Cyber deception has long been the domain of well-resourced security teams, but CISA’s latest guidance, titled “Using Cyber Decoys to Strengthen Detection…
Critical ScreenConnect flaw actively exploited
The U.S.
North Korean IT Workers Pay People to Sit Through Job Interviews While They Control the Computer
North Korean IT-worker operators are recruiting foreign nationals to sit on camera during remote job interviews. At the same time, the real candidate…
Anthropic tests Claude Money for bank data analysis
Anthropic has begun testing Claude Money, a personal finance feature that enables users to connect their bank accounts directly to the Claude AI assistant.
ISC Patches 14 Vulnerabilities in BIND 9 Security Update
Attackers could exploit the flaws to increase resource usage, trigger an unexpected program exit, or terminate the named process.
Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Live AI Models
Google has launched two new audio AI models designed to help enterprises deploy conversational voice agents with enhanced reasoning capabilities.
Salt Security expands CrowdStrike integration to tackle AI agent security
Salt Security has expanded its integration with CrowdStrike to give security teams greater visibility into how AI agents connect to enterprise systems,…
Salesforce global outage affects hundreds of instances
Salesforce suffered a multi-hour global outage on September 16 that disrupted service for customers across the United States, Japan, India, the United…
Druva expands identity resilience with ransomware detection
Druva has announced new capabilities for Druva Identity Resilience alongside the launch of Ransomware Detection, a new feature fueled by a proprietary AI…
SE Labs Launches PIVOT Testing Program for Cybersecurity Ven
SE Labs, a UK-based security testing provider, announced the launch of PIVOT on September 15, a new independent testing program designed to evaluate…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-17 15h : 9 posts
9 posts published in the last hour 12:31Google’s new agent security system detects tool misuse, loops and rogue behavior 12:31Cyber Essentials Has Record Year but Takeup Remains Low 12:31Ransomware Attacks on Manufacturers Surge as Supply Chain Risk Grows 12:31GPT4Free Privacy…
Google’s new agent security system detects tool misuse, loops and rogue behavior
Google’s Agent Anomaly Detection is a reasoning-based oversight and audit layer for autonomous agents deployed on Agent Runtime in the Gemini Enterprise…
Cyber Essentials Has Record Year but Takeup Remains Low
New government figures reveal a 20% annual increase in certifications
Ransomware Attacks on Manufacturers Surge as Supply Chain Risk Grows
Research shows attacks on manufacturers rose 40% in early 2026, as ransomware groups increasingly exploit the supply-chain disruption caused by…
GPT4Free Privacy Risks Expose AI Prompts to Third-Party Servers and Hidden Logs
Users of the GPT4Free hosted platform might believe they are directly interacting with the selected artificial intelligence model in its web interface.…
Cisco Fixes Dozens of Flaws Across FMC, ISE and Nexus Dashboard
The vulnerabilities may lead to root access, command execution, bypasses, SQL injection, and remote code execution.
NightmareStresser Goes Offline in Global DDoS-for-Hire Crackdown
The DOJ seized domains behind NightmareStresser, a DDoS-for-hire service tied to hundreds of thousands of attacks since 2022, as part of Operation…
Two in Five Organisations Hit by AI-Related Compliance Failures in Past Year, Research Finds
40% of organisations have suffered an AI-related compliance or governance issue in the last 12 months, with legacy and poorly designed business processes…
FBI takes down one of the longest-running DDoS-for-hire services
The FBI has seized the domains behind NightmareStresser, a DDoS-for-hire service officials call one of the longest running “booter” operations in…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-17 14h : 14 posts
14 posts published in the last hour 11:32Fake MRI Scans Deliver CHOSEN BRICK Spyware to Windows PCs 11:32Test environment let anyone access live customer data 11:31How Candidates Could Use AI for Good 11:31BIND 9.20.29 Fixes 14 Security Flaws Enabling DNSSEC…
Fake MRI Scans Deliver CHOSEN BRICK Spyware to Windows PCs
Iranian state-linked attackers are using fake MRI scans and software lures to deploy CHOSEN BRICK spyware on Windows PCs.
Test environment let anyone access live customer data
Even a temporary staging server needs to be locked down.
How Candidates Could Use AI for Good
This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in The Guardian . There are plenty of signs that AI will make all of our…
BIND 9.20.29 Fixes 14 Security Flaws Enabling DNSSEC Bypass and Denial-of-Service Attacks
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released BIND 9.20.29, which addresses 14 security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could enable remote…