# disclosed (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover disclosed. Page: Feed: --- ## [Wazuh and AI For Enhanced SOC Workflows](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/wazuh-and-ai-for-enhanced-soc-workflows.html) _2026-08-21 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of this decade's defining technologies. From healthcare and finance to manufacturing and education, organizations increasingly rely on AI to automate repetitive tasks, uncover patterns hidden within large datasets, and support faster decision-making. Cybersecurity has experienced a similar transformation. While attackers employ AI to automate ## [Cisco Patches Nine Crosswork and Secure Workload Flaws, Five Scoring CVSS 10.0](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/cisco-patches-nine-crosswork-and-secure.html) _2026-08-21 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Cisco has published another round of security updates for Crosswork platforms and Secure Workload Software as part of a continued comprehensive internal security review. Four of the security vulnerabilities affect Crosswork Data Gateway, Crosswork Network Controller, and Crosswork Planning, regardless of the device configuration. A brief description of each of the flaws is below - ## [GitLab CVE-2026-19478 Comes Under Active Exploitation Within Days of Disclosure](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/gitlab-cve-2026-19478-comes-under.html) _2026-08-21 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ 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 delete publicly accessible GitLab projects and rewrite their data under certain conditions without requiring ## [Microsoft Entra ID Flaw (CVSS 10.0) Exploited in Wild, Allows Remote Code Execution](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/microsoft-entra-id-flaw-cvss-100.html) _2026-08-21 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Microsoft on Thursday warned of a maximum-severity security flaw in Entra ID that it said has been exploited in the wild, but noted that no customer action is required. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-69836 (CVSS score: 10.0), is a case of remote code execution impacting the tech giant's cloud-based identity and access management service. It was previously called Azure Active Directory ## [Osun Election: You won, not conquered anyone, Tinubu tells Adeleke President Bola Tinubu has](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/21/osun-election-you-won-not-conquered-anyone-tinubu-tell-adeleke-president-bola-tinubu-has/) _2026-08-21 · Bgluck · PUO REPORTS_ President Bola Tinubu has advised Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke to promote unity and avoid stigmatizing his opponents following his victory in the recent governorship election. Tinubu gave the advice during a meeting with Adeleke at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, stressing that the governor won an election and did not conquer his \[…\] ## [Sowore faults Adeleke over Tinubu visit, alleges deaths in Osun violence](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/21/sowore-faults-adeleke-over-tinubu-visit-alleges-deaths-in-osun-violence/) _2026-08-21 · Bgluck · PUO REPORTS_ Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke over his visit to President Bola Tinubu, alleging that nearly 50 residents of the state have died in election related violence. Sowore made the allegation in a post on his official X handle on Thursday while reacting to \[…\] ## [Abia Women Assembly Awards Seyi Tinubu, Endorses President Tinubu for 2027, Joins CityBoy Movement as Pro-Group](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/20/abia-women-assembly-awards-seyi-tinubu-endorses-president-tinubu-for-2027-joins-cityboy-movement-as-pro-group/) _2026-08-20 · Bachi · PUO REPORTS_ The Abia Women Assembly (AWA) has formally endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office, declaring its support for his continued leadership ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The endorsement was made at the Abia Women Assembly Convention, where the organisation also formally aligned with the CityBoy Movement (CBM) as a recognised \[…\] ## [Rust Supply Chain Attack Puts Build-Time Malware in Crates with 245 Million Downloads](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/rust-supply-chain-attack-puts-build.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ The Rust Project has deleted malicious versions of three widely used Rust crates from crates.io after a compromised maintainer account published releases that added a typosquatted dependency whose build script downloaded and executed a remote payload during compilation. The affected releases are arrayref 0.3.10, internment 0.8.7, and append-only-vec 0.1.9, all published from the same owner ## [Suspected Russian Hackers Abuse Google OAuth and WhatsApp Linking to Hijack Accounts](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/suspected-russian-hackers-abuse-google.