31 Aug, 2026

Nearly 700 rogue AI agents coordinated in the Hugging Face attack

New details about the July attack on Hugging Face reveal that hundreds of AI agents driven by OpenAI’s internal IM1 model coordinated the compromise through an unauthorized message board. Last month, Hugging Face disclosed that autonomous AI agents exploited two vulnerabilities in its dataset-processing pipeline to execute code, steal cloud and cluster credentials, and move laterally across […]

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PaperCut warns of NG, MF flaw exploited in zero-day attacks

PaperCut is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in all versions of its PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF print management software in zero-day attacks. The company says it is aware of confirmed attacks on customers and is urging organizations with Internet-exposed PaperCut Application Servers to immediately restrict access to the web interfaces to trusted […]

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Manchester Airports Group says hackers stole travelers’ data

The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) disclosed that hackers breached its systems and stole customer data, including Wi-Fi sign-ups from Manchester, Stansted, and East Midlands airports. The intruder did not access customer payment details, and the attack had no impact on airport operations, the company said. A statement from the company today notes that the exfiltrated […]

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Android 17 adds ECH support to make web browsing harder to track

Google is introducing new network security protections in Android 17 to strengthen connection privacy, address cellular vulnerabilities, and protect the privacy of users’ home networks. Android 17 adds support for Encrypted Client Hello (ECH), a new privacy standard that operates in conjunction with private DNS to hide profiling metadata, including visited domain names. ECH acts […]

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Australia arrests alleged TeamPCP hackers behind supply-chain attacks

Australian authorities have arrested and charged two young men accused of being part of the TeamPCP hacking group linked to a string of far-reaching developer supply chain attacks. TeamPCP is a hacking group known for widespread supply-chain attacks over the past year that targeted open-source software and developer platforms to steal credentials, authentication secrets, and […]

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Microsoft rolls out fix for Windows 11 crashes, gaming issues

Microsoft has started rolling out a permanent fix for a known issue that causes system crashes and gaming issues on Windows 11 devices. On affected PCs, users have also reported games failing to launch and freezing with “EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” errors. When it was first confirmed, Microsoft said that this issue affects games like ARC Raiders, MARVEL TĹŤkon: Fighting […]

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Carhartt data breach exposes information of 12.9 million accounts

The ShinyHunters extortion group has published sensitive data from nearly 13 million accounts stolen from clothing retailer giant Carhartt earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. Founded in 1889, Carhartt is an American apparel company with workwear and streetwear manufacturing facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee and more than 3,000 […]

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CISA orders feds to patch Citrix NetScaler RCE flaw by Saturday

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered government agencies to patch their Citrix NetScaler appliances against an actively exploited vulnerability by Saturday. Tracked as CVE-2026-8452, this high-severity security flaw stems from a memory overflow weakness affecting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances configured with Gateway VPN or AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing) virtual […]

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ATF confirms “major incident” after recent Qilin breach claims

ATF, the regulatory agency that enforces federal laws governing firearms and explosives in the United States, has confirmed that one of its systems was compromised after breach claims made by the Qilin ransomware gang. This follows Qilin adding the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to its dark web data leak portal on […]

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Critical Avada WordPress theme flaw enables zero-click RCE

A critical vulnerability chain in the popular Avada theme for WordPress can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server. The exploit chains six security issues into a zero-click attack. The flaws are collectively tracked as CVE-2026-18431 and received a 9.8 critical severity score. The attack comprises exploits for […]

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