News for August 23, 2026

News for August 23, 2026

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 2 hours ago


Europe's Record Heatwave Kills 25,000, Dries Rivers, Shuts Nuclear Plant, Exposes Submerged Warships

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/15/067213/europes-record-heatwave-kills-25000-dries-rivers-shuts-nuclear-plant-exposes-submerged-warships

 

Hacker Leaks 40GB of Alleged UK National Grid Infrastructure Data (Updated)

https://hackread.com/hacker-leaks-uk-national-grid-infrastructure-data/

 

To Spot AI Fakes, Think Like a Digital Forensics Expert

https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/tech-news-briefing/to-spot-ai-fakes-think-like-a-digital-forensics-expert/d025d941-446a-402b-9d10-9131c8d025f4

 

Bitcoin Holder Loses Exchange Funds After Google Account Hack, Post Says

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/356048196361313

 

US Congress FINALLY Showed UFO Evidence Previously Hiden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgZ8FPSEK1g

 

More Than Half Of Gen Z Investors Have Moved Money Into Sports Bets

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/more-half-gen-z-investors-have-moved-money-sports-bets

 

Solana Yield Protocol Paystream Announces Shutdown and Liquidation

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/356011326139058

 

Anthropic Discovers AI Agents Given Conflicting Instructions Soon Tried to Sabotage Each Other

https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/16/0632252/anthropic-discovers-ai-agents-given-conflicting-instructions-soon-tried-to-sabotage-each-other

 

This 10-cent heart drug cuts hospitalizations by 25%

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260814235858.htm

 

Vivaldi x Melodic Techno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SGjF7Oongc

 

Critical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root access — CISA bumps bug to 9.8 severity following active Monero cryptojacking attacks

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/macos-screen-sharing-flaw-exploited-to-root-macs-and-plant-monero-miners

 

Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star

https://www.wired.com/story/black-hole-stars-are-becoming-less-hypothetical/

 

Fauci In Hiding As ABC Censorship Bombshell Explodes

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/fauci-hiding-abc-censorship-bombshell-explodes

 

Bitcoin Misses Capital Rotation as Funds Shift to Stocks, AI, and Commodities

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/356581456391105

 

New Evooo1Bot Linux botnet turns routers into traffic relay nodes

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-evooo1bot-linux-botnet-turns-routers-into-traffic-relay-nodes/

 

Coldcard’s Entropy Bug Exposed a Hidden Weakness in Hardware Wallet Security

https://hackernoon.com/coldcards-entropy-bug-exposed-a-hidden-weakness-in-hardware-wallet-security

 

Ruby 4.0 Marshal.load RCE Gadget Chain Exposes Critical Deserialization Risk

https://gbhackers.com/ruby-4-0-marshal-load-rce-gadget-chain/

 

The 'Totalitarian Capitalism' That Big Tech Is Building

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzaDL59wjMc

 

DefiLlama delayed mobile launch over phishing apps on Apple Store, founder says

https://cointelegraph.com/news/defillama-delayed-app-launch-fake-phishing-apps-apple

 

Galaxy Says Coldcard Attack Is Ongoing, Users Urged to Check Device Settings

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/356362728284753

 

Is the new Water Cyber Shield Act too little, too late, and can a cyber group do it better? The experts weigh in

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/is-the-new-water-cyber-shield-act-too-little-too-late-and-can-a-cyber-group-do-it-better-the-experts-weigh-in

 

Breach at Crypto Wallet Company Called ‘SafePal’ Exposes 39,798 Customers

https://gizmodo.com/breach-at-crypto-wallet-company-called-safepal-exposes-39798-customers-2000799138

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/safepal-data-breach-impacts-39-798-customers-stolen-info-for-sale/

 

Crook hawks millions of records allegedly plundered from corporate Azure tenants

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/17/crook-hawks-millions-of-records-allegedly-plundered-from-corporate-azure-tenants/5288305

 

SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026-58231 Targeted in Exploitation Attempts Days After Patch

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/sap-commerce-cloud-cve-2026-58231.html

