Trump memo is first time gov't has authorized private sector to perform cyber attacks. Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/white-house-recruits-security-firms-to-hack-overseas-cybercriminals/

Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems. Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/heres-why-the-new-pass-ta-key-attack-is-mostly-a-nothingburger/

The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package. Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/terabytes-of-credentials-leaked-in-massive-supply-chain-attack/

FBI Atlanta confirms it's looking into the incident, no arrests made. Source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/def-con-crowd-suspected-in-fake-hotspot-attack-on-delta-flight/

Device-bound session credentials thwart an increasingly common form of account takeover. Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/chrome-adopts-what-may-be-the-best-protection-yet-against-account-takeovers/

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Baseboard management controllers from the world's biggest manufacturers are a security mess. Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/thousands-of-servers-can-be-backdoored-by-exploiting-buggy-motherboard-controllers/

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Had the hacks used conventional methods, someone would likely go to prison. Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/likely-illegally-claude-gained-access-to-3-networks-will-anthropic-be-held-to-account/

Exploits can give persistent server access that survives credential rotation and disk re-imaging. Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/kremlin-hackers-are-exploiting-exchange-flaw-to-backdoor-unpatched-networks/

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Separating the chaff from the wheat in Anthropic results is hard. We take a stab anyway. Source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/mythos-uncovers-crypto-weaknesses-that-went-unknown-for-years/