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Thursday, August 13, 2026

LiteLLM supply-chain attack exposed credentials from 2,500+ orgs including Microsoft and Amazon; Windows zero-day (ShieldBreak) enables full system compromise on Win 10/11/Server 2025. Meanwhile, 53% of enterprises experienced AI agent incidents despite security controls, and Zoom's screen-sharing protocol allows silent device hijacking.

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Today's stories

Foxconn reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to ~$78.4B, with cloud and networking products contributing 50%+ for the first time, and net profit up 35% to ~$1.86B (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal)
This Coin-Sized Device Can Hack a Boeing 737
Researchers found a way to hijack devices through Zoom screen sharing
AI is removing the middle class of software engineering
After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug
Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
Wednesday, August 12: GitHub, Incident with Pull Requests and Issues
Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach
Four of five enterprises that secured AI agent identities still can't contain one that goes rogue
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
Taiwan says it detected AI-assisted cyberattack campaign from overseas targeting government agencies last month, but affected agencies successfully "handled" it (Reuters)

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