HKMA’s Quantum Preparedness Index: What Hong Kong Banks Should Do Next josh.pearson@t… Thu, 09/17/2026 – 07:35 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-17 20h : 3 posts
3 posts published in the last hour 17:31Cyberattacks on Two Oil Tankers Prompt Coast Guard, FBI to Board Vessels 17:01Improving email security outcomes with real-world Microsoft Defender insights 17:00IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-17 19h : 11 posts
Cyberattacks on Two Oil Tankers Prompt Coast Guard, FBI to Board Vessels
The Coast Guard confirmed evidence of malicious cyber activity on the VL Prosperity, but has not attributed the attack to Iran.
Improving email security outcomes with real-world Microsoft Defender insights
The latest email security benchmarking reports show strong Microsoft Defender performance across pre-delivery and post-delivery scenarios and reveal where…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-17 19h : 11 posts
11 posts published in the last hour 16:31Parallels Desktop Vulnerability Gives Any Local Mac User Full Root Access, Intel Mac Users Left Without a Clear Fix 16:31FBI, Coast Guard probe suspected cyberattacks on ships entering US waters 16:31New Settra Ransomware…
Parallels Desktop Vulnerability Gives Any Local Mac User Full Root Access, Intel Mac Users Left Without a Clear Fix
Security researchers at JFrog disclosed the vulnerability on Tuesday, assigning it the identifier CVE-2026-90894 and the nickname “ParaShells.” JFrog…
FBI, Coast Guard probe suspected cyberattacks on ships entering US waters
The investigation comes at a time of heightened vigilance over U.S. port facilities and maritime security.
New Settra Ransomware Strain Deploys MeshAgent RMM for Persistence
Researchers at Huntress have detailed two ransomware incidents involving Settra, a relatively new strain first observed in June, and revealed a consistent…
Cyberattack on Tanker Prompts Coast Guard-FBI Security Boarding
A tanker crossing the Gulf of Mexico was boarded by U.S. Coast Guard and FBI personnel last month after its onboard network came under attack from…
Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch to Fix RDS Vulnerability
Microsoft has been forced to issue an out-of-band fix for several issues stemming from this month’s Patch Tuesday
Vercel Sandbox Challenge Uncovers Linux Kernel Flaws
Vercel has conducted a two-week security challenge that has uncovered numerous vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel networking stack that is used by its…
Meta AI builds detailed profiles of children from years of family posts
A mother says Meta AI pieced together names, birth details, photos, and location information about her young daughters from years of family posts.
PLEASE_READ_ME: The Opportunistic Ransomware Devastating MySQL Servers
Guardicore Labs uncovers a Ransomware detection campaign targeting MySQL servers. Attackers use Double Extortion and publish data to pressure victims.
On the NSA’s Supercomputer from the 1960s
Really interesting story about Harvest, a specialized code breaking computer built in the 1960s by IBM for the NSA.
OpenAI Says Its Models Searched GitHub for Leaked API Keys During Training
OpenAI published a framework for disclosing model misalignment alongside six reports describing problematic behavior.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-17 18h : 22 posts
22 posts published in the last hour 15:32Crackdown on Italian organised criminal network involved in large-scale euro counterfeiting 15:32Search results are sending people to fake Bitrefill checkouts 15:32FamousSparrow Swaps SparrowDoor For New SparroWocky Backdoor 15:31Apple Opens Early Access To Siri…
Crackdown on Italian organised criminal network involved in large-scale euro counterfeiting
Europol has supported an international operation targeting a criminal network linked to the Italian mafia-type organisation Camorra. The operation,…
Search results are sending people to fake Bitrefill checkouts
Fake Bitrefill checkout pages are appearing in search results and tricking people into sending cryptocurrency directly to scammers.
FamousSparrow Swaps SparrowDoor For New SparroWocky Backdoor
ESET said FamousSparrow has replaced SparrowDoor with SparroWocky
Apple Opens Early Access To Siri AI
Customers can now sign up to test new Siri AI features, two years after announcement, as iPhone 18 sales begin later this week
The Nansh0u Campaign – Hackers Arsenal Grows Stronger
In the beginning of April, three attacks detected in the Guardicore Global Sensor Network (GGSN) caught our attention. All three had source IP addresses…
Critical Cisco ISE Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-76460) Under Active Exploitation
HOC Shorts Cisco has issued a critical security advisory cisco-sa-ISE-ABP-VNSW7Tn5 warning of a maximum-severity CVSS 10.0 authentication bypass…
Threats Making WAVs – Incident Response to a Cryptomining Attack
Guardicore security researchers describe and uncover a full analysis of a cryptomining attack, which hid a cryptominer inside WAV files. The report…
London property manager breach may have exposed bank details and lockbox codes
City Relay says intruders accessed its Metabase Cloud instance twice and extracted customer data