DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection
2026-08-11T07:23:51Z•d3da42ed27095b26e9b76a17d96319be0398b04b7b9db70c5ce3af893aeaada8
AI agentsAI securityCPU side-channelIoT securityLangflowMetabaseMicrosoft 365N-able N-centralSpectreactive exploitationcritical infrastructuredata breachdefense sectorfirmware securityphishingprivacyprompt injectionransomwareremote code executionsocial engineeringsupply chainwater utilities
What happened
A security-news feed covering active exploitation, ransomware, phishing and social-engineering incidents, data breaches, critical infrastructure exposure, hardware and firmware weaknesses, CPU side channels, and emerging risks from autonomous AI agents and prompt injection. Notable items include an actively exploited N-able N-central administrative flaw, an exploited critical Langflow remote-code-execution vulnerability, a Metabase zero-day data breach, attacks against water-system controllers, and phishing of a defense supplier’s Microsoft 365 account. The collection also highlights growing L
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- theregister_security
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- 2026-08-11T07:23:51Z
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- Yes
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