News for August 9, 2026

News for August 9, 2026

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 5 hours ago


Coldcard Exploit Reaches $100+ Million Across Three Waves — Small BTC Transfers Surge to FTX-Era Highs as Self-Custody Debate Reignites

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/351904697109953

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/351343720271153

https://cointelegraph.com/news/coldcard-bitcoin-theft-100-million-three-waves

 

The Credential Problem Behind Agentic AI

https://hackernoon.com/the-credential-problem-behind-agentic-ai

 

I Looked at the New Cold Fusion Breakthroughs. It's Complicated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vifpBK5WI4E

 

Over 60 Crypto Firms and Projects Fold in 2026 as Bankruptcies, Bear Market and Hacks Rip Industry Apart

https://news.bitcoin.com/featured/over-60-crypto-firms-and-projects-fold-in-2026-as-bankruptcies-bear-market-and-hacks-rip-industry-apart/

 

Bank of Korea Plans First Domestic Gold Purchases in 13 Years

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/351669603578449

 

70+ Web Hosting Statistics for 2026: Market Size, Share & Trends

https://diviflash.com/web-hosting-statistics/

 

Hedge fund liquidations jumped from historically low levels in 2025 to a total of 129 liquidations in 1Q26

https://www.hfr.com/media/market-commentary/hedge-fund-launches-liquidations-rise-to-begin-volatile-2026/

 

The "Alien" Situation Could NOT Get Any Crazier, But It Just Did

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

 

Rogue Police Officers Have Turned Flock's Nationwide Camera Network Into a Stalking Tool

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/03/023205/rogue-police-officers-have-turned-flocks-nationwide-camera-network-into-a-stalking-tool

 

Water-System Hacks Hit 7 States This Week, FBI Warns, As Trump Shoots Down Iran Theory

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/water-system-hacks-hit-7-states-week-fbi-warns-trump-shoots-down-iran-theory

 

Dark matter’s secret force does the opposite of what scientists expected

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801042822.htm

 

Hackers Exploit N-able N-central Flaw After Initial Fix Falls Short

https://hackread.com/hackers-exploit-n-able-n-central-flaw-initial-fix/

 

Easiest Way to Deploy Open-Source Models to Production in 2026

https://hackernoon.com/easiest-way-to-deploy-open-source-models-to-production-in-2026

 

The Global Monetary Reset Has Begun (Hint: Korea, Japan are Just the Start)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4--LVmygjY

 

North Korea Rebuilt Its Antivirus Using ClamAV and Gave It Four Different Names

https://gbhackers.com/north-korea-rebuilt-its-antivirus/

 

Are Bitcoin Treasury Companies Losing Their Financing Edge in 2026?

https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/bitcoin-treasury-companies-losing-financing-edge-2026

 

CareCloud Data Breach Exposes Patients’ Health, Social Security and Credit Card Data

https://gbhackers.com/carecloud-data-breach-exposes-patients-data/

 

How AI is Making EVERYTHING More Expensive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxzb176staY

 

MARA CEO Fred Thiel Says Bitcoin's Chance as a Payment Medium Has Passed

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/351135449124210

 

Brinks Home Discloses Data Breach as Hackers Leak Files

https://www.securityweek.com/brinks-home-discloses-data-breach-as-hackers-leak-files/

 

Surviving on $6 a Day in Russia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFH2cU0a0Fc

 

Metasploit Exploit Targets Critical Ruby on Rails Active Storage RCE Flaw

https://gbhackers.com/metasploit-exploit-targets-critical-ruby-on-rails/

 

Mathematicians prove perfectly fair elections are impossible

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801042812.htm

 

Experts say DNA samples from crime-scene forensics can be modified and even switched using an AI tool

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/weve-been-behind-the-ball-for-so-long-experts-say-dna-samples-from-crime-scene-forensics-can-be-modified-and-even-switched-using-an-ai-tool

 

How much does it cost to live in China without a job?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzxY0pGj-C0

