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  1. CSO Online

    The password nobody owns: Taking machines to zero standing privilege (ZSP)

    Ask your infrastructure lead who owns the service account behind the overnight finance batch and notice how long the answer takes. In many of the environments I’ve reviewed, the engineer who set it up left years ago and the password has been sitting in a vault, or sometimes a plain config file...

  2. Wired

    Disney Asked Character.AI to Go Bankrupt for a Get-Out-of-Lawsuits Card

    The entertainment giant hopes to get trust and safety tech, among other IP, from a startup whose chatbots dozens of states allege encouraged minors to self-harm and kill their parents.

  3. Wired

    Insta360 Luna Ultra and Luna Pro Review (2026): Steady Does It

    Insta360’s Luna Pro and Luna Ultra are the ideal cameras for solo filmmakers, content creators, and independent journalists.

  4. CIO

    The agents nobody meant to build

    This summer, our big concern as IT leaders was figuring out how to drive adoption and ROI for our AI purchases while keeping shadow AI at bay. My advice then: Give people transparent, sanctioned tools and put in place operational discipline to ensure the right tools are being deployed at the right...

  5. CIO Dive

    When the network fixes itself before anyone notices

    Overnight, a DHCP service disruption hit Grant Thornton Advisors. By morning, it was already resolved, before a single employee noticed.

  6. CIO Dive

    Your AI resolved the call. Did your customer get the right answer?

    Agentic CX confidence is rising. The blind spots in agentic CX measurement are not shrinking.

  7. CSO Online

    9 rising malware trends every security pro should know

    Malware is evolving rapidly, driven by advances in AI and changes in computing infrastructures. Security professionals must continuously educate themselves on these trends to defend against increasingly sophisticated threats. The traditional game of cat and mouse between security attackers and...

  8. Security Week

    Anthropic Acquires Confidential AI Startup Opaque Systems

    Opaque Systems has developed technology that lets AI systems use sensitive data while keeping it protected by the underlying hardware. The post Anthropic Acquires Confidential AI Startup Opaque Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  9. The Hacker News

    Unpatched Broadcom Wi-Fi Flaw Lets Attackers in Range Run Code as Root on Routers

    A flaw in Broadcom's Wi-Fi setup software lets an attacker within radio range run code as root on Broadcom-based routers, without the network password or any pairing step, security researcher Quentin Kaiser disclosed on October 16. He showed the attack working against home gateways supplied by...

  10. The Hacker News

    OpenCode Console Breach May Have Exposed OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google API Keys

    An intruder reached a legacy system at OpenCode on the night of October 16 and may have exposed the third-party AI provider keys that users had saved in OpenCode Console, the company said. Console is OpenCode's optional hosted service: a workspace saves its own OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google key...

  11. Help Net Security

    Bearer CLI: Free, source-available code security scanning tool (SAST)

    Bearer CLI is a free static application security testing (SAST) tool that scans source code for vulnerabilities and prioritizes them by the sensitive data they touch. SAST means the tool reads code without running it. Organizations can use it freely, with a license restriction covered below...

  12. Help Net Security

    RPO and RTO explained with a real disaster recovery example

    In this Help Net Security video, Matthew Burden, CEO of BlackBox Hosting, explains RPO and RTO and how they differ in practice. RPO, the recovery point objective, is the most data you can lose, measured in time. RTO, the recovery time objective, is the longest your business can stay down. A backup...

  13. Help Net Security

    Half the AI bot traffic hammering your website comes from Meta

    AI agent traffic across DataDome’s network grew 41.5% quarter over quarter to nearly 25 billion requests in Q3 2026, according to the company’s AI Traffic Report Q3 2026. Meta’s Muse generated 29.1 million requests between September 22 and October 3, its first 12 days of full availability. In a...

  14. Help Net Security

    Ransomware pressure now reaches employees’ homes and families

    Ransomware attackers threatened employees’ family members or friends at 37% of organizations surveyed for Semperis’ 2026 Ransomware Risk Report. The survey covered 1,200 IT and security professionals at organizations that had experienced at least one successful ransomware attack. “Ransomware has...

  15. Wired

    20 Best Gifts for Men, Manly Men, and Manly Man Men (2026)

    When you need something that’s as mannishly masculinized as you can get for the Man™ in your life, we have you covered.

  16. Security Week

    US Cybersecurity Job Postings Fall 26% as AI Security Engineer Demand Soars

    CyberSN’s Cybersecurity Jobs Report provides visibility into the US cybersecurity job market. It’s a mixed bag. The post US Cybersecurity Job Postings Fall 26% as AI Security Engineer Demand Soars appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  17. Wired

    OnlyFans Creators Are Pissed That Meta Lets Muse Talk Dirty

    Adult performers are questioning why Meta allows its AI agent to sext while restricting their social media accounts.

  18. Wired

    Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip

    Amid a wave of backlash, some industry-friendly groups are employing creative and time-tested strategies to woo the youth.

  19. Wired

    Valerion VisionMaster Max 4K Projector Review: Looks Great, Sounds OK

    The Valerion VisionMaster Max 4K Projector delivers superb blacks, great brightness, and more adjustment capabilities than many users need.

  20. Wired

    Magnesium May Not Reach Your Brain, Despite Supplement Label Promises

    Some of the many variants sold today promise to penetrate our gray matter, but biology isn’t in the habit of respecting marketing declarations.