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Pentagon Records Agency Breach Exposes Data on 3 Million
A breach of the Pentagon's Defense Manpower Data Center exposed unencrypted personal data on 3 million people, with notice sent months after discovery.
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France Tax Agency Breached Seven Weeks via Stolen Passwords
An attacker used infostealer-harvested passwords to breach France's DGFIP tax portals for seven weeks, exposing millions of taxpayer and business records.
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Citrix NetScaler Zero-Days Deployed WHIPSHOT, SLAPSHOT
Attackers exploited two Citrix NetScaler zero-days to plant custom WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT malware, hitting government, financial, and legal-sector networks.
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FBI Tells ShinyHunters Members to Turn Themselves In
The FBI publicly urged remaining ShinyHunters members to surrender after Dutch police arrested an alleged leader in Amsterdam and found plans for murders.
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Russia’s Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Orgs With Fake Invites
Microsoft says Russian state-backed group Star Blizzard used fake event invitations to install a Windows backdoor at more than 100 Ukraine-linked organizations.
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New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Root Password Hashes
Academics disclosed a Spectre-v2 variant called BTR that bypasses existing mitigations and recovers Linux root password hashes on Intel systems in minutes.
Application Security
Autonomous AI Agent Breaches Cybersecurity Nonprofit DIVD
An autonomous AI agent exploited a vulnerability to breach Dutch nonprofit DIVD on its own, leaving extensive forensic evidence of its intrusion attempt.
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OpenAI Discloses Self-Replicating Worm-Style Prompt Injection
OpenAI disclosed that GPT models can be manipulated into self-replicating prompt injections that spread like a worm across connected tools and channels.
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Fake ChatGPT Custom GPTs Push ClickFix Attacks to Drop RAT
Threat actors use sponsored Google search ads for fake ChatGPT tools to run ClickFix attacks that trick victims into installing remote access trojan malware.
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101 Malicious npm Packages Add Developers to WhatsApp Groups
OX Security found 101 malicious npm packages in a campaign called PhantomSub that add developers to WhatsApp groups without consent after installation.
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Glow Security Finds 13,000 Exposed AI Agent Screenshots
Glow Security found over 13,000 sensitive screenshots from AI coding agents publicly exposed on GitHub across 343 companies in a finding called PixelLeak.
Application Security
Kiteworks Patches Critical Flaw Found During Precautionary Shutdown
Kiteworks discovered and patched a previously unknown critical flaw during a precautionary shutdown ordered after a federal warning of an imminent attack.
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Ex-Air Force Members Sentenced to 189 Months for BEC Scams
Two former US Air Force members received a combined 189-month federal prison sentence for running a multi-year business email compromise and phishing scheme.
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Vietnamese National Charged in $16 Million Crypto Scam
A Vietnamese national was charged with money laundering after a pig-butchering scam defrauded a victim out of $16 million in cryptocurrency, prosecutors say.
Application Security
Apple Patches CoreGraphics Zero-Day Used in Targeted Attacks
Apple patched CVE-2026-86950, an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in CoreGraphics exploited in extremely sophisticated targeted attacks reported by Meta.
Application Security
MCP Python SDK Flaw Exposes OAuth Credentials to Malicious Servers
Vulnerability in MCP Python SDK pre-1.30.0 allowed malicious servers to steal OAuth credentials including client secrets and authorization codes.
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OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Safety Failures and Rogue Actions
OpenAI canceled GPT-6.1 Astra release after agents bypassed access controls, attacked Australian government sites, and failed alignment testing.
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Ransomware Attack Disrupts Keio Corporation Business Systems
Keio Corporation confirmed a ransomware attack disrupted business systems over the weekend. Railway operations continued but administrative functions impacted.
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Times Car Breach Exposes 6.6 Million Japanese Car-Sharing Accounts
Times Car confirmed a cyberattack compromised approximately 6.6 million user accounts, representing a significant portion of Japan's car-sharing market.
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JadePuffer Deploys AI Agents to Destroy Azure Cloud Infrastructure
JadePuffer ransomware group used autonomous AI agents to delete Azure virtual machines, databases, and storage after hijacking service principals.