 

River Bank Says Hackers Deleted Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack

https://www.securityweek.com/river-bank-says-hackers-deleted-data-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/

 

Chinese Threat Actor Uses Leaked DarkSword Kit to Deploy GHOSTBLADE on iOS

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/chinese-threat-actor-uses-leaked.html

 

China's AI Knife Fight: DeepSeek's New Model Runs 100x Cheaper Than Anthropic's Flagship

https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/chinas-ai-knife-fight-deepseeks-new-model-runs-100x-cheaper-anthropics-flagship

 

Hackers Exploit Critical Arista VeloCloud Flaw to Execute OS Commands

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-critical-arista-velocloud-flaw/

 

Fusion reactors now work, but how close are they to rollout?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsOF-D5Lyvw

 

Trump Media sold another 2,628 BTC (~$165M) to Crypto(.)com, bringing 7-month sales to 7,281 BTC

https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-media-2628-btc-crypto-com-4261-btc-holdings

 

Hackers are going after our water now — over 30 Minnesota utilities hit in coordinated cyberattack by apparent Iranian attackers

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/hackers-are-going-after-our-water-now-over-30-minnesota-utilities-hit-in-coordinated-cyberattack-by-apparent-iranian-attackers

 

Elizabeth April: The DISTURBING Truth About The UFO Files

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RGdPYInn2s

 

PNLD Breach Exposes U.K. Police and Government Contact Details on Dark Web

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/pnld-breach-exposes-uk-police-and.html

 

Michael Saylor's Strategy sells another 1,638 BTC for $105 million, reducing total holdings to 842,138 BTC

https://www.theblock.co/post/410414/michael-saylors-strategy-sells-another-1638-btc-for-105-million-reducing-total-holdings-to-842138-btc

 

Kalandra - Live at Lafayette (Full concert)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGaT-9baQVU

 

Blank spaces could hold danger - Kaspersky report warns of the dangers of 'parked domains' and empty pages where hackers could be lurking

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/blank-spaces-could-hold-danger-kaspersky-report-warns-of-the-dangers-of-parked-domains-and-empty-pages-where-hackers-could-be-lurking

 

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g-s1-136834/capital-one-trump-bank-anti-money-laundering

 

CZ: Self-Custody Wallet Vulnerability Fixes Cannot Protect Previously Created Wallets

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/351202473864802

 

Hugging Face CEO says AI companies should be required to disclose hacks after OpenAI breach

https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-ceo-hack-openai-mandatory-transparency-law-ai-2026-8

 

The AI bubble is already popping; we just don't know it yet

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/the-ai-bubble-is-already-popping-we-just-dont-know-it-yet/5282004

 

How Long Can I Survive On $1 A Day?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV86UdGhpcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INlNC-0-gyk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXv8IYA8l-Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo3rh4ijRag

 

Cyberattack hits Liechtenstein's register of 31,000 people behind companies and foundations

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cyberattack-hits-liechtensteins-register-people-070229504.html

 

OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack confirmed months of AI cyber warnings: ‘Pandora’s box is open’

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/01/open-ai-hugging-face-hack-cyber-warnings.html

 

Coldcard Losses Near $114M As Small Bitcoin Transfers Spike

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/coldcard-losses-near-114m-small-bitcoin-transfers-spike

 

EON wants to move the data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/eon-wants-to-move-the-data-superhighway-from-ocean-fiber-to-space-lasers/

 

Why Bitcoin Businesses Are Moving to Dedicated VPS Infrastructure

https://hackread.com/bitcoin-businesses-dedicated-vps-infrastructure/

 

Russian Access Broker Sells Network Access to Ransomware Gangs While Spying on Ukraine

https://gbhackers.com/russian-access-broker-sells-network/

 

Peter Schiff: Three Bubbles, One Global Crash

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

 

An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/08/an-ai-supervised-remote-exam-went-so-badly-that-58000-students-must-retake-it/

 

