October 2026

Week in review: FortiBleed is still active, Patch Tuesday forecast

Week in review: FortiBleed is still active, Patch Tuesday forecast 2026-10-11 at 11:00 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Three questions a hospital CISO should ask a healthcare fintech vendor In this Help Net Security interview, Drew McCombs, CTO and CISO at […]

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CFTC proposals aimed at separating prediction markets from casino gambling  

CFTC proposals aimed at separating prediction markets from casino gambling   2026-10-11 at 10:44 By Cointelegraph by Michael Millard The two measures attempt to set the stage for a potential US Supreme Court battle over federal and state jurisdiction. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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P7 DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit Adds Crypto Wallet Data Theft and Remote Commands

P7 DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit Adds Crypto Wallet Data Theft and Remote Commands 2026-10-11 at 07:24 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unseen variant of the DarkSword iOS exploit kit called P7 DarkSword. “Compared with the variants we usually observe, P7 reduces its on-device footprint, adds on-device keychain and crypto-wallet theft, and […]

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Protesters rage over ‘bulls—’ AI technology that could wipe out an entire profession

Protesters rage over ‘bulls—’ AI technology that could wipe out an entire profession 2026-10-10 at 22:15 By Fox News Demonstrators gathered outside the D.C. council building to oppose legislation that could bring driverless cars by 2028 This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

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Startup claims its AI avatar can pass for human in job-interview with creepy new model

Startup claims its AI avatar can pass for human in job-interview with creepy new model 2026-10-10 at 19:29 By Shane Galvin Tavus AI’s new Griffin model fooled 48% of job interview candidates into thinking they were speaking with a real human, not an AI avatar. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | […]

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Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison

Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison 2026-10-10 at 14:00 By Kevin Townsend The former core infrastructure engineer deleted admin accounts, reset hundreds of passwords, and demanded 20 bitcoin to spare the company’s servers. The post Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison appeared first on SecurityWeek. […]

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The Third-Party Agent Problem: Why Security Built for AI You Chose Misses the Agents You Didn’t

The Third-Party Agent Problem: Why Security Built for AI You Chose Misses the Agents You Didn’t 2026-10-10 at 14:00 By In environments studied for the 2026 State of Agent Security Report, roughly 1,280 third-party products now embed AI. About 282 of them sit behind single sign-on. The other thousand are invisible to identity infrastructure by […]

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Anthropic Cuts Live Internet Access for Internal AI Tests After Claude Exploits Injection Flaws

Anthropic Cuts Live Internet Access for Internal AI Tests After Claude Exploits Injection Flaws 2026-10-10 at 13:01 By Anthropic on Friday said it’s cutting off live internet access for all its internal evaluations following the discovery of new incidents in which its artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibited misaligned behavior and targeted real websites. The AI […]

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Sam Altman-backed Bitcoin life insurer, Meanwhile, raises more funds

Sam Altman-backed Bitcoin life insurer, Meanwhile, raises more funds 2026-10-10 at 10:10 By Cointelegraph by Michael Millard The round follows increased international demand for Meanwhile’s Bitcoin life insurance policies amid broader macro instability. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Anthropic AI model sends false homicide tip to Philadelphia police website

Anthropic AI model sends false homicide tip to Philadelphia police website 2026-10-10 at 02:33 By Reuters Philadelphia police say an Anthropic AI model submitted a fake homicide tip to their website during an automated testing process. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

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AI companies plot how to respond if catastrophic hacking incident causes ‘revolt’: report

AI companies plot how to respond if catastrophic hacking incident causes ‘revolt’: report 2026-10-10 at 01:39 By Thomas Barrabi The preparations are focused on creating contingency plans in the event that one of their AI models causes major public harm – such as a hack targeting the power grid, water supply or banking system, Axios […]

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Kalshi probes shady bets on new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia: report

Kalshi probes shady bets on new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia: report 2026-10-10 at 01:23 By Ariel Zilber Kalshi is probing a series of shady bets about the new White House press secretary, according to a report published hours after Katie Zacharia was named to the high-profile job. This article is an excerpt from […]

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Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories

Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories 2026-10-10 at 00:22 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an ongoing credential-theft campaign that has compromised two high-profile open-source maintainer accounts to push a malicious workflow into over 340 repositories. “Using the account of Takashi Kitao, author of the 18,400-star game engine pyxel, […]

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OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks

OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks 2026-10-10 at 00:07 By Associated Press The ChatGPT maker said the researchers “violated clear policies on handling sensitive information.” The post OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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US plans to seize $1B in crypto linked to Iran this week: Scott Bessent

US plans to seize $1B in crypto linked to Iran this week: Scott Bessent 2026-10-09 at 23:39 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The Treasury Department has announced several digital asset seizures related to sanctions on Iran as part of US sanctions. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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New York permanently bars Celsius founder Mashinsky in $35M fraud settlement

New York permanently bars Celsius founder Mashinsky in $35M fraud settlement 2026-10-09 at 23:14 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The agreement resolves a 2023 civil fraud lawsuit against the Celsius founder and permanently bars him from the cryptocurrency, securities and commodities industries. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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TP-Link Sued by Four More U.S. States Over Router Security and China Ties

TP-Link Sued by Four More U.S. States Over Router Security and China Ties 2026-10-09 at 22:33 By Four more U.S. states sued router maker TP-Link Systems on October 6, bringing the total to five, with  Texas filing a suit in February. Florida, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska allege the California company misled buyers about how secure […]

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Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access

Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access 2026-10-09 at 22:33 By Security researchers have published a full working exploit for a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw in AnyDesk Linux that gives attackers root access before anyone approves the connection. AnyDesk patched the flaw in version 8.0.3 in June, but its changelog described the […]

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