592/69 Friday, October 30, 2026 A recent report from Akamai found that detected online scams doubled between July 2025 and June 2026, marking the first time this type of fraud has surpassed phishing attacks in volume. The shift reflects how threat actors are increasingly focusing on directly monetizing victims through fake online stores, investment scams, […]
591/69 Thursday, October 29, 2026 Google and Mozilla have released security updates for Chrome 156 and Firefox 159, addressing more than 200 vulnerabilities in total. Chrome 156 fixes 52 security issues, including four rated Critical, while Firefox 159 addresses 167 vulnerabilities, 108 of which are rated High severity. At the time of disclosure, neither Google […]
590/69 Thursday, October 29, 2026 The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) in the United States disclosed a cyberattack that caused disruptions to several systems, affecting medical services and academic operations. On October 26, 2026, UNM Health, the university’s healthcare provider, temporarily limited new patient admissions, diverted ambulances to nearby hospitals, and […]
589/69 Thursday, October 29, 2026 Threat actors have begun scanning the internet for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) systems that have not yet been patched against the critical security vulnerability CVE-2026-101767, which could allow an external attacker to compromise affected systems without authentication. The activity poses a significant risk to large enterprises, government agencies, educational institutions, […]
588/69 Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Researchers have disclosed details of CVE-2026-80097 in Microsoft Authenticator for Android, an Improper Authentication vulnerability rated High with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.6, while Microsoft classifies the issue as Important. The flaw could allow a malicious application installed on the device to impersonate a Microsoft application, such as Teams, […]
587/69 Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Police in Seoul, South Korea, have announced the arrest of seven suspects linked to a cybercrime operation that attacked more than 90 organizations in the country and stole approximately 8.2 million data records. Targets included educational institutions, hospitals, large companies, and golf courses. The suspected ringleader is a 32-year-old man […]
586/69 Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Security researchers from JFrog have reported a worm campaign from the Miasma malware family targeting the npm ecosystem. The activity was previously believed to be experimental, but more recent findings show that the malware had compromised 42 GitHub repositories belonging to 11 users since July. A notable feature of the […]
585/69 Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Researchers from Forever Security disclosed the discovery of a malicious AGENTS.md file in a user’s ~/Downloads folder that attempted to instruct an AI coding agent to install an npm package named function-color, which was linked to malware. Security controls blocked the activity before the malicious code could execute. Researchers then […]
584/69 Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Dutch police have announced the arrest of two suspects linked to a financial fraud scheme that used NFC relay techniques together with phone-based impersonation of bank employees. The scheme reportedly affected 170 victims and resulted in losses of more than EUR 380,000, or approximately USD 425,600. The suspects allegedly used […]
583/69 Tuesday, October 27, 2026 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is accelerating efforts to strengthen the security of the Domain Name System (DNS) in preparation for quantum computing technologies that could potentially undermine current cryptographic standards. The increased urgency follows assessments suggesting that the timeframe in which quantum computers may become […]
