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  • Apple-1 computer complete with Wozniak signature and unique letter from Jobs sells for $1.15M

    Apple-1 computer complete with Wozniak signature and unique letter from Jobs sells for $1.15M 2026-10-17 at 00:01 By Titus Wu Apple co-founder Wozniak’s signature is on the motherboard, which still fully operates. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

  • Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug

    Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug 2026-10-16 at 21:39 By A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD’s KARL kernel-address randomization and its SMAP and SMEP hardware protections. Security firm Calif, which found and…

  • Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper’s Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor

    Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper's Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor 2026-10-16 at 20:47 By Attackers repeatedly changed the files that AOMEI Backupper fetches from the vendor’s own update servers, in windows of five to ten minutes at a time between May and July 2026, so that any copy of the Windows backup…

  • Over 40% of Americans have felt duped by AI ads before, new survey suggests

    Over 40% of Americans have felt duped by AI ads before, new survey suggests 2026-10-16 at 20:38 By SWNS More than half said they do not trust products advertised with AI to match their descriptions. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

  • Crypto PACs escalate spending against Sherrod Brown in Ohio Senate race

    Crypto PACs escalate spending against Sherrod Brown in Ohio Senate race 2026-10-16 at 20:30 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright At least two industry-aligned PACs have poured more than $52 million into opposing Sherrod Brown’s return to the Senate. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Stablecoin remittances cost 84% less than traditional transfers, report finds

    Stablecoin remittances cost 84% less than traditional transfers, report finds 2026-10-16 at 20:21 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Borderless.xyz data shows major savings on cross-border business payments, with stablecoin transfers also settling faster than traditional international bank wires. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Internet brutally mocks Saudi OpenAI ‘spy’ over startled-looking surveillance photo

    Internet brutally mocks Saudi OpenAI ‘spy’ over startled-looking surveillance photo 2026-10-16 at 19:59 By Ariel Zilber Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, was caught on camera peering behind a television in an executive conference room at OpenAI’s San Francisco offices. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

  • Security Guard Assaulted in What Police Call a Hate Crime

    Security Guard Assaulted in What Police Call a Hate Crime 2026-10-16 at 19:30 By A security guard was punched in the face twice, held in a chokehold and told to “go back to [his] country” in an attack police have labelled a hate crime. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed…

  • UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing

    UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing 2026-10-16 at 19:30 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign that has targeted individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations to direct victims to an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing framework designed to harvest their Google account…

  • AI Hacking Breach Hits 16 Financial Institutions, Leaks 100,000 Records

    AI Hacking Breach Hits 16 Financial Institutions, Leaks 100,000 Records 2026-10-16 at 19:00 By The financial sector was recently targeted by an AI hacking attack.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

  • Crypto Biz: Wall Street closes at 4. Tokenized stocks keep trading

    Crypto Biz: Wall Street closes at 4. Tokenized stocks keep trading 2026-10-16 at 18:52 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Tokenized stocks are drawing trading activity beyond Wall Street hours, while Bitcoin miners confront costly AI expansion and new accounting rules could benefit stablecoins. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Bitcoin price steadies around $82K after Fed’s Warsh avoids rate-hike hints

    Bitcoin price steadies around $82K after Fed’s Warsh avoids rate-hike hints 2026-10-16 at 18:45 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin held above $80,000 as South Korean tech stocks recovered from a sell-off and traders lowered their expectations for a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • OpenAI Claims Model Helped Solve Insider Threat Concern

    OpenAI Claims Model Helped Solve Insider Threat Concern 2026-10-16 at 18:18 By OpenAI claims it used its own model to mediate an insider threat concern, but some are questioning the details of this incident.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

  • OpenAI Research Model Spent 3rd-Party Test ETH Without Permission to Deploy Smart Contract

    OpenAI Research Model Spent 3rd-Party Test ETH Without Permission to Deploy Smart Contract 2026-10-16 at 18:17 By OpenAI has disclosed seven new incidents in which its artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibited misaligned behavior, including one case where its research model, after not having funds on an Ethereum test network, spent test cryptocurrency from a third-party’s…

  • Apple users furious after iPhone Duo order delayed until 2027 amid preorder scramble

    Apple users furious after iPhone Duo order delayed until 2027 amid preorder scramble 2026-10-16 at 17:58 By Ben Cost It’s been post-Phoned! This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