SEC Pauses Nasdaq Approval of QBTC Bitcoin Options After CME Group Legal Challenge

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/351061720624545

 

Google dev kit spurs first-ever agent-on-agent violence

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/03/google-dev-kit-spurs-first-ever-agent-on-agent-violence/5282496

 

Serverless Computing Market Trends Up To 2030

https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/serverless-computing-market-report

 

ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exfilsquad-hackers-leak-info-of-over-100-000-uk-police-officers-staff/

 

Fake Xeno Roblox Cheats Deliver Java RAT That Steals Discord and Gaming Accounts

https://gbhackers.com/fake-xeno-roblox-cheats-java-rat/

 

50yo Low Income Worker | $1 a Day Life in Rural China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFNFWJFuX4Q

 

New Pass-ta-key attacks let malware hijack Google-synced passkeys

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-pass-ta-key-attacks-let-malware-hijack-google-synced-passkeys/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/08/googles-synchronized-passkeys-can-be-stolen-in-pass-ta-key-attacks

 

Boltz Disables Bitcoin Swaps Amid AI-Assisted Hacking Attempts

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/351892360282818

 

ROMANIA’S LAND REGISTRY DATABASE HACKED

https://gizadeathstar.com/2026/08/romanias-land-registry-database-hacked/

 

Gemini Agent-to-Agent Attack Method Exposed Secrets, Enabled Pull Request Tampering

https://www.securityweek.com/gemini-agent-to-agent-attack-exposed-secrets-enabled-pull-request-tampering/

 

Price of RAM: Will Chinese chips finally cause prices to collapse?

https://dropreference.com/en/blog/news/price-ram-chinese-chips-lower-rates-2027

 

WhatsApp account takeover scam asks you to “vote for my friend”

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/scams/2026/08/whatsapp-account-takeover-scam-asks-you-to-vote-for-my-friend

 

The investment risk most portfolios ignore

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2026-08-03/investment-risk-most-portfolios-ignore

 

A potentially dangerous macOS security flaw went unreported due to Apple being deluged by AI slop bug reports

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/a-potentially-dangerous-macos-security-flaw-went-unreported-due-to-apple-being-deluged-by-ai-slop-bug-reports

 

Hugging Face CEO says China is winning the AI race while the US is building 'in silos'

https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-ceo-open-weight-ai-models-china-2026-8

 

Fake Adobe and Zoom Updates Install ScreenConnect for Persistent Remote Access

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/fake-adobe-and-zoom-updates-install.html

 

Saira Malik: Why the Best Investors Don’t Follow the Crowd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru3VMim9r7g

 

Hotel Wi-Fi attacks use custom malware to breach Microsoft 365 accounts

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hotel-wi-fi-attacks-use-custom-malware-to-breach-microsoft-365-accounts/

 

Ray Dalio on the AI bubble nearing 1929, 2000 levels and the lesson people always forget: ‘Wealth is not the same as money’

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/ray-dalio-ai-bubble-nearing-070000246.html

 

Apple Launches Legal Challenge Against UK Demand To Access Encrypted User Data

https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/0557231/apple-launches-legal-challenge-against-uk-demand-to-access-encrypted-user-data

 

OKX says Coldcard exploit triggers 'record' inflows to centralized exchanges

https://www.theblock.co/post/410515/okx-says-coldcard-exploit-record-inflows-centralized-exchanges

 

AI Runs the Hack: Chinese Actor Automates Cyberattacks With DeepSeek

https://securityaffairs.com/196544/ai/ai-runs-the-hack-chinese-actor-automates-cyberattacks-with-deepseek.html

 

Why I Stopped Using Ledger Hardware Wallets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4JGLTaqbGs

 

AI coding agents are blowing through budgets

https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/ai-coding-agents-are-blowing-through-budgets-replit-kilo-code-and-symbotic-explain-how-theyre-managing-it

 

Kali365 Exploits Microsoft Device Login to Access US Corporate Data

https://hackread.com/kali365-exploit-microsoft-device-login-access-us-data/

 

