Cyber news, week of July 13, 2026

Monday, July 13, 2026

1. 0123:00 UTC

   Acting intelligence director announces third round of job cuts

   4 outlets · first: Fox 7 Austin Threat intelligence

   Machine summary Pulte said in a July 10 post on X that the agency had started reducing "redundant, or non-critical, personnel."

   1. Pulte posted on his official X account on July 10 that the agency had started a third round of reducing "redundant, or non-critical, personnel."

   Reported by Fox 7 Austin, fox5atlanta.com, fox9.com and fox13seattle.com.

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for July 14, 2026. The most covered:

1. 17:00 UTC FTC data shows 14,263 vacation and travel fraud reports in Q3 2025 5
2. 11:17 UTC SAP July 2026 Patches: 9.9 CVSS NetWeaver Flaw, 2 More Critical Fixes 2
3. 21:23 UTC SonicWall confirms active exploitation of two SMA1000 zero-day flaws 2

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

1. 0209:30 UTC

   AV-Comparatives publishes business security test results

   2 outlets · first: manilatimes.net Security Mostly press releases

   Machine summary AV-Comparatives published its business security test results for March through June 2026, covering 16 endpoint security products. The results said Kaspersky, Bitdefender and Elastic each reached 99.8% protection across 400 real-world cases, Elastic reached 100% in the malware detection test, and all tested products generated zero false positives on ordinary business applications. Fifteen of the 16 products met the requirements for the July 2026 Approved Business Product Award, the results said.

   1. AV-Comparatives said Elastic achieved a 100 percent detection rate in a malware protection test using 1,000 recent malware samples, with Avast and Norton at 99.8 percent.
   2. AV-Comparatives said ESET and Kaspersky posted the lowest system performance impact scores in the field.

   Reported by manilatimes.net and Pr Newswire Uk.

   • Elastic
   • Norton
   • Bitdefender
   • AV-Comparatives
   • Kaspersky
   • Avast

2. 0317:30 UTC

   Iowa to receive more than $439,000 in 23andMe settlement

   1 outlet · first: b100quadcities.com Data breach

   Machine summary Attorney General Brenna Bird said Iowa will receive more than $439,000 from an $18 million settlement involving 23andMe, distributed across 42 states. The reports state the funds come from 23andMe's bankruptcy estate and will be distributed immediately.

   1. The reports state the money will be distributed across 42 states.
   2. According to the reports, the money originates straight from 23andMe's bankruptcy estate and will be paid out right away.
   3. According to the reports, 23andMe set up a site for submitting claims, and people with approved claims will get part of the payout.
   4. The reports state the deadline to file claims was in February 2026.

   Reported by b100quadcities.com.

   • 23andMe

Thursday, July 16, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for July 16, 2026. The most covered:

1. 11:21 UTC Bnn Bloomberg: “AI chatbots may spread government restrictions on online speech: study” 5
2. 17:00 UTC dailydemocrat.com: “AI chatbots at risk of spreading government restrictions, study says” 5
3. 20:45 UTC Asic concerned over rise in pump and dump scam reports 4

Friday, July 17, 2026

6 events. The full rundown for July 17, 2026. The most covered:

1. 03:00 UTC auDA report finds gap between scam confidence and detection 5
2. 23:24 UTC reuters.com: “Federal employees can download TikTok on government devices, DOJ says” 3
3. 20:15 UTC al-monitor.com: “US and Iran attack infrastructure, raising fears of escalation” 3

Saturday, July 18, 2026

1. 0406:30 UTC

   Coverage recordthestar.com.my: “Colombia Ecopetrol says cyberattack stole data tied to 3, 300 accounts”

   2 outlets · first: The Star Data breach

   The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

   Reported by The Star and 933thedrive.com.

   • Ecopetrol

Sunday, July 19, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for July 19, 2026. The most covered:

1. 22:36 UTC RULAAC backs SERAP, seeks withdrawal of data bill provisions 2
2. 13:15 UTC bignewsnetwork.com (Big News Network): “Kuwait Ministry of Electricity: Second attack hits Kuwait power station” 1
3. 14:45 UTC DOJ says TikTok no longer a threat on federal devices 1

What kind of news was it?

1. Threat intelligence 11
2. Security 7
3. Regulation 6
4. Data breach 3
5. Ransomware 3
6. Vulnerability 2