China-Aligned FamousSparrow Deploys SparroWocky Backdoor Across Latin America
Ravie LakshmananSep 17, 2026Malware / Cyber Espionage The China-aligned state-sponsored threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been observed deploying a...
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OpenAI Reveals Six Model Incidents Involving Hidden Failures and Unauthorized Uploads
Ravie LakshmananSep 17, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Vulnerability OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances of "unexpected or concerning model behavior"...
Cyberthreats are moving faster than SMBs: Readiness must accelerate
The cyberthreat landscape has been evolving for years. But there’s a sense today that things are escalating more rapidly than...
Anthropic tries to make Claude stickier with launch of Docs and Slides
if ( !emtpy($headline_subheadline ) ) : ?> The new tools expand what users can create without leaving Claude, as AI...
Flock Once Touted Its Cameras as ‘Made in the USA.’ Now It’s Not So Clear
Flock reveals little about where its license plate readers are assembled, but the answer could have geopolitical and cybersecurity implications.Photo-Illustration:...
U.S. CISA adds Acronis Backup, Cisco ISE, and Google Pixel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. CISA adds Acronis Backup, Cisco ISE, and Google Pixel flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2026...
Chosen Brick, Iran’s Surveillance Malware
Chosen Brick, Iran’s Surveillance Malware Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2026 UK, US, and Dutch agencies expose Chosen Brick, Iranian malware...
How Candidates Could Use AI for Good
How Candidates Could Use AI for Good This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in The...
September Patch Tuesday haul includes 973 CVEs
Microsoft on September 9 released 973 patches affecting 39 product families. Of those, 114 of the addressed issues are considered...
On research security, our divisions are the real vulnerability
Scholars named in public for entanglement with a foreign regime, international research collaborations quietly binned, and institutional partnerships needing to...
Australia’s iron ore exports are about more than tonnage
Australia can remain indispensable to steelmaking while making less money from it. In 2025–26 dollars, the government’s June outlook projects...
Smashing Security podcast #485: These researchers got drunk to hack an LG TV
Researchers wanted to test if LG’s smart TVs come with any security risks – but their lawyers noticed a snag:...
Salesforce’s massive outage exposes the hidden risks of cloud dependencies
if ( !emtpy($headline_subheadline ) ) : ?> The incident shows why cloud modernization alone doesn't eliminate resilience risks, and why...
The lesson from Germany: under-reacting to hybrid threats is dangerous
Berlin’s hurried shift to actively defending against hybrid threats shows the danger of cumulative under-reaction to hostile state-backed activity. Underreaction...
FTC Rescinds 2021 Policy Statement on Health App Data Breaches
On September 9, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) rescinded its 2021 Policy Statement on Breaches by Health Apps...