How the Verus-Ethereum Bridge Exploit Bypassed Cross-Chain Validation

https://hackernoon.com/how-the-verus-ethereum-bridge-exploit-bypassed-cross-chain-validation

 

Trump Begins Selling $100,000 Monthly Subscription Service to Wall Street

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/04/1823242/trump-begins-selling-100000-monthly-subscription-service-to-wall-street

 

Ransomware Hackers Are Hiding Malware Command Servers Inside Ethereum Smart Contracts

https://gbhackers.com/ethereum-smart-contracts/

 

Brazil Health Surveillance Database Exposed 79GB of Sensitive Records

https://hackread.com/brazil-health-surveillance-database-exposed-records/

 

Cancer-fighting chewing gum cuts HPV levels by up to 93%

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260803080917.htm

 

OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents targeted real people and systems in cyber tests

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-anthropic-ai-agents-targeted-real-people-and-systems-in-cyber-tests/

 

Apple Could Owe Some Users up to $5,000 Each in This Class Action Lawsuit

https://lifehacker.com/tech/apple-could-owe-users-over-32-billion-in-this-class-action-lawsuit

 

Fake Open VSX Extensions Hijack AMD, Azure, Salesforce and Government Namespaces

https://gbhackers.com/fake-open-vsx-extensions/

 

Cybercrime is costing the world trillions every year - new report says victims lose an average of nearly $10,000 in every hit

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/cybercrime-is-costing-the-world-trillions-every-year-new-report-says-victims-lose-an-average-of-nearly-usd10-000-in-every-hit

 

Shai-Hulud npm Worm Returns, Poisoning Over 1,280 npm Packages

https://hackread.com/shai-hulud-npm-worm-poisoning-1280-packages/

 

STOP Buying Cold Wallets Solely For “Security Claims”! [You’ve Been Misled]

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

 

Microsoft login pages are being abused as hackers try and lure in unlucky victims, here's what to look out for

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/watch-out-microsoft-login-pages-are-being-abused-as-hackers-try-and-lure-in-unlucky-victims-heres-what-to-look-out-for

 

Fighting Gravity in Tokyo

https://dailyreckoning.com/fighting-gravity-in-tokyo/

 

Weaponized Email AI Assistants Could Help Attackers Hijack Accounts

https://www.securityweek.com/weaponized-email-ai-assistants-could-help-attackers-hijack-accounts/

 

At least 15 attackers exploited Coldcard vulnerability: Galaxy

https://cointelegraph.com/news/15-attackers-exploited-coldcard-vulnerability-galaxy

 

New OVSwrap Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Open vSwitch

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/new-ovswrap-linux-kernel-flaw-lets.html

 

Angola's Largest Telco Breached Hours Before IPO

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/angolas-largest-telco-breached-hours-before-ipo

 

Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontroller

https://www.theregister.com/edge-and-iot/2026/08/04/dev-proves-llms-will-run-on-anything-even-a-10-microcontroller/5283088

 

SLIP39: 7 reasons why you shouldn’t use it!

https://www.crypto-recovery.ch/en/slip39-7-reasons-shouldnt-use-it/

 

New malware disguised as popular Roblox cheat tool could give hackers full control of your PC — including the webcam

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/new-malware-disguised-as-popular-roblox-cheat-tool-could-give-hackers-full-control-of-your-pc-including-the-webcam

 

"I Was Inside A UFO." | Area 51 Whistleblower Bob Lazar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHoU0wxVF9Q

 

Anthropic’s Mythos created fake identities to fool humans in new cyber incident

https://ground.news/article/825099d7-43d9-4ea9-bcce-9f7d56e68401

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/anthropic-mythos-openai-security-breaches.html

 

Former LAPD officer gets life sentence for kidnapping teen in $350,000 bitcoin robbery: report

https://www.theblock.co/post/410805/former-lapd-officer-gets-life-sentence-bitcoin-robbery

