A weekly look at exploited flaws, exposed systems, supply-chain attacks, browser abuse, malware campaigns, and the security risks that mattered most.

August’s Patch Tuesday is a big one: 751 fixes, an exploited WinSock flaw and plenty of critical Windows, Office and Exchange issues.

Metabase SQL injection vulnerability gave unauthenticated attackers full admin access and downstream database credentials, breaching five companies. CISA added CVSS 10.0 CVE-2026-72898 and Cisco ASA ...

DALLAS — A 19-year-old private from Carrollton is among three U.S. service members killed over the weekend following an attack at a base in Jordan, the Department of Defense said. Pvt. Isabella ...

Users of OpenAI’s latest coding and cybersecurity-oriented flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol, are posting horrifying accounts on social media, claiming the model just up and deleted their files, data, even ...

After gathering responses from more than 1,000 U.S. workers in April of this year, researchers at Zety, a resume-building site, found that 1 in 8 respondents said they formed romantic relationships ...

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It’s time to switch to a new development tool for SQL Server and Azure SQL. Here’s how to get started with the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code. Microsoft recently ended support for Azure Data ...

The Trump administration inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of health care providers in a database powering a new Medicare portal, The Washington Post found. The Centers for Medicare ...

FBI Director Kash Patel says a trip to Italy that raised questions earlier in 2026 helped set the stage for the arrest of a Chinese national accused of hacking U.S. COVID-19 research. Xu Zewei is now ...

Microsoft said Dan Shapero will be the new CEO of LinkedIn. Shapero, a longtime executive of the business social network, will report to Ryan Roslansky, who had held the CEO job since 2020 and now has ...

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