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  • Crypto PAC announces support for 32 House candidates in US midterms

    Crypto PAC announces support for 32 House candidates in US midterms 2026-10-06 at 00:42 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Fairshake said it would financially back 32 House candidates who all voted in favor of the CLARITY market structure bill in 2025, as the bill remains in limbo in the Senate. This article is an excerpt…

  • FinCEN withdraws proposed crypto mixing rule over ‘legitimate activity’ concerns

    FinCEN withdraws proposed crypto mixing rule over ‘legitimate activity’ concerns 2026-10-05 at 23:46 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The bureau under the US Treasury said it was withdrawing two proposed rules on unhosted wallets and crypto mixers ”as part of the Trump Administration’s deregulatory agenda.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

  • Modern Treasury seeks US trust bank charter for digital asset custody

    Modern Treasury seeks US trust bank charter for digital asset custody 2026-10-05 at 22:53 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The payments infrastructure company is seeking federal approval to offer stablecoin custody and related fiat services through a limited-purpose national trust bank. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • S&P Global brings risk assessments to growing crypto lending vault sector

    S&P Global brings risk assessments to growing crypto lending vault sector 2026-10-05 at 20:58 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar S&P Global’s new framework evaluates digital asset lending vaults across six risk categories as deposits in the sector climb to about $10 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • CFTC joins SEC in proposing crypto framework after failed CLARITY vote

    CFTC joins SEC in proposing crypto framework after failed CLARITY vote 2026-10-05 at 20:40 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright CFTC Chair Michael Selig claimed that the agency was using its “existing statutory authorities“ to address crypto regulation after Congress failed to advance a market structure bill. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

  • Treasury yields at 5% threaten extending Bitcoin’s best quarter since 2017

    Treasury yields at 5% threaten extending Bitcoin’s best quarter since 2017 2026-10-05 at 19:53 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Weak US jobs data has narrowed expectations for another Fed hike in October, offering Bitcoin some relief as investors continue to embrace the debasement trade. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Microsoft Exchange Flaw Lets Authenticated Attackers Read Other Users’ Mailboxes

    Microsoft Exchange Flaw Lets Authenticated Attackers Read Other Users’ Mailboxes 2026-10-05 at 19:21 By Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-96940, is rated 8.8 on the CVSS scoring system. “Weak authorization…

  • Why Location Intelligence is Becoming Critical for Emergency Response and Security Operations

    Why Location Intelligence is Becoming Critical for Emergency Response and Security Operations 2026-10-05 at 19:00 By When an alarm triggers and the operator can see the event pinned to a specific room on a live 3D indoor map, the response changes fundamentally.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View…

  • Bitcoin price fails to break higher after best weekly close in eight months

    Bitcoin price fails to break higher after best weekly close in eight months 2026-10-05 at 18:09 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin’s highest weekly close in eight months formed low-timeframe resistance at the start of Monday’s US trading session. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • CISA flags new exploited NetScaler flaw as attackers crash appliances (CVE-2026-88779)

    CISA flags new exploited NetScaler flaw as attackers crash appliances (CVE-2026-88779) 2026-10-05 at 17:53 By Zeljka Zorz CISA has added another Citrix NetScaler vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Sunday: CVE-2026-88779, a memory overflow bug that may cripple vulnerable NetScaler ADCs and Gateways. “Citrix has observed targeted attacks on unmitigated NetScaler deployments which…

  • Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports

    Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports 2026-10-05 at 17:26 By Eduard Kovacs Google has temporarily stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP). The post Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports appeared first on SecurityWeek. This…

  • ⚡ Weekly Recap: NetScaler and FortiMail 0-Days, AI Coding Leaks, Spectre v2 and Ransomware Arrests

    ⚡ Weekly Recap: NetScaler and FortiMail 0-Days, AI Coding Leaks, Spectre v2 and Ransomware Arrests 2026-10-05 at 17:20 By A blank field. A public repo. One reply to an email. A box left exposed. None of this sounds dramatic, which is partly the problem. This week’s threats keep finding leverage in small things that were…

