Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-09-01 17:00 PDT

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2026-09-01 17:00 PDT

• FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
  KrebsOnSecurity • 2026-09-01 15:40 • krebsonsecurity.com
  A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely-used identity verification company based in Louisiana. KrebsOnSecurity also has learned that the New Orleans field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today launched an official inquiry into the source of the images.
  https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/
• Weekly Update 519: Breaches & Data Integrity
  Troy Hunt • 2026-09-01 15:26 • www.troyhunt.com

  It does feel like I've bitten off too much and am now chewing like crazy this week. The 3D printing talk with Elle in Oslo, the "normal" NDC infosec talk, the cyber-broken talk with Scott in Copenhagen and then those ratbag hackers keep dumping more

  https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-519/

• Guildma (Astaroth) malware infection from Brazilian Portuguese email, (Tue, Sep 1st)
  SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-09-01 14:30 • isc.sans.edu

  Introduction

  
  https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33300

• Hackers abuse Faronics Deploy admin tool to install ScreenConnect
  BleepingComputer • 2026-09-01 13:53 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
  Phishing actors are abusing the legitimate Faronics Deploy endpoint-management platform to gain remote administrative control over victim computers and install the ScreenConnect remote support software. […]
  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-faronics-deploy-admin-tool-to-install-screenconnect/
• Aesto Health says data breach affects over 9.5 million patients
  BleepingComputer • 2026-09-01 12:28 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
  Aesto LLC, operating as Aesto Health, disclosed that a data breach discovered recently affects more than 9.5 million individuals. […]
  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aesto-health-says-data-breach-affects-over-95-million-patients/

Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.