CW@60: The long gestation of a data nerd and agent overseer
On 22 September 2026, Computer Weekly turns 60. To mark the milestone, we asked some of our friends – experts, parliamentarians, IT leaders and suppliers…
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Hundreds of old, vulnerable Exchange servers remain in Australia
Key points 382 Australian and 56 New Zealand Exchange servers remain vulnerable to CVE-2026-62911 as of August 31, three weeks after Microsoft’s fix. Working exploit…
Adobe Commerce Zero-Day Exploited to Backdoor Online Stores
Threat actors are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Commerce and Magento e-commerce platforms to backdoor online stores, cybersecurity firm Sansec reports. Dubbed StyleSmuggler, the…
Why AI Agent Sandboxes Are Failing Security Tests
Why AI Agent Sandboxes Are Failing Security Tests Pierluigi Paganini September 07, 2026 Autonomous AI agents escaped a sandbox and accessed Hugging Face via reward…
Watch the Plot | Daniel Miessler
The metric for AI is whether it’s improving the lives of conscious creatures September 7, 2026 by Daniel Miessler Ezekiel-25-17ing… The metric for AI is…
CVE-2024-4577 RCE in PHP CGI: Everything you need to know
Researchers discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in PHP CGI, assigned CVE-2024-4577, affecting all Windows versions of PHP CGI. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers…
BLISTER Configuration Extractor | Elastic Security Labs
Python script to extract the configuration and payload from BLISTER samples. Download blister-config-extractor.tar.gz Getting Started This tool provides a Python module and command line tool…
Mathspace discloses data breach affecting over 1 million people
Online maths learning platform Mathspace disclosed over the weekend that attackers stole data from more than 1 million students, staff, and parents after breaching its…
Online Maths Learning Platform Mathspace Disclosed Data Breach Impacts 1 Million Users
Online maths learning platform Mathspace has confirmed a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than one million students, parents, guardians, and school…
Global Phishing Campaign Abuses Google Infrastructure to Evade Security and Steal Credentials
A large-scale phishing operation is abusing trusted Google services as a multi-stage redirect network to bypass email security controls, deliver highly personalized credential-harvesting pages, and,…
OpenAI just hit a milestone on the road to self-improving AI
OpenAI has announced that it has reached a goal set last fall of having an automated research intern by September 2026. The milestone means a…
Flirty OnlyFans promoters on X may be using AI to appear human
In a recent post, we looked at reports of League of Legends players receiving suspicious friend requests shortly after matches. The accounts quickly steered the…