IT Security News: today roundup Google paused its open-source bug bounty program following excessive AI-generated submissions. Forrester recognized CrowdStrike as a leader in proactive security platforms. Dell patched six critical container storage vulnerabilities, including maximum-severity flaws. Chinese espionage campaign targeted…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-05 22h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 19:31CloudSyncD Backdoor Spread Through Fake Zoom Installer Targeting macOS 19:01Authenticated Doesn’t Mean Safe: Why AI Agents Need Action-Level Security 19:01Anthropic Mythos Found A Bug in Rejetto HFS. Attackers Are Now Exploiting It. 19:01Nobody…
CloudSyncD Backdoor Spread Through Fake Zoom Installer Targeting macOS
Using fake Zoom installers, a macOS malware campaign distributes a backdoor known as CloudSyncD, a backdoor for MacOS. Jamf Threat Labs first identified…
Authenticated Doesn’t Mean Safe: Why AI Agents Need Action-Level Security
AI agents can misuse legitimate access. Learn why action-level security, trusted policy enforcement and verified approvals are critical to stop data leaks
Anthropic Mythos Found A Bug in Rejetto HFS. Attackers Are Now Exploiting It.
AI-assisted research uncovered a critical Rejetto HFS flaw that enables authentication bypass and remote code execution, now exploited in the wild. A…
Nobody Designs an RBAC Mess; Everyone Ends Up With One
You’re about to rename a column. Five minutes of work. Someone asks the obvious question first: who does this break? In a healthy Snowflake account,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-05 21h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 18:01IQVIA fined $7.8 million for failing to properly anonymize health data 18:01FBI confirms ‘multiple’ arrests related to ShinyHunters hack 18:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-05 20h : 4 posts
IQVIA fined $7.8 million for failing to properly anonymize health data
Italy’s Data Protection Authority (GPDP) has fined IQVIA €7 million ($7.8M) over poor data-processing practices that the agency says could have put…
FBI confirms ‘multiple’ arrests related to ShinyHunters hack
Another few bite the dust
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-05 20h : 4 posts
4 posts published in the last hour 17:31Microsoft Exchange Flaw Lets Authenticated Attackers Read Other Users’ Mailboxes 17:01DTU Data Breach Exposes Information of 200,000 People 17:01Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands win Europol 2026 Excellence Awards in Innovation 17:00IT Security News…
Microsoft Exchange Flaw Lets Authenticated Attackers Read Other Users’ Mailboxes
Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to escalate…
DTU Data Breach Exposes Information of 200,000 People
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has disclosed a major data breach that may have exposed personal information belonging to as many as 200,000…
Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands win Europol 2026 Excellence Awards in Innovation
At the European Police Chiefs Convention on 29 September 2026, Europol announced the winners of its 2026 Excellence Awards in Innovation. Law enforcement…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-05 19h : 15 posts
15 posts published in the last hour 16:32International investigation identifies over 70 potential victims exploited in Indian restaurants 16:32Zammad Zero-Day Chain Lets AI Agent Hijack Sessions, Execute Code and Escalate to Root 16:31California Court Dismisses El Faro Journalists’ Pegasus Spyware…
International investigation identifies over 70 potential victims exploited in Indian restaurants
The coordinated action conducted on 18 September 2026 led to two arrests. Allegedly, the traffickers forced their victims to work up to 16 hours per day,…
Zammad Zero-Day Chain Lets AI Agent Hijack Sessions, Execute Code and Escalate to Root
An AI agent breached the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure by chaining two previously unknown flaws in Zammad, an open source helpdesk…
California Court Dismisses El Faro Journalists’ Pegasus Spyware Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Second Time
A California federal judge has once again dismissed a lawsuit brought by journalists from Salvadoran investigative outlet El Faro against NSO Group, the…
Chinese Hackers Impersonate US Officials for AI Cyber Espionage
An emerging threat group known as TA419 established seemingly legitimate professional relationships with AI policy experts working for US think tanks,…
Building Enterprise File-Heavy AI Workflows: From Secure Uploads to Governed Document Intelligence
Enterprise AI is increasingly moving beyond clean, structured datasets and into the much larger world of documents, files, images, forms, emails, reports,…
16 Suspects Detained in Timor-Leste for Japanese Police Impersonation Scam
Investigators in Timor-Leste have detained 16 people after raiding a building in Dili allegedly used to run telephone scams against people in Japan. The…
China’s Ministry Allegedly Funded Research Involving 100+ Academics
The U.K.’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, has warned that more than 100 U.K.-linked academics have contributed to research projects allegedly funded…
Malicious HEIC Images Can Trigger Remote Code Execution on WordPress Servers
A malicious HEIC image can become a route to remote code execution on a WordPress server. Researchers have demonstrated an attack chain that turns a…
China-Aligned TA419 Uses Microsoft AitM Phishing Against U.S. AI Policy Experts
A China-linked cyber-espionage group is targeting Microsoft credentials belonging to U.S. policy and regulatory specialists in artificial intelligence,…
Researcher Infiltrates Lazarus Group’s Crypto Laundering Network After $1.5B Bybit Hack
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says he infiltrated a Chinese crypto laundering network linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group after the $1.5 billion Bybit…
Denmark population registry data breach affects 8.8 million people
Denmark’s Central Population Register (CPR) is warning of a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 8.8 million registered…