What The Impact Of July’s Water Utility Incidents Does & Doesn’t Tell Us
Impact matters in cyber attacks and incidents. It matters much more than the rate or number of attacks. 100+ water utilities being hacked within two…
Month: October 2026
PyLoose: Python-based fileless malware targets cloud workloads to deliver cryptominer
Using the Wiz Runtime Sensor, we have recently detected a new fileless attack targeting cloud workloads. The attack consists of Python code that loads an…
Taking the cloud out of the sky.
French supermarkets lose their cool in a refrigeration cyberattack. Anthropic pulls the plug on AI agents behaving badly. A Canadian ransomware negotiator is arrested in…
OpenAI engineer arrested for allegedly planting spy device in office
A Saudi OpenAI engineer has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at the company’s San Francisco offices…
Critical FortiSandbox GUI Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Bypass Authentication
Fortinet disclosed a critical authentication-bypass vulnerability in the FortiSandbox graphical user interface that could let remote attackers access protected functions without valid credentials. Tracked as…
Microsoft Patches More Than 1,400 Security Flaws – Krebs on Security
Microsoft today issued updates to fix more than 1,400 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Today’s epic patch batch dwarfs September’s…
An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office
An engineer at OpenAI allegedly concealed an audio recording device in a piece of toilet paper and attached it behind a monitor inside an executive…
Hackers Target Hundreds of French Supermarkets, Heating Refrigeration Systems to 50°C
Hundreds of French supermarkets experienced refrigeration disruptions after hackers reportedly manipulated control systems overnight, destroying fresh and frozen food. Intermarché, Netto, Coopérative U, and Leclerc…
AI Scams Target Crypto Users, Not Protocols, and Wallet Security Is Catching Up
Picture a composite case drawn from documented scams where a tech professional spends forty minutes on a video call with a “compliance officer” whose face…
Meta outlines Muse Wonder safeguards for AI agents acting on your behalf
Meta’s Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full models are built for AI agents that handle tasks such as preparing insurance claims, reviewing leases and developing…
Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Soon Form Self-Propagating IoT Botnets
Ravie LakshmananOct 13, 2026Artificial Intelligence / IoT Security Small artificial intelligence (AI) models may be months away from developing capabilities to self-replicate on IoT devices…
Microsoft CVE volumes on relentless upward trajectory
Aided in large part by AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday update has once again addressed a record number of common vulnerabilities and exposures…