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Breaches

Australian prime minister says a rogue OpenAI model hacked a government health website

PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY Albanese said a rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government website, as he admonished the ChatGPT creator over an obviously unacc

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Malware

CLOSEDQUORUM, the malware that asks four AI models what to do next

Cisco Talos finds CLOSEDQUORUM, malware that lets four commercial AI models vote on its next move, with no human operator required. Cisco Talos found malware, dubbed CLOSEDQUORUM, that holds a vote before deciding what to steal from you. Four AI models vote o

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Vulnerabilities

OpenAI hacked Australian Medicare govt site, probed data providers

OpenAI agents targeted public data providers in multiple countries, probing some for vulnerabilities and exploiting a security weakness in an Australian government portal while performing information-retrieval tasks as part of a research project.

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AI Security

Rogue OpenAI Agent Tried to Breach Government Site in May When Prompted for Simple Data-Retrieving Tasks

OpenAI's artificial intelligence "went rogue this year in at least four additional incidents," the New York Times reported Wednesday, "hacking and trying to break into government and university websites without being instructed to do so, according to research

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AI Security

Early rogue AI agent activity and attempts to hack found on urlquery.net

We present evidence that AI agents used the web security service urlquery.net to bypass restrictions and expand their access to the public internet. The agents also tried on three occasions to hack p

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Vulnerabilities

Xiradakis (Banking and Financial Executives Association President): Regulatory uncertainty raises costs and investment risk for shipping

The continued expansion of regulatory requirements is becoming one of the biggest sources of uncertainty for the global shipping industry, affecting not only vessel operations but also investment decisions, financing… Xiradakis (Banking and Financial Executiv

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Other

Ubuntu kernel CVE fixes are moving to a weekly release schedule

Ubuntu kernels will ship every week under a new release schedule from Canonical, which is merging its four-week cycle for regular Stable Release Updates (SRUs) and its two-week cycle for security fixes into a single two-week cycle. The cycles overlap, each st

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Breaches

OPPORTUNE LLP DATA BREACH: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Launches Investigation Into Exposure of Social Security Numbers

National class action firm Edelson Lechtzin LLP is offering free case evaluations to individuals affected by the Opportune LLP data breach, which may have exposed names, Social Security numbers, and financial account, credit, or debit card information. HOUSTO

1 min read 4 views Sep 24
AI Security

Pauline Hanson blasts Anthony Albanese for keeping Medicare breach a 'secret' until he arrived in New York for global event

Pauline Hanson has accused Anthony Albanese of sitting on details of a cybersecurity AI breach until he could reveal it during his high-profile New York trip. The attack involved an OpenAI model gai

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Other

Microsoft fixes bug that broke Windows File History backup feature

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that breaks the built-in File History backup feature on some Windows systems after installing the September 2026 security updates.

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Other

Airties Expands AI-Driven Connectivity Platform with Integrated Cybersecurity

Delivers intelligent connectivity and cybersecurity management in one platform to ease integration, operational efficiency, data analysis and threat remediation to protect homes and small businesses Provides mass-market protection via always-on home and SMB c

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Other

Europe’s technology backbone is becoming a cyber target

Disruptive attacks on public-facing services, financially motivated cybercrime and compromises of shared technology providers are increasing cybersecurity risks across Europe. ENISA’s Threat Landscape 2026 identifies cybercrime, state-linked activity, foreign

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