 

Gold Surges as the Debt Reckoning Begins

https://dailyreckoning.com/gold-surges-as-the-debt-reckoning-begins/

 

AI researchers let models off the leash – then watched as they tried to add malware to a FOSS project

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/05/ai-researchers-let-models-off-the-leash-then-watched-as-they-tried-to-add-malware-to-a-foss-project/5283165

 

Meta apologies to India for restricting PM Modi's post

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-apologises-india-restricting-pm-145240905.html

 

The Shai-Hulud npm worm didn't fake its security check — it earned a legitimate one

https://venturebeat.com/security/the-shai-hulud-npm-worm-didnt-fake-its-security-check-it-earned-a-legitimate-one

 

Anthropic's AI Used Fake Identities, Malware In Rogue Attack On GitHub Project

https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/05/2157224/anthropics-ai-used-fake-identities-malware-in-rogue-attack-on-github-project

 

Hackers run khunt post-exploitation toolkit from Oracle database

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-run-khunt-post-exploitation-toolkit-from-oracle-database/

 

AI-Powered ‘Vishing’ Attacks Reportedly Targeted Top Hedge Funds

https://gizmodo.com/ai-powered-vishing-attacks-reportedly-targeted-top-hedge-funds-2000794923

 

A researcher with access to North Korean hackers' servers says their operations have impacted 1,640 companies across 57 countries over the past 22 months

https://www.wired.com/story/a-security-pro-hacked-north-korean-hackers-he-found-theyd-breached-hundreds-of-networks-worldwide/

 

How to Invest in Photonics: Theme, Risks, and What to Watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW-F5mMMNN0

 

Canadian pleads guilty to Snowflake cloud data-theft attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/canadian-pleads-guilty-to-snowflake-cloud-data-theft-attacks/

 

Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/thousands-of-servers-can-be-backdoored-by-exploiting-buggy-motherboard-controllers/

 

“I’m Allowed”: Hackers Use Simple Claims to Bypass AI Guardrails

https://hackread.com/im-allowed-hackers-use-claims-bypass-ai-guardrails/

 

New Attack Methods Enable Malware to Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts

https://www.securityweek.com/new-attack-methods-enable-malware-to-hijack-passkey-protected-accounts/

 

250+ Fake Download Domains Target Mac Users With AMOS and MacSync Infostealers

https://gbhackers.com/250-fake-download-domains/

 

US military GPS jamming exercise suspected of contributing to civilian plane crash in New Mexico — medevac flight lost signal before flying into a mountain, killing everyone onboard

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/us-military-gps-jamming-exercise-suspected-of-contributing-to-civilian-plane-crash-in-new-mexico-medevac-flight-lost-signal-before-flying-into-a-mountain-killing-everyone-onboard

 

One-Way Attack Drone Found At Major German Airport: The Threat Has Arrived

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/one-way-attack-drone-found-major-german-airport-threat-has-arrived

 

Are privacy browsers and iCloud Private Relay leaking your IP via WebTransport?

https://www.neowin.net/news/are-privacy-browsers-and-icloud-private-relay-leaking-your-ip-via-webtransport/

 

OctLurk and SilkLurk Windows Backdoors Target Governments in 6 Countries

https://hackread.com/octlurk-silklurk-backdoors-target-6-countries/

 

COLDCARD security audit phishing attack installs remote access tool

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coldcard-security-audit-phishing-attack-installs-remote-access-tool/

 

Hackers Turn Ethereum Smart Contract Into Dead-Drop Resolver for Remus Malware

https://gbhackers.com/remus-malware-attack/

 

Scientists Make First Viruses Designed By AI

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/06/1824255/scientists-make-first-viruses-designed-by-ai

 

311,000 Impacted by Brown Health Medical Group-MA Data Breach

https://www.securityweek.com/311000-impacted-by-brown-health-medical-group-ma-data-breach/

 

Evidence of Interdimensional Portals?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m5nyADnK7s

 

