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Two critical PHP flaws put the web on alert as emergency patches arrive

Organizations are scrambling to protect themselves following the disclosure of two critical vulnerabilities in commonly used code that powers much of the internet. The flaws discovered in the PHP scripting language could allow attackers to perform unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). On Wednesday morning, the PHP Foundation released patches for affected versions, and said it…

Compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates

Cisco Talos is aware of eight intermediate certificates belonging to the intermediate certificate authority, eMudhra. Rather than possessing the mandatory 384 bits of pseudo-random security, several private keys evaluated single-digit and double-digit integers. This misconfiguration allows an attacker with the private key of any of the compromised intermediate CAs to impersonate any website or service.…

Tesla and SpaceX Form Independent Committees to Explore Merger

Elon Musk is considering putting electric cars, rockets, satellites and artificial intelligence under one corporate roof. Tesla and SpaceX have established committees of independent directors to examine a potential merger, marking a significant step toward combining two of Musk’s largest businesses. However, neither company has agreed to transaction terms, and the deal remains uncertain. For…

Google Cloud, Cognizant Launch 18,000-Engineer AI Group for Enterprise Deployments

Major enterprise AI contracts involve more than selecting a cloud platform. Buyers also have to consider the engineering resources and consulting expertise available to support their investments. Cognizant said it committed more than 18,000 engineers to a new Gemini Frontier Capability Group under its expanded partnership with Google Cloud, announced Oct. 19. Its specialists will…

WhatsApp’s chatbot was given hidden instructions to not mention privacy regulators

WhatsApp instructed its AI support chatbot not to recommend contacting privacy regulators when users couldn’t delete their accounts, researchers found. Privacy software company Redact discovered the hidden text on October 8. Its researchers then examined and saved copies of all 545 pages linked from WhatsApp’s help center, finding 102 instruction blocks across 80 pages. The…

AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise

In this article What’s happening What is ARTEX? Mitigation and protection guidance References Learn more As early as September 2026, Storm-0940, a China-state aligned actor, used the agentic AI penetration testing framework ARTEX to automate attacks targeting hundreds of organizations globally across a broad range of industries. Several of these Storm-0940 ARTEX-driven attacks have resulted…

LiteLLM Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Delivering Credential Stealer and Backdoor

The popular LiteLLM Python package has been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack that delivered a credential stealer and a backdoor, according to reports from SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Upwind. The compromise affects LiteLLM 1.107.0, distributed through PyPI wheels and Docker images. The Python package has since been quarantined on Python Package…

Google DeepMind Engineer Resigns in Protest of Pentagon Contract

Sofia Liguori, a research engineer working at DeepMind, resigned in protest this week from Google’s pioneering artificial intelligence laboratory. Unlike a wave of other AI researchers who have quit over fears AI might someday turn against humanity, Liguori stepped down over concern about her employer’s current practices. Disenchanted and disturbed by Google’s military contracts with…

Multiple Vulnerabilities in PHP Could Allow for Remote Code Execution

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PHP, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution. PHP is a widely-used, open-source server-side scripting language designed primarily for web development. All PHP installations serving web requests, including PHP-FPM, Apache with mod_php, php-cgi, FrankenPHP and LiteSpeed are considered at risk. Successful exploitation of the most…

PHP2Shell: Why websites are going offline for emergency security updates

If you’ve encountered websites in maintenance mode today, it may be a security precaution. Reports of attacks targeting two critical PHP vulnerabilities have prompted warnings to install emergency updates and consider temporarily taking affected services offline until they can be patched. The vulnerabilities, known as PHP2Shell, are tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. Both carry a…

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Two critical RCEs in PHP core

Cisco Talos is tracking the disclosure of two unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) flaws in PHP core, dubbed “php2shell”, triggered by a plain HTTP request and exploitable before any application code runs, affecting every PHP build since 5.4. Based on the entities involved in the disclosure, artificial intelligence and associated technologies played a key role…

NCSC-2026-0445 [1.00] [M/H] Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle Analytics

