Data protection chiefs call for ‘immediate review’ of data protection models
Cisco Secure Email Gateway Zero-Day Exploited for Root Command Execution
Cisco Secure Email Gateway flaw CVE-2026-76461 is under active exploitation, with no workaround and urgent patching required for affected AsyncOS systems.
Unauthenticated RCE Flaws Could Expose 200,000+ WordPress Sites to Takeover
Vulnerabilities in The Events Calendar can provide attackers with remote code execution capabilities.
Google Patches Pixel Modem Flaw Amid Signs of Limited Targeted Exploitation
Google has disclosed that a high-severity security flaw in its Pixel Cellular Modem has come under exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as…
CenterPoint Energy Confirms Data Breach Exposing Customers’ Personal Information
CenterPoint Energy has confirmed that an unauthorized third party accessed personal information belonging to some of its customers by compromising one of…
700+ OpenAI Agents Built Their Own Message Board to Coordinate an Attack on Hugging Face
AI agents built an unauthorized communications network and coordinated activity against Hugging Face infrastructure in a capability evaluation. The…
Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Acronis has warned that a high-severity security flaw in its Backup plugin for cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) deployments has been exploited in the…
Axoflow Launches AxoDetect, Bringing Detection Into the Pipeline and Making the SIEM Optional
Stamford, CT, September 16th, 2026, CyberNewswire Now in early access, AxoDetect runs Sigma rules in stream alerts travel to the SIEM, and full-fidelity…
Threat Intelligence Alone Won’t Close the Exploitation Gap
A leaked credential shows up in a criminal marketplace, or a vulnerability gets a disclosure advisory, and either one can be weaponized against a real…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-16 14h : 18 posts
18 posts published in the last hour 11:32Hackuity Raises $19 Million for AI-Powered Vulnerability Management 11:31Fake CAPTCHA Scams 11:31Cyber-Attacks Cost Organizations $52,000 on Average 11:31Self-improving AI should slow down, von der Leyen tells EU lawmakers 11:31Google Pixel owners urged to…
Hackuity Raises $19 Million for AI-Powered Vulnerability Management
The company will use the new capital to expand its vulnerability operations platform and support international growth.
Fake CAPTCHA Scams
New variant of an old scam: Use the framing of a CAPTCHA to get an unsuspecting user to download and run a malicious program.
Cyber-Attacks Cost Organizations $52,000 on Average
Hiscox highlighted the huge financial and operational costs of cyber-attacks, with the average cost of an incident at $52,000
Self-improving AI should slow down, von der Leyen tells EU lawmakers
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants frontier AI development slowed, and said on Wednesday that she will invite the leading AI labs to…
Google Pixel owners urged to patch actively exploited modem flaw
Google’s September Pixel update fixes 110 vulnerabilities, including a modem flaw being used in limited, targeted attacks.
Parallels Desktop Flaw Lets Unprivileged Mac Users Gain Root Access
A critical local privilege escalation vulnerability in Parallels Desktop could allow an unprivileged macOS user or a malicious process to gain root-level…
Cohesity adds recovery capabilities for AI agents and the data they manage
Cohesity has introduced Cohesity Agent Resilience. This new Cohesity Data Cloud capability will discover, protect, and recover the infrastructure behind…
Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6…
CenterPoint Energy confirms data breach following claims on hacking forum
CenterPoint Energy disclosed that an unauthorized third party got into customer data through one of its external systems, after online claims by a hacker…
280,000 Impacted by Premier Medical Group Data Breach
In June 2026, hackers accessed files containing patients’ names, contact information, diagnosis details, and health insurance information.
Parallels Desktop Vulnerability Lets Non-Admin Mac Users Execute Code as Root
A critical local privilege escalation vulnerability in Parallels Desktop for Mac could allow a non-administrator user or unprivileged process to execute…
2026 Péter Szőr Award shortlisted nominees
VB Congratulates the researchers shortlisted for the 2026 Péter Szőr Award. Read more
Top 10 Best Multi-Cloud Security Platforms in 2026
Multi-cloud is the reality AWS and Azure and GCP, often plus Oracle and on-prem and each models identity, networking, and services differently. A…
Ministry of Justice apologizes after court staff accessed Southport victims’ files
Sensitive personal data was involved, but there is no evidence it was shared with third parties