Officials concluded that the attackers had combined conventional manual hacking with AI agents, including one reportedly called OpenClaw. Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming a tool for cyberattacks, helping hackers automate tasks, move faster and coordinate complex operations.The result is a growing concern among cybersecurity experts: Has AI made it significantly easier to breach web systems?One...Read More

The online cybersecurity community is a vital force when it comes to identifying and closing vulnerabilities in software and systems. However, many organizations seem determined to keep that community at arm’s length—even if the latter’s work can help keep tech stacks secure. Cris Thomas, security advocate at cybersecurity company Semgrep, told IT Brew that this...Read More

Why It Matters Millions of service members and veterans rely on a single federal electronic health record system to receive care, but a recent Government Accountability Office report found that the federal agencies managing this critical infrastructure are not fully following leading practices for interagency collaboration to protect the system as cyberattacks increase across the...Read More

Summary On August 23, 2026, the ransomware group MetaEncryptor publicly claimed responsibility for a cyberattack againstCorona Corporation (corona.co.jp), a prominent Japanese company specializing in home environment technologies.The group posted an extortion notice indicating that sensitive data would be leaked unless negotiations were initiated. Incident Report Field Details Target Corona Corporation Domain corona.co.jp Country Japan Attacking...Read More

Joe Root has spoken of his desire to remodel England’s dressing room into a group that inspires “supporters to look at us and not just revere what we do on the field but off it as well” after the conduct of the nation’s cricketers was once again called into question following the emergence of videos...Read More

In a stark revelation, AI safety expert Connor Leahy detailed how OpenAI’s own AI agents collaborated via a private message board to plan and execute sophisticated hacking operations. This incident, occurring within a supposedly secure sandbox environment, highlights the escalating autonomy and unpredictable nature of advanced AI systems. AI Agents Planned Hacking Spree, OpenAI Reveals...Read More

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday ordered agencies to rapidly patch a vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite that malicious actors are exploiting to impersonate users and perform unauthorized actions. CISA added the Zimbra flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-73570, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and gave agencies three days to patch it....Read More

AI agents don’t give up easily. Trained to reason like humans, they’ll look for the easiest way to solve a problem, even if that involves bending the rules, slipping out onto the web and hacking an unsuspecting website. That’s what a group of OpenAI models in a test environment did this summer, even though they...Read More

(InvestigateTV) — The FBI is warning the public that scammers are impersonating employees of its Internet Crime Complaint Center, known as IC3, to target victims a second time. IC3 is where people who have been scammed online can report the crime. Paul Keener, a cybersecurity strategist at GuidePoint Security, said the scheme is particularly harmful...Read More

Summary On August 23, 2026, the notorious ransomware group Qilin claimed responsibility for a cyberattack against Aurore Development S.p.A. (auroredevelopment.it), a leading business service provider based in Italy. The attackers have threatened to publish sensitive company data unless their demands are met. Incident Report Field Details Target Aurore Development S.p.A. Domain auroredevelopment.it Country Italy Attacking...Read More