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OpenAI has expanded its ChatGPT Chrome extension so the assistant can read information across open tabs and carry out browser tasks. The update moves ChatGPT beyond answering questions about a single page, adding tools for comparing content, filling forms, sending messages, and organizing tabs. The announcement appeared on October 16 in India. OpenAI says the […]

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TeamUpdraft, the developer behind the UpdraftPlus WordPress backup plugin, has disclosed a website breach that exposed remote management keys. Attackers used those keys to install malicious plugins on connected WordPress sites, turning a trusted management feature into a route for running harmful code. The company identified unauthorized access to teamupdraft.com during October 17–18, 2026. Attackers […]

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Federal investigators suspect an executive at a United States consulting firm helped ShinyHunters operate a website used to pressure hacked companies into paying ransom demands. The allegation raises questions about whether trusted ransomware advisers crossed from helping victims into supporting the criminals demanding payment for stolen data. The suspected website operator has not been publicly […]

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Criminals have found a way to use open banking as a low-cost checking service for stolen bank and card details. In a campaign described by Group-IB, fraudsters abused a spend-management platform’s account-linking process to check whether credentials worked and whether linked accounts held funds. The platform did not lose money through stolen funds, but it […]

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WP2Shell combines two WordPress Core flaws to move from an unauthenticated request to server-side code execution. It can let an attacker create an administrator account and install a plugin-based web shell. Seqrite’s October 16 analysis lists affected releases, but does not establish widespread live exploitation. The report says the flaws were disclosed in July 2026. […]

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Hackers are using generative AI to build custom malware, rewrite harmful scripts, and make phishing messages harder to spot. The shift puts pressure on security tools that mainly depend on known file signatures, while helping ransomware operators move faster from their first foothold to data theft and encryption. The danger is not that every AI-generated […]

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Thousands of Android phones across more than 150 countries have been found running malware planted in their firmware before purchase. The campaign, called Midnight Mimosa, targets low-cost devices and gives attackers system access without requiring owners to download a harmful app or click a suspicious link. The malware can secretly install and remove apps, load […]

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A campaign called GhostAction has placed malicious GitHub Actions workflows in 790 repositories, putting cloud credentials, software-publishing tokens, and AI service keys at risk. The total is OpenSourceMalware’s count of publicly recoverable, validated repositories through October 9, 2026; it is not a claim that every repository leaked credentials or suffered confirmed misuse. The campaign abuses […]

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Revolut suffered a major service outage on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, disrupting payments, cash withdrawals, and access to its banking app. The digital bank said customer money and data remained safe while engineers worked to restore affected services. The disruption came as Google Cloud reported problems in its London region. Reuters reported that a person […]

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Hackers linked to AI-assisted attacks on South Korean banks left parts of their own infrastructure open, giving researchers a view of their tools and preparations. The exposed files showed a wider operation involving cryptocurrency theft tools, Linux attacks, and mobile security testing beyond the banking campaign. Public reporting cited in the investigation said the breaches […]

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ThreatBook has launched RedAgents, a cloud platform that brings several AI-powered penetration-testing agents together to assess an organization’s systems. Announced on October 16, 2026, the service is designed to help security teams find weaknesses in their own networks by running multiple automated tests within a defined, authorized scope. ThreatBook says the agents can work in […]

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to stop buying DeepSeek products and remove related technology from their IT systems. The action covers products from Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd., its affiliates, and third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations. The notice was filed for public inspection on October […]

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Microsoft warns organizations to treat AI agents as potential insider risks not because they are automatically malicious, but because they can access company data, apps, and tools and act on that access at high speed. The warning, published on October 19, 2026, comes as businesses use agents to handle tasks such as writing code, reviewing […]

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San Rafael, United States, October 19th, 2026, CyberNewswire Built on an evolutionary engine first released in 2018, STAR Fuzzer by Bright Security finds crashes, memory exhaustion and memory-safety bugs in security-critical code without a running application. In its first open source research run, it found High or Critical issues in 45% of the projects tested, […]

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NSA, CISA, and NIST have released joint security guidelines to help organizations detect, contain, and shut down AI agents that act beyond their approved tasks. Published October 16, 2026, the voluntary guidance sets out ten practices for managing incidents during superintelligence training and evaluation, with a focus on maintaining human oversight. The NIST announcement groups […]

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Hackers are exploiting a command injection flaw in SiteGuard Server Edition, a web application firewall installed directly on protected servers. Tracked as CVE-2026-106931, the vulnerability could let attackers run operating system commands with root or SYSTEM privileges, potentially giving them full control of an affected server. The flaw affects the product’s statistics function, which is […]

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A newly registered domain copies Microsoft Teams’ login page and interface, raising concerns about a phishing attempt targeting workplace users. Security researcher Steven Lim reported that teams-cloud[.]live was just five days old when he flagged it on October 18, 2026. He urged organizations to block the address before employees encounter the fake site. The alert […]

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A 16-year-old flaw in Broadcom’s Wi-Fi software can let attackers within wireless range take control of affected routers without knowing the network password. Security researcher Quentin Kaiser disclosed the issue at Hexacon in Paris on October 16, 2026, warning that old code remains in widely deployed devices. According to Kaiser’s research, the flaw has existed […]

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Google has announced a new set of Android security protections designed to stop mobile scams across calls, text messages, chat apps, web links, and account verification codes. The update comes as criminals increasingly use spoofed phone numbers, fake bank alerts, phishing pages, remote screen sharing, and AI-generated voices to trick users into giving up money […]

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Hackers are exploiting flaws in Plex Media Server to install cryptocurrency mining malware, with a researcher recording successful attacks against a honeypot on October 17, 2026. The activity follows the release of Plex2Shell, a public exploit that chains four vulnerabilities to run code without logging in. Later observations also revealed proxy software running alongside the […]

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