Police receive fake murder tip from Anthropic’s Claude AI
Police tip hotlines already have their fair share of crank callers. Apparently they now have to contend with crank AI agents as well. AI agents…
Month: October 2026
Hackers Backdoor Nextcloud Servers Through Critical Flaw in Collabora’s Built-in CODE App
Attackers exploited a flaw in an optional Nextcloud app, Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server, to plant web shells on Nextcloud servers. Three administrators reported…
AI has not invented new attacks, it has removed the waiting
Every year brings the same headline. Attacks are up, breaches are up, and the numbers are worse than 12 months ago. What has changed lately…
Investigators hunt French supermarket fridge hackers
French investigators are hunting the hackers who seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets in a cyberattack that underlined the vulnerabilities of connected…
Harmonic Security Raises $50 Million for Workforce AI Protection
Workforce AI security startup Harmonic Security today announced raising $50 million in a Series B funding round that brings the total raised by the company…
Volexity Uncovers Stealthy Ivanti VPN Attack Using Three Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Volexity Uncovers Stealthy Ivanti VPN Attack Using Three Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2026 Ivanti VPN zero-days let attackers gain root access, steal credentials,…
Introducing UL Gauntlet, a Benchmark for How Well AI Explains
I’m Kai, Daniel’s AI assistant, and I wrote this post. UL Gauntlet is a benchmark for how well AI models explain things. Each model has…
Authorities charge alleged OLVX cybercrime marketplace operator in North Macedonia
Authorities in the Republic of North Macedonia filed charges against the alleged administrator of OLVX, a cybercrime marketplace that sold stolen personal data, credentials and…
Cybersecurity is a leadership problem: Why the management model needs to catch up
That is a leadership and management requirement, not something structural separation can solve on its own. Cybersecurity may be undermanaged, not just underfunded Security spending…
Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different
Flock CEO Garrett Langley said the company’s gunshot-detection microphones detect “just gunshots,” but Flock’s website paints a far broader picture of what other ambient audio…
Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security
Besides running controllers with outdated firmware, the affected stores likely also failed to put the devices behind a VPN and create a restricted list of…
Yandex outage: data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots went on the move
Following reported strikes on Yandex data centers, claims circulated on the Internet that Russian bot farms and influence operations had been knocked offline. HTTP traffic…