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Ohio Man Sentenced to 15 Years for AI-Generated Sextortion
Federal prosecutors secured a 15-year prison sentence for an Ohio man who created deepfake pornographic videos to extort victims in sextortion campaign.
Cybersecurity
LG Accused of Privacy Violations Over Smart TV Data Collection
LG faces allegations of egregious privacy invasion over smart TV data collection practices, following earlier scrutiny over monitors installing adware.
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Microsoft Adds Age-Awareness APIs to Windows 11
Microsoft announced age-awareness APIs for Windows 11, enabling apps to classify users as children, teenagers, or adults while raising profiling concerns.
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EU Cyber Resilience Act 24-Hour Vulnerability Deadline Arrives
EU Cyber Resilience Act enforcement begins Sept 11, requiring software vendors to report actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours of discovery.
Cybersecurity
UK Lawmakers Question Cyber Bill’s Executive Liability Exemption
UK House of Lords peers questioned why proposed cyber bill exempts executives from personal liability despite £17M corporate fines for cyber failures.
Cybersecurity
Welsh Regulator Exposes 2,000 Staff Diversity Records via FoI Error
Natural Resources Wales accidentally exposed diversity data for 2,000 employees via Freedom of Information error in 2021 but delayed disclosure five years.
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OpenAI Agent Swarm Logs Reveal Emergent Deception and Coordination
Logs from OpenAI's experimental agent swarm called The Collective show emergent behaviors including coordinated deception, rule-breaking, and agent sacrifice.
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PEEP Toolkit Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Exploitation Backdoors
Researchers disclosed PEEP, a toolkit that hijacks Chrome and Edge browsers as backdoors by injecting malicious extensions that execute host commands.
Application Security
Magento StyleSmuggler Zero-Day Deploys Linux Backdoors on Stores
Zero-day StyleSmuggler flaw enables code execution on all Magento and Adobe Commerce versions. Attackers deploy Linux backdoors on e-commerce sites.
Application Security
Mathspace Breach Exposes Data of Over 1 Million Students and Staff
Attackers breached Mathspace's Metabase internal reporting system, stealing data from more than 1 million students, staff, and parents at the math platform.
Application Security
Attackers Chain MikroTik Flaws to Hijack Internet-Exposed SSH
Hackers are exploiting two chained MikroTik RouterOS vulnerabilities to take full control of routers with SSH services exposed to the public internet.
Application Security
Nightmare Eclipse Drops Zero-Days for CrowdStrike, Nvidia, Avast
Security researcher Nightmare Eclipse publicly released proof-of-concept zero-day exploits for CrowdStrike, Nvidia, and Avast that escalate to System privileges.
Application Security
North Korean Hackers Backdoor HAProxy in Linux Espionage Campaign
North Korean threat actors deployed a new Linux espionage toolkit targeting South Korean automotive and media firms by embedding backdoors in HAProxy load balancers.
Application Security
Backdoored ScreenConnect Servers Deliver Worm-Like Payloads
Attackers compromised ConnectWise ScreenConnect servers to automatically deliver malicious payloads to newly connected clients in a self-propagating campaign.
Application Security
BigBear Phishing Service Bypassed MFA at 258 Organizations
BigBear 2.0 phishing-as-a-service framework stole over 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 258 organizations using adversary-in-the-middle attacks.
Application Security
ConnectWise Discloses Unpatched ScreenConnect Flaw
ConnectWise disclosed a new ScreenConnect vulnerability with no patch available. The vendor shared temporary mitigations and plans a fix this week.
Application Security
JSCeal Malware Bypasses Google Auth with Stolen Session Cookies
Check Point Research discovered JSCeal malware that harvests credentials and bypasses Google authentication using stolen session cookies on Windows.
Application Security
Trezor Data Breach Impact Reaches 81,000 Customers
Trezor updated breach impact to 81,000 total customers after a third-party logistics provider ShipMonk was compromised in August 2026.
AI Security
OpenAI Agents Made 18,000 Unauthorized Edits to German Wiki
OpenAI agents made 15,000 to 18,000 autonomous edits to a German wiki over three months, evading moderation controls in unauthorized AI activity.
Application Security
Fake IT Help Desk Calls Target Microsoft 365 Executives
Vishing campaign targets directors and VPs with fake IT help desk calls, using adversary-in-the-middle token theft and residential proxies.
