<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Hacker News</title><link>https://thehackernews.com</link><description>Most trusted, widely-read independent cybersecurity news source for everyone; supported by hackers and IT professionals — Send TIPs to admin@thehackernews.com</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:23:32 +0530</lastBuildDate><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><atom:link href="https://feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Low-Cost Android Phones Ship With Preinstalled Malware That Turns Them Into Residential Proxies</title><description><![CDATA[Low-cost Android smartphones have been shipped with malicious software baked into the device firmware, allowing bad actors to covertly install apps, conduct ad fraud, and turn devices into residential proxies.

The activity, which targets Android devices built on MediaTek platforms across several brands, is being tracked by Bitdefender under the moniker Midnight Mimosa.

The preinstalled]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/low-cost-android-phones-ship-with.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/low-cost-android-phones-ship-with.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:30:11 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWazS9FTiMttWg9JuwySbOkXe9WBGk6EnDbYXfmFzGaoTsXD3FQKLo7YxjnYk9MIZlfmdt08nW3qRKbLggGv2H7ondflK4CbpXu98CiCxnccJfwnrvUwEhMVIHUdt7GO198VkHXASs12AKWj4r44vpT5mF5BHLqX9spJT24dZmpMGqOKyuqoh25f1UuqpY/s1600/android-malware.jpg"/></item><item><title>⚡ Weekly Recap: Helpdesk 0-Days, Rogue Certs, ShinyHunters Arrest, AI-Fooling Malware and More</title><description><![CDATA[Some meetings last longer than it took attackers to jump on a newly disclosed security flaw this week. Within hours, they were already testing it. That's not much time to read the warning, let alone do something about it.

But speed is only part of the problem. A secure connection didn't always mean a safe destination. People offering to fix a ransomware mess had questions to answer themselves.]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/weekly-recap-helpdesk-0-days-rogue.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/weekly-recap-helpdesk-0-days-rogue.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:46:26 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv97S5d5aYZZRto-_3AfPjT2TmAcI0KYQm4zY7cXyf1hz-GHIcmuL9wF5IIzmg3D7_F-yh6Z9qtamVwEikSKd3tuy5eGo_mN2Qw-O602x4Abiwuf5Q9G72nX4ZOeFRly8woPJ8EBn2USmFIdDUVg6P-3f8nUPDTbcqrAF5JWsu_NRWTvz6EF5YVVqPrbvY/s1600/cy-cap.jpg"/></item><item><title>Bring Your Own Agent: Your Employees' Assistants Are Already Logged In</title><description><![CDATA[The personal AI agents rollout is going about as smoothly as expected: Amazon now blocks Meta's Muse because it doesn't identify itself as a bot while browsing; Instinct keeps raising privacy concerns; and the horror stories from pretty much every personal AI agent keep piling up.

Regardless, the tech world is mesmerized by the capabilities and potential of these services. Less than a year]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/bring-your-own-agent-your-employees.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/bring-your-own-agent-your-employees.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:25:00 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfIDT5M3MmWcxPZrWKZ_8EOy_WZY9iQHv9CQrAKcSZ7_EAadHyWzg9Aa5zQizJiwjNNLp6TDGShed4uvK0iq0d5TQHOV4wqah_jnbuJK-gFuObDCjO_bhwobK9PlO-CmK92s9PueGqpPI_puFGDAS_t4evoyjokLRlaXbql9cGN3d7POdsiXyUYvicVs/s1600/bring.jpg"/></item><item><title>Ledger Finds Unauthorized Hardware Implant in CryptoBilis-Sold Wallet Amid Fund Theft Reports</title><description><![CDATA[Cryptocurrency hardware maker Ledger has temporarily paused sales of its products via CryptoBilis following reports of stolen funds linked to devices sold by the reseller.

On Friday, the company said it was investigating reports of loss of funds from users in Southeast Asia who had purchased products from CryptoBilis. The incident is said to have resulted in losses totaling more than $86]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ledger-finds-unauthorized-hardware.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ledger-finds-unauthorized-hardware.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:51:48 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nzJQQovkKtR-dl3ihW4VRAfIxiKwNwwVEHyH06we8iIkQbaxVqhryWIwB9MflLHfBYAd_opklCfnkLxg-GKqB2yt4CisdNcf2lRvOoaYHo9Pa6m1OWatzNsFHmY1ICBH_0P2XX4ykgFE7Gqviz0C0_8J0Qqz36_3gygDyHbot9z5obuYEHunIFsZmPQV/s1600/ledgers.jpg"/></item><item><title>Critical SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaw Targeted in 135 Exploitation Attempts After Patch</title><description><![CDATA[Threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 appliances within days of public disclosure.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-102255 (CVSS score: 10.0), is a case of pre-authenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF) that could allow a remote attacker "to direct the appliance to issue requests on their]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/critical-sonicwall-sma-1000-flaw.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/critical-sonicwall-sma-1000-flaw.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:06:56 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEbu7YOWX4lrTm_x8p2FnL6B7z2hhGC0fKWPBSCVJqTt8l0rbcXFhQinT3ja0sVyx7hObbCQlmem9y4-wsxrwU6mtgsBIJjvH7rgC8n5w8DpEcv7G1N_u4dtOzA3qxVk22FPvly-ZmjsLJKdJqgTsKPtMHpit1oq-fk7jPFN1gTHLeJdF2JQRZ8yuwjxv/s1600/sonics.jpg"/></item><item><title>Attackers Exploit CVSS 10.0 Bricksforge WordPress Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated RCE</title><description><![CDATA[A maximum-severity security flaw impacting the Bricksforge plugin for WordPress has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to Patchstack.

The critical vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-85097 (CVSS score: 10.0), which allows unauthenticated attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code on vulnerable WordPress websites, resulting in remote code execution (RCE). The]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-exploit-cvss-100-bricksforge.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-exploit-cvss-100-bricksforge.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:32:14 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKeT1xQm0N8zjNRqWwsoqMm3kESRMqYnUJ9Wy6x9dEKlRVgZYDVqKqhu_2ZT7ZcCNd_RegNu2LtnUUQgL8R2OlK5LTyu9vKaCBRGTVrp05hGdB5wQrxFNi_eHnGxx-8yFR7maKT3tD_WBMVVBSeTyuku392tKdoOHIgvnj1tKQYU_Yq9anT5OKxUun4GW/s1600/wp-php.jpg"/></item><item><title>CyberXero Uses Claude Code in Campaign That Stole Over 628,000 Ukrainian Records</title><description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a two-pronged artificial intelligence (AI)-augmented initial access campaign targeting WordPress sites, e-commerce platforms, and critical infrastructure entities in Ukraine.

