# week in review (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover week in review. Page: Feed: --- ## [Central Area, Maine-New Hampshire-Vermont District lead in](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/26/central-area-maine-new-hampshire-vermont-district-lead-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=central-area-maine-new-hampshire-vermont-district-lead-in) _2026-08-26 · Mike Milligan · USPS Employee News_ A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 97.09 percent during the week ending Aug. 21, down 0.58 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected Aug. 26. Central led the four areas with a rating of 97.54 percent, while Southern ranked last with a 96.2 percent rating. Among the \[...\] Read More... from Central Area, Maine-New Hampshire-Vermont District lead in ## [Critical Gitea vulnerability now exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-60004)](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/26/gitea-cve-2026-60004-exploited-in-the-wild/) _2026-08-26 · Zeljka Zorz · Help Net Security_ Attackers have begun exploiting CVE-2026-60004, a critical code injection vulnerability in the Gitea Git platform, CISA confirmed on Tuesday by adding the vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The KEV entry does not contain or point to details about the attacks, but according to an incident report published by a professed full-stack developer on the Russian… ## [RightCrowd Pass unifies mobile, physical, and biometric credentials](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/26/rightcrowd-pass-credentialing-solution/) _2026-08-26 · Industry News · Help Net Security_ RightCrowd announced RightCrowd Pass, a credentialing solution that issues and manages mobile, physical and biometric access credentials from a single platform. Many large enterprises and universities rely on badge programs-built years ago. As organizations add mobile and biometric credentials, what began as a single access program can fragment into three separate systems, each with its own… ## [Bogus recruiters go after high-value corporate credentials on mobile](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/26/recruitment-scam-corporate-passwords-mobile/) _2026-08-26 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ Scammers posing as HR staff at well-known companies are running interview scheduling scams that end with a stolen corporate password, according to Zimperium. Attackers are using a technique called browser-in-the-browser, or BitB, which CTM360 documented in earlier research on recruitment phishing. They scrape public profile data and use it to craft convincing scheduling flows designed to get past… ## [Wearing a seat belt saved this employee’s life](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/26/wearing-a-seat-belt-saved-this-employees-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wearing-a-seat-belt-saved-this-employees-life) _2026-08-26 · Dave Sacks · USPS Employee News_ The Postal Service is reminding employees that wearing a seat belt while operating a vehicle could be a lifesaving move. On Dec. 15, 2022, Riegelsville, PA, Postmaster Drew Boardman set out for a nearby Post Office where he was asked to help out. A light snow had made the rural road he was driving on \[...\] Read More... from Wearing a seat belt saved this employee’s life ## [Appointments, awards and retirements](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/26/appointments-awards-and-retirements-86/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=appointments-awards-and-retirements-86) _2026-08-26 · Dave Sacks · USPS Employee News_ The Postal Service recently made the following managerial and supervisory announcements: • Jennifer A. Goldstein was named Birmingham, AL, Regional Processing and Distribution Center’s executive plant manager. She previously served as operations support manager for Southeast Processing Division. • Terry Ann M. Scott was named the Chief Solutions and Strategy Office’s integration and support… ## [Meta adds three new features to keep WhatsApp accounts secure](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/26/meta-whatsapp-security-enhancements/) _2026-08-26 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ Meta has added new security enhancements to WhatsApp, this time in the form of stronger two-step verification, additional information about calls from unknown numbers, and the ability to add multiple passkeys to the same account. New account security features (Source: Meta) “On WhatsApp, your conversations belong only to you and the people you’re talking to. It’s why we built end-to-end encryption… ## [Linux Foundation takes on TRACE, a hardware-backed runtime evidence specification for AI agents](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/26/the-linux-foundation-trace-ai-agent-security/) _2026-08-26 · Industry News · Help Net Security_ The Linux Foundation announced the contribution of TRACE (Trust, Runtime Attestation and Compliance Evidence), from OPAQUE. Collaboratively developed by AMD, Intel, Microsoft, OPAQUE and the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), TRACE creates a standard, open evidence layer that enables reliable governance records for AI agents and other confidential workloads. As organizations deploy… ## [Production data in testing is still common, and