cyber threats. The group includes U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT” T…DATABREACHES.NET
16 AugSafePal data breach impacts 39,798 customers, stolen info for saleCryptocurrency hardware wallet provider SafePal is warning of a data breach affecting about 39,798 customers after a flaw was exploited to steal customer order information, and a threat actor is now claiming to be selling the stolen data. [...]BLEEPINGCOMPUTER.COM
📢 SECURITY ADVISORIES 2[−]
16 AugSophisticated Cyberattack Exposes Data of 678,000 French TaxpayersFrance’s tax agency says hackers stole data on 678,000 taxpayers, including income and tax details, in a sophisticated cyberattack. A threat actor claimed to have breached France’s tax agency in late June. France’s tax administration confirmed that a cyberattack expos…SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM
16 AugSECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 110Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Kimsuky Integrates AI into Attack Operations, From AI-Generated Decoy Documents to a Local LLM ShieldBreak – August 2026 …SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM
🔥 INCIDENT REPORTING 1[−]
16 AugAI, misinformation, and the future of cybersecurity.As AI products proliferate, they continue to introduce new concerns, which have subtly eroded trust in imagery and content created by space-based infrastructure. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with Dave Bittner and Brandon Karpf to look at Google's troub…THECYBERWIRE.COM
🕵️ THREAT INTELLIGENCE 2[−]
16 AugAPT36 Suspected in PATCHCORD Espionage Campaign Using Google Sheets C2Acronis uncovered PATCHCORD, a stealthy backdoor targeting Afghan telecom and South Asian infrastructure via fake VPN tools and Google Sheets C2. Researchers at Acronis just documented an espionage operation that reads like it was built by someone with genuinely good taste in dis…SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM
16 AugWireshark 4.6.8 Released, (Sun, Aug 16th)Wireshark release 4.6.8 fixes 28 vulnerabilities and 25 bugs.
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🌐 CYBER THREAT LANDSCAPE 2[−]
16 AugNew AmnesiaStealer macOS malware hijacks browser sessions via remote controlA new information-stealing malware called AmnesiaStealer, which targets macOS users via ClickFix attacks, includes a streaming module that allows the attacker to interactively control the victim's web browser. [...]BLEEPINGCOMPUTER.COM
16 AugMustang Panda Upgrades CoolClient With a Kernel RootkitMustang Panda upgraded CoolClient with a signed kernel driver that hides processes, files and network activity, making the backdoor harder to detect. HoneyMyte, also known as Mustang Panda, has pushed its CoolClient backdoor another step deeper into Windows. Kaspersky’s latest an…SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM
📰 CYBERSECURITY BRIEFINGS 1[−]
16 AugAttacking trust in space.This week on T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing: we look at how AI systems are being used to abuse the trust people have in space-based imagery. This abuse has caused people to believe that fake images and videos are genuine and dismiss real content as misinformation.THECYBERWIRE.COM
📡 INFOSEC NEWS 4[−]
16 AugFrontier models and the future of cyber defense.In this special edition from Black Hat, Dave Bittner sits down with Clint Gibler, Cyber Lead at OpenAI, and Robby Winchester, Chief Global Professional Services Officer at SpecterOps, to explore how frontier AI models are changing the way defenders approach cybersecurity.…THECYBERWIRE.COM
16 AugLarge-scale DDoS attacks disrupted Threema secure messaging serviceMultiple distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeted the Threema secure messaging service earlier this week, causing severe disruptions to communications. [...]BLEEPINGCOMPUTER.COM
16 AugAnthropic confirms Claude is down in major outage affecting multiple servicesClaude is experiencing a major outage, with users reporting login problems and degraded performance across several Anthropic services. [...]BLEEPINGCOMPUTER.COM
16 AugDDoS Attacks Cause Major Threema OutagesLarge DDoS attacks disrupted Threema, causing severe communication outages. Threema On-Prem users were unaffected by the attacks. Threema suffered multiple large-scale DDoS attacks that disrupted its secure messaging service and caused severe communication issues. Organizations u…SECURITYAFFAIRS.COM