The activity, which brings together commodity offensive tools like Cobalt Strike with an AI orchestration layer powered by Anthropic's Claude Code, has been attributed]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/cyberxero-uses-claude-code-in-campaign.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/cyberxero-uses-claude-code-in-campaign.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:56:12 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjQWPc2H2EsKbjYztfxdp2ffZz6TGQNJ9BuALJB44sWqXbCxEa61fu5CZ4w1rS0llVr3hQP4H_Vg5Fj87Jrs5IoUDpBmochh3rA5bMMr3V4hUT22HTPgLUeX9WhGIQuFm4zF-Kf3zIzSNsQGQlP_gkSSSV-hu5rp5CHX_1T83TOeWsYia_xbuHLlwAxDv/s1600/claude-hacker.jpg"/></item><item><title>P7 DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit Adds Crypto Wallet Data Theft and Remote Commands</title><description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unseen variant of the DarkSword iOS exploit kit called P7 DarkSword.

"Compared with the variants we usually observe, P7 reduces its on-device footprint, adds on-device keychain and crypto-wallet theft, and adds two way C2 communication with the attacker's infrastructure," iVerify said in a new report published Thursday.

The name]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/p7-darksword-ios-exploit-kit-adds.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/p7-darksword-ios-exploit-kit-adds.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:54:34 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-SCb1qpP1Z0zyo_WOtyHzQKUiqJ3RudpC9uowSePmGcLZ9sPHcE-lvDGMZTHeB7YckgDmaBA775L13GvrYHl_gAVSg46-5sUJWzcA7Q3ec5h8WIuKO5l0Td2CCk5nlSvNByqPL22qlTNwHms3rbdXsJYoEe7gRqHiqmM8DHtvEkKniOP4Q70Dq_5Dr8I/s1600/ios.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Third-Party Agent Problem: Why Security Built for AI You Chose Misses the Agents You Didn't</title><description><![CDATA[In environments studied for the 2026 State of Agent Security Report, roughly 1,280 third-party products now embed AI. About 282 of them sit behind single sign-on. The other thousand are invisible to identity infrastructure by default, not because anyone hid them, but because an identity stack can only govern what authenticates through it, and most agents never do.

That gap is the clearest]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/the-third-party-agent-problem-why.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/the-third-party-agent-problem-why.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghemGbtxM2amUYAlxUPHPdMiyDMQJFWZeY-dDODRqCRD0phZXXQv0rrKHiOsLPW3t0Fq2XxvvFyCC-OmNs7TXhXXKSRVMPpC1GPKSUsyzN9t-W6L4jtiA2DUiTLgou4iyw0QXN-6Wfz0H2zWYGgC6-OxtlQrfb0PygOeBWwDnR11nl3Gl8W5pL07sExNc/s1600/reco.gif"/></item><item><title>Anthropic Cuts Live Internet Access for Internal AI Tests After Claude Exploits Injection Flaws</title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic on Friday said it's cutting off live internet access for all its internal evaluations until further notice following the discovery of new incidents in which its artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibited misaligned behavior and targeted real websites.

The AI company said it identified four broad categories of unintended model actions during evaluations and internal use of Claude]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/anthropic-cuts-live-internet-access-for.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/anthropic-cuts-live-internet-access-for.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:48:45 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6Q5kUrLA2Pfuqcghyphenhyphen1q3pECWSE72HYp9BB9GM5i3b_6XxNHMtwlR7yrPj_xTpcwoIaMy0vJt8A1g_D9Riz6JhbU5WyVPV69DFvk1oIzv2jp-eG-qbfx8lIHF2zX_XEAxz5gC51xn2hPUwYVh9thUuQslxqfIp1Pg3bgmWQYaXXW4LuUxTdUZzUo2R22C/s1600/claude-internet.jpg"/></item><item><title>Credential-Stealing GitHub Actions Workflows Planted in Tens of Thousands of Repositories</title><description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an ongoing credential-theft campaign that has compromised two high-profile open-source maintainer accounts to push a malicious workflow into over 340 repositories.

"Using the account of Takashi Kitao, author of the 18,400-star game engine pyxel, the attacker pushed a malicious workflow to 27 repositories starting at 13:20 UTC," StepSecurity]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/credential-stealing-github-actions.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/credential-stealing-github-actions.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:44:28 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJXBEAVVijhwsYs32WSejvp0sG3ej-Qoi7Z6qHDp8rY5IZENkKOpexrbbU1BNyiCbbB0ZXHjEDL-UYqu7CDpPpoYLiGXkuLCZJTItgP5XeLD_Sb1galPzOGtrFZigEM5CGUbwi9gcL_-XCYY6NKu9j5FiakIWn5s66DZE-OjrLZO3sMGka3YNFvGUecJT/s1600/gitworm.jpg"/></item><item><title>FBI Arrests Another ShinyHunters Suspect Reportedly Involved in Its Jobs Portal Hack</title><description><![CDATA[The FBI has arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, FBI Director Kash Patel said on October 9 in a&nbsp;post on X.

ShinyHunters is the extortion group that said in September it had&nbsp;breached the FBI's jobs portal&nbsp;and stolen sensitive data on almost all FBI agents and job applicants. The FBI has not named the suspect, and no charges have been made public.

The]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-arrests-another-shinyhunters.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-arrests-another-shinyhunters.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:15:26 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRCTw1H9kT8UEVJYmaRrhHvMQEYFuE2TZqB62Wnxz8y4RIYOMald4OYO45ujfgSp0ixhgWVKb3_nJzoKV6gNuu_cKaN2Evnr9u7FlnwsPTPm9TPpikkUR-83UL3VrknNBzITPeFC8f1PKpYMwvH_AbBAFWcbPl61vUXJK1m0xJ_C5QYDIAGi_Ya-A5Tc/s1600/kash.jpg"/></item><item><title>TP-Link Sued by Four More U.S. States Over Router Security and China Ties</title><description><![CDATA[Four more U.S. states sued router maker TP-Link Systems on October 6, bringing the total to five, with &nbsp;Texas filing a suit in February. Florida, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska allege the California company misled buyers about how secure its routers are and how separate it is from China. TP-Link&nbsp;denies the claims&nbsp;and says it will fight them in court.