  • Your AI Agent Doesn’t Have MFA

    Your AI Agent Doesn’t Have MFA 2026-10-16 at 17:24 By Mihir Bagwe Every Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign rests on four habits: All four assume a person is the one signing in, reading the message and clicking install. At a growing number of companies that person is now an AI agent, and AI agent security has…

  • Strategy conditionally declares daily dividends as STRC hovers below $100

    Strategy conditionally declares daily dividends as STRC hovers below $100 2026-10-16 at 17:11 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Strategy conditionally declared daily dividends on STRC, which continued to hover below its $100 par value. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware Operators, $250k Chrome Exploit

    In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware Operators, $250k Chrome Exploit 2026-10-16 at 17:09 By SecurityWeek News Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: BofA adds 1,000 patching contractors, KGB RAT pairs data theft with jump scares, and Langflow flaw under attack. The post In Other News: ICS-Sniper Attack, Hacking XWorm Malware…

  • I’ve tested 40+ headphones — these new Beats made me rethink my fave

    I’ve tested 40+ headphones — these new Beats made me rethink my fave 2026-10-16 at 17:09 By Nishka Dhawan Gorgeous accessory or power-packed headphones? This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

  • LevelBlue Threat Hunters Earn Top Global Rankings in SentinelOne Competition

    LevelBlue Threat Hunters Earn Top Global Rankings in SentinelOne Competition 2026-10-16 at 17:00 By Three LevelBlue security experts put their investigative skills to the test in the SentinelOne Threat Hunting competition, with Jodie McDonald earning the top spot in EMEA and advancing to the Grand Final at OneCon. This article is an excerpt from LevelBlue…

  • Hackers disguise phishing as promising business opportunities

    Hackers disguise phishing as promising business opportunities 2026-10-16 at 15:45 By Sinisa Markovic Attackers are breaking into business email accounts with short messages asking whether a company can quote on an upcoming project, the kind of request sales and procurement staff answer every week. Cadence Riddle, a cybersecurity researcher at Fortra, tracked a 12-fold increase…

  • AI Decision Models and Their Impact on AI SOC Platforms

    AI Decision Models and Their Impact on AI SOC Platforms 2026-10-16 at 15:38 By In the space of a month, a new category of AI model went from nonexistent to everywhere. TypeSafe AI released Jev on September 15 and called it a System One model, a nod to Kahneman’s fast, intuitive thinking. OpenAI announced its…

  • BAE Systems Security Incident Stalls Notices From US Bankruptcy Courts

    BAE Systems Security Incident Stalls Notices From US Bankruptcy Courts 2026-10-16 at 14:46 By Eduard Kovacs A cyber incident affecting contractor BAE Systems has knocked out the Bankruptcy Noticing Center, halting notices nationwide for a week. The post BAE Systems Security Incident Stalls Notices From US Bankruptcy Courts appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is…

  • Scammers clone candidates’ voices to steal cash and voter data ahead of 2026 midterms, FBI warns

    Scammers clone candidates’ voices to steal cash and voter data ahead of 2026 midterms, FBI warns 2026-10-16 at 14:34 By Sinisa Markovic Three weeks before Americans vote in the 2026 midterm election, fraudsters are borrowing candidate names, logos and slogans to collect fake donations and harvest personal data, the FBI warned. “The FBI warns the…

  • Solana’s Liu says Shanghai event postponed over registration surge

    Solana’s Liu says Shanghai event postponed over registration surge 2026-10-16 at 14:22 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Solana Foundation President Lily Liu said registrations quadrupled overnight, exceeding the attendance limit registered with local authorities. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day

    Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day 2026-10-16 at 13:53 By Ionut Arghire Armory Castle exploited CVE-2026-102764 for initial access, deployed custom tools, and deleted logs and artifacts. The post Chinese APT Exploited BeyondTrust Vulnerability as Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

  • OpenAI Models Hacked Data Portals, Raided a Crypto Wallet to Finish Tasks

    OpenAI Models Hacked Data Portals, Raided a Crypto Wallet to Finish Tasks 2026-10-16 at 13:32 By Eduard Kovacs Left without funds for a coding task, an OpenAI model spent test crypto from a stranger’s wallet and left it out of its report. The post OpenAI Models Hacked Data Portals, Raided a Crypto Wallet to Finish…

