October 2026

The Unintended Consequences: Why “Quick Fix” Security May Compromise Life Safety

The Unintended Consequences: Why “Quick Fix” Security May Compromise Life Safety 2026-10-12 at 12:00 By In the wake of increasing safety concerns, school administrators understandably face immense pressure to act quickly to fortify their classrooms. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

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South Korean bank launches Bitcoin-backed business loans: Report

South Korean bank launches Bitcoin-backed business loans: Report 2026-10-12 at 11:45 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Jeonbuk Bank reportedly began offering Bitcoin-backed loans to corporate customers, with a third-party custodian holding the cryptocurrency used as collateral. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Critical SonicWall Vulnerability Exploited Days After Disclosure

Critical SonicWall Vulnerability Exploited Days After Disclosure 2026-10-12 at 11:36 By Ionut Arghire CVE-2026-102255 is a pre-authenticated SSRF flaw that could allow attackers to perform unauthorized operations. The post Critical SonicWall Vulnerability Exploited Days After Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Let’s Encrypt Cuts Default Certificate Validity to 64 Days Ahead of 45-Day Switch

Let’s Encrypt Cuts Default Certificate Validity to 64 Days Ahead of 45-Day Switch 2026-10-12 at 10:53 By Ionut Arghire Beginning February 2027, all newly issued certificates will have a 64-day validity period by default. The post Let’s Encrypt Cuts Default Certificate Validity to 64 Days Ahead of 45-Day Switch appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]

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Windows PCs missing key updates could lose security fixes in 2027

Windows PCs missing key updates could lose security fixes in 2027 2026-10-12 at 10:39 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft is advising users and businesses to update Windows devices before digital certificates used to verify Windows Update servers expire in May and June 2027. The certificates expire on May 17 or June 19, depending on the Windows […]

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CyberXero Uses Claude Code in Campaign That Stole Over 628,000 Ukrainian Records

CyberXero Uses Claude Code in Campaign That Stole Over 628,000 Ukrainian Records 2026-10-12 at 10:26 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a two-pronged artificial intelligence (AI)-augmented initial access campaign targeting WordPress sites, e-commerce platforms, and critical infrastructure entities in Ukraine. The activity, which brings together commodity offensive tools like Cobalt Strike with an AI […]

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Let’s Encrypt TLS certificate lifetimes to drop from 90 to 64 days starting February 2027

Let’s Encrypt TLS certificate lifetimes to drop from 90 to 64 days starting February 2027 2026-10-12 at 10:23 By Sinisa Markovic Websites that rely on Let’s Encrypt will soon have to renew their TLS certificates more often. Starting February 10, 2027, the certificate authority will issue certificates valid for 64 days by default, down from […]

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Global watchdog flags stablecoin risks, AI threats ahead of G20

Global watchdog flags stablecoin risks, AI threats ahead of G20 2026-10-12 at 09:30 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The Financial Stability Board flagged cross-border stablecoin risks and AI-related cybersecurity threats while urging G20 policymakers to support stronger safeguards. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Geopolitics and the cyber resilience gap belong in your threat model

Geopolitics and the cyber resilience gap belong in your threat model 2026-10-12 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Akshay Joshi, Head of the Centre for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum, talks about how AI, geopolitics and industrialized fraud are changing cyber risk. He discusses findings from the Global Cybersecurity […]

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Strands Box: Open-source sandbox for AI agents

Strands Box: Open-source sandbox for AI agents 2026-10-12 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz AWS released Strands Box, an open source sandbox for AI agents that pairs operating-system isolation with rules that can weigh what an agent has already done before letting it act again. Box is in developer preview and runs on Macs with Apple […]

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AI vulnerability patching has a grading problem

AI vulnerability patching has a grading problem 2026-10-12 at 07:45 By Anamarija Pogorelec Researchers at Northwestern University tested AI coding agents on 112 real security bugs. They found that a patch which stops a crash often fails the checks the project’s maintainers wrote for the fix. With Claude Opus 4.7, third of the patches that […]

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What makes some open source updates so difficult?

What makes some open source updates so difficult? 2026-10-12 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Many organizations adopt open source software because they see it as a cheaper alternative to proprietary development. Maintaining it, however, still requires engineering effort, according to Google’s case study, “How much does it cost to maintain a copy of an open […]

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Bill Gates issues warning on ‘bad people’ exploiting a lack of AI safeguards to commit cyberattacks

Bill Gates issues warning on ‘bad people’ exploiting a lack of AI safeguards to commit cyberattacks 2026-10-12 at 02:16 By Fox News Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned Sunday that artificial intelligence could fuel a wave of cyberattacks over the next year. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View […]

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Ransomware negotiator arrested on federal charges as FBI probes hacking of personnel files

Ransomware negotiator arrested on federal charges as FBI probes hacking of personnel files 2026-10-12 at 02:02 By Fox Business A Canadian cybersecurity executive who negotiates with ransomware hackers faces federal extortion-related charges as authorities investigate a hacking group that claims to have stolen sensitive FBI employee information This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology […]

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Ledger attack spreads to EU, AI finds ’18 trillion XRP’ bug: Hodler’s Digest

Ledger attack spreads to EU, AI finds ’18 trillion XRP’ bug: Hodler’s Digest 2026-10-12 at 01:57 By Cointelegraph by Andrew Fenton An user reports buying a tampered Ledger from a big retailer in Europe. Security researchers use AI to uncover a “$94 billion” XRP bug — but receive just a $250K bounty. This article is […]

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Saylor teases Strategy Bitcoin buying after ending September with STRC buybacks

Saylor teases Strategy Bitcoin buying after ending September with STRC buybacks 2026-10-11 at 20:11 By Cointelegraph by Robert Lakin Investors will have to wait an extra day to find out if and how much Strategy added to its Bitcoin treasury in the first week of October. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

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Coldcard says it’s investigating how phishing link appeared on its X account  

Coldcard says it’s investigating how phishing link appeared on its X account   2026-10-11 at 13:22 By Cointelegraph by Michael Millard Company advised users not to visit or interact with the link in question and said will share any further verified updates. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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