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

    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…

  • Metaplanet reveals net income strategy to fuel Bitcoin accumulation

    Metaplanet reveals net income strategy to fuel Bitcoin accumulation 2026-10-05 at 16:47 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Metaplanet revealed a revised capital allocation framework proposing to allocate as much as 15% of total assets to strategic investments to fund its Bitcoin accumulation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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

    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…

  • Stellar Cyber 7.0 adds measurable workflows for AI-powered SOCs

    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…

  • Malwarebytes Scam Link Check analyzes URLs and explains potential risks

    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,…

  • Strategy opts for bigger spending on STRC buybacks over BTC purchases

    Strategy opts for bigger spending on STRC buybacks over BTC purchases 2026-10-05 at 16:22 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Strategy bought 334 Bitcoin for $28.7 million last week while spending $176.3 million to repurchase about 1.77 million shares of STRC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Linux Backdoor Abuses STUN Protocol, Exploits Dozens of Flaws

    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

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

    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…

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

    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…

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

    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…

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

    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…

  • Meet The Engineers Behind The Defenses You Trust

    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

  • Exploitation Hits Rejetto HFS Vulnerability Discovered by AI 

    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

  • Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Healthcare Cybersecurity

    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…

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

    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…

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

    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…

  • Detained ShinyHunters hacker reportedly helping FBI track down fellow members

    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…

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

    Vivek Ramaswamy’s gubernatorial run lacks the crypto rhetoric of his presidential bid 2026-10-05 at 13:11 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The Ohio Republican candidate holds a stake in a digital asset manager and received donations from many in the industry, but has avoided making crypto a central campaign issue. This article is an excerpt from…

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

    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…

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

    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

  • Kraken parent adds 24/7 dollar settlement with Singapore Gulf Bank

    Kraken parent adds 24/7 dollar settlement with Singapore Gulf Bank 2026-10-05 at 11:56 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The partnership will enable select institutions in Asia and the Gulf region to instantly settle US dollar transactions through the bank’s SGB Net This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Apple tightens macOS disk access as AI agents become more powerful

    Apple tightens macOS disk access as AI agents become more powerful 2026-10-05 at 11:11 By Anamarija Pogorelec Apple plans to introduce additional controls for Full Disk Access in macOS, citing growing privacy risks as AI agents become more capable and autonomous. Users will need to take explicit action to grant apps this permission. The company…

  • Attackers Target Rejetto HFS Flaw That Enables Admin Session Forgery and RCE

    Attackers Target Rejetto HFS Flaw That Enables Admin Session Forgery and RCE 2026-10-05 at 11:09 By A critical security flaw impacting Rejetto HTTP File Server (HFS) is witnessing active exploitation attempts, according to VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-61500 (CVSS score: 9.3), a case of session forgery stemming from the use of a weak…

  • doxx.net opens Agentic Defined Networking public beta, raises $38 million

    doxx.net opens Agentic Defined Networking public beta, raises $38 million 2026-10-05 at 11:03 By Industry News doxx.net has launched the open beta of its Agentic Defined Networking (ADN) platform, which lets people and their agents create their own private, secure networks, communicate with no servers in the middle, and get started with no personal information…

  • Bitcoin ETFs notch third inflow week as Ether ETFs shed $138M

    Bitcoin ETFs notch third inflow week as Ether ETFs shed $138M 2026-10-05 at 11:00 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Bitcoin ETF inflows reached a third straight week, while Ether ETFs swung to outflows and Zcash funds posted their first weekly outflow. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • AI slop submissions force Google to freeze its open-source bug bounty

    AI slop submissions force Google to freeze its open-source bug bounty 2026-10-05 at 10:37 By Sinisa Markovic Google has stopped accepting new product vulnerability reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP), after a wave of invalid, AI-generated submissions swamped the engineers and open source maintainers who review them. The rules page…

  • Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan

    Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan 2026-10-05 at 10:16 By Ionut Arghire Known as Rey, the suspect is reportedly helping the FBI identify and locate other members of the extortion group. The post Alleged ShinyHunters Leader Arrested in Jordan appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

  • New NetScaler Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks Can Knock SAML Deployments Offline

    New NetScaler Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks Can Knock SAML Deployments Offline 2026-10-05 at 09:40 By Citrix has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw in NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway that has been exploited as part of targeted zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-88779, carries a CVSS score of 8.7 out…

  • Three questions a hospital CISO should ask a healthcare fintech vendor

    Three questions a hospital CISO should ask a healthcare fintech vendor 2026-10-05 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security video, Drew McCombs, CTO and CISO at Cylerity, explains how he balances both roles. Security work is scheduled into every sprint, and issues touching patient data or funds disbursement come first. He covers…

  • Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler Zero-Day Hits Appliances Patched Days Earlier

    Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler Zero-Day Hits Appliances Patched Days Earlier 2026-10-05 at 08:14 By Eduard Kovacs Citrix has confirmed that a new zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2026-88779, emerged just days after two other exploited flaws were patched. The post Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler Zero-Day Hits Appliances Patched Days Earlier appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an…

  • Keyorix: Open-source secrets management for teams that can’t use SaaS

    Keyorix: Open-source secrets management for teams that can’t use SaaS 2026-10-05 at 08:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Keyorix is an open-source secrets manager that runs entirely on a company’s own servers. A secrets manager is the locked store where an application fetches the database passwords, API keys, and tokens it needs, so they stay out of…

  • How RMM abuse gives attackers a way in that looks like business as usual

    How RMM abuse gives attackers a way in that looks like business as usual 2026-10-05 at 07:30 By Sinisa Markovic Huntress found attackers using legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software in 45% of the endpoint-related incidents it recorded in the first quarter of 2026. The security company also ranked 11 attack tactics by how…

  • Zcash gets a Washington lobbyist to push crypto policy

    Zcash gets a Washington lobbyist to push crypto policy 2026-10-05 at 03:35 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng The newly registered lobbying operation lists the CLARITY Act and two digital asset tax proposals among the issues it plans to lobby on in Washington. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Chick-fil-A on whether AI will take over its drive-thru as rivals embrace new tech

    Chick-fil-A on whether AI will take over its drive-thru as rivals embrace new tech 2026-10-05 at 02:50 By Fox Business Chick-fil-A is drawing a line on AI in its drive-thru — even as major fast-food competitors embrace the technology. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

  • Former SEC boss made AI Czar, Bitcoin may hit $600K this cycle: Hodler’s Digest

    Former SEC boss made AI Czar, Bitcoin may hit $600K this cycle: Hodler’s Digest 2026-10-05 at 01:31 By Cointelegraph by Andrew Fenton Roman Storm and the XRP army aren’t happy former SEC boss Jay Clayton is Trump’s new AI czar, Peter Brandt flips bullish and says Bitcoin may reach as high as $600K by 2029.…

  • ‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev launches scam-proof dating app: ‘I’ve paid my debts’

    ‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev launches scam-proof dating app: ‘I’ve paid my debts’ 2026-10-04 at 18:58 By Fox News “They say I made the dating environment unsafe. So I thought, ‘All right. Let’s make it safe.’” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

  • Trump Names National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton to Lead a New Federal AI Task Force

    Trump Names National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton to Lead a New Federal AI Task Force 2026-10-04 at 17:57 By Associated Press The announcement comes after Trump hosted top executives of AI companies at the White House last week. The post Trump Names National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton to Lead a New Federal AI Task Force…

  • Trump taps intel chief Jay Clayton to lead new Super Intelligence Force

    Trump taps intel chief Jay Clayton to lead new Super Intelligence Force 2026-10-04 at 16:48 By Cointelegraph by Robert Lakin President Donald Trump said US intel chief Clayton will lead the SIF, reporting to the president and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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