October 2026

‘Quick and painless’: Aussie woman poses as suicidal teen. See AI app’s vile responses 2026-10-28 at 23:10 By News.com.au A reporter posed as a suicidal 14-year-old girl on the Character app. It took just five minutes to suggest methods to end her life. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York […]

FTC demands Walmart, Target Uber and others hand over data on personalized pricing 2026-10-28 at 21:19 By Reuters The FTC will use the information to eventually publish a study to help inform regulators and lawmakers about personalized pricing and wage setting practices. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post […]

Volt Typhoon Used Covert Silent Train Network in Four Zero-Day Exploitation Campaigns 2026-10-28 at 20:08 By The China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Volt Typhoon has been attributed to a now-disrupted covert access network dubbed Silent Train that has been put to use for zero-day exploitation and strategic access. “First identified in late 2023, Silent […]

Google to Allow One-Tap Android App Installs From Approved Third-Party Stores Outside U.S. 2026-10-28 at 19:08 By Third-party Android app stores can now apply to Google for permission to install apps with one tap, without Android’s usual confirmation screens, and to update them in the background. To qualify, a store must pass identity checks and […]

Researcher Reveals How Logic Bugs Alone Cracked Microsoft Edge in $175,000 Pwn2Own Win 2026-10-28 at 18:23 By A chain of logic flaws, with no memory corruption, can turn a malicious web page into code running on a Windows computer outside Microsoft Edge’s sandbox, a security researcher has shown. Orange Tsai of DEVCORE published the full […]

Faster Every Time: Scaling Enterprise DLP Discovery 2026-10-28 at 18:03 By Dhananjay Dodke How Shared Incremental Index powers high-velocity repeat scans across multi-petabyte environments This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

PHP2Shell Attack Roots 25 Servers, Breaches U.S. Government-Affiliated Network 2026-10-28 at 18:02 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what appears to be an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted attack orchestrated by a suspected China-nexus threat actor that has leveraged the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities to breach exposed systems. The activity, which was observed on October 25, 2026, involved […]

Woman, 31, dies after ChatGPT convinced her it was a good idea to change medication dosage 2026-10-28 at 17:25 By Allie Yang The parents of Bowen Wan are suing the ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in a wrongful death complaint. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York […]

Critical 16-Year-Old UEFI Flaw Can Run Code Before Secure Boot on Network-Booting Servers 2026-10-28 at 17:07 By A critical 16-year-old flaw in EDK II, the open-source code that most hardware makers use to build UEFI firmware, can allow an attacker to run code on a machine before its operating system loads, but only while the […]

Wazuh and AI for Enhanced SOC Workflows 2026-10-28 at 17:07 By Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of this decade’s defining technologies. From healthcare and finance to manufacturing and education, organizations increasingly rely on AI to automate repetitive tasks, uncover patterns hidden within large datasets, and support faster decision-making. Cybersecurity has experienced a similar transformation. […]

Hackers Target US Federal Election Commission 2026-10-28 at 17:00 By Hackers targeted the US Federal Election Commission, emphasizing that election security shouldn’t start and end with voting machines.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine's RSS Feed View Original Source