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SN-2026-364InformationalMitigated

OpenAI Restricts New GPT 5.6 Cyber Model to Vetted Security Partners

OpenAI releases GPT 5.6 Cyber for vulnerability research and incident response, offering Daybreak Blue and Red variants strictly to approved partners.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-363InformationalResolved

Sherlock Holmes and the Timeless Mechanics of Social Engineering

Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective demonstrated pretexting, OSINT, and human intelligence tactics that mirror modern social engineering attacks.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-362InformationalOpen

Outdated Cybercrime Laws Put Good-Faith Security Researchers at Risk

A new five-point policy framework addresses how outdated global cybercrime laws create severe legal liability for good-faith security researchers.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-361CriticalMitigated

SonicWall SMA1000 Flaws CVE-2026-15409, CVE-2026-15410 Used in Ransomware

CISA confirms active ransomware exploitation of SonicWall SMA1000 vulnerabilities CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410. Immediate patching required.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-360HighOpen

Sandworm Hackers Impersonate IT Recruiters to Target Ukrainian Admins

Russian GRU unit Sandworm is posing as IT recruiters on job sites, tricking Ukrainian system administrators into installing malicious SopraVPN software.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-359HighOpen

'Ghostjacking' Attacks Poison Security Logs to Hijack Autonomous AI Agents

Tenet security researchers demonstrate Ghostjacking, abusing logs in Cloudflare, Datadog, and Sentry to trick AI agents into running arbitrary commands.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-358CriticalOpen

Storm-1175 Exploits N-able N-central Flaw to Deploy StormEncryptor Ransomware

China-linked threat actor Storm-1175 is exploiting CVE-2026-18577 in N-able N-central RMM tools to deploy custom StormEncryptor ransomware.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-357CriticalMitigated

Sandworm Hackers Pivot via Private APN to Sabotage Second Polish Energy Facility

Russian threat actor Sandworm leveraged a private cellular APN to pivot from a wind farm into a Polish combined heat and power plant's OT network.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-356CriticalMitigated

Metabase Patches Critical Zero-Day SQL Injection Vulnerability

Metabase has released urgent patches for an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability exploited as a zero-day to gain administrative control.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-355CriticalOpen

CISA Mandates Immediate Patch for Actively Exploited Progress LoadMaster RCE Flaw

CISA has added CVE-2026-8037, a critical root-level RCE vulnerability in Progress Kemp LoadMaster, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-354CriticalOpen

CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Progress Kemp LoadMaster Flaw CVE-2026-8037

Active exploitation of a critical Progress Kemp LoadMaster command injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-8037) prompts urgent federal patching mandates.

Aug 10, 2026
SN-2026-353HighOpen

OpenAI Pauses Internal Astra Work Over Advanced Autonomous Cyber Capabilities

OpenAI has paused internal work on its upcoming Astra model after evaluations revealed potential Critical-level autonomous cyber capabilities.

Aug 10, 2026