October, 2026 - Security Ticks

Fake brand discounts on social media prey on shoppers’ fear of missing out

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Fake brand discounts on social media prey on shoppers’ fear of missing out 2026-10-05 at 16:55 By Sinisa Markovic Cybercriminals are using fake discounts posted on Facebook and TikTok to lure shoppers to phishing sites that steal their payment card details and one-time passwords, Group-IB has warned. The phishing kit called Milk Dragon (also known […]

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Metaplanet reveals net income strategy to fuel Bitcoin accumulation

LTM launches BlueVerse AgenTraceIQ to monitor AI agents and reverse unintended actions

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LTM launches BlueVerse AgenTraceIQ to monitor AI agents and reverse unintended actions 2026-10-05 at 16:37 By Industry News LTM has announced the launch of BlueVerse AgenTraceIQ, an offering designed to help organizations securely adopt and scale agentic AI. Combining Rubrik Agent Cloud with LTM’s AI governance and managed services expertise, the offering enables organizations to […]

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Stellar Cyber 7.0 adds measurable workflows for AI-powered SOCs

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Stellar Cyber 7.0 adds measurable workflows for AI-powered SOCs 2026-10-05 at 16:31 By Industry News Stellar Cyber has announced Stellar Cyber 7.0, a release that advances the Human-Augmented Autonomous SOC from a vision for applying AI to security operations into a practical operating model for running them. Stellar Cyber 7.0 unifies AI-powered case triage, measurable […]

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Malwarebytes Scam Link Check analyzes URLs and explains potential risks

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Malwarebytes Scam Link Check analyzes URLs and explains potential risks 2026-10-05 at 16:30 By Industry News Malwarebytes has launched the Malwarebytes Scam Link Check, a free web tool that lets anyone check whether a website link is safe or dangerous before clicking it. Users paste any suspicious URL, the kind that arrives by text, email, […]

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Strategy opts for bigger spending on STRC buybacks over BTC purchases

Linux Backdoor Abuses STUN Protocol, Exploits Dozens of Flaws

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Linux Backdoor Abuses STUN Protocol, Exploits Dozens of Flaws 2026-10-05 at 16:00 By Ionut Arghire ClingSTUN operates as a back-connect proxy backdoor, sets up persistence, and contains exploits for self-propagation. The post Linux Backdoor Abuses STUN Protocol, Exploits Dozens of Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Filling the Well: Nightmare-Eclipse’s BigDiskBuster and the Defender Update That Never Lands

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Filling the Well: Nightmare-Eclipse’s BigDiskBuster and the Defender Update That Never Lands 2026-10-05 at 15:57 By Serhii Melnyk and Timmy Lister A new proof of concept called BigDiskBuster, published on GitHub on September 19, 2026, by the actor known as MSNightmare, shows that Defender doesn’t need to be disabled to stop receiving updates, it just […]

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250,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New Jersey, Texas Healthcare Firms

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250,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New Jersey, Texas Healthcare Firms 2026-10-05 at 15:35 By Ionut Arghire Hackers stole patient information from Clover Health Investments and AngMar Management Services in July. The post 250,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New Jersey, Texas Healthcare Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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The Credential Layer Is Expanding Faster Than Security Teams Can See It

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The Credential Layer Is Expanding Faster Than Security Teams Can See It 2026-10-05 at 14:55 By Every modern enterprise depends on credentials. This is how humans, systems, and now AI, all connect to data, services, and each other securely. GitGuardian helps secure that credential layer through three connected capabilities: Detect, Remediate, and Prevent. The journey […]

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Realtek Jungle SDK Exploit Attempts Deliver Cling Botnet With STUN-Based C2

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Realtek Jungle SDK Exploit Attempts Deliver Cling Botnet With STUN-Based C2 2026-10-05 at 14:46 By Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a now-patched critical security flaw impacting the Realtek Jungle software development kit (SDK) to deploy a botnet malware called Cling. “Cling is notable not because it introduces a new propagation technique, but […]

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Meet The Engineers Behind The Defenses You Trust

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Meet The Engineers Behind The Defenses You Trust 2026-10-05 at 14:45 By Adam Bromwich Because legendary security doesn’t engineer itself This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

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Exploitation Hits Rejetto HFS Vulnerability Discovered by AI

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Exploitation Hits Rejetto HFS Vulnerability Discovered by AI 2026-10-05 at 14:00 By Ionut Arghire CVE-2026-61500 allows attackers to recover the session-cookie signing key and gain administrative access and RCE. The post Exploitation Hits Rejetto HFS Vulnerability Discovered by AI appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity

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Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity 2026-10-05 at 13:42 By Kevin Townsend More than 730 cyber breaches affected over 270 million Americans last year, costing an average of $10 million per breach. The post Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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Apple Plans Tighter macOS Full Disk Access Controls Over AI Agent Data Access

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Apple Plans Tighter macOS Full Disk Access Controls Over AI Agent Data Access 2026-10-05 at 13:38 By Apple has announced that it’s taking steps to tighten controls around a macOS setting called Full Disk Access (FDA) due to security risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) agents. “Some developers are using Full Disk Access in ways […]

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Out-of-band Exchange Server update fixes high-severity mailbox access bug (CVE-2026-96940)

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Out-of-band Exchange Server update fixes high-severity mailbox access bug (CVE-2026-96940) 2026-10-05 at 13:38 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft has pushed out an out-of-band security update for Exchange Server that fixes a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-96940) that may allow authenticated attackers to read emails and attachments of other users in the same organization, but “does not allow access […]

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Detained ShinyHunters hacker reportedly helping FBI track down fellow members

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Detained ShinyHunters hacker reportedly helping FBI track down fellow members 2026-10-05 at 13:36 By Sinisa Markovic A suspected ShinyHunters member known as Rey has been detained in Jordan and is reportedly helping the FBI track down the rest of the group. Reuters reports that Jordanian authorities detained Saif al-Din Khader, alias Rey, last week, with […]

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Vivek Ramaswamy’s gubernatorial run lacks the crypto rhetoric of his presidential bid

MAKERphone 2: A DIY 4G phone with plug-in camera, speaker and prototyping board

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MAKERphone 2: A DIY 4G phone with plug-in camera, speaker and prototyping board 2026-10-05 at 12:50 By Mirko Zorz CircuitMess, a Croatian electronics kit maker, is selling MAKERphone 2.0, a build-it-yourself 4G phone on Kickstarter that buyers program in MicroPython or Arduino C++ and extend with plug-in hardware. Insert a SIM and it makes real […]

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BTC price fights to reclaim 2026 open: Three things to know in Bitcoin this week

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BTC price fights to reclaim 2026 open: Three things to know in Bitcoin this week 2026-10-05 at 12:08 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin bulls renewed pressure on range highs with the 2026 yearly open forming the next key resistance to break through. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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