Patching & Updates
16 October 2026
Employees using personal ChatGPT at work? Here's what IT admins need to do
Employees using personal ChatGPT accounts at work can expose sensitive company data, even when their organization provides an approved Enterprise workspace. NordLayer explains how IT teams can…
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16 October 2026
Burger King Japan data breach exposes 11 million customer records
Burger King Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of global fast-food giant Burger King, disclosed a major data breach after attackers accessed a server containing 11.18 million customer records. [...]
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Patching & Updates
15 October 2026
Hackers exploit Collabora RCE flaw to backdoor Nextcloud servers
Threat actors are exploiting a critical command execution flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-110447, in the Collabora Online - Built-in CODE Server app (richdocumentscode) for Nextcloud. [...]
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Patching & Updates
15 October 2026
Android gets AI defenses against messaging scams, fake calls
Google announced new AI-powered defenses against scam messages and call-forwarding abuse on Android, currently rolling out to eligible devices. [...]
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Patching & Updates
15 October 2026
Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth
A proxyjacking campaign has impacted devices in 34 countries, monetizing victims' internet connections through a commercial residential proxy network. [...]
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Patching & Updates
15 October 2026
Is AI pentesting as good as a human pentester?
AI pentesting can uncover vulnerabilities missed by human testers, but it also has limitations in consistency, risk assessment, and understanding business context. Intruder compares the strengths and…
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Patching & Updates
15 October 2026
Meet the new Photos app on Windows 11
Photos hold some of our most meaningful memories: the people we love, the milestones we celebrate, and the everyday moments we want to remember. They connect us to our past and help us share our…
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Patching & Updates
15 October 2026
What’s new in Windows 11: Everyday experiences, reimagined
Every day, your PC helps you get things done, stay connected, capture ideas and make time for what you enjoy. That’s why Windows 11 continues to evolve, starting with a faster, more dependable and…
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Patching & Updates
15 October 2026
Incredible deals and more to love in a new Windows PC this holiday
A new PC is a meaningful purchase. Whether you are upgrading a family laptop, shopping for a student, or someone who loves to create or game, you want your money to go further. The right PC should…
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Patching & Updates
15 October 2026
Microsoft fixes bug causing Windows black screens, Explorer crashes
Microsoft has resolved a known issue that was causing black screens, desktop loading issues, and Explorer crashes after installing Windows 11 updates released since August. [...]
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Patching & Updates
15 October 2026
UK Legal Aid Agency: Hackers stole records dating back to 1978
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA), an executive agency of the UK's Ministry of Justice that manages the country's Public Defender Service, says attackers who breached its IT systems in April 2025 stole…
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Patching & Updates
14 October 2026
Palo Alto Networks warns of PAN-OS RCE flaw exploited in attacks
Palo Alto Networks has released security updates for a high-severity PAN-OS RCE zero-day, tracked as CVE-2026-0322, that has been exploited in attacks targeting firewalls. [...]
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Patching & Updates
14 October 2026
FBI raids DPRK IT worker laptop farms in Texas, US nationals arrested
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has disrupted the Famous Chollima threat group's operations by arresting two suspects, charging 14 individuals, and seizing nearly 187 laptops used in North…
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Patching & Updates
14 October 2026
The stats for October
A reminder about the stats for Patch Tuesday: 1,407 vulnerabilities, two zero days, and one exploited in the wild. However, only 4.9% of those vulnerabilities are critical and most of those are for…
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Patching & Updates
12 October 2026
AI is very smart. Just ask it.
COMMENTARY By Amy Babinchak I am a known person in the Great Lakes sailing community, at least in some circles. Recently, I was asked to identify a fish from a photograph taken in northern Lake…
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Patching & Updates
9 October 2026
Hackers get $1,262,000 for 98 zero-days at Pwn2Own Ireland
The Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 hacking contest has concluded, with hackers collecting $1,262,000 in rewards after exploiting 98 zero-day flaws. [...]
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Patching & Updates
8 October 2026
FBI disrupts Chinese hacking tools used to breach critical infrastructure
The FBI has seized seven domains used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as Flax Typhoon to operate two hacking tools, MicroScan and FishHub, used in attacks that breached critical…
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Patching & Updates
8 October 2026
Ransomware attack disrupts Japan's IDCF Cloud used by govt clients
IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure company, disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted in a ransomware attack that caused an outage at a data center cluster…
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Patching & Updates
8 October 2026
FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos
More than 17,000 fake repositories on GitHub are distributing the SmartLoader malware after the FakeGit campaign reactivated earlier this month to push the StealC infostealer. [...]
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Patching & Updates
8 October 2026
OAuth grants pile up faster than you can review them. Here's how to keep up.
OAuth grants create data highways between SaaS apps, AI agents, and other tools. And, they are multiplying faster than any security team can review them. As the recent Klue breach showed, attackers…
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Patching & Updates
8 October 2026
ASOS links data breach to social engineering attack, credential theft
ASOS is sending updates to affected customers about the cybersecurity incident it suffered earlier this week, confirming that hackers accessed some personal data. [...]
