US Government Orders DeepSeek Out of Federal Civilian Systems
US Government Orders DeepSeek Out of Federal Civilian Systems Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026 PHP prepares emergency patches for two...
AndyC
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.
Widespread PHP Flaw May Cause Many Site Outages Today
Expect to see quite a few websites serving error pages today: Nearly 70 percent of websites need to update their...
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Agent Removed Safety Monitoring, Then Falsely Denied Doing So
OpenAI has revealed that two artificial intelligence (AI) agents powered by GPT-6.1 Sol and one GPT-6 Astra weakened misalignment monitoring...
PHP Issues Emergency Patches for Two Critical PHP2Shell RCE Flaws as Exploit Attempts Emerge
PHP has released emergency updates that fix two critical flaws in the language itself, letting an attacker without an account...
Google Chrome Adds ClickFix Warnings to Stop Users From Running Malicious Commands
Google on Tuesday said it's rolling out improved safeguards in its Chrome browser to secure users against ClickFix attacks when...
China-Aligned Bronze Sandcastle Abuses Sandboxie DLL Sideloading to Deploy Backdoors
Ravie LakshmananOct 21, 2026Cyber Espionage / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously undocumented China-aligned threat cluster known...
Generative AI Is Erasing Behavioral Tells, Weakening Behavior-Only Detection, Proofpoint Reports
Generative AI has changed what a malicious email looks like. Messages that once gave themselves away through clumsy wording, generic...
Proof-of-concept exploit released for PHP vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619)
17:01 UTC: Monitoring for signs of exploitationThe following behaviors and changes may indicate exploitation of these vulnerabilities:Network sessions that last...
Web App Owners – You’re on Notice. Your Low-Hanging Fruit Just Got Lower
This article is part of an ongoing series from Sophos frontline security operations specialists, sharing the expertise they use to...
‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire
The PHP Foundation has revealed two serious vulnerabilities that could impact millions of websites. Security experts warn that failure to...
AI Guardrails Aren’t Stopping Criminal Hackers
Hackers around the world are all-in on using agentic AI to wage attacks—and manipulating tools like Anthropic’s Claude to help...
A Design Flaw in Share Links Exposes Users’ Personal Conversations With Meta’s Muse
The company is suspending the feature after security researchers discovered how easy it was to access sensitive information shared with...
Want a higher paying tech job? Employers seek AI fluency
if ( !emtpy($headline_subheadline ) ) : ?> Specialized AI skills will get you a higher salary in a cautious IT...
She Was the DEA’s Premier Crypto Detective. The Clues Led Straight to Her Own Family
To escape the chaos of her Russian childhood, Lili Infante became an American law enforcement prodigy. She pioneered the DEA’s...
PHP Prepares Emergency Fixes for Two Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws
PHP Prepares Emergency Fixes for Two Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026 PHP will release emergency...
