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...
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Apple Adds New Parental Controls to iPhone, iPad and Mac: Here’s What Changes
Apple is giving parents more control over what their children can access — and making kids ask before crossing some...
Microsoft Issues Out-of-Band Windows Update After September Patch Breaks Remote Desktop, Hyper-V
Microsoft has released an out-of-band Windows update after its September security patch caused problems with Remote Desktop, Linux virtual machines,...
The industry turned XDR and SIEM into categories. Sophos turned them into outcomes.
For years, the cybersecurity industry has blurred the lines between XDR and SIEM. As capabilities converged, organizations were left trying...
Messageboards are all they need
When Dwarkesh Patel published "The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations," describing how roughly 1,200 OpenAI agents communicated through shared...
OpenAI Reportedly Pays Contractors $50+ an Hour to Review ChatGPT Chats
Some ChatGPT conversations are being reviewed by human contractors as part of OpenAI’s model-improvement work, according to leaked internal materials...
Microsoft’s New AI Rules Say Models Must Never Resist Human Shutdown
Microsoft is drawing a line around how much autonomy it wants its future AI models to have: no resisting shutdown,...
Passwd Enterprise Review: Features, Pricing & Security
Passwd Enterprise is built for organizations that want more control over where and how their password manager operates. Its biggest...
Cisco Secure Email Gateway vulnerability (CVE-2026-76461) in active exploitation
On September 14, 2026, Cisco disclosed a vulnerability in Cisco Secure Email Gateway. CVE-2026-76461 is a critical (CVSS score of...
MSP Perspectives 2026: The evolution of the MSP cybersecurity value proposition
Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever...
Texas Judge Finds TikTok Liable for Misleading Parents About Child Safety Controls
TikTok’s child safety controls did not work the way parents were led to believe, according to a Texas judge. The...
LG Pushes Back on Claims That Its Smart TVs Are Spying on Users
Your smart TV may know more about what is happening inside your home than you realize, but LG says recent...
ATT&CK grew a 15th tactic: A practical DFIR field guide to the Stealth / Defense Impairment split
This article is part of an ongoing series from Sophos frontline security operations specialists, sharing the expertise they use to...
Anthropic Says Claude Used in Possible Bioweapon Research
Claude was built to help with complex research. Anthropic says some scientists pushed that capability into territory with possible bioweapon...
EU Gets Access to Anthropic Cyber AI — But Not Its Newest Model
Europe can finally put Anthropic’s advanced cyber AI through tests of its own. The EU cybersecurity agency ENISA has gained...
