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Somewhere in your traffic logs, a bot is doing more than looking

Somewhere in your traffic logs, a bot is doing more than looking 2026-09-22 at 13:30 By Mirko Zorz Akamai has watched verified AI crawlers, ChatGPT among them, move from reading web pages to sending high-frequency POST requests. In a 30-day analysis of its global customers, ecommerce accounted for 44.8% of those AI bot POST transactions, […]

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WordPress Patches ‘Click2Shell’ Vulnerability

WordPress Patches ‘Click2Shell’ Vulnerability 2026-09-22 at 13:22 By Ionut Arghire The bug lets attackers automatically install and preview themes and could lead to remote code execution. The post WordPress Patches ‘Click2Shell’ Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Crypto metric signals altseason as Bitcoin market-cap share stalls below 60%

Crypto metric signals altseason as Bitcoin market-cap share stalls below 60% 2026-09-22 at 13:00 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Glassnode’s Altcoin Cycle Signal printed a new altseason signal after a month of Bitcoin and altcoin market-cap gains. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Crypto market cap reclaims $3 trillion as Bitcoin, altcoins rally

Crypto market cap reclaims $3 trillion as Bitcoin, altcoins rally 2026-09-22 at 12:58 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Bitcoin traded near $86,000 as major altcoins gained, while rising derivatives leverage pointed to growing speculative activity across crypto markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Scammers use genuine Google sign-ins to sell costly, unverified AI subscriptions

Scammers use genuine Google sign-ins to sell costly, unverified AI subscriptions 2026-09-22 at 11:54 By Sinisa Markovic Scammers are using a $249 website toolkit to sell unverified AI subscriptions worth up to $2,000 a year, and a genuine Google sign-in screen is what makes the sites convincing. Malwarebytes found more than 100 websites built this […]

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Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme

Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme 2026-09-22 at 11:37 By Eduard Kovacs The US, Japan, Germany and Australia have published a joint report detailing the scope of North Korea’s WaterPlum campaign. The post Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme […]

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SideCopy Broadens India Targeting to Academia With ReverseRAT Spear-Phishing

SideCopy Broadens India Targeting to Academia With ReverseRAT Spear-Phishing 2026-09-22 at 10:52 By The threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed using spear-phishing lures to target academic institutions in India, expanding their strategic focus beyond government entities. “SideCopy campaign operations typically initiate through spear-phishing campaigns that leverage the abuse of mshta.exe to execute malicious […]

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One Hidden Meta Muse Setting Could Let Attackers Turn the AI Assistant Into a Backdoor

One Hidden Meta Muse Setting Could Let Attackers Turn the AI Assistant Into a Backdoor 2026-09-22 at 09:33 By Malware already running on a Mac can quietly take over Meta’s Muse assistant and use the broad access its owner granted the app, security researcher Patrick Wardle has shown in a proof-of-concept released on September 21. It works […]

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A cheap fake base station can still track 5G subscribers

A cheap fake base station can still track 5G subscribers 2026-09-22 at 09:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Researchers from the i2CAT Foundation, the University of Murcia, and NEC Laboratories Europe built a low-cost tool called 5G-Shark that lures a target phone onto a fake base station and questions it, then used it to audit commercial 5G […]

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WordPress Comment2Shell Flaw Can Turn Anonymous Comment XSS Into RCE via Admin Session

WordPress Comment2Shell Flaw Can Turn Anonymous Comment XSS Into RCE via Admin Session 2026-09-22 at 09:03 By A new flaw in WordPress core let an anonymous visitor leave a comment that planted a hidden script on the page. If a logged-in administrator later opened that page, the script could run code on the site’s server. […]

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Zyxel and Veeam Flaws Under Active Exploitation With Command and SYSTEM Access

Zyxel and Veeam Flaws Under Active Exploitation With Command and SYSTEM Access 2026-09-22 at 08:31 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a now-patched security flaw impacting Zyxel GS1900 series switches to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-7273 (CVSS score: […]

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Passwork NIS2 efficiency guide: Save your team hours before the 2026 audit

Passwork NIS2 efficiency guide: Save your team hours before the 2026 audit 2026-09-22 at 08:00 By Help Net Security By the second half of 2026, national competent authorities across the EU are actively reviewing NIS2 compliance documentation. Under Article 20(1) of the directive, senior management at essential and important entities can be held personally liable […]

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European AI spending is on track to reach nearly $470 billion by 2030

European AI spending is on track to reach nearly $470 billion by 2030 2026-09-22 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz European organizations will spend nearly $470 billion on AI in 2030, IDC forecasts, with spending growing at a compound annual rate of 35% from 2025. At that rate, the market more than quadruples in five years. […]

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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: September 22, 2026

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: September 22, 2026 2026-09-22 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Analyst Threat Intelligence Optimum | USA | On-site – View job details As an Analyst Threat Intelligence, you will collect and analyze intelligence to identify threats, threat actors, malware campaigns, and relevant TTPs. You will map adversary behavior to MITRE ATT&CK, […]

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US Proposes AI Incident Alert System in Talks With China, Bessent Says

US Proposes AI Incident Alert System in Talks With China, Bessent Says 2026-09-22 at 05:01 By Associated Press Trump has resisted calls to slow down AI development, saying that would help China catch up to U.S. companies. The post US Proposes AI Incident Alert System in Talks With China, Bessent Says appeared first on SecurityWeek. […]

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Silicon Valley’s AI accelerationists fighting back against ‘mind virus’ taking over big labs

Silicon Valley’s AI accelerationists fighting back against ‘mind virus’ taking over big labs 2026-09-22 at 02:01 By Vivi Lin Physicists are warning against Effective Altruists spreading a “mind virus” over Silicon Valley, promoting a “doomer” view of Artificial Intelligence. Calls to regulate AI have been growing from industry leaders Anthropic and OpenAI, who warn the […]

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New study finds startling flaw if AI starts choosing who gets organ donations: ‘Diverge from human values’

New study finds startling flaw if AI starts choosing who gets organ donations: ‘Diverge from human values’ 2026-09-21 at 22:10 By Rachel Sacks The findings raise questions about AI making life-and-death medical decisions. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

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