Security News Update for August 2, 2026

This week’s news includes:

• Google Patched More Than 1,000 Chrome bugs in the Last Two Releases
• Hacking Group Threatens EU if they Don’t Abandon Chat Control Plans
• Which AI Should I Use?
• Microsoft Unveils MAI-Cyber-1-Flash – Cybersecurity AI at Half the Cost
• Impact of OpenAI’s Hack of Hugging Face
• Nothing to report this week – maybe
• Chinese Release Model Weights, Tech Information on Kimi K3
• Google is Working on Yet Another New AI Chip
• Nothing to report – not really 🙂
• New York Court Ruling Significant for Tech Firms
• South Carolina/Georgia Health System Closes Offices After Malware Attack
• UK-Based CAF Bank Down for a Week; 14,000 Customers Have No Access to Money
• Nvidia and 36 friends form Open Secure AI Alliance
• Meta is facing $1.4 trillion in liability over social media addiction
• The fallout from the Hugging Face attack
• Security News for the week ending July 31, 2026: Even Angelia Jolie and Robert DeNiro get hacked, post quantum cryptography vs Mythos, what is the weak spot in the electricity grid worldwide, US Space Force has new way to jam enemy satellites and data center builders are testing a new strategy to get enough water

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