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Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked

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A hacker claims to have stolen the information of 2 million Origin Energy customers and is threatening to leak it. 

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OpenAI Fixes ChatGPT Agent Flaw That Could Let Attackers Forge an AI Insider

Security Week - Thu, 07/23/2026 - 11:09am

AgentForger allows an attacker to create, insert and remotely control an invisible autonomous AI agent inside a victim organization.

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Is Patching Dead? Vulnerability Management in the Post-Mythos Era

Security Week - Thu, 07/23/2026 - 11:00am

You cannot out-patch a machine that writes a working exploit from a vulnerability description in twenty hours. Stop trying to optimize a game you cannot win.

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Chick-fil-A Accounts Get Fried in Credential Stuffing Attack

Security Week - Thu, 07/23/2026 - 10:55am

Threat actors used credentials obtained from other companies to hack into Chick-fil-A One accounts.

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Abstract Raises $25 Million to Expand Composable Security Operations Platform

Security Week - Thu, 07/23/2026 - 9:54am

The latest investment round brings the total raised by Abstract to nearly $50 million.

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Nuclear-Sabotage Malware Benchmark Trips Up Most Frontier AI Models

Security Week - Thu, 07/23/2026 - 8:42am

SentinelOne’s new benchmark, built on the Fast16 case, shows which AI models can sustain a malware investigation and which cannot.

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Upbound Group Says Data Breach Led to $13 Million in Fraudulent Contract Losses

Security Week - Thu, 07/23/2026 - 6:49am

Hackers recently obtained non-sensitive customer information and other documents from the company.

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Assaf Keren Appointed New CISO of Meta

Security Week - Thu, 07/23/2026 - 5:53am

He replaces Guy Rosen, who announced his retirement from the company after 13 years.

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New Check Point Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Security Week - Thu, 07/23/2026 - 5:06am

The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-16232 has been exploited against customers with certain configurations.

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US Warns of Iranian Hackers Targeting Siemens, Schneider, and Rockwell ICS Devices

Security Week - Thu, 07/23/2026 - 1:28am

An updated advisory from federal agencies provides information on the techniques used to hack programmable logic controllers.

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Suno, Paidwork Data Breaches Affect Tens of Millions of Accounts

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 11:02am

Hackers leaked names, email addresses, phone numbers, passwords, and financial information stolen from the two platforms. 

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Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Observability Platform Provider Embrace

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 10:58am

Acquisition follows January's Chronosphere deal, deepening Palo Alto Networks' push beyond core security into observability.

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Flaw in Adobe Extension With 300M Installs Enabled WhatsApp Data Theft

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 10:22am

An attacker only needed to convince the targeted user to visit a malicious website to exfiltrate WhatsApp messages and contacts.

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When Identity Verification Fails: Lessons from a Real-World SIM Swap and Near Account Takeover

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 10:00am

Identity confidence changes throughout every interaction and should be reassessed continuously as new risk signals emerge.

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StrongestLayer Raises $4.1 Million in Seed Funding Extension

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 9:00am

The startup will use the fresh investment to accelerate its go-to-market strategy and to expand its platform.

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Vibe-Coded Apps Riddled With Exploitable Security Flaws

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 9:00am

Analysis found 434 exploitable flaws in AI-generated apps, with denial-of-service, authorization and secrets exposure risks among the most common issues.

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Fourth SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited in Past Month’s Wave of Attacks

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 7:29am

CVE-2026-50522 is being exploited by threat actors to steal machine keys and retain long-term access.

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Endpoint Security Firm Glow Launches With $180M in Funding at $1.2B Valuation

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 6:00am

Using AI, the startup provides adaptive prevention through environment mapping, risk analysis, and automated policy enforcement.

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Oracle Patches Over 1,400 Vulnerabilities With Quarterly Security Updates

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 5:33am

Many of the vulnerabilities fixed with the July 2026 Critical Patch Update were likely discovered by AI.

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Ransomware Group Threatening to Leak Data Stolen From Coca-Cola’s Fairlife

Security Week - Wed, 07/22/2026 - 4:32am

The Anubis ransomware group claims to have stolen 1 TB of confidential data from the Coca-Cola subsidiary.

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