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Hasbro Data Breach Exposed Employee Personal Information

Hasbro employee data breach

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by Eduard Kovacs / 1d

A cyberattack caused disruptions at the toy and game giant earlier this year and the company is now disclosing a data breach. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Aug 28, 2026

In Other News: Log4j RCE Scare, Minimus Shutdown, Iranian Hacker Sanctions

by SecurityWeek News / 1d

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Manchester Airports Group cyberattack, Carhartt breach data was partly fake, U.S. Bank responds to ransomware gang’s claims. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

ATF Confirms Cyber Incident After Ransomware Group Claims Attack

3 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 1d

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ATF hit by ransomware

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has described it as a ‘major incident’ and it’s conducting an investigation with the DOJ. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems

3 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 2d

CISA has added the exploited flaw, CVE-2026-53362, to its KEV catalog, alongside a JFrog vulnerability exploited by OpenAI agents. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge

Tech giants warn AI cyberattacks

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by Eduard Kovacs / 2d

Nearly 130 tech and cybersecurity companies back a collective call to boost cyber defenses as AI-enabled attacks grow more sophisticated. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Think You’ve Eliminated Chinese AI? Check the Model’s Lineage, Cisco Says

by Kevin Townsend / 2d

New research shows that country-of-origin labels can obscure an AI model’s upstream dependencies, inherited behaviors and potential security risks. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Aug 27, 2026

PaperCut Releases Emergency Patch for Exploited Zero-Day

by Eduard Kovacs / 2d

A CVE identifier has not yet been assigned, but PaperCut is urging NG/MF users to install patches and implement mitigations. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Responsibility for Major Cyberattack on Norway’s Public Digital Services

Norway government DDoS outage

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by Associated Press / 2d

The pro-Russian hacker group Server Killers claimed responsibility for the attack. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Trump Order Aims to Block Foreign Backdoors in US Power Grid Gear

Trump bans foreign grid equipment

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by Eduard Kovacs / 2d

The White House’s new executive order 14420 widens scrutiny of industrial control systems over cyber sabotage concerns. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Australia Arrests 2 Alleged TeamPCP Hackers

3 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 3d

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Australians charged over TeamPCP

Australian and US authorities collaborated to identify and charge the alleged cybercriminals, who face many years in prison. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Makeshift Message Board Ahead of Hugging Face Hack

5 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 3d

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OpenAI pauses frontier RL

New training environments will teach AI models to distrust instructions arriving from other agents outside sanctioned channels. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Okta Shares Surge on Strong Earnings, Growing Demand for AI Identity Security

Okta Q2 beats expectations

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by SecurityWeek News / 3d

The identity security company beat quarterly expectations and raised its outlook as enterprises face growing pressure to secure AI agents and other non-human identities. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

CISO Conversations: Chris Wheeler – Trust Is the Job, From the Navy to the C-Suite

by Kevin Townsend / 3d

SecurityWeek talks to Chris Wheeler, CISO at Resilience, about his journey from the Navy to becoming a cybersecurity leader. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Cyberattack Causes Global Disruption at Boston Scientific

2 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 3d

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Boston Scientific suffers cyberattack

The cybersecurity incident has disrupted Boston Scientific’s ability to process and ship customer orders. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

The Future of AI-Driven Security Depends on Complete Data

by Danelle Au / 3d

For twenty-five years, "data" in security meant logs and events. But logs are a lossy representation of reality. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Aug 26, 2026

US Disrupts Chinese Hacking Platform Used in Military and Critical Infrastructure Attacks

Stealth (Enterprise TA0005)

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by Eduard Kovacs / 3d

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China linked QTFY targets US

The operation focused on a group named QTFY, which offers hacking services to the Chinese government and others. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Recent Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

6 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 3d

CISA is urging government agencies to immediately patch the Citrix NetScaler vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-8452. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

AI Speeds Up Malware Development, Not Its Success Rate: Analysis

7 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 3d

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AI enabled malware mostly experimental

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 analyzed 405 AI-linked malware samples and found only 12 reached production endpoints. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Adobe and Nvidia Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities

4 TTPs

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by Eduard Kovacs / 4d

Adobe and Nvidia each published several advisories, including ones that address critical vulnerabilities in their products. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

CISA: Over 100 Internet-Exposed Water Systems Targeted in July Cyberattacks

by Eduard Kovacs / 4d

The agency has released guidance on reducing internet exposure in the wake of the recent Iran-linked hacker attacks. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

The MFA Identity Trap: When Authentication Creates a False Sense of Security

5 TTPs

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by Torsten George / 4d

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Attackers target identity verification gaps