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Fri, 21 Aug 2026
- North Korean Hackers Tied to Rust Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have linked a malicious backdoor in compromised Rust packages to previous North Korean supply chain attacks
Infosecurity Magazine - New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Boosts Evasion Capabilities
An Agent Tesla v4 malware campaign used novel emoji-based code obfuscation to evade detection, KnowBe4 has revealed
Infosecurity Magazine - Cybersecurity Job Ads Requiring AI Skills Double
An analysis by the AI Workforce Consortium found that technical cybersecurity jobs are becoming more strategic due to the influence of AI
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Thu, 20 Aug 2026
- Is Cyber missing the Marque?
In this week's newsletter, new author Mick Baccio introduces himself and explores the operational and security implications of the new White House memorandum regarding private sector participation in government-authorized offensive cyber operations.
Cisco Talos - BTR Reforged: Weaponizing Defender’s Remediation Driver as a Kernel Operation Primitive
Research by: Jiří Vinopal (@vinopaljiri) Abstract What if a trusted security component could be repurposed into an attacker-controlled kernel primitive? What if a signed Microsoft remediation driver could be instructed to execute arbitrary file and registry operations from Ring 0 – without exploits, vulnerabilities, or memory corruption? In this publication, we present the first full
Check Point ResearchMicrosoft - NCSC Urges Stronger Controls for Agentic AI Systems
NCSC urged sandboxing, oversight and tight access controls for autonomous AI agents
Infosecurity Magazine - US Defense Contractors Admit Their Rising CMMC Scores May Not Be Accurate
Defense contractors in the US are doubting their own self-assessment scores under CMMC Phase I, even as those scores hit an all-time high
Infosecurity Magazine - ICS Operators Warned of AI-Driven Attacks on Siemens PLCs
A US government advisory warned that attackers are deploying AI-generated exploitation scripts against exposed Siemens S7 Series PLCs
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