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3 Charged in Scheme to Use AI to Impersonate CEOs and Attorneys to Steal $129 Million

The trio, who have nicknames that include “Rocky Balboa,” “Superman Cash” and “Fat Boy,” often targeted the companies’ accounting departments. The post 3 Charged in Scheme to Use AI to Impersonate CEOs and Attorneys to Steal $129 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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AI Agents Got Root on Linux via 948 Kernel Flaws in OpenAI Research

An unreleased OpenAI cyber model found and exploited 948 distinct Linux kernel privilege escalation bugs for about $1.2 million. The post AI Agents Got Root on Linux via 948 Kernel Flaws in OpenAI Research appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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OpenSSH Issues Emergency Fix for Flaw Letting Long Passwords Bypass SSH Auth on Alpine Linux

Attackers can log in to accounts that have no password, such as SSH key-only accounts, on some Alpine Linux servers running the standard openssh-server package. They need network access to the server, an account name, and a password between 257 and 1,024 bytes long. OpenSSH, which rates the flaw critical, released version 10.6p2 today to block it. Alpine has published fixed packages for every

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Researchers Bypass ChatGPT Lockdown Mode to Exfiltrate Chats Without User Interaction

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass Lockdown Mode protections in OpenAI ChatGPT. Lockdown Mode was introduced by the artificial intelligence (AI) company in June 2026 as an optional setting to minimize data exfiltration risks arising from prompt injections. "The flaw could enable silent chat data theft, phishing,

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ThreatsDay: Apache OFBiz RCE, DreamHost Breach, DeFi Site Hijacks + 17 More Stories

How much damage can someone do without breaking much? Quite a lot, it seems. A stolen login can open doors across several systems. A trusted setting can be used to lock people out. Even a simple file copy can reach places it shouldn't. And while new tools are helping find security holes faster, some important systems are still taking months, sometimes over a year, to get patched. Not exactly a

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Bank Phishing Sites Show Fake ‘Suspended’ Pages to Evade Takedowns

More than 200 sites were seen serving phishing content to first-time visitors but not to those who revisit. The post Bank Phishing Sites Show Fake ‘Suspended’ Pages to Evade Takedowns appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cyberattack Hits French Blood Bank Site but No Blood Products Are Compromised

The incident comes after supermarkets in a number of European countries reported this week that their fridges and freezers warmed up after they were remotely hacked. The post Cyberattack Hits French Blood Bank Site but No Blood Products Are Compromised appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cisco, WatchGuard Release Patches; SonicWall Won’t Fix GMS Flaws

Cisco patched an RCE in UCS Central Software; WatchGuard fixed authentication and MitM flaws. The post Cisco, WatchGuard Release Patches; SonicWall Won’t Fix GMS Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Is Your Exposure Management Platform Leaving You Exposed? Five Tests to Find Out

A critical finding can move through several security tools and still leave the organization exposed.  The vulnerability has a severity score, and a ticket has reached the queue. Progress then depends on information the finding may lack: who owns the system, whether attackers can reach it, what protection exists, and how a change could affect the business.  Each missing detail creates

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The Agent Smith Dilemma: Governing Agentic Identities

Every autonomous AI agent deployed across your enterprise today is a new proxy identity operating inside your perimeter. The post The Agent Smith Dilemma: Governing Agentic Identities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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CISO Conversations: Ryan Davis – The Unknown Is Where Security Meets Reality

Ryan Davis went from hacking his school’s network to running security at New Charter Technologies. What worries him now is shadow AI. The post CISO Conversations: Ryan Davis – The Unknown Is Where Security Meets Reality appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Zyxel Switch Hacks Blamed on Patched Flaw Actually Exploited a Zero-Day

Tracked as CVE-2026-107441, the out-of-bounds write flaw could allow attackers to execute OS commands via crafted HTTP requests. The post Zyxel Switch Hacks Blamed on Patched Flaw Actually Exploited a Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Russia-Linked Hackers Hit iOS, Android Devices With Exploit Chains via Watering Holes

The large-scale watering hole campaign has been targeting entities in the US and Europe, mainly in Ukraine. The post Russia-Linked Hackers Hit iOS, Android Devices With Exploit Chains via Watering Holes appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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5 Active Cyber Threats That Put US Enterprises at Risk in October 2026

October 2026 brought another wave of cyber threats targeting US businesses, with attackers exploiting trusted platforms, legitimate authentication processes, and everyday business workflows. For enterprises, these campaigns raise the stakes beyond individual security incidents, increasing the risk of financial losses, data breaches, and costly operational disruption. Below, we examine five

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OpenAI Finds GPT-6 Astra Quietly Holding Back on Internal Red-Teaming, Exploit Tasks

OpenAI says its Critical-rated cyber model met fewer hidden task goals when work was framed as AI safety research, often silently. The post OpenAI Finds GPT-6 Astra Quietly Holding Back on Internal Red-Teaming, Exploit Tasks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Apple to Start Scanning Publicly Shared iCloud Photos and Files for Harmful Content

Apple has revealed that it plans to start checking public iCloud links for harmful content starting with iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, macOS 27.3, and visionOS 27.3. The change specifically applies to scenarios where users share iCloud content, such as photos in iCloud Photos or files in iCloud Drive, by sharing a link and making it accessible to "Anyone with the link." When users choose this option,

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CERT-In Flags AI-Driven Attacks as Backdoored ARTEX Exposes 62 Consoles to Root Access

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has disclosed that an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted threat actor it tracks as Crafty Falcon is targeting organizations in the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sectors in the country. Describing the threat as active and ongoing, the activity involves the use of publicly-available AI-driven offensive security tools

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Zyxel GS1900 Patch Fails to Block Zero-Day Exploit Allowing Root Command Execution

Zyxel GS1900 network switches that received the vendor's earlier fix for an actively exploited flaw are still open to the exploit attackers used, researchers at Binarly found. The exploit lets anyone who can reach a switch's web management interface run commands on it without logging in. Zyxel has released new firmware for 10 GS1900 models that closes the hole. The earlier fix is the 2.90

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Hackers Exploit Patched Apple Flaw to Deliver Info-Stealing Malware, CISA Says

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting multiple Apple operating systems to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-27834 (CVSS score: 5.5), a case of improper authentication that could allow an attacker with

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Want to Rent an Internet Address at the White House?

Several staffers at the White House are using computers or mobile devices equipped with residential proxy services that render their internet address available for others to rent, security experts warned today. One of the proxy services is a Russian company whose founder's web hosting business was ground zero for cyberattacks against election systems in Arizona and Illinois in 2016.