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Water Sector Cyberattacks Reportedly Hit at Least 12 States

Security Week - Wed, 08/05/2026 - 3:24am

Georgia has been confirmed as one of the attacked states after Clayton County reported a pump station disruption.

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Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 2)

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 12:49pm

Many companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2026 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.

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Rethinking AI Security: Why CASB and DLP Need an Interaction-Aware Layer

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 12:15pm

Build your strategy around answering these questions to ensure employees use AI productively while keeping sensitive data, IP, and agent behavior within the boundaries set for safe AI use.

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Oligo Raises $60 Million for Runtime Security

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 11:00am

The company will use the investment to accelerate product innovation and expand go-to-market operations.

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CISO Conversations: Russ Kirby – Passion Is the Antidote to Burnout

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 10:30am

Russ Kirby, CISO at Ping Identity, shares how passion, courage, and “good enough” thinking shaped his path from HP to the C-suite—and what keeps him up at night.

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Weaponized Email AI Assistants Could Help Attackers Hijack Accounts

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 9:54am

Researchers demonstrate how attackers could abuse built-in email chatbots to evade detection, impersonate trusted employees, compromise executive accounts, and facilitate financial fraud.

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Zenity Raises $125 Million in Series C Funding

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 9:40am

The AI security company will invest in product innovation, global expansion, and customer experience.

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Obsidian Security Raises $85 Million at $1.1 Billion Valuation

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 8:00am

Obsidian Security has developed a platform for governing AI agents across third-party applications.

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TP-Link Omada ZTP Vulnerabilities Chain Into Full Network Takeover

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 8:00am

Forescout researchers have found 15 new vulnerabilities in the TP-Link Omada networking ecosystem.

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Gemini Agent-to-Agent Attack Method Exposed Secrets, Enabled Pull Request Tampering

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 6:54am

A crafted prompt to a low-privilege Google ADK agent could be used to pass a malicious hand-off comment to a privileged agent.

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Decades-Old BMC Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of Data Centers to Attacks

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 5:56am

Over 24,000 internet-accessible server-management interfaces disclose authentication hashes before login.

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150,000 Impacted by Madera Community Hospital Data Breach

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 4:33am

An extortion group stole personal, financial, and medical information from the hospital’s network.

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Microsoft Bug Bounty Program: $20 Million Paid to 500 Researchers

Security Week - Tue, 08/04/2026 - 1:18am

The biggest single reward paid out by Microsoft between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, was $200,000.

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New York Awards $9 Million to Strengthen Cybersecurity at 153 Water Systems

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 9:54pm

The grants will help local governments assess and improve cyber defenses amid a multistate campaign targeting water and wastewater infrastructure.

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Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 1)

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 11:50am

Many companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2026 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.

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Visa to Acquire Fraud Intelligence Firm BioCatch for $2.4 Billion

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 11:32am

The payments giant says BioCatch’s behavioral and device intelligence will help financial institutions combat account takeovers, scams and other forms of digital fraud.

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Cyberattack Hits Liechtenstein’s Register of People Behind Companies and Foundations

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 11:15am

The list of people behind companies, foundations and trusteeships is part of efforts to combat money laundering and terror financing.

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River Bank Says Hackers Deleted Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 9:02am

The bank holding company was hacked in June, but the investigation into the incident continues.

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Horizon3 Raises $250 Million to Fund Continuing Growth

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 9:00am

Venture financing has become an essential factor in growing new business in today’s fast moving economy. Horizon3’s latest funding explains how and why.

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N‑able Patches Vulnerability Exploited to Hack N-central Servers

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 8:34am

The N‑central vulnerability CVE-2026-18577 has been exploited in the wild after threat actors found a patch bypass.

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