General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.
Publish Date: 10/30/2026
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Critical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.
Publish Date: 10/27/2026
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Flubbed key signing "ceremony" allowed minting of web credentials for any site.
Publish Date: 10/22/2026
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For 3 days this month, 333 exit nodes were hacked in hopes of stealing sensitive data.
Publish Date: 10/22/2026
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Survey of 2,018 IT heads at big firms points to a lack of leverage.
Publish Date: 10/21/2026
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Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
Publish Date: 10/21/2026
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Intermediate certs allow anyone to mint web credentials for any Internet server.
Publish Date: 10/20/2026
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Meta is suspending the sharing feature while it investigates its privacy.
Publish Date: 10/20/2026
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A researcher says attacks chaining 4 vulnerabilities is hacking unpatched boxes.
Publish Date: 10/19/2026
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ReactOS gains NTFS install support with new driver.
Publish Date: 10/19/2026
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The actions could have resulted in criminal charges had humans been behind the keyboard.
Publish Date: 10/16/2026
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The incident is likely 1st confirmation of mercenary spyware delivered by targeted ads.
Publish Date: 10/15/2026
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Incident hitting 700 supermarkets exploited outdated devices exposed to the Internet.
Publish Date: 10/14/2026
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"Small weight-based replicators" could usher in a new generation of computer worms.
Publish Date: 10/14/2026
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Topgolf and VMware "ran deep" before the migration.
Publish Date: 10/13/2026
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"The current decline may be just the beginning of a new downward cycle."
Publish Date: 10/9/2026
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Compromise of 3 domain registries allows hackers to walk off with unauthorized certs.
Publish Date: 10/6/2026
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The reports of OpenAI agents harming third-party sites keep coming.
Publish Date: 10/6/2026
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Users want to "reduce risk and avoid unnecessary disruption" while making changes.
Publish Date: 10/6/2026
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Trust gaps in the new protocol spread malicious prompts from one agent to another.
Publish Date: 10/5/2026
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