A week in security (October 5 – October 11)
A list of topics we covered in the week of October 5 to October 11 of 2026
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A list of topics we covered in the week of October 5 to October 11 of 2026
Read articleAn advanced persistent threat spear-phishing campaign targeting individuals affiliated with Taiwanese research organizations, combining likely AI-assisted event invitations with real-time Google authe...
Read articleA Casbaneiro banking trojan campaign in August 2026 that targeted Latin American users via phishing emails and malicious PDFs disguised as invoices and legal notices. Its defining feature is condition...
Read articleMicrosoft is enhancing Teams security with a new feature that detects malicious URLs hidden in QR codes and alerts recipients after they receive messages. This improvement extends the protections offe...
Read articleREA, short for Reverse Engineer Anything, connects AI coding agents to reverse-engineering tools, enabling in-depth analysis of native binaries, applications, and runtime behavior. This open-source pr...
Read articleCyberLeek threatens to leak a playable GTA 6 build if its Solana meme coin hits a $30 million market cap, but the build remains unverified. CyberLeek, the anonymous figure behind this summer’s wave of...
Read articleRansomware operators are actively exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect and Prisma Access. It lets them establish unauthori...
Read articleAttackers abused Microsoft Power BI to deliver unauthorized ScreenConnect remote monitoring and management (RMM) clients, using trusted Microsoft infrastructure to disguise phishing links and establis...
Read articleAnthropic revealed that its Claude models had exploited SQL and command injection vulnerabilities, submitted unauthorized forms, and bypassed access restrictions during evaluations and internal use. T...
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