TP-Link Systems is based in]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/tp-link-sued-by-four-more-us-states.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/tp-link-sued-by-four-more-us-states.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:52:53 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXm446RUyCxv1-oRtdkXFCb2Hax0UsQEnanQtli1OViTiFpjV4Jb96qpsy94Td6DK6LDrre8q2masVzeA9X1hQE8ct3TEChlzZmNTaqux1CDT52o1A_6cuQYY4-inbvKDNYN4rqTGNrmrit-YcGBZbTppW5RUxNvcom2OV9pS8jU8twPWsj_Vtwgjqvg/s1600/tp.jpg"/></item><item><title>Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access</title><description><![CDATA[Security researchers have&nbsp;published a full working exploit&nbsp;for a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw in AnyDesk Linux that gives attackers root access before anyone approves the connection.

AnyDesk patched the flaw in version 8.0.3 in June, but its&nbsp;changelog&nbsp;described the fix only as "fixed a bug that could lead to a crash," with no CVE assigned and no security]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/researchers-publish-working-exploit-for.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/researchers-publish-working-exploit-for.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:29:22 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUnGcAOHQNX9naCpXjsvEAI4YXmS_pbFwgn9i_YTjR8esP-PpNXc0s-jOWo3r_M4S-an0mnZA4PwDjt3lOihJqWP60TMj3F37iIno8hynwj5xXex2Voy3Khj3QraiYO7oyeEgNtZtjB5q-FYXg9E0hNk93q7mTKdhBdPNGr0p1I35R0wxuY0IOmAlG_E/s1600/anyrun.gif"/></item><item><title>Anthropic Launches Free AI Vulnerability Scanner for Open-Source Projects</title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic on Thursday unveiled OSS Scanner as an opt-in vulnerability scanner to help secure the open-source ecosystem using artificial intelligence (AI).

"It's an opt-in service informed by our experience using Claude to find vulnerabilities during Project Glasswing," Anthropic said. "Projects that join will receive thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost."]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/anthropic-launches-free-ai.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/anthropic-launches-free-ai.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:17:28 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiio2imi6QlJLQlD8KAZaktPeycFFCAWdkRp7q1TNwNHKUibXYACipc5GG2rDcZtmUR8TftkRHNTrdEXLXsGxcGoTDrTY5Eye77n1OFyeFbHP-VGUTwlhIoaHNoMGVIsUWBk07kSc-Gi3y_U0OuS-6gWBjYJEj8pxJVQ9lkEJfI_we3rVvZtAMXp0i8qs7t/s1600/oss-scanner.jpg"/></item><item><title>Attackers Exploit AhsayCBS Flaws to Deploy XMRig Miners Disguised as Microsoft Edge</title><description><![CDATA[Threat actors have been observed exploiting two recently disclosed flaws in the AhsayCBS backup utility to seize control of affected devices and deploy web shells and XMRig cryptocurrency miners.

Details of the flaws are below -


  CVE-2026-105133 (CVSS v4 score: 5.5) - An improper authentication vulnerability in the checkSysPwd() function in the "com/ahsay/obs/api/ApiStructsAction.java"]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-exploit-ahsaycbs-flaws-to.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-exploit-ahsaycbs-flaws-to.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:17:26 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpbMY9pFBnt6TekKFIlEqpeqQoPBjBuhu8rYuYtU7ce5P3LTFKwlv_F_BUDzfuuMu0gRU645YStocoUQnNtS11MoEIRrfxrgPZtShsFgr8YH1VYTtjPr2l6aHPFDBYPHJKLT-fa-KqaHGSJHeiDPKzUgA12IJH5zhAHpMnoGZc5Qsz9sJhCOB_3gYHQar/s1600/edge.jpg"/></item><item><title>Flax Typhoon Exploits Five Flaws as CISA Sets October 11 Deadline for Federal Agencies</title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following their abuse by a China-linked threat actor known as Flax Typhoon.

The vulnerabilities in question are listed below -


  CVE-2015-3306 (CVSS score: 10.0) - An improper access control vulnerability in ProFTPD that could allow]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/flax-typhoon-exploits-five-flaws-as.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/flax-typhoon-exploits-five-flaws-as.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:51:51 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eHv-Bv5ZZISuomW-aV50jkJ7Aqg-S56iEuV2y8Kl9w7SB4cp-zTDj8WicvMzPcw5tXuq-o5rIG0KPPmKxPZPcR5V47hVwbGvi7aLNE_1wgq_iDkNERTzz5kc9ivagiHEKM9BcsYjJRRB0_HWk_gsi9jzHudV_-4Ax4dUFaV5vpDlUnW2PywmEZHzN8mm/s1600/kevs.jpg"/></item><item><title>The AI Velocity Paradox: Why Security Is Decades Behind AI Ambition</title><description><![CDATA[As enterprises race to deploy autonomous AI agents to accelerate business, a new report reveals they are tethered to security architectures built for a different era. The "Horizons of Identity Security" report from SailPoint highlights a critical “velocity paradox,” in which organizations invest in AI-speed business operations while continuing to rely on human-speed security controls, creating a]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/the-ai-velocity-paradox-why-security-is.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/the-ai-velocity-paradox-why-security-is.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibn_fvM8uZUZWhBhgCeggTmULC4rEZ68qb-99aKdn9RNOXIg8egC2vTwn9_-cLcs3vTam1i_g61RbAjXfoVTA1HiGYGKZeeG5nnNu03GcOE6X5aqOB3O60MppHQvTvWFdaEWZl1HhIIGl5zc8_8_lhlqtrmRa5-DAqldfJ6EjmM8mq8rCAp_MHdUrPAt4/s1600/sailpoint.jpg"/></item><item><title>GoBalance Flaw Lets Attackers Hijack .onion Addresses by Recovering Tor-Format Keys</title><description><![CDATA[A bug in GoBalance, a tool many dark-web sites use to stay reachable during attacks, lets anyone work out the secret key that controls a site's .onion address using only public information, and then take that address over.

