Latest security news

Thu, 13 Aug 2026

1. 13:00
   The Model Is the Malware | What Four Agentic Intrusions Tell Defenders

   OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta disclosed agents reaching external systems. The tools didn't matter, and that changes the playbook for investigating intrusions.

   SentinelLabs
2. 12:54
   The State of Ransomware Q2 2026

   For the past year, the ransomware conversation has centered on concentration: a handful of dominant RaaS operations controlling most of the damage, and a shrinking pool of active groups fighting over the same territory. The State of Ransomware Q2 2026 report from Check Point Research shows that picture starting to shift. The leaders are still winning, but

   Check Point Research
3. 12:35
   Trump Authorizes Private Sector Participation in Offensive Cyber Operations

   The White House has authorized government-directed offensive cyber operations against transnational groups, prompting warnings over escalation and attribution risks

   Infosecurity Magazine
4. 10:00
   Dissecting the JWR phishing framework

   Cisco Talos recently identified an undocumented phishing framework, internally branded "JWR" by its developer, built to convincingly impersonate checkout and login pages across major payment and shopping platforms.

   Cisco Talos·Cisco
5. 09:30
   Akira Affiliate Crashes Ransomware After Attempting EDR Evasion

   Huntress documents how a ransomware affiliate sabotaged its own attack with an anti-EDR effort

   Infosecurity Magazine
6. 09:11
   Medical data of 19M Poles stolen in major breach

   Hacker News
7. 09:00
   Black Hat USA 2026: What the Hugging Face hack tells us about human responsibility

   The incident involving OpenAI models shows that autonomous hacks make human oversight more important, not less

   WeLiveSecurity
8. 08:30
   ICO Reprimands Criminal Records Office After 2023 Breach

   The ICO has issued a formal reprimand to ACRO after patching and security monitoring failures led to a breach

   Infosecurity Magazine
9. 08:00
   Armored Likho expands its cyber-espionage toolkit

   Kaspersky experts break down a new Armored Likho campaign that poses as a fundraising efforts and delivers a new Still Toolkit aimed at stealing Telegram data and eavesdropping on victims.

   Securelist
10. 03:43
    Edge is dropping older extensions(Manifest V2), affecting popular privacy tools

    Hacker News