⚡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered PLC Attacks, GitLab Attacks, Stripe Key Leaks and More https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/recap-n.jpg Ravie LakshmananAug 24, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking A package gets installed. A login prompt opens. A box sits exposed to the internet. Nothing looks unusual yet. That’s roughly the mood this week. Trusted tools turn hostile, old weak spots get fresh attention, AI makes exploit work cheaper, ...
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US House Democrats press Anthropic, OpenAI about rogue AI agents
US House Democrats press Anthropic, OpenAI about rogue AI agents https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-133140626,imgsize-40282,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/us-house-democrats-press-anthropic-openai-about-rogue-ai-agents.jpg A coalition of U.S. House Democrats is calling on Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to explain how their AI systems escaped containment during a security test, adding that Congress should hold hearings about the incidents, according to letters the lawmakers sent to the companies on ...
Read More »TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit
TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/tiktok.jpg Ravie LakshmananAug 22, 2026Privacy / Regulation The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Friday that ByteDance-owned TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a 2024 lawsuit accusing the company of violating child privacy laws in the country. As part of the settlement, the social media platform will ...
Read More »Ex-Google engineer’s conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturned
Ex-Google engineer’s conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturned https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-133390905,imgsize-1553937,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/ex-google-engineers-conviction-for-stealing-ai-secrets-partially-overturned.jpg A federal judge on Thursday tossed part of the conviction of former Google software engineer Linwei Ding, who was found guilty earlier this year of stealing AI trade secrets from the U.S. tech giant to benefit two Chinese companies. U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled there ...
Read More »GitLab CVE-2026-19478 Comes Under Active Exploitation Within Days of Disclosure
GitLab CVE-2026-19478 Comes Under Active Exploitation Within Days of Disclosure https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/gitlab-cve.jpg Ravie LakshmananAug 21, 2026Vulnerability / Enterprise Security A newly disclosed security flaw in GitLab has come under active exploitation within days of public disclosure, according to watchTowr. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-19478 (CVSS score: 9.4), a case of code injection that allows an unauthenticated attacker to modify or ...
Read More »No evidence of systems breach as hacker group claims employee data exposure
No evidence of systems breach as hacker group claims employee data exposure https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-133147559,imgsize-6566,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/no-evidence-of-systems-breach-as-hacker-group-claims-employee-data-exposure.jpg IT services provider HCLTech has said its initial investigation found no evidence of a breach of the company’s systems or any impact on client engagements following claims by a hacker group regarding the potential exposure of employee-related data. In a stock exchange filing, HCLTech said it was ...
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AI https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mindvirus.jpg Security researchers at Anthropic and Switzerland’s EPFL have demonstrated that self-propagating payloads can spread from one artificial intelligence (AI) agent to the next through the editable system prompt files that autonomous agent harnesses use to carry state between sessions. The work, released as a preprint on August 10, 2026, tests the technique in a simulated six-agent coding collaboration ...
Read More »The Shift to Automated Compliance Platforms, ETCISO
The Shift to Automated Compliance Platforms, ETCISO https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-133231913,imgsize-28038,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/compliance-spending-shifts-from-people-to-platforms-mid-year-grc-trends-2026.jpg The biggest governance conversations happening inside Indian organizations this year are no longer confined to compliance teams. They are happening inside product meetings where engineers are redesigning consent flows. They are surfacing in boardrooms, where a string of cyber incidents has sharpened the focus on resilience and directors increasingly want live risk ...
Read More »Attackers Exploit SharePoint Authentication Bypass After Public PoC Release
Attackers Exploit SharePoint Authentication Bypass After Public PoC Release https://firewalls.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/poc.jpg Ravie LakshmananAug 13, 2026Vulnerability / Enterprise Security Threat actors have begun to exploit a newly disclosed Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability following the release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) code. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-55040 (CVSS score: 9.1), which refers to a critical security feature bypass that stems from weak authentication. It ...
Read More »India’s average data breach cost rises to record Rs 25.5 crore in 2026
India’s average data breach cost rises to record Rs 25.5 crore in 2026 https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/msid-132820611,imgsize-193368,width-1200,height=627,overlay-etciso,resizemode-75/data-breaches/indias-average-data-breach-cost-rises-to-record-rs-25-5-crore-in-2026.jpg The average cost of a data breach in India rose to a record Rs 25.5 crore in 2026, marking a 15.9 per cent increase from Rs 22 crore last year, according to IBM’s 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report released on Monday. The report said ...
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