Low-cost Android phones are arriving with malware that owners can’t uninstall
People who buy low-cost Android phones from online marketplaces may be carrying malware that was placed on the device before it reached them, Bitdefender has…
Month: October 2026
Critical SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaw Targeted in 135 Exploitation Attempts After Patch
Ravie LakshmananOct 12, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA)…
Quantum firms receive a £50m boost
The UK government has announced £50m funding for quantum technology firms to test and develop innovative products as part of its goal to invest £2bn…
Defence quiet on Australia’s role in Five Eyes AI program Arcadia
Key points Defence has declined to say how much Australia is spending on Project Arcadia, the US-led effort to pool Five Eyes military data into…
Bricksforge WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
A critical vulnerability in the Bricksforge WordPress plugin is being exploited in the wild, according to WordPress security company Patchstack. The vulnerability is tracked as…
ShinyHunters arrest number three: a Canadian ransomware negotiator
ShinyHunters arrest number three: a Canadian ransomware negotiator Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2026 A Canadian ransomware negotiator faces extortion charges in the FBI’s ShinyHunters crackdown.…
Ahold Delhaize experiencing cybersecurity issue
The company said it took some systems offline as part of “precautionary measures.” Websites for all five of the grocer’s U.S. banners were down Monday…
IonQ to buy zero-trust security firm Elisity in deal valued at up to $1.3 billion
IonQ announced Monday that it will acquire Elisity, a zero-trust network security firm, in an all-stock transaction valued at up to $1.3 billion that folds…
Researchers bypass 6 AI agent frameworks with a simple ‘Repeat-After-Me’ prompt
How exploitable the technique is depends on what an attacker can influence and what the agent is allowed to do, he added. A read-only agent…
Anthropic launches Critical Infrastructure Defense Program with security firms to protect industrial OT environments
Anthropic launched the Anthropic Cyber Mission, a long-term initiative to help secure critical infrastructure and open-source software by providing defenders with AI (artificial intelligence) tools,…
OT-ISAC, SUTD combine research and industry threat intelligence to strengthen OT cybersecurity preparedness
The Operational Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (OT-ISAC) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to…
GameOverlay Vulnerability Impacts 40% of Ubuntu Workloads
CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629 were found in the OverlayFS module in Ubuntu, which is a widely used Linux filesystem that became highly popular with the rise…