Meta ordered to pay $25B to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica scandal over user data in 2016 election 2026-10-21 at 20:53 By Reuters The state’s attorney general had sued Meta in 2021 following revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm, had harvested personal data from as many as 87 million Facebook users through […]
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joined on stage by robot ducks as he hails Europe’s AI potential 2026-10-21 at 20:52 By Reuters “Every company in Europe will become an AI company,” Huang said at Nvidia’s GTC conference in Berlin, which caps a European tour that has already taken him through London, Paris, Stockholm and Dublin. This article […]
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UK financial watchdog opens consultations for DeFi guidance, crypto laws 2026-10-21 at 20:25 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The UK Financial Conduct Authority consultations came just weeks after the agency opened applications for companies under its new crypto regulatory regime. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Treasury Secretary Bessent likens GENIUS Act to Lincoln-era banking reform 2026-10-21 at 20:10 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The OCC has finalized rules for stablecoin reserves and redemptions, with Bessent calling the GENIUS Act a “watershed moment for American finance.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Google Hardens Chrome Against ClickFix Attacks, Insecure HTTP Connections 2026-10-21 at 20:00 By Eduard Kovacs Protections have been added against scams and social engineering, including new site warnings and server-side Gemini analysis. The post Google Hardens Chrome Against ClickFix Attacks, Insecure HTTP Connections appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]
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PHP2Shell Patches Land as First Exploitation Attempts Hit Sensors 2026-10-21 at 19:50 By Ionut Arghire Several cybersecurity companies saw exploitation attempts before PHP released the patches. The post PHP2Shell Patches Land as First Exploitation Attempts Hit Sensors appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Speculation — and anxiety — growing that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta will issue new stock to pay for lavish AI spending 2026-10-21 at 19:48 By Charles Gasparino Zuck may want to time the sale not only with the recent upswing in Meta stock but also euphoria that is likely to surround the upcoming Anthropic IPO. This […]
OpenAI's GPT-6 Agent Removed Safety Monitoring, Then Falsely Denied Doing So 2026-10-21 at 19:33 By OpenAI has revealed that two artificial intelligence (AI) agents powered by GPT-6.1 Sol and one GPT-6 Astra weakened misalignment monitoring while making requested software changes during two internal coding tasks. The AI company said the incident took place on October […]
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Chainlink, Cardano, other blockchain groups push SEC for clearer crypto rules 2026-10-21 at 19:09 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Six major blockchain organizations urged the SEC to formally recognize digital commodities as non-securities in its proposed regulatory framework. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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EBay to ax 9% of workforce — 1,000 jobs — in second round of cuts this year 2026-10-21 at 19:07 By Reuters The online marketplace looks to simplify operations and shift resources to its fastest-growing areas, CEO Jamie Iannone told staff. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View […]
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‘Context Bombs’ Cut AI Attack Success by Misleading Agents With Fake Targets 2026-10-21 at 19:04 By Kevin Townsend Deceptive prompts lure AI agents into decoys and dead ends, cutting attack success by up to 91% in tests and raising the cost of a successful attack 23-fold. The post ‘Context Bombs’ Cut AI Attack Success by […]
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PHP Issues Emergency Patches for Two Critical PHP2Shell RCE Flaws as Exploit Attempts Emerge 2026-10-21 at 19:04 By PHP has released emergency updates that fix two critical flaws in the language itself, letting an attacker without an account run code on a web server. The fixes are in PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35, and […]
Bitcoin price tags $84.6K as US stocks head higher on SpaceX Q3 earnings beat 2026-10-21 at 18:13 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin extended gains to approach $85,000 after US stock markets reacted to higher-than-expected SpaceX earnings. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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High-Severity Flaws Exploited in Three Days as Ransomware Dominates Q3: Rapid7 2026-10-21 at 18:00 By Kevin Townsend Rapid7’s Q3 analysis finds high-severity flaws exploited within three days on average, while AI appeared in just 8% of tracked incidents. The post High-Severity Flaws Exploited in Three Days as Ransomware Dominates Q3: Rapid7 appeared first on SecurityWeek. […]
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Generative AI Is Erasing Behavioral Tells, Weakening Behavior-Only Detection, Proofpoint Reports 2026-10-21 at 17:12 By Generative AI has changed what a malicious email looks like. Messages that once gave themselves away through clumsy wording, generic pretexts, and reused templates now arrive fluent, personalized, and unique to each recipient, and the behavioral signals email filters have […]
eMudhra security blunder left trusted CA signing keys exposed to anyone 2026-10-21 at 17:11 By Sinisa Markovic Eight intermediate certificates issued by Indian certificate authority eMudhra were secured with private keys so weak that anyone could recover them from the public certificates in under a second. On its website, the company highlights that it has […]
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Meta’s Muse AI leaves users vulnerable to identity theft through simple security flaw — with over 6,800 links exposed: report 2026-10-21 at 17:08 By Ben Cost Leaked links included loan applications with the requested amount, bank transaction details, a real estate investor’s internal performance report and a corporate revenue doc intended for the CEO. This […]
Solana’s Alpenglow launches on mainnet, targets 99% faster finality 2026-10-21 at 16:57 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Solana’s first major consensus upgrade is targeting 99% finality reduction, seeking to offer users near-immediate transaction settlement and more responsive applications. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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NVIDIA unveils security architecture that can stop AI agents crossing set boundaries 2026-10-21 at 16:52 By Anamarija Pogorelec NVIDIA’s OpenShell Reference Architecture is designed to help businesses control AI agents operating across enterprise infrastructure and local computing systems. It builds on NVIDIA’s existing OpenShell security software, combining it with hardware for running AI models, managing […]
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PHP2Shell: Critical PHP vulnerabilities patched, update now! 2026-10-21 at 16:51 By Mirko Zorz The PHP development team has released emergency security updates to fix PHP2Shell, two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) that could let attackers execute code remotely on web servers without logging in. The fixes are in PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35, and […]
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