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Virtual Event Today: CodeSecCon – Secure Your Code and Applications

by SecurityWeek News / 1h

CodeSecCon is the premier virtual event bringing together developers and cybersecurity professionals to revolutionize the way applications are built, secured, and maintained. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Prevalent AI Raises $22 Million to Expand Data Fabric Platform

by Ionut Arghire / 3h

The previously bootstrapped company helps organizations securely and reliably operate AI agents at scale. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

US Charges 17 Iranian Hackers, Offers $10 Million Rewards for 5 of Them

Mabna hackers indicted

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by Ionut Arghire / 3h

The 17 members of the Mabna Institute targeted hundreds of universities and organizations in the US and abroad. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Cl0p Ransomware Group Names Over 40 Victims of PTC Windchill Campaign

6 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 4h

The cybercrime gang has listed major companies such as Shell, Philips, Fiserv, Zebra, Mindray, and Largan Precision. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Microsoft, VMware, Apple Vulnerabilities

3 TTPs

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by Ionut Arghire / 4h

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CISA adds four exploited bugs

The flaws can be exploited for remote code execution, authentication bypass, and device takeover. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Yesterday

943 Patches Rolled Out With Oracle’s August 2026 Security Update

by Ionut Arghire / 5h

The fixes resolve over 1,000 vulnerabilities across two dozen products, including over 460 remotely exploitable bugs. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities

4 TTPs

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by Ionut Arghire / 6h

The bugs could lead to code execution, privilege escalation, sandbox escape, and information disclosure. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

CareCloud Data Breach Impact Grows to 3.7 Million Individuals

Exfiltration (Enterprise TA0010)

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by Eduard Kovacs / 8h

The data breach was initially believed to affect roughly 350,000 people, but the HHS breach tracker shows a far bigger impact. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Webinar Today: Rethinking Cyber Defense for AI-Speed Attacks

by SecurityWeek News / 1d

Join the live webinar as we explore if detection-first security operations can keep pace with AI, or if it’s time to rethink prevention as the strongest default. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

CISO Conversations: Nico Waisman – From Self-Taught Hacker to AI-Driven Offensive Security at XBOW

by Kevin Townsend / 1d

With no formal training and no career plan, Waisman built a path from Argentina's early hacking scene to leading security at an AI-powered offensive security firm. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

AI-Driven Vulnerability Surge Breaks the Traditional Patching Model

Persistence (Enterprise TA0003)

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by Kevin Townsend / 1d

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Agentic AI boosts vulnerability disclosures

Rapid7 warns that traditional patch cycles cannot keep pace with soaring vulnerability disclosures and faster exploitation, forcing defenders to prioritize exposure over severity scores. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Xpander Raises $7.5 Million for AI Management and Governance

Xpander raises seed launches Omni

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by Ionut Arghire / 1d

Xpander’s platform uses a universal agent harness that executes AI agents as portable workloads and securely renders interfaces on demand. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Fortinet Acquires AI Security Company Virtue AI

Fortinet acquires Virtue AI

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by Eduard Kovacs / 1d

Fortinet will use Virtue AI technology to enhance its AI security portfolio, including for AI models, applications, and agentic systems. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

300,000 WordPress Sites Potentially Exposed to Hacking Due to Form Plugin Flaw

6 TTPs

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by Ionut Arghire / 1d

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CVE-2026-15748

Tracked as CVE-2026-15748, the arbitrary file upload bug allows unauthenticated attackers to upload executable files. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Aug 17, 2026

Heights Finance Data Breach Impacts at Least 1.2 Million Individuals

2 TTPs

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by Ionut Arghire / 1d

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Heights Finance data breach

Hackers stole names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and financial information from a third-party platform. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

GitLab Patches Critical Code Injection Vulnerability

2 TTPs

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by Ionut Arghire / 1d

The security defect allows unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete user data and public projects. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Dozens of WebKit Vulnerabilities Patched With Fresh macOS, iOS Security Updates

by Ionut Arghire / 1d

The bugs could be exploited to crash Safari, corrupt memory, leak sensitive data, escape the sandbox, and exfiltrate data. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

680,000 Impacted by French Tax Authority Data Breach

4 TTPs

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by Ionut Arghire / 2d

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France tax data breach

Hackers used compromised credentials to access enterprise and personal tax-related data. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Irregular Details How a Naming Error Let AI Models Attack a Real Company

by Eduard Kovacs / 2d

The AI security testing firm has shared information on a recently disclosed incident involving Anthropic AI models. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Conflicting Test Goals Pushed Claude Agents to Deploy Self-Replicating Malware

Anthropic agents collude and sabotage

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by Eduard Kovacs / 2d