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#68CyberAugust 19, 2026

A hacker is claiming to have lifted 3.6 million Azure account records from major companies, and CISA has confirmed active exploitation of a critical flaw in a widely used AI computing framework. Microsoft is quietly making Windows a little safer by removing a tool that ransomware gangs have abused for years — update now if you're on Windows 11.

#66CyberAugust 16, 2026

Someone quietly harvested records from Salesforce and ServiceNow portals worldwide for nearly a year and a half — without breaking a single thing. A new Linux botnet called Evooo1Bot is hijacking home routers and turning them into traffic-hiding relay points. Update your router's firmware today, and if you use GitHub, turn on Dependabot malware alerts now.

#65CyberAugust 15, 2026

ShinyHunters has dumped 280GB of stolen data from RingCentral after the company refused to pay up, exposing personal details on 1.6 million accounts. Mac users running Screen Sharing should patch immediately — attackers are actively exploiting an authentication bypass to hijack machines and mine cryptocurrency. Check whether your Apple device is up to date, and disable Screen Sharing if you don't use it.

#64CyberAugust 14, 2026

A critical flaw in VMware vCenter is being actively exploited, with over 360 servers across 47 countries compromised just days after the patch dropped. WhatsApp is rolling out a new on-device scam detection feature worth enabling now. If your organisation runs VMware vCenter, stop reading and go patch.

#63CyberAugust 13, 2026

North Korea's Lazarus Group is running fake LinkedIn job offers to plant backdoors on defence and aerospace computers across four countries, exploiting a freshly patched Windows flaw to take full control of infected machines. Adobe has quietly dropped patches for three CVSS 10.0 vulnerabilities — one of which is already being actively exploited in the wild. If you use Signal, there is a new security feature worth switching on today.

#62CyberAugust 12, 2026

Two malicious AI tool packages sat on a public code registry for 40 minutes in March and may have hoovered up secrets from over 2,500 organisations — if your team uses Python, check your CI/CD credentials now. Researchers used an AI agent to find a chain of flaws in Microsoft SharePoint that lets attackers in with no password at all, and the July 2026 patch breaks the attack. Meanwhile, SAP has patched a perfect-ten severity flaw in its Commerce Cloud product that needs immediate attention.

#61CyberAugust 11, 2026

Hackers reached a Polish power plant's control systems by hopping through a shared cellular network, shutting down a turbine serving 50,000 homes before operators could fully kick them out. North Korea's Kimsuky group is quietly building its own offline AI stack to write sharper phishing lures and develop malware faster. Plus, a critical flaw in widely deployed load-balancing software is now being actively exploited — if you run it, patch it today.

#60CyberAugust 10, 2026

Developers installing VS Code extensions are unknowingly handing attackers their crypto wallets, API keys, and SSH credentials through a sophisticated malware campaign. Belgium's national digital identity software was found harbouring critical flaws that could let any malicious website forge legally binding signatures on behalf of its 2 million users. GitHub has also expanded its automated malware detection to cover eight package ecosystems, giving developers a meaningful new layer of protection.

#59CyberAugust 9, 2026

Hackers compromised TrueConf servers and swapped out legitimate client installers with backdoor-laced fakes — meaning employees who simply downloaded an "update" handed attackers full system access. Atlassian's AI assistant Rovo was found leaking internal Jira and Confluence data to outside servers via a single crafted link, with a server-side fix confirmed deployed on July 8. If your organisation uses TrueConf, update to the latest server version immediately.

#58CyberAugust 7, 2026

Switzerland's federal IT office confirmed attackers breached its Microsoft SharePoint servers and compromised around 200 government accounts by exploiting vulnerabilities that had already been patched — just not by them yet. Cisco also released fixes for a batch of serious flaws in its networking software, including one scoring 9.8 out of 10. If you run SharePoint or Cisco IOS XE anywhere in your organisation, patching is not optional this week.