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  • Formula Predicts When AI Chatbots Are at Risk of Turning Bad

    Formula Predicts When AI Chatbots Are at Risk of Turning Bad 2026-10-09 at 07:12 By Kevin Townsend Researchers from George Washington University have published a paper examining whether the time and cause of AI going rogue can be predicted. The post Formula Predicts When AI Chatbots Are at Risk of Turning Bad appeared first on…

  • Cantor Fitzgerald faces Senate Democrat’s probe over Tether ties

    Cantor Fitzgerald faces Senate Democrat’s probe over Tether ties 2026-10-09 at 03:46 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng The letter follows a report by the Democratic investigators last month alleging Tether’s USDT has become a key tool for Iran’s shadow banking network. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • FBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen Emails

    FBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen Emails 2026-10-09 at 02:36 By Hackers tied to a Chinese cybersecurity company stole email from government organizations, law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems, and religious institutions in Southeast Asia, the FBI and agencies in 6 other countries said on October 8. The company, Integrity…

  • ThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More Stories

    ThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More Stories 2026-10-09 at 02:36 By The crooks have trust problems of their own. One ransomware affiliate decided to keep the profits for himself. Elsewhere, an attacker left a server exposed, complete with tools and traces of an intrusion. Apparently, keeping things secure is…

  • China’s P2P stablecoin wallets surge 43x, Korea’s $450B crypto economy: Asia Express

    China’s P2P stablecoin wallets surge 43x, Korea’s $450B crypto economy: Asia Express 2026-10-09 at 01:35 By Cointelegraph by Andrew Fenton Despite ongoing bans, China has seen a big surge in peer-to-peer stablecoin use. New figures show South Korea’s $450B crypto economy is the largest in East Asia. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

  • Anthropic to users: be nice to Claude AI — new policy bars ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ to tech

    Anthropic to users: be nice to Claude AI — new policy bars ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ to tech 2026-10-09 at 01:29 By Ariel Zilber Anthropic on Thursday updated its usage policy to bar people from “abusive or cruel behavior” behavior toward its Claude AI – even though it’s not, ya know, actually alive. This article…

  • Securitize stock jumps over 10% after launching tokenized US equities on Solana

    Securitize stock jumps over 10% after launching tokenized US equities on Solana 2026-10-08 at 22:31 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Securitize’s new offering gives eligible investors access to tokenized shares of 12 US companies, with dividend and voting rights and plans for round-the-clock trading. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • NFL backs New Jersey authorities in SCOTUS petition over Kalshi

    NFL backs New Jersey authorities in SCOTUS petition over Kalshi 2026-10-08 at 22:17 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright According to the league, Kalshi and other prediction markets “threaten game integrity” because many event contracts are “highly susceptible to manipulation.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • California tech bro blasted as ‘horrible’ dad for using bot to read to his newborn baby: ‘Bleak’

    California tech bro blasted as ‘horrible’ dad for using bot to read to his newborn baby: ‘Bleak’ 2026-10-08 at 21:19 By Titus Wu “Ok, enough jokes for a while. I’ll go back to reading bedtime stories for now,” he said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original…

  • 🎙️SECURITY.COM The Podcast: The Resilient Channel

    🎙️SECURITY.COM The Podcast: The Resilient Channel 2026-10-08 at 20:28 By Enterprise Security Group Proof-of-value labs, shifting insurance pressures, and partners’ role in enterprise resilience This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

  • Security Leaders Share Additional Thoughts on Oracle Health Breach

    Security Leaders Share Additional Thoughts on Oracle Health Breach 2026-10-08 at 20:27 By Recently, additional information was released regarding the data breach Oracle Health faced in Spring 2025. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

  • Anthony “Tony” Pope Named Douglas J. Leonard Indiana Caregiver of the Year

    Anthony “Tony” Pope Named Douglas J. Leonard Indiana Caregiver of the Year 2026-10-08 at 20:00 By Pope is the first non-clinical recipient of this award. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

  • Top NYC clubs ban smart glasses — and threaten to blacklist anyone wearing ‘pervy’ shades inside

    Top NYC clubs ban smart glasses — and threaten to blacklist anyone wearing ‘pervy’ shades inside 2026-10-08 at 19:25 By Ben Cost AI-spy? This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

