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150-Plus Polymarket Accounts Flagged as Betting With 'Sensitive National Security Information,' CNN Reports
CNN senior reporter Marshall Cohen joined anchor Wolf Blitzer on Friday to discuss new findings that some 150 Polymarket accounts appear to be U.S. military insiders, some with apparent access to sensitive military information. Blitzer began the…
What the future of commercial spaces means for technology leaders
Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Integrated technology strategies make workplaces more adaptable for organizations and those they serve. The commercial landscape is changing beyond design and style preferences, and…
GTA 6 Leaks, The Odyssey Malware, and Water Grid Attacks: This Week in Cybersecurity
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…
Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight
Cybersecurity companies this week shared information about new and updated banking trojans targeting users worldwide. These types of malware can enable their operators to phish credentials, steal sensitive user data, and remotely control…
New Phishing Toolkit Uses Passkeys to Maintain Access After Password Resets
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…
Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Launches National Security Advisory Firm
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…
Critical Isolated-vm Vulnerability Leads to RCE on Host
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…
In Other News: Zombie Card Attack, T-Mobile Cut Cable to Stop Hackers, GitHub Denies AI Caused Bug
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…
Encrypted Prompts Bypass AI Safety Guardrails in Grok and Gemini
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…
Compliance theater is over: What FedRAMP 20x means for every vendor selling to government
Pete Waterman did not mince words at Carahsoft's FedRAMP Summit last month. Speaking about vendors that claim they lack the resources to fix a known, exploitable vulnerability within days, the FedRAMP director said plainly he does not want them in…
ADF sends letter to WNBA after controversies over treatment of Sophie Cunningham supporters
Alliance Defending Freedom, the law firm that recently led two successful Supreme Court challenges to uphold state laws that protect women's sports, has sent a cautionary notice to the WNBA. ADF sent a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert…
McDonald's built a 515-page dossier on one customer predicting what he'll order next
A McDonald's customer who requested all the data the fast-food chain had collected about him received a staggering 515-page report detailing his eating habits and predicting his future orders. WIRED reporter Reece Rogers made the request after…
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The Bigger the AI Boom Gets, the More Coherent Stands to Gain. Here's the Latest Proof.
Coherent (COHR) just gave investors another reason to buy COHR stock. The company recently said its AI chip customers have started testing a new 300mm silicon carbide substrate. This is a material built to pull heat away from next-generation…
Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Extra Space Storage Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Maryland-based Extra Space Storage Inc. (EXR) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that offers a vast array of well-located storage systems, which comprise many units and many million square feet of rentable storage space. The company has a…
FIRST NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION CEASES TO BE A REPORTING ISSUER
TORONTO, Aug. 21, 2026 /CNW/ -- First National Financial Corporation (the 'Company' or 'First National') announces that it has received an order to cease being a reporting issuer under Canadian securities laws and an order under the Business…
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