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X Says It Suspended More Than 13,000 Accounts in Three Suspected Foreign Influence Operations Targeting US Politics
X says it suspended more than 13,000 accounts in three suspected foreign influence operations it links to Iran, Russia and China, ahead of the US midterms.
Burger King Japan Says About 11.18 Million App Member Records Leaked After Unauthorised Access
BK Japan says hackers accessed its official app's member system from 2 to 7 October, leaking about 11.18 million records. Card numbers were not held.
New Zealand’s Central Bank and Markets Regulator Set Out What They Expect From Firms on Frontier-AI Cyber Risk
New Zealand's RBNZ and FMA outline what they expect of regulated firms on cyber risk from frontier AI. No new rule; it builds on existing obligations.
Citizen Lab Says Targeted Online Ads Were Used to Infect Al Jazeera Devices With Candiru Spyware
Citizen Lab says Israel-based Discover-Tech's ad platform was used to infect Al Jazeera devices with Candiru spyware, in what it calls AdFection.
CenterPoint Energy Data Breach Affected More Than 1 Million Texans, SecurityWeek Reports
CenterPoint Energy told Texas's attorney general 1,062,060 residents were hit by its data breach, SecurityWeek reports. A hacker claims 7.5m records.
Brooklyn DA and FBI Disrupt 112 Servers and 241 Domains Behind a Crypto Scam Targeting Russian Speakers
Brooklyn's DA says his Virtual Currency Unit and the FBI disrupted 112 servers and 241 domains behind a crypto investment scam aimed at Russian speakers.
Hacken Says Crypto Hacks Cost $1.18 Billion in Q3 2026, Mostly Through Suppliers, Developer Tools and Unpatched Fixes
Hacken says crypto hacks cost $1.18bn across 107 incidents in Q3 2026, with 77% linked to suppliers, dev tools and unpatched fixes, Cointelegraph reports.
Legal Aid Agency Says Records Stolen in 2025 Attack Go Back to 1978
The Legal Aid Agency now says about 250,000 records stolen in its 2025 cyber-attack predate 2007, with the earliest from 1978, plus some probation data.
Attackers Used a Critical Flaw in Collabora’s Built-in CODE App to Plant Web Shells on Nextcloud Servers
A critical flaw in Collabora's Built-in CODE Server app for Nextcloud, CVE-2026-110447, was used to plant web shells. Update to 26.4.303 or remove it.
Palo Alto Networks Says a PAN-OS Flaw Is Being Exploited, and CISA Adds It to Its Must-Patch List
Palo Alto Networks says a PAN-OS flaw that lets a logged-in attacker run code as root has seen very limited exploitation. CISA set a 17 Oct deadline.
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