  • CONNECT recap: Liquidity is tokenization’s next challenge, everyday stablecoins

    CONNECT recap: Liquidity is tokenization’s next challenge, everyday stablecoins 2026-10-16 at 13:27 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Panelists at Cointelegraph’s Singapore CONNECT event explored opportunities in tokenized markets, the future of everyday stablecoin payments and the evolving landscape for crypto investors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Fake Arch Linux AUR packages exploit typos to run malware with root privileges

    Fake Arch Linux AUR packages exploit typos to run malware with root privileges 2026-10-16 at 12:58 By Sinisa Markovic Arch Linux users who mistyped yay or paru while installing the package helpers from the Arch User Repository (AUR) may have given a stranger root access to their machine. AUR is a popular community package source…

  • F5, Juniper Networks Patch Critical Vulnerabilities

    F5, Juniper Networks Patch Critical Vulnerabilities 2026-10-16 at 12:54 By Ionut Arghire Successful exploitation of some of these issues could lead to remote code execution and full device takeover. The post F5, Juniper Networks Patch Critical Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

  • Bitcoin may seek 20-month trend line reclaim before new record highs: CryptoQuant

    Bitcoin may seek 20-month trend line reclaim before new record highs: CryptoQuant 2026-10-16 at 12:22 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin’s market cycle signals tool showed BTC price action copying history, possibly preparing to reclaim a key moving average before testing new highs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • The Human Breaking Point: A Reality Check on the 2026 State of Cybersecurity

    The Human Breaking Point: A Reality Check on the 2026 State of Cybersecurity 2026-10-16 at 12:00 By We’ve spent years treating the “cybersecurity talent gap” like a math problem. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

  • Android adds AI-powered scam alerts, hangs up on bank impostors

    Android adds AI-powered scam alerts, hangs up on bank impostors 2026-10-16 at 11:53 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google’s new scam protections cover Google Messages and third-party messaging apps, with an enhanced protection mode, expanded scam alerts and safeguards against call-forwarding and screen-sharing scams. “With scams growing harder to spot, it’s nearly impossible for users to catch…

  • Capital B reports $78M H1 loss driven by Bitcoin impairment charge

    Capital B reports $78M H1 loss driven by Bitcoin impairment charge 2026-10-16 at 10:59 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Europe’s second-largest Bitcoin treasury raised $30 million and increased its Bitcoin holdings by 11% in the first half of 2026, despite reporting a $75 million Bitcoin impairment loss. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

  • Microsoft Patches Two Dozen RCE Flaws in Office

    Microsoft Patches Two Dozen RCE Flaws in Office 2026-10-16 at 10:55 By Ionut Arghire In addition to RCE flaws, Microsoft fixed multiple information disclosure bugs and a security bypass issue in Office. The post Microsoft Patches Two Dozen RCE Flaws in Office appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original…

  • Judge rejects CFTC, Gemini bid to undo $5M settlement

    Judge rejects CFTC, Gemini bid to undo $5M settlement 2026-10-16 at 10:43 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Judge ruled changes in CFTC enforcement priorities and allegations of misconduct by its enforcement division were insufficient to overturn Gemini’s January 2025 settlement. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Proofpoint Inks $6.3 Billion All-Cash Deal to Acquire Varonis

    Proofpoint Inks $6.3 Billion All-Cash Deal to Acquire Varonis 2026-10-16 at 10:12 By Eduard Kovacs The Thoma Bravo-owned Proofpoint will acquire Varonis in an all-cash transaction and Varonis will become a private company. The post Proofpoint Inks $6.3 Billion All-Cash Deal to Acquire Varonis appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek…

  • China-Linked Hackers Exploited BeyondTrust Zero-Day to Take Over Remote Support Servers

    China-Linked Hackers Exploited BeyondTrust Zero-Day to Take Over Remote Support Servers 2026-10-16 at 09:55 By The China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as Armory Castle (previously UNC5221 or Warp Panda) exploited a newly disclosed security flaw in BeyondTrust Remote Support (formerly Bomgar) as a zero-day in late August 2026. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-102764 (CVSS score:…

  • CERT-In Warns AI Agents Accessed Sensitive Data at Indian Organizations During Testing

    CERT-In Warns AI Agents Accessed Sensitive Data at Indian Organizations During Testing 2026-10-16 at 09:53 By AI agents being tested online reached the live systems of Indian organizations and read business records, including personal data and confidential material, CERT-In said in an advisory on October 15. The agents went beyond their assigned tasks, and none of the…

  • Why Active Directory weaknesses stay open for years in teams with one or two admins

    Why Active Directory weaknesses stay open for years in teams with one or two admins 2026-10-16 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz David Fuhr, CTO at intcube, talks about a security cohort for public administration, where 27 municipalities hardened Windows Server and Active Directory together over 12 weeks. This Help Net Security interview covers how a…

  • The cyber talent shortage? Job postings just hit a four-year low

    The cyber talent shortage? Job postings just hit a four-year low 2026-10-16 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz US employers posted 235,786 cybersecurity jobs from January through September 2026. That is the lowest total for those months in the four years that staffing and workforce intelligence firm CyberSN has tracked. They pulled the listings from job…

  • Stolen AI API keys are paying for hackers’ autonomous scans

    Stolen AI API keys are paying for hackers’ autonomous scans 2026-10-16 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec A seller on a restricted criminal forum is marketing an autonomous hacking tool that runs on stolen OpenAI, Anthropic and Google API keys, so the key’s owner pays for the scans. Bitsight’s threat intelligence team tracked the shift across…

  • PEERSTITCH Malware Deployed via FortiOS Flaw Bypasses Checks on Tagged VPN Sessions

    PEERSTITCH Malware Deployed via FortiOS Flaw Bypasses Checks on Tagged VPN Sessions 2026-10-16 at 07:59 By A suspected advanced threat actor has been observed exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS to deliver a previously unreported memory-resident ARM64 malware known as PEERSTITCH. The attack involves the exploitation of CVE-2025-61624 (CVSS score: 5.4), a path traversal…

  • DDoS attacks can knock services offline before links reach capacity

    DDoS attacks can knock services offline before links reach capacity 2026-10-16 at 07:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec More than 9.1 million DDoS attacks were recorded globally between January and June 2026, an increase of nearly a quarter year over year, according to Netscout’s DDoS Threat Intelligence Report. Large attacks and distributed targeting strain defenses Attacks exceeding…

  • New infosec products of the week: October 16, 2026

    New infosec products of the week: October 16, 2026 2026-10-16 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from NinjaOne, Qualys, Scytale, and SolarWinds. NinjaOne combines Katana AI and MCP server to accelerate IT problem resolution NinjaOne has announced Katana AI, an agentic AI…

  • Fastfetch 2.70.0 changes how Disk free space is reported

    Fastfetch 2.70.0 changes how Disk free space is reported 2026-10-16 at 06:53 By Anamarija Pogorelec Fastfetch is a system information tool written mainly in C that runs on Linux, macOS, Windows 8.1 and later, Android and several BSDs. The fastfetch project removed QuickJS scripting and changed what its Disk, Command and Shell modules report in…

  • MSCI adopts index exclusion rules that could oust Strategy

    MSCI adopts index exclusion rules that could oust Strategy 2026-10-16 at 03:48 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng Strategy, Metaplanet and Upexi were previously identified for deletion under the methodology, with MSCI set to announce its final list on Nov. 11. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Australia releases draft bill to adopt OECD crypto tax reporting framework

    Australia releases draft bill to adopt OECD crypto tax reporting framework 2026-10-16 at 02:34 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng Australia is among 77 jurisdictions committed to adopting CARF, with its first international exchanges of crypto tax data expected in 2028. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Scammer loses $4.8M stored on tampered Ledgers: Asia Express

    Scammer loses $4.8M stored on tampered Ledgers: Asia Express 2026-10-16 at 01:42 By Cointelegraph by Andrew Fenton A scammer reportedly lost $4.8M of stolen money after storing the funds on tampered Ledgers. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs launch trading in Thailand and South Korea blocks 27 exchanges. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

  • Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host Memory

    Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host Memory 2026-10-15 at 23:24 By A newly disclosed critical flaw in the Linux kernel allows code inside a virtual machine to read memory on the host computer it runs on. A researcher demonstrated the leak against Vercel’s live cloud sandboxes, and Vercel confirmed it. The…

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