Researchers Hack Broadcom Wi-Fi Routers Without Passwords and Gain Full Root Access
A flaw in Broadcom’s Wi-Fi software can let someone within wireless range take control of vulnerable routers without knowing the Wi-Fi password. The issue affects…
Month: October 2026
Cybercriminals favor Microsoft over Apple and Google in brand phishing attacks
Microsoft accounted for 33% of brand impersonation attempts tracked by Check Point Research in the third quarter of 2026, up from 23% in the previous…
Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Rank Math PRO Hijacked to Deliver Self-Restoring Backdoor
Copies of Rank Math PRO, the paid version of the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, that were downloaded from rankmath.com or delivered as updates…
Denmark stands against critics of public sector AI plans
Denmark is preparing to give public bodies legal powers to process people’s personal data with artificial intelligence (AI), but critics say the plan undermines data…
Generative AI In Research: EU Adds Agentic AI Guidance
AI agents can now run sequences of research tasks with little human input. The question is who answers for the results. The European Commission has…
Fake Driving Licence Gang Busted By Dubai Police
No travel, no lessons, no test, and a UAE licence at the end of it. That was the promise behind a fake driving licence scheme…
Agentic AI’s first job in Australian healthcare is fixing the fragmented patient journey
Australian GPs rank health system fragmentation and communication issues among their leading concerns for the future, according to the RACGP’s 2025 Health of the Nation…
Rank Math PRO WordPress Plugin Compromised in Supply Chain Attack
Users downloaded malicious versions of Rank Math PRO last week, after the WordPress SEO plugin was compromised in a supply chain attack. Some version 3.0.123…
Deepfakes and Election Manipulation: UK Watchdog Seeks Faster Detection
Deepfakes and Election Manipulation: UK Watchdog Seeks Faster Detection Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026 The UK Electoral Commission is building an AI system to alert…
US sanctions 5 Chinese entities over ex-Google engineer’s AI trade secrets theft
The US State Department announced on Monday that it was imposing sweeping sanctions under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act (PAIPA) on five Chinese entities…
9 rising malware trends every security pro should know
AI is speeding up existing attacks Although AI is yet to displace traditional attack methods, a range of security vendors report that attackers are using…
PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it
The published exploit chain was part of a proof-of-concept attack that the first researcher included when submitting a bug report to Plex. The complex code…