Posts of last few hours

The Patch Apocalypse is continuing unabated. We are seeing record numbers of patches being released and reported CVEs continue to grow as well. August 2026 Patch Tuesday was the second biggest in history with 398 resolved CVEs: 42 rated Critical, 355 rated Important, and 1 rated Moderate. But despite the high number, again only one vulnerability was confirmed actively exploited in the wild, and two more were publicly disclosed ahead of the released patches. AI … More →

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In this Help Net Security video, Roy Katmor, co-founder and CEO of Orchid, explains why AI agents hold credentials that nobody reviews. Organizations build agents in AI studios, connect them to enterprise tools, and give them accounts to do useful work. The agent is approved, the studio is approved, but the identities behind them sit outside the usual review process. Katmor walks through an onboarding agent that touches HR, an identity provider, ticketing, payroll, and … More →

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The suspicious calls, texts, and DMs you got recently aren’t a coincidence, according to Malwarebytes. Scammers have worked out which platform gets them the best results for each type of con, and they stick to that formula. (Source: Malwarebytes) The company looked at its own threat data collected between April 15 and July 14, 2026, and tracked more than 20 scam categories, from tech support cons to sextortion. “Intuitively, the platforms favored often match the … More →

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