Searchlight Cyber, which&nbsp;disclosed the flaw&nbsp;on October 8, says an attacker who recovers the key can redirect the site's visitors to a copy of the site they control.]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/gobalance-flaw-lets-attackers-hijack.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/gobalance-flaw-lets-attackers-hijack.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:33:24 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJ8xcgqF85kQru4JEuCv6OipwHlff6IEp3r1zhFOY9tYpbwEeWYSqzPTILX4uqM97Cc9ZfNfb3HB4lZbecN48fqKgKryAL60KqqZU4HmdfTMsRYaDcFjNL7aE8vk7G0D_-mqY_B2Jk_3kXMsx2ABpgbWixg1GHZ2l7V0MSzqtEWnYZ_ymkOTf0j8yq2c/s1600/onion.jpg"/></item><item><title>Three Teams Demonstrate Remote Hacks of Fully Patched Google Pixel 10 at Pwn2Own</title><description><![CDATA[Three research teams broke into Google's Pixel 10 on October 8 at Pwn2Own Ireland, a hacking contest in Cork whose rules require every target to be fully patched. The contest pays researchers to show working exploits and passes the flaws to the vendors. One of the three Pixel exploits earned Ikotas Labs $300,000, the contest's top prize, and made the team the overall winner.

Trend Micro's Zero]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/three-teams-demonstrate-remote-hacks-of.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/three-teams-demonstrate-remote-hacks-of.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:56:17 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGob0G-EHmqSYe9ZFWu_Pqg2ZivxomC2c4TSsW_k2yx0eZClRf8rgYVhDJTUrrhyzKr8yQr00rjzvVCRc7EsZjELELmKTWVxzLLsvx0DV5Q0rLWGd1eczFcVKTIBweBiuxIpfnB9HnT-1_DPUpxqagt4sXvjLvPiY1bZOz36oJnXV84KoOHVW8ZYY8es/s1600/pwn2own.jpg"/></item><item><title>Citrix Patches Critical NetScaler Flaw That Could Enable RCE in SAML Deployments</title><description><![CDATA[Citrix has released patches for yet another critical security flaw impacting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that could result in remote code execution or denial-of-service (DoS) under certain conditions.

"CVE-2026-107406 is a memory overflow vulnerability that may lead to remote code execution or denial-of-service under specific configuration conditions," Citrix said.

The vulnerability]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/citrix-patches-critical-netscaler-flaw.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/citrix-patches-critical-netscaler-flaw.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:41:33 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRR7IQ4Ngqm8ANJ-DKwW60qeemJlrfrtvhaAwtpzW37_jAkbdctxJEqjw8k_m1KT32ryqoxa1dNYoEPG-E9xNwrbtXqbOjbzmgs3JM9RW68FZMNA8ky14QKTLpEfHop9A4xmXO46fxQaeXZMZzzMQ-qoIXLpMrr8Gbekn3cgNX5xc7bYvMRDYKjDeLf4o/s1600/cit.jpg"/></item><item><title>FBI Seizes 7 Domains, Disrupts Flax Typhoon Tools Used in Critical Infrastructure Intrusions</title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced the disruption of malicious tools used by a China-linked advanced persistent threat group known as Flax Typhoon.

To that end, the agencies seized several domains and blocked access to platforms that were used to scan, and in some cases infiltrate, U.S. critical infrastructure. The list of seized]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-seizes-7-domains-disrupts-flax.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-seizes-7-domains-disrupts-flax.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:09:29 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SUqM44FwmONOU6YH1yTi4I8iGU_UiDk42WA2vB_qjqzCN3xtWE_AVyF2xXmlrP68vAXN3Pe_J6f8h9B6M8vgEmcImGt55z2FRc0638eta0V-P2FvbI6O0h3TWBaOlxw72-0cnMH91J2wNykDTSpQM8cvKYPbQ-YBrnb7e2xxSJuC7B9sU4hoGBXs8KnO/s1600/china-hacker.jpg"/></item><item><title>FBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen Emails</title><description><![CDATA[Hackers tied to a Chinese cybersecurity company stole email from government organizations, law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems, and religious institutions in Southeast Asia, the FBI and agencies in 6 other countries said on October 8.

The company, Integrity Technology Group, has been sanctioned by the U.S. and the UK. The hackers scanned websites for flaws using a tool containing more]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-says-china-linked-hackers-ran.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-says-china-linked-hackers-ran.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:02:21 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyj_ek8VTEYw5CpVqkAK63I01D84oGBvRsHmwpjeAfat3TCDqzhXqRWXWCGkNZKwH3rF0uyeuowCSGcBT-mLkdw-174FA0gGh8ZIVKOXUbXt9w0eTZZTlMGE-ySkZIIkswfxe0-cEU9ww6E8iIpWI2eDQU_NrsezDxIoE2WNBt8mDtG6nYeke9Ut17_JY/s1600/china-email.jpg"/></item><item><title>ThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More Stories</title><description><![CDATA[The crooks have trust problems of their own. One ransomware affiliate decided to keep the profits for himself. Elsewhere, an attacker left a server exposed, complete with tools and traces of an intrusion. Apparently, keeping things secure is a problem on both sides of the fence.

The rest of the week isn't much more reassuring. Malicious code turned up in developer packages and extensions that]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/threatsday-ransomware-affiliate.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/threatsday-ransomware-affiliate.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:28:02 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_DE5ORKWCpLgZgXBuH-MFmuqfxFNnkGQxremc0ffY4dopMHnx-2HvgZTMh48BvVr8k22lGaM__jTS83DuXnLpF4NC9u4bsQF-8_K34gZU0kJS_-10pUSL7WNxecJG0pCiHyNFiqxXEqWP7NqUK2-uvwzo8-ETqwZkPWdNOjhNn5S1Y0uFQX2HGBE5_5J/s1600/t-day.jpg"/></item><item><title>Japan Sees Sharp Rise in Web Data Leaks Amid Mobile API Abuse and Metabase Attacks</title><description><![CDATA[Attackers behind a string of personal data leaks at Japanese organizations have abused APIs for mobile apps and targeted known software flaws, the JPCERT Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) said.

The Tokyo-based center, which takes incident reports, based its&nbsp;October 8, 2026 alert&nbsp;on those reports and other information. The alert names no attacker and no affected organization.

JPCERT/]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/japan-sees-sharp-rise-in-web-data-leaks.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/japan-sees-sharp-rise-in-web-data-leaks.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:15:56 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKjRUY0kVdYD5knK69g1IBPPL21WViperTcXNtjnWiYjNuL6GsohD9A6Q_SpyDpAT6mNMjLTZGOJ_eB1FIMUllxUVEnkUXA1zTWGU1aw5LYJrVZu5gNxH1zSpxX5elSBB-f2OG4LjdhzWTX97lT16uAdvKClT_gP4ucRJjKAXKU4a-3KxbbNLU5RdwKc/s1600/japan.jpg"/></item><item><title>UAC-0099 Targets Ukrainian Government Personnel With ASHVEIN RAT Hiding Commands in HTML</title><description><![CDATA[The Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0099 has been attributed to a previously undocumented .NET infostealer and remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed ASHVEIN.