Tricentis’ CISO wants it gone](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/26/erika-dean-tricentis-production-data-in-testing/) _2026-08-26 · Mirko Zorz · Help Net Security_ In this Help Net Security interview, Erika Dean, CISO at Tricentis, talks about keeping production data out of test environments and why she thinks the alternatives are good enough now. She explains how her team caught a prompt injection gap in red-teaming and held a release for a week until it was fixed. Dean describes what gets an AI vendor rejected, mostly vague answers about where data lives… ## [AI vulnerability discovery scores the highest impact of 20 emerging risks](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/26/ai-vulnerability-discovery-emerging-risks/) _2026-08-26 · Anamarija Pogorelec · Help Net Security_ Risk managers, auditors and senior executives at 316 companies spent April and May ranking 20 threats they have not yet felt. AI discovery of cyber vulnerabilities came back first, according to Gartner. Three months earlier the same quarterly survey put information integrity risk at the top and left AI vulnerability discovery out of the top five. The exploit step stopped being hard Two things… ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TeVD5KpE8zCA) _2026-08-26 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: August 2026](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/26/hottest-cybersecurity-open-source-tools-august-2026/) _2026-08-26 · Anamarija Pogorelec · Help Net Security_ Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across diverse settings. SkillSpector: NVIDIA’s open-source security scanner for AI agent skills SkillSpector is an open-source scanner from NVIDIA that reads an agent skill and tells you whether to install it. Point it at a directory, a… ## [Fly flags at half-staff to honor Dolly Parton](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/25/fly-flags-at-half-staff-to-honor-dolly-parton/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fly-flags-at-half-staff-to-honor-dolly-parton) _2026-08-25 · Shawn Selby · USPS Employee News_ President Donald Trump has ordered U.S. flags flown at half-staff to honor country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25. Flags should be flown at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, Sept. 1. To fly the flag at half-staff, hoist the flag to the peak for an instant and then lower it to \[...\] Read More... from Fly flags at half-staff to honor Dolly Parton ## [USPS proposes temporary price changes](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/25/usps-proposes-temporary-price-changes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usps-proposes-temporary-price-changes) _2026-08-25 · Dave Sacks · USPS Employee News_ The Postal Service filed notice today with the Postal Regulatory Commission, or PRC, about temporary price changes for some package services during the 2026 holiday shipping season. The planned changes would affect prices on Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage and Parcel Select. No other products or services would be affected. Pending favorable \[...\] Read More... from USPS… ## [INTERPOL crackdown on West African crime rings uncovers troubling new trend](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/25/interpol-jackal-iv-west-african-crime-groups-arrests/) _2026-08-25 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ Police across 22 countries arrested 58 people and identified 263 suspects during an eight-month INTERPOL operation targeting West African organized crime groups. Suspects detained in an operation targeting West African crime groups (Source: INTERPOL) Operation Jackal IV ran from November 2025 to June 2026. The goal was to disrupt money laundering, flag high-value targets, seize assets, and back up… ## [Citrix UniconOS dual boot turns Windows endpoints into their own recovery device](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/25/citrix-uniconos-dual-boot-endpoint-resiliency-capability/) _2026-08-25 · Industry News · Help Net Security_ Citrix announced Citrix UniconOS dual boot, a new endpoint resiliency capability designed to help organizations recover access to work in minutes — without spare hardware, central reimaging or prolonged business downtime. Available now as part of Citrix UniconOS Release 7 2607, dual boot turns every compatible Windows endpoint into its own recovery device: an isolated, hardened Citrix UniconOS… ## [Palo Alto Post Office’s design tells a story](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/25/palo-alto-post-offices-design-tells-a-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palo-alto-post-offices-design-tells-a-story) _2026-08-25 · Laura Jackson · USPS Employee News_ Palo Alto, CA, traces its founding to a mission church established by a Roman Catholic priest in 1777 when the area was part of the Spanish Empire. The city’s Hamilton Station Post Office — built more than 150 years later in the Spanish Colonial Revival style — blends in well with neighboring buildings that have \[...