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Oct 12, 2026Varonis Threat Labs recently discovered AvisLoader, a new Windows loader named after the Latin word for bird. We found it on an exposed staging server alongside a ClickFix lure, supporting tools, and its Command Center. The attack starts with a fami...
Oct 12, 2026Retail giant Ahold Delhaize, one of the world's largest food retail chains, confirmed today that it was forced to take some systems offline after a "cybersecurity incident." As a wholesale company and multinational retailer, Ahold Delhaize operates ...
Oct 12, 2026A critical vulnerability in the Bricksforge WordPress plugin is being exploited in the wild, according to WordPress security company Patchstack. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-85097 and it has a CVSS score of 9.8. Unauthenticated attackers...
Oct 12, 2026GitLab warned users today to immediately patch a maximum-severity vulnerability in the CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler that could let remote attackers run arbitrary code on targeted instances. Tracked as CVE-2026-97229, this critical security flaw...
Oct 12, 2026Fahmida Y Rashid will keep the momentum going as she leads Dark Reading. Dark Reading has been a cornerstone of cybersecurity journalism for 20 years, emphasizing deep technical coverage and insights for security professionals charged with defending...
Oct 12, 2026Canonical's websites were disrupted last week by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, months after a larger attack hit the Ubuntu maker's infrastructure. The company confirmed the attack on October 8 in a post on the Ubuntu Discourse forum...
Oct 12, 2026Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions will stop receiving security updates next month. The announcement follows the end of support for Windows 11 23H2 Home and Pro ed...
Oct 12, 2026France, Belgium, and the Netherlands are reportedly affected. An ongoing cyberattack has reportedly struck major supermarket chains across Europe, disrupting refrigeration control systems. The attack — which has reportedly seen units set to cont...
Oct 12, 2026A dual citizen of Ukraine and Russia pleaded guilty in a US court for his role in a sophisticated money laundering organization used by cybercriminals. The individual, Oleg Korniev, 42, was a leader of Your Mule Cashout (YMCO), an international netw...
Oct 12, 2026Cryptocurrency hardware maker Ledger has temporarily paused sales of its products via CryptoBilis following reports of stolen funds linked to devices sold by the reseller. On Friday, the company said it was investigating reports of loss of funds fro...
Oct 12, 2026Medical equipment provider iRhythm is notifying more than 360,000 people that hackers stole their personal information. The data breach was identified on June 8 and involved third-party-hosted business applications that stored certain iRhythm inform...
Oct 12, 2026US law enforcement agents obtained authorization to use a controversial surveillance device capable of intercepting cell phone signals to find and arrest a 21-year-old college student who helped produce journalist Don Lemon's coverage of an anti-ICE ...