Critical GiveWP Flaw Lets Attackers Run Commands on WordPress Servers
Critical GiveWP Flaw Lets Attackers Run Commands on WordPress Servers Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2026 A critical GiveWP flaw lets...
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Hiding Prompt Injection in Legal Filing
About Bruce SchneierI am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people. I've been writing about...
Copilot Pages: Work side by side with AI
To start a Copilot page, start a Copilot chat. Click the Edit in Pages option below Copilot’s result to launch...
China-Linked Fire Ant Hijacks Cisco Routers to Steal Credentials and Blind Security Logs
A China-nexus cyber espionage actor tracked as Fire Ant has expanded a long-running campaign beyond VMware hypervisors to compromise Cisco...
DoJ Corrects China Hacking Claim, Says U.S. Agencies Were Targets, Not Victims
Ravie LakshmananAug 31, 2026Cyber Espionage / IoT Botnet The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday corrected a previously issued...
Horizon3 launches Sydney-hosted sovereign instance for NodeZero testing
Horizon3 says it has launched the general availability of its first Asia-Pacific “Sovereign Instance”, hosted in Sydney, aimed at Australian...
ISACA Sydney Chapter marks 50 years as membership tops 2,100
The ISACA Sydney Chapter is marking 50 years since it was established in 1976, as the local professional association points...
Taiwan’s parliament finally passes drone bill to back hedgehog strategy
Belated parliamentary funding for Taiwan’s drone program isn’t likely to satisfy President Lai Ching-te. Nonetheless, pressure from Washington has evidently...
A prime ministerial interpreter and interpreting risk
A weekend report in The Australian has raised questions about whether the foreign university affiliations of an interpreter for successive...
Announcing the 2026 Benchmark Security Awards Finalists
The Benchmark Security Awards celebrate Australian security leaders for their work in driving effective cyber programs in Australian enterprise and government. ...
Extortion Group FulcrumSec Claims 86GB Manchester Airports Group Data Theft
Extortion Group FulcrumSec Claims 86GB Manchester Airports Group Data Theft Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2026 Extortion group FulcrumSec claims they...
After 25 years, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization faces an uncertain future
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, taking place on 31 August and 1 September, will be another opportunity for China...
Telstra’s new control tool to deliver more “disciplined” AI
Key points Telstra has deployed a new large-scale, real-time AI cost and governance monitoring tool called an "AI control plane"...
ASX creates deputy CISO role
Key points The ASX has created a new deputy chief information security officer role, with Hanlie Botha appointed as its...
REA Group finds its first chief AI officer
Key points REA Group has appointed Thyago Liberalli to a newly-created chief AI officer role, announced via a LinkedIn post....