Latest news as of 8/14/2026, 7:28:45 AM
Dark Reading
Attackers can take control of agents through malicious instructions hidden in content supplied to AI browsers, and there's no simple fix for the threat.
Bleeping Computer
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. [...]
Bleeping Computer
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. [...]
The Register
Check Point researchers tried to break the frameworks enterprises use to build AI apps. Now they're telling Black Hat attendees what they found
Dark Reading
Organized crime is convincingly scamming at scale, making billions thanks to AI-enabled voice cloning, deepfake real-time video overlays, LLM-driven persona management, and automated translation.
Dark Reading
CSS was once just about design. Now researchers warn it's powerful enough to exfiltrate data from webmail — and some vendors aren't prepared.
Bleeping Computer
Hackers exploited a SQL injection vulnerability to install a post-exploitation toolkit directly inside an Oracle database that was used to breach a corporate network. [...]
Dark Reading
Researchers are calling attention to the risks inherent in automated network device provisioning, using a world-leading device manufacturer as a case study.
The Hacker News
OpenAI said it disrupted a Cambodia-based scam operation that used its generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT to facilitate a wide range of investment, romance, gambling, and law enforcement impersonation schemes. To that end, it banned a coordinated network of ChatGPT accounts likely originating from Southeast Asia and operating from the city of Poipet, a region with extensive
The Hacker News
A macOS ClickFix operation spanning more than 250 front-end domains now fingerprints visitors before deciding whether to show them a malware lure, a change Microsoft Threat Intelligence tracked on infrastructure it had been watching for weeks. The server-side gate hides the malicious page from crawlers and sandboxes while presenting selected Mac users with a fake software download. Microsoft