 

How to Make Inflation Work for Your Portfolio

https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/take-on-the-week/how-to-make-inflation-work-for-your-portfolio/fd41fe06-4d0b-44e9-9892-daf5729392b4

 

French tax authority admits data heist after crook touts 2M records

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/14/french-tax-authority-admits-data-heist-after-crook-touts-2m-records/5287885

 

Real UFO Sightings 2026: Clearest UFO & UAP Footage Ever Caught on Camera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfi42Ceve4g

 

Harvard leaves bitcoin ETF stake untouched in Q2 after cutting it 43% in the prior quarter

https://www.theblock.co/news/markets/2026-08-15-harvard-leaves-bitcoin-etf-stake-untouched-in-q2-after-cutting-it-43-in-the-prior-quarter-411926

 

Galaxy Research Identifies Distinct Groups Behind COLDCARD Seed Attacks

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/356365185683505

 

After 2 Deaths and Reports of Brain Tumors, How Dangerous Is Gene Therapy, Really?

https://gizmodo.com/after-2-deaths-and-reports-of-brain-tumors-how-dangerous-is-gene-therapy-really-2000798747

 

How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/15/how-to-tell-if-your-ai-platforms-accounts-have-been-hacked/

 

British Medical Journal Retracts Paper Linking COVID Shots To Millions Of Excess Deaths

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/british-medical-journal-retracts-paper-linking-covid-shots-millions-excess-deaths

 

Russian law enforcement docs: Binance provided Russia with transaction records and passport copies of IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/binance-gave-moscow-client-details-used-charge-russian-over-ukraine-donations-2026-08-17/

 

People Are Stealing From Walmart - Even High Income Earners Aren't Happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHqMgwBcsyk

 

Attackers Probe Critical GeoServer SQL Injection Vulnerability

https://hackread.com/attackers-geoserver-sql-injection-vulnerability/

 

McDonald’s Employee Data Appears in Leak, Seller Claims 1.7M Records Stolen

https://securityaffairs.com/197322/cyber-crime/mcdonalds-employee-data-appears-in-leak-seller-claims-1-7m-records-stolen.html

 

Misconfigured Microsoft Power Pages Likely Exposed 27 Million Records to ExfilSquad

https://gbhackers.com/misconfigured-microsoft-power-pages/

 

Irregular Details How a Naming Error Let AI Models Attack a Real Company

https://www.securityweek.com/irregular-details-how-a-naming-error-let-ai-models-attack-a-real-company/

 

The internet is becoming more stressful and unlikeable — with AI slop and data leaks to blame

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/the-internet-is-becoming-more-stressful-and-unlikeable-with-ai-slop-and-data-leaks-to-blame

 

How MCP Servers Can Expose Enterprise Secrets

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/how-mcp-servers-can-expose-enterprise.html

 

How this crypto wallet exposed nearly 14,000 customers to a data breach

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/crypto-wallet-exposed-nearly-14-120000499.html

 

Strategy sells $334 million in MSTR shares, makes no bitcoin purchases or sales as USD reserve hits $4.8 billion

https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-08-17-michael-saylor-strategy-btc-411942

 

It’s Official: No Man Can Outrun Our Robot Overlords

https://gizmodo.com/its-official-no-man-can-outrun-our-robot-overlords-2000799565

 

Why Facebook’s war on ad blockers could help scammers

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/08/why-facebooks-war-on-ad-blockers-could-help-scammers

 

Harmony plans rollback, wiping 109,000 transactions after ONE exploit

https://cointelegraph.com/news/harmony-plans-rollback-transactions-one-exploit

 

Why the $292 Million KelpDAO Bridge Hack Did Not Affect Bitcoin’s Network

https://hackread.com/292m-kelpdao-bridge-hack-no-affect-bitcoins-network/

 

LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack – Technology, Banking and Healthcare the Most Affected

https://securityaffairs.com/197377/hacking/litellm-supply-chain-attack-technology-banking-and-healthcare-the-most-affected.html

 

