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Attackers pounced on a max-severity SAP Commerce Cloud flaw within three days of its patch as France's tax agency and oil giant Shell confronted fresh data-theft claims.
Latest developments: Google Cloud published a post-quantum cryptography roadmap targeting 2029 readiness with milestones in 2027 and 2028, AWS Certificate Manager set 2027 to phase out email-validated certificate renewals ahead of the CA/Browser Forum's March 15, 2028 cutoff, and Europe opened 17 draft Cyber Resilience Act standards for comment.
The moves push enterprises toward quantum-resistant encryption, stronger certificate validation, and Cyber Resilience Act conformity, whose connected-product rules bind manufacturers by the end of 2027.
Sources: SecurityWeek · Help Net Security · Help Net Security · ↑ top
Latest developments: France confirmed intruders reached the Directorate General of Public Finances in late June by stealing or misusing an identity, while a hacker claims 600,000 victims, and Shell opened an investigation after the Clop gang claimed it stole 89 gigabytes of data.
France's tax authority, the DGFiP, is probing the June intrusion, and oil giant Shell is examining Clop's extortion claim; neither has confirmed the full scope.
Sources: The Record · BleepingComputer · ↑ top
Latest developments: Threat intelligence firm Defused reports attackers began targeting a maximum-severity SAP Commerce Cloud remote code execution flaw just three days after SAP patched it.
The vulnerability lets attackers run code on SAP Commerce Cloud e-commerce deployments; administrators should apply SAP's fix immediately.
Sources: BleepingComputer · ↑ top
Latest developments: SecurityWeek reports the open-source scanner Trivy drove the compromise of 2,500 organizations, with over 95 percent of them exposed before the malicious LiteLLM packages first blamed ever appeared.
Investigators traced the mass compromise to Trivy exposure across enterprises; affected organizations should review how they deploy the scanner.
Sources: SecurityWeek · ↑ top
Latest developments: Cyera agreed to buy Oasis Security for $1 billion to merge data security and identity into one control plane for AI agents, redefining privileged access around business context in place of static roles.
The deal targets the governance gap as enterprises deploy autonomous AI agents that need scoped, monitored access to data and systems.
Sources: Dark Reading · ↑ top
Latest developments: Flock Safety will require every customer to turn on its Audit Assistance feature for flagging abnormal searches and will hold most license-plate data for only seven days, answering scandals over officer abuse.
Flock Safety runs a nationwide automated license-plate reader network used by police departments; the new controls follow reports of officers misusing the system.
Sources: The Record · ↑ top
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Latest developments: TribLive reported August 14 that organizers pulled the plan after they could not satisfy Leetsdale borough ordinances.
A proposed faith-based boxing gym in Leetsdale, a borough in Allegheny County's Sewickley area, will not open; the organizers abandoned the project after finding no way to comply with borough ordinances.
Latest developments: TribLive reported August 14 that the Derry Community Pool ran a smooth 2026 season after raising lifeguard pay.
Derry Borough Mayor Nathan Bundy said the Derry Community Pool in Westmoreland County operated smoothly all summer on strong attendance and higher lifeguard wages, reversing 2025, when a lifeguard shortage forced the pool to close on several days.
Latest developments: WTAE reported August 14 that Pennsylvania will spend $9 million over three years to place free menstrual products in schools.
Pennsylvania is directing $9 million over the next three years to supply free menstrual products in its public schools, a program the state frames as attacking "period poverty" among students.
Latest developments: WPXI reported August 14 that the Pennsylvania Game Commission will officially end its Deputy Game Warden Program on September 1.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is closing its Deputy Game Warden Program, which embedded volunteer deputies within law enforcement, effective September 1, 2026.
Latest developments: TribLive reported August 14 that North Allegheny School District begins classes August 18 with a larger student body.
North Allegheny School District, north of Pittsburgh, starts its 2026-27 school year on August 18, 2026, adding enrollment along with new and returning staff.
Latest developments: Post-Gazette and TribLive coverage August 13-14 praised Drew Allar, Will Howard, and Mason Rudolph and the new-look passing attack after Aaron Rodgers sat out.
With Aaron Rodgers resting, quarterbacks Drew Allar, Will Howard, and Mason Rudolph each moved the Steelers' offense in Mike McCarthy's preseason opener against Green Bay; Post-Gazette columnist Noah Hiles wrote the team's new passing scheme made a strong first impression, and TribLive said the Allar hype train had left the station.
Sources: Post-Gazette · Post-Gazette · ↑ top
Latest developments: The Post-Gazette reported August 14 that rookie receiver Germie Bernard made plays and "doesn't blink" in his first NFL action.
Steelers rookie wide receiver Germie Bernard drew praise for a composed preseason debut against the Packers, catching passes and settling into the offense without visible nerves, the Post-Gazette reported.
Sources: Post-Gazette · ↑ top
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