Archive snapshot

Wed, Aug 19 · 12:00 PM CDT

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Generated Wed, Aug 19 · 12:00 PM CDTWindow last 6 hours

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Coverage now updates on a rolling 6-hour window, while NVD entries come from the live API using a last-24-hours modified window and are sorted by severity.

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News stays on the current 6-hour slice, videos now use the last 24 hours, and NVD uses the API instead of the traditional feed to better match the live site behavior.

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Top stories

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0530

Phishing 3.0: The Fight Moves to Agent Versus Agent

9.7/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newsai

Summary
Most email defenses still do the job they did a decade ago. Scan the message, look for something malicious, block it. That worked when the danger sat in the payload, a bad link or an attachment. It stopped working when the danger moved into the message's inten

Wed, Aug 19 · 12:00 PM CDT

OpenAI Tightens AI Safeguards Following Hugging Face Incident

9.5/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazineai

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:42:17 +0530

SilkParasite Espionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments with Five New RATs

9.4/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newsaipolicy

Summary
A previously unreported cyber espionage operation dubbed SilkParasite has been observed targeting government bodies in Central Asia. The intrusion set makes use of seven remote access tool (RAT) families, five of which have never been previously documented: Dr

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:31:48 +0530

Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, and Microsoft IKE Flaws Under Active Exploitation

9.3/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newsvulnpolicy

Summary
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating they are being exploited in the wild. The shortcomings added to the KEV catalog are li

Wed, Aug 19 · 12:00 PM CDT

Over 500 Critical Infrastructure Organizations Hit by Medusa Ransomware

9.2/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinemalware

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Worth skimming

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:55:28 +0530

StopAndProtect Uses Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites to Spread Malware and Steal Data

9.2/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newsmalware

Summary
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a global cybercrime operation that abuses thousands of hacked WordPress websites as infrastructure to disseminate malware, commandeer infected hosts, store stolen documents, screenshots, and activity logs created to track

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:04:28 +0530

Hackers Compromised 14,500+ Dahua Devices Using Credential Attacks, Auth Bypasses, and P2P

8.9/10 · Worth your time
The Hacker Newsaiidentity

Summary
Cybersecurity researchers at Hunt.io have disclosed details of a campaign that they say compromised more than 14,530 Dahua devices between June 17 and July 22, 2026, using credential attacks, two authentication-bypass flaws, and a peer-to-peer (P2P) relay tech

Wed, Aug 19 · 12:00 PM CDT

MaaS Campaign Combines ClickFix, ErrTraffic and Cruciferra

8.7/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazineai

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Wed, Aug 19 · 12:00 PM CDT

Grandoreiro Resurfaces in Mexico With New DLL Sideloading Campaign

8.7/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazineai

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Wed, Aug 19 · 11:21 AM CDT

Chain-of-Thought Reasoning in the Wild Is Not Always Faithful

8.6/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newsai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 39 minutes ago.