AI Doomerism vs. Cybersecurity Reality: Five Eyes ‘Back to Basics,’ Incident PR, and Microsoft’s Patch/Unpatch Cycle On the month-end weekend episode of…
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The Department of Know: Passkeys phished, Cisco hits root, nuclear red lines for AI
Read the full stories at CISOSeries.com . This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Sarah Lane, with guests Jason Thomas , senior director of technology…
Brevo Supply-Chain Attack Infected Over 100,000 Websites
A Brevo supply-chain attack used compromised Cloudflare access to inject malware into websites, potentially affecting over 100,000 sites. Brevo, formerly…
Cyber Briefing: 2026.09.16
Social engineering, compromised software updates, insider misuse, and AI-assisted fraud continue to create opportunities for unauthorized access, data…
Friday Squid Blogging: On Squid Egg Sacs
Short essay about squid egg sacs. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog…
CISA and NIST Issue Guidance to Protect Cloud Identity Tokens
CISA and NIST issued final guidance to help protect cloud identity tokens and assertions
Attacker Hijacks AI Coding Assistant Session, Spreads Shai-Hulud Across About 100 Repositories
Mandiant says an attacker hijacked an active AI coding-assistant session at an unnamed software-as-a-service provider and later spread Shai-Hulud across…
Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root
A security researcher has released working exploit code for four Linux kernel flaws that each let a local user gain root, the highest level of access on a…
HBO Max Reddit Account Hacked: 108 Malicious Ads Push ClickFix Malware
Attackers reportedly hijacked HBO Max’s verified Reddit account to run 108 malicious ads delivering ClickFix malware to Windows and Mac users.
Apple Adds New Parental Controls to iPhone, iPad and Mac: Here’s What Changes
Apple is rolling out new parental controls for iPhone, iPad and Mac, including website approvals, Screen Time changes and expanded safety tools.
Scammers Are Watching Airline Complaints and Posing as Customer Support
Check Point uncovers thousands of fake support accounts, with hundreds more appearing every day A delayed flight. Missing luggage. A refund that never…
Microsoft Issues Out-of-Band Windows Update After September Patch Breaks Remote Desktop, Hyper-V
Microsoft released an out-of-band Windows update to fix Remote Desktop, Hyper-V Linux sharing, and USB audio issues caused by its September patch.
Top 30 Cybersecurity Interview Questions And Answers For 2026
By HOC Team | Updated: September 2026 Read time: ~24 min Cybersecurity hiring in 2026 is both…
Admin Menu Editor Pro plugin backdoors 1,500 WordPress sites
A supply chain attack targeting the Admin Menu Editor Pro WordPress plugin has compromised more than 1,500 WordPress websites after threat actors breached…
Wordfence Argus Discovers Critical Vulnerability in libheif, the Library That Opens iPhone Photos on Your Server
Wordfence Argus found a critical CVSS 9.8 vulnerability in libheif, a library many servers use to process HEIC images. We demonstrated protected-file…
Microsoft warns of cloud storage and financial fraud campaign
Microsoft has warned customers about two sophisticated social engineering campaigns targeting corporate accounts and financial systems.
Robinhood engineers charged in $50K crypto fraud
Two engineers at Robinhood Markets face federal criminal charges for allegedly using insider information about upcoming cryptocurrency listings to profit…
Major Cyber Vendors Turn to New UK Testing Program as MITRE Evaluations Face Changes
A group of cyber threat detection providers, including CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Sophos, have joined SE Labs’ PIVOT program
Gyazo Data Breach Exposes 23 Million User Records
A Gyazo breach exposed 23 million user records after attackers exploited a vulnerability in Helpfeel’s image upload server. Japanese software company…
N0va Phishkit Targets US and EU Businesses: A New Challenge for Identity Security
N0va is targeting organizations across North America and Europe with phishing campaigns that impersonate trusted services and abuse legitimate…