Hackers planted malware in copies of the Rank Math PRO WordPress plugin, exposing websites to hidden backdoors that can rebuild themselves after removal.…
Cannabis smuggling from North America and Thailand into Europe: Europol highlights growing threat
Cannabis smuggling from North America and Thailand in Europe has seen a sharp rise, driven by oversupply in legal markets and the adaptability of…
US Army is developing AI agents that could strike enemy networks and vanish without a trace
The US Army is looking for AI agents that can slip into an adversary’s network, find their target, copy themselves onto nearby tablets and computers, and…
Hackers Hijack OVHcloud GitHub Releases to Distribute Secret-Stealing Malware
Hackers compromised the GitHub account of an OVHcloud developer and used it to distribute malicious files through the company’s official command-line tool…
Extend Verify helps AI agents flag suspicious documents before acting
Extend has announced Extend Verify, a document fraud detection API that helps developers and AI agents assess the integrity of documents before using them…
Hackers Hijack AOMEI Software Updates for Just 5 Minutes to Secretly Install Backdoors
A short-lived change to AOMEI’s software update system gave hackers a way to deliver malware through a trusted route. Google Threat Intelligence Group…
Teradata expands AI data security with post-quantum protection and immutable backups
Teradata has announced new privacy, security, and resiliency capabilities designed to address one of the defining challenges of enterprise AI: how…
Hackers Exploit Palo Alto VPN Flaw to Bypass MFA and Steal Credentials From VMware Disks
Ransomware operators are exploiting a Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect VPN flaw to bypass multi-factor authentication and enter corporate networks. In one…
Microsoft wants to limit AI agents’ permissions when they stray from the job
Microsoft’s Guardian Agents in Project Perception adapt as agent activity, risk, security context and organizational policy change. They help security…
Guide to Compliance and Cybersecurity in Healthcare Software Development
Compare five healthcare software development firms and learn how to build secure, compliant products under HIPAA, GDPR and FDA requirements.
Revolut outage disrupts online banking operations worldwide
Fintech company Revolut is working to resolve a massive outage that disrupted most of its services worldwide earlier today. […]
UK finance watchdog wants firms to report AI failures and close calls
FCA seeks clear accountability as financial services embrace increasingly autonomous agents
Ransomware Gangs Use AI to Find and Steal the Most Sensitive Company Data Quickly
Ransomware operators are using generative AI to sharpen phishing campaigns, speed up reconnaissance, and identify sensitive corporate information to…
970,000 Medi-Cal Members Affected by Paradigm Healthcare Data Breach
Paradigm Healthcare Services detected an intrusion in October 2025, but it took nearly a year to start notifying affected individuals.
Hackers Hijack Five OVHcloud CLI Releases to Distribute Secret-Stealing Malware
An attacker used a contributor’s GitHub account to replace the download archives on five existing releases of OVHcloud’s command-line tool on Monday,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-20 12h : 10 posts
10 posts published in the last hour 09:32Enterprise AI needs more than an AI engineer 09:32Hackers Plant Spy Chips In Crypto Wallets, Steal $90m 09:31Microsoft 365 Calendar Phishing Targets 40,000 Organizations 09:31The local computing rebellion 09:31Protecting citizens, preserving rights 09:31When…
Enterprise AI needs more than an AI engineer
Anthropic has a $100 million plan to help enterprises get more from AI. No, it doesn’t involve agents. It involves people. Lots of people. How retro. On…
Hackers Plant Spy Chips In Crypto Wallets, Steal $90m
France’s Ledger finds spyware chips implanted in its hardware crypto wallets, enabling theft of more than $90m
Microsoft 365 Calendar Phishing Targets 40,000 Organizations
Check Point detected more than 302,000 unique calendar-phishing emails targeting over 40,000 organizations, exposing risks in Microsoft 365 meeting…
The local computing rebellion
Take a close look at your monthly software bills. The charges that once seemed small and separate can add up to a new kind of dependency: subscriptions…
Protecting citizens, preserving rights
How can law enforcement make effective use of data and technology while ensuring that fundamental rights and the rule of law remain protected? This…
When ‘access denied’ becomes an agent’s next objective
One line from a recent AI incident caught my attention. Describing how an OpenAI agent got into a Medicare statistics portal, Australian Prime Minister…
Introducing a new AI chapter in the NCSC research problem book
A revolution is underway at the intersection of AI and cyber security.
Protesters Call For Limits On London Robotaxis
Protesters picket Wayve headquarters as London Assembly calls for government to devolve control over robotaxis to Transport for London