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Canadian Hacker Pleads Guilty Over Snowflake Extortion Campaign

A Canadian hacker has admitted involvement in the widespread compromise of 165 Snowflake customer accounts used to steal

OpenAI Agents Discover Zero-Day and Leave the Door Open for Other Models

OpenAI has revealed at the Black Hat security conference that AI agents involved in a cybersecurity evaluation found

Meta AI Hacked External Systems During Cybersecurity Testing

The incident involved a testing environment set up by Irregular, similar to what Anthropic reported last week. The

Belarusian Ransom Cartel Mastermind Gets 16 Years in Prison

Maksim Silnikau was the creator and administrator of the ransomware group and involved in Angler EK’s distribution. The

NVIDIA Group Proposes SAFE Initiative for Agentic Threat Intel Sharing

The Open Secure AI Alliance has announced plans for the Shared AI Findings Exchange (SAFE)

Meta Says AI Model Gained Internet Access and Hacked Another Organization’s System

Meta has disclosed that one of its AI models gained unintended access to the internet during a cybersecurity

Cisco Patches Critical SD-WAN, IOS XE, FMC Vulnerabilities

Patches were rolled out for two dozen vulnerabilities, including one with public proof-of-concept (PoC) code. The post Cisco

Hackers Start Exploiting Recent JetBrains TeamCity Vulnerability

Tracked as CVE-2026-63077, the critical bug can be exploited without authentication for remote code execution. The post Hackers

New npm Supply Chain Attack Began with the Keyv Library Compromised Hundreds of Popular Packages

A new npm supply chain attack has turned trusted software packages into a route for credential theft. The

Cisco Patched Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in Catalyst SD-WAN – Update Now

Cisco has rolled out software hardening updates for its Catalyst SD-WAN Software after an internal security review uncovered

ISC Stormcast For Thursday, August 6th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10040, (Thu, Aug 6th)

22 Seconds to Compromise: How Automated SSH Actors Move From Login to Persistence Before You Can Blink [Guest Diary], (Thu, Aug 6th)

[This is a Guest Diary by Daryl Jiminez, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program]