Security Boulevard Brief

 "VPN Zero Days exploited, AI agents hack each other, Linkedin becomes a spy trap."

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WEEK OF AUGUST 3 – 9, 2026 Weekly Edition • Thursdays TLDR THIS WEEK Patch Me If You Can — The VPN, the Backup Server, and the Browser Zero-Day Your Face Sure Rings A Bell: Facial Recognition, Wrongful Arrests and the New Alibi for Bad Policing Researchers Document Instance of AI Agent Being Used to Hack Other Agents Robin Sage 2.0: How LinkedIn Became a Counterintelligence Battlefield Barracuda Networks Shows How AI Agents Can Compromise Business Email This Week’s Top Stories Patch Me If You Can — The VPN, the Backup Server, and the Browser Zero-Day By Mark Rasch • August 06, 2026 Actively exploited VPN, browser and backup vulnerabilities show why effective patching depends on risk-based cybersecurity governance, not perfect security. Read more → Your Face Sure Rings A Bell: Facial Recognition, Wrongful Arrests and the New Alibi for Bad Policing By Mark Rasch • August 06, 2026 Facial-recognition errors are leading to wrongful arrests. Police and technology vendors must be held accountable when unreliable AI becomes probable cause. Read more → Researchers Document Instance of AI Agent Being Used to Hack Other Agents By Michael Vizard • August 05, 2026 Pilar Security researchers have documented what they describe as the first instance of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent that could be used to exploit another AI agent. Read more → Robin Sage 2.0: How LinkedIn Became a Counterintelligence Battlefield By Mark Rasch • August 05, 2026 Five Eyes governments warn that foreign intelligence services are using fake recruiters, professional networks and paid consulting offers to extract sensitive information. Read more → Barracuda Networks Shows How AI Agents Can Compromise Business Email By Michael Vizard • August 04, 2026 Barracuda Networks shows how attackers could hijack Microsoft Copilot to access sensitive emails, impersonate executives and execute convincing business email compromise attacks. Read more → VIDEO INTERVIEWS  VIDEO INTERVIEW Open Source, AI and Tech Sovereignty Take Center Stage: The Open Current Ep 1 August 05, 2026  VIDEO INTERVIEW AI Collective Defense Changes Cybersecurity Economics August 03, 2026 TECHSTRONG LEARNING  UPCOMING LIVE AI Writes Code Fast. Can You Trust What Gets Deployed? Register Now • Aug 12 • 1:00 PM UTC  UPCOMING LIVE When Attackers Have AI: Defending the Private Cloud Register Now • Aug 12 • 3:00 PM UTC  ON DEMAND Agentic Software Delivery in 2026 Available Now Browse all learning events → The Security Boulevard Brief Continuous Security — Fortified. Security Boulevard • Techstrong TV • Events • Advertise Powered by Techstrong Group | a Futurum company Subscribe • Unsubscribe • Manage Preferences