AI has brought us to a familiar inflection point in the story of privacy, cybersecurity, and online safety. We have an opportunity to apply decades of…
Massive DDoS Attack Disrupts Ubuntu’s Canonical Websites and Security APIs
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, suffered a sustained distributed denial-of-service attack on October 8, 2026, disrupting its main websites and…
Kimsuky Uses Fake Zoom Installers and Malicious LNK Files to Deploy Malware
North Korea-linked cyber espionage group Kimsuky has expanded its Operation GitPower campaign by using fake Zoom installers and malicious Windows shortcut…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-13 08h : 4 posts
4 posts published in the last hour 05:31Denmark Data Breach Involving 8.8 Million Records Linked to ‘123456’ Password 05:31Frontier AI cleared every OT attack goal Booz Allen set in its lab 05:01Most high-severity cloud security findings are downgraded once an…
Denmark Data Breach Involving 8.8 Million Records Linked to ‘123456’ Password
A significant data breach in Denmark has exposed approximately 8.8 million personal records, linked to inadequate account security at Pays ApS, a small IT…
Frontier AI cleared every OT attack goal Booz Allen set in its lab
Booz Allen set frontier AI models against an isolated industrial-control testbed in its Chantilly, Virginia lab and watched them clear all eight attack…
Most high-severity cloud security findings are downgraded once an AI agent checks the environment
Cloud security platforms turn every failed rule into a finding, and those findings pile up in queues sorted by severity. Research from Sola Security…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-13 07h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 04:31LG webOS Flaws Let Remote Attackers Execute Commands as Root Without Authentication 04:31WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks to Upload and eEecute Arbitrary PHP code 04:31Cybersecurity jobs available right now: October 13, 2026…
LG webOS Flaws Let Remote Attackers Execute Commands as Root Without Authentication
Security researchers have disclosed four serious vulnerabilities in LG webOS smart TVs that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication, create a…
WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks to Upload and eEecute Arbitrary PHP code
Attackers are targeting a critical security flaw in the Bricksforge WordPress plugin that lets them upload and run arbitrary PHP code without logging in.…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: October 13, 2026
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Yandex Data Center Outage Disrupts Access to Cloud Files Following Drone Attack
Yandex has confirmed a major service outage after drone attacks damaged three data centers in Russia, leaving some users unable to access cloud files. Two…
IT Security News Roundup: 2026-10-13 Overnight
IT Security News: Overnight roundup, 2026-10-13 Summary This period highlights the continuous cat-and-mouse game between law enforcement and cybercriminals, underscored by recent police actions against the ShinyHunters group alongside fallout from their past breaches. Meanwhile, defenders face active exploitation of…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10134, (Tue, Oct 13th)
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Sharecare – 318,185 breached accounts
In August 2026, the digital health company Sharecare was the target of a ShinyHunters “pay or leak” extortion campaign . The group subsequently published…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-13 01h : 7 posts
7 posts published in the last hour 22:31Flock can now issue CVEs for its own products. Should we trust it? 22:06IT Security News Roundup: 2026-10-12 Evening 22:01GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection has added five new indicators to surface attack sequences 22:01Building…
Flock can now issue CVEs for its own products. Should we trust it?
Flock joined the CVE Program as a CNA, giving the company authority to assign IDs to vulnerabilities in its own surveillance cameras and license plate…
IT Security News Roundup: 2026-10-12 Evening
IT Security News: Evening roundup, 2026-10-12 Summary Tonight's roundup highlights direct operational disruptions across physical and cloud infrastructure, paired with emerging risks surrounding artificial intelligence tools and fast-exploited software vulnerabilities. Major retail networks faced severe physical impacts after cyberattacks manipulated…
GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection has added five new indicators to surface attack sequences
Amazon GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection correlates weak GuardDuty signals into a single, critical-severity attack sequence finding when their…
Building a Scope-Constrained AI Agent for Automated CI Failure Repair
CI failures often expose a narrow defect through a broad stream of evidence such as compiler output, test reports, stack traces, changed files, dependency…
Maximum-Severity SSRF Flaw in SonicWall SMA Devices Under Attack
Attackers are currently targeting a critical vulnerability in SMA 1000 appliances, putting SonicWall customers in a familiar yet unenviable position.
ShinyHunters arrest number three: a Canadian ransomware negotiator
A Canadian ransomware negotiator faces extortion charges in the FBI’s ShinyHunters crackdown. Here’s what is known, and what isn’t. ShinyHunters is the…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-13 00h : 5 posts
5 posts published in the last hour 21:55IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-10-12 21:01Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing 21:01European and Ecuadorian cooperation leads to 20 arrests in major hit against drug trafficking 21:01Canonical Hit…
IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-10-12
184 posts published today 21:01Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing 21:01European and Ecuadorian cooperation leads to 20 arrests in major hit against drug trafficking 21:01Canonical Hit by Second DDoS Attack in 2026, Public Websites Disrupted…