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23 July 2026
An updated advisory from federal agencies provides information on the techniques used to hack programmable logic controllers.
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22 July 2026
Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical findings will drop from $20,000-$30,000+ to a fixed $10,000, while its permanent invite-only VIP tier will pay $30,000 or more.
Reports filed before that date, including those already in GitHub's growing triage queue, will retain the previous payout terms.
GitHub said the
22 July 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigger to obtain root access and gain complete control of a target environment.
The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-8933 (CVSS score: 7.8), impacts default installations of Ubuntu Desktop 24.04, 25.10, and 26.04. The disclosure comes as
22 July 2026
Hackers leaked names, email addresses, phone numbers, passwords, and financial information stolen from the two platforms.
The post Suno, Paidwork Data Breaches Affect Tens of Millions of Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension that has over 314 million users, which, if exploited, could facilitate a silent hijack of a user's WhatsApp data.
The shortcoming has been codenamed HermeticReader by Guardio Labs. It's officially tracked as CVE-2026-48294 (CVSS score: 7.4), with the vulnerability
22 July 2026
Acquisition follows January's Chronosphere deal, deepening Palo Alto Networks' push beyond core security into observability.
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22 July 2026
An attacker only needed to convince the targeted user to visit a malicious website to exfiltrate WhatsApp messages and contacts.
The post Flaw in Adobe Extension With 300M Installs Enabled WhatsApp Data Theft appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
Identity confidence changes throughout every interaction and should be reassessed continuously as new risk signals emerge.
The post When Identity Verification Fails: Lessons from a Real-World SIM Swap and Near Account Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
Analysis found 434 exploitable flaws in AI-generated apps, with denial-of-service, authorization and secrets exposure risks among the most common issues.
The post Vibe-Coded Apps Riddled With Exploitable Security Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
The startup will use the fresh investment to accelerate its go-to-market strategy and to expand its platform.
The post StrongestLayer Raises $4.1 Million in Seed Funding Extension appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
A high-severity security flaw impacting open-source developer platform Windmill has come under active exploitation in the wild, per VulnCheck.
The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-29059 (CVSS score: 7.5), a case of unauthenticated path traversal impacting Windmill's "get_log_file" endpoint ("/api/w/{workspace}/jobs_u/get_log_file/{filename}").
"The filename parameter is concatenated into
22 July 2026
Security leaders who build fast, visible paths to AI adoption are becoming the most valued partners in their organizations. AI governance done right gives security teams the visibility they need, employees the tools they want, and CISOs the strategic influence they have earned.
According to McKinsey's State of AI report, 76 percent of employees now use AI in some capacity at work, up from 55
22 July 2026
CVE-2026-50522 is being exploited by threat actors to steal machine keys and retain long-term access.
The post Fourth SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited in Past Month’s Wave of Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
The cycle is over. For years, cybersecurity followed a familiar pattern: defenses improved, attackers adapted, and the back-and-forth continued. Today, AI-equipped attackers are simply outpacing defenses. Most intrusions now bypass endpoint and malware-based detection entirely.
The CrowdStrike Global Threat Report estimates around 79% of attacks are malware-free, as threat actors rely on
22 July 2026
Using AI, the startup provides adaptive prevention through environment mapping, risk analysis, and automated policy enforcement.
The post Endpoint Security Firm Glow Launches With $180M in Funding at $1.2B Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
Many of the vulnerabilities fixed with the July 2026 Critical Patch Update were likely discovered by AI.
The post Oracle Patches Over 1,400 Vulnerabilities With Quarterly Security Updates appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
The Anubis ransomware group claims to have stolen 1 TB of confidential data from the Coca-Cola subsidiary.
The post Ransomware Group Threatening to Leak Data Stolen From Coca-Cola’s Fairlife appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
The admission comes days after Hugging Face disclosed an attack powered by autonomous AI agents.
The post OpenAI Says Its AI Models Broke Loose and Hacked Hugging Face appeared first on SecurityWeek.
22 July 2026
German and US law enforcement have taken down the core infrastructure of Kratos, described by German investigators as one of the world's most widely used criminal phishing kits, and Indonesian authorities arrested the man they say developed and ran it.
In a joint announcement on Monday, the Frankfurt public prosecutor's cybercrime unit (ZIT) and Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)
22 July 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a NuGet typosquat that's unlike the typical information-stealing malware distributed via package registries: usual info-stealers: it's designed to rig live game results on Digitain.
The package, named "Newtonsoftt.Json.Net," masquerades as the Newtonsoft.Json library and is a trojanized fork. Seven versions of the package have been published to the