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Three distinct suspected Russian cyber espionage threat clusters have been observed leveraging legitimate authentication flows to single out individuals working in academia, aerospace and defense, governments, and think tanks across Europe, as well as academia and think tanks within the U.S. These clusters include UNC6293, UNC7005, and UNC5976. "These clusters engage in persistent, adaptive ## [Restoring petrol subsidies: Atiku’s volte-face and desperation for power – Presidency](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/20/restoring-petrol-subsidies-atikus-volte-face-and-desperation-for-power-presidency/) _2026-08-20 · Bachi · PUO REPORTS_ Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and perennial candidate for the presidency of Nigeria, has finally revealed his economic plans to Nigerians, should he be elected as President by January next year. Against expectations that he would announce a more creative and ingenious alternative to the programme being executed by the Tinubu administration, Atiku Abubakar \[…\] ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9zdLrmDjy0Qd) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [ThreatsDay: Gogs 10.0 RCE, n8n Workflow-to-RCE, $10M Reward, GLM-5.3 AI Exploit and More](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/threatsday-gogs-100-rce-n8n-workflow-to.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ A lot of this week’s trouble starts with something trusted doing exactly what it was allowed to do. Signed drivers get turned against defenses. Legitimate apps help malware blend in. A weak header check opens a path to code execution. Elsewhere, exposed systems, old bugs, odd hiding tricks, and AI-assisted exploit research keep lowering the effort needed to cause damage. Nothing here needs ## [Subsidy: Atiku Is Confused, Voodoo Economist Going Back to What He Called a Fraud — Wike](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/20/subsidy-atiku-is-confused-voodoo-economist-going-back-to-what-he-called-a-fraud-wike/) _2026-08-20 · Bachi · PUO REPORTS_ The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike, has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his reported position on fuel subsidy, describing him as an inconsistent politician who was now attempting to reverse a policy he previously condemned. Wike spoke on Thursday, in Abuja during an inspection of ongoing infrastructure projects \[…\] ## [AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical Infrastructure](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/ai-generated-exploit-scripts-target.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ The U.S. government on Wednesday warned of an "active threat" targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the country using artificial intelligence (AI)-generated exploit scripts. The activity is targeting Siemens S7 SeriesProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to conduct reconnaissance and capability development using AI-generated scripts disguised as legitimate monitoring tools. That ## [Julius Berger Backs Youth Innovation to Transform Nigeria’s Construction Sector](https://peaknews.com.ng/julius-berger-backs-youth-innovation-to-transform-nigerias-construction-sector/) _2026-08-20 · frank · Peak News_ Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has strengthened its partnership with Enactus Nigeria to promote innovation, sustainability and youth empowerment in Nigeria’s construction industry through the Julius Berger Innovation Challenge (JBIC) 2026 Mentorship Programme. The initiative brought together undergraduate students from tertiary institutions across the country, exposing them to industry mentorship,… ## [LASU Records N13bn IGR, 50 Infrastructure Projects Under Olatunji-Bello](https://peaknews.com.ng/lasu-records-n13bn-igr-50-infrastructure-projects-under-olatunji-bello/) _2026-08-20 · frank · Peak News_ Lagos State University (LASU) has recorded significant growth in revenue, academic programmes, infrastructure and research under the five-year tenure of its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello. Olatunji-Bello, who has bowed out of office, presented the scorecard of her administration at the grand finale of LASU’s 29th and 30th Combined Convocation Ceremonies, where she… ## [ADC member’s family home burnt in Rivers attack](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/20/adc-members-family-home-burnt-in-rivers-attack/) _2026-08-20 · Bgluck · PUO REPORTS_ The family residence of an African Democratic Congress, ADC, member, Isaiah Thomas, in Aluu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, has been attacked and set ablaze by unknown assailants. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, barely a day after campaigns officially commenced for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Thomas’ \[…\] ## [2027: OK Movement meets Obi, vows to deliver NDC victory](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/20/2027-ok-movement-meets-obi-vows-to-deliver-ndc-victory/) _2026-08-20 · Bgluck · PUO REPORTS_ The National Executive Council of the OK Movement has met with the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, reaffirming its commitment to securing victory for the party in the 2027 general elections. The meeting, held on Wednesday, focused on the movement’s mobilisation activities and its role in the NDC presidential campaign. The delegation \[…\] ## [AfCFTA Trade Integration Takes Centre Stage at PMI Global Summit in Cape Town](https://peaknews.com.ng/afcfta-trade-integration-takes-centre-stage-at-pmi-global-summit-in-cape-town/) _2026-08-20 · frank · Peak News_ Africa’s drive towards greater trade integration and economic cooperation will take centre stage in September as the Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, headlines the PMI Global Summit Series in Cape Town, South Africa. The summit, hosted by the Project Management Institute (PMI) sub-Saharan Africa, is expected to bring together … The post AfCFTA… ## [2027: Obi replaced Okonkwo, Ozigbo with content creators, Bwala alleges](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/20/2027-obi-replaced-okonkwo-ozigbo-with-content-creators-bwala-alleges/) _2026-08-20 · Bgluck · PUO REPORTS_ Presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala has alleged that the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, replaced some of his former associates with social media content creators ahead of the 2027 general elections. Bwala made the claim in a post on X on Thursday while commenting on developments surrounding Obi and his political \[…\] ## [Video: Onjeh Dumps APC, Declares Support for Obi](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/20/video-onjeh-dumps-apc-declares-support-for-obi/) _2026-08-20 · Bgluck · PUO REPORTS_ Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Daniel Onjeh, an aspirant for the Benue South Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has withdrawn his support for President Bola Tinubu and Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia. Onjeh announced the decision on Thursday while sharing footage of his recent meeting with the vice \[…\] ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yVcY6U2ungHe) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [New Cryptographic Context Injection Attack Could Let Web Pages Steal Grok Chat Data](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/new-cryptographic-context-injection.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Adversa AI has disclosed an attack technique that it says can cause xAI's Grok chatbot to send a user's name, approximate location, subscription tier, and the prompts from the ongoing conversation to an attacker-controlled server after the user asks it to summarize an ordinary web page. The AI security company, which has codenamed the technique "Cryptographic Context Injection," said the ## [Isolated-vm Flaw Lets Sandboxed JavaScript Escape to Host for Potential RCE](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/isolated-vm-flaw-lets-sandboxed.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in isolated-vm, a popular open-source sandbox with more than 2,900 stars and 190 forks on GitHub, that could allow attackers to escape the confines of the isolated environment. The vulnerability ("GHSA-864f-rcv7-6rh4"), which has yet to be assigned a CVE identifier, impacts all versions of the library before and including 7.0.0. ## [Critical NetScaler Flaw Can Bypass Authentication on Certain Gateway and AAA Servers](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/critical-netscaler-flaw-can-bypass.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Citrix has released updates to address two security flaws impacting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway deployments, including a critical-severity authentication bypass vulnerability. According to the cloud computing and virtualization technology company, the issues affect customer-managed NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, including certain FIPS and NDcPP builds, as well as SecurAccess ## [Attackers Exploit Zimbra SNMP Flaw for Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/attackers-exploit-zimbra-snmp-flaw-for.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ A now-patched security flaw impacting Zimbra Collaboration (ZCS) has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to the Polish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Polska). The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-73570 (CVSS score: 8.9), which refers to a case of command injection that can lead to remote code execution. "A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Zimbra ## [Zombie Card Attack Can Revive Expired Visa Cards for Contactless Payments](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/zombie-card-attack-can-revive-expired.