According to TrendAI, the malware has been put to use in attacks targeting Ukrainian government personnel. The cybersecurity company is tracking the cluster under the name Earth Sirrush (previously SHADOW-EARTH-065).

ASHVEIN,]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/uac-0099-targets-ukrainian-government.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/uac-0099-targets-ukrainian-government.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:56:56 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWPW7zD0DZUCKyeRcD-sBZtZ28n4PPaJDPjiskf9ghOI7b3aYbYCEbNvITxaYjCkejq8Vfuc0xeZtJ7p2R4j4dEqGXwfb1JLqQVHrgE4uxdSCq-JJgAeLA0WZbz5Fi98LQbxr3ncRXodrBd83xaX2UpXtDb-Q55ryWBPeXGAQlDBykN_BYecleld5rxJM/s1600/uk.jpg"/></item><item><title>ARTEX AI Pentesting Tool Used in Data Theft Attacks on South Korean Financial Firms</title><description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a targeted campaign aimed at South Korean financial organizations that used an artificial intelligence (AI) pen testing tool named ARTEX to carry out the attacks.

The activity, per CrowdStrike Intelligence, was active from late September to early October 2026, and resulted in data exfiltration from various South Korea-based financial firms,]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/artex-ai-pentesting-tool-used-in-data.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/artex-ai-pentesting-tool-used-in-data.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:42:34 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrg8bHUppR3zYriUhWwJig9yJq8F69XCeJrtY040zk39DNhblhBRkcTcQSqRo6K3PwnMVoygOCmbWf2X7ySQDxpfDlgmXFBDGhoiicnG3_5E84RhV6muyzgGacKye5eiB5dLcvsNfny5yS-4TlrypAdPcU1PVfT-jMxWvdfg9algqsvxycUV1Jy1xUjGiT/s1600/ai-hacker.jpg"/></item><item><title>Wazza Phishkit Targets Banking, Government, and Manufacturing Across the US, EU, and Australia</title><description><![CDATA[Phishing kits are no longer limited to copying a familiar login page and waiting for a victim to enter credentials. Attackers are increasingly building filtering, session management, and traffic controls into the infrastructure that delivers the phishing page itself.

ANY.RUN has identified Wazza, a new phishkit targeting banking, manufacturing, and government organizations across the US, Europe]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/wazza-phishkit-targets-banking.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/wazza-phishkit-targets-banking.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlTrJzuyuM3FgdyTkx-JLieOXeR9fK_hENZFrdItZ09E4ZFhk8UYOPslpbGGidTUGCDgcTHqY7wvYrThg-Hwl24MQhL63GIfmRsBLy9MJ7iDXn1XbbX1W_EgGFw9eRyT4LOJq0aoyWhmOHF3O5a9L5LcKNS1IJxQqs_UBwmOnPRmx3fXwUPpKeYdARVE/s1600/anyrun.jpg"/></item><item><title>16 Malicious Firefox Extensions Pose as Rabby and OKX Wallets to Steal Recovery Phrases</title><description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 16 malicious Mozilla Firefox extensions that are capable of stealing cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases and private keys.

"The extensions masquerade as wallet portals, desktop utilities, and browser tools, but their code intercepts recovery phrases and private keys during wallet import flows and attempts to send those secrets to]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/16-malicious-firefox-extensions-pose-as.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/16-malicious-firefox-extensions-pose-as.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:16:32 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25slDP7PhWH155CxM4JUNITLHKzjfSXpuF4WWZJmkycx5UQUIjLJd5Jg_mEDQi62FwRkfpLV14DBpVu2pybVwacKkHpc2MABge_OjMCn3ISyUTsh_JS0fM3wgzv4hbR1du-9fp7cmd0vvB33xeCv7RD7-o4A66gCoKtuCQxmmQL2jM2ljZOMyude3uhOb/s1600/firefox-plugins.jpg"/></item><item><title>U.S. Offers Up to $10 Million for Tips on Zhang Yu, Charged in HAFNIUM Hacks</title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. State Department is offering up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of Zhang Yu, a Chinese national charged in the United States in connection with the 2021 Microsoft Exchange Server attacks known as HAFNIUM.

The reward is for information leading to his identification or location, the news outlet&nbsp;NTD reported&nbsp;this week, citing a notice]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/us-offers-up-to-10-million-for-tips-on.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/us-offers-up-to-10-million-for-tips-on.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:12:04 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFF6VpR3wVqISJUhvijTLl00h_uH1hImVFzJiqEyaGpgFqwRMQxT1VEbay1QbGWehkEmZXIa5rAvkjA5K326ZRtVY7OKq9luzZo1gRXX6jUPX3ajFp6gLfpFf6tQg6D5wBgsctILhw7Ma_dpUgswrwXUYTphyphenhyphenj2rT9nfz3zURxMwvma9EZvKYEzkqlIk/s1600/reward.jpg"/></item><item><title>MonsterCloud Owner Accused of Billing Over $19M While Secretly Paying Ransoms to Decrypt Data</title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced charges against a 50-year-old U.S. and Israeli national for allegedly defrauding ransomware victims by secretly paying the attackers to obtain decryptors while claiming to use proprietary tools to recover their data.

Zohar Pinhasi (aka Zack Silver and Zack Green) has been charged with two counts of wire fraud and one count of wire]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/monstercloud-owner-accused-of-billing.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/monstercloud-owner-accused-of-billing.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:11:44 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Hxj4Ir77Q0O6Rp9Sl0KYLSls340zQ9WBZYebBilMmz0l_V2uLs76lrTrFnLxVfjx_FhV6wGm9rRxUTxCE-f3aZwo-DTYvYoSEd4AuW0qFFKOmrHFO44mToyUy7yzpvSnAmaUUUs4yEg_91GBxijxbPxhYcB22TX7c4WdmekZaddHxvs_V89WUdgM3dte/s1600/rasnomware-fees.jpg"/></item><item><title>Tensorlake npm Package Compromised to Deliver Shai-Hulud Credential-Stealing Worm</title><description><![CDATA[The npm package known as "tensorlake," a TypeScript software development kit (SDK) for Tensorlake applications, sandboxes, and cloud services, was compromised as part of a ChainDrop / Shai-Hulud supply chain attack.

