# Week in review: Cisco fixes IMC bug, Patch Tuesday forecast, Black Hat USA 2026

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> Published: 2026-08-09 08:00:30+00:00

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/)

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