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F5 rushes out emergency NGINX patches for three critical flaws (opens CSO Online in a new tab)
F5 is once again disclosing cybersecurity flaws in its core offerings. The app delivery and security provider has released out-of-band (OOB) security patches that address multiple flaws in NGINX, its high-performance software that controls digital traffic for websites. These include three...
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Meta’s new commercial terms say if its AI makes a mistake, it will legally be the customer’s fault (opens CIO in a new tab)
In Meta commercial terms changes slated to kick in on October 30, the company will shift the liability for any mistakes made by its AI models to its enterprise customers. The new language also makes those IT executives responsible for anything done by a partner or contractor. The changes also...
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Saudis Aided Family of Engineer Accused of Bugging OpenAI, Prosecutors Say (opens NY Times in a new tab)
Saudi officials paid for his wife and son to fly out of the U.S. and offered to cover his bail, according to court filings. A judge ordered the engineer to remain in custody.
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Elon Musk Says He Will Give a SpaceX Share to ‘Every Kid in America’ (opens NY Times in a new tab)
Anthropic, an A.I. rival to SpaceX, earlier said it would form a “public benefit fund” and other tech moguls have contributed to savings accounts for children.
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Researchers Infiltrate Microsoft Tech Support Scam Operation (opens Dark Reading in a new tab)
A large-scale scam operation impersonating Microsoft uses a malicious traffic distribution system (TDS) run by a Russian organization and abuses thousands of Cloudflare links.
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Best Power Bank Deals: Laptops, MagSafe, and More (opens Wired in a new tab)
You can never have too many portable chargers, especially when they’re this discounted.
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AI risks, value remain unaligned for CIOs (opens CIO Dive in a new tab)
When trust in AI is low, and cost is high, businesses must routinely audit models to make sense of exorbitant spending, Gartner analysts said.
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CIOs unprepared for agentic workforce shift (opens CIO Dive in a new tab)
Just 4% of tech leaders have plans in place to retool roles for an agentic-human workforce, a Gartner survey found.
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'AdFection' Turns Ad Impressions Into Zero-Click Spyware Delivery (opens Dark Reading in a new tab)
Spyware vendors are exploiting targeted ad bidding in the digital ecosystem to identify and track individuals and organizations of interest.
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OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying on Executives Ordered to Remain in Custody (opens Wired in a new tab)
A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s release to a “blank check.”
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The Best Mixbook Sale for Holiday Cards (2026) (opens Wired in a new tab)
Mixbook is the best card service I’ve tried, and the brand has multiple sales on holiday cards happening now.
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ConnectWise Disables Cloud Backups Amid Concerns for Downstream MSPs (opens Dark Reading in a new tab)
Researchers say attackers authenticated into Microsoft 365 tenants using ConnectWise credentials; ConnectWise says customer impact remains unconfirmed.
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Election Offices in at Least 32 States Have Received Suspicious Letters (opens Wired in a new tab)
WIRED contacted officials in all 50 states and Washington, DC, to uncover the extent of a harassment campaign ahead of the midterms.
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Japan’s MMX Mission Wants to Bring Martian Moon Samples Back to Earth (opens Wired in a new tab)
JAXA is leading an international mission to reach Mars’ Phobos moon and bring soil back to Earth. If successful, it could unlock new clues about the history of the solar system.
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Understand the agentic supply chain: 5 things CIOs must know (opens CIO in a new tab)
Software supply chain risk used to have a fairly contained definition: open-source packages, build pipelines, and the occasional compromised maintainer account. AI agents have changed that. An agent assembles capability at runtime, pulling in models, MCP servers, libraries, code, tools, skills, and...
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Siemens Software Center Vulnerability Exploited in ClickFix Malware Attacks (opens Security Week in a new tab)
Attackers paired a genuine, signed copy of Siemens Software Center with malicious DLLs to infect Windows PCs via ClickFix lures. The post Siemens Software Center Vulnerability Exploited in ClickFix Malware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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Hackers Exploit Plex2Shell Flaws to Install Crypto Miners and Linux Proxy Backdoor (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)
Threat actors have begun to exploit a chain of vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server to deploy cryptocurrency miners and reverse proxy software, a day after a proof-of-concept (PoC) went public. According to a researcher who goes by the online alias boredhackerblog, the exploitation activity...
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Popular WordPress SEO Plugin Rank Math PRO Hijacked to Deliver Self-Restoring Backdoor (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)
Copies of Rank Math PRO, the paid version of the Rank Math SEO plugin for WordPress, that were downloaded from rankmath.com or delivered as updates between 20:02 UTC on October 15 and 07:12 UTC on October 16 contained malware, Rank Math said in a security notice published on October 16. Any site...
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All-Clad Factory Seconds Sale: Cookware Deals for Fall Cooking (opens Wired in a new tab)
Upgrade your cold-weather cooking setup with discounted cookware for soups, stews, and roasts.
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WhatsApp Help Pages Leaked Hidden Instructions for a Meta Chatbot (opens Wired in a new tab)
Around 80 pages on WhatsApp’s website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta says a bug caused the issue.
