October 2026

ShinyHunters Suspect Rey Reportedly Detained in Jordan, Helping FBI Identify Group Members 2026-10-04 at 10:22 By A suspected member of the ShinyHunters digital extortion group, who goes by the online alias “Rey,” has been allegedly detained by authorities in Jordan, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. Rey, whose real name is Saif […]

China-Aligned TA419 Targets U.S. AI Policy Experts With Microsoft AitM Phishing 2026-10-04 at 10:20 By A new China-nexus cyber espionage group known as TA419 has been attributed to multiple credential phishing campaigns targeting artificial intelligence (AI) experts working for U.S. think tanks, universities, and legal sector organizations. The campaigns have impersonated prominent economists and AI […]

‘Sadistic’ coder builds ‘AI torture chamber’ tests the limits of its suffering: ‘Absolutely horrendous’ 2026-10-03 at 23:05 By Ben Cost, Hannah Sparks It angered humanoid rights activists. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

MI5 Says China’s MSS Funded Research Involving 100+ U.K.-Linked Academics 2026-10-03 at 19:48 By The U.K.’s domestic intelligence and security agency has warned that more than 100 academics have helped China boost its intelligence gathering efforts on behalf of Beijing’s state security service. In a “Security Service Espionage Alert” issued on September 30, 2026, MI5 […]

Warlock Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Disable Security Tools and Deploy Ransomware 2026-10-03 at 19:48 By The suspected China-linked threat actor known as Warlock is still continuing to weaponize Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities, likely both old and new, in attacks targeting organizations in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries. The activity, observed by the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat […]

The State of Cybersecurity in 2026: Key Segments, Insights, and Innovations 2026-10-03 at 14:00 By Featuring: Cybersecurity is being reshaped by the expansion of cloud infrastructure, AI, distributed systems, and increasingly complex digital environments. As organizations manage more identities, devices, data, and internet-facing infrastructure, security is shifting toward continuous visibility, control, and the ability to respond […]

Not everyone is winning the AI goldrush — Silicon Valley techies have gone from $350K salaries to begging for jobs 2026-10-03 at 00:24 By Vivi Lin A former Amazon machine-learning scientist with a PhD, who quit to launch a startup that failed, said he applied for 120 jobs in two months but has not had […]

Jackie Bean Named Executive Director of SDM & Security Magazines 2026-10-02 at 22:33 By Jackie Bean has been named the Executive Director of SDM and Security Magazines. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

GitLab Patches Critical 9.9 AI Gateway Flaw Allowing Command Execution on Self-Hosted Servers 2026-10-02 at 20:33 By A critical flaw in GitLab’s AI Gateway could let a logged-in user with Duo Agent Platform access run commands on the gateway under certain conditions, GitLab said in an advisory. The gateway is the service that connects a GitLab […]

Antino Backdoor Uses Outlook and OneDrive for C2 in China-Nexus Espionage Campaign 2026-10-02 at 20:33 By Government and policy organizations across Asia have become the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a China-nexus threat actor. The activity, which has targeted government and policy organizations in Taiwan, India, the Philippines, Cambodia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Myanmar, […]