\] Read More... from Palo Alto Post Office’s design tells a story ## [These postcards take global mail to the max](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/25/these-postcards-take-global-mail-to-the-max/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=these-postcards-take-global-mail-to-the-max) _2026-08-25 · Laura Jackson · USPS Employee News_ The Postal Service recently issued a set of four stamps celebrating Postcrossing, a global project that enables its participants to send and receive postcards from random people all over the world. Since its launch in 2005, more than 800,000 people in more than 200 countries and territories have mailed more than 87 million postcards. However, \[...\] Read More... from These postcards take global… ## [USPS to honor Linda McCartney with five stamps](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/24/usps-to-honor-linda-mccartney-with-five-stamps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usps-to-honor-linda-mccartney-with-five-stamps) _2026-08-24 · Laura Jackson · USPS Employee News_ The Postal Service will honor the art and life of photographer, author, musician and animal rights activist Linda McCartney with five stamps featuring images of her work. The stamps will be released on Friday, Sept. 25, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Born Linda Eastman in Scarsdale, NY, in 1941, she \[...\] Read More... from USPS to honor Linda McCartney with five stamps ## [Have a mobile device? Check in once a week](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/24/have-a-mobile-device-check-in-once-a-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=have-a-mobile-device-check-in-once-a-week) _2026-08-24 · Laura Jackson · USPS Employee News_ The Postal Service is reminding employees and contractors with USPS-issued smartphones and tablets to do a manual check-in on the device at least once a week. The check-ins enable app updates, installations and configurations; compliance and status reporting; general communications; and vulnerability fixes. To check in, Android and iOS device users will need to open \[...\] Read More... from Have a… ## [Their COVID payments scam led to prison](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/24/their-covid-payments-scam-led-to-prison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=their-covid-payments-scam-led-to-prison) _2026-08-24 · Shawn Selby · USPS Employee News_ Four former Postal Service employees in Miami have been sentenced to prison for defrauding the federal government out of $2 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief payments. This case began as a workers’ compensation investigation. A letter carrier who injured her knee while running from a dog on her route was receiving workers’ compensation payments, but \[...\] Read More... from Their COVID payments… ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/k9ZTDrkJkTiB) _2026-08-24 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Here’s what Link covered Aug. 16-22](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/23/heres-what-link-covered-aug-16-22/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-what-link-covered-aug-16-22) _2026-08-23 · Shawn Selby · USPS Employee News_ Last week was USPS Ethics Awareness Week, the organization’s annual campaign focusing on institutional integrity, and Link ran several articles on the theme. There were pieces on the rules surrounding Postal Service time and property; on the proper use of USPS vehicles, on avoiding nepotism; and on the sanctity of the mail. We also told \[...\] Read More... from Here’s what Link covered Aug. 16-22 ## [Week in review: Records allegedly stolen from Azure tenants, Medusa ransomware hits 500+ orgs](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/23/week-in-review-records-allegedly-stolen-from-azure-tenants-medusa-ransomware-hits-500-orgs/) _2026-08-23 · Help Net Security · Help Net Security_ Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Windows 11’s strongest security defenses can be bypassed without a screwdriver Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Durham University have found a way to knock down some of the toughest protections in Windows 11 without physically opening or modifying the target machine. The attack… ## [He helped out during a multi-vehicle accident](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/22/he-helped-out-during-a-multi-vehicle-accident/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=he-helped-out-during-a-multi-vehicle-accident) _2026-08-22 · Shawn Selby · USPS Employee News_ Postal Service employee Philip Abella was working at the Seattle Processing and Distribution Center when he witnessed a multi-vehicle accident on a nearby freeway. A driver had collided with a tractor-trailer and another vehicle, creating a chaotic and dangerous scene. Abella, a USPS tractor-trailer operator, went to the scene to monitor the situation and ensure \[...