Oracle heeft 33 kwetsbaarheden verholpen in diverse Oracle Analytics-producten, waaronder Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition en Oracle BI Publisher. In de patchnote staan 33 kwetsbaarheden, waarvan 14 kwetsbaarheden op afstand kunnen worden misbruikt zonder dat authenticatie vereist is. Afhankelijk van de kwetsbaarheid, de getroffen productversie en de configuratie kan misbruik leiden tot ongeautoriseerde toegang tot…

NCSC-2026-0444 [1.00] [M/H] Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle Communications

Oracle heeft 110 kwetsbaarheden verholpen in diverse Oracle Communications-producten, waaronder Oracle Communications Unified Assurance, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Security Edge Protection Proxy, Oracle Communications Service Catalog and Design en Oracle Communications Operations Monitor. De kwetsbaarheden betreffen verschillende beveiligingsproblemen in Oracle Communications-producten, waaronder mogelijkheden voor niet-geauthenticeerde en laaggeprivilegieerde kwaadwillenden om via netwerktoegang ongeautoriseerde acties uit…

Amazon Plans €16B Germany Investment, Including €4.8B AWS Expansion

Amazon is committing more than €16 billion ($18 billion) to Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand AWS infrastructure as demand for AI and cloud computing grows. The investment plan, announced Tuesday at the German government’s Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, will expand AWS’s Frankfurt region while supporting additional projects in robotics, logistics,…

Introducing full transaction detection for Cloudflare WAF

Today, we are expanding our web application firewall (WAF) by adding two new capabilities: full transaction detections and response rules. Full transaction detections evaluate each HTTP request alongside its response to identify evidence of exploitation. It helps answer both “Does this request look malicious?” and “What happened when the application handled it?” Response rules can…

NCSC-2026-0443 [1.00] [H/H] Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in PHP

PHP heeft twee kritieke kwetsbaarheden verholpen. De kwetsbaarheden kunnen zonder authenticatie op afstand worden misbruikt voor het uitvoeren van willekeurige code. Alle PHP-installaties die webverzoeken verwerken zijn getroffen. De kwetsbaarheid met kenmerk CVE-2026-109618 betreft geheugenbeschadiging bij de afhandeling van een Out-of-Memory-situatie. Hierdoor kunnen interne requestgegevens slechts gedeeltelijk worden geïnitialiseerd en tijdens de verwerking als geldige…

Cloudflare deploys protections against php2shell vulnerability

Today, Calif.io, Wiz, OpenAI and Quarkslab disclosed two vulnerabilities in PHP, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 and known as php2shell. The vulnerabilities affect all web servers running PHP 5.4 or later and they may allow an attacker to cause denial of service, remote code execution, and data exposure when an application processes specially crafted HTTP traffic. Cloudflare has…

NVIDIA unveils security architecture that can stop AI agents crossing set boundaries

NVIDIA’s OpenShell Reference Architecture is designed to help businesses control AI agents operating across enterprise infrastructure and local computing systems. It builds on NVIDIA’s existing OpenShell security software, combining it with hardware for running AI models, managing agent operations and enforcing security rules. The aim is to let agents carry out useful work within defined…

Beyond Generative AI: The Autonomous Agent Attack Surface (2025-2026)

As organizations transition from generative AI to autonomous agents, security risks shift from data exfiltration to action hijacking. Attackers exploit agent vulnerabilities through three primary vectors: registering malicious tools in registries, injecting backdoors into model weights, and manipulating goal specifications to subtly alter agent objectives. Defending agentic systems requires a layered framework combining formal verification…

Prepare yourselves: PHP to release emergency fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities

The PHP project is preparing an unscheduled security release for Wednesday to fix two vulnerabilities it rates as critical after details of the flaws leaked online and a major internet infrastructure company reported early attacks. The patch release, set for 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday, addresses two flaws catalogued as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, both rated 9.2…

Google Chrome Integrates Gemini AI to Detect Fake Antivirus and Browser Update Scams

