Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Deluge Continues With August Updates
2026-08-12T02:51:32Z•6c25293233971cc1276e2a30b6066c1236a98a905735a9186d2e862f3f8e723c
CVE-2026-18577AI-agent-hijackingAI-securityFortinetICS-OTMFA-bypassN-ableRMMcloud-misconfigurationcritical-infrastructurecybercrimedeepfakesdevice-code-phishingmobile-malwarephishingprompt-injectionransomwarevishingvulnerability-exploitationwater-systems
What happened
Dark Reading security news covering active ransomware and critical-infrastructure attacks, exploited vulnerabilities, phishing and social engineering, AI-agent and browser prompt-injection risks, cloud and application misconfigurations, mobile malware, and cybersecurity policy. Several items describe high-impact or actively exploited issues, including Fortinet exploitation, Metabase remote administrator access, N-able authentication bypass CVE-2026-18577, water-system targeting, and AI-agent hijacking.
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- darkreading
- Record identifier
- 6c25293233971cc1276e2a30b6066c1236a98a905735a9186d2e862f3f8e723c
- Enrichment time
- 2026-08-12T02:51:32Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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