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financial crime
A $25 template helped scammers build hundreds of phantom bank domains

A phrase on a suspicious website turned into an investigation of phantom banks built to support scams, according to new research from Allure Security. Molly DeQuattro, the …

access
Nearly half of enterprises have no one leading PQC migration

Enterprises believe they are prepared for the security challenges posed by quantum computing, but gaps in ownership, testing and visibility could complicate their transition …

Infosec products of the week
New infosec products of the week: August 21, 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from F5 Networks, Intezer, Netscout, and Tufin. NETSCOUT expands Adaptive DDoS Protection …

Help Net Security
Corero brings cloud-based AI threat analysis to SmartWall ONE

Corero Network Security has announced AI-Augmented Cloud-Assist for SmartWall ONE, extending its automated DDoS protection with cloud-delivered AI analysis, threat …

AWS
AWS limits AI agents’ data access, even when manipulated

AWS has detailed an approach for propagating user authorization context through AI agents, allowing access controls to be enforced by infrastructure and downstream services …

danger
Fake Gemini installer delivers Vidar infostealer via Google Colab lure

A malicious executable masquerading as a Google Gemini installer was used to deliver the Vidar infostealer on a company network in the EMEA region, according to Darktrace …

OpenAI
OpenAI previews privacy-focused system for detecting AI misuse

OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing with early customers seeking greater certainty about how their data will be protected as AI systems become more capable. The …

critical infrastructure
US agencies warn of AI-powered attacks on Siemens industrial controllers

Threat actors are using AI to write exploit scripts targeting internet-exposed Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used across water, energy, …

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Tufin expands Unified Control Plane with AI intelligence and multi-vendor automation

Tufin has announced the availability of Tufin Orchestration Suite (TOS) 5.3, helping enterprises further simplify security operations and maintain consistent control across …

espionage
US charges 17 Iranian hackers over 31-terabyte academic data theft

The U.S. has charged 17 alleged members of Mabna Institute, an Iranian hacking-for-hire company accused of running a years-long campaign that stole data from American …

fraud
AI is making fraud harder to spot and identity harder to prove

Online fraud has become a routine concern for consumers and businesses that rely on digital accounts, payments and customer service. Experian’s 2026 U.S. Identity & Fraud …

credit card
Researchers find a loophole that lets expired credit cards make unauthorized payments

A team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown that a contactless credit card keeps working past its printed expiration date, even after the cardholder gets a …

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