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Russian Intelligence Hacks IP Cameras to Spy on Military Logistics Across NATO States and Ukraine

Russian Intelligence Hacks IP Cameras to Spy on Military Logistics Across NATO States and Ukraine

At least one Russian intelligence service is systematically hijacking internet-connected security cameras across Europe and Ukraine, using the feeds to watch military transport routes, weapons shipments bound for Kyiv, and the locations of Ukrainian troops.… 

New 7-Zip Vulnerability Could Let Crafted XZ Archives Run Code During Extraction

New 7-Zip Vulnerability Could Let Crafted XZ Archives Run Code During Extraction

Swati KhandelwalJul 20, 2026Vulnerability / Endpoint Security Opening a crafted XZ archive in 7-Zip could let an attacker run code on the machine. The flaw, CVE-2026-14266, is a heap-based buffer overflow in how the archiver… 

Russian-Speaking Hacker Uses Google Gemini CLI to Control Botnet of Eight Dental Clinic PCs

Russian-Speaking Hacker Uses Google Gemini CLI to Control Botnet of Eight Dental Clinic PCs

A solo Russian-speaking threat actor known as “bandcampro” outsourced a chunk of their operations to Google’s open-source Gemini CLI artificial intelligence (AI) and commandeered a live botnet. The findings come from an analysis of 200… 

World’s Largest AI Model Repository Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent

World’s Largest AI Model Repository Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent

Ravie LakshmananJul 20, 2026AI Security / Vulnerability In an ironic twist, open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform Hugging Face revealed that it was the victim of a hack perpetrated by an autonomous AI agent system. The…