welivesecurity from ESET
- Amatera: How the prolific infostealer works and spreads October 29, 2026The malware that topped ESET’s infostealer detections in Latin America in the first half of 2026 is an example of how cybercrime has professionalized
- Lessons from Cybersecurity Black Week October 28, 2026A critical PHP flaw, leaked Linux kernel reports, a poisoned LiteLLM release, and more, all in seven days. Which threats called for immediate action, and which generated more noise than real danger?
- ESET APT Activity Report Q2 2026–Q3 2026 October 28, 2026An overview of the activities of selected APT groups investigated and analyzed by ESET Research in Q2 2026 and Q3 2026
- PHP2Shell: What to know about two critical PHP flaws October 26, 2026Here's the lowdown on CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, as well as what website owners and IT teams should do to stay safe – all in a little more than two minutes
- MythicRatatoskr: An Yggdrasil-enabled backdoor deployed in a UAC-0099-Sandworm collaboration October 22, 2026ESET researchers uncover MythicRatatoskr – a previously unknown Go-based backdoor hiding its C&C server inside the Yggdrasil mesh network – that paved the way for a destructive attack against a Ukrainian grain firm
- Is the ad a scam? How to tell before you click October 20, 2026You can trust a social media platform and still get scammed by an ad running on it
- Inbox flooded with sign-up messages? Email bombing explained October 16, 2026If you’re suddenly being overwhelmed with sign-up emails, it could very well be a sign of something more serious
- Medicare scam calls, texts and ads: What to watch for this Open Enrollment October 14, 2026Open Enrollment is peak season for Medicare fraud – here’s how to tell real outreach from fakes and keep your details safe
- What to do when a data breach notice doesn't say much October 12, 2026Data breach notifications are telling victims less than ever. What the company leaves out can still shape what you do next.
- MATCHBOIL: New tricks, same old evil intentions October 8, 2026ESET Research catalogs the changes of UAC-0099’s MATCHBOIL downloader from 2024 to 2026
Security Channel from The Register
- British intelligence agency misplaced 'thousands' of storage devices, years later still can't say how many October 30, 2026Other agency errors included an unchecked software bug that led to Terrorism Act detentions
- In the year AI re-wrote the infosec rulebook, it’s comforting to know crypto exchanges still have bad security October 30, 2026Binance freezes funny money after compromise of engineer’s laptop linked to $6.3 billion of unauthorized trades
- Researchers find bugs in 5 AI developer tools, with OpenAI and Microsoft flaws still unpatched October 29, 2026Embedded browsers are at the heart of the problem
- Suspected Chinese attackers built a custom PHP2Shell exploit and rooted 25 servers October 29, 2026Snoops 'likely still' have access to US government-affiliated network
- Belgium's tax agency confirms cyberattack, pulls services offline October 29, 2026Officials confirm this week’s tax deadlines extended to November as a result
- Shortlist of age checks for the UK's under-16 social media ban is out, 'some' adults will need verifying October 29, 2026Some adults may not need to prove it, but many will
- Attackers turn GitHub issues into supply chain campaign against 61 public repos in less than an hour October 29, 2026'The workflow automatically is triggered within a second, and if the workflow is indeed vulnerable, then the attack is executed successfully'
- Admin dropped the F-bomb in a password to show hackers who was really 1337 October 29, 2026Cursing in login credentials can help keep the bad guys out, but not when the rest of your security is BS
- Oracle celebrates end of Cybersecurity Awareness Month with quadruple trouble October 28, 2026Attackers probe another EBS bug, and ShinyHunters' PeopleSoft 0-day turns out to involve three vulns
- Serial ransomware crook gets 70 months behind bars for Nefilim, Hive roles October 28, 2026Artem Stryzhak joined both gangs, which targeted businesses and a hospital during the pandemic
