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Hackers hijack AOMEI update servers to secretly spread malware

Hackers reportedly compromised AOMEI's servers to distribute malware through a built-in promotional feature in its backup software, briefly tampering with configuration files before restoring them to their original state to hide the attacks.a [...]

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Bullhorn takes staffing platform offline to contain cyberattack

Staffing software company Bullhorn has disabled access to its platform to contain a cyberattack that caused a system-wide outage. [...]

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Hackers Exploit Plex2Shell Flaws to Install Crypto Miners and Linux Proxy Backdoor

Threat actors have begun to exploit a chain of vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server to deploy cryptocurrency miners and reverse proxy software, a day after a proof-of-concept (PoC) went public. According to a researcher who goes by the online alias boredhackerblog, the exploitati

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BleepingComputer2h

OpenCode hack exposes API keys amid AI distillation attacks

The open-source AI coding project OpenCode has notified a small number of users that API keys they used with external providers were exposed in a security breach. [...]

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Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Rank Math PRO Hijacked to Deliver Self-Restoring Backdoor

Copies of Rank Math PRO, the paid version of the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, that were downloaded from rankmath.com or delivered as updates between 20:02 UTC on October 15 and 07:12 UTC on October 16 contained malware, Rank Math said in a security notice published on Octo

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Microsoft fixes game, app crashes caused by recent Windows update

Microsoft has resolved a bug that caused games and apps using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding to crash after installing the September 2026 Windows 11 preview update (KB5124010). [...]

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OnlyFans Copyright Takedowns Expose Compromised Websites

Copyright takedown requests tied to OnlyFans and other adult content creators are revealing how attackers exploit vulnerable university and government websites to manipulate search results. UpGuard's Greg Pollock explains what universities, government websites, and security teams

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⚡ Weekly Recap: 98 Zero-Days, Rogue AI Agents, $100M Crypto Theft, 700 Supermarkets Hit and More

The worst problems don't always come with a warning. Sometimes they arrive through a service everyone trusts, a device someone bought, or a system nobody thought to check. By the time something looks wrong, the damage may already be done. This week had plenty of that. Trusted con

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BleepingComputer5h

Inside the Underground Market for Know Your Client Services

Cybercriminals are selling forged identity documents, deepfake videos, and live verification services to help buyers bypass Know Your Client (KYC) checks. Flare examines how these underground services operate and the techniques used to create and maintain fraudulent verified acco

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The Evolving Cybersecurity Lexicon: Vulnerability Discovery to Resilience

An industry-wide laser focus on vulnerabilities has left cybersecurity teams without enough room to strategize for resilience.

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F5 releases out-of-band patches for critical NGINX vulnerabilities

F5 has released out-of-band security patches to address multiple NGINX web server flaws, including three critical-severity vulnerabilities that can let attackers execute code on vulnerable systems. [...]

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Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site

U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware negotiation firms who maintained unusually close relations with the extortion group, KrebsOnSecurity ha

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GhostAction Attackers Plant Credential Stealer Disguised as Font in 94 GitHub Repositories

The threat actor behind the GhostAction supply chain attack has expanded beyond injecting malicious GitHub Actions workflows into compromised projects to phish open-source developers and deliver a stealer malware disguised within a fake font file. The latest evolution, detailed b

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BleepingComputer7h

Microsoft fixes classic Outlook bug that hid Copilot buttons

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that removed the Copilot Chat and Copilot buttons in the classic Outlook desktop mail client for some Windows users. [...]

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The Hacker News8h

From Email-to-Case to the Boardroom: How Inherited Agents Break Governance Built for Software

In Salesforce Agentforce, the recommended way to make an agent respond to events is a Flow: a record is created or a case is updated, and the Flow passes data into the agent's prompt. Separately, Email-to-Case and Web-to-Case turn inbound customer messages into case records; it i

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Fake Web3 Accelerator Uses npm Packages to Spread Malware and Hijack AI Agent Traffic

A fake Web3 accelerator has been observed pushing information stealers and backdoors to Windows and macOS systems using malicious npm packages under the pretext of offering free artificial intelligence (AI) credits for Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini, coding tools, and securit

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BleepingComputer11h

Microsoft: October Windows Server updates break Exchange sign-in, mail flow

Microsoft has confirmed that this month's Windows Server security updates are causing OWA sign-in and mail delivery issues on some Exchange Server systems. [...]

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The Hacker News13h

Unpatched Broadcom Wi-Fi Flaw Lets Attackers in Range Run Code as Root on Routers

A flaw in Broadcom's Wi-Fi setup software lets an attacker within radio range run code as root on Broadcom-based routers, without the network password or any pairing step, security researcher Quentin Kaiser disclosed on October 16. He showed the attack working against home gatewa

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OpenCode Console Breach May Have Exposed OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google API Keys

An intruder reached a legacy system at OpenCode on the night of October 16 and may have exposed the third-party AI provider keys that users had saved in OpenCode Console, the company said. Console is OpenCode's optional hosted service: a workspace saves its own OpenAI, Anthropic,

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Hackers exploit SiteGuard WAF flaw to run commands as admins

Attackers are targeting an OS command injection vulnerability in SiteGuard Server Edition that lets them execute commands as root or SYSTEM on affected servers. [...]

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ConnectWise Suspends Cloud Backup After Attackers Compromise Microsoft 365 Tenants

ConnectWise on Saturday said it has disabled seven ConnectWise application identities as it continues its investigation into an incident in which unknown threat actors obtained unauthorized access to the application identities and compromised Microsoft 365 tenants. The disabled i

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Hackers breach Microsoft 365 tenants via ConnectWise supply-chain attack

ConnectWise has shut down customer access to its Cloud Backup service (formerly SkyKick Cloud Backup) after hackers accessed application identities and compromised Microsoft 365 tenants. [...]

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Drupal patches critical RCE flaws, warns exploits may emerge soon

Drupal has patched two critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute code remotely on websites running any supported version of the content management system. [...]

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MALFEX npm Package 'imgdecode' Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that's part of a recently disclosed software supply chain attack campaign dubbed MALFEX. The package, named "imgdecode," was uploaded to the package registry on September 30, 2026, by a user named "malfexteste8." I

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Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain unauthorized access to customers' M365 environm

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BeyondTrust Remote Support Zero-Day Continues Trend of Exploited Edge Bugs

Ivanti, Cisco, and Palo Alto Networks all had vulnerabilities in edge devices come under fire this week. Now BeyondTrust joins the group.

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Critical BlockStrap flaw lets hackers run code on Magento servers

Researchers warn that hackers could soon exploit a maximum-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-103849) affecting Magento and Adobe Commerce, potentially allowing them to execute arbitrary PHP code on store servers. [...]

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Fake Claude, ChatGPT Attacks Surge, Putting Developers at Risk

Campaigns that impersonate popular AI brands are on the rise, and they typically use ClickFix-like tactics to target unsuspecting enterprise employees.

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Biomemory Launches DNA Shield, First Commercial Product Built on Its Molecular IT Platform

The launch follows the acquisition of catalog's assets and the appointment of Laurent Guengant as CEO earlier this year.

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Enterprise AI Enters Risk Management Phase as Security Concerns Rise

Companies are increasingly discovering that the challenge with AI is no longer adoption, but execution.

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