Intel will provide early access to fast Optane SSDs via the cloud
http://www.cio.com/article/3108182/intel-will-provide-early-access-to-fast-optane-ssds-via-the-cloud.html

Development version of the Hitler-Ransomware Discovered
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/development-version-of-the-hitler-ransomware-discovered/

Cerber Ransomware Developers make changes that defeat Check Point’s Decryption Service
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cerber-ransomware-developers-make-changes-that-defeat-check-points-decryption-service/

Google is killing off Chrome apps on Windows, macOS, and Linux
http://www.neowin.net/news/google-is-killing-off-chrome-apps-on-windows-macos-and-linux

Microsoft broke millions of webcams with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/19/12562780/microsoft-windows-10-anniversary-update-webcam-freezing

Temporary workaround: https://twitter.com/WithinRafael/status/766698660608348161

RCE in Teamspeak 3 server
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/61

Locky Ransomware Distributed Via DOCM Attachments in Latest Email Campaigns
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2016/08/locky_ransomwaredis.html

The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm
https://theintercept.com/2016/08/19/the-nsa-was-hacked-snowden-documents-confirm/

Equation Group’s BENIGNCERTAIN tool - a remote exploit to extract Cisco VPN private keys
https://musalbas.com/2016/08/18/equation-group-benigncertain.html

NSA-linked Cisco exploit poses bigger threat than previously thought
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/nsa-linked-cisco-exploit-poses-bigger-threat-than-previously-thought/

Sweet32: Birthday attacks on 64-bit block ciphers in TLS and OpenVPN
https://sweet32.info/

Sophisticated, persistent mobile attack against high-value targets on iOS
https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2016/08/25/trident-pegasus/

Attack of the week: 64-bit ciphers in TLS
http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2016/08/attack-of-week-64-bit-ciphers-in-tls.html

Fantom Ransomware Encrypts your Files while pretending to be Windows Update
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fantom-ransomware-encrypts-your-files-while-pretending-to-be-windows-update/

Keeper: Trusted UI is injected into untrusted webpage
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=917
https://blog.keepersecurity.com/2016/08/28/security-update-for-keeper-browser-extension/

Observatory by Mozilla
https://observatory.mozilla.org
https://observatory.mozilla.org/faq.html
https://github.com/mozilla/http-observatory

FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-says-foreign-hackers-penetrated-000000175.html

Hidden Voice Commands
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity16/sec16_paper_carlini.pdf

The story of how WoSign gave me an SSL certificate for GitHub.com
https://www.schrauger.com/the-story-of-how-wosign-gave-me-an-ssl-certificate-for-github-com