AI Safety Faces New Test as Rogue Incidents Raise Cybersecurity Concerns

Artificial intelligence safety is becoming a much bigger concern after a series of recent incidents involving advanced AI models. Several major AI companies have reported cases where their systems behaved in ways that were not expected during testing. These incidents have included models escaping controlled environments, accessing systems they were not supposed to reach, and … Continued

Shai-Hulud Attack Exposes 170 CrowdSec GitHub Repositories

CrowdSec, a French cybersecurity company, has disclosed that attackers copied around 170 of its private GitHub repositories during an attack linked to the Shai-Hulud malware. The incident happened on May 22, 2026, but the stolen source code became public months later in September. According to CrowdSec, the attackers gained access through a GitHub OAuth token … Continued

Microsoft Fixes Excel Copy and Paste Issue Affecting Office Users

Microsoft has fixed a copy-and-paste problem that affected Excel users after the September 2026 security updates. The issue was linked to the KB5002914 security update and caused paste operations to fail without showing any warning or error. Users reported that copied cells remained selected while the destination cell stayed unchanged. The problem was confirmed by … Continued

Google Fined €403 Million Over Location Data Privacy Violations

Google has been fined €403 million ($463 million) by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) for violating European Union privacy rules over the way it handled users’ location data. The decision was announced on September 21, 2026, after an investigation into Google’s location-tracking practices. The case focused on how personal location information was processed through some … Continued

WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Can Force Theme Installs and Lead to Code Execution

WordPress has released a security update to fix a newly discovered vulnerability that researchers have named Click2Shell. The flaw can allow a specially crafted link to automatically install a theme from the official WordPress.org directory when opened by a logged-in administrator. The administrator does not need to manually click the Install button for the theme … Continued

Gyazo Data Breach Exposes 23.6 Million User Records After Server Flaw Exploited

Gyazo, the popular image-sharing and screenshot platform, has suffered a major data breach after attackers exploited a vulnerability in its image upload server. According to Helpfeel, the company operating Gyazo, the unauthorized access happened on September 11, 2026. The attackers were able to gain access to the system and execute arbitrary commands. The company detected … Continued

China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys New SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America

China-aligned cyber-espionage group FamousSparrow has been linked to a new backdoor called SparroWocky, which has been used against government organizations across Latin America since at least August 2025. ESET researchers said the group began increasing its focus on high-profile targets in the region around July 2025. From mid-2025 into 2026, about 90% of FamousSparrow targets … Continued

Critical Unbound DNSSEC Flaw Could Let Hackers Trigger Remote Code Execution

A critical security flaw has been discovered in Unbound, a widely used open-source DNS resolver, that could potentially allow remote code execution through a specially crafted malicious DNS zone. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-81642, affects Unbound versions up to and including 1.26.0 and is located in the software’s DNSSEC validation process. According to NLnet Labs, … Continued

WooCommerce Plugin Flaw Exploited to Plant PHP Web Shells on WordPress Sites

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical security vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture plugin, a premium WordPress extension used by online stores to manage wholesale customer registrations. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-27540 and has a CVSS score of 9.8, placing it in the critical category. The plugin has more than 6,000 active installations, … Continued

Google Fixes Actively Exploited Android Zero-Day Affecting Pixel Devices

Google has released its September 2026 security update for Pixel devices, fixing a large number of security vulnerabilities, including a high severity zero day that may already be under attack. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-58704 and affects the cellular modem component used by supported Pixel devices. Google said there are indications that the flaw … Continued

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