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  1. The Hacker News

    Two Critical Wasmtime Flaws Could Let Malicious WebAssembly Modules Escape Sandboxes

    Two critical flaws in Wasmtime, a WebAssembly runtime that can be built into other software, could allow a malicious WebAssembly module to escape the sandbox intended to contain it, the project's maintainers say. An attacker would first need a vulnerable Wasmtime build to compile a module they...

  2. Security Week

    Dutch Police Arrest Two Over NFC Relay Attacks That Drained $400,000+ From Bank Accounts

    The individuals called victims and persuaded them to install an app and scan their credit cards to loot their bank accounts. The post Dutch Police Arrest Two Over NFC Relay Attacks That Drained $400,000+ From Bank Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  3. Help Net Security

    AI coding agents fall for malicious instructions planted in the Downloads folder

    A file that a website saves to the Downloads folder without approval can trick AI coding agents into installing a malicious npm package or handing over the user’s login token when they’re opened in that folder, Forever Security has found. The file is called AGENTS.md, a plain text document...

  4. The Hacker News

    Between alerts: What Attackers Do in the Spaces Ordinary Detection Misses

    Every SOC struggles with a pile of alerts. Very few of those alerts explain how an attack started or how it progressed. Network data, like that from a network detection and response (NDR) platform, connects individual alerts into one timeline, and it feeds the defensive systems that can tie all...

  5. Help Net Security

    Fortinet patches critical FortiOS flaws found with AI help

    Fortinet rolled out security hardening updates for FortiOS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiMail, and FortiAuthenticator last week, but is keeping the details about the fixed vulnerabilities under wraps until November 10, 2026. The vulnerabilities were uncovered with the help of AI models and...

  6. Wired

    The Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It

    Copper prices are at record highs, but for TikTok creators, the real money may be in teaching others how to strip wire—and selling them the tools to do it.

  7. CIO Dive

    A look inside the AI playbook at Morgan Stanley’s wealth division

    The financial services firm flipped the script on how it approached data to enable AI, said Hina Shamsi, CIO of wealth management technology.

  8. CIO Dive

    How CIOs can set the pace for cybersecurity resilience

    In the AI era, speed will distinguish the businesses that simply have security programs from the organizations that are truly resilient.

  9. IT Pro

    AI is crucial to infrastructure and IT operations but only if it's done right, Gartner report says

    Report suggests there are five AI trends worth adopting if firms want to improve operational efficiency with AI and optimize costs

  10. Help Net Security

    Anthropic details what stops Claude Duet from going rogue

    Anthropic has outlined the security and privacy protections behind Claude Duet, its proactive AI agent that can monitor connected accounts and complete tasks while users are away. The safeguards include approval requirements, checks for sensitive information and infrastructure that keeps...

  11. CSO Online

    Malicious downloads can trick AI coding agents into compromising themselves

    Malicious instruction files planted in a computer’s Downloads folder can trick AI coding agents into executing harmful code or exposing authentication tokens, Forever Security said after blocking an attempted attack on a customer’s machine and demonstrating similar techniques against OpenAI’s Codex...

  12. Wired

    LG B6 OLED TV Review (2026)

    The LG B6 has deep and rich blacks and a low price tag, but midrange performance elsewhere.

  13. Security Week

    Node2Shell: Brotli Flaw Triggers Patching Across Microsoft, Node.js, Python Packages

    An out-of-bounds write in Google’s Brotli decoder affects Node.js, .NET, PowerShell, and Python packages, and can lead to code execution. The post Node2Shell: Brotli Flaw Triggers Patching Across Microsoft, Node.js, Python Packages appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  14. Infosecurity Magazine

    Blue Initiative Offers Maritime Sector Dedicated Vulnerability Database

    Blue Initiative launches a new vulnerability database for IT and OT CVEs relevant to the maritime industry

  15. CIO

    CIOs rethink roles, skills, training, and talent models for the future

    Longtime IT leader Matt Ausman envisions a future where developers may not have any backlog because AI will let them create new capabilities as quickly as they imagine them. “The backlog will vanish because you will have infinite capacity,” says Ausman, SVP and CIO of Zebra Technologies. He wonders...

  16. Wired

    The Tragedy of Having a Wikipedia Page—and Then Losing It

    Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not “notable” enough. How do these poor souls take the news?

  17. Wired

    Lykyn Review: A Mushroom Garden Worth Showing Off

    Dramatic lighting and fog make this countertop fruiting chamber a conversation starter. The mushrooms are pretty good too.

  18. CIO

    The metric that makes your IT org look healthier than it is

    An executive IT dashboard can stay green for a year while the risks it is supposed to surface keep growing. Availability above target every month. Service levels met. Patch compliance climbing quarter over quarter. Every number accurate, and every one trusted by the executive team. When trouble...

  19. CIO

    In good company: 10 CIOs every CIO should follow

    CIOs are dealing with a lot of change, from the rapid rise of AI and cloud modernization, to cybersecurity and workforce transformation. Many are sharing what they’re learning as they tackle these challenges, including what’s working, what isn’t, and how they’re implementing new technologies in...

  20. IT Pro Security

    Thales Imperva Cloud WAF

    Sophisticated web application firewall that's a breeze to deploy, packed with sophisticated security features, and ideally suited to enterprises