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have demonstrated an attack that revives expired Visa contactless credit cards for real in-store purchases by rewriting the expiration date a point-of-sale (POS) terminal reads over near-field communication (NFC), without breaking any of the card's cryptography. The attack, which the researchers named "Zombie Card," requires physical ## [Why "Shady AI" is Security's Next Big Governance Problem](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/why-shady-ai-is-securitys-next-big.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ In March 2026, an internal AI agent at Meta triggered a “Sev 1” incident after sensitive company and user data was exposed to employees who weren’t authorized to access it. The incident began when a Meta employee posted a technical question on an internal forum. An engineer used an approved AI agent to analyze it, but the agent posted its response publicly without approval. The employee ## [CDN Tsunami Attack Abuses HTTP/3 Translation for Up to 350x DoS Amplification](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/cdn-tsunami-attack-abuses-http3.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that exploit how major content delivery networks (CDNs) convert client-facing HTTP/3 traffic into HTTP/1.1 requests to the websites they front, amplifying a low-bandwidth request stream by up to 350x against the origin server. The attacks, collectively named "CDN Tsunami," were evaluated against Alibaba, Baidu, ## [Manic Android Malware Exfiltrates Data From Offline Phones via Nearby Infected Devices](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/manic-android-malware-exfiltrates-data.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ A new Android threat codenamed Manic has been observed actively targeting Ukrainian banks, government and identity services, and messaging applications, as well as Russian and European financial institutions, global fintech and cryptocurrency services, and military-focused communications. "Manic sits at the intersection of Android banking malware and mobile spyware, combining financial-fraud ## [Elementor Pro Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Upload PHP and Execute Code](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/elementor-pro-flaw-could-let.html) _2026-08-20 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32475, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of unrestricted upload of a file with a dangerous type. "The flaw lives in the Forms module's File ## [Cloudflare Workers Spectre Attack Leaks JWT From Co-Located Worker at 12 Bits/Second](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/cloudflare-workers-spectre-attack-leaks.html) _2026-08-19 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a remote Spectre attack against Cloudflare Workers that leaked a JSON Web Token (JWT) from a co-located Worker in the production environment at up to 12 bits per second, 360 times the rate of an earlier attack demonstrated in 2021. The end-to-end experiment used an attacker Worker and a victim Worker controlled by the researchers, ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kfCa9SeYJclU) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [OpenAI Pauses Frontier RL Training as It Tightens Defenses Against Unsafe AI Behavior](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/openai-pauses-frontier-rl-training-as.html) _2026-08-19 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ OpenAI on Tuesday revealed that it paused reinforcement learning (RL) training for its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models for two weeks while it shored up additional defenses and increased the scope of its monitoring to avert another Hugging Face-like incident. "As models become more capable, the risks associated with developing and testing them internally also grow," the AI company ## [Leadway Unveils Multi-generational Insurance Solution, to Protect Families](https://peaknews.com.ng/leadway-unveils-multi-generational-insurance-solution-to-protect-families/) _2026-08-19 · frank · Peak News_ LAGOS — Leadway Assurance has unveiled the Leadway Lifetime Plan, a whole-of-life insurance solution designed to provide long-term financial protection for policyholders and extend coverage beyond the immediate household to the wider family circle. The new insurance product was unveiled during a press briefing with members of the Nigerian Association of Insurance and Pension Editors … The post… ## [Sanwo-Olu Announces N20m Reward for Each LASU Best Graduating Student](https://peaknews.com.ng/sanwo-olu-announces-n20m-reward-for-each-lasu-best-graduating-student/) _2026-08-19 · frank · Peak News_ OJO, LAGOS — Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a cash reward of N20 million each for the best graduating students of the Lagos State University (LASU) for the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions. The governor announced the rewards on Wednesday during the grand finale of LASU’s 29th and 30th Combined