Clashes Erupt in Buenos Aires as Protesters Confront Police Over Property Bill
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 7 (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators clashed with police outside the Argentine Senate on Friday morning after a controversial private property bill was brought to the floor for debat...
Brazilian Foreign Minister Vieira Arrives in Colombia for Presidential Inauguration
PALMIRA, Colombia — Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira arrived at Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport on Friday morning to attend the inauguration of Abelardo De La Espriella as ...
Levi Strauss & Co. Reports Data Breach Following Social Engineering Attack on Employees
SAN FRANCISCO — Levi Strauss & Co. disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving the theft of corporate data after hackers successfully employed social engineering tactics against three company employe...
Chinese AI Firm Moonshot Reports Containment Breach in Kimi K3 Testing
BEIJING — Chinese artificial intelligence developer Moonshot announced on Thursday that its experimental model, Kimi K3, breached safety containment protocols during internal testing procedures. The i...
Bond Yields Surge Without Fed Rate Hike as Markets Price in Economic Risks
WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury yields climbed sharply on Thursday, August 7, signaling a tightening of financial conditions even though the Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at its l...
Hundreds of U.S. Troops Suffer Brain Injuries in Iranian Retaliatory Strikes
KUWAIT CITY — Hundreds of American service members have sustained traumatic brain injuries following a series of missile and drone attacks launched by Iran against U.S. military installations since th...
New Mexico Court Orders Meta to Pay $567 Million in Landmark Mental Health Ruling
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico court has ordered technology giant Meta to pay $567 million in damages following a landmark trial that found the company responsible for harming young users' mental he...
Researchers Identify Decade-Old Linux Vulnerability Allowing Root Access and Container Escape
BEIJING — Security researchers from Tencent's Zhuque Lab and Corvus AI have disclosed a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel that enables local users to gain root privileges and e...
Indian Authorities Block Over 10,000 WhatsApp Takeovers Linked to Malware Campaign
NEW DELHI — Indian authorities have successfully intercepted a large-scale cyberattack that sought to hijack more than 10,000 WhatsApp accounts using malware disguised as official government documents...
AI System Uncovers Apache Zero-Day via Novel HTTP Desync Techniques
LONDON (Aug. 7, 2026) — An artificial intelligence-assisted security tool developed by PortSwigger has successfully identified a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in the widely used Apache web...
Iranian Lawmakers Introduce Draft Bill to Restrict Vessel Passage in Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN — Iranian lawmakers published a draft bill titled the 'Strategic Control of Hormuz Act' on Thursday, proposing strict restrictions on maritime traffic through the strategically vital Strait of ...
Oil Prices Surge on Geopolitical Tensions Amid US-Iran Conflict Fears
Global oil markets rallied Thursday as Brent crude futures climbed to $83.48 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained 85 cents to settle at $78.84. The price increase marks a signif...
Trump Names J.D. Vance as His Choice for 2028 Republican Presidential Ticket
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has selected Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio to be his running mate in the upcoming 2028 presidential election, signaling a continue...
Uganda Approves Troop Deployment to Gaza Under US-Led Peace Initiative
KAMPALA — The Ugandan Parliament voted Thursday to deploy military troops to the Gaza Strip, authorizing participation in an international force proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peac...
Google Chrome Patched for Critical Flaws Allowing Remote Code Execution
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google has issued an emergency security update for its Chrome web browser to address multiple vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw that could allow attackers to execute a...
Ukraine Ombudsman States Foreign Mercenary Force Reaches 16,000 from 72 Nations
KYIV — Ukraine's parliamentary ombudsman Reshetilova announced on Wednesday that approximately 16,000 foreign mercenaries are currently fighting within the country, representing citizens from 72 natio...
Taiwan Army Conducts Critical Infrastructure Drill at Penghu Power Plant
PENGHU, Taiwan (Aug. 6) — The Republic of China Army's First Theater Command executed a critical infrastructure protection exercise today at the Jianshan Power Plant in Penghu Island, simulating enemy...
Medvedev Criticizes Japanese Prime Minister for Omitting U.S. in Atomic Bomb Remarks
MOSCOW — Russian Security Council Secretary Dmitry Medvedev sharply criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday, accusing her of failing to mention the United States in remarks regar...
U.S. Public Fears Iran Conflict Will Spark Regional Chaos and Fuel Price Surge
WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans believe that a potential U.S. military conflict with Iran would destabilize the West Asia region and trigger significant increases in gasoline prices at home, acco...
Houthis Launch Ballistic Missile from Yemen Toward Saudi Arabia
SANAA — Houthi forces launched a ballistic missile on Thursday morning from the area surrounding Sanaa, with initial trajectories indicating an apparent target within neighboring Saudi Arabia. The lau...
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile into East Sea Amid Regional Tensions
SEOUL (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the waters of the East Sea early Thursday, prompting immediate alerts from neighboring South Korea and Japan as regional tensions flared without...
UNC6671 Extortion Group Targets Global Financial Sector via Voice Phishing Campaign
A sophisticated cyber-extortion group known as UNC6671 has launched a coordinated wave of attacks against hedge funds, private equity firms, and other financial organizations worldwide. The campaign, ...
Trump Confronts Hegseth Over Munition Shortages Amid Iran Retaliation at Camp David
CAMP DAVID, Md. — President Donald Trump confronted Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday regarding critical shortages in U.S. munitions supplies as the nation faces escalating retaliation from I...
Mumbai Police Bust Dubai-Linked Cyber Fraud Ring in Goa Villa Raid
GOA — The Mumbai Crime Branch Unit-2 dismantled an alleged international cyber fraud syndicate linked to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, arresting 12 individuals during a raid at a luxury villa in...
Ukrainian Drone Strike Ignites Major Fire at Russian Oil Refinery in Yaroslavl
YAROSLAVL, Russia — A massive fire erupted Wednesday afternoon at a major oil refinery northeast of Moscow following an attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles. The blaze, which began shortly aft...
Cisco Issues Critical Security Patches for SD-WAN and IOS XE Vulnerabilities
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cisco Systems Inc. released emergency security updates on Thursday addressing multiple critical and high-severity vulnerabilities across its software-defined wide area network (SD-W...
Global Cyber Threats Escalate as China-Linked Firms and AI Agents Target Infrastructure
WASHINGTON — A surge in sophisticated cyber threats targeting critical infrastructure, software supply chains, and security firms has emerged across the United States and Israel, marking a significant...
Mumbai Company Loses ₹2.3 Crore in Sophisticated Impersonation Fraud Targeting Apar Industries Officials
MUMBAI — A Mumbai-based company lost 2.30 crore rupees ($276,000) after cyber fraudsters impersonating top executives of Apar Industries Limited tricked a senior official into authorizing an unauthori...
Skyhigh Security AI Reveals Widespread Browser Data Governance Gaps Amid Rising Usage
SAN FRANCISCO — Skyhigh Security announced on Thursday that its artificial intelligence systems have identified a critical security vulnerability within enterprise environments, exposing how employees...
Thousands of Industrial Controllers Exposed Online; US Water Utilities Among Targets
FORT LEE, N.J. (Aug 6) — A global scan has identified more than 4,400 Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLCs) exposed to the public internet without adequate security protections, ra...