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EU begins enforcing AI Act, putting AI models under the microscope
Europe’s fight to regulate AI models moved from paper to practice on 2 August 2026, when the European Commission’s AI Office and national authorities began …
Russian hackers exploit unpatched Zimbra servers to steal emails
Russian state-backed hacker group Laundry Bear has been breaking into government and commercial networks for at least a year by exploiting a vulnerability in the Zimbra …
Months-long breach exposes South Korean diplomats’ personal data
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has disclosed that attackers breached the Korea National Diplomatic Academy’s online education system, compromising personal data …
Romania’s land registry hit by cyber attack, data allegedly for sale
Romania’s National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI) suffered a major disruption on Tuesday, July 14, when its e-Terra cadastre and land registry app …
SonicWall SMA appliances targeted in zero-day attacks (CVE-2026-15409, CVE-2026-15410)
SonicWall has fixed two actively exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-15409, CVE-2026-15410) affecting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances, and is urging …
Half the defense base still builds security around compliance
CMMC requirements are appearing in defense contracts and moving down through supplier networks to thousands of companies new to this kind of compliance work. Many run on …
Mystery hackers use novel SharkLoader dropper against governments, software devs
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a previously unknown cyberattack campaign that has compromised government organizations and software development companies in multiple …
74,000 Fortinet firewall credentials exposed in FortiBleed data leak
A Russian-speaking cybercriminal group has stolen credentials contained in the configuration files of nearly 74,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways around the world. The …
The checklist problem behind critical infrastructure cyber safety
An asset owner can meet major federal cyber compliance standards and still run equipment that lacks the engineering to withstand an attack or a failure. New research from …
Chinese hackers breached North American research institutions via REDCap servers
A China-linked cyber espionage operation targeted North American medical research institutions through compromised REDCap servers, using custom malware to gain persistent …
Proving what a military AI model will do is the real problem
Defense contractors build AI systems that task drones automatically and propose kill-chains to support soldiers. Several of these contractors have partnered with frontier AI …
CISA orders federal agencies to “patch smarter”
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a Binding Operational Directive that will change how the US federal government approaches …