This posting is here to collect cyber security news in July 2026.
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This posting is here to collect cyber security news in July 2026.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/space-force-meadowlands-jamming-system/?fbclid=IwVERDUATE68RleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6yEoXuCDDcIlUgBKx0w6JoaR0rheYQZsC15xG3SvQ_sTz_kXOdMTYD_XfjOQ_aem_a9THawm_xAWEzjMkKI04jA
Tomi Engdahl says:
By exploiting a vulnerability in a process known as beamforming feedback information, researchers mapped people’s physical characteristics and identified them with an accuracy rate of 99.5 percent. Even when individuals changed their gait or carried objects like backpacks and crates, the system registered an accuracy rate between 50 to 60 percent.
“We have shown robust identity inference with common-of-the-shelf hardware which is already in widespread adoption in many homes and public areas,” the team wrote in their paper. “With this hardware making its way into millions of homes, the privacy concerns are severe.” https://trib.al/iQUcP1m
Tomi Engdahl says:
Useammilla suomalaisilla verkkosivuilla ilmeni tänään ongelmia latautumisessa.
Tällä hetkellä aiemmin ilmoitetuista palveluista ainakin MTV Katsomon, Veikkauksen ja Elisan verkkosivut toimivat jälleen.
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/useat-suomalaiset-verkkosivut-ovat-kaatuneet/9366786?fbclid=IwdGRjcATFwVBjbGNrBMXBKGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHnwpeueSf6wxCPaFSCma_-JKN_cqOiOLIK6ZZ2gbbdGSjr95X7tHR-QuOUiq_aem_XiatVa4j7ATxhUnf0rpyMw
Tomi Engdahl says:
“Even a single grain of rice can tip the scales.” https://trib.al/gBkCU9G
Anti Surveillance Activism
Redditors Are Celebrating the Cutting Down of Flock Surveillance Towers With Based Memes
“Even a single grain of rice can tip the scales.”
https://futurism.com/future-society/redditors-flock-surveillance-alpr-vandalism-memes?fbclid=IwdGRjcATGCqBjbGNrBMYKkmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHiyNtc6u0oQB3kMBCHicgWpUauERaqF5g4qTRbPs-G5oy1Tw03MABTh6qBID_aem_Bu3HFnFFSyYswBP1tgKYtA
The United States is having something of a national referendum on mass surveillance as of late. Embodied most infamously by video surveillance company Flock Safety, Americans from all walks of life are waging war against the proliferation of the company’s automatic license plate readers (ALPR), which the ACLU warns now number in the tens of thousands.
Plenty of communities are organizing campaigns to out-muscle municipal leaders or their cheerleaders on the local police force, and by-and-large, they’re working. Whether in rural towns or sprawling cities, activists who can mobilize citizens to flood council meetings and hold picket signs are finding success. Perhaps most prominently, the Los Angeles Police Department recently allowed its three-year contract with Flock to expire, citing democratic pushback as a significant pressure point.
Tomi Engdahl says:
It’s a critical 9.8/10 severity vulnerability. More: https://cnews.link/zoom-vulnerability-enables-account-takeover-on-windows/
Tomi Engdahl says:
The evidence is damning. https://trib.al/yGEzTSg
Cursed Playlists
Hackers Expose How AI Music App Suno Stole Decades Worth of Copyrighted Music
The evidence is damning.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hacker-ai-music-suno-copyright?fbclid=IwdGRjcATIim1jbGNrBMiKX2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHrg313ALE8NzjiBrBJ8aCWxE9lo1eSdGsmF2U9vU4Pdsjcec5IC_Rpt7gYNG_aem__koPS8BnWVoha_uQ-qfjxg
Tomi Engdahl says:
One security firm has already doxxed the crook behind the cyberattack.
https://cnews.link/hacker-deletes-romanian-land-registry-database/
Hacker wipes European country’s entire land registry database, paralyzing real-estate market
One security firm has already doxxed the crook behind the cyberattack.
https://cybernews.com/security/hacker-deletes-romanian-land-registry-database/?utm_source=cn_facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cybernews&utm_content=post&source=cn_facebook&medium=social&campaign=cybernews&content=post&fbclid=IwVERDUATMQHpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6zgtoCp7mLKujn-0UEBJJqiOpGrd_RQRzLHp9I4lMGev-Z1TrZ8xR1B-DLBw_aem_JlhZugDABWBejS9JVy1A5Q
Key takeaways:
A hacker deleted Romania’s entire land registry database after a failed extortion attempt, paralyzing the real-estate market
The attack halted all property transactions, preventing notaries from authenticating sales or registering mortgages nationwide
It appears, though, that Romania’s cadastre agency has had an offline copy of the wiped data
Critics still point out that the perpetrator of the cyberattack had ample openings since the ANCPI hasn’t actually been investing much in cybersecurity.