The malicious version 0.5.144 "contains obfuscated malware that harvests credentials, exfiltrates secrets, establishes persistence, and executes remotely supplied code," Socket said]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/tensorlake-npm-package-compromised-to.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/tensorlake-npm-package-compromised-to.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:16:20 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZJrw-vCazDC3YJlfmY9WewJ170my9lYex6Ccg7VTa8UQCrXWoCiy_F9w_LoP-GDEarC_RoYnx63fAa_i_RmR5564MS6tgcoqi77wlcqPzX7kambOt4Gga7rsMlWWBwyHKZtCb1lAowiE4bf5up8aIJuwoVsZSKTq15TTynJ-uNPirAGnY8uwMMGqBsgU/s1600/npm-hack.jpg"/></item><item><title>Attackers Hijack .gh, .sl, and .as Registries to Obtain Certificates for Google Domains</title><description><![CDATA[Attackers compromised three country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and obtained unauthorized HTTPS certificates for several Google domains, Google&nbsp;said on October 6.

Google's own systems were not breached, but any domain ending in .gh (Ghana), .sl (Sierra Leone) or .as (American Samoa) was put at risk. With such a certificate, an attacker could pose as the real site over an encrypted]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-hijack-gh-sl-and-as.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-hijack-gh-sl-and-as.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:18:17 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqu6e-ijwp1hAEuYyfUUL9hV5kwu0cIe1cMibzayov0GdV2FkSpwvF10YKcxLyw1AUNdKF54RV9o3bfeshwWIWdda1AvgNm4iu6t9F16pb1jOVDQRXBoRjw2uueD4Ov7oEzjPJV7pXgK1U-MzkkqRKgHqP207GG2pqtkRQ09IVZ94HvSlBVArvu7tkNE/s1600/google-tls.jpg"/></item><item><title>Eight Malicious npm Packages Downloaded 40,767 Times Deliver Overlord RAT and Stealer</title><description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a long-running npm supply chain malware campaign that pushes information stealers and remote access trojans (RAT) to compromised hosts.

The campaign has been codenamed MALFEX by CloudSEK and Checkmarx. The activity is assessed to be the work of a lone threat actor who appears to have published 12 packages since August 2023, eight of which have]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/eight-malicious-npm-packages-downloaded.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/eight-malicious-npm-packages-downloaded.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:13:20 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopANe3MXyNNOXog__x1pF53wYoQxinI47tN9gLrZSzJfumz-Dg05ZfyjiGsqF47Pugj71iZ1buX7OEiupWYa09xVQdu7DKOMX5NO-uGKCF0UjNila0x5fNiYw5NWEX1TUQTPidjT5NnGmPwM_6mGfKcOxqcjZuPAZLdzRX5u_TXJM76GQ6mQOkikw_kxo/s1600/npm-malware.jpg"/></item><item><title>SonicWall Patches CVSS 10.0 Pre-Authentication SSRF Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances</title><description><![CDATA[SonicWall has released hotfixes for four flaws in its SMA1000 appliances, the gateways that give remote workers access to a company's network and applications. The most serious could allow an attacker without a login to send requests through the appliance and reach internal functions.

SonicWall rates it 10.0 on the CVSS scale and says it has no evidence that any of the four flaws is being]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/sonicwall-patches-cvss-100-pre.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/sonicwall-patches-cvss-100-pre.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:47:44 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93cv3mDcrVCz0IYIpCH3eRNzbDYkM2Z_N2acg9D6bCFGvE3cr3eJ1uGJblGasKplvyvuO6pSuMCxamTwHJSP2ztJ7WBswe1igBdzoadRJPZSDfs5K2og83_iMDMZYuh-LpFdA4qb4Pv7SyJ1A4EQtO_gi6nuxV5ioid32rXABiS0Il9t8boUATp2lTes/s1600/sonicwall.png"/></item><item><title>Unpatched Critical LMCache Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code Remotely</title><description><![CDATA[A critical vulnerability in LMCache, open-source software that speeds up large language model (LLM) servers such as vLLM, lets an attacker run code on the cache server without logging in, and no fixed version is available.

The flaw is in LMCache's&nbsp;multiprocess mode, where the cache runs as a standalone server that LLM workers reach over the ZeroMQ messaging library. A single network]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/unpatched-critical-lmcache-flaw-lets.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/unpatched-critical-lmcache-flaw-lets.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:04:53 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMSiFF8XNm1OpF4uWou7e4nt4fqsuPc0IXyUXhHky9w8ydKkauWm_j0yxdpMsRFlDx-5PHhtAxYNg3Z-rYqvexgILhokXO8tARRTtDHn2P83GOlUhiD6jN7rtkf3Ul1-Hp7O4VyvwV6EGNUgjmcC-B_o_P-xQy9eD7RaTnO_RoDpDwgjTePDvkjC9xso/s1600/lm.jpg"/></item><item><title>PoeLLM Malware Infects 3,400+ Servers to Expand Crypto Mining Botnet</title><description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new malware family that has been observed targeting exposed artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLM) infrastructure with an aim to deploy cryptocurrency miners and further expand the scale of the botnet.

The financially motivated campaign, dubbed Canto Incognito, has been found to install cryptocurrency miners, including]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/poellm-malware-infects-3400-servers-to.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/poellm-malware-infects-3400-servers-to.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:03:51 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjQ8O0UFcl1dpOxEJoAM0s1mXXZHJNpJF4uJV_4jg7UPhHlDEvGHVxHKtyZQpnFC4HC3stGB-jJOSYUB5vdayfwx_eWPq-0F_l_ViYZNcA768t1N95JWhhbhUzY8anGOjVSL06QtsKVv_mz4lKgGrBMNBckAtFPxaW-KuG3mbWuUJrsyJP2vdWVbq8r9P/s1600/crypto.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Sixth Voice of the CISO Data Shows Cyber Risk Has Moved Inside the Workflow</title><description><![CDATA[The 2026 findings are not just a year-over-year shift. They mark the latest point in a five-year arc where resilience, AI governance, human risk, and board scrutiny are converging inside the systems where work actually happens.

