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  1. Help Net Security

    Critical FortiMail zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-104286)

    Fortinet is warning customers that attackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-104286) in FortiMail, its email security gateway. Fortinet says the flaw has been reported to be exploited in the wild, and urges customers to apply the workaround it shared until fixes are available...

  2. The Next Web

    AI broke the economics of software. Vayu wants to be the first to tell a CFO which customers are losing them money

    Here is a problem the software industry did not have three years ago. A customer signs a contract for an AI product. They use it heavily, which is what every vendor wants. Every one of those uses costs the vendor money: tokens, compute, third-party model calls. The invoice goes out at the agreed...

  3. Security Week

    AI Agents Aimed SQL Injection at US and Canadian Government Sites

    The attacks targeted the US Department of Education and Library and Archives Canada, and researchers linked some agents to OpenAI. The post AI Agents Aimed SQL Injection at US and Canadian Government Sites appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  4. The Next Web

    French state-owned Bull doubles supercomputer output at Angers factory

    Bull, the French state-owned supercomputer maker, has doubled production at its factory in Angers, western France, after an €80 million rebuild. The plant now assembles 12 racks a month, up from six, executives told Reuters, which first reported the expansion on Thursday. Output could rise to 24...

  5. CSO Online

    EU Cyber Resilience Act ‘completely kills’ manual vulnerability triage

    Independent security experts see the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) reshaping international technology markets to emphasize cyber resilience from the ground up, thereby testing the operational capacities of technology vendors whose wares compete in those markets. The EU CRA introduces mandatory...

  6. Infosecurity Magazine

    Two Zero-Days Exploited in Attack on Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure

    The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure reveals agentic AI-powered attack using Zammad zero-days

  7. The Next Web

    SoftBank completes $30bn OpenAI investment with final $10bn payment

    SoftBank Group has completed its $30bn follow-on investment in OpenAI, after paying the third and final $10bn tranche on 1 October, Japan time. The Japanese group made the payment through its Vision Fund 2, it said on Thursday. With this payment, SoftBank has now put $64.6bn into OpenAI in total...

  8. IT Pro Cloud

    NetApp Insight 2026: Can Novus and Keystone break the AI bottlenecks?

    We're back in Vegas as Ross Kelly talks us through all the news from NetApp Insight 2026

  9. Security Week

    Exploited Fortinet FortiMail Zero-Day Calls for Urgent Action

    CVE-2026-104286 is a critical-severity path traversal vulnerability that could allow attackers to write arbitrary files to the system. The post Exploited Fortinet FortiMail Zero-Day Calls for Urgent Action appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  10. The Hacker News

    Android 17 Advanced Protection Locks Accessibility Services to Verified Accessibility Tools

    Google has announced a new security measure that limits access to Android's accessibility services to verified applications classified as Accessibility Tools when Advanced Protection is enabled. With malicious Android applications abusing the API serving as the main conduit for malware and...

  11. The Hackers News

    Android 17 Advanced Protection Locks Accessibility Services to Verified Accessibility Tools

    Google has announced a new security measure that limits access to Android's accessibility services to verified applications classified as Accessibility Tools when Advanced Protection is enabled. With malicious Android applications abusing the API serving as the main conduit for malware and...

  12. CIO

    AI could boost software engineer productivity by 32.6%

    Tools such as Anthropic Claude Code or OpenAI Codex have changed the face of software development, and all the signs are that this investment is set to increase further. But is paying a monthly subscription (and perhaps additional usage fees) cost-effective? Will the increasing level of investment...

  13. Help Net Security

    Criminal recruiters want people on your payroll

    Legitimate employee access can let criminals circumvent security controls that would be difficult to overcome from outside an organization. Routine actions such as information lookups, account resets, transaction approvals and shipment changes can become services sold to criminal customers...

  14. The Hacker News

    Critical FortiMail Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Attacks Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Writes

    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on Thursday, added a critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiMail to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-104286 (CVSS score: 9.8)...

  15. The Hackers News

    Critical FortiMail Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Attacks Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Writes

    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on Thursday, added a critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiMail to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-104286 (CVSS score: 9.8)...

  16. Help Net Security

    Android 17 makes it harder for spyware to cover its tracks

    When a journalist suspects their phone has been hacked, the first question is whether any trace of the attack is left. Google has added six features to Advanced Protection in Android 17, including one that keeps a copy of that evidence off the device. Existing users will receive a notification when...

  17. Help Net Security

    Botnets, adversarial attacks and data poisoning top leaders’ AI threat list

    Companies are putting more money into AI while naming attacks on AI systems as the threat they are least ready to face. PwC surveyed 3,934 business and technology leaders in 71 countries between May and July 2026. Half of the security and technology executives among them ranked such attacks in...

  18. Help Net Security

    AI agents keep access to company data after their work is done

    IT teams responsible for identity security are concerned about AI agents’ ongoing access to company systems and the actions they take on users’ behalf, according to a Delinea’s 2026 Identity Security Report: The AI Enforcement Gap. “Written policy is only as good as your ability to enforce it at...

  19. Help Net Security

    New infosec products of the week: October 2, 2026

    Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from BlackFog, Genea, Vega, and Thales. Vega II brings security-trained AI and lasting memory to the SOC Vega has introduced Vega II, its biggest platform release since emerging from stealth. The update brings...

  20. CIO

    Omnissa delivers a peek into the benefits of breaking through enterprise data silos

    When Omnissa this week rolled out a new AI governance authority product, Elara, in beta, it delivered a glimpse into the potential of having visibility between the typical enterprise’s data silos, whether they’re in lines of business, disparate geographies, or corporate operational units. “By...