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This month in security with Tony Anscombe – August 2026 edition

In the latest monthly security roundup, ESET’s Tony Anscombe reviews major cybersecurity incidents from August, including a deep dive into OpenAI’s disclosure of its agents breaching the Hugging Face platform. This incident highlights the evolving security challenges associated with AI collaboration and the risks posed by automated agents.

Additional global threats include state-sponsored activity targeting critical infrastructure, such as Iran-linked attacks on water systems in the US and UK. The roundup also discusses a Wi-Fi spoofing incident aboard a Delta flight and a massive law enforcement crackdown in Ukraine that successfully shut down 94 fraudulent call centers involved in financial scams.


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