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Why “Shady AI” is Security’s Next Big Governance Problem

August 20, 2026 Blogmaster

In March 2026, an internal AI agent at Meta triggered a “Sev 1” incident after sensitive company and user data was exposed to employees who weren’t authorized to access it.…

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Zombie Card Attack Can Revive Expired Visa Cards for Contactless Payments

August 20, 2026 Blogmaster

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have demonstrated an attack that revives expired Visa contactless credit cards for real in-store purchases by rewriting the expiration date a point-of-sale (POS)…

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FOIA Docs Show Brendan Carr Intimately Collaborated With White House, Right Wing Propaganda Orgs

August 20, 2026 Blogmaster

Back in 2014 you might remember there was a giant, two-year, manufactured news cycle where Republicans pretended to be outraged that the then Obama White House had openly supported the…

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40 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Web3 Products to Steal Wallet Secrets

August 20, 2026 Blogmaster

A set of 40 Mozilla Firefox extensions has been found to engage in cryptocurrency wallet theft by masquerading as OKX, Rabby Wallet, TronLink, and other Web3 products. According to the…

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ToxicPanda 2.0 and GoldDigger Expand Android Banking Attacks with On-Device Fraud

August 20, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on an updated version of ToxicPanda (aka TgToxic) that comes with “significant enhancements,” including a set of 167 remote commands and expands its targeting footprint…

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NASA AIT-GUI Flaws Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Issue Spacecraft Commands

August 20, 2026 Blogmaster

Security researchers at Cycode have disclosed a chain of flaws in AIT-GUI, the browser-based operator console for NASA/JPL’s open-source AMMOS Instrument Toolkit, that allow an unauthenticated attacker to issue arbitrary…

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Elementor Pro Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Upload PHP and Execute Code

August 20, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32475,…

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Even As Disease Outbreaks Abound, American Vaccination Rates In Children Fall

August 19, 2026 Blogmaster

The past 18 months have seen a significant number of health issues, perhaps crises, arise in America. Measles, cyclosporiasis, whooping cough, and more have all been in the news. RFK…

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NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory

August 19, 2026 Blogmaster

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced Wednesday they are giving up on a robotic mission to rescue the Swift gamma-ray telescope before it falls out of orbit. The rescue satellite,…

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Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by end of 2026

August 19, 2026 Blogmaster

Amazon wants to grow its Prime Air delivery drone service sixfold to reach nearly 500 cities and towns across the United States by the end of 2026. The planned expansions…

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