\] Read More... from He helped… ## [Critical Microsoft Entra ID vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-69836)](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/21/microsoft-entra-id-vulnerability-cve-2026-69836/) _2026-08-21 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ Microsoft has patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-69836) in Entra ID, reportedly exploited in the wild. Entra ID is Microsoft’s cloud identity service, formerly Azure Active Directory, that verifies logins and controls access to Microsoft 365, Azure, and connected third-party apps. Tracked as CVE-2026-69836, with the maximum CVSS score of 10.0, the vulnerability was… ## [Attackers impersonate popular AI brands to spread malware](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/21/ai-brand-impersonation-malware-malware-research/) _2026-08-21 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ Attackers are impersonating popular AI brands like Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot to spread information stealers, backdoors, malicious browser extensions, and other malware, according to Sophos. Overview of MDR cases with AI involvement (Source: Sophos) Sophos X-Ops reviewed 12 months of managed detection and response cases, covering July 2, 2025 through June 29, 2026. Of 86 cases… ## [USPS to honor Sarah Orne Jewett with a stamp](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/21/usps-to-honor-sarah-orne-jewett-with-a-stamp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usps-to-honor-sarah-orne-jewett-with-a-stamp) _2026-08-21 · Katie Howard · USPS Employee News_ The Postal Service will release its Sarah Orne Jewett stamp ― the 35th in the organization’s Literary Arts series ― on Friday, Aug. 21. A foundational figure in American literary regionalism, Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) explored the balance between individualism and communal values, often highlighting the positive spirit of her native Maine. Drawing inspiration from \[...\] Read More... from USPS… ## [They lent a helping hand](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/21/they-lent-a-helping-hand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=they-lent-a-helping-hand) _2026-08-21 · Katie Howard · USPS Employee News_ A mail processing clerk in Austin, TX, answered the call to help people affected by the recent flooding in the state’s Hill Country region in July. Nathanael Myers volunteered with a disaster response unit operated by Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B to serve meals to those affected by the flooding. Myers also worked with volunteers from \[...\] Read More... from They lent a helping hand ## [There is no place for nepotism at USPS](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/21/there-is-no-place-for-nepotism-at-usps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=there-is-no-place-for-nepotism-at-usps) _2026-08-21 · Katie Howard · USPS Employee News_ The Postal Service is marking USPS Ethics Awareness Week by reminding employees that nepotism is prohibited in the workplace. Under federal law, USPS employees cannot hire, promote or advocate for a relative — including a spouse, parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, in-law, stepparent, stepsibling or half-sibling. A reporting relationship can also raise \[...\] Read More...… ## [USPS service, at your fingertips](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/21/usps-service-at-your-fingertips/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usps-service-at-your-fingertips) _2026-08-21 · Katie Howard · USPS Employee News_ “News Quiz” is a weekly feature that lets you test your knowledge of recent Link stories. The correct answers appear at the end. 1. Which of the following is not a new feature of the Informed Delivery Mobile app? a) Choosing when monthly bills are delivered b) Seeing USPS Smart Locker packages c) Updating Informed \[...\] Read More... from USPS service, at your fingertips ## [Citrix urges customers to fix critical NetScaler authentication bypass (CVE-2026-19490)](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/21/citrix-netscaler-gateway-cve-2026-19490/) _2026-08-21 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ Citrix has patched two vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, including a critical authentication bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2026-19490, and is urging customers to upgrade affected appliances as soon as possible. “We strongly recommend that customers review the official NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway security bulletin, assess whether their deployments are affected, and… ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1m3DAmLpECNt) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [GitLab 19.3 helps enterprises scale agentic development securely](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/21/gitlab-19-3-updates/) _2026-08-21 · Industry News · Help Net Security_ GitLab has announced updates that give enterprises more control as they scale agentic software development. GitLab Dedicated customers, who already run their most sensitive software delivery workloads on GitLab, can now run GitLab Duo Agent Platform inside that same single tenant environment and region, connect their own models for inference, and keep AI-processed data inside their existing… ## [A $25 template helped scammers build hundreds of phantom bank domains](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/21/phantom-bank-websites-fraud-research/) _2026-08-21 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ A phrase on a suspicious website turned into an investigation of phantom banks built to support scams, according to new research from Allure Security. Molly DeQuattro, the company’s VP of Operations, was reviewing a domain that resembled the brand of one of its financial services clients. The page carried none of that client’s branding. It presented an unrelated bank instead. One phrase caught her… ## [Nearly half of enterprises have no one leading