October, 2026 - Security Ticks

Harmonic Security Raises $50 Million for Workforce AI Protection

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Harmonic Security Raises $50 Million for Workforce AI Protection 2026-10-14 at 17:09 By Ionut Arghire The cybersecurity startup plans to expand engineering and go-to-market teams in the US and UK. The post Harmonic Security Raises $50 Million for Workforce AI Protection appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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The Week in Vulnerabilities: Toptech, Lantronix, Langflow, and CISA Malcolm Flaws

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The Week in Vulnerabilities: Toptech, Lantronix, Langflow, and CISA Malcolm Flaws 2026-10-14 at 17:05 By Ashish Khaitan This Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) weekly vulnerability report covers two views of risk: what attackers tried against Cyble’s global honeypot sensors, and what the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) disclosed for industrial control systems (ICS). […]

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Virtual Event Today: Zero Trust Strategies Summit

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Virtual Event Today: Zero Trust Strategies Summit 2026-10-14 at 16:56 By SecurityWeek News SecurtyWeek’s 2026 Zero Trust Strategies Summit kicks off today at 11AM ET as a fully immersive virtual conference and expo. This summit is laser-focused on the next generation of Zero Trust and Identity security, moving beyond theory to deliver actionable strategies for a world […]

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‘Bunker mode’ won’t protect your crypto, critics say

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‘Bunker mode’ won’t protect your crypto, critics say 2026-10-14 at 16:30 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben Even if Justin Drake’s prediction that AI could break cryptography proves correct, critics say “bunker mode” is an impractical suggestion that’s unlikely to protect your crypto. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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FBI raids 40+ laptop farms helping North Korea pocket US tech salaries

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FBI raids 40+ laptop farms helping North Korea pocket US tech salaries 2026-10-14 at 16:00 By Sinisa Markovic North Korean IT workers used stolen and fabricated identities to land remote jobs at more than 70 US companies, with help from Americans who allegedly kept company-issued laptops running from their homes, according to the US Department […]

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Download: The IT and security field guide to AI adoption

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Download: The IT and security field guide to AI adoption 2026-10-14 at 16:00 By Help Net Security Security and IT teams are under pressure to adopt AI, but many are seeing the opposite of what was promised. Tools that demo well don’t hold up in real workflows. Complexity increases. Trust breaks down. And instead of […]

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Canada crypto remittances to Asian countries surge 141% to $2.36B: Chainalysis

Microsoft Disrupts Chinese-Language Phishing Market Behind 1B+ Messages

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Microsoft Disrupts Chinese-Language Phishing Market Behind 1B+ Messages 2026-10-14 at 16:00 By Eduard Kovacs Backed by a federal court order, Microsoft and Health-ISAC seized domains powering YAM Store, CoGUI, and Iron Man. The post Microsoft Disrupts Chinese-Language Phishing Market Behind 1B+ Messages appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]

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Qivalis receives EMI authorization from Dutch central bank for euro stablecoin

CISA Urges Immediate Ivanti Connect Secure Updates as Honeypots Log 105 Exploit Attempts

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CISA Urges Immediate Ivanti Connect Secure Updates as Honeypots Log 105 Exploit Attempts 2026-10-14 at 15:30 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday urged organizations to take steps to immediately update their Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) appliances and deployments to the latest version following the disclosure of an actively exploited vulnerability. […]

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curl Patches HTTP/2 Upload Flaw After PoC Demonstrates Client-Side Code Execution

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curl Patches HTTP/2 Upload Flaw After PoC Demonstrates Client-Side Code Execution 2026-10-14 at 15:13 By A flaw in how curl handles HTTP/2 uploads lets a malicious server receiving an upload corrupt the client’s memory, and the researcher who reported it turned that into code execution on the uploading machine. The curl project fixed it on […]

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How to Run a Deepfake Readiness Drill Before a Cloned Voice Calls Your Team

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How to Run a Deepfake Readiness Drill Before a Cloned Voice Calls Your Team 2026-10-14 at 14:50 By Cloned voices and synthetic video calls now show up in payment fraud, help desk resets, and access requests. A structured drill shows security teams exactly where verification breaks down, while nothing is at stake. The call comes […]

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Researchers Used a Public OpenAI Model to Build a $250,000 Chrome Full-Chain Exploit in Six Days

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Researchers Used a Public OpenAI Model to Build a $250,000 Chrome Full-Chain Exploit in Six Days 2026-10-14 at 14:19 By A team at security firm XBOW chained three then-unknown Google Chrome bugs into a single attack that runs code on a Windows computer when the user only loads a web page, the company said. Its […]

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Hirudo Android Trojan Uses Patched Banking Apps to Bypass Their Built-In Security Checks

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Hirudo Android Trojan Uses Patched Banking Apps to Bypass Their Built-In Security Checks 2026-10-14 at 14:08 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Hirudo that works by replacing legitimate banking apps with purpose-built patched versions designed to bypass security checks from inside the app itself, marking a new escalation […]

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Coins.ph says Philippine central bank license intact amid revocation claims

An AI Agent Found a Critical OTP Bypass in Production. The Attack Was the Easy Part.

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An AI Agent Found a Critical OTP Bypass in Production. The Attack Was the Easy Part. 2026-10-14 at 14:00 By The bug was simple: the login let you choose where your sign-in code went. Proving it on a live website was the hard part. TL;DR During an authorized assessment, an AI pentesting agent found a […]

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US Arrests Two in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Laptop Farms

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US Arrests Two in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Laptop Farms 2026-10-14 at 13:55 By Ionut Arghire Investigators stormed 40 locations in Texas and seized 187 laptops used by North Korean IT workers to hide their location. The post US Arrests Two in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Laptop Farms appeared first on […]

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Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles owner joins growing list of fashion retailers targeted by hackers

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Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles owner joins growing list of fashion retailers targeted by hackers 2026-10-14 at 13:48 By Sinisa Markovic People who have shopped with Phase Eight, Hobbs or Whistles will have to wait to find out whether their personal information was exposed in a cyberattack on the company behind the three UK fashion […]

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CryptoQuant’s 3 charts keeping Bitcoin’s ‘Uptober’ thesis valid

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CryptoQuant’s 3 charts keeping Bitcoin’s ‘Uptober’ thesis valid 2026-10-14 at 13:38 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin onchain analysis eyed a “potential bottom” for BTC price action in early October as demand weathered external headwinds. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Radware MCP Server Protection monitors agent activity and guards against protocol abuse

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Radware MCP Server Protection monitors agent activity and guards against protocol abuse 2026-10-14 at 13:35 By Industry News Radware has announced Radware Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server Protection, a purpose-built solution designed to help organizations more securely adopt MCP as AI agents gain greater access to enterprise applications, data and business workflows. The solution is […]

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