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FTC is Investigating OpenAI and Anthropic Over Possible risks to Consumers

Security Week - Wed, 09/30/2026 - 7:43pm

An FTC spokesperson confirmed the investigation but declined further comment.

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Google: AI Is Changing the Pace and Profile of Vulnerability Discovery

Security Week - Wed, 09/30/2026 - 10:05am

Google’s analysis found that AI-discovered vulnerabilities are more likely to enable remote code execution.

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WatchGuard Patches Critical Fireware OS Code Injection Vulnerability

Security Week - Wed, 09/30/2026 - 9:16am

WatchGuard has rolled out patches for 15 code execution, DoS, authorization, and path traversal bugs in Fireware OS.

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Government, Finance Orgs Targeted in Weeks-Long NetScaler Zero-Day Attacks

Security Week - Wed, 09/30/2026 - 8:48am

Several security firms have confirmed seeing exploitation of the NetScaler vulnerabilities CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772.

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Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Over 100 Vulnerabilities

Security Week - Wed, 09/30/2026 - 8:16am

Some of the flaws could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or escape the browser sandbox.

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Anthropic Flags AI Agent Liability Risks as OpenAI Faces Hacking Lawsuit

Security Week - Wed, 09/30/2026 - 7:19am

Attacks by autonomous AI agents are moving out of the lab and into the courtroom, raising unsettled questions about who is liable for what agents do.

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Russian APT Star Blizzard Uses ‘RedFlick’ Infection Chain in Recent Attacks

Security Week - Wed, 09/30/2026 - 6:59am

The state-sponsored group has launched larger-scale phishing campaigns to deploy the CosmicPulse backdoor.

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ShinyHunters Defiant After FBI Calls on Members to Come Forward

Security Week - Wed, 09/30/2026 - 6:20am

In the wake of a suspected leader’s arrest, ShinyHunters says it never intended to publish data stolen from the FBI.

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High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in OpenSSL, WolfSSL

Security Week - Wed, 09/30/2026 - 2:55am

Roughly a dozen vulnerabilities have been patched in each of the open source cryptographic libraries. 

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Trump Says Top Tech Firms Have Signed Accord to ‘Self-Police’ AI Development

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 9:48pm

The accord opened the door to future regulation but focused on four voluntary steps for the companies to take.

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OpenAI CEO Announces New AI Agent and Avoids Mention of Security Concerns at Developer Conference

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 4:14pm

Altman made a slew of product announcements and updates, including the company’s new agents, called Dots.

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DARPA Selects Xint to Use AI in Securing Military Messaging Apps

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 1:24pm

The AIxCC competition winner will analyze messaging app code and compiled binaries for vulnerabilities, with technology that could also help commercial customers secure their software.

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New Spectre v2 Variant Exposes Intel, AMD, Arm CPUs to Data Leaks

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 1:00pm

Branch Target Reuse (BTR) is a new Spectre v2 attack targeting JIT compilers in web browsers, language runtimes, and the operating system kernel

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RemoteThreat Launches With $7 Million for Offensive Operations Platform

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 10:38am

The company emerged from stealth mode with pre-seed funding from Osage University Partners and DataTribe.

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Reco Raises $55 Million for Agentic Security

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 9:20am

The company will use the funds to expand its sales, partnerships, channels, and customer support teams.

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Hackers Use ChatGPT Custom GPTs in ClickFix Attacks

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 9:03am

The personalized versions of ChatGPT were used to impersonate legitimate products and trick users into executing PowerShell commands.

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Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Impacts 3 Million People

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 8:25am

The data breach affects the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which maintains personnel records for the Department of Defense.

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Rig Security Emerges From Stealth With $12M to Tackle Agentic AI Identity Risks

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 8:00am

Rig provides an identity dependencies graph to distinguish between legitimate users and rogue AI agents

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Four Cyber Threats Harboring Big Plans for the Future

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 7:30am

- AI, supply-chain exposure, quantum computing and geopolitical conflict are testing security programs. Preparing for disruption must become part of day-to-day operations.

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OpenAI Calls Off GPT-6.1 Astra Launch, Details Safety Cases for Frontier Training

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 7:15am

The GPT-6.1 Astra model was slated to debut in ChatGPT and Codex in October, but it fell short of expectations. 

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