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Thu, 3 Sept 2026
- To keep the AI hacking genie bottled up, try one-way networks
Sandboxes, permissions, and VMs aren't enough to keep frontier models at bay. "Data diodes" might do the job
The Register
Wed, 2 Sept 2026
- Legacy Lenovo login opens 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers
Cloud storage biz severs old integration and urges victims to reset credentials
The Register - BGP Hijack Delivers Malicious Virtualizor Update That Establishes Persistent Root Access
Virtualizor said hackers used a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijack to divert Softaculous traffic. The hackers then used the diverted update traffic to deliver a malicious Virtualizor package to some installations. A hosting-provider account separately said 5 of its 34 checked Virtualizor hypervisors sustained root-level compromise. The incident window ran from approximately August 28 at 20:57
The Hacker News - Nutex Health Says Patient Data Stolen, Hackers Threaten Leak
The US healthcare provider confirmed that sensitive patient and employee data, alongside financial and business information, were exfiltrated by a third party
Infosecurity Magazine - UK cyber bill targets AI users, not the vendors building it
Ministers reject proposed red lines and emergency shutdown powers, pointing instead to voluntary safeguards
The Register
Tue, 1 Sept 2026
- Another Artifactory CVE under attack by AI agents or humans
Unauthenticated intruders can mint admin tokens, and exposed servers are already being hit
The Register - Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks
The model provider gave METR the credits for free. An actual customer would not have been so lucky
The Register - Firefox helps iPhone users bypass ads on web sites while making money showing its own ads
Baked-in Firefox ad blocking on iOS begins rolling out slowly today, and is off by default
The RegisteriOS, Firefox - Attackers Steal METR API Key and Burn $600,000 in AI Credits
Attackers used a stolen METR API key for three weeks, consuming model credits worth $600,000
Infosecurity Magazine - 65% of Enterprises Have Seen AI Agents Act Out of Scope
EMA survey finds 65% of enterprises have seen AI agents act beyond intended scope
Infosecurity Magazine
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