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Brinks Home Discloses Data Breach as Hackers Leak Files

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 7:45am

The physical security firm says its alarm monitoring and system functionality have not been affected.

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Recent SonicWall Vulnerabilities Exploited in Ransomware Attacks

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 6:39am

The INC Ransomware gang has been targeting vulnerable SMA1000 appliances for root access and lateral movement.

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Russian State APT Linked to Recent Public Wi-Fi Gateway Hacking

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 5:17am

Midnight Blizzard has been stealing Microsoft account credentials via compromised Wi-Fi networks at hospitality organizations.

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US Water Cyberattacks Extend Beyond Minnesota to at Least 6 Other States

Security Week - Mon, 08/03/2026 - 4:48am

Michigan, South Dakota, and Georgia are reportedly on the list of states whose water systems have been targeted by Iran-linked hackers.

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Balance Theory Raises $19 Million to Help Enterprises Manage Cybersecurity Investments

Security Week - Sat, 08/01/2026 - 8:30am

The funding round was led by SYN Ventures, with participation from existing investors DataTribe and TEDCO.

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Ruby on Rails Patches Critical Vulnerability

Security Week - Sat, 08/01/2026 - 7:15am

The flaw can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files and potentially achieve remote code execution (RCE).

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In Other News: OpenAI Open Source Tool, AWS Links Hacks to North Korea, Mythos Crypto Research

Security Week - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 11:47am

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: parcel delivery company OnTrac hacked, Adobe patches, UK Department for Education loses 607,000 records.

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Cyberattacks on Minnesota Water Systems Investigated as Officials Warn About Iranian Hackers

Security Week - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 11:17am

Iran has the “geopolitical motivations” and a recent history of targeting water systems, experts pointed out.

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Google AI Uncovers 13-Year-Old Chrome Flaw Amid Record Patching Pace

Security Week - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 6:28am

The internet giant has built an agent harness to find vulnerabilities across Chrome’s codebase.

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EU to Crack Down on AI Deepfakes, Illicit Imagery and Hacking With New Team in Brussels

Security Week - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 6:00am

When the AI Act comes into force, AI companies will be required to make clear to consumers with labels or digital watermarks that chatbots or imagery are generated with AI.

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Prompted by OpenAI Disclosure, Anthropic Finds Its Own Models Hacked 3 Organizations

Security Week - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 5:39am

A security company’s systems were hacked after it installed a malicious Python package deployed by Claude. 

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Critical Flaw Led to Azure Cosmos DB Pwnage

Security Week - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 5:04am

Named CosmosEscape, the vulnerability exposed the primary key for Cosmos DB accounts, granting full read and write access.

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CareCloud Data Breach Impacts Over 350,000

Security Week - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 3:51am

In March 2026, hackers stole personal, financial, and medical information from the company’s AWS environment.

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Critical Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in TeamCity 

Security Week - Fri, 07/31/2026 - 2:50am

Tracked as CVE-2026-63077, the security defect can be exploited without authentication via the agent polling protocol.

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CISA Urges Water Sector to Protect OT After Coordinated Attacks on PLCs

Security Week - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 6:18pm

CISA is urging water and wastewater utilities to lock down internet-exposed controllers, days after intrusions hit dozens of Minnesota systems.

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Bank of America to Acquire Cybersecurity Firm MDSec

Security Week - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 5:02pm

The acquisition will add approximately 65 cybersecurity professionals to Bank of America’s operations in the United Kingdom.

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Okta to Acquire Identity Threat Detection Firm Permiso

Security Week - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 3:10pm

The deal extends Okta's reach beyond identity management and into the realm of security operations, positioning the company to compete more directly on identity threat detection and response.

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Timeless Compliance: Why Better Questions Beat Bigger Frameworks

Security Week - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 11:46am

The best compliance programs aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones built on a short list of questions that can actually be answered, and that still hold true when the models change.

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DataBahn Raises $40 Million for Agentic Data Pipeline Management

Security Week - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 10:00am

The company will accelerate investments in R&D and product innovation to expand its agentic data control plane.

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Discern Security Raises $13 Million in Series A Funding

Security Week - Thu, 07/30/2026 - 9:00am

The company will invest in accelerating the development and adoption of its agentic platform.

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