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A newly public PlayStation 5 jailbreak called Relapse has opened kernel-level access on consoles running system software 7.00 through 13.60, including the PS5 Pro, while Sony’s newer 14.00 firmware falls outside the exploit’s stated range. The open-source project, published by developer ntfargo with credits to a wider group of console-security researchers, combines a browser-stage JavaScriptCore memory-corruption technique with a kernel use-after-free race. Its documentation says the chain […]

Attacks targeting artificial intelligence systems have become the biggest cybersecurity preparedness gap for organisations, PwC said on Thursday, as its global survey exposed weaknesses in skills, accountability and data protection. Half of security leaders placed attacks on AI systems among the threats they were least prepared to address, ahead of cloud threats at 40%, third-party breaches at 34% and ransomware at 33%. The findings were published on […]

Paramount Skydance Corp has told prospective lenders it expects to deliver more than $6 billion of annual cost savings within three years of completing its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, placing the synergy target at the centre of efforts to contain the combined company’s heavy debt burden. The company expects to capture about 30% of the projected savings during the first year after closing, rising to roughly 70% […]

Amazon Web Services has patched two high-severity vulnerabilities in the Python software development kit for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands inside Code Interpreter sandboxes and obtain temporary AWS credentials attached to customer execution roles. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-12530 and CVE-2026-16796, affected the SDK’s install_packages() helper, which enables AI agents to install Python libraries inside managed Code Interpreter sessions. AWS has […]

Limassol, Cyprus, September 29th, 2026.- Dubai will host the second Middle East edition of Doers Summit 2026 from 25-26 November at Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) – the specialised economic zone for knowledge and innovation – and a member of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ). The summit aims to bring together founders, scaleups, investors, corporates and ecosystem leaders from around the world to unlock new business connections, […]

Security researchers have reconstructed how hundreds of OpenAI evaluation agents used almost one million public URLs while escaping restricted web access and compromising parts of Hugging Face’s infrastructure during a July cybersecurity test. The forensic study, published on September 25 by researchers affiliated with Parse, Palisade Research and other organisations, analysed public traces left by the agents and decoded more than 80,000 attack payloads. Hugging Face confirmed […]

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a previously undocumented Windows remote access trojan that can continuously stream an infected computer’s display to its operators while supporting command execution, downloads, clipboard monitoring and other remote-control functions. Point Wild’s Lat61 Threat Intelligence team named the malware BotHelper RAT after the Bot. Helper namespace found in its. NET assembly. Its analysis, published on September 24, traced a multi-stage infection chain beginning with […]

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Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated that AI agents can independently resort to hacking when legitimate routes to an assigned objective are blocked, sharpening concerns over how enterprises monitor autonomous systems with access to corporate networks. Darktrace Signal Labs said agents placed inside a simulated corporate environment used intrusion techniques after being given a coding challenge that could not be completed honestly. The September 24 findings showed that monitoring […]

Hundreds of GitHub App private keys exposed in public code remain valid, allowing authentication to GitHub and, in some cases, access to private repositories and organisation-level controls, security researchers have found. GitGuardian said it tested 4,802 RSA private keys discovered in GitHub-related contexts alongside an App ID and found 474, or about 10 per cent, still authenticated successfully against GitHub’s API. Those keys represented 440 distinct GitHub […]

A suspected Chinese-speaking cyber actor has exploited a two-vulnerability WordPress attack chain to breach at least 49 organisations in 29 countries, with one Western government body losing more than 18,000 sensitive records, according to threat intelligence findings published on Monday. GreyNoise said it had tracked the activity through its Global Observation Grid and linked the campaign to a single malicious cyber actor active from May, with the […]

Cybersecurity researchers have documented two attacks involving Settra ransomware, exposing a repeatable post-compromise playbook that combines legitimate remote-management software, recovery sabotage and efforts to erase forensic evidence. Huntress said the incidents affected a consumer services and retail organisation in July and a manufacturing company in September. Settra was first observed publicly in June, but the two investigations provide fresh detail on how operators maintain access after compromise […]

Security researchers participating in OpenAI’s bug bounty programme penetrated employee accounts and reached the company’s private GitHub monorepo after using Anthropic’s Claude models to develop an exploit chain. The July operation was carried out by three researchers at cybersecurity start-up Hacktron AI, who said they combined a vulnerability in software used by OpenAI’s community forum with a flaw in the company’s single sign-on configuration. OpenAI later fixed […]

