October 2026

Hackers Exploit Plex2Shell Flaws to Install Crypto Miners and Linux Proxy Backdoor 2026-10-19 at 22:44 By Threat actors have begun to exploit a chain of vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server to deploy cryptocurrency miners and reverse proxy software, a day after a proof-of-concept (PoC) went public. According to a researcher who goes by the online […]

DHS Banning DeepSeek from US Federal Civilian Agencies 2026-10-19 at 21:00 By DeepSeek has been banned from civilian federal agencies. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

Wife of accused spy inside powerful California tech giant fled the US — as suspect’s link to royal family revealed 2026-10-19 at 20:31 By Annie Gaus Ex-OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan was in regular contact with a member of the Saudi royal family — and got help from Saudi Arabia as he allegedly hatched a scheme […]

Anthropic Gives METR Team “Employee-Like Access” 2026-10-19 at 20:00 By Anthropic stated that it has begun to roll out “employee-like access” to a METR team.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Rank Math PRO Hijacked to Deliver Self-Restoring Backdoor 2026-10-19 at 19:28 By Copies of Rank Math PRO, the paid version of the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, that were downloaded from rankmath.com or delivered as updates between 20:02 UTC on October 15 and 07:12 UTC on October 16 contained malware, […]

Healthcare Workers Claim Authentication Errors Delay Patient Care 2026-10-19 at 18:11 By According to a report from Imprivata, problems with authentication are delaying patient care within healthcare organizations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

⚡ Weekly Recap: 98 Zero-Days, Rogue AI Agents, $100M Crypto Theft, 700 Supermarkets Hit and More 2026-10-19 at 18:02 By The worst problems don’t always come with a warning. Sometimes they arrive through a service everyone trusts, a device someone bought, or a system nobody thought to check. By the time something looks wrong, the […]

Police Suicides Spark Campaign Demanding Action 2026-10-19 at 17:18 By It Stops Now, a campaign calling for action over police suicides, was just launched.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

Security Leaders Discuss BAE Cyberattack 2026-10-19 at 17:00 By BAE Systems was hit with a cyberattack that halted production/distribution of bankruptcy notices.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

GhostAction Attackers Plant Credential Stealer Disguised as Font in 94 GitHub Repositories 2026-10-19 at 16:57 By The threat actor behind the GhostAction supply chain attack has expanded beyond injecting malicious GitHub Actions workflows into compromised projects to phish open-source developers and deliver a stealer malware disguised within a fake font file. The latest evolution, detailed […]