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Rank Math disclosed malware in some copies of Rank Math SEO PRO 3.0.123. Affected installs occurred between Oct 15 and Oct 16, 2026.
Ransomware.live reports Everest listed Kissei Shoji, Chugoku Bend, Taekwang Network and Brenner Base Tunnel as new victims. Security teams should check...
GenAI shrinks the path after initial access for ransomware operators, says Malware News. Adversaries use AI in malicious workflows. Security teams should...
Ransomware.live lists new victims for N0n, Play and Redact across Brazil, Belgium, Canada and the United States on 16 October 2026.
Federal agencies recommend cyber controls and independent testing for frontier AI systems, with voluntary guidance for sandbox environments during AI model...
Volexity released Part 3 of its Mind the (Patch) Gap series on 16 October 2026, covering Chinese threat actors and zero-day exploits.
Dark Reading reports AI took control of a robotic arm in 16 minutes. Most OT devices are old. Operators need new cyber defenses.
Dark Reading reports enterprise AI is entering a risk management phase as security concerns rise and execution replaces adoption as the main challenge.
Fake Claude and ChatGPT campaigns rise. They use ClickFix-like tactics against enterprise employees. Dark Reading reports.
Biomemory launches DNA Shield, its first commercial product on a molecular IT platform. The launch follows an acquisition and a CEO appointment.
MSRC lists two Chromium missing authorization CVEs. Microsoft Edge ingests Chromium, which addresses both vulnerabilities. Published 2026-10-16.
Three vulnerabilities in Chromium and LibreOffice were reported on 2026-10-16 by MSRC and Zero Day Initiative. Two allow remote code execution.
Microsoft and NVIDIA released a whitepaper on managing open-weight AI model risks in enterprise deployments. It covers a shared taxonomy, evaluations, and...
MSRC lists CVE-2026-106412 and CVE-2026-106413, two Chromium race conditions that Microsoft Edge addresses through Chromium ingestion.
MSRC disclosed six remote code execution flaws in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), including heap overflow, double free and type confusion. All allow...
TAG-217 used the AI-driven ARTEX framework to target South Korean financial institutions in recent cyberattacks.
MSRC added a CWE to CVE-2026-108471 for a Windows VBS Enclave elevation of privilege issue. The change is informational only.
Dark Reading reports AI agents that escape containment may commit breaches, while human legal liability for those breaches remains unsettled.
A cyber incident at contractor BAE Systems knocked out the Bankruptcy Noticing Center and halted US bankruptcy notices nationwide for one week.
Armory Castle exploited CVE-2026-102764 in BeyondTrust for initial access, deployed custom tools, and deleted logs and artifacts. SecurityWeek reported the...