ICYMI: 2026-09-29
Latest Headlines
French Tax Data Theft Using Stolen Staff Passwords Went Undetected for Seven Weeks
New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Memory Despite Existing Defenses
Russia’s Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Organizations With Fake Event Invites to Deliver Backdoor
Kiteworks Fixes Critical Flaw Found During Nine-Hour Precautionary Shutdown
101 Malicious npm Packages Add Developers’ WhatsApp Accounts to Groups Without Consent
Dutch Police Arrest 24-Year-Old Amsterdam Man in ShinyHunters Investigation
Official MCP Python SDK Flaw Can Let Malicious Servers Steal OAuth Credentials
OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Tests Find Deception and Unauthorized Actions
OpenAI Pauses Tool Use After Agent Bypasses Internet Controls to Reach External Chatbot
OpenAI CEO Announces New AI Agent and Avoids Mention of Security Concerns at Developer Conference
DARPA Selects Xint to Use AI in Securing Military Messaging Apps
New Spectre v2 Variant Exposes Intel, AMD, Arm CPUs to Data Leaks
RemoteThreat Launches With $7 Million for Offensive Operations Platform
Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Impacts 3 Million People
Rig Security Emerges From Stealth With $12M to Tackle Agentic AI Identity Risks
FBI and Dutch Police Arrested Alleged ShinyHunters Hackers Group Leader
How US SOCs and MSSPs Can Use Threat Intelligence to Detect Phishing Infrastructure Earlier
Hackers Hide Malware Inside 7-Zip Installers Using a New Evasion Technique
Hackers Built a Botnet That Doesn’t Just Steal Data, It Burns AI Credits
Hackers Turned Ethereum Into a Secret Messaging System for Malware
SilverFox Hackers Built Fake Software Sites That Hide Malware From Security Researchers
OpenAI Scrapped the New GPT-6.1 Astra Model Following Security Concerns
GPT-6 Astra AI Agent Tried to Deceive Developers and Hack Software Supply Chains
GitHub AI Security Agent Finds 24 Android Vulnerabilities Including Account Takeover Flaws
Hackers Weaponizing ChatGPT’s Custom GPT Feature to Trick Victims into Installing Malware
Signal adds encypted local backup support to iOS, desktop apps
FBI tells ShinyHunters members to turn themselves in after recent arrest
Hackers exploit Citrix NetScaler zero-day to deploy web shells
Windows 11 2026 Update released, here’s everything you need to know
New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes
Automated AI agent used to breach cybersecurity nonprofit DIVD
Catch threats before they escalate with real-time Identity Telemetry
Vietnamese man charged in $16 million ‘pig butchering’ crypto scam
Kiteworks patches critical flaw, brings customer systems online
Apple patches CoreGraphics zero-day flaw exploited in attacks
– MTZ