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CenterPoint Energy confirms data theft as hackers claim 7.5 million files

CenterPoint Energy has confirmed that an unauthorized third party obtained personal information from part of its customer base, days after a threat actor advertised stolen data on an underground forum. The company disclo

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TP-Link Tapo C200 camera flaws could expose home video streams

Security researchers have disclosed two vulnerabilities in TP-Link’s Tapo C200 smart security camera. The first, an authentication-bypass flaw tracked as CVE-2026-15315, received a severity score of 8.7/10. Opswat said u

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Google says Pixel bug was exploited in targeted zero-day attacks

Google says a software bug in its Pixel smartphones was exploited in limited, targeted cyberattacks. The company has patched the vulnerability, which is tracked as CVE-2026-58704 . According to the limited details availa

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The cost of ransomware extends far beyond the ransom

The ransom payment is often only a small part of the total cost of a ransomware incident. IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025 puts the average total cost at $5.08 million ,…

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KREMLIN malware campaign targets Chrome and Edge users

TechRadar reports that Elastic Security Labs has uncovered a Brazilian banking malware campaign that uses browser extensions to steal sensitive information from Chrome and Edge users. The campaign, tracked as REF9334, ha

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Google fixes actively exploited Android zero-day on Pixel devices

Google has released its September 2026 security updates for Pixel devices, addressing 110 vulnerabilities, including 1 zero-day flaw that the company says may be under limited, targeted exploitation. BleepingComputer rep

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Acronis says CVE-2026-87886 flaw in cPanel plugin is being exploited

Acronis has disclosed a high-severity Linux local privilege-escalation vulnerability in its backup plugin for cPanel, WebHost Manager (WHM), and Plesk. The company identifies the flaw as CVE-2026-87886 and assigns it a s

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CenterPoint Energy confirms customer data stolen in cyberattack

CenterPoint Energy says an unauthorized third party obtained personal information linked to some customers through an external-facing system. The Houston-based utility disclosed the incident in a filing with the U.S. Sec

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Worst hacks of 2026 so far

Cybersecurity has moved to the center of major stories in 2026, with attacks affecting governments, civilian infrastructure, companies and social-media users. TechCrunch’s Zack Whittaker highlights several of the year’s

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BambooToken Malware Uses MQTT to Control Windows and Linux Systems

BleepingComputer reports that a previously unknown malware framework called BambooToken has been active since at least 2023 and uses the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol to communicate with Windows and

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