PQC migration](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/21/axiad-pqc-migration-readiness-gaps-report/) _2026-08-21 · Anamarija Pogorelec · Help Net Security_ Enterprises believe they are prepared for the security challenges posed by quantum computing, but gaps in ownership, testing and visibility could complicate their transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), according to new research from Axiad. Who owns PQC migration? (Source: Axiad) Organizations need to know where certificates, cryptographic keys and algorithms are used before they can plan a… ## [New infosec products of the week: August 21, 2026](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/21/new-infosec-products-of-the-week-august-21-2026/) _2026-08-21 · Anamarija Pogorelec · Help Net Security_ Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from F5 Networks, Intezer, Netscout, and Tufin. NETSCOUT expands Adaptive DDoS Protection with outbound attack mitigation NETSCOUT has announced an extension of its Adaptive DDoS Protection (ADP) solution enabling service providers to automatically detect and mitigate outbound DDoS attack traffic. By extending… ## [Postal Bulletin covers USPS Vehicle Safety Week](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/20/postal-bulletin-covers-usps-vehicle-safety-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=postal-bulletin-covers-usps-vehicle-safety-week) _2026-08-20 · Katie Howard · USPS Employee News_ Postal Bulletin’s latest edition, published Aug. 20, looks at USPS Vehicle Safety week, which begins Saturday, Aug. 22. Updates to the organization’s policies, procedures and forms are also included. Employees can go to usps.com to read and download the latest Postal Bulletin, along with past issues. \[...\] Read More... from Postal Bulletin covers USPS Vehicle Safety Week ## [Corero brings cloud-based AI threat analysis to SmartWall ONE](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/corero-ai-cloud-assist/) _2026-08-20 · Industry News · Help Net Security_ Corero Network Security has announced AI-Augmented Cloud-Assist for SmartWall ONE, extending its automated DDoS protection with cloud-delivered AI analysis, threat intelligence, and policy optimization. As cybercriminals increasingly leverage AI to develop and evolve attack campaigns, defenders must respond with equal speed and precision. Cloud-based AI analysis enables Corero’s DoS/DDoS solutions… ## [AWS limits AI agents’ data access, even when manipulated](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/aws-ai-agents-access-controls/) _2026-08-20 · Anamarija Pogorelec · Help Net Security_ AWS has detailed an approach for propagating user authorization context through AI agents, allowing access controls to be enforced by infrastructure and downstream services rather than relying on the agent itself. Customers using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore can build AI agents that pull information from Amazon DynamoDB tables, document repositories, SaaS platforms, and internal knowledge bases to… ## [Fake Gemini installer delivers Vidar infostealer via Google Colab lure](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/fake-google-gemini-installer-vidar-infostealer/) _2026-08-20 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ A malicious executable masquerading as a Google Gemini installer was used to deliver the Vidar infostealer on a company network in the EMEA region, according to Darktrace researchers who investigated the incident. “During the initial analysis, it was noted that the top search result for the suspicious filename associated pointed to a file hosted on Google Colab, a cloud-based Jupyter notebook… ## [My Mother Had to Be Dying Before Anyone Would Take Her Off the Drugs](https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/08/my-mother-had-to-be-dying-before-anyone-would-take-her-off-the-drugs/) _2026-08-20 · Kat Vu · Mad In America_ On hospice, a psychiatrist finally said yes to deprescribing. Once someone is on hospice, taking medications away becomes the normal thing to do rather than the dangerous thing. The post My Mother Had to Be Dying Before Anyone Would Take Her Off the Drugs appeared first on Mad In America . ## [OpenAI previews privacy-focused system for detecting AI misuse](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/openai-private-safety-processing-zdr/) _2026-08-20 · Anamarija Pogorelec · Help Net Security_ OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing with early customers seeking greater certainty about how their data will be protected as AI systems become more capable. The system identifies patterns across related interactions while restricting OpenAI personnel from accessing the underlying content. The company plans to start rolling it out and publish a technical white paper in September. “No AI… ## [USPS is woven into America’s fabric](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/20/usps-is-woven-into-americas-fabric/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usps-is-woven-into-americas-fabric) _2026-08-20 · Mike Milligan · USPS Employee News_ In the glow of the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence, the Postal Service reflects upon its own history and future potential, The Eagle magazine reports in its summer issue. The cover story looks at how USPS can optimize its public service mission, its unparalleled national network and its inimitable employees to elevate its role \[...