Microsoft says August Windows updates may cause gaming issues (2026-08-20 06:51 UTC)
Kurz: Microsoft is investigating a potential issue with the August 2026 updates that may prevent some games from launching or cause them to crash on affected Windows 11 systems. […]
OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down as logins and signups fail (2026-08-20 00:20 UTC)
Kurz: ChatGPT is experiencing a major outage, and users are unable to sign in, create accounts, or load chats, including previous conversations. […]
Rogue ransomware affiliate poses as recovery firm to steal payments (2026-08-19 20:59 UTC)
Kurz: A suspected ransomware affiliate is posing as a ransomware recovery service called “Ransom Busters,” contacting the victims before the attacks become public and claiming to be able to provide decryption keys and delete stolen data for a fee…
Elementor Pro Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Upload PHP and Execute Code (2026-08-20 06:04 UTC)
Kurz: Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32475, carries a CVSS sco…
Cloudflare Workers Spectre Attack Leaks JWT From Co-Located Worker at 12 Bits/Second (2026-08-19 19:02 UTC)
Kurz: Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a remote Spectre attack against Cloudflare Workers that leaked a JSON Web Token (JWT) from a co-located Worker in the production environment at up to 12 bits per second, 360 times the rate…
OpenAI Pauses Frontier RL Training as It Tightens Defenses Against Unsafe AI Behavior (2026-08-19 18:06 UTC)
Kurz: OpenAI on Tuesday revealed that it paused reinforcement learning (RL) training for its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models for two weeks while it shored up additional defenses and increased the scope of its monitoring to avert anothe…