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The Fourth Battlefield: The Growing Role of Cyber Operations in Global Conflict

CrowdStrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch discusses how cyber operations support kinetic warfare, signal coming conflicts, and reshape the global battlefield. The post The Fourth Battlefield: The Growing Role of Cyber Operations in Global Conflict appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Kevin Townsend
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New Attack Methods Enable Malware to Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts

Palo Alto Networks researchers have demonstrated attacks against Google’s synced passkey implementation. The post New Attack Methods Enable Malware to Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
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New OVSwrap Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Open vSwitch

A memory corruption flaw in the Linux kernel's Open vSwitch datapath gives ordinary local users a path to root on a broad set of default-configured distributions, and a public exploit ships with pre-built records for roughly 800 kernel builds. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64531 (CVSS score: 7.8) and codenamed OVSwrap by its discoverer, was disclosed by security researcher Asim

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Kali365 Weaponizes Microsoft Authentication Against US Companies: New Enterprise Risk

Kali365 is turning a legitimate Microsoft login into a gateway to corporate data. The phishing kit targets US organizations with attacker-controlled device codes that victims approve on Microsoft's real authentication page. Once access and refresh tokens are issued, attackers may retain access to email, documents, and cloud resources, creating a direct path to data exposure, financial fraud,

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311,000 Impacted by Brown Health Medical Group-MA Data Breach

Hackers stole personal information, medical records, and financial information from the organization’s server. The post 311,000 Impacted by Brown Health Medical Group-MA Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
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Cybersecurity Alliance Drafts SAFE Guidelines for Sharing AI Incident Data 

The guidelines are the work of the recently launched Open Secure AI Alliance, which now includes 120 organizations. The post Cybersecurity Alliance Drafts SAFE Guidelines for Sharing AI Incident Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
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Critical Gitea Flaw Let Unauthenticated Attackers Read Server Files via Org-Mode Markup

An unauthenticated attacker can read any file the service account can access on Gitea, the self-hosted Git platform, in versions 1.22.1 through 1.27.0. No login, no repository write access. A public repository and crafted Org-mode markup are enough. The flaw is fixed in Gitea 1.27.1. The file-read flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-59774, rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8, and received its

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Leaked n8n API Tokens Exposed Live Instances to Credential Theft

GitGuardian researchers found 321 n8n instances accepting API tokens exposed in public GitHub commits and demonstrated four ways attackers could use them to access sensitive data and downstream credentials without exploiting a software vulnerability. We scanned public GitHub commits for exposed n8n API tokens and identified 4,576 unique credentials associated with 1,255 hostnames. Of the 896

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AI Agents Targeted Real People and Projects During Cybersecurity Tests

AI Security Institute reports Anthropic and OpenAI models going rogue against real people, organizations, and open source projects. The post AI Agents Targeted Real People and Projects During Cybersecurity Tests appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
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CISA Warns of Exploited Langflow, N-central, and Tomcat Vulnerabilities

The flaws can be exploited for remote code execution, authentication bypass, and EncryptInterceptor bypass. The post CISA Warns of Exploited Langflow, N-central, and Tomcat Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
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Open VSX Removes 77 Malicious Evil Twin Extensions Exfiltrating Developer Data

A cluster of 77 extensions on the Open VSX marketplace has been found to impersonate legitimate developer tools while transmitting information about the systems and development environments on which they were installed. The "evil twin" extensions were uploaded to the repository between July 26 and August 1, 2026, according to Manifold Security. The packages have been removed from Open VSX as of

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Over 400 NPM Packages Infected in ChainDrop Supply Chain Attack

The malware was designed to steal and exfiltrate secrets, and to propagate itself via stolen NPM and GitHub credentials. The post Over 400 NPM Packages Infected in ChainDrop Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
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Claude Mythos 5 Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Project in Testing, Then Vouched for Itself

An agent running Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 spent 34 hours trying to get a malware dropper merged into a real open-source project during a cyber evaluation by the UK's AI Security Institute. When a bystander publicly warned that the code was malicious, the agent denied it, force-pushed a rewritten branch history to erase the evidence, and posted from a second account it controlled to vouch for

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CISA Flags Langflow RCE, Tomcat, and N-central Flaws as Actively Exploited

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on August 5, 2026, added three flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2026-9198 (CVSS score: 9.8) - A code injection vulnerability in Langflow that allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full remote

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Water Sector Cyberattacks Reportedly Hit at Least 12 States

Georgia has been confirmed as one of the attacked states after Clayton County reported a pump station disruption. The post Water Sector Cyberattacks Reportedly Hit at Least 12 States appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs