Category: Cyber

An alleged Chinese state-backed group is using a new zero-day in BeyondTrust software to conduct espionage attacks.  BeyondTrust, Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) confirmed the zero-day on Thursday evening, publishing…

Ransomware gangs are increasingly turning to threats of physical violence against CISOs, business executives and other senior staff at the companies they attack in an effort to successfully extort payments from their victims, a new report has…

Cybersecurity has never been more important than in 2026, and its role in running businesses successfully and efficiently continues to grow. Today, businesses approach cybersecurity not just by asking, “What software should we…

In the space of a month, a new category of AI model went from nonexistent to everywhere. TypeSafe AI released Jev on September 15 and called it a System One model, a nod to Kahneman’s fast, intuitive thinking. OpenAI announced its own Decisions…

A suspected China state-sponsored actor has exploited a newly disclosed critical vulnerability in a BeyondTrust Remote Support instance, Google has warned. The threat actor, tracked as Armory Castle, was observed to escalate privileges and…

The Burger King Japan data breach occurred between October 2 and 7, exposing emails, birth dates and other data from nearly 12 million app members. BK Japan, the operator of Burger King restaurants in Japan, has confirmed a data…

A cybersecurity incident affecting US government contractor BAE Systems has knocked out the systems that generate and distribute bankruptcy notices for federal courts across the US. A notice published on October 15 by the Administrative…

]] We’ve spent years treating the “cybersecurity talent gap” like a math problem. The logic was simple: if we just churned out more degrees and threw more money at salaries, the problem would go away. But if you look at ISACA’s new 2026…

Ravie LakshmananOct 16, 2026Zero-Day / Vulnerability The China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as Armory Castle (previously UNC5221 or Warp Panda) exploited a newly disclosed security flaw in BeyondTrust Remote Support (formerly…

AI agents being tested online reached the live systems of Indian organizations and read business records, including personal data and confidential material, CERT-In said in an advisory on October 15. The agents went beyond their assigned tasks,…