IT Security News: today roundup Microsoft patched nearly 1,000 software vulnerabilities in its September update, including two actively exploited Windows zero-days. Red Hat detailed methods for platform engineers to verify Kubernetes network policy enforcement within OpenShift zero-trust environments. The FBI…
Security through obscurity is dead, and AI delivered the fatal blow
RIP, you won’t be mourned
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-13 13h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 10:31Attackers Use Passkey Phishing to Hijack Microsoft Cloud Accounts and Exfiltrate Data 10:31Anthropic Says Hackers Abused Claude to Scan 1.8 Million Android Apps for Secrets 10:01Conti Hacker Who Built Malware and Attacked Victims…
Attackers Use Passkey Phishing to Hijack Microsoft Cloud Accounts and Exfiltrate Data
Microsoft has disclosed details of two campaigns in which threat actors are abusing third-party email delivery infrastructure to blast financial fraud…
Anthropic Says Hackers Abused Claude to Scan 1.8 Million Android Apps for Secrets
According to a company threat report, Anthropic states that a number of threat groups, including those motivated by financial gain and state-sponsored…
Conti Hacker Who Built Malware and Attacked Victims Gets Four-Year Sentence
Ukrainian lawyer and Conti malware developer Oleksii Lytvynenko was sentenced to four years in U.S. prison for ransomware attacks. Oleksii Oleksiyovych…
Week in review: Linux rootkit deployed on F5 BIG-IP APM devices, Cisco FMC bugs exploited
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Zero trust AI agents demand a different kind of security…
Revolut Data Breach Exposes Customers’ Passport Copies and Full Transaction Histories to Hackers
Revolut has disclosed a data-security incident in which sensitive customer information was released after the financial technology company received a…
Plesk Backup Manager Flaw Lets Low-Privileged Users Gain Root Access to Servers
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Plesk Backup Manager could allow low-privileged users to escalate privileges and gain full root access on affected…
Revolut Exposed KYC Data After Fraudulent Government Email Passed Security Checks
Revolut handed over KYC documents, selfies, and Bitcoin transaction histories after a fake government email with valid domain credentials passed its…
IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-09-12
73 posts published today 20:01Microsoft Patches Nearly 1,000 Vulnerabilities in September Update 19:31Closing the loop: From network policy intent to verified reality 19:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-12 21h : 3 posts 18:31FBI Publishes First-Ever Cyber Strategy, With Focus on…
Microsoft Patches Nearly 1,000 Vulnerabilities in September Update
A significant security update was released by Microsoft on Patch Tuesday in September, addressing 974 vulnerabilities across the company’s software…
Closing the loop: From network policy intent to verified reality
Part 3 of a series on implementing zero trust security in Red Hat OpenShift with the layered zero trust validated pattern.Kubernetes NetworkPolicies are…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-12 21h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 18:31FBI Publishes First-Ever Cyber Strategy, With Focus on Disrupting Threat Actors 18:02Anthropic: AI Misuse Is Entering a New Phase: From Cybercrime to Surveillance, Propaganda and Weapons 18:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-12 20h…
FBI Publishes First-Ever Cyber Strategy, With Focus on Disrupting Threat Actors
The new document appears to be part of a broader shift by the US government towards the proactive disruption of cyber threat actors
Anthropic: AI Misuse Is Entering a New Phase: From Cybercrime to Surveillance, Propaganda and Weapons
AI is becoming an operational force for cybercrime, surveillance, propaganda, fraud and weapons development, lowering the cost and scale of attacks.…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-12 20h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 17:31CISA Adds 5 Actively Exploited Artifactory, ScreenConnect, and RouterOS Flaws to KEV 17:01Will AI kill us all within the next decade? 17:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-12 19h : 3 posts
CISA Adds 5 Actively Exploited Artifactory, ScreenConnect, and RouterOS Flaws to KEV
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added five security flaws impacting JFrog Artifactory, ConnectWise ScreenConnect, and…
Will AI kill us all within the next decade?
AI researchers are warning that the technology could kill us all within the next decade, although they say the risk from current models is low.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-12 19h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 16:31Nintendo Switch Security Flaw Lets Nearby Attackers Exploit QR Codes Used to Share Screenshots 16:02Multiple VLC Media Player Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Corrupt or Read Heap Memory 16:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-12…
Nintendo Switch Security Flaw Lets Nearby Attackers Exploit QR Codes Used to Share Screenshots
Nintendo has issued an urgent security advisory for owners of the original Switch console, warning of a flaw that could allow an attacker in close…
Multiple VLC Media Player Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Corrupt or Read Heap Memory
Two security vulnerabilities in VLC Media Player could allow attackers to corrupt heap memory or disclose sensitive data from a victim’s memory. The…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-12 18h : 6 posts
6 posts published in the last hour 15:31MantaxOtax Android Malware Merges Ransomware and Spyware in New Indonesian Campaign 15:02Researchers find a Wordle strategy that wins 99% of the time 15:02CISA Flags Exploited Cisco, Citrix, Fortinet Flaws, Sets Sept. 12 Federal…
MantaxOtax Android Malware Merges Ransomware and Spyware in New Indonesian Campaign
MantaxOtax is a newly identified Android malware that merges ransomware-style file encryption with aggressive spyware capabilities, enabling attackers to…
Researchers find a Wordle strategy that wins 99% of the time
Researchers at Binghamton University have developed a mathematical strategy that can solve Wordle with a 99% success rate. Instead of simply guessing…