Top hyperscalers likely to have more AI-linked debt than now known
S&P Global estimates the world’s biggest tech firms are likely to have more AI-linked liabilities than currently known, although its top analyst for the sector…
Month: October 2026
Hackers Steal 1.8 Million Records From Nikkei
Japanese media giant Nikkei has disclosed a fresh data breach impacting more than 1.8 million records. According to the company, best known for major financial…
AfD Email Breach Exposes 421,000 Messages in Anonymous Online Archive
AfD Email Breach Exposes 421,000 Messages in Anonymous Online Archive Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2026 A data breach exposed AfD emails, while an anonymous site…
When defrost becomes sabotage: 3 OT lessons from France’s supermarket attack
An unsupported controller is a budget line, not a patch ticket Claroty’s Team82 published three flaws in the current model, the AK-SM 800A, in August,…
Deloitte and Wiz Announce a Strategic Alliance to Help their Mutual Clients Accelerate Digital Transformation with a Modern Cloud Security Strategy
Deloitte and Wiz today announced they have formed a strategic alliance to help their shared clients address cloud security needs by combining Deloitte’s deep knowledge…
No such thing as a free parking spot.
This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner alongside Joe Carrigan are discussing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and…
Hackers hijack AOMEI update servers to secretly spread malware
Hackers reportedly compromised AOMEI’s servers to distribute malware through a built-in promotional feature in its backup software, briefly tampering with configuration files before restoring them…
Hackers Compromise Rank Math PRO WordPress Plugin to Install Self-Rebuilding Backdoors
Hackers planted malware in copies of the Rank Math PRO WordPress plugin, exposing websites to hidden backdoors that can rebuild themselves after removal. Rank Math…
International Law Enforcement Dismantles Multimillion-Dollar Phishing Network
Carmen Estela Cyber Defense Magazine October 16, 2026 The Takedown of an Underground Phishing Engine A coordinated operation led by Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, Health-ISAC,…
Hackers Turn Low-Cost Android Phones Into Hidden Proxy Botnets Through Preinstalled Malware
Midnight Mimosa, a widespread Android malware campaign, is turning inexpensive smartphones into advertising fraud engines and potential residential proxy nodes by embedding malicious apps in…
Your frontline workers have a workaround for that MFA prompt
Frontline workers in healthcare and manufacturing are getting around slow, unreliable logins by staying signed in, sharing credentials and trying to bypass multifactor authentication. Sapio…
Ex-OpenAI Engineer Detained in Spy Device Case as Saudi Royal Contacts Emerge
Swati KhandelwalOct 20, 2026Cyber Espionage / Data Security A U.S. court on Monday granted the U.S. government’s request to detain a former OpenAI engineer accused…