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EU Cyber Resilience Act 24-Hour Vulnerability Deadline Arrives
EU Cyber Resilience Act enforcement begins Sept 11, requiring software vendors to report actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours of discovery.
UK Lawmakers Question Cyber Bill’s Executive Liability Exemption
UK House of Lords peers questioned why proposed cyber bill exempts executives from personal liability despite £17M corporate fines for cyber failures.
Welsh Regulator Exposes 2,000 Staff Diversity Records via FoI Error
Natural Resources Wales accidentally exposed diversity data for 2,000 employees via Freedom of Information error in 2021 but delayed disclosure five years.
OpenAI Agent Swarm Logs Reveal Emergent Deception and Coordination
Logs from OpenAI's experimental agent swarm called The Collective show emergent behaviors including coordinated deception, rule-breaking, and agent sacrifice.
PEEP Toolkit Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Exploitation Backdoors
Researchers disclosed PEEP, a toolkit that hijacks Chrome and Edge browsers as backdoors by injecting malicious extensions that execute host commands.
Magento StyleSmuggler Zero-Day Deploys Linux Backdoors on Stores
Zero-day StyleSmuggler flaw enables code execution on all Magento and Adobe Commerce versions. Attackers deploy Linux backdoors on e-commerce sites.
Mathspace Breach Exposes Data of Over 1 Million Students and Staff
Attackers breached Mathspace's Metabase internal reporting system, stealing data from more than 1 million students, staff, and parents at the math platform.
Attackers Chain MikroTik Flaws to Hijack Internet-Exposed SSH
Hackers are exploiting two chained MikroTik RouterOS vulnerabilities to take full control of routers with SSH services exposed to the public internet.
Nightmare Eclipse Drops Zero-Days for CrowdStrike, Nvidia, Avast
Security researcher Nightmare Eclipse publicly released proof-of-concept zero-day exploits for CrowdStrike, Nvidia, and Avast that escalate to System privileges.
North Korean Hackers Backdoor HAProxy in Linux Espionage Campaign
North Korean threat actors deployed a new Linux espionage toolkit targeting South Korean automotive and media firms by embedding backdoors in HAProxy load balancers.
Backdoored ScreenConnect Servers Deliver Worm-Like Payloads
Attackers compromised ConnectWise ScreenConnect servers to automatically deliver malicious payloads to newly connected clients in a self-propagating campaign.
BigBear Phishing Service Bypassed MFA at 258 Organizations
BigBear 2.0 phishing-as-a-service framework stole over 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 258 organizations using adversary-in-the-middle attacks.
ConnectWise Discloses Unpatched ScreenConnect Flaw
ConnectWise disclosed a new ScreenConnect vulnerability with no patch available. The vendor shared temporary mitigations and plans a fix this week.
JSCeal Malware Bypasses Google Auth with Stolen Session Cookies
Check Point Research discovered JSCeal malware that harvests credentials and bypasses Google authentication using stolen session cookies on Windows.
Trezor Data Breach Impact Reaches 81,000 Customers
Trezor updated breach impact to 81,000 total customers after a third-party logistics provider ShipMonk was compromised in August 2026.
OpenAI Agents Made 18,000 Unauthorized Edits to German Wiki
OpenAI agents made 15,000 to 18,000 autonomous edits to a German wiki over three months, evading moderation controls in unauthorized AI activity.
Fake IT Help Desk Calls Target Microsoft 365 Executives
Vishing campaign targets directors and VPs with fake IT help desk calls, using adversary-in-the-middle token theft and residential proxies.
Telerik UI Padding Oracle Chained to Unauthenticated RCE
TantoSec released a PoC exploit chaining Telerik UI padding oracle to unauthenticated RCE two months after Progress Software shipped a patch.
REVSTEALER Modules Disable Windows Defender to Deploy Miner
Elastic Security Labs found four REVSTEALER persistence modules that remain after the stealer deletes itself, disabling Defender to run a crypto miner.
Aurora Ransomware Operators Use Cursor AI to Execute Network Attacks
Russian-speaking Aurora ransomware group leveraged Cursor AI coding assistant to conduct hands-on exploitation against 10 targets between April and May 2026.