American Addiction Centers & Oculus Pathology Disclose Hacking Incidents | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Posted By Steve Alder on Aug 18, 2026 Hacking incidents have been announced by American Addiction Centers in Tennessee and Oculus Pathology in Texas. Regional Center of Orange County in California has discovered the improper disposal of paper records. American Addiction Centers, Tennessee American Addiction Centers, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based provider…

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Philips and GE Investigate Clop Ransomware Data Theft Claims | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Philips and General Electric (GE) are investigating incidents after the Clop ransomware group claimed to have stolen data from both companies. The companies are among 43 organizations recently listed on Clop’s data leak site.  These incidents may be connected to attacks targeting internet-exposed PTC Windchill and PTC FlexPLM systems through…

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White House denies Wiles hack after UK PM Burnham texts with impersonator | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Officials within the British government said Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged texts with a person impersonating President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles.  Politico first reported the impersonation on Monday, citing four officials familiar with the incident. They said Burnham had sent a few messages before becoming suspicious and…

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Industrial cyber incidents climbs 12% as cover gap widens | #ransomware | #cybercrime | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Dragos recorded 1,140 ransomware incidents affecting industrial organisations worldwide in Q2 2026, up from 1,020 in Q1, according to its Q2 2026 industrial ransomware analysis. Manufacturing remained the hardest-hit sector, with 747 incidents – 65% of the total. Firms supporting industrial control system environments, such as engineering companies and equipment…

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From CI Pipeline to Ransomware & Breaches: 6 High-Profile Breaches in the LiteLLM/Trivy Attack | #ransomware | #cybercrime | #cybersecurity | #hacker

By the Hudson Rock Threat Intelligence Team Following our initial report detailing the largest AI supply chain breach of the year, Hudson Rock’s threat intelligence team has continued to analyze the catastrophic fallout of the LiteLLM and Trivy supply chain campaign. As part of our global ethical disclosure efforts, we…

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The teen social media ban let sharks build the shark nets. It’s not working so far | #childpredator | #onlinepredator | #sextrafficing | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Years into Australia’s quest to get teens off social media, the Albanese government is suddenly in a hurry. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last month declared it was “outrageous” that the Coalition and the Greens had voted to scrutinise proposed reforms to social media minimum age law at an inquiry. It…

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Emerging Threat From Gunra Ransomware Group, How to Detect and Mi | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker

An advisory issued jointly this week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, National Security Agency, U.S. Secret Service, and the Republic of Korea’s National Police Agency alerted organizations about an emerging threat from the Gunra ransomware group and provided…

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Researchers find AI-powered hacking tools for sale in underground forums | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker | #cybersecurity | #hacker

This story was originally published on Cybersecurity Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Cybersecurity Dive newsletter. Criminal actors are offering a range of AI-powered hacking tools and related services for sale on underground forums on the dark web, according to a report released Wednesday…

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AI does the hacking now. What does that mean for IT? | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Cybersecurity has crossed lines most of us assumed were years away. In the space of about four months, the industry watched at least two incidents where an AI agent, one from OpenAI and another from Anthropic, ran most or all of a cyberattack lifecycle on its own. If you run…

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