Rand Paul Goes To Fort Knox To Verify That US Gold Stockpile Still Exists

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/rand-paul-goes-fort-knox-verify-us-gold-stockpile-still-exists

 

Weekly Recap: VMware Exploits, Windows 0-Day, MCP Attacks, Browser Hijacks and More

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/weekly-recap-vmware-exploits-windows-0.html

 

China Just Built What America Said Was Impossible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FbooOsxX80

 

Printr to Shut Down Operations by August 31, 2026

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/356746205313522

 

CISA: Windows Task Host flaw now exploited by ransomware gangs

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-windows-task-host-flaw-now-exploited-by-ransomware-gangs/

 

China Aims to Spoil the AI Party

https://dailyreckoning.com/china-aims-to-spoil-the-ai-party/

 

‘It’s Absolutely Terrifying’: AI Is Reportedly Slopping Up the Bills in Congress

https://gizmodo.com/its-absolutely-terrifying-ai-is-reportedly-slopping-up-the-bills-in-congress-2000799734

 

David Garrett - Velvet Sigh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcntUezFVhw

 

Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260815065007.htm

 

Apple Pays Sentry Founder $150,000 for Private Cloud Compute Vulnerability

https://hackread.com/apple-sentry-founder-private-cloud-compute-vulnerability/

 

Pokémon Center data breach exposes customer info, cancels some orders

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pokemon-center-data-breach-exposes-customer-info-cancels-some-orders/

 

Kraken brings US stock trading to European Economic Area customers

https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-08-18-kraken-us-stock-trading-europe-economic-area-412027

 

TWINLOOT Abuses SharePoint and Teams to Steal Credentials and Move Across Networks

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/twinloot-abuses-sharepoint-and-teams-to.html

 

New Mirai-Based Evooo1Bot Botnet Targets Linux Devices

https://securityaffairs.com/197434/malware/new-mirai-based-evooo1bot-botnet-targets-linux-devices.html

 

Unemployment, Bankruptcies, Interest Rates: Fear Grips France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K05M5qPfYE

 

BTMob Uses Custom Phishing Apps to Turn Android Users Into Remote-Controlled Fraud Victims

https://gbhackers.com/btmob-uses-custom-phishing-apps/

 

Why The REAL AI Crash Starts This Year...

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2026-08-17/why-real-ai-crash-starts-year

 

AI-Driven Vulnerability Surge Breaks the Traditional Patching Model

https://www.securityweek.com/ai-driven-vulnerability-surge-breaks-the-traditional-patching-model/

 

Cursor Launches 'Origin' Code Hosting Platform As GitHub Alternative

https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/08/18/2211249/cursor-launches-origin-code-hosting-platform-as-github-alternative

 

Heights Finance data breach: What customers need to know

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/data-breaches/2026/08/heights-finance-data-breach-what-customers-need-to-know

 

TikTok Explores Direct-Message Money Transfers

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/357112077217905

 

Millions of stolen records allegedly dumped online by mystery "Hatman" hacker — McDonalds, Vodafone and more see Microsoft Azure records stolen

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/millions-of-stolen-records-allegedly-dumped-online-by-mystery-hatman-hacker-mcdonalds-vodafone-and-more-see-microsoft-azure-records-stolen

 

Walmart store workers have a new responsibility: correcting AI errors

https://www.aol.com/articles/walmart-store-workers-responsibility-correcting-102101000.html

 

AI "Mind Viruses" Can Spread Between Agents Through Persistent Prompt Files

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/ai-mind-viruses-can-spread-between.html

 

Server Mistake Exposes StopAndProtect’s Hacked WordPress Network

https://hackread.com/server-exposes-stopandprotect-hacked-wordpress-network/

 

659 Stripe Merchant API Keys Leaked Online, Exposing 688,000 Customer Records

https://gbhackers.com/659-stripe-merchant-api-keys/

 

I Read All 402 Pages of the SEC's Reg Crypto Assets Rule.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAE-UNU5uRc

 

Google buys crashed airline Spirit’s data at auction, because AI

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/18/google-buys-crashed-airline-spirits-data-at-auction-because-ai/5288962

