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OCT21
Hijacked Developer Account Used to Plant Stealer in OVHcloud CLI

Researchers say the developer’s account was compromised in March with a GlassWorm-linked loader. The post Hijacked Developer Account Used to Plant Stealer in OVHcloud CLI appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
OCT20
PHP2Shell: Two Unpatched Critical PHP RCE Flaws (CVSS 9.2) Trigger Emergency Security Alert

PHP will ship an out-of-cycle security release at 14:00 UTC today, October 21, for two critical vulnerabilities that its security team has rated 9.2 on the CVSS v4.0 scale but has not described. Security researchers at watchTowr say the two flaws allow remote code execution. Only the four supported PHP branches, 8.2 through 8.5, can receive the fix, and no exploitation has been reported so far.

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OCT20
Accenture, Dragos, SANS Launch $10M Initiative to Defend Small US Utilities

The first phase will cover up to 500 utilities, which will get free security tools, equipment, deployment help and training. The post Accenture, Dragos, SANS Launch $10M Initiative to Defend Small US Utilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
OCT20
Eight eMudhra CA Keys Compromised, Triggering Emergency Fixes Across Browsers and Software

The private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificates are compromised, Mozilla and Google's Chrome Root Program confirms on October 20. An intermediate CA signs the certificates that websites present, so anyone holding one of these keys could issue a certificate for any website that a browser would accept. A researcher reported the

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OCT20
US Agencies Detail Incident Response Practices for Rogue AI Agents

NIST, CISA and NSA share ten voluntary practices for preparing for, detecting, responding to, recovering from, and reporting rogue AI agent incidents. The post US Agencies Detail Incident Response Practices for Rogue AI Agents appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Kevin Townsend
OCT20
Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Gets Public Exploit PoC for Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Cybersecurity researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently patched critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiSIEM that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-106173 (CVSS score: 9.4), is a critical path traversal flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially

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OCT20
Qilin and INC Ransomware Groups Exploit Palo Alto Networks Flaw to Bypass MFA

Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that it's continuing to observe exploitation of a now-patched security flaw impacting PAN-OS and Prisma Access by ransomware actors. The activity relates to CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score: 7.8), an authentication bypass flaw that could be exploited by bad actors to set up unauthorized VPN connections. It was patched by Palo Alto Networks in May 2026 and was

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OCT20
Hackers Use Autonomous AI Agents to Breach Company Websites, Target Over 1,200 Sites

A Chinese-speaking criminal pointed autonomous AI agents at company websites and let them break in with almost no help, and a security researcher watched it happen because the operators left their control panels open on the internet. The agents tried more than 1,200 sites and reached websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm-equipment maker Deere, appliance company

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OCT20
AOMEI Backupper Compromised in Short-Burst Supply Chain Campaign

Across multiple short compromise windows, users were served a downloader for the ShinyRoad modular backdoor framework. The post AOMEI Backupper Compromised in Short-Burst Supply Chain Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
OCT20
The Key to AI Software Security Isn’t Speed, It’s Maturity

Where your developers sit on the AI adoption scale has a real impact on how you are addressing security risk. The post The Key to AI Software Security Isn’t Speed, It’s Maturity appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Matias Madou
OCT20
Ahold Delhaize Restoring Services Disrupted by Cyberattack

The company has restored many websites and apps in Europe and expects e-commerce brands in the US to be restored in days. The post Ahold Delhaize Restoring Services Disrupted by Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
OCT20
Pegasus Spyware Infection Confirmed on Serbian University Rector's iPhone Days Before Election

The iPhone of Vladan Đokić, rector of the University of Belgrade and a prominent supporter of Serbia's student protest movement, was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware in 2026, the Citizen Lab said on October 19. The finding came six days before Serbia's October 25 snap parliamentary election. The infection used a zero-click exploit, meaning Đokić did not have to tap a link or

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OCT20
AI Platform Cairn Abused to Hack Over 100 Organizations

At least three threat actors have been abusing Cairn for persistent access and financial theft. The post AI Platform Cairn Abused to Hack Over 100 Organizations appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
OCT20
Ex-OpenAI Worker Accused of Bugging Conference Room Planned to Fly to Saudi Arabia, Prosecutors Say

Abdulrahman Alfozan’s wife and young son also left the country the day after the 35-year-old Saudi national’s arrest. The post Ex-OpenAI Worker Accused of Bugging Conference Room Planned to Fly to Saudi Arabia, Prosecutors Say appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Associated Press
OCT20
WhatsApp Hid Instructions in Help Pages Telling Its AI Chatbot Not to Recommend Privacy Regulators

WhatsApp's help pages carried hidden instructions for its support chatbot that told it not to recommend a data protection authority or regulator to users who could no longer delete their accounts, even though WhatsApp's own privacy policy for Europe tells users they can complain to one. The text sat in the pages' code, never shown on screen, until it was removed by October 18. Whether the

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