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  1. Are clearinghouses the answer to the AI hacking threat?

    AI coding token costs are on track to rival human payroll | InfoWorld · · Medium severity

    This summer, the White House rolled out the Gold Eagle Initiative , billed as an “unprecedented” effort to coordinate cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure across government and industry. It was easy to miss this news with all of the...

  2. 9 rising malware trends every security pro should know

    CSO Online Security · · Medium severity

    Malware is evolving rapidly, driven by advances in AI and changes in computing infrastructures. Security professionals must continuously educate themselves on these trends to defend against increasingly sophisticated threats. The...

  3. AI Agent Breach Exposes Flaws in India’s Autonomous System Defences

    Analytics India Mag · · Medium severity

    Rogue AI agents have reached India’s shores. Last week, the Computer Emergency Response Team - India (CERT-In) disclosed that several Indian organisations were targeted by AI agents being tested by frontier AI companies. The agents read...

  4. A week in security (October 12 – October 18)

    Malwarebytes Labs · · Medium severity

    Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Eiliko robot companion exposes private chats and can be hijacked “Spray and pray” job applications could make it harder for you to spot a scam OpenAI sued over children safety and data use Update Chrome:...

  5. Making The Non-Technical Feel Technical – A Recipe For Success

    Cyber Defense Magazine · · Medium severity

    Making the Non-Technical Feel Technical – A Recipe for Success Whether you are already a cybersecurity leader or aspiring to be one someday, you need to be an effective salesperson... The post Making The Non-Technical Feel Technical – A...

  6. The Attack You Can’t Detect: AI Assistants As Exfiltration Infrastructure

    Cyber Defense Magazine · · Medium severity

    The architecture that made it possible is. Varonis Threat Labs disclosed CVE-2026-42824 last week – a vulnerability chain in Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise they named... The post The Attack You Can’t Detect: AI Assistants As...

  7. Bearer CLI: Free, source-available code security scanning tool (SAST)

    Help Net Security · · Medium severity

    Bearer CLI is a free static application security testing (SAST) tool that scans source code for vulnerabilities and prioritizes them by the sensitive data they touch. SAST means the tool reads code without running it. Organizations can...

  8. How to Identify and Strengthen Weak SSL | UpGuard

    UpGuard Blog · · Medium severity

    If your server uses a weak SSL algorithm or an insecure SSL/TLS version, you'll need to update the system to protect your customers and your assets.

  9. What is a Cyber Threat? | UpGuard

    UpGuard Blog · · Medium severity

    A cyber threat (or cybersecurity threat) is the possibility of a successful cyber attack that aims to gain unauthorized access, damage, disrupt, or more.

  10. Ransomware pressure now reaches employees’ homes and families

    Help Net Security · · Critical severity

    Ransomware attackers threatened employees’ family members or friends at 37% of organizations surveyed for Semperis’ 2026 Ransomware Risk Report. The survey covered 1,200 IT and security professionals at organizations that had...

  11. Crypto Hardware Wallets Become New Entry Point for Hackers

    PYMNTS.com · · Medium severity

    Last week, cryptocurrency hardware wallet company Ledger said it was investigating a hack that drained $90 million from its devices. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Oct. 18), this reprsents the latest example of a vulnerability in...

  12. Irish police force has its Twitter hacked in cryptocurrency scam

    Graham Cluley · · Medium severity

    There must have been red faces in the social media department of Ireland's police headquarters after two of its accounts were hijacked this week. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

  13. Krybit ransomware: what you need to know

    Graham Cluley · · High severity

    Krybit is a fast-growing ransomware gang that was hacked by a rival, hit back, and is still extorting victims. Find out how it works, who it has targeted, and what organisations can do to protect themselves. Read more in my article on...

  14. Jury finds Arm breached its Qualcomm licence, then awards Qualcomm $2

    TNW · · Medium severity

    “The jury’s verdict confirms that Arm operated in good faith under its technology license agreement and its award of only two dollars confirms the merit of Arm’s arguments in the case,” Arm said in a statement. A federal jury in...

  15. Discovering SDRs Everywhere

    Hackaday · · Medium severity

    To quote commenter [douyarou], “It’s like our little version of a Precambrian explosion”. A bunch of hackers have discovered, independently and building on each other’s work, software-defined radio (SDR) capabilities in more places than...

  16. EU investigates OpenAI and Anthropic over agent hacks, Euronews reports

    TNW · · Medium severity

    “Our AI Office has started enforcing these rules, and sent Requests for Information addressing issues such as security, external evaluation and monitoring how models are used,” EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said in a speech in Dublin on...

  17. Cybercrims go beyond stealing data to attack physical building systems

    The Register · · Critical severity

    Late Sunday night, a still-unknown cybercriminal or group hacked thousands of remote-controlled refrigeration systems across hundreds of French grocery stores, spiking temperatures, spoiling food, and sparking fires. This is part of an...

  18. Police arrests 95 suspects in international CSAM crackdown action

    BleepingComputer · · Medium severity

    Law enforcement authorities from 17 countries in Latin America and Europe have arrested 95 suspects in an INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) through online messaging groups.

  19. AI has graduated from hacking companies to stealing from crypto wallets

    Android Authority · · Medium severity

    TL;DR OpenAI shares an incident where a test model independent gained access to a crypto wallet in order to fund its work. When the model couldn’t find test tokens to complete its assignment, it computer common recovery phrases to find...

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