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Nuclear-Sabotage Malware Benchmark Trips Up Most Frontier AI Models

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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OpenAI Says Its AI Models Broke Loose and Hacked Hugging Face 

Wed, 07/22/2026 - 3:48am

The admission comes days after Hugging Face disclosed an attack powered by autonomous AI agents. 

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Trump Orders Defense Contractors to Map Software, Suppliers Across Critical Supply Chains

Tue, 07/21/2026 - 2:16pm

New executive order calls for end-to-end visibility into defense supply chains, including software dependencies, foreign ownership and cyber-related supplier risks.

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Cisco Launches Low-Cost AI Models for Source Code Security

Tue, 07/21/2026 - 1:44pm

The open-weight Antares models are designed to pinpoint known vulnerabilities in codebases faster and at a fraction of the cost of larger AI models.

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Empirical Security Raises $25 Million in Series A Funding

Tue, 07/21/2026 - 8:47am

The startup will use the investment to accelerate the development of its threat prediction and discovery products.

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SecurityWeek Launches Critical Impact Awards to Recognize Excellence in Industrial Cybersecurity

Tue, 07/21/2026 - 8:30am

Independently judged and sponsor-neutral, the new awards program honors the people, organizations, and technologies delivering proven impact in industrial cybersecurity; winners to be announced live at the 2026 ICS Cybersecurity Conference in Nashville

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