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Monthly Archives: October 2026

Microsoft catches hackers exploiting Zimbra bug before disclosure
Attackers were poking at a critical Zimbra mail server bug weeks before it was publicly disclosed, and then moved on to steal credentials, raid mailboxes, [...]
October 1, 2026
Why Mobile Device Management Needs Its Own Threat Model
October 1, 2026
MI5 warns UK academics their research may have helped Chinese spies
MI5 has warned that more than 100 UK-linked academics contributed to research projects allegedly funded to improve China’s spying capabilities. The [...]
October 1, 2026
Google makes Gemini 4 AI model available to a trusted few
Google has unveiled a new frontier AI model after months of delay. Gemini 4 Argon is designed to handle complex, long-horizon workloads spanning software [...]
October 1, 2026
CISO thought he had a ‘r3@lg00dp@$$w0rd’ but forgot to patch
Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we warn you about weak security practices. This week’s terrifying tale involves a lack of important patching [...]
October 1, 2026
England’s schools are getting better at mopping up cyber incidents
England’s secondary schools are reporting slightly fewer cybersecurity incidents and faster recovery when disaster strikes, according to a survey by [...]
October 1, 2026
FBI tells ShinyHunters members to turn themselves in, after arrest of alleged leader
October 1, 2026
ShinyHunters suspect arrested, and is now investigated over alleged murder plots
October 1, 2026
UK privacy watchdog starts over with new board and Manchester HQ
Britain’s data protection watchdog has acquired a new legal identity and governance structure, although the familiar ICO initials are staying put. On [...]
October 1, 2026
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Advisory USN-8818-4 Important Privilege Escalation Patch
October 1, 2026
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Kernel Security Issues with CVE-2025-38724
October 1, 2026
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Linux Kernel FIPS Update USN-8730-7 CVE-2026-53131
October 1, 2026
Japanese Car-Sharing Site Times Car Data Breach Affects 6.6M Accounts
October 1, 2026
Ubuntu Linux Kernel 5.15 Critical Privilege Escalation Risk USN-8849-1
October 1, 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Linux Kernel Important Local Privilege Escalation 8817-2
October 1, 2026
Ubuntu 8819-4 Linux Kernel FIPS Important Network & System Threat Fixes
October 1, 2026
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux Kernel Security Advisory USN-8850-1
October 1, 2026
Fewer women than ever in UK’s ‘old boys’ club’ cyber industry
The proportion of workers in the UK cybersecurity industry identifying as women has dropped to 16 percent, the lowest level since 2021. Gender diversity [...]
October 1, 2026
Microsoft doubles down on Rust
After many years of watching how Microsoft develops platforms and rolls out technologies to external users, one thing is clear: anything that is important [...]
October 1, 2026
The dream of enterprise semantics: Why this time is different
In most companies, the struggle to answer a new question fast has nothing to do with a lack of data. The problem is a lack of semantics. Or to put it [...]
October 1, 2026
OpenAI bets enterprises are ready to delegate real work to autonomous agents
OpenAI says true agentic AI has finally arrived, pushing beyond the trivial capabilities of early-stage virtual assistants. This week at OpenAI Dev Day, [...]
October 1, 2026