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SANS introduces two separate AI frameworks for digital forensics and incident response.

One maps to SWGDE standards, the other to NIST CSF 2.0.

The core rule: AI can assist investigations, but humans must verify forensic findings and retain final authority.

Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/why-ai-confidence-is-not-validation.html

⚡ India orders telecoms to show registered caller names for unsaved domestic numbers starting November 1, 2026.

The CNAP mandate targets 4G and newer networks, aiming to help identify unknown callers and tackle spam and fraudulent calls.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/india-mandates-registered-caller-name.html

🛑 GhostAction attackers compromised about 1,900 GitHub accounts and targeted 30,000+ repositories with malicious GitHub Actions workflows designed to steal CI/CD secrets.

They attempted to extract 3,174 secrets. GitHub blocked later attack waves.

Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ghostaction-compromises-about-1900.html

⚠️ 1,423 Langflow RCE exploit attempts hit Previdian honeypots from 27 IPs.

The bug lets authenticated users, even non-admins, run OS commands through MCP server configs. Fixed in 1.9.0.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/langflows-critical-authenticated-rce.html

🚨 Ahsay has released new fixes for two AhsayCBS vulnerabilities exploited by attackers after earlier patches failed to fully address them.

Attackers used the flaws to install web shells and cryptocurrency miners.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ahsaycbs-flaws-exploited-to-deploy-web.html

🚨 Palo Alto Networks patches actively exploited PAN-OS RCE flaw (CVE-2026-0322).

Authenticated attackers with network access to the management interface can run code as root.

Palo Alto reports "very limited" exploitation. CISA added it to KEV.

Read - https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/palo-alto-networks-patches-pan-os.html

‼️ WARNING - Cisco confirms active, in-the-wild exploitation of a new critical flaw (CVE-2026-76519 // CVSS 9.8) in Cisco Secure Email Gateway.

Unauthenticated attackers can achieve full root command execution simply by sending an email with a crafted attachment.

Details >> https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/cisco-warns-of-active-attacks.html

‼️ Attackers planted PHP web shells on Nextcloud servers via Collabora's Built-in CODE app (CVE-2026-110447).

Catch >> Disabling the app does NOT close the flaw. Exploitation requires its local document server to be down.

Update to 26.4.303+ or remove it.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/hackers-backdoor-nextcloud-servers.html

⚡ Over 1 billion phishing emails and texts. 75,000+ organizations targeted.

Microsoft and partners have disrupted 3 phishing kits linked to the actors behind the campaigns: CoGUI, Haozi and Iron Man System.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/microsoft-disrupts-3-phishing-kits.html

🚨 U.S. authorities dismantled over 40 laptop farms and charged 14 people in a North Korean IT worker fraud case.

The scheme affected 70+ U.S. companies and generated about $3 million. Employer laptops were hosted in U.S. homes to disguise overseas workers.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/us-shuts-down-over-40-laptop-farms.html

A call from your CFO could sound real and still be fake.

62% of cybersecurity leaders surveyed in 2025 reported a deepfake attack on their organization in the prior year.

Can your team stop a fake wire transfer, MFA reset, or admin access request?

Here's how to test it safely → https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/how-to-run-deepfake-readiness-drill.html

⚠️ CISA urges immediate Ivanti Connect Secure updates as honeypots log 105 exploit attempts from 50 IPs.

The zero-day has also been exploited in real attacks to steal credentials. Honeypot payloads mainly test for code execution.

https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/cisa-urges-immediate-ivanti-connect.html

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🚨 curl patched a High-severity HTTP/2 upload flaw (CVE-2026-92392).

A malicious server can corrupt client memory; a PoC demonstrated code execution under strict conditions.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/curl-patches-http2-upload-flaw-after.html

‼️ Researchers used AI agents running OpenAI's public GPT-5.6 Sol to build a 3-bug Chrome exploit chain in 6 days.

Loading a web page could execute code on Windows, outside Chrome. Google fixed all three bugs and paid $250,000.

Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/researchers-used-public-openai-model-to.html

With 42% of organizations allowing AI agents to act autonomously, GRC leaders face unprecedented oversight gaps. When decision-making accelerates without central visibility, risk escalates rapidly across business operations.

The 2026 agentic enterprise report delivers actionable insights to help risk leaders unify oversight, establish clear boundaries, and transform agentic AI into a strategic advantage without sacrificing control.

Key topics covered include:
✅ Balancing AI decision-making authority with central visibility
✅ Mitigating systemic risks across autonomous agentic workflows
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🚨 Hirudo Android banking trojan targets the banking apps themselves.

Fake update prompts trick users into installing tampered replacements that can falsify built-in security checks, including Play Integrity.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/hirudo-android-trojan-uses-patched.html

A major insurer’s login API let users redirect one-time codes to unregistered email addresses.

During an authorized test, Reflectiz’s AI agent sent the code to its own inbox and logged in.

The flaw could allow account access with the required customer identifiers

Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/an-ai-agent-found-critical-otp-bypass.html

53% of 14.86 million cloud security detections in Tamnoon's dataset remain open. Critical findings take 150 days to close on average.

Tamnoon CEO Marina Segal explains why its new Cloud Remediation Index also tracks automated fixes the engine refused to make.

Read → https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2026/10/tamnoon-ceo-marina-segal-on-self.html

🛑 A Linux kernel flaw can let an untrusted VM hijack its host's QEMU process in specific setups.

Dubbed Vghost (CVE-2026-74580), the AI-assisted discovery also enables local root escalation for users with vhost device access.

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ai-found-linux-kernel-flaw-gives-local.html