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Cisco Security Advisories

Cisco Secure Email Gateway Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email attachments when the file reputation service is enabled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email that contains a crafted attachment thr…

Krebs on Security

U.K. Sanctions Cryptomus for RU Money Laundering

The United Kingdom has issued economic sanctions against Cryptomus, a chameleonic cryptocurrency platform that experts say serves as a major conduit for payments related to ransomware, narcotics, darknet markets, fraud and cybercrime services that are helping Russia circumvent existing financial restrictions.

Cyble

The Week in Vulnerabilities: Toptech, Lantronix, Langflow, and CISA Malcolm Flaws

This Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) weekly vulnerability report covers two views of risk: what attackers tried against Cyble's global honeypot sensors, and what the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) disclosed for industrial control systems (ICS). The Cyble Global Sensor Intelligence (CGSI) network observed exploitation attempts against about 20 known vulnerabilities. They range from n…

Security Affairs

Hidden Audio Recorder Found at OpenAI as Employee Faces Federal Charges

OpenAI employee charged with planting hidden audio recorders to capture sensitive discussions about AI research and company strategy. On September 30, OpenAI staff found a small audio recording device jammed into a USB port on the back of a television in an executive conference room in their San Francisco office. The device had been there […]

The Hacker News

Hirudo Android Trojan Uses Patched Banking Apps to Bypass Their Built-In Security Checks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Hirudo that works by replacing legitimate banking apps with purpose-built patched versions designed to bypass security checks from inside the app itself, marking a new escalation in financial fraud. Dutch mobile security company ThreatFabric said it identified replacements for eight Indonesian banking

Trail of Bits

Package managers have an integrity problem

I tested 25 of the most popular package managers to check whether they detect a compromised package repository injecting malicious code into legitimate packages. This code integrity problem could be solved using cryptographic hashes or signatures, but many package managers are still vulnerable to this threat. Of the 25 package managers reviewed1, fewer than half used lockfiles that checked for tampering by default, a…

CSO Online

Unplug your smart fridges, French supermarkets warned after cyberattack

More internet-connected refrigerators have joined the official list of those affected by a cyberattack that ruined stocks of chilled food at hundreds of French supermarkets over the weekend. The French Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) advised supermarkets to disconnect any refrigeration control systems with a public IP address from the internet, and to reconnect them via a secure VPN only after verifying th…

Check Point Blog

Election Scams Are Getting Harder to Spot as Real Campaign Outreach and Fraud Converge

In September, viewers of a Pennsylvania TV station received a text telling them to “verify your voter profile.” The station’s investigator could not find out who sent it, and the link was flagged as malware. When Check Point Exposure Management researchers followed the link, it led to a political fundraising page. That small episode sums up the main finding of our report on 2026 US midterm election threats. Voters ar…

ANY.RUN

Fake AI Tools Put US Companies at Risk: Inside Counterfeit Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot

ANY.RUN researchers tracked fake AI tool campaigns that impersonate Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, and other AI brands to plant infostealers, take over browser sessions, and phish business accounts. Between April 15 and October 5, 2026, 1,258 public sandbox analyses were tied to these campaigns, and the USA was the second-largest source of submissions after […] The post Fake AI Tools Put US Companies at Ris…

AhnLab ASEC

The Threat of AI-Driven Autonomous Penetration Testing, as Examined by ARTEX

Overview AI is being used for various tasks that were previously performed manually, such as research, document writing, and code analysis. A 2026 corporate survey also showed that the scope of AI adoption among organizations had expanded compared to the previous year. Recently, there has been a trend toward automating a significant portion of work […]

CSO Online

Cybersecurity is a leadership problem: Why the management model needs to catch up

When I started writing regularly about cybersecurity management in 2015, the environment looked very different. Cloud computing was still reshaping enterprise technology. Ransomware had not become the industrialised threat it is today. Artificial intelligence was not driving boardroom discussions. Zero Trust had yet to enter mainstream technical vocabulary and quantum computing barely registered on the corporate risk…

The Cyber Express

Netherlands, Belgium Face Grocery Supply Disruptions After Ahold Delhaize Incident

A Ahold Delhaize cyber incident has disrupted parts of the grocery retailer's IT infrastructure, prompting the company to take some systems offline while its teams investigate and mitigate the issue. Although stores remain open, reports from the Netherlands and Belgium indicate that the incident is affecting distribution operations, customer service and some delivery-related activities. Ahold Delhaize confirmed the s…

Security Affairs

How a leaked builder of XWorm turned a remote access trojan into a surveillance kit

Netskope tracks four XWorm versions in the wild, 46 plugins, and new tools for location, audio and live browser control, with detections up fourfold. Netskope Threat Labs has been following XWorm since September 2024, and its latest report shows the malware has changed a lot. Over the past year the team identified four distinct versions […]

Zero Day Initiative

The October 2026 Security Update Review

Another month of patches equals another new record for Microsoft patches. It’s a good thing I survive Pwn2Own Ireland, because between these and the Adobe patches, there’s much to discuss. I’m also looking at different ways I can represent the bugs at this level of volume, so let me know if you have ideas. (Seriously – I’m out of ideas). If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can…

The Hacker News

Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Soon Form Self-Propagating IoT Botnets

Small artificial intelligence (AI) models may be months away from developing capabilities to self-replicate on IoT devices like smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes, according to a warning from Anthropic. The frontier AI lab said small AI models could form autonomous, self-propagating worm botnets that are "challenging to shut down," since "there's no centralized point to shut off."

Security Affairs

Anthropic Shows How Small AI Models Could Replicate Across IoT Devices

Anthropic researchers show how small AI models could autonomously replicate across IoT devices, raising concerns about adaptive, AI-powered botnets. Anthropic published a paper this week that should make anyone who manages IoT infrastructure sit down for a moment. The research shows that small AI models are approaching the capability to replicate themselves autonomously across networks […]

ANY.RUN

What’s Really Attacking Your Industry? Insights From 74K Sandbox Analyses

Every day, thousands of SOC and IR teams worldwide analyze suspicious files, emails, and links with ANY.RUN. Beyond individual investigations, this activity generates valuable data on emerging threats, industry trends, and SOC operational performance. Drawing on real-world investigations across thousands of organizations, ANY.RUN provides visibility into threats affecting different sectors, from banking to retail. Se…

The Cyber Express

AI Is Now Fighting on Both Sides of the Cyber War, Singapore Warns

Singapore opened SICW 2026 with a blunt message: no government, company or country can see the full picture of today's cyber threats, and artificial intelligence is now raising the stakes for defenders and attackers alike. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 11th Singapore International Cyber Week on 13 October 2026, Gwenda Fong, Commissioner of Cybersecurity and Chief Executive of the Cyber Security Agency of Si…

Security Affairs

Hackers cranked French supermarkets’ freezers up to 50 degrees, causing hundreds of stores to lose their stock

Hackers hit French supermarkets via unpatched Danfoss refrigeration systems, remote-heating freezers and destroying stock worth millions. Overnight from Sunday to Monday, a large cyberattack hit the refrigeration systems of hundreds of French supermarkets, BFMTV revealed. The attackers targeted equipment from the Danish maker Danfoss that many French stores use to regulate their cold. Fresh and […]

The Hacker News

Low-Cost Android Phones Ship With Preinstalled Malware That Turns Them Into Residential Proxies

Low-cost Android smartphones have been shipped with malicious software baked into the device firmware, allowing bad actors to covertly install apps, conduct ad fraud, and turn devices into residential proxies. The activity, which targets Android devices built on MediaTek platforms across several brands, is being tracked by Bitdefender under the moniker Midnight Mimosa. The preinstalled