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Friday, August 28, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of August 28, 2026.

  1. PaperCut releases second emergency patch for exploited flaws
    — Bleeping Computer

    PaperCut has released a second emergency security update for two actively exploited vulnerabilities in its PaperCut NG and MF print manageme…
  2. Offensive Security Investments Surge as AI Threats Increase
    — Dark Reading

    Omdia's Theresa Lanowitz talks with the Dark Reading News Desk about the potential — and risks — of using agentic AI for penetration tes…
  3. GiveWP WordPress donation plugin flaw lets hackers execute server commands
    — Bleeping Computer

    A maximum-severity vulnerability in the GiveWP plugin for WordPress allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the …
  4. Attackers Chain Two PaperCut Flaws to Execute Code Without Authentication
    — The Hacker News

    Malicious actors are exploiting a newly patched security flaw in PaperCut NG and MF to execute arbitrary code on susceptible instances, as t…
  5. 68-year-old imprisoned after making $1.3 million by pirating IPTV services
    — Bleeping Computer

    A 68-year-old has been sentenced in the U.K. to more than six years in prison for operating an illegal IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) s…
  6. Android 17 Adds OS-Wide ECH to Hide Website Visits From Network Providers
    — The Hacker News

    Google on Thursday announced new network security protections in Android 17 to bolster connection privacy, address cellular vulnerabilities,…
  7. ownCloud Flaw Exploited to Steal Nuclear Records From Philippine Research Body
    — The Hacker News

    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting ownCloud to its Known …
  8. 19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code
    — The Hacker News

    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 18 Google Chrome and one Microsoft Edge extensions that were published over the last …
  9. AI Is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery. Can Defenders Keep Up?
    — Bleeping Computer

    AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, putting pressure on systems built to enrich, prioritize, and remediate flaws at a slower pace. A…
  10. You Need Cyber Deception for OT
    — Dark Reading

    The frustrating reality after an OT cyberattack: no data, no trail, and no history.
  11. Defining an AI Kill Switch Is Hard, but Necessary
    — Dark Reading

    Proposed legislation could mandate that companies be able to "throttle, suspend, or shut … down" AI agents, but how and when to do that re…
  12. The Vulnpocalypse Is Repricing the Bug Bounty Economy
    — Dark Reading

    The surge of AI-powered vulnerability reports is driving down bug bounty prices, and that could spell trouble for independent researchers.

Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · August 28, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC