October 2026

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 […]

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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

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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 […]

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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

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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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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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 […]

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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: […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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