SANS Stormcast Wednesday, August 19th, 2026: Copilot as Whitstleblower; GEEKOM Bad Driver; Medusa Update; Encrypted AI

from SANS Stormcast: Daily Cyber Security News · host Johannes Ullrich

CoSnitch: When Your AI Assistant Becomes Its Own Whistleblowerhttps://www.varonis.com/blog/cosnitch GEEKOM confirms malware was hosted on its websitehttps://videocardz.com/newz/geekom-apologizes-for-hosting-malware-in-driver-package-for-its-mini-pcs Medusa Ransomware Updatehttps://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-08/aa25-071a-stopransomware-medusa-ransomware-508c.pdf How Google is Making Private AI Practical with Homomorphic Encryptionhttps://blog.google/security/how-google-is-making-private-ai-practical-with-homomorphic-encryption/ My Upcoming Classeshttps://www.sans.org/profiles/dr-johannes-ullrich

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