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AWS
AWS’s new sign-up gives accounts spend caps, email invites, and agent-set permissions

New AWS customers can now sign up with a Google, GitHub, or Apple login, start with $100 in Free Tier credits, and build inside a “project” where AWS and coding …

data breach
CenterPoint Energy confirms data breach following claims on hacking forum

CenterPoint Energy disclosed that an unauthorized third party got into customer data through one of its external systems, after online claims by a hacker that millions of …

eye
Iranian hackers use CHOSEN BRICK data-stealing malware to spy on dissidents and journalists

Iranian state cyber actors are deploying malware called CHOSEN BRICK against individuals they see as a threat to the regime, reaching victims through social messaging apps and …

digital code
Uncensored AI sold on hacking forum as alternative to ChatGPT and Claude jailbreaks

A new AI subscription service called Luciferus is being marketed on a hacking forum as an alternative to jailbreaking ChatGPT or Claude, Sophos found. The Counter Threat Unit …

HBO
Attackers hijack HBO Max’s Reddit account for 48-hour malvertising blitz

Attackers compromised the verified official HBO Max Reddit account, u/hbomax, and used its trusted advertising status to launch a ClickFix campaign targeting macOS and Windows …

Gartner
Most chief audit executives can’t tell you what AI is worth yet

Auditors are using AI in their daily work, and their departments have mostly left them to figure it out alone. 93% of audit leaders and auditors report some level of AI use, …

Homebrew
Homebrew 7.0.0 is out, here’s what changed for security

Homebrew installs command-line software and desktop applications from the terminal on macOS and Linux, and Mac developers use it to set up their machines. On Sunday the …

ENISA
ENISA launched the CRA Single Reporting Platform for actively exploited vulnerabilities

The EU Agency for Cybersecurity switched on the Cyber Resilience Act‘s Single Reporting Platform on 11 September 2026, the same day the law’s reporting obligations …

WhatsApp
WhatsApp Restricted Chat locks a conversation to your primary phone

WhatsApp is building a per-chat setting that keeps a conversation on a single phone. The setting, called Restricted Chat, sits in the Android beta distributed through Google …

Debian
Debian 13.7 ships the fixes behind 92 security advisories, updates 106 packages

The Debian project shipped Debian 13.7 codenamed “trixie.” The project folded in 92 security advisories it had already published separately, added corrections to …

Permify
Permify: Open-source authorization as a service

Permify is an open-source authorization service that answers access questions at run time: can user X view document Y, which posts can members of team Y edit. It keeps those …

mind map
Cybersecurity attention fades within months after a breach

Cybersecurity attention often rises after an incident, then recedes as organizations return to their existing priorities and practices, according to a new ManageEngine survey …

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