Convocation Ceremonies held … The post Sanwo-Olu Announces N20m Reward… ## [Gunmen Exchange Fire With Adeleke’s Security Team at Ataoja Palace](https://peaknews.com.ng/gunmen-exchange-fire-with-adelekes-security-team-at-ataoja-palace/) _2026-08-19 · frank · Peak News_ OSOGBO — Some suspected hoodlums reportedly engaged security personnel attached to the convoy of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, in a gun battle at the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, on Wednesday. The incident occurred shortly after Adeleke received his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and … The post Gunmen Exchange Fire… ## [FG: Fuel Subsidy Removal, Naira Reform Generated N15.8tn Savings in 30 Months](https://peaknews.com.ng/fg-fuel-subsidy-removal-naira-reform-generated-n15-8tn-savings-in-30-months/) _2026-08-19 · frank · Peak News_ The Federal Government has said the removal of fuel subsidy and liberalisation of the naira generated N15.8 trillion in savings for the Federation between June 2023 and December 2025. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed this at a media conference on Nigeria’s reform scorecard titled “The Benefits, Costs … The post FG: Fuel Subsidy Removal,… ## [ASUU Raises Alarm Over Lecturers’ Welfare at KASU as VC Disputes Claim of 200 Resignations](https://peaknews.com.ng/asuu-raises-alarm-over-lecturers-welfare-at-kasu-as-vc-disputes-claim-of-200-resignations/) _2026-08-19 · frank · Peak News_ The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) chapter, has raised concerns over what it described as worsening financial hardship among lecturers at the institution, alleging that some academic staff can no longer afford transportation costs due to low salaries. The Chairman of ASUU-KASU, Dr Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this while speaking on … The post ASUU… ## [President Tinubu Appoints new Head of Civil Service](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/19/president-tinubu-appoints-new-head-of-civil-service/) _2026-08-19 · Bachi · PUO REPORTS_ President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, effective August 27, 2026. Mr Enitan succeeds Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who will retire soon from the Federal Civil Service upon attaining the statutory retirement age of 60. Mr Enitan, from Osun State, is the \[…\] ## [Tinubu Directs EFCC to Channel Recovered Funds to NELFUND](https://peaknews.com.ng/tinubu-directs-efcc-to-channel-recovered-funds-to-nelfund/) _2026-08-19 · frank · Peak News_ ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to channel recovered funds, unclaimed dividends and dormant account trust funds to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to support students’ access to higher education. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the … The post Tinubu… ## [SilkParasite Espionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments with Five New RATs](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/silkparasite-espionage-campaign-targets.html) _2026-08-19 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ A previously unreported cyber espionage operation dubbed SilkParasite has been observed targeting government bodies in Central Asia. The intrusion set makes use of seven remote access tool (RAT) families, five of which have never been previously documented: DriveSilkRAT, CookiETagRAT, NomadRAT, GoginRAT, and NodeEdgeRAT. SilkParasite, first discovered in late 2025, is assessed to be a ## [Hackers Compromised 14,500+ Dahua Devices Using Credential Attacks, Auth Bypasses, and P2P](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/hackers-compromised-14500-dahua-devices.html) _2026-08-19 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Cybersecurity researchers at Hunt.io have disclosed details of a campaign that they say compromised more than 14,530 Dahua devices between June 17 and July 22, 2026, using credential attacks, two authentication-bypass flaws, and a peer-to-peer (P2P) relay technique. The activity, codenamed Operation CameraSwarm, was reconstructed from a 407 MB exposed working directory containing 2,616 files ## [Phishing 3.0: The Fight Moves to Agent Versus Agent](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/phishing-30-fight-moves-to-agent-versus.html) _2026-08-19 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Most email defenses still do the job they did a decade ago. Scan the message, look for something malicious, block it. That worked when the danger sat in the payload, a bad link or an attachment. It stopped working when the danger moved into the message's intent, and it is failing now that the sender is no longer a person. From Bad Content to Bad Intent to AI on Both Sides Phishing 1.0 was bad ## [StopAndProtect Uses Nearly 2,000 Hacked WordPress Sites to Spread Malware and Steal Data](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/stopandprotect-uses-nearly-2000-hacked.html) _2026-08-19 