Ottawa police suspend use of Crime Stoppers after data breach uncovered
The Ottawa Police Service says it is suspending its use of Crime Stoppers after an exclusive CBC News investigation revealed the extent of a massive data leak.
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Anthropic reveals Mythos 5 tried submitting malicious code to an open-source project
Anthropic PBC’s Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model attempted to submit malicious code to a GitHub project in July. The incident occurred during an evaluation of the algorithm’s cybersecurity capabilities. The AI Security Institute, the UK government body …
Canadian cybersecurity exec arrested by FBI accused of working with criminals to defraud his own clients
A Toronto-area cybersecurity executive arrested by the FBI amid a high-profile hacking probe colluded with cybercriminals to extort money from his own clients, according to U.S. prosecutors. The explosive allegations laid out in a U.S. court provide a clearer…
Three insights you may have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of Oracle’s “AI Cyberattacks Are Escalating: How to Secure Your Data Now” virtual event
Agentic AI security is testing where enterprises place their trust as software gains the ability to access sensitive data and act on users’ behalf. The challenge extends from controlling individual requests to governing actions that can span multiple systems …
Mark Cuban says the best defense against malicious AI agents is more AI
Mark Cuban compared AI cybersecurity risks to a cockroach infestation Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images Mark Cuban compared swarms of AI agents to cockroaches finding ways into systems. Cuban said agents can launch brute-force attacks at…
Mark Cuban says the best defense against malicious AI agents is more AI
Mark Cuban compared AI agents to cockroaches that exploit weaknesses at scale, but said defenders can fight back using just as much AI.
The Vulnerability Apocalypse and Why We Should Fund Open Source
If you use the internet at all, you may have noticed that a large percentage of sites suddenly went down earlier this week—and all your nerdiest friends were talking about "The Vulnerability Apocalypse” and this thing called PHP that powers nearly 70% of the …
Computer Security Is About to Get a Lot Worse, Here’s What You Can Do
It is a commonly held truth among computer geeks that there is no such thing as bug free software, or a secure computer. Any piece of software that anyone actually uses will have a security vulnerability somewhere in the code. The more complex that software i…
How worried should I be about the AI hacking panic and “Black October”?
An illustration shows a padlock in front of binary code on a laptop screen. | Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subsc…
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Dark web drug market operator sentenced to 40 years, forfeits $101 million in bitcoin
A man from Virginia, who facilitated millions of drug transactions worth roughly $430 million, agreed to give up $100 million worth of BTC. His partner forfeited nearly 1,600 BTC. A co-creator of dark web drug enterprise Empire Market agreed to forfeit 1,230 …
Owl Cyber Defense Launches XD Chat to Enable Secure Text Chat Collaboration Across Classified and Unclassified Networks
New solution supports real-time, cross-domain exchange of critical information among defense and intelligence users on leading text chat platforms they already use. Columbia, MD, Oct. 21, 2026 – Owl Cyber Defense®, a global market leader in hardware-enforced …
People Are Vibe Coding Their Way to Better TVs
Frustrated by intrusive ads, sluggish interfaces, and data tracking, smart TV owners are using AI coding tools and open-source projects to strip unwanted software from their televisions and build customized home screens. The Verge reports: Several vibe-coded …
Commentary: PHP vulnerabilities - why the good guys have notched a victory in AI-cybersecurity age
The discovery and fixing of critical flaws in PHP, a major programming language, should be considered a boon for the cybersecurity industry, says Dave Lee for Bloomberg Opinion.
PHP Foundation 'under-funded' with one full-time staff member, director says
AMSTERDAM, Oct 23 : The discovery of two serious flaws in PHP this week set off a global scramble to keep websites safe from hackers, showing just how critical the three-decade-old open-source programming language is to the internet.Yet the nonprofit foundati…
How worried should I be about the AI hacking panic and “Black October”?
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Are we living through “Black October”? Maybe, according to cybersecurity experts who are raising the alarm a…
Knicks reveal $3.7M NBA Championship ring plan for staff after cruel fake email ploy sparked outrage
While admitting to the 'unfortunate mistake' of tricking employees with promises of an NBA championship ring, the New York Knicks now plan to fix the situation.
MSG uses Knicks championship rings as bait in phishing test, calls the lure 'an unfortunate mistake'
New York Knicks employees who clicked a phishing email disguised as a free championship ring offer were forced into a mandatory cybersecurity class.
Knicks admit ‘unfortunate mistake’ before sharing plans for giving out championship rings
The New York Knicks came under fire recently when it was revealed that several employees had been tricked into clicking on a phishing scam with the lure of receiving a championship ring from the team’s recent title run. The employees were then forced to enrol…
Intel Democrats on how they'll react if Trump alleges election meddling
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says lawmakers have prepared for a range of situations ahead of the midterms, including that President Trump "is not going to accept the results."
Zero Trust On A Beer Budget, Redux: Minimum Viable Zero Trust
If you’ve studied the reference architectures, read the BeyondCorp whitepapers, poured over strategies and fan charts, or tried to plot your position in any of the (many) Zero Trust maturity models and found yourself inspired by the concepts but puzzled by th…
OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models with no internet access
OpenAI is now training its most advanced AI models without internet access following a string of rogue hacking incidents. In a blog post on Friday, OpenAI says it built an offline testing environment where AI models can interact with indexed and cached web co…
Quest Diagnostics Data Breach Investigation: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Probes Class Action Claims After Unauthorized Access to Patient Records
National class action law firm offers free, confidential case evaluations to Quest Diagnostics patients and others whose information may have been exposed. SECAUCUS, N.J., Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Edelson Lechtzin LLP, a national class action law firm, i…
OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models with no internet access
OpenAI is now training its most advanced AI models without internet access following a string of rogue hacking incidents. In a blog post on Friday, OpenAI says it built an offline testing environment where AI models can interact with indexed and cached web co…