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β€ŠCritical RCE flaw in Windows IKE Extension now actively exploited

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are exploiting a critical-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions component. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-critical-windows-ike-extension-flaw-now-exploited-in-attacks/
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β€ŠMicrosoft fixes known issue causing Windows Defender crashes

Microsoft has resolved a bug that caused Windows Defender to crash after a recent security update, resulting in 0xc0000005 access violation errors on some affected systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-known-issue-causing-windows-defender-crashes/
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β€ŠPassword spraying attacks surge 155x as hackers exploit MFA gaps

Huntress observed a 155x increase in password spraying attacks in H1 2026, including a campaign that generated more than 81 million login attempts in two weeks. The attacks exploited legacy authentication and gaps in MFA policies that left some login flows unprotected. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/password-spraying-attacks-surge-155x-as-hackers-exploit-mfa-gaps/
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β€ŠUS charges Iranian hackers over $3.4 billion intellectual property theft

The U.S. has charged 17 Iranians, alleged members of a hacking-for-hire company called Mabna Institute, involved in years-long operations that stole data from American organizations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-charges-iranian-hackers-over-34-billion-intellectual-property-theft/
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β€ŠUS warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructure

U.S. cybersecurity agencies warn that threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in U.S. critical infrastructure. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-warns-of-ai-powered-attacks-on-siemens-plcs-in-critical-infrastructure/
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β€ŠRogue ransomware affiliate poses as data recovery firm to steal payments

A suspected ransomware affiliate is posing as a ransomware recovery service called "Ransom Busters," contacting the victims before the attacks become public and claiming to be able to provide decryption keys and delete stolen data for a fee. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rogue-ransomware-affiliate-ransom-busters-poses-as-data-recovery-firm/
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β€ŠMicrosoft says August Windows updates may cause gaming issues

Microsoft is investigating a potential issue with the August 2026 updates that may prevent some games from launching or cause them to crash on affected Windows 11 systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-windows-updates-may-cause-gaming-issues-reboots/
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β€ŠCISA warns of hackers exploiting critical MLflow vulnerability

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned federal agencies that threat actors are now exploiting a critical vulnerability in the MLflow open-source AI engineering platform. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-hackers-exploiting-critical-mlflow-vulnerability/
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β€ŠCitrix urges admins to patch new NetScaler flaws as soon as possible

Citrix has warned customers to immediately secure their systems against two vulnerabilities affecting NetScaler Gateway secure remote access solutions and NetScaler ADC networking appliances. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/citrix-urges-admins-to-patch-new-netscaler-flaws-as-soon-as-possible/
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β€ŠHow MSPs can catch phishing attacks email filters miss

AI is making phishing attacks more personalized, convincing, and difficult for traditional email filters to detect. Kaseya explains how MSPs can monitor identity, email, and endpoint activity to detect and contain attacks that make it past the inbox. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-msps-can-catch-phishing-attacks-email-filters-miss/
β€ŠSickKids data breach exposes employee and job applicant info

Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) says a cybersecurity incident exposed the personal information of some current and former employees and job applicants, stemming from a flaw in third-party software. Clinical systems and patient records were not affected. (264) [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sickkids-data-breach-exposes-employee-and-job-applicant-info/