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Vulnerabilities

SolarWinds Patches Critical RCE Flaws in Observability Self-Hosted

The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-28324 and CVE-2026-28325, can be exploited without authentication.

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
Privacy

Two-Tier Encryption in the UK – Identical Apple Devices, Different Protection

Here's something odd. Alice and Bill both live in the UK. Both have identical iPhones. Both use iCloud. Both pay Apple for the same services. Alice has Advanced Data Protection switched on, protectin

1 min read 6 views Sep 24
AI Security

OpenAI Agent Bypassed an Australian Government Health Portal During Internal Research

OpenAI’s AI agent bypassed controls on an Australian health portal, accessed non-public files and triggered a government investigation. An OpenAI AI agent bypassed access controls on an Australian government health statistics portal in June, accessing both pu

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
Breaches

How an OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked Australia’s Medicare and what that means

Australian authorities have raised the alarm after OpenAI-powered models hacked into a government health data system in June, slipping past its digital defences and accessing files without authorisat

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
Vulnerabilities

Government contractor exposed path to immigration records

Welcome back to PWNED, the column where we look at all the ways your security can become self-owned. Today’s scary story involves government contractors who just had to make their lives easier at the expense of locking down sensitive information. Have a story about someone leaving a gaping hole in t

3 min read 4 views Sep 24
Other

VIAVI Successfully Achieves CMMC Level 2 Certification

Certification to CMMC advanced cybersecurity standard strengthens company's position as a trusted partner to government, defense and national security partners CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VIAVI Solutions LLC, the Aerospace and Defense divi

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
AI Security

The personal AI agent horror stories are rolling in

Personal AI agents can be helpful, but some early users have encountered issues.David Talukdar/ZUMA Press Wire/Reuters Personal AI agents are taking on more of our tasks — and some users say

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
AI Security

As AI agents enter festive shopping, banks warn of fraud and payments risks

As AI moves from recommending products to making purchases, banks are flagging risks around fraud, privacy, authorisation and who is responsible when an agent makes a mistake AI shopping agents coul

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
Other

Banks’ biggest risks may now sit inside their tech stack: RBI Deputy Governor Rohit Jain

RBI Deputy Governor Rohit Jain said technology is no longer merely an enabler for banks but is becoming their “risk architecture”, making technological resilience as important as financial resilience. He urged banks to treat technology risk as a first-order e

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
Breaches

OpenAI Agent Hacked Australian Government Health Website

An OpenAI model hacked an Australian government website earlier this year, marking one of the first known cyberattacks by artificial intelligence on a government database. The AI system gained unauthorized access to files on a website for reporting healthcare

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
Other

Defense Business Brief: Here comes the quantum boom; GDIT’s perspective; and Sec. 889

The benefits of quantum technology could hit the mainstream sooner than you thinkat least thats what one company is aiming for.  Were actually really hoping in the next year or two [to] release thes

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
AI Security

Island secures $400M funding, reaches $6.4B valuation amid AI security demand

Island's rapid growth highlights the increasing importance of cybersecurity in AI, potentially reshaping enterprise security strategies globally.

1 min read 4 views Sep 24

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