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Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root 2026-09-18 at 10:21 By A critical vulnerability in Check Point’s Security Management and Log Servers could allow an attacker without login credentials to run code as root on those servers over the network. The Security Management Server is the system that controls firewall…

ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories 2026-09-18 at 10:21 By Attackers keep finding new keys. The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them. This week, those keys sit in AI tools, exposed services, old bugs, weak logins, and software sold like a monthly…

Critical Docker Sandboxes Flaw Lets Malicious Guest Code Read and Modify macOS Host Files 2026-09-18 at 10:21 By Malicious code running inside a Docker Sandboxes virtual machine on macOS could escape the project directory shared into it and read or change files anywhere else on the host, Docker warns in a security announcement on September 15. The…

Iran-Linked Handala Hack Tied to HEAVYGRAM Telegram Backdoor That Can Steal Passwords 2026-09-18 at 10:21 By The Iran-linked “hacktivist” persona known as Handala Hack has been attributed to a Telegram-based surveillance backdoor called HEAVYGRAM and a Delphi-based utility known as CRUDEEXCLUDE. “HEAVYGRAM offers builtin commands supporting remote command execution, system, network and process information discovery,…

Australia iPhone 18 launch descends into chaos as line-cutter claims he’s first in world to buy device: ‘I’m the first!’ 2026-09-18 at 09:42 By News.com.au He spent hours camped outside the flagship store only to watch a rival line-jumper barge past him in the dash for the doors, phone held aloft, declaring himself the world’s…

RatHat Android Malware Abuses ADB to Retain Shell Access After Uninstall 2026-09-18 at 09:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new Android malware called RatHat that’s assessed to be operated by China-based threat actors and features an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system to navigate and control compromised devices. “Distributed primarily via targeted smishing (SMS/text phishing) and…

AI protesters rally outside Dreamforce conference in San Francisco as tech bosses shrug off fears 2026-09-17 at 23:45 By Annie Gaus AI critics took to San Francisco streets Thursday to call for action on the rapidly advancing technology, but their protest drew only a small crowd as some tech CEOs shrugged off rising alarm about…

AI assistant Instinct’s valuation has quadrupled to $10B in a month, but is it worth the hype? 2026-09-17 at 23:37 By Lydia Moynihan “This is the first AI assistant I’ve recommended my wife and kids, who aren’t techies, should use,” said John Borthwick of Betaworks, an early investor in Hugging Face (but who has no…

King Charles warns top AI leaders of ‘existential dangers,’ offers proposals to rein in technology 2026-09-17 at 19:43 By Associated Press The king asked attendees, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Google DeepMind Chair Demis Hassabis, to consider the “fundamental principles” that should guide AI development. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |…

Mobile Security Can’t Move at App Release Speed Anymore 2026-09-17 at 19:00 By Mobile security still assumes protection can wait for the next release. But like a burst pipe, it’s something we can’t afford to wait on. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

CISO’s Expert Guide to Agentic Pentesting for Websites 2026-09-17 at 16:45 By Attackers now weaponize new vulnerabilities in about five days (Mandiant, part of Google Cloud). The median organization takes 43 days to patch one (Verizon DBIR 2026). A new free guide explains how autonomous AI agents are closing that gap, and what security leaders…

China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America 2026-09-17 at 16:45 By The China-aligned state-sponsored threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been observed deploying a previously unreported backdoor called SparroWocky in attacks targeting multiple countries in Latin America since at least August 2025. “SparroWocky is a modular, C++ backdoor,” ESET security researchers Alexandre Côté Cyr…

OpenAI Reveals Six Model Incidents Involving Hidden Failures and Unauthorized Uploads 2026-09-17 at 16:45 By OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances of “unexpected or concerning model behavior” that took place over the past six months, while sharing a new framework for reporting, tracking, investigating, and disclosing model misalignment in a bid to improve transparency.…

Critical Unbound DNSSEC Validator Flaw Could Allow RCE via a Malicious DNS Zone 2026-09-17 at 15:30 By Every release of the Unbound DNS resolver before 1.26.1 has a critical heap overflow in its DNSSEC validator, maintainer NLnet Labs said in an advisory on Wednesday. An attacker who controls a malicious zone and queries a vulnerable resolver can…

Can You Prove a New CVE Is Exploitable Before Attackers Do? Learn How in This Webinar 2026-09-17 at 14:50 By A new CVE drops. Your scanner finds it. The severity score looks ugly. But that still does not answer the question that matters: Can it actually be exploited in your environment? Mythos-class AI is compressing…

Sam Bankman-Fried’s surprising links to the ecosystem manipulating how you view AI 2026-09-17 at 13:00 By Vivi Lin “They don’t fully realize the reason they believe the world is going to end is because [of the same thing] that gives them status in their social circles and, for many of them, advantages economically.” This article…