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Thursday, August 20, 2026

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CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

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CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.

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CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-64849 MLflow Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors…

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Defending Against an Active Threat to Siemens S7 Series PLCs

Executive summary Note: This advisory relates to an active threat to Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs). However, ongoing PLC targeting activity is broader than Siemens PLCs. All PLC owners and operators should apply relevant mitigations to reduce the risk…

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Cybersecurity News

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Microsoft says August Windows updates may cause gaming issues

Microsoft is investigating a potential issue with the August 2026 updates that may prevent some games from launching or cause them to crash on affected Windows 11 systems. [...]

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OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down as logins and signups fail

ChatGPT is experiencing a major outage, and users are unable to sign in, create accounts, or load chats, including previous conversations. [...]

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Rogue ransomware affiliate poses as recovery firm to steal payments

A suspected ransomware affiliate is posing as a ransomware recovery service called "Ransom Busters," contacting the victims before the attacks become public and claiming to be able to provide decryption keys and delete stolen data for a fee. [...]

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Sakura Internet hack exposes data of up to 1.36 million accounts

Japanese cloud and data center service provider Sakura Internet disclosed that hackers accessed its sales management system, where customer contract and membership information is stored. [...]

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Healthtech firm CareCloud data breach impacts 3.7 million patients

U.S. healthcare IT company CareCloud disclosed that the data breach incident it suffered earlier this year has impacted more than 3.7 million individuals. [...]

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Hackers compromise 14,500 Dahua web cameras in 35-day campaign

In a large-scale campaign that researchers dubbed CameraSwarm, hackers compromised more than 14,500 Dahua IP cameras mostly in Ukraine and Russia. [...]

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US warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructure

U.S. cybersecurity agencies warn that threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in U.S. critical infrastructure. [...]

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US charges Iranian hackers over $3.4 billion intellectual property theft

The U.S. has charged 17 Iranians, alleged members of a hacking-for-hire company called Mabna Institute, involved in years-long operations that stole data from American organizations. [...]

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Password spraying attacks surge 155x as hackers exploit MFA gaps

Huntress observed a 155x increase in password spraying attacks in H1 2026, including a campaign that generated more than 81 million login attempts in two weeks. The attacks exploited legacy authentication and gaps in MFA policies that left some login flows unprotected. [...]

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Microsoft fixes known issue causing Windows Defender crashes

Microsoft has resolved a bug that caused Windows Defender to crash after a recent security update, resulting in 0xc0000005 access violation errors on some affected systems. [...]

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Critical RCE flaw in Windows IKE Extension now actively exploited

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are exploiting a critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions component. [...]

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Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro reach end of support in 2 months

Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 24H2 will stop receiving updates in two months. [...]

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CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 500 critical infrastructure orgs

The FBI said Tuesday that the Medusa ransomware gang has breached more than 500 critical infrastructure organizations in the United States since June 2021. [...]

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