Cybersecurity

Aug Patch Tuesday: Zero-day exploited, 4 critical RCEs

Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes an actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2026-68820) in the Windows kernel driver, used by Lazarus Group in Operation Dream Job.Four...

Researchers Lure North Korean IT Workers via Fake Crypto Firm

Researchers posed as a crypto startup and hired three suspected North Korean operatives to study their methods.All three used AI-generated or altered IDs, with...

AI Code Speed Risks Outpacing Security Controls

AI can increase development output by 10 to 50 times, making security review the bottleneck.Traditional CVE-driven remediation may break down when software is built...

North Korean hackers deploy offline AI for espionage

North Korea's Kimsuky hacking group is now running AI models offline on its own servers, moving beyond public chatbots to build AI into its...

Malicious VS Code Extension Solidity Pro Steals Wallets, Credentials

Malicious VS Code extension "Solidity Pro" steals browser crypto wallets and credentials Captures seed phrases, GitHub tokens, AWS keys, OpenAI keys, and SSH private keys Uses...

CSS attacks in webmail can steal passwords, tokens

PortSwigger researcher Gareth Heyes presented CSS-based email attacks at Black Hat USA 2026 on August 8.The attacks exploited HTML and CSS techniques in Outlook,...

New Go-Based macOS Malware Drains Crypto Wallets via ClickFix

ClickFix-style attacks are delivering Go-based malware on macOS that steals cryptocurrency wallet funds, browser passwords, and iCloud Keychain data.The malware includes a "DRAIN" routine...

Linux SCTP bug allows full container escape, root access

CVE-2026-64564 (SCTPhantom) is a use-after-free bug in Linux's SCTP networking code that can escalate to full root access and container escape.The flaw has existed...

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Sberbank to accept USDT and Ether as crypto loan collateral

Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to accept Tether’s USDt stablecoin and Ether as loan collateral in addition to Bitcoin.The...

Cuba submits BRICS membership application before 2026 summit

Cuba has officially applied to join the BRICS alliance weeks before the 2026 summit in New DelhiFull-fledged membership is...

Tokenized stock transfers surge 415% to $29.5B in August

Monthly tokenized stock transfer volume surged 415% to $29.5 billion over the past 30 days.Monthly active addresses jumped 209%...