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  1. IT Pro

    Nikkei admits millions of records stolen after reporting third breach in a month

    Nikkei has revealed that more than a million records have been stolen, but said most can't be used to identify an individual

  2. IT Pro Security

    Nikkei admits millions of records stolen after reporting third breach in a month

    Nikkei has revealed that more than a million records have been stolen, but said most can't be used to identify an individual

  3. Wired

    7 Best Phones You Can’t Buy in the US (2026)

    Avoid phone FOMO with our favorite smartphones that aren’t officially sold stateside but are available in markets like the UK and Europe.

  4. Infosecurity Magazine

    New PhaaS Platform Uses AI to Craft Phishing Lures and Mask Malicious Activity

    Researchers have uncovered Athena StealthRoute, a phishing-as-a-service platform featuring an AI Studio that generates phishing lures and decoy content designed to conceal attacks

  5. Security Week

    High-Severity Flaws Exploited in Three Days as Ransomware Dominates Q3: Rapid7

    Rapid7’s Q3 analysis finds high-severity flaws exploited within three days on average, while AI appeared in just 8% of tracked incidents. The post High-Severity Flaws Exploited in Three Days as Ransomware Dominates Q3: Rapid7 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  6. NY Times

    Elon Musk Says SpaceX and Tesla Are Exploring a Merger

    A deal would consolidate Elon Musk’s holdings in rockets, cars and artificial intelligence into a company worth well over $3 trillion.

  7. Wired

    ‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire

    The PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites. Security experts warn that failure to quickly patch the flaws could have dire consequences.

  8. IT Pro

    Fixes issued for critical PHP vulnerabilities

    The two PHP vulnerabilities carry a CVSS score of 9.2

  9. IT Pro Security

    Fixes issued for critical PHP vulnerabilities

    The two PHP vulnerabilities carry a CVSS score of 9.2

  10. Help Net Security

    eMudhra security blunder left trusted CA signing keys exposed to anyone

    Eight intermediate certificates issued by Indian certificate authority eMudhra were secured with private keys so weak that anyone could recover them from the public certificates in under a second. On its website, the company highlights that it has issued more than 60 million digital certificates. A...

  11. CIO Dive

    CIOs brace for higher memory costs in 2027 amid global IT spend hike

    “As much as CIOs are worried about the cost of AI today, it’s not going to be this low again,” said John-David Lovelock, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner.

  12. Wired

    AI Guardrails Aren’t Stopping Criminal Hackers

    Hackers around the world are all-in on using agentic AI to wage attacks—and manipulating tools like Anthropic’s Claude to help them carry out their crimes.

  13. The Hacker News

    PHP Issues Emergency Patches for Two Critical PHP2Shell RCE Flaws as Exploit Attempts Emerge

    PHP has released emergency updates that fix two critical flaws in the language itself, letting an attacker without an account run code on a web server. The fixes are in PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35, and the PHP team says only updating fully protects a server. The flaws, together called...

  14. Infosecurity Magazine

    Symantec Uncovers AI Agent Hijacking Models for Autonomous Cyber-Attacks

    Researchers at Symantec have uncovered an AI agent designed to operate a full cyber-attack without human intervention

  15. Help Net Security

    NVIDIA unveils security architecture that can stop AI agents crossing set boundaries

    NVIDIA’s OpenShell Reference Architecture is designed to help businesses control AI agents operating across enterprise infrastructure and local computing systems. It builds on NVIDIA’s existing OpenShell security software, combining it with hardware for running AI models, managing agent operations...

  16. Wired

    Our Favorite Darn Tough Merino Wool Socks Are on Sale at REI

    Get ready for winter: Darn Tough socks are on sale at REI.

  17. IT Pro

    Microsoft wants to tackle the biggest issue for UK AI adoption: confidence

    UK and Ireland CEO Darren Hardman says it's our responsibility to get AI into every corner of the UK

  18. Help Net Security

    PHP2Shell: Critical PHP vulnerabilities patched, update now!

    The PHP development team has released emergency security updates to fix PHP2Shell, two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) that could let attackers execute code remotely on web servers without logging in. The fixes are in PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35, and the...

  19. Wired

    Telehealth Giant Hims Wants to Test Every Dude for Low Testosterone

    The company plans to offer testosterone replacement therapy, marking its first foray into prescribing controlled substances.

  20. NY Times

    How The New York Times Reports on A.I. Images

    A Times reporter and editors discuss the challenges of sifting through what’s real and what’s not in pursuit of the news.