AFP reports: Major French supermarket chains Intermarche and Cooperative U were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to defrost, the two…
Ahold Delhaize experiencing cybersecurity issue
The company said it took some systems offline as part of “precautionary measures.” Websites for all five of the grocer’s U.S. banners were down Monday…
AI Agents Navigate Unfamiliar OT Systems and Move Equipment in Minutes, Booz Allen Finds
In Booz Allen’s isolated OT lab, AI models met every objective across eight scenarios and reached an industrial control network from a perimeter…
Prominent Ransomware Negotiator Faces Extortion Charges
Edward Dubrovsky, a longtime cybersecurity executive, was arrested and charged in Pennsylvania last week under conspiracy to extort money.
U.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Fraud
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday charged 14 people and seized about 187 computers as part of its ongoing efforts to disrupt North Korea’s…
Canonical Hit by Second DDoS Attack in 2026, Public Websites Disrupted
Canonical suffered its second DDoS attack this year, disrupting public websites for over four hours while Launchpad and the Snap Store remained online.…
AI SOC Platform Comparison: What Buyers Need to Evaluate
An AI SOC platform can look impressive in a demo. However, a demo doesn’t tell you how the…
AI worms could spread across your smart devices, Anthropic warns
Researchers say small AI models could be capable of spreading across vulnerable smart devices within months.
Pixel 10 Hacked 3 Times at Pwn2Own Ireland Despite Patches
Three teams remotely hacked a fully patched Google Pixel 10 at Pwn2Own Ireland. See what the exploits revealed and what European security teams should…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-10-14 19h : 27 posts
27 posts published in the last hour 16:32Upcoming Speaking Engagements 16:32DTX + UCX 2026: Ingram Micro on Unlocking AI and Cloud Without Losing Control 16:31GhostAction Returns: 772 GitHub Repos Hit as Supply Chain Campaign Picks Back Up 16:31IonQ to buy…
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at ATTENTION: Democracy, Rebuilt in Montreal, Canada. The event runs…
DTX + UCX 2026: Ingram Micro on Unlocking AI and Cloud Without Losing Control
Ahead of their participation at DTX + UCX London 2026, Lee Robson, AWS Greenfield Practice Lead at Ingram Micro shares what the company will be showcasing…
GhostAction Returns: 772 GitHub Repos Hit as Supply Chain Campaign Picks Back Up
A GitHub Actions credential-theft campaign that researchers first flagged a year ago has returned with a fresh wave of attacks, hitting 772 public…
IonQ to buy zero-trust security firm Elisity in deal valued at up to $1.3 billion
The acquisition pairs Elisity’s zero-trust access controls with IonQ’s post-quantum cryptography business as federal agencies and major companies…
No Identity, No Recovery: Cyber Resilience Starts With IAM
The proliferation of enterprise apps and the centrality of cloud identity providers requires an identity security rethink.
Between Two Nerds: The FBI and ShinyHunters are the same
In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq examine how ShinyHunters and the FBI both deceived themselves into believing they were immune…
Hacker targets Ivanti Connect Secure in chained exploitation
Researchers warn the attacker is taking multiple steps to clean up forensic evidence after an attack.
Google Adds Android Enterprise AI Controls: What IT Teams Can Manage
Google has announced new Android Enterprise policies for controlling AI automation, alongside stronger work-profile protections and additional…
Quantum-resistant signing on AWS, Part 1: Build a software supply chain with ML-DSA
Software supply chain attacks have grown in both frequency and sophistication. Recent high-profile compromises of build systems and open source…
Wordfence Argus Discovers Critical Vulnerability in Ghostscript, the Program That Turns Uploaded PDFs into Thumbnails on Your Server
On September 8, 2026, Artifex released Ghostscript 10.08.0, closing a critical heap buffer overflow that the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, using…
IT Security News Roundup: 2026-10-14 Afternoon
IT Security News: Afternoon roundup, 2026-10-14 Summary This period was defined by an unprecedented wave of vulnerability disclosures, led by a record-shattering Microsoft Patch Tuesday and actively exploited critical network flaws. At the same time, global law enforcement agencies achieved…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 1,413 Flaws: Windows Zero-Day Already Under Attack
Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 1,413 vulnerabilities, including an exploited Windows zero-day and critical Outlook security flaws.
Chatbot refuseniks edge out users in the US, and they’re not for turning
Pew Research Center finds 51% of Americans say no, cite lack of interest – not know-how – as the top reason
Leading digital change when nobody prepared you for it
By Louise John, Head of IT Service Delivery at Virgin Active For IT managers, unexpected projects and changing business priorities are normal part of the…