Cisco Talos identified an APT spear-phishing campaign against individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations. The operation leveraged…
Double Counter – 274,922 breached accounts
In October 2026, the Discord server protection service Double Counter suffered a data breach attributed to a vulnerability in the Metabase analytics tool…
AnyDesk Linux Flaw Lets Remote Attackers Execute Code as Root Without Authentication
A working proof-of-concept for a serious AnyDesk Linux vulnerability that can let remote attackers run commands as root without authentication or user…
Quantum computers could break today’s encryption. Washington needs to prepare now.
As advances lower the barrier to breaking current encryption, Washington must move with equal urgency on post-quantum defenses.
AI Scramble Drives Cybersecurity M&A Boom
Welcome to another gangbuster year for strategic M&A activity in cyber, with 117 deals announced in the latest quarter. What’s different: Many of the…
The Oracle of Delphi Will Steal Your Credentials
Our deception technology is able to reroute attackers into honeypots, where they believe that they found their real target. The attacks brute forced…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-09 22h : 10 posts
10 posts published in the last hour 19:31100+ Compromised Websites Use Fake Cloudflare Checks to Deliver LunexStealer 19:31Digital IDs and the AI threat: verification must evolve, not just digitise 19:31AI-powered data pipeline observability: Stop monitoring and start preventing 19:31AWS AgentCore…
100+ Compromised Websites Use Fake Cloudflare Checks to Deliver LunexStealer
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has identified more than 100 compromised websites that have been injected with malicious…
Digital IDs and the AI threat: verification must evolve, not just digitise
By Marc de Beaucorps, Co-founder and CEO of Finovox The UK’s rollout of new digital IDs is being pitched as a straightforward upgrade involving safer age…
AI-powered data pipeline observability: Stop monitoring and start preventing
Devops tools are making it increasingly easy to monitor data pipeline failures. But in many cases, those alerts are already too late. Take marketing…
AWS AgentCore security undone by prompt requesting credentials
Tokens transmitted in metadata, weak VM isolation, and expansive permissions make hacking a lot easier
Germany Arrests Suspected Qilin Ransomware Leader After Japan Detention
Japan helped extradite a Russian suspect linked to Qilin ransomware to Germany, but the gang continued attacking victims after his arrest. Germany has…
Asos Acknowledges Hack That Resulted In Mystery Message
British clothing retailer says investigating ‘unauthorised activity’ after hackers sent app notification to thousands of people around world
FBI Arrests Another ShinyHunters Suspect Reportedly Involved in Its Jobs Portal Hack
The FBI has arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, FBI Director Kash Patel said on October 9 in a post on X. ShinyHunters is the…
Is Your DDoS Protection Actually On?
Readiness is a visibility problem, and it’s one many organizations don’t know they have. Most security controls tell you when they’re broken. A bad…
Data Centre Proposed For Site Of Microsoft’s UK Headquarters
Plan would see Microsoft’s former Reading complex demolished to make way for 72MW data hall powered by natural gas fuel cells
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-09 21h : 11 posts
11 posts published in the last hour 18:31MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi Accused of Paying Hackers, Defrauding Victims 18:31Nvidia-Backed Reflection Enters Open-Weight AI Race 18:31Threats Making WAVs – Incident Response to a Cryptomining Attack 18:31‘AgentCorruption’ Puts AWS Environments at Risk With…
MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi Accused of Paying Hackers, Defrauding Victims
The DOJ accuses MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi of secretly paying ransomware gangs for decryption keys while charging victims…
Nvidia-Backed Reflection Enters Open-Weight AI Race
Brooklyn-based start-up launches first frontier model, Beam, claiming similar performance to Chinese rivals with reduced inference costs
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…
‘AgentCorruption’ Puts AWS Environments at Risk With Single Prompt
A now-patched vulnerability in AWS Bedrock AgentCore could have allowed an attacker to use one AI chatbot to take over an organization’s entire fleet.
AI changed my role before it changed my software
My first attempt at vibe coding face-planted. I shook my head and stared at the screen. Well, this is obviously not for me. I became convinced the problem…
16 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Rabby and OKX Wallets to Steal Recovery Phrases
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 16 malicious Mozilla Firefox extensions that are capable of stealing cryptocurrency wallet recovery…
FBI arrests another suspected ShinyHunters hacker after agency breach
The FBI has arrested another suspected member of the ShinyHunters extortion group believed to be involved in the recent breach of FBI systems, Director…