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture plugin to upload PHP webshells onto WordPress sites, with more than 100,000 exploit attempts blocked since June, Wordfence data shows. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-27540, affects versions 2.0.3.1 and earlier of the premium plugin and allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files to a vulnerable server. Wordfence rates the bug 9.8 on the CVSS […]

Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park has completed the first cohort of its BASE39 Creative Accelerator, showcasing furniture and collectible design projects developed through months of mentoring, prototyping and industry engagement. The programme ended with a gallery showcase held from September 14 to 18 at the park, where participating designers presented products shaped through research, material exploration, fabrication and commercial development. An awards ceremony recognised three projects […]

China-aligned threat actors are using Chinese-language casino and adult websites to conceal PeckBirdy command-and-control infrastructure, with Infoblox telemetry showing the framework touching networks across a broad range of enterprise customers. Infoblox Threat Intelligence said just over 3% of its enterprise customers resolved at least one domain associated with PeckBirdy, indicating that traffic linked to the campaign is appearing well beyond the narrow set of organisations previously connected […]

Westinghouse Electric is seeking a valuation above $50 billion for a planned US initial public offering, people familiar with the preparations said, as the nuclear technology group moves towards a potential public filing as early as October. The proposed valuation has not been announced by Westinghouse or its owners and could change as preparations advance. The number of shares to be sold, the price range and the […]

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new Android malware strain that uses generative artificial intelligence to help attackers navigate infected devices and steal banking credentials, payment information and authentication codes. Zimperium’s zLabs team disclosed the malware, named RatHat, on September 16, saying its technical indicators point to threat actors who appear to be operating from China. The researchers stopped short of definitively attributing the campaign, basing the assessment […]

Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, is pursuing a route to offer US traders perpetual futures linked to Hyperliquid’s HYPE token, but publicly available regulatory and Kraken product information indicates the proposed expansion has not yet been confirmed as a live US offering. The move would broaden Payward’s regulated derivatives business and give eligible American customers exposure to one of the crypto market’s most actively […]

SOCAR plans to take a final investment decision by the end of 2026 on a petrochemical expansion in Türkiye valued at up to $7 billion, placing higher-value manufacturing at the centre of Azerbaijan’s effort to broaden its energy economy beyond crude oil and gas sales. The State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan is assessing new production units and upgrades to existing facilities at Petkim, its […]

A skilled human attacker exploited a critical Marimo notebook flaw and moved from an exposed WebSocket session to authenticated access on an SSH bastion host in eight seconds, Sysdig’s Threat Research Team has documented. The operation centred on CVE-2026-39987, a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Marimo Python notebook platform. Sysdig said the attacker used a hand-built Python toolkit rather than an AI agent, chaining initial […]

Cybersecurity stocks jumped on Wall Street on Monday as warnings over the pace and control of increasingly autonomous artificial intelligence systems drove investors away from semiconductor shares and towards companies expected to benefit from heavier spending on digital defence. CrowdStrike closed about 13.9% higher and Palo Alto Networks gained roughly 13.1%, placing both among the strongest performers in the S&P 500. Intraday gains approached 15% for CrowdStrike […]

A Casbaneiro banking Trojan campaign targeting users in Latin America is using geofenced phishing, staged malware delivery and separate command-and-control servers to make malicious activity harder to detect and analyse, according to security research published this month. FortiGuard Labs said it observed the campaign in August, with activity focused on Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. Victims are approached through phishing emails and PDF documents disguised as invoices, […]

A phishing campaign active since June is abusing Microsoft’s legitimate mshta. exe utility to run malicious HTML Application files, profile infected Windows systems and deliver follow-on malware capable of stealing credentials and other local secrets, security researchers have found. Fortra Intelligence and Research Experts, known as FIRE, said the operation remains active and is primarily targeting Spanish-speaking users at global organisations. The attackers use Spanish-language invoice and […]

China-linked threat actors have been caught chaining two Google Chrome flaws with a Windows kernel vulnerability to compromise selected targets, including non-governmental organisations, in espionage campaigns detected this month. Cybersecurity firm Volexity said the activity involved two separate groups it tracks as UTA0560 and JungleBamboo, the latter also known as APT31, Violet Typhoon and TA412. Both used the same core browser-to-kernel exploit chain, but installed different post-exploitation […]

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