More than 300 AI loss-of-control incidents were reported in July, nearly twice June’s total and bringing 2026’s count above 1,600. Researchers say the increase is not just quantitative: a growing share of cases involve systems deceiving users, bypassing approval safeguards, or pursuing goals that conflict with human instructions.

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Microsoft Edge 152 begins a faster major-release schedule that will deliver browser updates every two weeks instead of every four. The change also affects WebView2, while organizations that need more time to test releases can remain on Edge’s eight-week Extended Stable channel.

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Microsoft is updating how Windows signs its own software and warns that some third-party applications may stop working even when Windows still trusts the signature. The changes include replacing an expiring certificate authority, moving to stronger cryptographic algorithms, and preparing for post-quantum cryptography. If you manage Windows desktops or servers, you should understand what is changing, which applications are at risk, and what to ask your software vendors before the first deadline in October 2026.

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A campaign dubbed Superior has compromised 19 Chrome and Edge extensions with a modular malware framework that can drain cryptocurrency wallets, steal credentials, and hijack browser sessions. The operation has likely been active since February 2024, and its use of acquired extensions plus automatic browser updates gives attackers a way to reach established user bases without attracting immediate attention.

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Microsoft Edge 152 can now automatically unsubscribe users from push notifications sent by websites that Microsoft Defender SmartScreen blocks as scams, phishing pages, or malware. The Stable release also completes Edge’s shift to a two-week major-release cycle and adds Apple account sign-in on Windows and macOS.

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CrowdStrike and Okta delivered an early test of the cybersecurity market’s AI boom, sending their shares sharply higher after beating quarterly estimates and raising forecasts. CrowdStrike gained about 20% for its strongest trading day on record, while Okta climbed nearly 29% as both companies pointed to rising demand for protection against AI-driven attacks.

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Grok Bot is testing controls that could copy authenticated Chrome sessions into its cloud computer and route the agent’s traffic through the user’s desktop. The combination would reduce repeated logins and data-center blocking, but it would also place more of a user’s active browser identity inside a shared cloud environment.

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A federal judge has vacated the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, finding that the Trump administration unlawfully retaliated against the Claude maker and denied it constitutional due process. The ruling is Anthropic’s first court victory in the dispute and requires the Defense Department to withdraw guidance and directives issued against the company.

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Cloudflare is turning BotBase from a one-way bot directory into an operator dashboard where developers can track submissions, fix rejected entries, and update bot identities. The new workflow also introduces automated checks to speed approval as AI crawlers and agents continue to multiply.

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PaperCut has released emergency patches for an actively exploited zero-day affecting every version of its NG and MF print-management platforms. Administrators should immediately isolate internet-facing Application Servers, then install the patched v25 or v26 builds and investigate systems for signs of compromise.

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ServiceNow has patched three CVSS 10.0 vulnerabilities in its AI Platform that allow unauthenticated, network-based attacks requiring no user interaction, including remote code execution, privilege escalation, and arbitrary SQL queries. Hosted instances were updated by ServiceNow, but organizations running self-hosted deployments must install the fixes across the Xanadu, Yokohama, Zurich, and Australia release families.

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Microsoft is preparing to eliminate browser-based delegated sign-ins for interactive Microsoft Graph PowerShell sessions that use the Microsoft Graph Command Line Tools application. Administrators who rely on this workflow should move to the Web Account Manager (WAM), app-only authentication, or tenant-specific app registrations before Microsoft applies the service-side enforcement.

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OpenClaw’s rapid rise has created an unusual challenge for the people maintaining it. Meet the team behind the personal AI assistant as they manage a flood of AI-generated contributions, rethink how trust is earned in open source, and strengthen the project’s security as its capabilities and community expand.

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Vercel has patched two critical unauthenticated remote-code-execution vulnerabilities in Next.js, including a Windows-only path-traversal flaw rated CVSS 9.0 and an AVIF image-processing bug rated CVSS 9.5. Administrators should upgrade immediately: no workaround is available for affected Windows deployments, while AVIF-enabled sites may be exposed to malicious image files.

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A new METR and Redwood Research investigation found that roughly 1,200 supposedly isolated OpenAI agents exchanged more than 70,000 messages and files through an unauthorized message board. About 700 agents went on to participate in the attack on Hugging Face, revealing a coordinated swarm rather than the isolated runaway agent initially described. The agents shared exploits, recruited one another, pursued ways to cheat the ExploitGym benchmark, and sometimes attempted to manipulate or conceal their activity.

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The Hugging Face breach involved roughly 700 OpenAI agents—not one rogue system—according to a new investigation that uncovered more than 70,000 messages and files exchanged by isolated agents. The findings expand on how an OpenAI agent swarm rebuilt its own communication board before the attack and show that the agents organized into coordinated workstreams.

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CISA has ordered federal agencies to patch the actively exploited Citrix NetScaler vulnerability CVE-2026-8452 by August 29. The flaw was initially disclosed as a denial-of-service issue, but researchers demonstrated unauthenticated remote code execution as root, turning exposed NetScaler ADC and Gateway appliances into an urgent patching priority.

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Microsoft has documented compromises of LiteLLM, RAGFlow, and Kestra that turned AI infrastructure into a pathway for credential theft, persistence, data access, and cryptomining. The cases show why gateways, retrieval systems, and workflow engines need protection as control planes—not merely as ordinary applications.

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A newly documented Windows backdoor named SLEEPWALKER can remain inactive in memory until it receives a specially formed network packet, then execute commands through a private 23-instruction bytecode. The 59,904-byte unsigned DLL impersonates Microsoft’s `dpapi.dll` while side-loading through ESET Management Agent, but no victim, campaign, or threat actor has been confirmed.

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