Daily Briefing — 19 August 2026

41 victims across 18 groups. New group Storm targets defence sector. First near-autonomous AI nation-state attack. OpenAI suspends training. APT29 CaptiveCrunch campaign targeting travellers globally.…

Special Briefing — Russia Cyber Threat to UK Businesses & CNI

🎧 Listen to this episode  |  Subscribe to the podcast feed A special advisory episode produced in response to Russia's warning to the UK following continued support for Ukraine, including the supply of drone systems. The Threat Actors Sandworm (GRU Unit 74455) — The most dangerous Russian state actor targeting critical…

Briefing — 18 August 2026

🎧 Subscribe to the podcast feed Security News Poland probes MyDr healthcare software breach potentially affecting 19 million people (The Record) — Polish authorities investigating a breach of MyDr, a widely-used healthcare platform, that may have exposed personal and medical data for up to 19 million individuals. Hacker claims 3.6…

Briefing — 17 August 2026

44 victims, 13 groups — Qilin leads with 16, Direwolf targets US healthcare again, LockBit5 hits German energy utility. SafePal breach, Threema DDoS, AmnesiaStealer macOS.…

Briefing — 16 August 2026

38 victims, 19 groups — Direwolf emerges with 2 US healthcare hits. New Evooo1Bot botnet, macOS Screen Sharing under active exploitation. No new CISA KEV.…

Briefing — 15 August 2026

60 ransomware victims across 17 groups; 8 healthcare targets. TheGentlemen 19-victim surge. ShinyHunters hits Cook Medical, Baxter, Sharecare. Active macOS exploit. €30M bank fraud arrests. 1.6M RingCentral accounts dumped.…

Briefing — 14 August 2026

79 ransomware victims, 7 healthcare organisations. VMware vCenter CVE-2026-59310 exploited globally. Apple mercenary spyware alerts. Kerberos domain takeover disclosed.…