Week in review: Cisco patches exploited email gateway 0-day, Revolut breach
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: What we know about the Revolut data breach so far Someone impersonating a …
Bots with good manners are better at fooling people on social media
Most people can’t tell a bot from a human online, and the bots most likely to fool them are the polite ones, according to a new Surfshark study. The company analyzed …
Arcjet brings security controls and audit trails to AI agents
Arcjet has launched agent runtime security, a new product that helps engineering teams secure the AI agents they are building while giving security teams the governance and …
Zero-click RCE vulnerability hit four major AI coding agents, two remain unpatched
Four major AI coding agents, Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot and Gemini CLI, all share the same zero-click RCE vulnerability, one that could give an attacker the same reach …
Android apps can now check security patches down to individual device components
New AndroidX Security State libraries provide a more granular way to determine how securely patched an Android device is. The stable Security State v1.1.0 and Security State …
Abandoned IoT apps keep sending sensitive data to broken servers
Millions of people still run smart home and IoT companion apps, the apps used to control devices like smart plugs, cameras, and thermostats, that stopped receiving updates …
Hardcoded MCP credentials found in public GitHub files
Hardcoded API keys, access tokens and other credentials used by AI coding tools have been found in publicly accessible MCP configuration files on GitHub, according to research …
98% of fraudulent hires have company credentials by the time they’re caught
A 90-day period between hiring and onboarding is creating a blind spot in enterprise identity security, according to HYPR’s State of HR Identity Fraud Detection report. …
Most WordPress pros still lack a breach recovery plan
Melapress, a maker of WordPress security plugins, surveyed 319 WordPress professionals and found that most had dealt with at least one known security incident. The respondents …
New infosec products of the week: September 18, 2026
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Akuity, Bitsight, Cohesity, Dataminr, Nozomi Networks, and Tuskira. Dataminr uses …
Iranian strikes on AWS facilities left customer data beyond recovery in Bahrain, UAE
Six months after Iranian drone strikes tore through its Middle East infrastructure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acknowledged the permanent loss of customer data in Bahrain …
A fake ChatGPT billing email is after your OpenAI password
A fake ChatGPT billing email is steering users to a copy of the OpenAI login page that keeps whatever username and password they type. Josh Varden of Cofense’s Phishing …
Featured news
Resources
Don't miss
- Bots with good manners are better at fooling people on social media
- Zero-click RCE vulnerability hit four major AI coding agents, two remain unpatched
- CISA wants critical infrastructure orgs and smaller security teams to start using cyber decoys
- Unauthenticated attackers are bypassing Cisco ISE’s management interface (CVE-2026-76460)
- Scammers leave AI fingerprints all over fake antivirus renewal page