Former senior UK police officer wins Silicon Valley backing for start-up valued at nearly $400m to develop AI tools for law enforcement
South Korea Busts AI-Powered Cybercrime Ring
Police in South Korea have dismantled what authorities describe as the country’s first large-scale cybercrime operation powered by generative AI,…
Two Critical Wasmtime Flaws Could Let Malicious WebAssembly Modules Escape Sandboxes
Two critical flaws in Wasmtime, a WebAssembly runtime that can be built into other software, could allow a malicious WebAssembly module to escape the…
Kali Linux 2026.3 released with new tools
Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2026.3, marking the third quarterly update to the popular penetration testing distribution in 2026.
Anthropic’s Unreleased AI Model Chains Flaws Into Working Chrome, Safari, Windows and Linux Exploits
An unreleased Anthropic AI model found security flaws in Chrome, Safari, Android, Windows, and Linux and chained them into working proof-of-concept…
Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch Update for Critical .NET Buffer Overflow Flaw
Microsoft’s updates address two newly disclosed vulnerabilities in the .NET developer platform, as well as flaws not fully addressed in an earlier release
Rising Borrowing Costs Shouldn’t Delay Your Security: Meet Firewall-as-a-Subscription
Check Point’s Firewall-as-a-Subscription Puts Advanced AI-Era Protection Within Reach of Every Organization Attacks don’t wait for budget approval. But…
Hackers Attempt to Breach U.S. Election Commission Systems, Triggering Major Service Outage
Hackers targeted the U.S. Federal Election Commission’s systems, forcing the agency to shut down online services and disrupting campaign finance filings…
Winners Named at Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2026
The Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards celebrate the individuals and teams who make the UK a safer, more inclusive place to do business. London, UK –…
Social media addiction affects older adults too
Social media addiction is often discussed as a problem affecting teenagers. Yet older adults can also spend more time on social platforms than they…
PHP2Shell: North Korean campaign targets 216 vulnerable host
Cyfirma researchers have linked a coordinated scanning campaign against 216 vulnerable hosts to a suspected North Korean threat group exploiting two…
Japan’s GMO Internet Urges Customers to Shut Down PCs After Hackers Threaten Ransomware Attack
Japan’s GMO Internet urged customers of its Onamae.com Desktop Cloud service to disconnect their PCs, shut them down, and unplug connected cables after…
UK Biobank back online soon, months after someone tried to sell 500k people’s data on Alibaba
Charity confirms slew of security improvements as it waits for UK.gov’s go-ahead
Hackers Target U.S. Election Commission, Forcing Online System Shutdown Days Before Midterms
Hackers targeting the U.S. Federal Election Commission forced officials to shut down its electronic filing system days before the November 3 midterm…
Infineon Plans €1.1bn Upgrade For Gallium-Nitride Chip Plant
EU Chips Act to partially fund eight-year investment to upgrade Villach, Austria factory that produces energy-efficient power chips
Sony Suffers Massive Data Breach- 2.58 Million So-net and Plala Users Data Exposed
Sony Network Communications has confirmed a breach exposing 2,585,481 customer records linked to its So-net and plala (S Course) internet services. The…
Anthropic details Claude Duet security safeguards
Anthropic has released technical documentation describing the security controls built into Claude Duet, its proactive AI agent designed to monitor…
Hackers Hijack 42 GitHub Repositories to Plant Malware Traps for Claude, Gemini, and Cursor Users
Hackers have quietly planted malware in 42 real GitHub repositories. The traps fire when a developer opens a project with Claude, Gemini, Cursor, or VS…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-28 09h : 14 posts
14 posts published in the last hour 07:42Adobe Commerce PolyShell Attacks Breach Hundreds of Stores as Brotli Exploit Traffic Emerges 07:42Patient records exposed in Quest breach: What you need to know 07:42Japan’s GMO Offers $1 Million Bounty to Catch Hackers…
Adobe Commerce PolyShell Attacks Breach Hundreds of Stores as Brotli Exploit Traffic Emerges
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two vulnerabilities impacting Adobe Commerce and Magento, and Google’s…
Patient records exposed in Quest breach: What you need to know
Quest Diagnostics says a breach affected personal information and patient records. Here’s what patients need to know and what to do now.
Japan’s GMO Offers $1 Million Bounty to Catch Hackers Behind FX Trading Cloud Breach
Japan’s GMO Internet Group is offering up to $1 million in total for tips that help catch the attackers who breached its Onamae.com Desktop Cloud service,…
SK Hynix’s Solidigm Ties $45bn US Plant to China Upgrades
Solidigm reportedly considers major flash memory plant in US, but only if administration allows it to update factory in Dalian
Tailscale Patches SSH Flaws That Could Let Hacked Devices Gain Root Access on Other Servers
Tailscale has released version 1.104.4 to fix flaws in its built-in SSH server that could let an attacker reach services and files on other servers that…