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Patching & Updates
8 October 2026
MS-DEFCON 2: 26H2 is here
ISSUE 23.40.1 • 2026-10-09 By Susan Bradley Will October be better? It’s pumpkin spice season at the coffee shops, and there are pumpkins and Halloween decorations galore. But where I live, you…
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Patching & Updates
6 October 2026
Alexa, I said something totally different
I have an Alexa auto echo device in my car mainly for asking Alexa questions like “Hey, Alexa what’s the seven-day weather forecast?” Yes, I realize it’s obvious we’re in a late heat wave here in…
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Patching & Updates
5 October 2026
Who gets what with Copilot
ISSUE 23.40 • 2026-10-05 MICROSOFT 365 By Peter Deegan Copilot benefits are now available for all, ranging from a few for free Microsoft accounts and those sharing a Microsoft 365 plan, and more for…
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Patching & Updates
5 October 2026
How to beat the soaring prices of storage and memory
PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston By some accounts, computer-chip prices have doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled in just the past year. You can blame it on vast new data centers that require…
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Patching & Updates
5 October 2026
Making good choices, getting good advice
TAME YOUR TECH By Susan Bradley Is technology getting too complicated? The other day, a coworker needed assistance to replace his Internet modem. Rather than renting it from the ISP, he had purchased…
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Patching & Updates
2 October 2026
Microsoft’s X account hacked in crypto pump-and-dump scheme
On Thursday, unknown attackers hijacked the official Microsoft account on X, which has over 13 million followers, in what appeared to be a pump-and-dump scheme promoting a crypto token. [...]
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Patching & Updates
1 October 2026
Fortinet warns of critical FortiMail flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
Fortinet is warning customers of a critical FortiMail vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-104286, that is being actively exploited in zero-day attacks to execute unauthorized code or commands on…
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Patching & Updates
1 October 2026
Microsoft says threat actors are ahead in the early AI race
Microsoft says cyberattackers are currently benefiting from artificial intelligence faster than defenders, allowing threat actors to speed up vulnerability discovery, malware development, and…
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Patching & Updates
1 October 2026
Police dismantle KillSec ransomware gang allegedly led by 16-year-old
An international law enforcement operation dubbed "Operation KillSwitch" seized the KillSec ransomware gang's data leak site and servers, led to three arrests, and identified a 16-year-old as the…
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Patching & Updates
30 September 2026
Over 543,000 valid credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories
More than 543,000 credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories were still valid in July despite the platform's security measures to prevent accidental leaks of sensitive data. [...]
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Patching & Updates
29 September 2026
How to get the Windows 11 2026 Update
Windows powers how people around the world work, learn, create, and connect every day. Today, we're announcing the availability of the Windows 11 2026 Update, also known as Windows 11, version 26H2.…
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Patching & Updates
29 September 2026
September 28, 2026 Apple Updates
Apple has released Updates again on Sept 28, 2026. The updates for the newer versions of the Operating Systems, macOS Golden Gate 27.0.1, iOS/iPadOS 27.0.1, watchOS 27.0.1, and visionOS 27.0.1, have…
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Patching & Updates
28 September 2026
TMOG modernizes the Windows Task Manager
ISSUE 23.39 • 2026-09-28 BEN’S WORKSHOP By Ben Myers Dave Plummer, author of the original Windows Task Manager, has written the 21st-century “Task Manager OG.” TMOG is a modern Task Manager providing…
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Patching & Updates
28 September 2026
Migrating the tricky bits
ON SECURITY By Susan Bradley Years ago, my first iPhone-to-iPhone migration was flawless. I did a full encrypted backup to a hard drive on my personal computer, tethered the new phone to the…
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Patching & Updates
25 September 2026
Rydox marketplace admin pleads guilty, faces 22 years in prison
A Kosovar national has pleaded guilty to operating Rydox, a large illegal online marketplace that sold stolen personal information, login credentials, credit card details, and cybercrime tools. [...]
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Patching & Updates
25 September 2026
Microsoft: Recent Windows updates cause desktop loading issues
Microsoft has confirmed that some users may experience desktop loading issues, including black screens, after installing the August 2026 preview updates and subsequent updates. [...]
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Patching & Updates
24 September 2026
September 23, 2026 Apple Update
Apple has released one Update on Sept 23, 2026, watchOS 27.01, for Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4. This update has no published CVE entries. This update fixes a bug that caused Apple…
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Patching & Updates
24 September 2026
Exposed GitLab project email addresses let attackers push code
Private GitLab email addresses that allow developers to push issues or tasks to a project are being deliberately exposed in READMEs, contributing guides, and support pages used to collect bug…
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Patching & Updates
24 September 2026
FedRAMP VDR & VER: Daily Scans Are Only the Beginning
FedRAMP's new VDR and VER requirements make vulnerability management more continuous, with faster scanning, tighter remediation deadlines, and stronger evidence requirements. Anecdotes explains why…
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Patching & Updates
24 September 2026
OpenAI hacked Australian Medicare govt site, probed data providers
OpenAI agents targeted public data providers in multiple countries, probing some for vulnerabilities and exploiting a security weakness in an Australian government portal while performing…
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Patching & Updates
23 September 2026
Placeholder domain used in dev docs now serves ClickFix attacks
The "third-party.com" domain, commonly used as a placeholder in developer documentation and code examples, is serving a fake Cloudflare verification page that attempts to trick Windows users into…
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Patching & Updates
23 September 2026
Check Point warns of hackers exploiting Security Gateway VPN RCE flaw
Cybersecurity company Check Point has confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-85102, a pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the VPN certificate-handling functionality of…
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Patching & Updates
21 September 2026
To err is human … and we’d like to keep it that way
LEGAL BRIEF By Max Stul Oppenheimer, Esq. If I had to guess, I’d say that the majority of people are tired of hearing about AI and have yet to see any significant benefits. I myself am tired of…
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Patching & Updates
17 September 2026
OpenAI details more cases of AI agents taking unauthorized actions
OpenAI has presented new examples of what they call "AI model misalignment" from the past six months, including unauthorized file uploads, following self-generated instructions, hiding mistakes, and…
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