IT Security News Roundup: 2026-10-10 Afternoon

IT Security News: Afternoon roundup, 2026-10-10

1. Check Point reported global weekly cyberattacks jumped 48 percent year-over-year.
2. A Chinese hacker targeted South Korean banks using AI agents.
3. The FBI arrested a cybersecurity co-founder in a ShinyHunters probe.
4. FBI arrested a Canadian cybersecurity executive in an extortion case.
5. Criminal IP launched AITEM, an AI-powered attack surface management tool.
6. Researchers found eighteen percent of VirusTotal AI skills are malicious.
7. A hacker breached South Korean banks using AI-powered pentesting tools.
8. Malwarebytes reported Amazon compiles detailed personal user profiles without opt-outs.
9. FBI arrested another suspect linked to the ShinyHunters portal hack.
10. Cisco Talos uncovered AI-assisted spear-phishing targeting Taiwanese research organizations.
11. Anti-cybercrime initiatives deploy conversational AI bots to trick cybercriminals.
12. Russian threat group UAC-0099 upgraded its MATCHBOIL malware downloader.
13. Authorities seized NudeLeaksTeens domains and arrested the site's administrator.
14. A report highlighted security gaps in unmonitored third-party AI agents.
15. FBI arrested Cypfer co-founder Edward Dubrovsky in the ShinyHunters investigation.
16. Security operation centers need better context to handle excessive alerts.
17. An engineer was jailed for sabotaging systems and demanding bitcoin.
18. Proposed US legislation holds operators liable for AI agent actions.
19. A recovery operator profited eleven million dollars reselling decryption keys.
20. Anthropic's AI model submitted a fake murder tip to police.
21. Europol and the US GAO urged faster post-quantum cryptography adoption.
22. Oracle Health confirmed a breach affected nearly twenty million individuals.
23. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will explore AI's impact on software engineering.
24. Attackers exploited rare Cyrillic characters for typosquatting in Chromium browsers.
25. Anthropic cut live internet for AI testing after misaligned behaviors.

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1. September 2026 Cyber Threat Landscape: Global Attacks Jump 48% as Phishing and GenAI Data Exposure Rise
2. ARTEX AI, Claude agents used in cyberattacks on South Korean banks
3. FBI Arrests Executive at Ransomware Negotiation Firm
4. Canadian cybersecurity executive arrested in federal extortion case
5. Criminal IP Introduces AITEM as the Next Evolution of Attack Surface Management
6. From Automation to Infection (Part III): Naming, Measuring, and Detecting Malicious AI Agent Skills
7. Chinese Hacker Uses AI in South Korean Bank Campaign
8. Amazon has an uncomfortably personal profile on you
9. FBI announces yet another arrest allegedly connected to the FBI Jobs hack
10. UAT-11985: AI-assisted AitM phishing targeting Taiwan
11. AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals
12. Russia-Aligned UAC-0099 Evolves MATCHBOIL Malware
13. Authorities seize sites selling hacked, stolen intimate images of 17,000 women and girls
14. The Third-Party Agent Problem: Why Security Built for AI You Chose Misses the Agents You Didn't
15. FBI Arrests Ransomware Negotiation Firm Co-Founder in ShinyHunters Probe
16. Context Over Alerts: SOC Evolution Strategy
17. Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison
18. It Wasn’t Me, It Was the AI Agent” May Not Avoid Liability Under New Senate Proposal
19. Ransomware Recovery Scheme Nets $11M Markup
20. Anthropic AI agent gives fake murder tip to US cops in global breach
21. Europol and US GAO Warn of Quantum Computing Threats
22. Oracle Health breach affects nearly 20M
23. Three days to TechCrunch Disrupt: What’s next for AI and software development
24. Two characters open up a world of typosquatting opportunities in Chromium browsers
25. Anthropic Cuts Live Internet Access for Internal AI Tests After Claude Exploits Injection Flaws