Apple brings out touchscreen MacBook Pro for first time, after resisting the trend for decades, on heels of M6 Macs, iPhone Duo
Syrian Hacker Gets Prison Time in US After Over a Decade on the Run
A US court sentenced Syrian hacker Ahmad Umar Agha to 42 months for pro-Assad attacks on media, businesses, and government entities.
IT Security News Roundup: 2026-10-31 Morning
IT Security News: Morning roundup, 2026-10-31 25 articles summarized 11 sources Sources in this roundup GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform 5 article(s) Hackers Online Club 4 article(s) The Hacker News 4 article(s) Help Net Security…
YARA-X 1.22.1 Release, (Sat, Oct 31st)
YARA-X&#;x26;#;39;s 1.22.1 is a bugfix version, it brings 2 bugfixes.
Wireshark 5.0.0rc1 Release, (Sat, Oct 31st)
Wireshark Release Candidate 5.0.0 was published: soon we can expect a new major version of Wireshark.
OpenAI election war room, FEC filing disruption, Gemini Carbon debut
OpenAI opens an election war room https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/28/openai-election-war-room-interference-01137690 Hack attempt disrupts FEC…
YARA-X 1.22.0 Release, (Sun, Oct 25th)
YARA-X&#;x26;#;39;s 1.22.0 release brings 11 improvements and 9 bugfixes.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-31 12h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 10:32AI Governance Security Policy: Enterprise Framework 2026 10:31What exactly is ISOC? And what does it mean for you? 10:03China-Linked Hackers Exploited VMware ESX Zero-Day to Reduce Audit Trail Visibility 10:03Google Unveils Gemini 4…
AI Governance Security Policy: Enterprise Framework 2026
By HOC Team | Updated October, 2026 | Read time 24 min. AI Governance Policy & Compliance AI…
What exactly is ISOC? And what does it mean for you?
Gartner recently released a new category of assessing security tools: the Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC). Even though SIEM isn’t going…
China-Linked Hackers Exploited VMware ESX Zero-Day to Reduce Audit Trail Visibility
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware ESX to its Known Exploited…
Google Unveils Gemini 4 Carbon: Frontier AI Model Built for Cyber Defense
HOC Shorts Google officially announced Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model optimized for autonomous cyber defense,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-31 11h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 09:32Attackers Exploit Critical Drupal Commerce Core Vulnerability CVE-2026-118539 09:31Attackers Chain Three Ivanti Connect Secure Flaws to Gain Unauthenticated Root Access 09:03Attackers Exploit PHP2Shell Flaws in Internet-Exposed Palo Alto Networks Management Interfaces 09:03Scammers rebuild…
Attackers Exploit Critical Drupal Commerce Core Vulnerability CVE-2026-118539
Drupal warns that attackers are exploiting a critical authorization flaw in Commerce Core, putting vulnerable online stores at risk. Drupal warns that…
Attackers Chain Three Ivanti Connect Secure Flaws to Gain Unauthenticated Root Access
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two security flaws impacting Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) to its Known…
Attackers Exploit PHP2Shell Flaws in Internet-Exposed Palo Alto Networks Management Interfaces
Palo Alto Networks on Wednesday warned that threat actors are exploiting the recently patched PHP2Shell vulnerabilities against publicly-accessible…
Scammers rebuild fake shopping sites within hours of a takedown
One retail scam used more than 1,200 look-alike .shop domains sharing a single IP address. The sites reused HTML, JavaScript and payment-page designs…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-31 10h : 11 posts
11 posts published in the last hour 08:32Binance Suffers Security Breach Affecting $6.3 Billion in Assets, Nearly $3 Billion Frozen 08:32Hackers Impersonate IT Help Desk on Microsoft Teams to Gain Domain Admin Access via AD CS Attacks 08:32Smart TVs can…
Binance Suffers Security Breach Affecting $6.3 Billion in Assets, Nearly $3 Billion Frozen
Cryptocurrency giant Binance said on Thursday that a “security incident” on its platform has impacted about $6.3 billion worth of assets. The world’s…
Hackers Impersonate IT Help Desk on Microsoft Teams to Gain Domain Admin Access via AD CS Attacks
Hackers impersonated IT help desk personnel on Microsoft Teams to gain remote access and abuse Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), turning…
Smart TVs can harbor unpatched security flaws and track what you watch
Smart TVs and connected plugs accounted for a large share of recorded security weaknesses in household devices, according to Bitdefender’s 2026 IoT…
Hackers Distribute Malicious Claude Code Extension on Cursor Marketplace to Install Persistent SSH Backdoor
Microsoft has warned that malicious Claude Code extensions distributed through Cursor’s marketplace attempted to install a persistent SSH backdoor on…
In the year AI re-wrote the infosec rulebook, it’s comforting to know crypto exchanges still have bad security
Binance freezes funny money after compromise of engineer’s laptop linked to $6.3 billion of unauthorized trades
Binance Hacked – 6.3 Billion Dollars Assets Stolen
HOC Shorts | BREAKING! Binance hacked – The largest security breach in crypto industry. Hit by a massive…