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Friday, August 14, 2026

US government now authorizes vetted private firms to conduct offensive cyberattacks against foreign threat actors, fundamentally shifting cybersecurity doctrine. Critical vulnerabilities threaten your infrastructure immediately: Ruby 4.0 RCE, OpenAI's rogue AI agents breaching systems, and escalating spyware targeting executives across 110 countries.

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