For years, the enterprise cybersecurity story has been told as a straight line of escalation: more attacks, more data loss, more pressure, and more urgency. That]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/the-sixth-voice-of-ciso-data-shows.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/the-sixth-voice-of-ciso-data-shows.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:27:05 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlATRFpnJdFH1E6zK00EDXPizTTgy_gfddNnBMuBwwMsatfG5_PB-S_S9uGdDW-MuTX8HzGLataU3yDJ6MdkTBN8fwntNgZIIIy9ljbQLD-6Httyo9ouWJ7rF-KjfIKTn5rMSlBURgeV9JyIPZKDg4jWpd4I0vhCifCzisPojOQcCH_QEpWCvO8WmydA/s1600/Proofpoint.png"/></item><item><title>FBI Warns FortiBleed Remains Active After Amassing 86,644 Fortinet Device Credentials</title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Secret Service (USSS) on Tuesday warned that the FortiBleed credential harvesting campaign remains an active threat aimed at internet-facing Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and secure socket layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) gateways.

"The campaign exploits reused or leaked credentials and legacy SHA-256 password storage, enabling threat]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-warns-fortibleed-remains-active.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-warns-fortibleed-remains-active.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:26:56 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZeKQIcHTVLgqnHpZYN73YclFawl51QxpykrKEb97sAJjA8qtN7FaUJaS0jLMeSS29cTB0nR_yFzsITX_e5SI8Xa8BfM1LDOGsEEEpDmVC8YNqOcEYEuep1UbHovyLlxrwRmYZ3FrbaaKq9eKwICiUTkkPleIibOHdWnbV5cpwYPCrHQasrTxVFA9seQ-/s1600/forti-admin.jpg"/></item><item><title>Atlassian Data Center Flaw Draws Exploitation Attempts Within Two Hours of Public Details</title><description><![CDATA[Threat actors have begun to exploit a newly disclosed critical security flaw impacting Atlassian Data Center products that could allow access to sensitive files under certain conditions.

The arbitrary file access flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-21589 (CVSS score: 9.3) affects multiple products, including Bitbucket Data Center, Confluence Data Center, Jira Service Management Data Center, Jira Software]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/atlassian-data-center-flaw-draws.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/atlassian-data-center-flaw-draws.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:19:26 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityRbZfy1N9Y0SuqWl7yeWTYMjeirrTbDx719fM65Be6yXOt2Zl0YweAi0hAfswNzV_LrHa4eFCpcCemC3FNwxZve4bPkSelQiRnCdXpZofAnI7Si96nULBV6i25jgFaZkEY1T3LuPRhj6QzTSsWHZtLuoH1zXlLKZN3WwSiKS7QoY_Zug0CtaaCGozT6N/s1600/jira-attack.jpg"/></item><item><title>What Is Agentic Pentesting? What It Proves, and Where It Stops.</title><description><![CDATA[If you’re evaluating an agentic pentesting solution right now, you’ve probably heard the same pitch more than once: point it at a target, and it discovers, validates, and exploits attack paths autonomously, the way a real attacker would.

That promise is worth taking seriously. It’s also worth pressure testing, and three questions do the heavy lifting.&nbsp;


  What can the assessment actually]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/what-is-agentic-pentesting-what-it.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/what-is-agentic-pentesting-what-it.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:12:24 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1QPuCVJ1H3gtD86nRRlfnM6eqqqaj0OebVAzFmzsFPWvzvQJhgkREoKOwTkm8c4tqQru3V3rxzEswwX_F_cjqz_v3CG1wNrLNblT0uror88ZssE0gIRR7YNbfDvOj3QTGdqpT1z7j2HFmWiZ-_lIN9FEaCsCt32Z0k0GvOiguuLRiuMPu4Tp-YdSlW8/s1600/picus.jpg"/></item><item><title>Anthropic Expands Claude Access for Vetted Cyber Teams as Glasswing Finds 129,000 Flaws</title><description><![CDATA[Anthropic on Tuesday said it's expanding a program that allows vetted cybersecurity professionals to test its advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models with reduced safeguards and blocking classifiers, as the company claimed its Project Glasswing initiative uncovered at least 129,000 verified software vulnerabilities between April and July 2026.

The company said it also found an additional]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/anthropic-expands-claude-access-for.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/anthropic-expands-claude-access-for.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:37:38 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimg1tAvNh5aMWuNTZXjb4kKfxIQ0iWkuo2bCznozA8oz2Fm36WzbPnBI1bBDX5Mc3hpyOMIcjS_fcdYzzpQnrtUkex17u0_fn7r3bgcRYEN4o2hoGf4vlw5hQKEgcDd2VoVT2P9unKzsVOlly1QFlu6WfySqGPZ4Pf7xrZXaL4pEy1vrhWQBHR7SiqHHvf/s1600/claude-flaws.jpg"/></item><item><title>100+ Compromised Websites Use Fake Cloudflare Checks to Deliver LunexStealer</title><description><![CDATA[The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has identified more than 100 compromised websites that have been injected with malicious JavaScript to serve an information-stealing malware called LunexStealer (aka Psychedelic Stealer).

The activity, which was observed by the agency in September 2026, has been attributed to a threat cluster dubbed UAC-0277. It did not disclose who the]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/100-compromised-websites-use-fake.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/100-compromised-websites-use-fake.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:27:54 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fqqLhgtSTncznc3k2vTS6LJlp8_v3RMx7LaYawiUYEMDuhQ1pOdqrYqlFeyAG5TPBmEnbkLI8vu43GMDxPvaZX6kABd1zQGpIAbVpD2pwtl5v4TohuwbBjlz4dMcjYUv11ogWwPoMoOFJn0aHmxX46xc5Y3ocuxOrg7ix9RrzPzfHtjlW2rAElAV-9-p/s1600/cf-malware.jpg"/></item><item><title>Fake ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude Ad Portals Capture Credentials and MFA Codes</title><description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a "human-operated phishing platform" that impersonates advertising products for artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Perplexity, Meta Muse, and Manus.

