Infosec bits for 2026 week 32
Zoya Vilakazi
| Aug. 7, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
Cybersecurity News:
Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue [Barbara Ortutay, AP News]
Kimi K3 AI Model Escapes Sandbox During Security Test to Fetch Answers [Guru Baran, Cyber Security News]
WhatsApp accounts taken over in South Africa [Luis Monzon, MyBroadBand]
Cyber Attacks & Data Breaches:
South Africa’s largest private security company suffers data breach [Luis Monzon, MyBroadBand]
South African payment distribution agent for FNB and the National Credit Regulator hit by data breach [Luis Monzon, MyBroadBand]
3.8 Million Impacted by Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach [Ionut Arghire, Security Week]
ClickFix attack pushes macOS infostealer for crypto theft attacks [Ionut Ilascu, Bleeping Computer]
New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes [Ionut Ilascu, Bleeping Computer]
Vulnerabilities & Patches:
AI Browsers Vulnerable to 'PleaseFix' Zero-Click Agent Hijacking [Jai Vijayan, Dark Reading]
New WordPress Pre-Auth XSS Could Lead to PHP Code Execution - Patch ASAP [Swati Khandelwal, The Hacker News]
New NatJack Attacks Hijack TCP Sessions and Spoof DNS by Manipulating NAT Tables [Swati Khandelwal, The Hacker News]
New Pass-ta-key attacks let malware hijack Google-synced passkeys [Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer]
New DOUBLECUP ClickFix service hides malware in browser cache images [Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer]
CISA Warns of TeamCity RCE Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Attacks [Abinaya, Cyber Security News]
Critical Cisco IMC bug gives attackers root, PoC is out (CVE-2026-20200) [Zeljka Zorz, Help Net Security]
Cisco Patches Multiple Critical Cisco IOS XE Software Vulnerabilities – Patch Now! [Abinaya, Cyber Security News]
Security Updates MacOS Tahoe 26.6.1, macOS Sequoia 15.7.9, macOS Sonoma 14.8.9 Released for Mac [OS X Daily, OS X Daily]
Chrome 151 Patches 370 Vulnerabilities, 7 Critical [2026] [Marcus Chen, Tech Insider]
