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Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (October 5, 2026 to October 11, 2026)
Last week, there were disclosed in and that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were that contributed to…
Election Scams Are Getting Harder to Spot as Real Campaign Outreach and Fraud Converge
In September, viewers of a Pennsylvania TV station received a text telling them to “verify your voter profile.” The station’s investigator could not find…
Cyber Briefing: 2026.10.14
This week’s top incident is the cyberattack forcing Ahold Delhaize to take systems offline across three countries, while the North Korean IT worker…
Microsoft, Health-ISAC and partners take down popular phishing kit services
The three marketplaces helped hackers impersonate major businesses and governments. Microsoft now controls the markets’ domain names.
The hidden network: Inside the phishing infrastructure ecosystem powering global cybercrime
Microsoft uncovered a Chinese-language cybercriminal ecosystem, an interconnected network of phishing kit operators (tracked as Storm-2990), and an…
Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth
A proxyjacking campaign has impacted devices in 34 countries, monetizing victims’ internet connections through a commercial residential proxy network.…
ThreatsDay: Adobe RCE, DNS Wallet Theft, NVIDIA Container Escape, Self-Healing Backdoor + 23 More
Someone built a tool to steal data, then decided it should scare the victim for fun. Yes, that’s an actual feature. And somehow, it fits right in with…
Microsoft fixes VPN issues caused by September Windows updates
Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused Always On VPN connection issues after installing the September 2026 Windows 11 security updates. […]
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-15 21h : 14 posts
14 posts published in the last hour 18:31ROMULUS Malware Server Leverages ClickFix to Deliver Multiple Payloads 18:31Cyberattack on Connected Fridges in France 18:31Critical ChatGPT GitHub Connector Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Steal Private Repository Secrets 18:31Anthropic Warns AI Worms Could…
ROMULUS Malware Server Leverages ClickFix to Deliver Multiple Payloads
Researchers at Forescout said the discovery shows how ClickFix is evolving from a delivery technique into full-blown cyber-criminal infrastructure
Cyberattack on Connected Fridges in France
Another IoT cyberattack , this one in France: Hackers gained control of the software that regulates the temperatures of the refrigeration units, forcing…
Critical ChatGPT GitHub Connector Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Steal Private Repository Secrets
A critical flaw in ChatGPT’s GitHub integration has the potential to turn a routine repository review into a secret-theft attack. A report published on…
Anthropic Warns AI Worms Could Soon Spread Across IoT Devices
Small artificial intelligence models could soon be able to freely replicate across internet devices, forming botnets that do not require centralized…
EU law enforcement chiefs gather to discuss new challenges in EU security
The Convention was opened by Jürgen Ebner, Europol’s Acting Executive Director, and Justin Kelly, Commissioner of the Irish An Garda Síochána.Jürgen…
Burger King Japan Confirms Data Breach Exposing 11.18M User Records
Burger King Japan has confirmed a data breach that exposed about 11.18 million records linked to members of its official app. BK Japan, which operates the…
The Q3 Vulnerability Pulse: Discovery ≠ Exploitation
Is the cybersecurity world really facing a “Bugmageddon?” Thor breaks down the latest CVE and KEV trends in the latest Threat Source newsletter.
The Blind Spots of Agentic Pentesting and How to Close Them
AI-powered penetration testing can uncover complex attack paths, but safety restrictions and network limitations leave many assets and vulnerabilities…
Context Is King in the Fight Against Modern Cyberattacks
Contextual defense helps security teams connect the signals, anticipate what comes next, and stop threats before they escalate.
U.K. Sanctions Cryptomus for RU Money Laundering
The United Kingdom has issued economic sanctions against Cryptomus, a chameleonic cryptocurrency platform that experts say serves as a major conduit for…
Fake Arch Linux packages push malware with root privileges
A threat actor uploaded malicious packages to the Arch User Repository (AUR) that impersonated two popular helper tools, yay and paru. […]
The Future of AI Cryptanalysis
Matthew Green has been writing a rather pessimistic series of posts about the potential for AI systems to vastly outperform humans in cryptanalysis of…
Global takedown hits network behind 1 billion phishing messages
A massive cybercriminal ecosystem facilitating more than a billion malicious messages targeting over 75,000 organizations across 150 countries has been…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-15 20h : 19 posts
19 posts published in the last hour 17:31FTC Demands Answers From OpenAI and Anthropic About AI Safety 17:31Data Visibility Is Only Half the Job: How DSPM Helps CISOs Reduce Risk 17:31Break the silence: Kazakhstan-nexus UAT-6275 targets CIS government organizations 17:31CrowdStrike…