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a global cybercrime operation that abuses thousands of hacked WordPress websites as infrastructure to disseminate malware, commandeer infected hosts, store stolen documents, screenshots, and activity logs created to track the status of the activity. "The operation doesn't rely on a single piece of malware, but on a whole toolkit of criminal software ## [Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, and Microsoft IKE Flaws Under Active Exploitation](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/critical-macos-sharepoint-vcenter-and.html) _2026-08-19 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, stating they are being exploited in the wild. The shortcomings added to the KEV catalog are listed below - CVE-2026-65400 (CVSS score: 9.8) - An improper authentication vulnerability impacting Apple macOS that could allow an ## [Microsoft Links 30+ Rotating Domains to MacSync Stealer Infrastructure](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/microsoft-links-30-rotating-domains-to.html) _2026-08-19 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ Microsoft Defender Experts have linked more than 30 web domains to MacSync Stealer, a macOS-focused information stealer, after correlating recurring endpoint and network behaviors across changing infrastructure, tracing the malware from payload retrieval through data collection, staging, and exfiltration. The tech giant said it required multiple endpoint and network behaviors to align before ## [OK Movement DG Peter Ameh Resigns After One Month](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/19/ok-movement-dg-peter-ameh-resigns-after-one-month/) _2026-08-19 · Bgluck · PUO REPORTS_ Peter Ameh has resigned as the Director General of the OK Movement, barely one month after his appointment. Ameh announced his resignation in Abuja, stating that the decision took immediate effect. He explained that he stepped down to focus fully on his ambition to represent Kogi East Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections on \[…\] ## [Clop-Linked Windchill Web Shell Decrypts Credentials and Maps Engineering Data](https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/clop-linked-windchill-web-shell.html) _2026-08-19 · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) · The Hacker News_ A JavaServer Pages (JSP) web shell deployed following the exploitation of a critical security flaw in PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers is specifically designed for the enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, according to new findings from ReliaQuest. The cybersecurity company characterized the web shell as a fully equipped extortion platform capable of mapping sensitive vault ## [UI, UNILAG, UNN Lead Nigeria in Global University Ranking](https://puoreports.ng/2026/08/19/ui-unilag-unn-lead-nigeria-in-global-university-ranking/) _2026-08-19 · Bgluck · PUO REPORTS_ The University of Ibadan, UI, has emerged as Nigeria’s highest ranked university in the July 2026 edition of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. The University of Lagos, UNILAG, placed second among Nigerian universities, followed by the University of Nigeria, UNN, while Covenant University, Ota, occupied the fourth position. The July 2026 ranking assessed 32,148 \[…\] ## [Airtel Africa, Starlink Launch Satellite-to-Mobile Service in DRC](https://peaknews.com.ng/airtel-africa-starlink-launch-satellite-to-mobile-service-in-drc/) _2026-08-18 · frank · Peak News_ Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched a satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the first commercial deployment of the technology in Africa. The development is expected to expand mobile connectivity to areas that are not adequately covered by conventional terrestrial telecommunications infrastructure. The service allows Airtel customers with compatible… ## [Kano Awards N27.8bn Contracts for ICT, CBT Centres Across 44 LGAs](https://peaknews.com.ng/kano-awards-n27-8bn-contracts-for-ict-cbt-centres-across-44-lgas/) _2026-08-18 · frank · Peak News_ The Kano State Government has awarded contracts worth N27.8 billion for the construction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the state’s 44 Local Government Areas. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Tajo-Othman, disclosed this on Tuesday during the contract award ceremony held at the ministry …… ## [US Lifts 12-Year Security Restriction on Ships From Nigerian Ports](https://peaknews.com.ng/us-lifts-12-year-security-restriction-on-ships-from-nigerian-ports/) _2026-08-18 · frank · Peak News_ The United States Coast Guard has lifted the 12-year Condition of Entry imposed on vessels arriving in the United States from Nigeria, marking a major development for the country’s maritime sector. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, announced the development on Tuesday in a statement posted on his X handle. The Condition … The post US Lifts 12-Year Security Restriction on…