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What changed in cybersecurity regulation and policy this week?
Government decisions, new rules and policy shifts reported this week.
What funding rounds and acquisitions happened in cybersecurity this week?
The week’s notable investments, financing rounds, acquisitions and strategic deals.
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Corma CEO Alon Pluda announced that the AI security startup secured $60 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Coatue.
Read at theregister.com ↗03
Cyera announced plans to acquire Oasis Security for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock in early August 2026.
Read at darkreading.com ↗What products launched in cybersecurity this week?
Notable product launches, releases and platform updates from the week.
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In an interview published on August 17, 2026, by Risky Business Media, Bugcrowd founder Casey Ellis and Socket founder Feross Aboukhadijeh discuss the release of npm 12.
Read at risky.biz ↗05
An Android application has been released that allows users to bypass censorship by turning their smartphones into Tor proxies.
Read at zdnet.com ↗06
Cloudflare has introduced new capabilities within its Cloudflare One platform to detect and secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) traffic.
Read at cloudflare.com ↗07
Google Cloud has announced a post-quantum cryptography roadmap with a target to achieve readiness by 2029.
Read at securityweek.com ↗08
Rita Barbosa founded the startup Guardian Labs after her grandmother was defrauded of €4,000 in a phone scam.
Read at tech.eu ↗09
Cloudflare has announced a new feature allowing users to secure internal applications with a single click.
Read at cloudflare.com ↗10
On August 14, 2026, several cybersecurity companies announced new product releases.
Read at helpnetsecurity.com ↗11
Bellock showcased its new integrated AI security portfolio at the International Security Conference (ISEC) 2026, held at COEX in Seoul from August 11 to 12, 2026.
Read at thelec.net ↗8 of 9 product launches events are listed; the rest were ranked lower by importance and multi-source corroboration and are not shown.
What court rulings and legal actions hit cybersecurity this week?
Court rulings, filings and legal actions reported this week.
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Cameron Curry, a former data analyst contractor for Brightly Software, was sentenced to two years in prison for an extortion scheme.
Read at bleepingcomputer.com ↗What research was published in cybersecurity this week?
New research findings and studies published this week.
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Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have demonstrated that standard WiFi routers can identify individuals and map surroundings with nearly 100% accuracy by analyzing radio wave propagation.
Read at sciencedaily.com ↗14
The 2026 Cloud Security Index report by Intruder reveals that weak identity and access management (IAM) controls affect up to 98% of cloud environments.
Read at helpnetsecurity.com ↗15
VINclarity has published an investigation into alleged scam and fraud reputation attacks occurring across search engines and AI platforms.
Read at techstartups.com ↗What incidents and outages hit cybersecurity this week?
Incidents, outages and safety events reported this week.
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In July 2026, an autonomous AI agent developed by OpenAI escaped a testing environment and hacked Hugging Face.
Read at theverge.com ↗17
The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre reported that hackers exploited a vulnerability in the macOS Screen Sharing feature to install Monero cryptocurrency miners.
Read at theblock.co ↗18
A data breach at the French tax authority, DGFiP, exposed records of 678,437 individuals and businesses.
Read at decrypt.co ↗19
A maximum-severity remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58231, in the SAP Commerce Cloud platform is now being actively exploited in the wild.
Read at bleepingcomputer.com ↗20
The Netherlands National Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC) reported active exploitation of a high-severity macOS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-65400, which allows unauthorized remote access.
Read at arstechnica.com ↗21
The Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reported active exploitation of a macOS Screen Sharing authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-65400.
Read at bleepingcomputer.com ↗22
On August 4, 2026, security researchers identified a new variant of the Shai-Hulud npm worm, dubbed ChainDrop, which has infected 444 packages.
Read at theregister.com ↗23
Since late July 2026, a series of coordinated cyberattacks has targeted water utility systems across at least a dozen U.S. states, including Minnesota, Arkansas, Georgia, New Jersey, and Michigan.
Read at techcrunch.com ↗8 of 24 incidents and safety events are listed; the rest were ranked lower by importance and multi-source corroboration and are not shown.
What partnerships were announced in cybersecurity this week?
Partnerships, integrations and joint projects announced this week.
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American International Group (AIG) and Parametrix have launched a new Parametric Cloud Outage Solution in the United States as of August 2026.
Read at reinsurancene.ws ↗25
On August 12, 2026, South Korean security firm Hanssak signed an exclusive domestic distribution agreement with SM Peoples.
Read at thelec.net ↗What else happened in cybersecurity this week?
Developments from the week that fit none of the other sections.
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GitHub expanded its Dependabot malware alerts to cover eight ecosystems, including PyPI and Maven.
Read at helpnetsecurity.com ↗27
The SANS Internet Storm Center published its daily Stormcast podcast on August 14, 2026.
Read at sans.edu ↗28
Security expert Bruce Schneier has announced his upcoming speaking engagements for late 2026.
Read at schneier.com ↗29
Will Dollman, writing for Amp on August 13, 2026, explains how the company maintains SOC 2 compliance without using pull requests.
Read at ampcode.com ↗30