Microsoft floats “risk cohorts” as patch load hits record size
Key points Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday fixed 1417 CVEs, 42 percent more than September’s 998 and nearly eight times October 2025’s 180. Microsoft proposed grouping…
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US Arrests Two in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Laptop Farms
Two US nationals were arrested in a new law enforcement operation targeting fraudulent North Korean IT worker schemes. The suspects, Michael James Bostelle of Pennsylvania…
Hidden Audio Recorder Found at OpenAI as Employee Faces Federal Charges
Hidden Audio Recorder Found at OpenAI as Employee Faces Federal Charges Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2026 OpenAI employee charged with planting hidden audio recorders to…
Unplug your smart fridges, French supermarkets warned after cyberattack
More internet-connected refrigerators have joined the official list of those affected by a cyberattack that ruined stocks of chilled food at hundreds of French supermarkets…
ECSO outlines six priorities for EU space cybersecurity policy, from secure-by-design systems to threat intelligence sharing
The European Cybersecurity Organisation (ECSO) has called for a dedicated European industrial policy for space cybersecurity, warning that regulatory measures alone will not deliver the…
HSCC publishes AI clinical resilience playbook to help healthcare organizations manage patient safety, cybersecurity risks
The Health Sector Coordinating Council’s (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group published the Playbook for AI Clinical Resilience (PAICR), a framework designed to help health delivery organizations…
Part 2 – Cybersecurity journeys: What even is this job?
If you’ve ever looked at a list of cybersecurity jobs and felt like none of them fit you, you might just be looking at a…
Fake WatchGuard VPN Site Steals Credentials
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Stephanie Fairless and Andrew Brandt for their help in analysing this attack. Background A simple search on Google or Bing for a…
Inside the Media Mind of Kimanze Constable: Freelancer
HOST(S): Christine is the executive producer and host of the “Inside the Media Minds” podcast, a W2 Communications production that takes listeners inside the mind…
Anthropic warns self-replicating AI could spread to your smart devices
Anthropic is warning that small AI models could soon be able to self-replicate across consumer IoT devices, from Android TV boxes to smart ovens, creating…
Google Awarded a $250,000 Bounty for a Full-chain Chrome Exploit Found Using GPT-5.6
XBOW says its security researchers earned a $250,000 reward from Google after building a full-chain Chrome exploit with AI agents. The team says the work…
Windows BitLocker Vulnerabilities Could Allow Attackers to Bypass Security Protections and Escalate Privileges
Three Windows BitLocker vulnerabilities, as described in the provided advisory, could let attackers elevate privileges or bypass security protections under various access conditions. Microsoft is…