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150,000 Impacted by Madera Community Hospital Data Breach
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
The N‑central vulnerability CVE-2026-18577 has been exploited in the wild after threat actors found a patch bypass.
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Brinks Home Discloses Data Breach as Hackers Leak Files
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A security company’s systems were hacked after it installed a malicious Python package deployed by Claude.
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