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- OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websitesby Dan Goodin on October 16, 2026 at 8:59 pm
The actions could have resulted in criminal charges had humans been behind the keyboard.
- Targeted ads delivered 0-click exploits to install mercenary malwareby Dan Goodin on October 15, 2026 at 8:32 pm
The incident is likely 1st confirmation of mercenary spyware delivered by targeted ads.
- Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor securityby Dan Goodin on October 14, 2026 at 9:35 pm
Incident hitting 700 supermarkets exploited outdated devices exposed to the Internet.
- Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devicesby Dan Goodin on October 14, 2026 at 12:55 pm
“Small weight-based replicators” could usher in a new generation of computer worms.
- Topgolf saved over $11.3 million after leaving VMwareby Scharon Harding on October 13, 2026 at 9:33 pm
Topgolf and VMware “ran deep” before the migration.
- PC shipments fall 20.1 percent in “sharpest decline” since Q1 2023by Scharon Harding on October 9, 2026 at 6:54 pm
“The current decline may be just the beginning of a new downward cycle.”
- Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large servicesby Dan Goodin on October 6, 2026 at 7:21 pm
Compromise of 3 domain registries allows hackers to walk off with unauthorized certs.
- OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with trafficby Dan Goodin on October 6, 2026 at 12:21 pm
The reports of OpenAI agents harming third-party sites keep coming.
- Licensing costs driving 90 percent of VMware users to explore options: Surveyby Scharon Harding on October 6, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Users want to “reduce risk and avoid unnecessary disruption” while making changes.
- MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you’ve never heard ofby Dan Goodin on October 5, 2026 at 10:26 pm
Trust gaps in the new protocol spread malicious prompts from one agent to another.
- Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agentsby Dan Goodin on October 2, 2026 at 11:03 pm
Meta says FDA isn’t sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
- Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive databy Dan Goodin on October 1, 2026 at 8:28 pm
It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
- Memory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028by Scharon Harding on October 1, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Prices for memory sold for 2027 “are much higher than 2026 prices.”
- Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emailsby Dan Goodin on September 30, 2026 at 8:44 pm
A simple email gives the attackers the ability to remotely inject OS commands.
- Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificatesby Dan Goodin on September 30, 2026 at 11:15 am
The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.
- Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?by Dan Goodin on September 25, 2026 at 7:38 pm
Ads appearing all over the Internet are trying to scam people.
- There’s a new way to break RSA that’s faster than anything we’ve seen beforeby Dan Goodin on September 24, 2026 at 11:15 am
Until now, cryptographers thought factoring was the only way to break RSA. Not anymore.
- Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accountsby Dan Goodin on September 22, 2026 at 7:45 pm
EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.
- IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity recordsby Scharon Harding on September 22, 2026 at 4:55 pm
The English hospitals recovered patient care data only.
- Muse, Meta’s extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-dayby Dan Goodin on September 21, 2026 at 10:24 pm
A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.