Hackers can get very angry when they don’t get their way. That’s what happened in Romania when a crook wiped the country’s entire land registry database after an unsuccessful extortion attempt. Poor cyber hygiene didn’t help, either.
First, the hacker breached Romania’s cadastre agency, the National Agency for Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising (ANCPI), posting on a hacking forum: “[RO] Thy arss shall be spanked, Romania! [ANCPI]”
“In addition to the data of Romanian citizens, from various databases collected through ANCPI networks, there is also a copy of the GitLab servers containing the source code of all their systems, such as Eterra, RENNS, as well as a version of my little ransomware program,” the announcement continued.
Real-estate market stands still
“The official government website announced a shutdown of IT systems due to ‘technical problems,’ but this is a bit of an understatement. An offer of assistance was made, but without insistence or pressure.”
Indeed, the ANCPI initially claimed technical issues but had to admit it was facing a cyberattack. Today, no one can really access the institution’s systems.
The hack has brought Romania’s entire real-estate market to a standstill, Risky Business points out.
Notaries cannot record new transactions while citizens can’t obtain proof of ownership or detailed land records. And Romania is no small fish: on average, between 150,000 and 170,000 residential real estate units are sold annually across the country.
One notary, Ana Stan, said online: “I am a notary. Since Tuesday, I cannot issue a land registry extract, I cannot authenticate a sale, I cannot register a mortgage.”
“Contrary to some information appearing in the public space, at the time of the incident, the ANCPI had several locations designated for storing backup copies, a measure that ensures redundancy and the possibility of data restoration in the event of cybersecurity incidents,” the press release says.
Critics point out that the perpetrator of the cyberattack had ample openings since the ANCPI hasn’t actually been investing much in cybersecurity
The agency’s director Dan Cîmpean even claimed that the cyberattack against the ANCPI wasn’t too complex and could definitely have been prevented. Plus, the DNSC explained, the hacker exploited “vulnerabilities that we had notified them about quite recently.”
For the government, timing is pretty sensitive. The cyberattack hit the ANCPI precisely in the last weeks when homes can still be purchased with a 9% VAT. The tax for new homes increases to 21% from August 1st onwards.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/security/chatgpt-openai-cyber-attack-hugging-face-b3019382.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcATNgGtjbGNrBM2AZmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHokTpUlxgJxGZrvPOXbkQj5zHd6ccsKr7neM5Am_ZAlbctcGIngUUirTz4NU_aem_F9ABii2U_iIaSXi3_9pdiw
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/trojanized-newtonsoftjson-fork-hides.html?m=1
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-actively-exploited-langflow-rce-flaw/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Read more: https://cnews.link/ai-developed-wordpress-wp2shell-exploit-payload-analysis-17/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Websites hacked with a single HTTP request: WordPress critical exploit was developed with ChatGPT
Attackers aren’t even trying to hide their intentions when hitting websites with cyberattacks.
https://cybernews.com/security/ai-developed-wordpress-wp2shell-exploit-payload-analysis/?utm_source=cn_facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cybernews&utm_content=post&source=cn_facebook&medium=social&campaign=cybernews&content=post&fbclid=IwVERDUATPRmRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR7gEnbGWYmN1h7lGQpsRpHB-D-1oNJLBqVLT8W-awHd92Mr52HNGrsQmgsUwg_aem_FaYF-1PCDkObtHx_6Nj2Ww
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/secret-service-threat-level-trump-b3020104.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcATPWe9jbGNrBM9Z52V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHsfBFYOo0XpmV2rlwkn-qzJBywy27P1yCYEh47vXyNTfoFF2a8Hb5ECIq8HV_aem_Qam1cceFjLiLcV9aQvvVfg
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.iflscience.com/a-solar-tsunami-could-entirely-wipe-out-the-internet-within-a-decade-suggests-study-60833
Suika says:
The rise of low-quality AI content is frustrating. True intelligence requires strategic thinking and real logic, much like the mental discipline found in traditional skill-based games.
Tomi Engdahl says:
All-Seeing Eyes
So Many People Are Smashing Flock’s Cameras That It’s Disguising Them Inside Other Objects
“Look at that.”
https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-cameras-alprs-hidden-covert-surveillance?fbclid=IwdGRjcATQkN1jbGNrBNCQw3Bkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeMcgDVfciLx1jQEF0FRoUgUAFiHWhqg-3TfZjKBB7QsZPhjx6XeGh6isbTWw_aem_-D8rmLgRHI3g_-TN4DTxrA
On Wednesday, an a pro-privacy account called “Orwell Day” shared a video on X-formerly-Twitter of a man discovering a Flock license plate reader embedded inside an otherwise innocent roadside speedometer. Operated by the local Sheriff’s department, the device was cleverly hidden to be undetectable to approaching road and pedestrian traffic.
“What lurks on the back of it?” the man behind the camera asks as he approaches the device. “Look at that. Someone did some custom metal fabricating and decided to put a Flock camera, a mobile one, anywhere they want to put it, in the speedometer.”