Google has enhanced Chrome’s AI-powered scam defenses with a new server-side Gemini model that detects fake antivirus alerts, fraudulent browser updates, and other deceptive websites. Announced on October 20, 2026, these changes expand protection to all users who enable Safe Browsing’s Enhanced Protection mode. This update builds on the earlier on-device Gemini integration introduced in…

Google Chrome Adds ClickFix Warnings to Stop Users From Running Malicious Commands

Google on Tuesday said it’s rolling out improved safeguards in its Chrome browser to secure users against ClickFix attacks when Enhanced Protection is enabled. ClickFix is a popular social engineering technique in which bad actors trick users into copying and pasting malicious code directly into their computer’s operating system, thereby bypassing conventional security controls. As…

Best PSA Software for MSPs in 2026: 6 Tools Compared

Professional services automation (PSA) software helps managed service providers (MSPs) manage service tickets, technician time, customer contracts, projects, and billing. The best PSA platform for an MSP depends on its size, existing remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools, automation requirements, and budget. HaloPSA is our overall pick for MSPs seeking comprehensive service management capabilities. Atera,…

Gemini-Compatible AI Browsers Could Help Scammers Run Thousands of Fake Accounts, Researchers Warn

Antidetect browsers tools that create separate browser profiles with altered digital fingerprints could help scammers operate thousands of apparently unrelated social media accounts. The research focuses on Kameleo, AdsPower and MultiLogin, commercially available platforms with legitimate uses in marketing, e-commerce and privacy protection. Researchers say they also found the tools referenced in criminal forums and…

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Industrial Defender Unifies Endpoint Intelligence and Network Monitoring for CIP-015, Adds Risk Signal

Orlando, Florida, United States, October 20th, 2026, CyberNewswire Industrial Defender Unifies Endpoint Intelligence and Network Monitoring for CIP-015, Adds Risk Signal to Turn Findings into Prioritized Patch Plans New internal network security monitoring correlates every anomaly with deep asset intelligence; Risk Signal converts findings into verified remediation Industrial Defender, an OT cybersecurity leader serving the…

How Tenable brought multi-language support to security detectors with agentic translation

AI security tools that can only detect threats in English offer limited protection. Here’s how Tenable trained our threat detectors to process nine additional languages and understand thousands more, without the need for a translation model, which increases costs and slows down processing. Key takeaways Tenable One AI Exposure’s detectors, covering AI threats, harmful content,…

The Science of Exploitability: Decoding BlueHammer

Executive Summary BlueHammer (CVE-2026-33825) is an eight-stage local privilege-escalation chain targeting the Windows Defender Antimalware Platform before 4.18.26030.3011. It does not grant initial access; an attacker needs standard-user code execution first. Still, in the lab, it reached NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM, recovered domain-admin credentials from LSASS, and moved laterally via pass-the-hash. This is not memory corruption. It…

Fake Amazon Music x YouTube deal lures creators into a Google login trap

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Log Analytics with LogTotal

What Is Log Analytics? Log analytics is the practice of collecting, parsing, normalizing, and querying machine-generated event records to answer an operational or security question. In a SOC, that question is usually narrow: did this account authenticate from an unexpected source, did this host spawn an unusual child process, which API calls preceded the data…

NCSC-2026-0442 [1.00] [M/H] Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle E-Business Suite

Oracle heeft 194 kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle E-Business Suite en gerelateerde componenten, specifiek voor versies 12.2.3 tot en met 12.2.15. Afhankelijk van de specifieke kwetsbaarheid kunnen deze door een aanvaller met netwerktoegang worden misbruikt om ongeautoriseerde toegang tot gegevens te verkrijgen of om gegevens aan te maken, in te zien, te wijzigen of te verwijderen.…

Gentlemen Ransomware Hackers Hijack Legitimate Lenovo Drivers to Disable Security Software

The Gentlemen ransomware operation is abusing legitimate Lenovo and Safetica kernel drivers to terminate security software, weakening endpoint defenses before encryption. Acronis Threat Research Unit researchers identified two custom dropper samples during a recent incident, exposing how the group weaponizes vulnerable drivers rather than relying exclusively on conventional process termination commands The technique, known as…