The products, which claim to offer campaign optimization, spend audits, and business-account connections, are designed with one goal in]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fake-chatgpt-gemini-and-claude-ad.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fake-chatgpt-gemini-and-claude-ad.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:08:55 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zSahkV9zcg01XiHIrV4cYRCzxV9MLlvvX9vRW5e0Nd5Kg0aXGPgWR2oqqdHAAcrmm5r66m5Aj8VF9HYZtgTJv_X1HOaijWEoB_6m8ieYd-F9ytUtmn-1GgX4B-BWo6LXQgzVzr0nTiXsicD-3eTf02ZvrTwPsOCFt8yYGvuxTHfIYxwErOI1w99uekRz/s1600/muse-ai.jpg"/></item><item><title>Linux Backdoors Impersonate Email Security Tools to Evade Detection in Korea and Taiwan</title><description><![CDATA[Linux backdoors targeting telecom and network appliances in South Korea and Taiwan have been disguising their traffic as email services and seemingly legitimate processes to blend in and evade detection.

Threat actors are known to name their malicious software after a legitimate operating system component or a process as a defense evasion measure. By borrowing the name of a real binary, it may]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/linux-backdoors-impersonate-email.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/linux-backdoors-impersonate-email.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:54:25 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42ncE2ZMHIbAm_fj5U9fqCYUvPwhyUiNbARM3CC5IxhnMXjIZ2ENa99UDGeaZqGPlqn53A7y7Nkz1ZxzzyykKxEb4GT0jxWhrar9Q5yPmBN1NL6599HRdbzbLSYf3WPuU7tkkY5eOsvhAT9dw-24DXuusztPyRr2H66840cWZx17MZ0B-rB877W19bgX1/s1600/linux-spam.jpg"/></item><item><title>LibreOffice and OpenOffice Flaws Let Malicious Spreadsheets Run Code Without Macro Warnings</title><description><![CDATA[A malicious spreadsheet can make LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice run an attacker's code as soon as the file is opened, security researchers have shown. There is no warning first, of the kind either program shows before it runs a macro.

The attack works only when the program's Java support is enabled. So far, it has only been shown as a proof of concept, and there are no reports of its use in]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/libreoffice-and-openoffice-flaws-let.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/libreoffice-and-openoffice-flaws-let.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:27:00 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVdFxWk-OP9_vpIdzp0S9ffqMNnyAMbRWKklSryVockcistDlpX5ZcfLGluaqpHqdsu_DoOaFq2J1z5jTVNatxS8aoQjMNS1PoEYOAZrj1V1Spdk67LUZgSlSPlqeEULSVSbHZfkCimWV56E2HKs_IUNrJaYFrPPq0YaXS2sEMBVZNJM0f2ydfUMFREw/s1600/office-sheet.jpg"/></item><item><title>Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies</title><description><![CDATA[The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, has confirmed that it has discovered activity by rogue OpenAI agents on its platforms, including unsuccessful efforts to compromise Etherpad, a public note-taking tool, and edit Wikipedia pages.

"The unauthorized bot activities included edits to our wikis, some unsuccessful attempts to exploit a public note-taking tool we host, and heavy traffic,]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/wikimedia-says-openai-agents-tried-to.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/wikimedia-says-openai-agents-tried-to.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:56:25 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN60cSxpzLhK9K0oXjbeGNCoMl79wSkfW1h7dVHHi3dQPeRx2QUvM9dNGF3qKELV9xwkn8N_FBHk0WgftQryFzkKWyEf0jGbPb6ffor00ZQQnVPSrSSWKDfL10Shpkm2Q_LRFb85BarRqvdDE8eIksiGSrRy6hk8CD2cGf4xIIALAbOZEfHWMHWc7LfhA/s1600/wiki.jpg"/></item><item><title>Welcome to the Jungle: What We Found Inside 15,465 Public MCP Servers</title><description><![CDATA[In 2024, MCP (Model Context Protocol) set out to become the USB-C of AI: one standard for connecting models, agents, and IDEs to tools and data. The protocol delivered. Thousands of developers built servers, and enterprises plugged them into agent workflows.

The ecosystem around it fell short. Earlier this year, our team at OX Security,&nbsp; traced critical vulnerabilities in Anthropic's MCP]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/welcome-to-jungle-what-we-found-inside.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/welcome-to-jungle-what-we-found-inside.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:32:30 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9ijWk9zlAlr4Ogzkb3OyeREM6GDYe0AZx5DQ-TmdUPN5ogFXFM0Z9Lh-qdG1CAIVdBX7cV7NSfgEk_yBtaTFCPdIjAo23ixCfHqa4j1m8FY2cRfmdcrd4GZNn-5QQScWonyO6GDRx6RA1ZRcuW9tAmCOFG9u7KQbWx3fftJ921w8rUqHx4ya_5CFuJM/s1600/ox.png.jpg"/></item><item><title>Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports</title><description><![CDATA[Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its bug bounty program for its open-source software.

The change, in effect since October 1, means researchers can no longer submit security flaws in the code of projects such as Go, Angular, and Protocol Buffers there for a reward. Reports about supply chain compromises are still accepted, and reports filed before October 1 are]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/google-pauses-oss-product-bug-bounty.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/google-pauses-oss-product-bug-bounty.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:51:47 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWoelMB7H9bFZJdDV7vP5M3a1ByvpHs8ub2SrBGOM1gz6r0Fg9cV1fplW5Q6mNBFtRlW99wDCSC-_6_sZBw0l4HsFvUDP5cCH2zmgcF4NK5wCOInv05K4hH2WMlKCA_G_psX4zB_hUcXid2MWx5fGDjaJvD1YjWBechwUdrhXK51dJYZ3PGsu0JQcT1U/s1600/google-bug-bounty.jpg"/></item><item><title>Critical Atlassian Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Known Files Across 8 Products</title><description><![CDATA[A critical flaw in 8 Atlassian Data Center products, which customers host themselves, allows an attacker with no login access to read specific files in each product's web application root directory.

The attacker must already know a file's exact name and path and cannot list what the directory holds. Atlassian&nbsp;disclosed the flaw, CVE-2026-21589, on October 5, rated it 9.3 out of 10, and]]></description><link>https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/critical-atlassian-flaw-lets.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/critical-atlassian-flaw-lets.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:28:56 +0530</pubDate><author>info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)</author><enclosure length="12216320" type="image/jpeg" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQge2pd9O29G6qjsswRMYKnpM66wzyEWHOnRljkIZUZpCGVGACovyKIiji1HQ4jZOsypuaveJUBxx0r7-tT-Icd3COeo_prgm0TbMWDJBYFYpWHOC3lBjb8sZo6f2qWPkzeztOAjMW1CjrE_fDe3nWBU2FEOOjUWDpNUbtY1okTyx_iFE7xcI5jxOeiQ/s1600/file.jpg"/></item></channel></rss>