Details about the Hugging Face hack, critical infrastructure under attack, a spoofed in-flight Wi-Fi network, and more of this month’s cybersecurity news 31 Aug 2026 With August coming to a close, it’s time for ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe… Read More "This month in security with Tony Anscombe – August 2026 edition"
The threat actor known as FamousSparrow has replaced its long-running SparrowDoor implant with a new backdoor called SparroWocky, and has been deploying it against governments across Latin America since at least August 2025. ESET Research attributed the campaign to the… Read More "FamousSparrow Swaps SparrowDoor For New SparroWocky Backdoor"
A data leak is when sensitive data is accidentally exposed physically, on the Internet or any other form including lost hard drives or laptops, allowing cyber criminal can gain unauthorized access to the sensitive data without effort. When sensitive data is posted on… Read More "What is a Data Leak? Stop Giving Cybercriminals Free Access"
OpenAI on Wednesday published a framework for reporting instances of model misalignment, along with six reports on problematic behavior observed over the past six months. The company said the framework is meant to speed up publication of misalignment findings, including… Read More "OpenAI Says Its Models Searched GitHub for Leaked API Keys During Training"
The Hacker NewsSep 17, 2026Security Operations / Artificial Intelligence A new CVE drops. Your scanner finds it. The severity score looks ugly. But that still does not answer the question that matters: Can it actually be exploited in your environment?… Read More "Can You Prove a New CVE Is Exploitable Before Attackers Do? Learn How in This Webinar"
Who gets to spend appears to depend heavily on the health and structure of the business. Companies that outperformed revenue targets by more than 5% were more than twice as likely to receive a double-digit security-budget increase as companies that… Read More "Security spending is growing — except for the typical CISO"
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Four security experts took the stage, surrounded by massive skeletons — the theme for the capture-the-flag (CTF) competition that would commence later. A panel discussion about Anthropic’s Claude model compromising real-world systems was first on the agenda, but it quickly… Read More "The Guardrails Debate: Security Researcher Changes His Mind"
The cyberthreat landscape has been evolving for years. But there’s a sense today that things are escalating more rapidly than before. That’s largely the result of AI. The technology is not only arming threat actors with the means to launch… Read More "Cyberthreats are moving faster than SMBs: Readiness must accelerate"
CISA has urged critical infrastructure organizations to plant fake files, accounts and credentials inside their networks to catch attackers who are already past the perimeter. The guidance on cyber decoys, published September 16, is the agency’s first detailed treatment of… Read More "CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure to Plant Decoys Inside Networks"
Data leak prevention is a cybersecurity practice that involves implementing secure data practices to reduce accidental exposure. Effective data leak prevention plays a crucial role in a comprehensive data loss prevention strategy (DLP strategy). Data leaks are an easy attack… Read More "How to Prevent Data Leaks"
