{"slug": "week-in-review-cisco-fixes-imc-bug-patch-tuesday-forecast-black-hat-usa-2026", "title": "Week in review: Cisco fixes IMC bug, Patch Tuesday forecast, Black Hat USA 2026", "summary": "Help Net Security's weekly review highlights Cisco's fix for an IMC bug, a Patch Tuesday forecast, and Black Hat USA 2026. In an interview, Stairwell founder and CTO Mike Wiacek discusses Backstory, an AI agent that maps malware campaign spread from a single alert.", "body_md": "Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Mapping the malware blast radius a single alert won’t show you In this interview with Help Net Security, Mike Wiacek, founder and CTO of Stairwell, explains Backstory, an AI agent that takes a single alert and works outward to map how far a malware campaign spread. He walks through the research behind the claim that each published sample hides an … [More ](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/09/week-in-review-cisco-fixes-imc-bug-patch-tuesday-forecast-black-hat-usa-2026/)\n\nThe post [Week in review: Cisco fixes IMC bug, Patch Tuesday forecast, Black Hat USA 2026](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/09/week-in-review-cisco-fixes-imc-bug-patch-tuesday-forecast-black-hat-usa-2026/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/week-in-review-cisco-fixes-imc-bug-patch-tuesday-forecast-black-hat-usa-2026", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/09/week-in-review-cisco-fixes-imc-bug-patch-tuesday-forecast-black-hat-usa-2026/", "published_at": "2026-08-09 08:00:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-09 09:42:38.656921+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Cisco", "Stairwell", "Mike Wiacek", "Backstory", "Help Net Security", "Black Hat USA"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/week-in-review-cisco-fixes-imc-bug-patch-tuesday-forecast-black-hat-usa-2026", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/week-in-review-cisco-fixes-imc-bug-patch-tuesday-forecast-black-hat-usa-2026.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/week-in-review-cisco-fixes-imc-bug-patch-tuesday-forecast-black-hat-usa-2026.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/week-in-review-cisco-fixes-imc-bug-patch-tuesday-forecast-black-hat-usa-2026.jsonld"}}