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Meta Ordered to Pay $567M and Restrict Youth Usage in Landmark New Mexico Decision

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million and enforce strict platform limits over harms to youth on Instagram and Facebook.

Aug 7, 2026
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QuickFox VPN Supply Chain Compromise Delivers FDMTP Implant to Windows Users

Threat actors modified QuickFox VPN installers to profile Windows systems, skipping casual gamers to drop the FDMTP implant on dev and crypto hosts.

Aug 7, 2026
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Irregular AI Misconfigurations Exposed Internet Targets to Autonomous Hacking Models

Cybersecurity evaluation firm Irregular misconfigured testing sandboxes, allowing AI agents from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta to compromise real systems.

Aug 7, 2026
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North Carolina Ports Cyberattack Disrupts Logistics at Wilmington and Inland Hubs

A major North Carolina Ports cyberattack caused systems-wide outages, delaying container gates and operations across Wilmington and Morehead City facilities.

Aug 7, 2026
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Levi Strauss Discloses Data Exfiltration Following Social Engineering Attack

Levi Strauss & Co. has disclosed a corporate data breach after social engineering attackers compromised three employee laptops to exfiltrate company files.

Aug 7, 2026
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Microsoft 365 AitM Phishing Campaign Targets Payroll and Finance Emails

Arctic Wolf details an M365 AitM phishing campaign using multi-stage redirects, residential proxies, and Graph API abuse to harvest payroll emails.

Aug 7, 2026
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UNC6671 Rebrands Vishing Extortion Operation After $10 Million Ransom Spree

Vishing group UNC6671 has rebranded from BlackFile to Redact, Pink, Helix, and Falcon, targeting M365 and Okta with AiTM MFA-bypass attacks.

Aug 7, 2026
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Microsoft and Apple Patch Critical Cloud, Active Directory, and macOS Flaws

Microsoft patched multiple CVSS 10.0 flaws across Azure, Entra, and Teams, while Apple issued fixes for a macOS Screen Sharing authentication bypass.

Aug 7, 2026
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NatJack Flaws in Windows, Linux, and macOS Enable NAT Connection Hijacking

Synack researchers revealed NatJack, a class of NAT implementation flaws affecting Windows Hyper-V and Linux netfilter conntrack.

Aug 7, 2026
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Google Patches 41 Critical and High-Severity Bugs in Chrome 151

Google Chrome 151 resolves 41 vulnerabilities, including critical memory safety bugs in WebGL, ANGLE, Skia, and Aura graphics engines.

Aug 7, 2026
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3.8 Million Impacted by Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach

Over 3.8 million patients were impacted by a data breach at healthcare revenue cycle technology provider Unlimited Technology Systems.

Aug 7, 2026
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macOS ClickFix Attack Pushes Go Infostealer and Novel Crypto Drainer

A macOS ClickFix campaign uses fake Terminal commands to deliver Go malware that steals Apple Keychain data and selectively drains crypto wallets.

Aug 7, 2026