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- Japan's GMO urges customers to shut down PCs amid ransomware threatBleepingComputer
The GMO Group has urged customers to disconnect their systems from the internet and shut down computers after a threat actor who breached the company's Onamae D
- OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra is safer overall, but shows more destructive-action flags in testsBleepingComputer
OpenAI confirmed GPT-6.1 Terra is safer overall than some of its older models, but its safety testing also found other problems. [...]
- UNM Health ransomware attack disrupts patient care, surgeriesBleepingComputer
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center disclosed a cyberattack that caused system outages and disrupted patient care and academic activities. [...]
- 3 Frameworks to Protect CISOs & Orgs Against AI LiabilityDark Reading
Cyber leaders can get ahead of AI liability with rigorous documentation, transparency, and smart contract negotiations with AI vendors.
- Hackers hijack Convertr analytics script to steal payment card dataBleepingComputer
A credit card skimming group reportedly compromised a shared analytics script used by e-commerce platform Convertr to steal shoppers' payment data during checko
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Snapshot 2026-10-28- Japan's GMO urges customers to shut down PCs amid ransomware threat
The GMO Group has urged customers to disconnect their systems from the internet and shut down computers after a threat actor who breached the company's Onamae Desktop Cloud threate
- OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra is safer overall, but shows more destructive-action flags in tests
OpenAI confirmed GPT-6.1 Terra is safer overall than some of its older models, but its safety testing also found other problems. [...]
- UNM Health ransomware attack disrupts patient care, surgeries
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center disclosed a cyberattack that caused system outages and disrupted patient care and academic activities. [...]
- 3 Frameworks to Protect CISOs & Orgs Against AI Liability
Cyber leaders can get ahead of AI liability with rigorous documentation, transparency, and smart contract negotiations with AI vendors.
- Hackers hijack Convertr analytics script to steal payment card data
A credit card skimming group reportedly compromised a shared analytics script used by e-commerce platform Convertr to steal shoppers' payment data during checkout. [...]
- External Teams Chats Anchor 15-Minute Malware Delivery
Main bombing sis getting a new look with a wide-scale, ongoing social engineering campaign that might be tied to the Black Basta ransomware gang.
- Nefilim, Hive ransomware operator given five-year-plus sentence after guilty plea
Ukrainian national Artem Stryzhak, 36, had pleaded guilty last year to charges related to participating in at least two well-known ransomware groups.
- SBOMs Alone Can't Reveal the Scope of a Supply Chain Attack
A recent Shai-Hulud attack shows defenders need real-time visibility into production code and affected services to respond to supply chain compromises.
- US indicts Malaysian national after Madagascar scam operation uncovered
DOJ action against five foreign nationals — plus a sting in Madagascar — highlight the expanding global reach of the scam center industry.
- CyberStrikeAI Uses 44 AI Agents to Automate Hacking Operations Against Japan Targets
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of three cyber attacks targeting organizations in Japan in which artificial intelligence (AI) was a key element, either in the driv
- Microsoft releases Windows OOB updates to distrust eMudhra certificates
Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) Windows updates to remove trust in certificates tied to compromised eMudhra certificate authority keys, protecting systems that do not rece
- Beware the Slasher: AI Could Kill Off Cybersecurity Pros' Skills
Nathan Hamiel outlines potential SecOps horror in the AI midst, as core technical capabilities go the way of reading an atlas or remembering phone numbers.
- Brotli bug reaches far beyond Node.js (CVE-2026-111497)
A vulnerability in Brotli, Google’s widely used open-source compression library, is putting a broad range of software at risk. About CVE-2026-111497 Alternatively known as “Node2Sh
- 'Aokigahara' Stealer Targets 'Developer Keyrings' & AI Assistants
The malware's focus on AI tools expands the traditional infostealer playbook to expose a forest of AI sessions, sensitive business data, and developer infrastructure from a single
- Cyber Incident Forces UNM Health to Cancel Surgeries, Divert Ambulances
The University of New Mexico is working to restore systems following the incident, which has been claimed by the BYOD ransomware group
- Warp discloses breach exposing AI agent logs, user telemetry data
Agent decision logs and telemetry data belonging to Warp agentic development environment users were exposed in an attack on a third-party vendor in the project's infrastructure. [.
- Hackers Infect 953 Online Stores With Scanner-Evading Code
Attackers have infected 953 online stores with a scanner-evading JavaScript loader since July 2025
- OpenAI Compaction Flaw Exposed AI Reasoning to Researchers
Researchers uncovered an OpenAI API flaw that exposed hidden AI reasoning traces, prompting a fix and a $6000 bug bounty reward
- Tailscale Rushes Patches After Uncoordinated Disclosure of ‘Tailworm’ Flaws
Tailscale is preparing a patch for Tailscale SSH flaws whose details went public over the weekend, before any fixes had been released. The post Tailscale Rushes Patches After Uncoo
- Hackers repeatedly breached suppliers holding UK police data, watchdog finds
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services says British police data has been breach several times this decade through third-party IT suppliers.
- ISC2 Launches Cyber-AI Workforce Coalition to Address the Future of AI Security Jobs
ISC2’s new Cyber-AI Workforce Coalition serves as a “vendor-neutral convener” to map the future of AI security careers, ISC2 CEO Scott Beale told Infosecurity
- University of New Mexico hospital diverts ambulances after cyberattack
For about two hours on Monday, the organization diverted ambulances to health systems in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. They were forced to suspend outpatient surgeries and appointments
- Hackers bury inboxes in spam then show up on Microsoft Teams posing as IT support
Threat actors are flooding employees’ inboxes with spam and then contacting them on Microsoft Teams as IT support, offering to fix the problem they created, Arctic Wolf has found.
- Tailscale warns of SSH flaws allowing root privilege escalation
The Tailscale security team is working to patch almost a dozen security vulnerabilities that could be exploited to steal credentials, crash servers, gain root privileges, and more.
- The Huntress Tragic Quadrant: Ranking Threats Hitting Businesses Hardest
Attackers are increasingly abusing legitimate IT tools, Microsoft 365 sessions, and everyday workflows to compromise businesses without triggering traditional defenses. Huntress La
- GoAhead TLS Flaws Allow Revoked Client Certificates and Enable Session Decryption
The GoAhead embedded web server loaded a certificate revocation list into its default TLS backend but never turned revocation checking on, so a revoked client certificate could sti
- Apple Backports Fix for Exploited CoreGraphics Flaw to Older iPhones and iPads
Apple on Monday backported fixes for a high-severity security flaw that was exploited in real-world cyber attacks to older devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-86950 (CV
- Malicious apps prey on Russians’ anxiety about fuel prices, drone strikes
Cybercriminals are stuffing infostealer malware into bogus apps aimed at tracking gas prices, police activity, drone strikes and other information of concern to average Russians, r
- Vendor Key Leak Puts Data of 238,000 Denver Health Plan Members at Risk
A leaked SquareML access key could have been used to access a database containing personal and health information. The post Vendor Key Leak Puts Data of 238,000 Denver Health Plan
- Socure links AI agents to verified people and businesses
Socure has launched Agent Intelligence, a suite that detects AI agents, scores whether they should be trusted, and ties each agent to the verified person or business that authorize
Headlines link to the original publishers: The Hacker News, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, Dark Reading, The Record, Krebs on Security, CISA, Help Net Security, Infosecurity Magazine, NCSC UK, SANS ISC.