Hackers use fake Adobe and Zoom updates to load malware onto victim devices — here's what to look out for

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/hackers-use-fake-adobe-and-zoom-updates-to-load-malware-onto-victim-devices-heres-what-to-look-out-for

 

Bitcoin Red Team reports 5K findings in sweeping security audit

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-red-team-reports-5k-findings-in-sweeping-security-audit

 

Apple's Private Relay tool can leak users' IP addresses — with OnionBrowser also affected

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/apples-private-relay-tool-can-leak-users-ip-addresses-with-onionbrowser-also-affected

 

UK charities count the cost of Beacon CRM cyberattack

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/05/uk-charities-count-the-cost-of-beacon-crm-cyberattack/5283305

 

Researcher Finds Backdoor In Chinese-Made Routers Sold Worldwide

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/researcher-finds-backdoor-chinese-made-routers-sold-worldwide

 

AWS, Google, and Vercel Agent Flaws Let Attackers Trigger Tools Without Running the Model

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/aws-google-and-vercel-patch-agent-flaws.html

 

ClickFix attack pushes macOS infostealer for crypto theft attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clickfix-attack-pushes-macos-infostealer-for-crypto-theft-attacks/

 

Meta AI Model Hacks Another Company During Testing

https://ground.news/article/meta-ai-model-hacks-another-company-during-testing

 

Trump Admin Hijacked $21 Billion In Taxpayer Money Earmarked For Internet Access And Then Went Mute

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/06/trump-admin-hijacked-21-billion-in-taxpayer-money-earmarked-for-internet-access-and-then-went-mute/

 

Earth Core just Started Spinning Backwards!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5tmOoYsARw

 

Zeus Wallet taken offline after cyberattack, says no customer funds at risk

https://cointelegraph.com/news/zeus-offline-cyberattack-says-no-funds-at-risk

 

Hackers just broke into America’s tap water

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/498156/cyberattack-iran-water-hackers-cybersecurity

 

Radical Study Suggests Life on Earth Arose Twice

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/0059221/radical-study-suggests-life-on-earth-arose-twice

 

Security Bite Podcast: Why scammers love FaceTime now

https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/07/security-bite-podcast-why-scammers-love-facetime-now/

 

Claude in Chrome Exploit Lets Attackers Steal Gmail Codes and Take Over Slack, X, and Claude.ai Accounts

https://gbhackers.com/claude-in-chrome-exploit/

 

3.8 Million Impacted by Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach

https://www.securityweek.com/3-8-million-impacted-by-unlimited-technology-systems-data-breach/

 

Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion group

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hedge-fund-cyberattacks-tied-to-blackfile-linked-unc6671-extortion-group/

 

Claude Opus 5 mistakenly deletes dev’s entire profile directory during routine backup, responds with 'Sorry, typo'

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-opus-5-mistakenly-deletes-devs-entire-profile-directory-ai-tool-mistakes-users-home-directory-as-temporary-backup-proceeds-to-wipe-everything-to-undo-error

 

New Vanta Stealer Malware Targets Gamers, Crypto Users, and Web Apps

https://hackread.com/vanta-stealer-malware-gamers-crypto-users-web-apps/

 

Sui to add post-quantum signature schemes for quantum-safe accounts

https://www.theblock.co/post/410968/sui-post-quantum-signature-scheme

 

80x Bigger Than Enron: $5.1 Trillion Fraud That Can Collapse Treasuries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYVL5UUAXig

 

Microsoft 365 AitM Phishing Hijacks Accounts to Collect Payroll and Finance Emails

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/microsoft-365-aitm-phishing-hijacks.html

 

Researchers Discover Hidden Backdoor in 20 Router Models Allowing Remote Root Access

https://securityaffairs.com/196785/security/researchers-discover-hidden-backdoor-in-20-router-models-allowing-remote-root-access.html

 

New NatJack NAT Attack Lets Hackers Hijack TCP Connections and DNS Responses

https://gbhackers.com/new-natjack-nat-attack/

 

