Amazon says PHP2Shell exploitation began 4 days before patches
Security researchers at Amazon Threat Intelligence say attackers began targeting the PHP2Shell flaws four days before security patches were released on Wednesday. Tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, the two critical vulnerabilities let attackers gain remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable systems. The PHP security team patched them on October 21 after urging admins one day earlier to […]
GitLab warns of new max severity code execution vulnerability
GitLab has released security patches for a maximum-severity Regular Expression Compiler flaw that can let remote attackers run arbitrary code on vulnerable servers. This security issue is tracked as CVE-2026-110264 and was reported by a security researcher using the ‘joaxcar‘ handle through GitLab’s HackerOne bug bounty program. CVE-2026-110264 stems from an integer overflow weakness in […]
Authorities disrupt nearly 11,000 cybercrime networks in Africa
Law enforcement agencies have disrupted nearly 11,000 cybercriminal networks and arrested more than 1,400 people in Operation Serengeti III, which targeted business email compromise, ransomware, and online scams. Coordinated by Interpol, the operation involved authorities from 21 countries and private partners like Team Cymru, Kaspersky, Group-IB, and Fortinet, in a major crackdown on cybercrime across […]
Google Chrome adds Gemini-powered scam detection, warns users of ClickFix attacks
Chrome is getting new scam protections that use Gemini to detect deceptive websites and warn users when they copy suspicious commands from ClickFix attacks. The changes are part of Enhanced Protection in Safe Browsing, which Google claims makes users ten times safer from phishing, social engineering, notification abuse, and other scams compared with Standard Protection. […]
Japan’s Onamae Desktop Cloud hacked, up to 27,000 servers affected
Hackers compromised the infrastructure of Onamae Desktop Cloud, a popular provider of VPS services in Japan, and installed malware on up to 26,739 customers’ servers. The company confirmed on October 20 that an unauthorized third party installed “malicious programs” in some customer environments. After detecting the intrusion, the company says it progressively shut down customer […]
Lazarus hackers use post-quantum cryptography for malware delivery
North Korean hackers are using a post-quantum cryptographic mechanism to secure malicious payload delivery in new operations that combine old and new malware. The campaign targets South Korean organizations through a “rather complex” infection chain. Researchers at cybersecurity company Kaspersky dubbed the operation FlashHole and attributed it to the Lazarus Group. Analysis of the malware revealed […]
CISA: Hackers chain Plex flaws in Plex2Shell attacks to breach servers
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that attackers are actively exploiting four vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server. The security issues are collectively called Plex2Shell. When chained in an exploit, an attacker can obtain the owner’s admin token and execute code with elevated privileges. Plex Media Server is a popular media suite […]
PHP ships emergency patches for critical PHP2Shell flaws
The PHP security team released emergency security patches for two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) tracked collectively as PHP2Shell. The two unauthenticated RCE flaws were discovered by Calif, , and OpenAI security researchers, and affect all PHP installations that serve web requests, including PHP-FPM, Apache with mod_php, php-cgi, FrankenPHP, and LiteSpeed. “We consider […]
OpenAI agents disabled safety monitoring, one lied about it
OpenAI agents powered by the GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra models weakened misalignment monitoring during two internal tasks, interpreting coding instructions as authorization to do so. AI alignment refers to how well an AI system’s goals and behavior align with human values, intentions, and instructions. It is a key focus of AI safety research aimed […]
Microsoft PowerToys adds CursorHide, Button Lock mouse tools
Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.102, with two new mouse utilities, new command-line tools, and Command Palette improvements. Mouse Button Lock, one of the new mouse tools, makes it easier to select items on screen by locking a mouse button while you hold down a key. “With Mouse Button Lock, press and hold a button for […]