\] Read More... from USPS is woven into… ## [US agencies warn of AI-powered attacks on Siemens industrial controllers](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/usa-ai-attacks-siemens-s7-plcs-critical-infrastructure/) _2026-08-20 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ Threat actors are using AI to write exploit scripts targeting internet-exposed Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used across water, energy, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors, according to US federal agencies. PLCs are the small industrial computers that open valves, run pumps, and control machinery in factories, water plants, and power stations. The… ## [USPS employees have a duty to protect the mail](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/20/usps-employees-have-a-duty-to-protect-the-mail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usps-employees-have-a-duty-to-protect-the-mail) _2026-08-20 · Mike Milligan · USPS Employee News_ The Postal Service is marking USPS Ethics Awareness Week by reminding employees of their duty to protect the sanctity and security of the mail. Customers trust the Postal Service to timely deliver letters, payments, medications and packages with care. Stealing, delaying, damaging or destroying mail erodes the public’s confidence and drives customers away. Employees who \[...\] Read More... from USPS… ## [Stamping out fraud](https://news.usps.com/2026/08/20/stamping-out-fraud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stamping-out-fraud) _2026-08-20 · Mike Milligan · USPS Employee News_ Email us your feedback. Your comments could be included in our “Mail” column. \[...\] Read More... from Stamping out fraud ## [Tufin expands Unified Control Plane with AI intelligence and multi-vendor automation](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/tufin-expands-unified-control-plane-with-ai-intelligence-and-multi-vendor-automation/) _2026-08-20 · Industry News · Help Net Security_ Tufin has announced the availability of Tufin Orchestration Suite (TOS) 5.3, helping enterprises further simplify security operations and maintain consistent control across increasingly complex multi-vendor, hybrid environments. As enterprise security environments continue to expand across cloud, firewalls, SASE, SD-WAN, microsegmentation, and distributed infrastructure, organizations increasingly… ## [US charges 17 Iranian hackers over 31-terabyte academic data theft](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/us-iranian-hackers-mabna-institute-charged/) _2026-08-20 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ The U.S. has charged 17 alleged members of Mabna Institute, an Iranian hacking-for-hire company accused of running a years-long campaign that stole data from American universities, companies, and government agencies. The post US charges 17 Iranian hackers over 31-terabyte academic data theft appeared first on Help Net Security . ## [AI is making fraud harder to spot and identity harder to prove](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/experian-digital-identity-fraud-risks-report/) _2026-08-20 · Anamarija Pogorelec · Help Net Security_ Online fraud has become a routine concern for consumers and businesses that rely on digital accounts, payments and customer service. Experian’s 2026 U.S. Identity & Fraud Report describes a market where scams extend across messages, websites, documents, voices, images and account activity. Security measures that make consumers feel most secure (Source: Experian) Deception spreads across digital… ## [Researchers find a loophole that lets expired credit cards make unauthorized payments](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/zombie-credit-card-attack-expired/) _2026-08-20 · Sinisa Markovic · Help Net Security_ A team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown that a contactless credit card keeps working past its printed expiration date, even after the cardholder gets a replacement. They named it the Zombie Card attack and presented the findings at USENIX Security 2026. The question behind the loophole “This work is motivated by documented patterns of improper expired card handling. Although… ## [8,539 reasons to rethink how vulnerabilities get patched](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/20/rapid7-vulnerability-patch-cycles-report/) _2026-08-20 · Anamarija Pogorelec · Help Net Security_ The window for responding to newly disclosed security flaws is getting shorter. Exploit code can appear quickly, exploitability can be tested soon after disclosure, and organizations have a growing number of weaknesses to sort through. Rapid7’s Q2 2026 Threat Landscape Report counted 8,539 high- and critical-severity vulnerability disclosures, twice the number recorded a year earlier. Source:… ## [A Psychedelic-Therapy Paper Has Sat Under an Expression of Concern Since March. Sage Still Hasn’t Decided.](https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/08/a-psychedelic-therapy-paper-has-sat-under-an-expression-of-concern-since-march-sage-still-hasnt-decided/) _2026-08-19 · MIA Editors · Mad In America_ A Psychedelic-Therapy Paper Has Sat Under an Expression of Concern Since March. 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