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Hadrian Raises $40 Million to Expand Autonomous Offensive Security Platform

Security Week - Wed, 10/07/2026 - 9:06am

Hadrian offers an agentic offensive security platform that allows defenders to operate at the same speed as attackers.

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Advantest Discloses Data Breach Months After Ransomware Attack

Security Week - Wed, 10/07/2026 - 8:37am

The Japanese chip testing giant said hackers stole personal information from its servers in the February 2026 cyberattack.

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Chrome 155 Update Patches 247 Vulnerabilities

Security Week - Wed, 10/07/2026 - 6:51am

Four critical-severity use-after-free defects were fixed in Chromecast, Browser, Navigation, and Track.

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Anthropic Introduces 3-Tier Cyber Verification Program for AI Access

Security Week - Wed, 10/07/2026 - 6:07am

Anthropic is integrating the CVP and Project Glasswing into a single offering, with three levels of access to its most capable AI models.

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ASOS Confirms Cyberattack, Data Breach

Security Week - Wed, 10/07/2026 - 5:46am

Hackers compromised a third-party communication platform and sent rogue notifications to ASOS users.

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Wikimedia Says Rogue OpenAI Agents Tried to Turn Its Tools Into Proxies

Security Week - Wed, 10/07/2026 - 3:58am

Wikimedia looked into whether its own websites had seen activity like that disclosed by other organizations

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Android’s October 2026 Updates Patch 25 Vulnerabilities

Security Week - Wed, 10/07/2026 - 2:55am

The patches resolve a critical vulnerability in Android’s System component that could lead to privilege escalation.

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Atlassian Patches Critical Vulnerability Affecting 8 Products

Security Week - Wed, 10/07/2026 - 2:37am

Unauthenticated attackers could exploit the flaw to access specific files in the web application root directory.

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Personal Information for Over 1 Million People Stolen in a Cyberattack on Arizona’s Court System

Security Week - Tue, 10/06/2026 - 9:32pm

The Arizona Supreme Court said the information was copied for people dating back as far as 30 years.

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FBI Blames Contractor’s Missed Patch for ShinyHunters Breach

Security Week - Tue, 10/06/2026 - 10:15am

The FBI has removed an Accenture contractor over a data breach that exposed personal information of thousands of bureau employees.

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FBI Arrests ‘Most Wanted’ Developer of Ploutus ATM Malware

Security Week - Tue, 10/06/2026 - 8:47am

An alleged leader of Tren de Aragua’s ATM jackpotting activities, Canelon Aguirre was on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list since March 2026.

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Apple to Tighten Full Disk Access Controls in macOS Amid AI Risks

Security Week - Tue, 10/06/2026 - 7:48am

Citing growing risks posed by more capable and autonomous AI agents, Apple will introduce additional controls.

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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 39 Deals Announced in September 2026

Security Week - Tue, 10/06/2026 - 7:01am

Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Dragos, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Kiteworks, and Upwind.

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Long-Running NPM Malware Campaign Accumulates 40,000 Downloads

Security Week - Tue, 10/06/2026 - 6:34am

Since August 2023, attackers have published eight malicious packages as part of the MALFEX supply chain campaign.

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8.8 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Denmark’s Central Person Register

Security Week - Tue, 10/06/2026 - 5:38am

Hackers abused a company’s lawful access to the CPR system to steal the personal information of registered citizens.

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Social Engineering Detection Moves Into the Live Conversation

Security Week - Tue, 10/06/2026 - 4:38am

Companies are pouring time and dollars into security awareness training, but little evidence shows it actually works against social engineering.

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Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports

Security Week - Mon, 10/05/2026 - 10:26am

Google has temporarily stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP).

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Linux Backdoor Abuses STUN Protocol, Exploits Dozens of Flaws

Security Week - Mon, 10/05/2026 - 9:00am

ClingSTUN operates as a back-connect proxy backdoor, sets up persistence, and contains exploits for self-propagation.

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250,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New Jersey, Texas Healthcare Firms

Security Week - Mon, 10/05/2026 - 8:35am

Hackers stole patient information from Clover Health Investments and AngMar Management Services in July.

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Exploitation Hits Rejetto HFS Vulnerability Discovered by AI 

Security Week - Mon, 10/05/2026 - 7:00am

CVE-2026-61500 allows attackers to recover the session-cookie signing key and gain administrative access and RCE.

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