Security News — 12 August 2026

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CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-20349 Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firewall Threat Defense (F…

Johnson Controls C-CURE 9000 and Victor application server (Update A)

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with network access to achieve remote code execution. The following versions of Johnson Controls C-CURE 9000 and Victor application server (Update A…

Pulsetto Vagus Nerve Stimulator

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to use hidden commands to disable electrical safety mechanisms or modify other stimulation output settings. The following versions of Pulsetto Vagus Ne…

Mira Hormone Monitor, Mira Android App

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to access unauthorized health profile information, make changes to health information, cause a denial-of-service condition, disclose session token i…

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2026 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft has released its monthly security update for August 2026, which includes 421 vulnerabilities affecting a range of products, including 62 that Microsoft marked as "critical."

Kimwolf v7: An Evolution of the Kimwolf Botnet

Discover how Kimwolf v7 targets Android IoT devices with HTTP/2 DDoS fingerprinting, Ethereum ENS C2 resolution and Tor backup routing. The post Kimwolf v7: An Evolution of the Kimwolf Botnet appeared first on Unit 42 .

DeadLock ransomware uses blockchain to resist infrastructure takedown

The DeadLock ransomware operation is using a decentralized infrastructure that relies on blockchain-backed services to protect its communication with victims and data-leak activity. [...]

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Deluge Continues With August Updates

Security experts say prioritization should be the main focus for the August updates, not the massive CVE volume.

Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes

Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including one weakness that is already being actively exploited and two others that were publicly det…

Gunra Ransomware Gang Exploits Fortinet Flaws, Bypasses MFA

The ransomware-as-a-service operation is finding success against critical infrastructure targets with leaked Conti code and old flaws in firewalls and VPN appliances.

Sandworm hackers target IT pros with trojanized WireGuard VPN client

Hackers associated with the Russian threat group Sandworm have been targeting system administrators and IT professionals through fake job offers since at least May. [...]

Microsoft Patches 398 Flaws Including a Windows Driver Zero-Day Under Active Attack

Microsoft released its monthly security updates on Tuesday, and one of the flaws it closed is already being used in attacks. The bug sits in a core Windows kernel driver that handles network socket operations. An attacker with code already…

Cisco warns of ASA and FTD VPN flaw exploited to crash devices

Cisco is warning that a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in Secure Firewall ASA and Threat Defense (FTD) software is being actively exploited in attacks to remotely crash affected devices. [...]

Kimwolf v7 Android Botnet Makes HTTP/2 DDoS Traffic Look Like Legitimate Browsing

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the Kimwolf/AISURU Android and Internet of Things (IoT) botnet that comes with significant improvements to improve its operational resilience and conduct distributed denial-of-serv…

Zoom Annotation Flaws Could Let a Meeting Participant Hijack Another Attendee's Client

Anyone sharing their screen on a Zoom call could have taken over the computers of everyone watching, and anyone watching could have taken over the presenter's. The flaw sat in the annotation tool, the feature that lets participants draw an…

Sandworm-Linked UAC-0145 Uses Fake Job Interviews to Push VPN That Can Run Commands

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new social engineering campaign orchestrated by Russian nation-state threat actors targeting IT workers in the country by masquerading as recruiters to tr…

Delta probes Wi-Fi deauth attack on flight carrying DEF CON attendees

Delta Air Lines is investigating an unauthorized Wi-Fi network that appeared aboard a flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta carrying passengers who had attended the DEF CON hacker convention. [...]

Microsoft Patch Tuesday August 2026, (Tue, Aug 11th)

This month we got patches for 418 vulnerabilities. Of these, 62 are critical, 1 is being exploited in the wild, and 2 were publicly disclosed as zero-days. Notable fixes include Windows privilege escalation, container tampering, and critic…

A Vault With No Treasure - CMMC Level 2 Compliance for Subcontractors With No CUI

<p>This blog post should not exist, but it does due to an unfortunate reality: Many large prime defense contractors are attempting to impose CMMC Level 2 audit requirements on subcontractors that do not handle Controlled…</p>

ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, August 11th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10046, (Tue, Aug 11th)

Creativity vs. Consumption

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Where an AI Watermark Can Hide in Plain Text

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AI Genie in the Wild

When I give talks about AI genies , I use this sort of example as a hypothetical. It’s happened . The story is from Australia. Someone named Andrew tasked OpenClaw to book gym classes for him. And…. Minutes later, his AI agent reported it…

"Nobody Asked for A.I." Is a Stupid Argument

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AI for Military Support

Interesting empirical research: “ Black Box Warfare: Human Judgment and Military Decision-Making in the Age of AI .” Abstract: How is AI transforming decision-making in modern conflict? This study provides a unique empirical window into th…