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pcmag.com - Alan Henry - GTA 6 Leaks, The Odyssey Malware, and Water Grid Attacks: This Week in Cybersecurity
GTA 6 Leaks, The Odyssey Malware, and Water Grid Attacks: This Week in Cybersecurity
PCMag

Maybe you've heard about this little video game coming out soon called Grand Theft Auto VI. Well, while most people are waiting to get their hands on it, one enterprising group, CyberLeek, claims to have a copy and has been posting images and…

securityweek.com - Kevin Townsend - New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets
New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets
SecurityWeek

iAuthFlow V2 is a new phishing toolkit demonstrating the rapidly improving sophistication of phishing techniques. iAuthFlow V2 is a malware toolkit first seen on a Russian-language cybercrime forum. It is an advanced form of phishing that offers…

securityweek.com - Mike Lennon - Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches National Security Advisory Firm
Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches National Security Advisory Firm
SecurityWeek

Retired U.S. Army General Paul M. Nakasone, former director of the National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command, has launched a boutique national security advisory firm. The newly-formed Nakasone Group will counsel government…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - Critical Isolated-vm Vulnerability Leads to RCE on Host
Critical Isolated-vm Vulnerability Leads to RCE on Host
SecurityWeek

A critical-severity type confusion in the isolated-vm Node.js library could allow threat actors to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on the host system. Through isolated-vm, developers can access the V8 JavaScript engine's Isolate interface to…

fool.com - Motley Fool Transcribing - Faraday Future (FFAI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Faraday Future (FFAI) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
The Motley Fool

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. ET Global Director of Public Relations, Communications and Government Affairs - John Schilling Founder and Global CEO - Yueting Jia Revenue -- $836,000 for the second quarter, representing an increase of more…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - Rust Supply Chain Attack Linked to North Korean Hackers
Rust Supply Chain Attack Linked to North Korean Hackers
SecurityWeek

North Korean hackers are responsible for a new open source software (OSS) supply chain attack targeting the Rust ecosystem, cybersecurity firm Wiz reports. The attack occurred on August 20 and involved one of the most popular Rust crates, arrayref…

securityweek.com - SecurityWeek News - In Other News: Zombie Card Attack, T-Mobile Cut Cable to Stop Hackers, GitHub Denies AI Caused Bug
In Other News: Zombie Card Attack, T-Mobile Cut Cable to Stop Hackers, GitHub Denies AI Caused Bug
SecurityWeek

SecurityWeek's weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage yet remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories…

mpost.io - Alisa Davidson - ACDC Study Flags $8M In Polymarket Military Bets, Urging Stricter Controls On Prediction Markets | Metaverse Post
ACDC Study Flags $8M In Polymarket Military Bets, Urging Stricter Controls On Prediction Markets | Metaverse Post
Today's Top AI and Crypto News | Metaverse Post

A new analysis by the nonprofit Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC) has identified over 150 cryptocurrency wallets on the prediction platform Polymarket that appear to have profited from non-public U.S. military information. The research, which…

securityweek.com - Kevin Townsend - Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini
Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini
SecurityWeek

Researchers at Adversa AI discovered a new attack technique and named it Cryptographic Context Injection. They reported their findings to xAI on June 3, 2026, and attempted to coordinate disclosure on August 4 and August 10. At the time of writing…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - Microsoft Rolls Out 22 Fresh Security Patches
Microsoft Rolls Out 22 Fresh Security Patches
SecurityWeek

Microsoft on Thursday announced the rollout of 22 new security updates that resolve severe vulnerabilities across multiple products. Most of the patches address critical and high-severity flaws in Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, Exchange, Fabric, and…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Contractors' CMMC Confidence Rises as Ability to Prove It Falls Behind
Contractors' CMMC Confidence Rises as Ability to Prove It Falls Behind
SecurityWeek

Two industry surveys released this week paint a consistent picture of the defense industrial base: contractors say they're more confident in their cybersecurity compliance than ever, even as their ability to prove that compliance lags behind.

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited TrueConf Vulnerabilities
CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited TrueConf Vulnerabilities
SecurityWeek

The US cybersecurity agency CISA on Thursday warned federal agencies that threat actors have been exploiting two vulnerabilities in TrueConf. A secure on-premises video conferencing platform, TrueConf relies on Scalable Video Coding (SVC) to…

businessinsider.com - Rya Jetha - Chinese humanoids steal the spotlight at San Francisco's robot party
Chinese humanoids steal the spotlight at San Francisco's robot party
Business Insider

At a sold-out conference in San Francisco for people who build robots, the robots were surprisingly hard to find. This week, 1,500 robotics investors, founders, and engineers packed a cavernous former Army warehouse at Fort Mason, overlooking San…

barchart.com - Kritika Sarmah - Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Nucor Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Nucor Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Barchart.com

With a market cap of $56.4 billion, Nucor Corporation (NUE) is North America's largest and most diversified steel manufacturer and recycler, producing a wide range of steel and fabricated steel products for the construction, infrastructure…

thehindubusinessline.com - KS Badri Narayanan - Stock Market Highlights Today, August 21: Nifty ends marginally higher, Sensex flat as markets post weekly losses
Stock Market Highlights Today, August 21: Nifty ends marginally higher, Sensex flat as markets post weekly losses
BusinessLine

Sensex Today, Nifty 50 | Stock Market Highlights, 21st August 2026: Indian equities ended largely flat on Friday, with the Nifty 50 edging up 0.08% to 24,252 and the BSE Sensex closing flat at 77,540.83. Both benchmarks recorded weekly losses of…

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