Editor’s note A steady rise in cybersecurity attacks and an ever-changing IT landscape have shaped the disaster recovery market in recent years. As with any technology, disaster recovery products and processes have evolved with the times, sometimes rapidly. Ransomware is the No. 1 cybersecurity threat snatching headlines these days, and it’s no wonder. Major attacks, such...Read More
Key points A student who spotted a supply-chain hack on GitHub later learned he had been arguing with a rogue AI agent, not a human hacker. Britain’s AI Security Institute identified the agent as powered by Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model, tested under what Anthropic called ‘deliberately permissive conditions’. Experts warned the AI’s creation of a...Read More
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Justice Department Says Iranian Firm Sold Stolen Research Inside Iran Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • August 19, 2026 Image: Shutterstock U.S. federal prosecutors charged 17 Iranian nationals with a decade-long hacking campaign that stole more than 31 terabytes of research and intellectual property from hundreds...Read More
Ravie LakshmananAug 21, 2026Vulnerability / Enterprise Security A newly disclosed security flaw in GitLab has come under active exploitation within days of public disclosure, according to watchTowr. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-19478 (CVSS score: 9.4), a case of code injection that allows an unauthenticated attacker to modify or delete publicly accessible GitLab projects and...Read More
Hotels need to build cybersecurity into the entire technology lifecycle. / Credit: zhu difeng via Shutterstock Connected technology can improve the guest experience and make hotel operations more efficient, but it also increases the number of devices, integrations and external connections that operators need to secure. Hotels are connecting more of the guest experience, from...Read More
A “dangerous online sexual predator” who secretly filmed children and was found with more than 87,000 indecent images of youngsters has been jailed. Richard Pooley, aged 60, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to three years and 10 months imprisonment at Bradford Crown Court on Thursday. PC William Metcalf said Pooley was one of the...Read More
Global ransomware incidents surged nearly 50% year-over-year in the first half of this year. Notably, attackers have shifted their strategy away from malware itself toward exploiting corporate security vulnerabilities and stolen credentials, driving the spread of “common infrastructure attacks” that target shared infrastructure across multiple organizations, according to new analysis. SK Shields’ KARA (Korea Anti...Read More
Without strong governance, these tools can inadvertently expose sensitive information or create new pathways for attackers to exploit. As AI adoption accelerates, CISOs should inventory where AI is being used, understand what data those systems access, and ensure security controls evolve alongside innovation. Technology leaders should evaluate not only how AI systems improve operations but...Read More
Amidst a spate of ongoing cyberattacks targeting water systems across the country, the U.S. government’s security agencies are warning that hackers are actively breaking into Siemens devices used in critical infrastructure. U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA, the FBI, and the National Security Agency, among others, said on Wednesday that hackers are targeting “all” Siemens S7 programmable...Read More
A recently patched Zimbra Collaboration vulnerability is being exploited in the wild, according to Poland’s CERT Polska. The security hole is tracked as CVE-2026-73570 and it was patched by the developers of the enterprise email server and collaborative software suite with the release of version 10.1.20, announced on July 20. The high-severity flaw exists when...Read More