  • IMF warns tokenized markets could amplify financial risks

    IMF warns tokenized markets could amplify financial risks 2026-10-08 at 19:25 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The global financial institution found tokenized equity markets less liquid and more volatile than traditional markets, despite growing demand for 24/7 trading. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • 5 Data Security Stories to Know About (September 2026)

    5 Data Security Stories to Know About (September 2026) 2026-10-08 at 19:00 By Five data security stories to know about.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

  • Bitcoin nears 3-week low as oil heads higher on Iran strike woes

    Bitcoin nears 3-week low as oil heads higher on Iran strike woes 2026-10-08 at 18:55 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin dipped below $81,000 and oil prices gained after reports that military confrontation between the US and Iran could return. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Japan Sees Sharp Rise in Web Data Leaks Amid Mobile API Abuse and Metabase Attacks

    Japan Sees Sharp Rise in Web Data Leaks Amid Mobile API Abuse and Metabase Attacks 2026-10-08 at 18:45 By Attackers behind a string of personal data leaks at Japanese organizations have abused APIs for mobile apps and targeted known software flaws, the JPCERT Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) said. The Tokyo-based center, which takes incident reports, based…

  • Trump admin cuts off Microsoft from major visa program, accuses tech giant of fraud and abuse

    Trump admin cuts off Microsoft from major visa program, accuses tech giant of fraud and abuse 2026-10-08 at 18:29 By Emily Goodin “If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants,” Vice President JD Vance said Thursday. This article is…

  • Cisco Patches a Dozen Critical Vulnerabilities

    Cisco Patches a Dozen Critical Vulnerabilities 2026-10-08 at 18:28 By Ionut Arghire The security defects could lead to unauthorized access, information leaks, privilege escalation, DoS attacks, and remote code execution. The post Cisco Patches a Dozen Critical Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

  • UAC-0099 Targets Ukrainian Government Personnel With ASHVEIN RAT Hiding Commands in HTML

    UAC-0099 Targets Ukrainian Government Personnel With ASHVEIN RAT Hiding Commands in HTML 2026-10-08 at 18:26 By The Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0099 has been attributed to a previously undocumented .NET infostealer and remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed ASHVEIN. According to TrendAI, the malware has been put to use in attacks targeting Ukrainian government personnel.…

  • US government moves $1B in seized Bitcoin after $770M transfers

    US government moves $1B in seized Bitcoin after $770M transfers 2026-10-08 at 18:24 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Blockchain analysts identified the US government wallet tied to the recovery of funds from the Bitfinex hack. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Frustrating study reveals male AI agents got paid more than women — proving office sexism withstands virtual reality

    Frustrating study reveals male AI agents got paid more than women — proving office sexism withstands virtual reality 2026-10-08 at 17:43 By Ben Cost AI is replacing everything except workplace bias. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

  • 3 Fundamentals Mid-Market IT Leaders Should Focus On

    3 Fundamentals Mid-Market IT Leaders Should Focus On 2026-10-08 at 17:30 By Three key steps IT leaders can take to bolster their organization’s security.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

  • Security Awareness Training Isn’t Dead, but It Needs a Rethink

    Security Awareness Training Isn’t Dead, but It Needs a Rethink 2026-10-08 at 17:30 By Kevin Townsend All enterprises conduct security awareness training for their employees. But whether this has tangible benefits is debatable. The post Security Awareness Training Isn’t Dead, but It Needs a Rethink appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from…

  • ARTEX AI Pentesting Tool Used in Data Theft Attacks on South Korean Financial Firms

    ARTEX AI Pentesting Tool Used in Data Theft Attacks on South Korean Financial Firms 2026-10-08 at 17:12 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a targeted campaign aimed at South Korean financial organizations that used an artificial intelligence (AI) pen testing tool named ARTEX to carry out the attacks. The activity, per CrowdStrike Intelligence, was…

  • Attackers Target Critical Atlassian Vulnerability Within Hours of PoC Publication

    Attackers Target Critical Atlassian Vulnerability Within Hours of PoC Publication 2026-10-08 at 17:04 By Eduard Kovacs Threat actors have started targeting CVE-2026-21589, a critical vulnerability in Atlassian’s self-hosted Data Center products. The post Attackers Target Critical Atlassian Vulnerability Within Hours of PoC Publication appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View…

  • Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: Securing the Next 250 Years

    Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: Securing the Next 250 Years 2026-10-08 at 17:00 By This year, the United States of America celebrated their 250th birthday, but Cybersecurity Awareness Month is already looking toward the future with the goal of securing the next 250 years together. This article is an excerpt from LevelBlue Blog View Original Source

