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  1. Infosecurity Magazine

    ASOS Customers Receive Bizarre “Hacked” Message Amid Suspected Snowflake Compromise (opens Infosecurity Magazine in a new tab)

    ASOS customers have received a seemingly legitimate push notifications claiming the retailer’s IT systems have been breached through a Snowflake breach

  2. IT Pro

    NetApp strengthens UK&I leadership bench with double appointment (opens IT Pro in a new tab)

    Liam Varndell joins the vendor as senior director of solutions engineering, while Simon Mead becomes senior director of partner sales

  3. The Hacker News

    Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)

    The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, has confirmed that it has discovered activity by rogue OpenAI agents on its platforms, including unsuccessful efforts to compromise Etherpad, a public note-taking tool, and edit Wikipedia pages. "The unauthorized bot activities included edits to our...

  4. IT Pro

    Asos users report concerns after receiving push notification from cyber criminals (opens IT Pro in a new tab)

    A cyber criminal group has notified customers across the UK that it compromised an Asos Snowflake instance

  5. IT Pro Security

    Asos users report concerns after receiving push notification from cyber criminals (opens IT Pro Security in a new tab)

    A cyber criminal group has notified customers across the UK that it compromised an Asos Snowflake instance

  6. The Hacker News

    Welcome to the Jungle: What We Found Inside 15,465 Public MCP Servers (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)

    In 2024, MCP (Model Context Protocol) set out to become the USB-C of AI: one standard for connecting models, agents, and IDEs to tools and data. The protocol delivered. Thousands of developers built servers, and enterprises plugged them into agent workflows. The ecosystem around it fell short...

  7. Security Week

    Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 39 Deals Announced in September 2026 (opens Security Week in a new tab)

    Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Dragos, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Kiteworks, and Upwind. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 39 Deals Announced in September 2026 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  8. CSO Online

    Pacing the AI frontier won’t solve agentic cybersecurity’s most urgent problems (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    When Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged other leading AI labs to “pace the frontier” last week, his calls for caution were echoed by other prominent voices in tech. Both Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed with Amodei’s assessment that pausing AI development was essential to prevent the extinction of the...

  9. CSO Online

    Pacing the AI frontier won’t solve agentic cybersecurity’s most urgent problems (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    When Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged other leading AI labs to “pace the frontier” last week, his calls for caution were echoed by other prominent voices in tech. Both Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed with Amodei’s assessment that pausing AI development was essential to prevent the extinction of the...

  10. Wired

    GamerCard Review: A Flawed Pocket-Size Retro Handheld (opens Wired in a new tab)

    This pocket-size Raspberry Pi handheld has a fantastic retro-ready screen, but awful controls and awkward software deal it a losing hand.

  11. Wired

    The Best Amazon Prime Day Pet Deals on Feeders, Litter Boxes, and More (2026) (opens Wired in a new tab)

    Some gadgets don’t live up to their promises. These automatic feeders, litter boxes, fountains, and cameras earned my recommendation.

  12. Help Net Security

    Dell System Update flaw allows attackers to gain root privileges (CVE-2026-86360) (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)

    Dell is urging customers to patch a vulnerability (CVE-2026-86360) in Dell System Update (DSU) that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. DSU is a tool used by enterprise IT administrators to apply driver, BIOS, and firmware updates to Dell...

  13. Wired

    Our Go-To Over-Ear Headphones Are at Their Lowest Price for Prime Day (opens Wired in a new tab)

    The Nothing Headphone (1) is one of my favorites for its stylish design, tactile on-ear controls, and fun sound. It’s over $100 off for Prime Day.

  14. Wired

    The Best Power Station Is 30 Percent Off for Prime Day (opens Wired in a new tab)

    The Bluetti Elite 300, my favorite portable power station, is on sale, and it’s perfect if you want to go off-grid or have a backup at home.

  15. Security Week

    Long-Running NPM Malware Campaign Accumulates 40,000 Downloads (opens Security Week in a new tab)

    Since August 2023, attackers have published eight malicious packages as part of the MALFEX supply chain campaign. The post Long-Running NPM Malware Campaign Accumulates 40,000 Downloads appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  16. IT Pro Cloud

    NetApp UK & Ireland VP Puneet Gupta on market gains, sovereignty, and Novus deployment plans (opens IT Pro Cloud in a new tab)

    With the launch of NetApp Novus, the company is keen to ramp up engagement with UK customers

  17. Wired

    Kevin Roose Didn’t Use AI to Write His Book About AI (opens Wired in a new tab)

    The author of The AGI Chronicles says his book “was written by a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being.”

  18. Wired

    The Best Prime Day Apple Deals on Our Favorite MacBooks, AirPods and More (2026) (opens Wired in a new tab)

    We’re already seeing some discounts on our favorite Apple tech, whether its devices or third-party accessories.

  19. Help Net Security

    Ontinue extends ION MXDR with managed dark web monitoring (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)

    Ontinue has announced the launch of ION for Dark Web Monitoring (DWM), a new managed add-on service that extends ION MXDR to continuously identify exposed credentials, detect brand impersonation attempts, and uncover emerging external threats before attackers can exploit them. Compromised...

  20. CSO Online

    Google’s bug bounty pause highlights growing AI vulnerability triage challenge (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    AI is accelerating the discovery of software vulnerabilities, but it is also creating a new bottleneck for defenders: deciding which machine-generated findings warrant investigation. Google has decided to temporarily stop accepting certain bug bounty submissions after a surge of largely invalid...