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Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Abnormal AI sued by Anthropic, AssuranceAmerica data breach affects 7 million people, NSA brings back TAO.

Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, was sentenced to 70 months for helping the BlackCat/Alphv group.

Both foes and allies have targeted the Balochistan Police force in Pakistan for at least two years, according to SentinelOne.

The attackers call victims to direct them to phishing websites mirroring Microsoft Entra ID login pages.

The backdoor’s destructive capabilities include a standalone wiper, ransomware encryption, and a multi-pass wiping command.

Researchers demonstrate adversarial hallucination squatting against popular AI assistants to achieve remote code execution.

A Go module is used to load PowerShell code that fetches a resolver from public dead drops to execute Windows malware.

The Israeli company has developed a cryptographic posture and post-quantum cryptography management platform.

Two announcements on July 7, 2026, demonstrate the government’s determination to improve the level of cybersecurity within the UK.

Buffer overflow, DoS, command injection, SSRF, authentication bypass, and other types of vulnerabilities have been found in PAN-OS software.

Hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party system to access a KDDI email system for ISPs.

Affecting every major distribution since 2011, the Linux kernel vulnerability allows attackers to gain root access.

The privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-50656 has been patched with a Microsoft Malware Protection Engine update.