  • The phone was compromised before the user turned it on: the rise of Midnight Mimosa

    The phone was compromised before the user turned it on: the rise of Midnight Mimosa 2026-10-08 at 15:57 By Adrian Mihai GOZOB Bitdefender’s security researchers have identified a malware campaign (dubbed Midnight Mimosa) running on low-cost, multi-brand Android devices built on MediaTek platforms. This article is an excerpt from Bitdefender Labs View Original Source

  • Authorities seize sites selling hacked, stolen intimate images of 17,000 women and girls

    Authorities seize sites selling hacked, stolen intimate images of 17,000 women and girls 2026-10-08 at 15:51 By Sinisa Markovic The FBI and French law enforcement have seized two websites that sold hacked and stolen sexually explicit images and videos of young women and girls, and arrested their suspected administrator in northern France. Seizure notice (Source:…

  • US Seeks Alleged Chinese Hafnium Hacker With $10 Million Reward

    US Seeks Alleged Chinese Hafnium Hacker With $10 Million Reward 2026-10-08 at 15:46 By Eduard Kovacs Zhang Yu was charged alongside Xu Zewei, who was extradited from Italy to the US in April 2026. The post US Seeks Alleged Chinese Hafnium Hacker With $10 Million Reward appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt…

  • SonicWall and Splunk Patch Critical Vulnerabilities

    SonicWall and Splunk Patch Critical Vulnerabilities 2026-10-08 at 15:37 By Ionut Arghire Critical and high-severity vulnerabilities could allow attackers to bypass authentication, execute arbitrary code, and elevate their privileges. The post SonicWall and Splunk Patch Critical Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

  • Anthropic’s new budget model gets much better at ignoring hidden commands

    Anthropic’s new budget model gets much better at ignoring hidden commands 2026-10-08 at 14:24 By Anamarija Pogorelec Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 5.5 model, designed for quick, repetitive workloads and speed-sensitive tasks, is now better at finding vulnerabilities and writing exploits than its predecessor. The company has given it stricter cybersecurity safeguards than Haiku 4.5, though lighter…

  • Wazza Phishkit Targets Banking, Government, and Manufacturing Across the US, EU, and Australia

    Wazza Phishkit Targets Banking, Government, and Manufacturing Across the US, EU, and Australia 2026-10-08 at 13:30 By Phishing kits are no longer limited to copying a familiar login page and waiting for a victim to enter credentials. Attackers are increasingly building filtering, session management, and traffic controls into the infrastructure that delivers the phishing page…

  • Cryptomining botnet hides C2 addresses in GitHub poem, infects over 3,400 servers

    Cryptomining botnet hides C2 addresses in GitHub poem, infects over 3,400 servers 2026-10-08 at 13:24 By Sinisa Markovic Thousands of hijacked servers have been looking up their command and control (C2) server in a poem posted on GitHub, according to Black Lotus Labs. The malware reading it, dubbed PoeLLM, breaks into exposed AI services and…

  • Tensorlake npm Package Compromised to Deliver Shai-Hulud Credential-Stealing Worm

    Tensorlake npm Package Compromised to Deliver Shai-Hulud Credential-Stealing Worm 2026-10-08 at 13:01 By The npm package known as “tensorlake,” a TypeScript software development kit (SDK) for Tensorlake applications, sandboxes, and cloud services, was compromised as part of a ChainDrop / Shai-Hulud supply chain attack. The malicious version 0.5.144 “contains obfuscated malware that harvests credentials, exfiltrates…

  • Bitcoin monthly ‘new money’ inflows near $5B as BTC price rally stalls

    Bitcoin monthly ‘new money’ inflows near $5B as BTC price rally stalls 2026-10-08 at 12:56 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin’s realized cap rise in the 30 days to Oct. 5 came mostly from existing holders, not fresh capital, Glassnode data showed. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • 16 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Rabby and OKX Wallets to Steal Recovery Phrases

    16 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Rabby and OKX Wallets to Steal Recovery Phrases 2026-10-08 at 12:46 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 16 malicious Mozilla Firefox extensions that are capable of stealing cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases and private keys. “The extensions masquerade as wallet portals, desktop utilities, and browser tools, but their…

