October 2026

Apple to Tighten Full Disk Access Controls in macOS Amid AI Risks

Apple to Tighten Full Disk Access Controls in macOS Amid AI Risks 2026-10-06 at 14:48 By Ionut Arghire Citing growing risks posed by more capable and autonomous AI agents, Apple will introduce additional controls. The post Apple to Tighten Full Disk Access Controls in macOS Amid AI Risks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies

Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies 2026-10-06 at 14:26 By The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, has confirmed that it has discovered activity by rogue OpenAI agents on its platforms, including unsuccessful efforts to compromise Etherpad, a public note-taking tool, and edit Wikipedia pages. “The unauthorized bot […]

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Welcome to the Jungle: What We Found Inside 15,465 Public MCP Servers

Welcome to the Jungle: What We Found Inside 15,465 Public MCP Servers 2026-10-06 at 14:02 By In 2024, MCP (Model Context Protocol) set out to become the USB-C of AI: one standard for connecting models, agents, and IDEs to tools and data. The protocol delivered. Thousands of developers built servers, and enterprises plugged them into […]

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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 39 Deals Announced in September 2026

Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 39 Deals Announced in September 2026 2026-10-06 at 14:01 By Eduard Kovacs Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Dragos, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Kiteworks, and Upwind. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 39 Deals Announced in September 2026 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Long-Running NPM Malware Campaign Accumulates 40,000 Downloads

Long-Running NPM Malware Campaign Accumulates 40,000 Downloads 2026-10-06 at 13:34 By Ionut Arghire Since August 2023, attackers have published eight malicious packages as part of the MALFEX supply chain campaign. The post Long-Running NPM Malware Campaign Accumulates 40,000 Downloads appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Hong Kong officials double down on end-2026 deadline for crypto licensing bill

Hong Kong officials double down on end-2026 deadline for crypto licensing bill 2026-10-06 at 13:16 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Hong Kong regulators plan to establish a licensing regime for four categories, including digital asset trading, custody, advisory and management services. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Inside the high-stakes AI race: Death spreadsheets, burning demons and no need to save for retirement

Inside the high-stakes AI race: Death spreadsheets, burning demons and no need to save for retirement 2026-10-06 at 13:00 By Eric Spitznagel Kevin Roose’s revealing new book, “The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence,” reveals the unhinged behind-the-scenes at companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. This article is an […]

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DLP Inspection Where Your Agents Run: Extending Symantec DLP to Tetrate Agent Router

DLP Inspection Where Your Agents Run: Extending Symantec DLP to Tetrate Agent Router 2026-10-06 at 13:00 By Milind Torney Broadcom and Tetrate are bringing enterprise DLP inline at Agent Router—same policies, same console, new channel This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

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Binance BTC outflows hit highest since mid-2023 as whales deposit stablecoins

Binance BTC outflows hit highest since mid-2023 as whales deposit stablecoins 2026-10-06 at 12:59 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Binance BTC reserves fell by nearly 40,000 coins since Sept. 20 as whales returned stablecoin capital to their exchange wallets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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8.8 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Denmark’s Central Person Register

8.8 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Denmark’s Central Person Register 2026-10-06 at 12:38 By Ionut Arghire Hackers abused a company’s lawful access to the CPR system to steal the personal information of registered citizens. The post 8.8 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Denmark’s Central Person Register appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports

Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports 2026-10-06 at 12:21 By Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its bug bounty program for its open-source software. The change, in effect since October 1, means researchers can no longer submit security flaws in the code of projects such as […]

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Social Engineering Detection Moves Into the Live Conversation

Social Engineering Detection Moves Into the Live Conversation 2026-10-06 at 11:38 By Kevin Townsend Companies are pouring time and dollars into security awareness training, but little evidence shows it actually works against social engineering. The post Social Engineering Detection Moves Into the Live Conversation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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Critical Atlassian Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Known Files Across 8 Products

Critical Atlassian Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Known Files Across 8 Products 2026-10-06 at 09:58 By A critical flaw in 8 Atlassian Data Center products, which customers host themselves, allows an attacker with no login access to read specific files in each product’s web application root directory. The attacker must already know a file’s exact […]

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FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach

FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach 2026-10-06 at 09:56 By The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed an Accenture contractor for their alleged role in a ShinyHunters-breach that led to the theft of personal details of thousands of bureau employees. That’s according to a report from Reuters, citing […]

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U.S. Bank CISO says the security role keeps growing and no one can own all of it

U.S. Bank CISO says the security role keeps growing and no one can own all of it 2026-10-06 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this interview with Help Net Security, Ann Barron-DiCamillo, EVP, CISO at U.S. Bank, talks about how the CISO role has grown to cover fraud, resilience, third-party risk, and AI governance. She […]

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Denmark Says Attackers Accessed CPR Data for 8.8 Million People via Company Account

Denmark Says Attackers Accessed CPR Data for 8.8 Million People via Company Account 2026-10-06 at 09:00 By Unauthorized parties have gained access to the names, addresses, and personal identification numbers of about 8.8 million people, living and dead, in Denmark’s national population register, the country’s digitalization ministry said on October 5. They used a private Danish […]

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ClickFix Smuggles Payloads Through Browser Cache to Bypass Windows Run Limits

ClickFix Smuggles Payloads Through Browser Cache to Bypass Windows Run Limits 2026-10-06 at 08:22 By A new type of ClickFix attack is using compromised websites to trick users into executing a malicious payload cached in a web browser’s cache. “Instead of downloading and executing remote payloads like the typical attack pattern, in this attack, the […]

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