Yusaku Fujii, a professor at Gunma University in Japan, has designed audits and penalties to stop operators from misusing AI that analyzes street camera…
Anthropic reconfigures its cool kids security program
Company’s Project Glasswing and Cyber Verification Program metamorphose into triple tier threat hunting club
Hackers exploit 32 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Ireland
On the first day of the Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 competition, security researchers hacked the Samsung Galaxy S26 twice and earned $388,500 after exploiting 32…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-08 08h : 9 posts
9 posts published in the last hour 05:31LibreOffice and OpenOffice Flaws Let Malicious Spreadsheets Run Code Without Macro Warnings 05:31How AI can fix cybersecurity compliance: From dashboards to continuous execution 05:31Google’s PageBreak AI Agent Finds 500 Flaws in Its Web…
LibreOffice and OpenOffice Flaws Let Malicious Spreadsheets Run Code Without Macro Warnings
A malicious spreadsheet can make LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice run an attacker’s code as soon as the file is opened, security researchers have shown.…
How AI can fix cybersecurity compliance: From dashboards to continuous execution
Most compliance work goes into proving security, not improving it. That isn’t because the rules are unreasonable. Regulators, customers, and cyber…
Google’s PageBreak AI Agent Finds 500 Flaws in Its Web Apps
The situation illustrates a trend toward using AI and deterministic validation to identify flaws and exploitability, and provide a risk assessment.
PoeLLM Malware Hijacks 3,400+ Servers for Crypto Mining and Botnet Expansion
A cryptocurrency mining campaign dubbed PoeLLM has compromised more than 3,400 servers by targeting exposed AI infrastructure and other internet-facing…
South Korea Orders Financial Sector Probe After Series of Data Breaches
South Korea is gearing up to respond to a string of cyber disruptions that targeted financial institutions, with the President demanding a thorough…
Malicious npm Packages Steal Browser Passwords, Discord Tokens and Crypto Wallets.
MALFEX, a persistent npm supply-chain campaign distributing Windows malware through eight malicious packages. Linked to an apparent single operator active…
Criminal IP Introduces AITEM as the Next Evolution of Attack Surface Management
Torrance, Californina, 6th October 2026, CyberNewswire
The people who know passkeys best are still typing passwords
Yubico and Okta asked 1,890 technology and security professionals across nine countries how they sign in to work accounts. The most common answer was a…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-08 07h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 04:31U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Chinese Hacker Who Tried to Steal COVID-19 Research 04:31Java library vulnerabilities: IBM and Red Hat fix 400+ previously unknown flaws 04:31Elastic Fixes 14 Security Flaws Including One…
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Chinese Hacker Who Tried to Steal COVID-19 Research
The U.S. Department of State is offering up to $10 million for information on Zhang Yu, a Chinese national accused of helping hackers target American…
Java library vulnerabilities: IBM and Red Hat fix 400+ previously unknown flaws
IBM and Red Hat have found and fixed more than 400 previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used Java libraries through Lightwell, their program for…
Elastic Fixes 14 Security Flaws Including One That Lets Attackers Intercept Other Users’ Data
Elastic published 14 security advisories covering Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Elastic Agent/Endpoint, including a high-severity Kibana flaw that lets…
Medical devices patients rely on most are least prepared for quantum attacks
Threat actors are exploiting IT, IoMT, OT and IoT devices across healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) to deploy ransomware, demand payments and…
Claude Haiku 5.5 – Cheapest Model with Enhanced Coding and Computer Use.
Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 5.5, its newest small AI model. The company says it is the cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model it has ever…
Ransomware fixer claimed he could decrypt files, allegedly defrauded clients instead
Feds claim he charged clients more than ransoms, paid up, pocketed the difference
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-08 05h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 02:31CyrusOne – 373,460 breached accounts 02:01ISC Stormcast For Thursday, October 8th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10128, (Thu, Oct 8th) 02:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-08 04h : 3 posts
CyrusOne – 373,460 breached accounts
In August 2026, data centre operator CyrusOne was the target of a ShinyHunters “pay or leak” extortion attempt . The group subsequently published data…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, October 8th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10128, (Thu, Oct 8th)
This post has no text preview — click the link below to read the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Thursday, October 8th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10128,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-08 04h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 01:31Known Cybersecurity Expert and Owner of Florida Ransomware Remediation Company Charged with Defrauding Clients 01:01Don’t buy a consultant’s AI framework 01:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-08 03h : 9 posts
Known Cybersecurity Expert and Owner of Florida Ransomware Remediation Company Charged with Defrauding Clients
Here’s another case where the folks who were supposed to be the good guys helping you may be harming you. Zohar Pinhasi, 50, also known as “Zack Silver”…