Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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Accenture, Dragos, SANS Launch $10M Initiative to Defend Small US Utilities

The first phase will cover up to 500 utilities, which will get free security tools, equipment, deployment help and training. The post Accenture, Dragos, SANS Launch $10M Initiative to Defend Small US Utilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Eight eMudhra CA Keys Compromised, Triggering Emergency Fixes Across Browsers and Software

The private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificates are compromised, Mozilla and Google's Chrome Root Program confirms on October 20. An intermediate CA signs the certificates that websites present, so anyone holding one of these keys could issue a certificate for any website that a browser would accept. A researcher reported the

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US Agencies Detail Incident Response Practices for Rogue AI Agents

NIST, CISA and NSA share ten voluntary practices for preparing for, detecting, responding to, recovering from, and reporting rogue AI agent incidents. The post US Agencies Detail Incident Response Practices for Rogue AI Agents appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Gets Public Exploit PoC for Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

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 that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially

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Qilin and INC Ransomware Groups Exploit Palo Alto Networks Flaw to Bypass MFA

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 be exploited by bad actors to set up unauthorized VPN connections. It was patched by Palo Alto Networks in May 2026 and was

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Hackers Use Autonomous AI Agents to Breach Company Websites, Target Over 1,200 Sites

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 agents tried more than 1,200 sites and reached websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm-equipment maker Deere, appliance company

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AOMEI Backupper Compromised in Short-Burst Supply Chain Campaign

Across multiple short compromise windows, users were served a downloader for the ShinyRoad modular backdoor framework. The post AOMEI Backupper Compromised in Short-Burst Supply Chain Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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The Key to AI Software Security Isn’t Speed, It’s Maturity

Where your developers sit on the AI adoption scale has a real impact on how you are addressing security risk. The post The Key to AI Software Security Isn’t Speed, It’s Maturity appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Ahold Delhaize Restoring Services Disrupted by Cyberattack

The company has restored many websites and apps in Europe and expects e-commerce brands in the US to be restored in days. The post Ahold Delhaize Restoring Services Disrupted by Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Pegasus Spyware Infection Confirmed on Serbian University Rector's iPhone Days Before Election

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 before Serbia's October 25 snap parliamentary election. The infection used a zero-click exploit, meaning Đokić did not have to tap a link or

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AI Platform Cairn Abused to Hack Over 100 Organizations

At least three threat actors have been abusing Cairn for persistent access and financial theft. The post AI Platform Cairn Abused to Hack Over 100 Organizations appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Ex-OpenAI Worker Accused of Bugging Conference Room Planned to Fly to Saudi Arabia, Prosecutors Say

Abdulrahman Alfozan’s wife and young son also left the country the day after the 35-year-old Saudi national’s arrest. The post Ex-OpenAI Worker Accused of Bugging Conference Room Planned to Fly to Saudi Arabia, Prosecutors Say appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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WhatsApp Hid Instructions in Help Pages Telling Its AI Chatbot Not to Recommend Privacy Regulators

WhatsApp's help pages carried hidden instructions for its support chatbot that told it not to recommend a data protection authority or regulator to users who could no longer delete their accounts, even though WhatsApp's own privacy policy for Europe tells users they can complain to one. The text sat in the pages' code, never shown on screen, until it was removed by October 18. Whether the

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What Security Teams Can Do To Tame Wild Code

A sales manager builds an AI-assisted workflow to route leads. It connects to customer records, summarizes inbound requests, and posts updates to a shared channel. The workflow saves time, reduces manual work, and soon becomes part of the team’s daily routine. Across the same organization, employees are building useful apps, agents, and automations faster than existing processes can support them

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Go Issues Emergency Update Blocking Eight CA Keys Over Undisclosed Security Concerns

Go 1.27.3 and Go 1.26.10, released on October 20, make Go's certificate verifier reject any certificate chain that passes through one of eight intermediate certificate authority keys. Programs built on the new release will refuse connections to sites and services whose certificates were issued under those keys. The Go team says the keys belong to one certificate authority it has not

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Microsoft Targets Rogue AI Agents With Dynamic Permissions, Risk Scoring

Microsoft says companies should treat AI agents as insiders, and is adding controls that grant access per task and tighten it as an agent’s risk rises. The post Microsoft Targets Rogue AI Agents With Dynamic Permissions, Risk Scoring appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Russian APT28 Breaches NATO Naval Shipbuilder in NATO Country, Deploys New Reflective Loader

The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as APT28 (aka BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, and Forest Blizzard) has been attributed to attacks targeting two member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Symantec Threat Hunter Team, which is tracking the activity cluster under the moniker Swallowtail, involved the use of a backdoor called HOOKEDGE and a previously

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ConnectWise Resets Credentials as Cloud Backup Remains Offline After Security Incident

ConnectWise on Monday said it has taken remediation measures, including strengthening administrative-access protections and resetting accounts and replacing application credentials, as it continues to respond to a security incident that led to unauthorized access to application identities associated with Cloud Backup. The company said it has completed the following actions since it began

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Hackers Steal 1.8 Million Records From Nikkei

The compromised information includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. The post Hackers Steal 1.8 Million Records From Nikkei appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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970,000 Medi-Cal Members Affected by Paradigm Healthcare Data Breach

Paradigm Healthcare Services detected an intrusion in October 2025, but it took nearly a year to start notifying affected individuals. The post 970,000 Medi-Cal Members Affected by Paradigm Healthcare Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.