WordPress sites compromised after TeamUpdraft credential exposure

Attackers are using stolen connection keys exposed in a TeamUpdraft security breach to install malicious plugins on affected WordPress sites and establish persistent access. Sites already compromised may remain at risk even after the exposed credentials are revoked. The attacks followed unauthorized access to TeamUpdraft’s website. The company, which develops the UpdraftPlus backup plugin and…

China-Aligned Bronze Sandcastle Abuses Sandboxie DLL Sideloading to Deploy Backdoors

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented China-aligned threat cluster known as Bronze Sandcastle that has been observed targeting organizations in Asia and Africa since mid-2025. “The most distinctive technical marker for Bronze Sandcastle is its consistent use of Sandboxie DLL sideloading,” Sophos security researcher Gabor Szappanos said in a post published

Cloudflare Warns of Active Exploitation Attempts Against Two Leaked PHP Flaws

Cloudflare has issued a warning about emerging attacks targeting two critical PHP vulnerabilities. In response, the company has implemented emergency web application firewall (WAF) rules while developers await an official security release. The PHP Foundation has provided advance notice, assigning both vulnerabilities a CVSS v4 score of 9.2, indicating the urgent need for affected environments…

How to Export Windows Event Logs (EVTX)

The short answer: open Event Viewer, right-click the log you need (for example Windows Logs → Security), choose Save All Events As…, and keep the .evtx format. From an elevated command prompt, the same thing is one line: wevtutil epl Security C:logssecurity.evtx. Don’t copy the files out of C:WindowsSystem32winevtLogs with Explorer. The Event Log service…

Generative AI Is Erasing Behavioral Tells, Weakening Behavior-Only Detection, Proofpoint Reports

Generative AI has changed what a malicious email looks like. Messages that once gave themselves away through clumsy wording, generic pretexts, and reused templates now arrive fluent, personalized, and unique to each recipient, and the behavioral signals email filters have relied on for years are fading as a result. Proofpoint shared several examples of the…

BRONZE SANDCASTLE Hackers Steal Active Directory Database Using Hidden Windows Backdoors

BRONZE SANDCASTLE intrusions involving hidden Windows backdoors and the theft of the Active Directory database. The suspected China-based group combines legitimate applications, malicious DLLs, and encrypted payloads to execute code inside trusted processes while limiting artifacts available to conventional file scanning. Investigations covering August 2025 through August 2026 identified victims in the Philippines, Taiwan, Afghanistan,…

Google Chrome 156 Fixes 353 Security Vulnerabilities, Including 6 Critical Flaws

Google released Chrome version 156 to the stable channel for Windows, macOS, and Linux, addressing 353 security vulnerabilities, including six critical flaws. Announced on October 20, 2026, this update addresses memory corruption, use-after-free errors, input validation issues, and other weaknesses across various browser components. Google stated that the deployment will continue over the coming days…

Related Threat Context: Cut Time-to-Triage with Actionable Context for Every IOC

During triage, analysts may overlook valuable threat intelligence simply because they don’t know it exists. Previous investigations, related malicious activity, and industry-specific observations could provide the context needed to decide what to investigate next. With Related Threat Context, now available to ANY.RUN Enterprise clients, SOC and MSSP teams can immediately see these connections alongside IOCs…

Microsoft expands sovereign cloud offerings as data control concerns grow

Microsoft expanded its sovereign cloud offerings on Tuesday, adding new security, governance and AI capabilities as customers, particularly in Europe, demand greater assurance over where data is stored, who can access it and how critical services operate during disruptions. The announcement builds on Microsoft’s ongoing digital sovereignty efforts, assisting organizations in applying appropriate levels of…

Ransomware gangs have been exploiting Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN flaw since June

Several ransomware groups are exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS GlobalProtect patched in May, to break into organizations in sectors ranging from healthcare and education to government and energy. CVE-2026-0257 stems from the firewalls relying on cookies without performing detailed validation and integrity checking, which allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to bypass…