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Microsoft kicked off its August Patch Tuesday with patches for hundreds of flaws, one of them a Windows kernel bug already under attack in the wild. Within hours, a security researcher posted a proof-of-concept that claims to slip past…
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IT services giant Accenture has confirmed it suffered a substantial security breach in July 2026, with a threat actor known as "888" claiming to have stolen 35 gigabytes of source code, authentication keys, and sensitive configuration…
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August 27, 2026 — Tech Desk Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson has disclosed a major cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data theft. The ShinyHunters extortion group…
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Three backdoor-like implants have been discovered hidden in firmware for routers manufactured by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics ZBT, a company that sells hardware under dozens of brands worldwide. The research, published by security firm…
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By Tech Desk | August 28, 2026 | Cybersecurity A newly emergent threat group called ExfilSquad has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity industry by claiming responsibility for a large-scale data-extortion campaign targeting…
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A coalition of 100 major technology companies, including Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI, has signed an open letter urging governments and organisations worldwide to dramatically strengthen cyber defences before artificial…
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ShinyHunters says it pulled 50 gigabytes of data from Carhartt and exposed nearly 24 million customer records. Troy Hunt says not so fast. When the founder of Have I Been Pwned finished cleaning the leak, the real number of affected people…
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A remote Spectre attack against Cloudflare Workers has been disclosed, leaking JSON Web Tokens from co-located Workers at a rate of up to 12 bits per second — a 360-fold improvement over the 120 bits per hour demonstrated in the original…
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A small British power generator was forced offline for four days in July after a cyberattack that government officials have linked to Iran-nexus hackers. The shutdown is the first confirmed case of a U.K. power facility being taken out of…
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CISA Orders Urgent Patching of Actively Exploited Zimbra Flaw as Attackers Target Email Servers Worldwide The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has given federal agencies three days to patch a critical vulnerability in…
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Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday Lands 415 Fixes as Exploited Zero-Day Forces Emergency Response REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft pushed fixes for 415 vulnerabilities on Tuesday, marking one of the largest monthly security updates in recent…
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WASHINGTON — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added four critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on August 18, confirming active exploitation across Apple macOS, VMware vCenter, Microsoft…