Black Hat 2026: Fighting an Adversarial Tsunami
Microsoft’s David Weston says AI is breaking the scarcity assumptions behind patch-and-detect security. His answer: Stop fighting bugs one at a time and start eliminating entire classes of failure.
Black Hat 2026: FBI Says Operation Riptide Netted More Than 200 Cybercrime Arrests
The 60-day campaign targets not only suspected hackers, but also the hosting providers, anonymization services and financial infrastructure that keep cybercrime operations running.
SonicWall VPN Flaw Chain Gives INC Ransomware Root Access
INC Ransomware threat actors exploited a critical pre-auth bypass flaw and pairing it with a privilege-escalation bug to gain root on SonicWall SMA 1000 appliances.
Anthropic’s Claude Breach: Containment Failure or PR Play?
Opus 4.7, Mythos 5 and an unreleased research model reached the open internet during capture-the-flag drills and compromised real company systems, Anthropic says.
Cyberattack Hits 30+ Minnesota Water Systems
Attackers disrupted automated controls at utilities across the state. Investigators have not named the culprit as recent federal warnings focus on internet-exposed industrial equipment.
LogoKit Builds Phishing Pages Around Each Victim
Barracuda says the phishing kit pulls company logos and website imagery into fake login pages, then sends stolen credentials through Telegram.
OpenAI’s Rogue Test Agent Hacked a Second Company, Modal Labs Confirms
Modal says the same runaway agent that breached Hugging Face reached one of its customers too, and OpenAI still won't name the other services it touched.
Facebook Rolls Out Real-Person Verification Badge
As generative AI makes fake profiles easier to produce, Meta is asking users to record a video selfie in exchange for a badge signaling they're a real person.
Google’s Fix for Account Recovery Will Cost You Your Face
Google introduces a selfie video feature for account recovery, allowing users to create a biometric reference for secure access. This method complements existing sign-in options, addressing recovery challenges.
OpenAI’s Models Didn’t Go Rogue: They Just Found Every Unlocked Door
OpenAI's models exploited vulnerabilities, breaching Hugging Face's systems, highlighting flaws in AI safety protocols and response systems.