Swiss government says SharePoint-linked data breach affected hundreds of accounts

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/swiss-government-says-sharepoint-linked-data-breach-affected-hundreds-of-accounts

 

18-Year-Old Linux Kernel SCTP Vulnerability Lets Attackers Gain Root and Escape Containers

https://gbhackers.com/18-year-old-linux-kernel-sctp-vulnerability/

 

Attacker phished way into US defense supplier's Microsoft 365 account

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/ieh-corp-says-phished-staffer-opened-gates-to-company-m365/5284523

 

Another Bitcoin Infrastructure Exploit Hits, Draining Merchant Lightning Nodes

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/353419522130785

 

Chinese AI model Kimi escaped its cybersecurity testing environment, researchers say

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/chinese-ai-model-kimi-escaped-its-cybersecurity-testing-environment-researchers-say/

 

Framework Notifies 'All Customers' of a Data Breach Via Compromised Metabase BI Service

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/07/1757230/framework-notifies-all-customers-of-a-data-breach-via-compromised-metabase-bi-service

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/computer-maker-framework-notifies-all-customers-of-a-data-breach/

 

Teen cannabis use linked to slower memory and thinking growth

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260806050726.htm

 

Claude Mythos 5 made sock puppet accounts to socially engineer developers: here's what enterprises should know

https://venturebeat.com/security/claude-mythos-5-made-sock-puppet-accounts-to-socially-engineer-developers-heres-what-enterprises-should-know

 

Giant UFOs Near Moon? What Scientists Claim They Saw | Hot Take with Jesse Weber

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

 

Flock Reportedly Tried to Turn Uber Drivers Into Mobile Snitches

https://gizmodo.com/flock-reportedly-tried-to-turn-uber-drivers-into-mobile-snitches-2000796138

 

Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs

https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/rosenbridge

 

Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/security-researchers-scanned-the-polish-web-and-found-courts-hospitals-and-airports-at-risk-of-hacks/

 

Fauci’s Day of Reckoning

https://dailyreckoning.com/faucis-day-of-reckoning/

 

Metabase SQLi zero-day exploited in customer data-theft attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/framework-tally-disclose-metabase-data-theft-attacks/

 

New CSS Attacks Can Break Webmail Defenses to Steal Passwords and Tokens

https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/new-css-attacks-can-break-webmail.html

 

Critical macOS RCE Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Gain Root Access Without Password

https://gbhackers.com/critical-macos-rce-vulnerability/

 

SharpLink CEO warns EIP-8363 could kill ETH’s biggest advantage over Bitcoin

https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-08-07-sharplink-ceo-warns-eip-8363-could-kill-eths-biggest-advantage-over-bitcoin-411186

 

Hackers Impersonate IT Support to Breach Leading Financial Companies

https://securityaffairs.com/196800/security/hackers-impersonate-it-support-to-breach-leading-financial-companies.html

 

US court backs Bybit’s bid to trace funds from $1.5B North Korea hack

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bybit-us-court-trace-funds-north-korea-hack

 

The Coordination Gap: How Attackers Are Outpacing Law Enforcement

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/coordination-gap-attackers-outpacing-law-enforcement

 

In Other News: AI Slop Limits Apple Bounties, North Carolina Port Attacks, Hackers Target Wall Street

https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-ai-slop-limits-apple-bounties-north-carolina-port-attacks-hackers-target-wall-street/

 

Shock horror — AI-generated security patches fall short of actually solving all the problems they were meant to fix

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/shock-horror-ai-generated-security-patches-fall-short-of-actually-solving-all-the-problems-they-were-meant-to-fix

 

Ransomware attacks spike as world distracted by AI

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/07/ransomware-attacks-spike-as-world-distracted-by-ai/5284934

 

Roame Is Hiring Lead Engineer

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/roame/jobs/mqqfa38-lead-full-stack-engineer

 

Deep Violin & Piano Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xE6JBhjglE

 

 

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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