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In August 2026, the Alcon eye care company was named in a ShinyHunters “pay or leak” extortion campaign . The group subsequently published data allegedly… Read more → The post Alcon – 218,395 breached accounts appeared first on IT Security News.

Gen Xers who feel triggered by this should remember to unplug the network cable and call the cops Read more → The post Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager appeared first on IT Security News.

CSS attacks on major webmail services can steal credentials, hijack sessions and manipulate AI tools connected to users’ inboxes. PortSwigger researcher… Read more → The post Webmail CSS Attacks Expose a New Risk for AI-Powered Email Tools appeared first on IT Security News.

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Mapping the malware blast radius a single alert won’t… Read more → The post Week in review: Cisco fixes IMC bug, Patch Tuesday forecast, Black Hat USA 2026 appeared first on IT Security News.

There is a moment every CISO is having right now, often without warning. A developer shows a working internal demo of an AI assistant trained on the… Read more → The post Why Generative AI Needs a New Kind of Security appeared first on IT Security News.

AI agents are rapidly becoming part of everyday development. They operate inside terminals, IDEs, and internal workflows, helping users write code,… Read more → The post ShadowAI-Watch: Bringing AI Agent Activity Out of the Shadows appeared first on IT Security News.

This post has no text preview — click the link below to read the original article. This article has been indexed from Malware-Traffic-Analysis.net – Blog Entries Read the original article: 2026-08-09: Traffic Analysis Exercise – First to Last Read more → The post 2026-08-09: Traffic Analysis Exercise – First to Last appeared first on IT Security News.

Somalia has raised concerns over WhatsApp’s upcoming username-based messaging feature, warning that allowing users to communicate without revealing their… Read more → The post Somalia Raises Security Concerns Over WhatsApp’s Upcoming Username Feature appeared first on IT Security News.

MIT CSAIL researchers have uncovered a new speculative-execution technique that can potentially undermine Linux protections designed to defend against… Read more → The post Linux Spectre Defenses Can Be Bypassed by Precisely Timed Interrupts, Researchers Find appeared first on IT Security News.

Artificial intelligence labs have long relied on isolated computing environments, commonly known as sandboxes, to test how far advanced models can go… Read more → The post AI Models Break Out of Sandbox During Security Test, Breach Hugging Face Infrastructure appeared first on IT Security News.

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team was notified on August 7th, 2026 of a supply chain compromise affecting BdThemes, a WordPress plugin vendor whose… Read more → The post PSA: Supply Chain Compromise in BdThemes Ecosystem via Poisoned API Response appeared first on IT Security News.

1 posts were published in the last hour 19:1 : Levi Strauss Data Breach – Hackers Gained Access to the Company’s Systems Read more → The post IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-08-08 21h : 1 posts appeared first on IT Security News.

Levi Strauss & Co., the denim giant, reported a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized third party accessed the company’s internal systems via a… Read more → The post Levi Strauss Data Breach – Hackers Gained Access to the Company’s Systems appeared first on IT Security News.

Atlassian’s Rovo AI assistant has been exposed to two independent attack techniques that could cause it to retrieve Jira and Confluence data accessible to… Read more → The post Atlassian Rovo AI Can Be Abused to Exfiltrate Jira, Confluence Data appeared first on IT Security News.

A major malvertising campaign targets crypto investors and traders with fake Solana, Luno and TradingView sites offering to install malicious JavaScript… Read more → The post Malvertising Campaign Uses Fake Crypto Websites to Build Malware Directly in Browser Memory appeared first on IT Security News.

Following impressive quarterly results, Cloudflare increased its full-year revenue projection above Wall Street expectations, wagering that the quick… Read more → The post Cloudflare Increases Annual Revenue Projection After AI Driven Traffic appeared first on IT Security News.

Travel “privacy hacks” encouraging travelers to secure their passports in aluminum foil are bringing renewed attention as concerns grow over electronic… Read more → The post U.S. Travelers Warned Against Wrapping Passports in Aluminum Foil Over Data Theft Fears appeared first on IT Security News.

South Korea’s military has reported unauthorized access to a medical imaging system containing sensitive records linked to approximately 1.15 million… Read more → The post South Korean Military Medical System Breached, 1.15 Million Records at Risk appeared first on IT Security News.

Google recently changed how it refers and assigns names to hacking groups. TechCrunch spoke with one of the world’s foremost experts on tracking hackers… Read more → The post Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames appeared first on IT Security News.

China opened a cybersecurity review of Palo Alto Networks, citing national security concerns but giving no details about the reasons behind the probe.… Read more → The post Palo Alto Networks Faces China Cybersecurity Review Amid Rising Tech Tensions appeared first on IT Security News.