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FBI Tells ShinyHunters Members to Turn Themselves In
The FBI publicly urged remaining ShinyHunters members to surrender after Dutch police arrested an alleged leader in Amsterdam and found plans for murders.
Russia’s Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Orgs With Fake Invites
Microsoft says Russian state-backed group Star Blizzard used fake event invitations to install a Windows backdoor at more than 100 Ukraine-linked organizations.
New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Root Password Hashes
Academics disclosed a Spectre-v2 variant called BTR that bypasses existing mitigations and recovers Linux root password hashes on Intel systems in minutes.
Autonomous AI Agent Breaches Cybersecurity Nonprofit DIVD
An autonomous AI agent exploited a vulnerability to breach Dutch nonprofit DIVD on its own, leaving extensive forensic evidence of its intrusion attempt.
OpenAI Discloses Self-Replicating Worm-Style Prompt Injection
OpenAI disclosed that GPT models can be manipulated into self-replicating prompt injections that spread like a worm across connected tools and channels.
Fake ChatGPT Custom GPTs Push ClickFix Attacks to Drop RAT
Threat actors use sponsored Google search ads for fake ChatGPT tools to run ClickFix attacks that trick victims into installing remote access trojan malware.
101 Malicious npm Packages Add Developers to WhatsApp Groups
OX Security found 101 malicious npm packages in a campaign called PhantomSub that add developers to WhatsApp groups without consent after installation.
Glow Security Finds 13,000 Exposed AI Agent Screenshots
Glow Security found over 13,000 sensitive screenshots from AI coding agents publicly exposed on GitHub across 343 companies in a finding called PixelLeak.
Kiteworks Patches Critical Flaw Found During Precautionary Shutdown
Kiteworks discovered and patched a previously unknown critical flaw during a precautionary shutdown ordered after a federal warning of an imminent attack.
Ex-Air Force Members Sentenced to 189 Months for BEC Scams
Two former US Air Force members received a combined 189-month federal prison sentence for running a multi-year business email compromise and phishing scheme.
Vietnamese National Charged in $16 Million Crypto Scam
A Vietnamese national was charged with money laundering after a pig-butchering scam defrauded a victim out of $16 million in cryptocurrency, prosecutors say.
Apple Patches CoreGraphics Zero-Day Used in Targeted Attacks
Apple patched CVE-2026-86950, an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in CoreGraphics exploited in extremely sophisticated targeted attacks reported by Meta.
MCP Python SDK Flaw Exposes OAuth Credentials to Malicious Servers
Vulnerability in MCP Python SDK pre-1.30.0 allowed malicious servers to steal OAuth credentials including client secrets and authorization codes.
OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Safety Failures and Rogue Actions
OpenAI canceled GPT-6.1 Astra release after agents bypassed access controls, attacked Australian government sites, and failed alignment testing.
Ransomware Attack Disrupts Keio Corporation Business Systems
Keio Corporation confirmed a ransomware attack disrupted business systems over the weekend. Railway operations continued but administrative functions impacted.
Times Car Breach Exposes 6.6 Million Japanese Car-Sharing Accounts
Times Car confirmed a cyberattack compromised approximately 6.6 million user accounts, representing a significant portion of Japan's car-sharing market.
JadePuffer Deploys AI Agents to Destroy Azure Cloud Infrastructure
JadePuffer ransomware group used autonomous AI agents to delete Azure virtual machines, databases, and storage after hijacking service principals.
Dutch Police Arrest ShinyHunters Member in Amsterdam Operation
A 24-year-old man was arrested in Amsterdam in early September as part of an investigation into the prolific ShinyHunters hacking group.
Over 16,000 Supabase Databases Exposed Due to Misconfiguration
Security researchers found more than 16,000 misconfigured Supabase databases with publicly readable tables exposing PII, passwords, and tokens.
NeedyMantis Malware Maintains Long-Term Access in Targeted Intrusions
Microsoft disclosed NeedyMantis malware used in targeted attacks against telecommunications, universities, medical nonprofits, and government contractors.