EU Chief Warns of AI-Powered Hacking, Moves to Rein In Social Media
Ursula von der Leyen warns that advanced AI could unleash hacking on an unprecedented scale as Europe prepares new protections against social media’s “captur...
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Preparing for AI-enabled incidents: Helping business leaders understand enterprise risk
Here's a primer on proactive incident response in the age of AI.
Treasury’s Scott Bessent says no liability exemptions for AI labs
The secretary told House Financial Services Committee lawmakers that the “best way to guarantee safety” is for AI creators to be held “liable for what they b...
The true cost of a ransomware attack, with and without BCDR
The ransom itself can be only a fraction of the total cost of a ransomware attack, with downtime, recovery, remediation, and legal obligations adding million...
CISA and NIST Issue Guidance to Protect Cloud Identity Tokens
CISA and NIST issued final guidance to help protect cloud identity tokens and assertions
Google Patches Pixel Modem Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Google has patched a high-severity zero-day in the Pixel cellular modem after finding evidence that the vulnerability was exploited in limited, targeted atta...
GhostCode Abuses Microsoft Entra Device Enrollment to Maintain Access After Token Revocation
A newly identified device-code phishing kit dubbed GhostCode exploits Microsoft Entra device enrollment to maintain access after stolen tokens are revoked. G...
Flock camera use by internal affairs unit puts DC police at odds with officers’ union
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AIUC Raises $40 Million to Certify Enterprise AI Agents
The company provides a standard for AI systems, testing them against risks such as jailbreaks, prompt injections, and unauthorized actions. The post AIUC Rai...
Attacker Hijacks AI Coding Assistant Session, Spreads Shai-Hulud Across About 100 Repositories
Mandiant says an attacker hijacked an active AI coding-assistant session at an unnamed software-as-a-service provider and later spread Shai-Hulud across abou...
Parallels Desktop Flaw Lets Non-Admin Mac Users Gain Root, but Intel Macs Can't Install Fix
Parallels Desktop for Mac has a flaw that lets an ordinary local account run code as root, the highest level of access on a Mac, software company JFrog said ...
EU chief wants joint response to cyberattacks, sabotage
Delivering her annual State of the Union address in Strasbourg, Ursula von der Leyen said threats were “mounting on our soil,” pointing to recent incidents i...
VectraRAT Malware-as-a-Service Lets Hackers Bypass UAC and Hijack Windows Systems
VectraRAT, a previously undocumented Malware-as-a-Service platform that combines remote-access trojan capabilities with automated credential theft and a sile...
Pixel Modem Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Google announced patches for the exploited privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-58704) on September 15. The post Pixel Modem Zero-Day Exploited in Ta...
Revolut Data Leak May Trace Back to Compromised Italian Government Accounts
A suspected compromise of an Italian government PEC account may have allowed threat actors to impersonate law enforcement and obtain sensitive data from hund...
Ukraine moves to crack down on scam call centers after corruption scandal
Ukraine’s parliament has approved tougher criminal penalties for involvement in fraudulent call centers and the theft of personal data, following a corruptio...
Parallels Desktop flaw hands any local user root on a Mac (CVE-2026-90894)
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Parallels Desktop, tracked as CVE-2026-90894 and dubbed “ParaShells,” can allow any local user on a Mac to gain root privi...
TP-Link Tapo Camera Flaw Lets Attackers Gain Admin Access Without Password
Security researchers have revealed two vulnerabilities in TP-Link’s Tapo C200 smart camera that could enable nearby network attackers to bypass administrator...
Chinese-Speaking Hackers Use Noodle RAT Backdoor to Spy on Windows and Linux Systems
Chinese-speaking threat actors are continuing to rely on Noodle RAT, a cross-platform remote access trojan designed to maintain covert access to compromised ...
Microsoft says Copilot buttons still missing in classic Outlook
Microsoft says it's still investigating a known issue that causes the Copilot and Copilot Chat buttons in Classic Outlook to disappear for some Windows users...