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Previously unseen entry vector used to breach Polish energy plant

The December 29 cyberattack on a Polish combined heat and power (CHP) plant was the first observed case of attackers gaining access to an OT network through a private APN, …

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 …

Steam
Cyberattack on Steam hardware shipper leaks names, addresses, and order data

Video game publisher Valve is alerting customers in Europe to a data breach at CEVA Logistics, its Steam hardware shipping partner. Reports from affected customers began …

Metabase
Metabase zero-day exploited to access Framework customer data

Framework, the San Francisco-based company that designs repairable and upgradeable laptops, has suffered a data breach after attackers managed to exploit a zero-day …

Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID is removing an extra MFA hurdle for Windows Hello and macOS PSSO users

Microsoft is changing how Entra ID handles MFA for people who sign in with Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) or macOS Platform Single Sign-On (PSSO). The rollout reaches …

N-able N-central
N-able ships second N-central hotfix as attackers keep exploiting CVE-2026-18577

To help customers fend off ongoing attacks, N-able released a second security hotfix for N‑central, its monitoring and management (RMM) solution popular with managed service …

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 …

GitHub Dependabot malware alerts now cover eight ecosystems

GitHub has flagged npm malware since March 2026. Anyone pulling in a bad PyPI, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, Go, crates.io, or PHP Composer package has had no such warning, because …

Chainloop
Chainloop: Open-source evidence store and policy engine for the software supply chain

Chainloop is an open source evidence store for the software supply chain. A command line tool runs inside a GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, or Dagger pipeline, picks up what …

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. …

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