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Wireshark
Wireshark 4.6.8 patches 28 security bugs, nine in file parsers

Wireshark 4.6.8 fixes 28 security bugs in the protocol analyzer, and nine of them fire when someone opens a saved capture file. Those nine sit in file parsers, the code that …

Google Chrome push notification security
Chrome’s anti-abuse protections block 7 billion unwanted Android notifications daily

Google Chrome’s latest measures against abusive web push notifications include automatically revoking notification permissions for inactive and suspicious websites, …

PentestGPT
PentestGPT: Open-source automated penetration testing agentic framework

PentestGPT is an open-source penetration testing agent that points a large language model at a target and lets it work. In its default mode it runs recon, then exploit, then …

identity
AI deployments are stretching enterprise security to its limits

CISOs and CTOs expect AI deployments to increase their organizations’ attack surface by an average of 14% over the next year. Nearly all lack visibility into AI …

OpenSSH
Locking your ssh-agent exposed local-only keys until OpenSSH 10.5

Lock your ssh-agent and it should sit there refusing to sign anything until you unlock it. In OpenSSH 10.4, locking it also switched off the check that tells the agent whether …

OpenAI
Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings

Selected red team specialists can now use OpenAI’s cyber models to find and exploit weaknesses in client applications and infrastructure. Those clients never get the …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 11, 2026

CTI Detection Engineer Department of Parliamentary Services | Australia | Hybrid – View job details As a CTI Detection Engineer, you will lead the detection lifecycle by …

Claude
Anthropic to put AI in charge of reviewing Claude Code actions by default

Anthropic will make auto mode in Claude Code the default for new sessions on Pro, Max, and Team plans starting August 14. Users who previously selected a different default may …

OpenAI
OpenAI locks down Astra over potential critical cyber capabilities

OpenAI’s internal evaluation of its upcoming model, Astra, found significant advances in agentic coding and cybersecurity, leading the company to conclude that it cannot …

Enpass Password Manager
Product showcase: Enpass Password Manager breaks away from the proprietary cloud model

Enpass is a password manager that stores passwords, passkeys, payment cards, identities, secure notes, software licenses, and other sensitive information in encrypted vaults. …

CISO
71% of CISOs spend 10+ hours on board reports

Boards want evidence that security controls and architecture reduce business risk, expressed in terms of resilience, consequence, and decision relevance. Translating technical …

cybersecurity week in review
Week in review: Cisco fixes IMC bug, Patch Tuesday forecast, Black Hat USA 2026

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Mapping the malware blast radius a single alert won’t show you In this …

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