  • ESMA gives crypto firms 3 months to exit non-compliant stablecoins

    ESMA gives crypto firms 3 months to exit non-compliant stablecoins 2026-10-08 at 12:42 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra ESMA urged EU crypto firms to halt services involving non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins, giving regulators three months to address existing exposures. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Fake Decryption Tools Masked $11M Markup in Ransomware Recovery Scheme

    Fake Decryption Tools Masked $11M Markup in Ransomware Recovery Scheme 2026-10-08 at 12:27 By Ionut Arghire Zohar Pinhasi was paying ransoms to obtain decryption keys and then charging victims substantially more for remediation. The post Fake Decryption Tools Masked $11M Markup in Ransomware Recovery Scheme appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from…

  • GitHub adds AI to catch passwords before a code push

    GitHub adds AI to catch passwords before a code push 2026-10-08 at 12:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec GitHub has announced an AI detector, developed with Microsoft Applied Sciences, to help prevent developers from uploading passwords and other credentials to code repositories. The ModernBERT-based classifier will expand GitHub’s push protection, which checks code for secrets and can…

  • What is MATCHBOIL? The Russia-aligned malware that installs a spying backdoor

    What is MATCHBOIL? The Russia-aligned malware that installs a spying backdoor 2026-10-08 at 12:00 By Mirko Zorz ESET researchers traced almost two years of changes to MATCHBOIL, a downloader that the Russia-aligned group UAC-0099 uses to plant a second program on Windows machines in Ukraine. GUI displayed at MATCHBOIL’s runtime (Source: ESET) Every victim in…

  • Samsung Wallet to add USDC transfers for US Galaxy users in October

    Samsung Wallet to add USDC transfers for US Galaxy users in October 2026-10-08 at 11:24 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Eligible US Galaxy will be able to send USDC to crypto wallets and transfer funds to bank accounts in more than 60 countries. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

  • Oracle Health Data Breach Tally Climbs to Nearly 20 Million

    Oracle Health Data Breach Tally Climbs to Nearly 20 Million 2026-10-08 at 11:23 By Eduard Kovacs The figure is far higher than the counts that surfaced in earlier filings and patient notifications. The post Oracle Health Data Breach Tally Climbs to Nearly 20 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek…

  • Ransomware recovery firm boss charged with secretly paying attackers and overcharging victims

    Ransomware recovery firm boss charged with secretly paying attackers and overcharging victims 2026-10-08 at 11:00 By Sinisa Markovic The owner of Florida-based ransomware remediation company MonsterCloud has been charged with fraud for allegedly paying ransomware gangs behind his clients’ backs and billing them far more than the ransom. Zohar Pinhasi (aka “Zack Silver” and “Zack…

  • FortiBleed Attackers Locking Victims Out of Fortinet Devices

    FortiBleed Attackers Locking Victims Out of Fortinet Devices 2026-10-08 at 10:52 By Ionut Arghire Attackers are creating new accounts and deleting existing ones and passwords to prevent legitimate access. The post FortiBleed Attackers Locking Victims Out of Fortinet Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

  • U.S. Offers Up to $10 Million for Tips on Zhang Yu, Charged in HAFNIUM Hacks

    U.S. Offers Up to $10 Million for Tips on Zhang Yu, Charged in HAFNIUM Hacks 2026-10-08 at 10:42 By The U.S. State Department is offering up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of Zhang Yu, a Chinese national charged in the United States in connection with the 2021 Microsoft Exchange…

  • MonsterCloud Owner Accused of Billing Over $19M While Secretly Paying Ransoms to Decrypt Data

    MonsterCloud Owner Accused of Billing Over $19M While Secretly Paying Ransoms to Decrypt Data 2026-10-08 at 10:41 By The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced charges against a 50-year-old U.S. and Israeli national for allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying the attackers to obtain decryptors while claiming to use proprietary tools to…

  • Pricing your bad days and how to build an economic model for security decisions

    Pricing your bad days and how to build an economic model for security decisions 2026-10-08 at 09:00 By Mirko Zorz Ivan Milenkovic, VP Risk Technology EMEA at Qualys, explains how security leaders can build an economic model that puts money behind their decisions. He suggests starting with a few loss scenarios, then working down to…

  • Who watches the AI watching your street?

    Who watches the AI watching your street? 2026-10-08 at 08:30 By Mirko Zorz Yusaku Fujii, a professor at Gunma University in Japan, has designed audits and penalties to stop operators from misusing AI that analyzes street camera footage. His system adds an independent record-keeper and unannounced spot checks to the AI’s outputs. Fujii’s test setting…

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