 

WSJ Catches Up, Discovers AI's Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities Are $3 Trillion And Growing $1.2 Trillion Per Quarter

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/wsj-catches-discovers-ais-balance-sheet-liabilities-are-3-trillion-and-growing-12-trillion

 

FalconX Cuts 10% of Staff as It Prepares for Crypto Downturn

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/357134913864209

 

Physicists Entangle Quantum Memories Across a Record-Breaking 420 Kilometers

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/0133228/physicists-entangle-quantum-memories-across-a-record-breaking-420-kilometers

 

AI server boom funds $314 universal cash payout in Taiwan

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/taiwan-to-pay-every-resident-314-from-its-ai-boom-windfall

 

New TWINLOOT Malware Steals Windows Passwords Via Fake Lock Screen

https://hackread.com/twinloot-malware-steals-windows-passwords-lock-screen/

 

Reality Check: Secret Soviet UFOs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-vjO5Xn56s

 

Experts say so-called 'Proactive SIM' cards can hijack smartphones, IoT devices and even EV chargers

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/the-attacks-we-found-only-scratch-the-surface-of-what-is-possible-experts-say-so-called-proactive-sim-cards-can-hijack-smartphones-iot-devices-and-even-ev-chargers

 

CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 500 critical infrastructure orgs

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-medusa-ransomware-hit-over-500-critical-infrastructure-orgs/

 

Balonx PhaaS Steals Bank OTPs in Real Time While AI Calls and Android RAT Target Victims

https://gbhackers.com/balonx-phaas-steals-bank-otps/

 

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

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/stopandprotect-uses-nearly-2000-hacked.html

 

Vivaldi, Mozart & Beethoven: Una Experiencia Techno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECe8-H4mOko

 

Your polite reply to that text is worth $2 on the dark web

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel/2026/08/your-polite-reply-to-that-text-is-worth-2-on-the-dark-web

 

Whistleblower Arturo Bejar Leads Testimony In Landmark Trial Against Meta

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/2329222/whistleblower-arturo-bejar-leads-testimony-in-landmark-trial-against-meta

 

ToxicPanda 2.0 Steals PINs From 140+ Banking and Cryptocurrency Apps Using Invisible Overlays

https://gbhackers.com/toxicpanda-2-0-steals-pins/

 

MAYAChain halts network after estimated $1.7M exploit

https://cointelegraph.com/news/maya-protocol-1-7m-exploit-network-halt

 

Suckers Bet, Winners Invest

https://dailyreckoning.com/suckers-bet-winners-invest/

 

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

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/hackers-compromised-14500-dahua-devices.html

 

China-Linked Hacker Shows AI Capabilities in APAC Attack

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/china-linked-hacker-ai-capabilities-apac-attack

 

Bluesky reveals recent outage was caused by major DDoS attack

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/bluesky-reveals-recent-outage-was-caused-by-major-ddos-attack

 

30-Year Bond Yields Are Surging... Here’s What It Means

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ91Eq7mCQI

 

U.S. Agencies Warn of Hackers Targeting Siemens Devices Used in Critical Infrastructure

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/357439322070306

 

New CRLF Desync Attack Lets Hackers Steal HTTPOnly Cookies and Hijack Accounts

https://gbhackers.com/new-crlf-desync-attack/

 

New Manic Android malware can exfiltrate data through nearby devices

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-manic-android-malware-can-exfiltrate-data-through-nearby-devices/

 

CISA: Medusa Ransomware Hit Over 500 Critical Infrastructure Orgs

https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/19/1729241/cisa-medusa-ransomware-hit-over-500-critical-infrastructure-orgs

 

AI agent suggested installing a malware package. Engineer almost took its advice

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/20/ai-agent-suggested-installing-a-malware-package-engineer-almost-took-its-advice/5289849

 

Sakura Internet hack exposes data of up to 1.36 million accounts

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sakura-internet-hack-exposes-data-of-up-to-136-million-accounts/

 

