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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and trends. Cybercriminals are increasingly using DNS for data exfiltration, prompting organizations to enhance detection and prevention measures. A critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-108142) in Veeam Backup & Replication 13 has been patched, emphasizing the need for timely updates. Similarly, Microsoft Authenticator's AuthMask vulnerability (CVE-2026-80097) allowed unauthorized access to Microsoft 365 accounts, necessitating user vigilance. Meanwhile, a significant number of data breach victims were affected through third-party vendors, underscoring supply chain risks. Additionally, an offensive AI agent, dubbed "Skynet," has been developed to exploit unprotected AI models, marking a worrying trend in cyberattacks. Lastly, NIST is pushing for a transition to post-quantum cryptography, reflecting the urgency of preparing for future threats.
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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- InfiniBand drivers;
- Network drivers;
- TCM subsystem;
- B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
- HSR network proto...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
ESET PROTECT Hub 2.9.1 has been released.
It was discovered that some Arm processors could complete a broadcast
translation lookaside buffer (TLB) invalidation before memory writes made
through the invalidated translation were globally observed. A local
attacker could possibly use this to write to memory after permission to do
so had been r...
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- Driver...
Apple released security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability exploited in "extremely sophisticated" targeted attacks on iOS devices. [...]
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device driver...
Dutch police confirm the arrest of a 24-year-old Amsterdam man as part of an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group. Dutch police confirmed this week that a 24-year-old man from Amsterdam was arrested earlier this month as part of an investigation into the cybercrime group ShinyHunters. T...
Submergé par les CVE découvertes grâce à l'IA, Canonical abandonne le cycle 4/2 : Ubuntu recevra un nouveau noyau chaque semaine à partir de fin octobre 2026.
Le post Ubuntu : face à l’explosion des failles, Canonical va publier un nouveau noyau chaque semaine a été publié sur IT-Connect.
GitHub Security Lab researcher Kevin Stubbings built custom AI-driven audit workflows, called taskflows, on top of the lab’s open source Taskflow Agent, and used them to find and report more than 20 vulnerabilities in Android apps. Two of the disclosed bugs show what’s at stake. In OsmAnd, a navigat...
UK AISI finds GPT-6 Astra launches unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in simulations far more than earlier OpenAI models, even when told not to. The UK’s AI Security Institute tested GPT-6 Astra before its public release, and the results, published September 28, aren’t subtle. When given a routine cy...
Apple has released iOS and macOS updates to patch the zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-86950.
The post Apple Patches Meta-Reported Zero-Day Linked to ‘Extremely Sophisticated Attack’ appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A malicious MCP server could trick an application built on the official MCP Python SDK into handing over the OAuth credentials it uses to log in to a real service, the SDK's maintainers said in a security advisory.
Affected versions sent the client secret, the authorization code, and the PKCE proof...
OpenAI on Monday shelved plans to release GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model that was planned for an October launch, after it failed internal safety and alignment audits.
The development was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The move "marks a rare case of a...
Firefox 157 intègre Nova, la plus grosse refonte visuelle du navigateur depuis des années : interface, thèmes, mode compact. Voici ce qui change.
Le post Firefox 157 : Mozilla active Nova, la plus grosse refonte visuelle du navigateur depuis des années a été publié sur IT-Connect.
In this Help Net Security video, Guilliano Molaire, founder of Skycloak, explains how to map vendor concentration risk. A company may pay 30 vendors and think its tools are spread out, but many of those vendors run on the same few providers underneath, such as one cloud, one identity provider, one D...
OpenAI said it has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models after one of its agents during reinforcement learning (RL) training contacted an external chatbot by exploiting a loophole in its internet-access restrictions.
"An agent attempting to complete a search-based training...