October 2026

Only 7% of CISOs at Large Companies Own AI Governance 2026-10-20 at 19:00 By How is AI responsibility being structured in organizations?  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source

Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Gets Public Exploit PoC for Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution 2026-10-20 at 18:38 By Cybersecurity researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently patched critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiSIEM that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-106173 (CVSS score: 9.4), is a critical path traversal flaw […]

Qilin and INC Ransomware Groups Exploit Palo Alto Networks Flaw to Bypass MFA 2026-10-20 at 18:32 By Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that it’s continuing to observe exploitation of a now-patched security flaw impacting  PAN-OS and Prisma Access by ransomware actors. The activity relates to CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score: 7.8), an authentication bypass flaw that could […]

Sam Altman’s sister’s lawsuit accusing brother and OpenAI CEO of sexual abuse is tossed 2026-10-20 at 18:06 By Reuters Annie Altman accused her brother of sexually abusing and raping her between 1997 and 2006 at the family home in suburban Clayton, Mo., starting when she was 3 and he was 12. This article is an […]

Hackers Use Autonomous AI Agents to Breach Company Websites, Target Over 1,200 Sites 2026-10-20 at 17:07 By A Chinese-speaking criminal pointed autonomous AI agents at company websites and let them break in with almost no help, and a security researcher watched it happen because the operators left their control panels open on the internet. The […]

Pegasus Spyware Infection Confirmed on Serbian University Rector's iPhone Days Before Election 2026-10-20 at 17:04 By The iPhone of Vladan Đokić, rector of the University of Belgrade and a prominent supporter of Serbia’s student protest movement, was infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in 2026, the Citizen Lab said on October 19. The finding came six days […]

‘We’re toast’: Nobel-winning ‘Godfather of AI’ warns that humans must befriend bots — or face extermination 2026-10-20 at 17:01 By Ben Cost An artificial intelligence expert has claimed that humans must befriend bots or face extinction — because the tech has apparently developed signs of “consciousness.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News […]

Security Leaders Share Concerns About California Student Data Breach 2026-10-20 at 17:00 By California students and families were recently notified of a data security incident, and security leaders are sharing their concerns.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source