Twitch wants your content for Amazon AI training. Here’s how to opt out

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026/08/twitch-wants-your-content-for-amazon-ai-training-heres-how-to-opt-out

 

Inside Operation CameraSwarm: How One Actor Took Over 14,000 Dahua Cameras

https://securityaffairs.com/197527/iot/inside-operation-cameraswarm-how-one-actor-took-over-14000-dahua-cameras.html

 

The Specter Of 'Economic Death' Looms Over All Of Us In Late-Stage Surveillance Capitalism

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/specter-economic-death-looms-over-all-us-late-stage-surveillance-capitalism

 

MacSync Stealer Uses 30+ Rotating Domains to Steal macOS Credentials and Exfiltrate Data

https://gbhackers.com/macsync-stealer-uses-30-rotating-domains/

 

Astronomers Claim To Have Seen Alien Spacecraft On the Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUril5ij5g

 

AI agents could make today's billion-dollar crypto hacks look like 'pennies,' industry leaders warn

https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-08-19-ai-agents-todays-billion-dollar-crypto-hacks-look-like-pennies-industry-leaders-412278

 

Zombie Card Attack Can Revive Expired Visa Cards for Contactless Payments

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/zombie-card-attack-can-revive-expired.html

 

Threat Actor Hacks 14,000 IP Cameras in Ukraine and Russia

https://www.securityweek.com/threat-actor-hacks-14000-ip-cameras-in-ukraine-and-russia/

 

Gold Smells a Rat

https://dailyreckoning.com/gold-smells-a-rat/

 

Cybersecurity firm unveils crypto phishing campaign targeting 885,000 phone numbers

https://cointelegraph.com/news/cybersecurity-unveils-crypto-phishing-885000-phone-numbers

 

He hacked Epstein emails, and then went into hiding after what he saw!

https://archive.is/jkceh

 

Healthtech firm CareCloud reveals March 2026 data breach impacted 3.7 million patients

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/healthtech-firm-carecloud-reveals-march-2026-data-breach-impacted-3-7-million-patients

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/08/medical-records-ssns-and-bank-details-exposed-in-carecloud-data-breach

 

Microsoft sounds alarm as perfect-10 Entra ID flaw comes under attack

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/21/microsoft-sounds-alarm-as-perfect-10-entra-id-flaw-comes-under-attack/5290925

 

Fake AML Sites Trick Crypto Users Into Approving Malicious Transactions

https://hackread.com/fake-aml-sites-crypto-approving-malicious-transactions/

 

UAT-10147 Compromises Web Servers to Deploy BadIIS for SEO Fraud and Data Theft

https://gbhackers.com/uat-10147-compromises-web-servers/

 

Nobody Expected This to Show Up ONLINE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO09Gr7vhE0

 

SickKids data breach exposes employee and job applicant info

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sickkids-data-breach-exposes-employee-and-job-applicant-info/

 

Hundreds of Fake VPNs Are Flooding the Chrome Web Store

https://lifehacker.com/tech/hundreds-of-fake-vpns-are-flooding-the-chrome-web-store

 

Admin Keys, Phishing, and DNS: The New Front Line of Crypto Security

https://hackernoon.com/admin-keys-phishing-and-dns-the-new-front-line-of-crypto-security

 

NASA's ground control software has a worrying security flaw which could let hackers contact spacecraft

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/nasas-ground-control-software-has-a-worrying-security-flaw-which-could-let-hackers-contact-spacecraft

 

Hackers abuse FTP server banners to deliver new Windows malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-ftp-server-banners-to-deliver-new-windows-malware/

 

US Bank Investigates Alleged Data Breach After LockBit Ransomware Extortion Claim

https://gbhackers.com/us-bank-investigates-alleged-data-breach/

 

Rust Supply Chain Attack Linked to North Korean Hackers

https://www.securityweek.com/rust-supply-chain-attack-linked-to-north-korean-hackers/

 

Massive supply-chain attack sees terabytes of data belonging to some of the world’s biggest and most sensitive organizations leaked online

