Wikimedia says OpenAI agents tried to hijack a citation tool and an Etherpad note-taking service to use as target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer external”>Wikimedia called “malicious edits” designed to repurpose a citation tool so it could fetch third-party data. In a separate attempt, the agents tried and failed to compromise the Wikipedia Etherpad note-taking tool for the...Read More

The Great Debate: Firmware Hacking US Ethical Hacking or a War on Manufacturers?      07/10/26 The synth world, partly thanks to AI decompilation tools I suspect, has received an absolute wealth of firmware updates this month. Target devices have been extremely broad; with transformative code hitting everything from a vintage Akai S900 to the modern M-VAVE...Read More

The Supreme Court (SC) and the US State Department’s Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) are looking to deepen cooperation on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and other emerging technologies as the judiciary adapts to the challenges of digital-era justice. The technology-focused discussions took place during INL director Navarro Moore’s courtesy visit to SC...Read More

Around half (48%) of cybersecurity professionals rely on usernames and passwords to authenticate their personal accounts, according to a study by Yubico and Okta. Additionally, this method remains the single most common way that security professionals log in to their work accounts, used by 43%. This is despite the respondents’ viewing usernames and passwords as...Read More

Police operatives in Lagos State have arrested a man who was declared wanted over allegations of cyberbullying and making disparaging comments about religious clerics and their beliefs. The suspect, who lives in the Alakuko area of the state, was arrested on Tuesday following petitions submitted against him by some clerics. Following the complaints, the Lagos...Read More

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s newly-appointed parole board has rapidly released murderers and violent sex offenders, including a child rapist, who were either sentenced to life behind bars or had decades left on their prison sentences. According to a Washington Examiner analysis of Virginia parole decision data, the state’s release rate under Spanberger, a Democrat, is...Read More

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Fashion giant ASOS is investigating “unauthorised activity” involving a third-party platform after customers were sent a phone alert saying the online retailer had been hacked. Personal information, such as names...Read More

Some of the world’s top ethical hackers descended on the Irish city of Cork in an event that began on October 6, where they have already discovered dozens of zero-day flaws in the latest Pwn2Own Ireland. The hacking competition pits teams against each other in a contest to see who can unearth the most novel...Read More

Zscaler Report Finds 275% Jump in Ransomware Data Theft Attackers focused on employees with privileged roles and abused tools such as Microsoft Teams, the research found. By Danielle Naidu Oct 05, 2026 Ransomware data theft rose more than 275% last year, with attackers exfiltrating 896.2 terabytes of data, the Zscaler ThreatLabz 2026 Ransomware...Read More

Every October, when horror movies start turning up again, I’m reminded of one particularly ambitious attempt from my childhood to make an old monster a little scarier. In May 1982, DC’s Channel 20 turned a showing of Revenge of the Creature, the sequel to Creature From the Black Lagoon, into a local television event by...Read More