There are some things in life so obviously inappropriate, so poorly worded, that the moment a specific set of words are crammed together to promote something as innocent as a zoo event for children, they should instantly trigger Star Wars-like klaxon alarms in the brains of everyone within a 50-mile radius. And yet a zoo...Read More
There are two rules when it comes to cybersecurity news. First, there’s always something to talk about. Second, those things are often so irritating that you just want to go back to bed. Take this week, for example, when we reported on three different campaigns that compromised legitimate, trusted names to spread malware. Perhaps the...Read More
On September 18, 2026, the AI industry is grappling with significant security threats stemming from vulnerabilities in AI code agents developed by major players including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft. As these companies address flaws in their platforms, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and GitHub Copilot, the implications for technology firms like Super Micro...Read More
Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Alaa Farouk, said Egypt and Uzbekistan have strong historic ties and that political leadership has worked to expand economic and agricultural co-operation and promote investment opportunities to support sustainable food security. Farouk made the remarks during a meeting on Friday with a high-level Uzbek government delegation to discuss...Read More
Ellis County is notifying residents that the county experienced a ransomware incident affecting portions of its information technology systems. Ellis County officials became aware of the incident early this morning, September 17th, 2026, and immediately took steps to contain the disruption, including isolating affected systems and engaging cybersecurity specialists to assist with the investigation and...Read More
One thing has become clear in the first eight months of 2026, according to a Forbes article by Chuck Brooks, a globally recognized technology thought leader: Cybersecurity is now an operational environment for every modern business, not just a defensive discipline. Attackers are more coordinated, faster, and more automated. Instead of using add-on controls, defenders are rushing...Read More
If money has just disappeared from your bank account, UPI wallet or card because of a cyber fraud, do not spend the next hour searching for the right police station. Call 1930 immediately, inform your bank through its official fraud-reporting channel and file the incident on India’s National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. For other cyber...Read More
Check Point Software has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability that can let attackers execute code with root privileges on management systems. Tracked as CVE-2026-91843, this flaw stems from a stack-based buffer overflow weakness in the login process for Security Management Server instances, which manage Security Gateways (firewalls) and monitor network security events....Read More
They exploited a flaw in the set-up of OpenAI’s community forum, which is hosted by a third-party, Discourse, and used it to gain access to internal sign-ons and eventually an OpenAI employee’s ChatGPT account. This ChatGPT account had access to internal code through GitHub. “We thank the researchers for contacting us and sharing their findings,”...Read More
Health-ISAC’s Medical Device Security Council published a MedTech Security Baselines paper outlining a practical set of cybersecurity capabilities that healthcare delivery organizations commonly expect medical device manufacturers to support. The guidance covers nine survey-selected capability domains intended to inform medical device evaluation, procurement, deployment and exception reviews, while distinguishing between devices running full operating systems...Read More