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/massive-supply-chain-attack-sees-terabytes-of-data-belonging-to-some-of-the-worlds-biggest-and-most-sensitive-organizations-leaked-online

 

Calling on Cyber Pros to Help Defend City Hall

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/calling-on-cyber-pros-to-help-city-hall

 

AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical Infrastructure

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/ai-generated-exploit-scripts-target.html

 

Coldcard strengthens seed generation with firmware update

https://cointelegraph.com/news/coldcard-upgrade-strengthen-seed-phrase-generation

 

BREAKING NEWS: They Just Admitted The Conspiracy Theories Are True

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enxD5EPAFCE

 

Security experts targeted by fake crypto conference in scam to hand over details

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/security-experts-targeted-by-fake-crypto-conference-in-scam-to-hand-over-details

 

TikTok will pay $400 million to settle Justice Department lawsuit over child privacy

https://www.engadget.com/2241964/tiktok-will-pay-400-million-to-settle-justice-department-lawsuit-over-child-privacy/

 

U.S. Government Lab Reportedly Probing Chinese Lidar Security Risks on Behalf of Private Industry

https://gizmodo.com/u-s-government-lab-reportedly-probing-chinese-lidar-security-risks-on-behalf-of-private-industry-2000801788

 

MANTRA freezes all transactions and network following incident

https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-08-21-mantra-freezes-network-412416

 

Apollo Global Management Data Breach Exposes Social Security Numbers and Personal Data

https://gbhackers.com/apollo-global-management-data-breach/

 

The Sandbox's SAND Token on Base Network Faces Suspected Infinite Mint Vulnerability

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/358291776209887

 

Even dead websites aren't safe — experts warn hackers are spending millions on expired domains to enable malware scams

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/even-dead-websites-arent-safe-experts-warn-hackers-are-spending-millions-on-expired-domains-to-enable-malware-scams

 

$10K phishing kit claims it can plant rogue passkeys for persistent access to pwned accounts

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/21/10k-phishing-kit-claims-it-can-plant-rogue-passkeys-for-persistent-access-to-pwned-accounts/5291006

 

American Who Wiped His Phone With 'Duress' Password During Border Search Gets Felony Charges

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/202201/american-who-wiped-his-phone-with-duress-password-during-border-search-gets-felony-charges

 

AI adoption in crypto crime rose 40% over the past year, TRM Labs says

https://www.theblock.co/news/web3/2026-08-21-ai-adoption-in-crypto-crime-trm-412297

 

14 Trojanized npm Packages Drop RedC2 4.0 Linux Backdoor With AI-Assisted C2

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/14-trojanized-npm-packages-drop-redc2.html

 

New SynkLoader malware pushed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaign

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-synkloader-malware-pushed-in-microsoft-teams-phishing-campaign/

 

Chinese Hacker Uses DeepSeek and Hermes Agent to Launch Autonomous Cyberattacks

https://gbhackers.com/chinese-hacker-uses-deepseek-hermes-agent/

 

Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight

https://www.securityweek.com/banking-trojans-manic-grandoreiro-toxicpanda-2-0-in-the-spotlight/

 

7 Websites that Pay Writers about $2-$200 Per Article

https://www.freedomwithwriting.com/freedom/uncategorized/7-websites-that-pay-writers-200-per-article-2/

https://submit.freedomwithwriting.com/journals/fww/submit

 

Microsoft will pay up to $279K for a lawyer who can build AI

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-hiring-legal-engineer-ai-lawyers-2026-8

 

Gooseworks Is Hiring a Founding Builder / Engineer

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gooseworks/jobs/UJ4vH2F-founding-engineer-builder

 

Proof of Human Is Hiring a Member of Technical Staff

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proof-of-human/jobs/ZTZHEbb-member-of-technical-staff

 

When the Violin Says What You Couldn’t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PKwXZgeidI

 

 

 

P.S. For those who want to have a list of annotations, here is the link to the article on how to do it with ChatGPT and Zapier https://zapier.com/blog/how-to-use-chatgpt-to-summarize-an-article/

 

 

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