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Ubuntu
Ubuntu Core Desktop returns as Canonical’s plan for an immutable default desktop

Canonical has restarted work on Ubuntu Core Desktop, the immutable and attestable version of Ubuntu that the company says will over time become the default Ubuntu desktop. Jon …

identity
Shame and sleepless nights haunt scam victims long after the money is gone

Scams and identity theft hurt people in different ways, and recovering involves much more than getting money back, according to ITRC’s 2026 Consumer Impact Report. Scam …

investment
Upwind secures $400 million to protect AI across endpoints, code, and cloud

Upwind Security has raised $400 million in Series C funding to expand its cloud and AI security platform, bringing the company’s total funding to more than $800 million. …

arrest
Ukrainian ransomware hacker sentenced, $11 million reward offered for co-conspirator

A Ukrainian national who participated in ransomware attacks targeting hospitals, government entities, law firms, and other businesses was sentenced to five years and 10 months …

AbuseBox
AbuseBox: Open-source monitor for blacklists, DNS, SSL and email records

AbuseBox is a free, open-source tool that checks IP addresses and domains against 60 DNS blacklists, pulls reputation scores from AbuseIPDB, inspects DNS, SSL and …

NIST
NIST starts the countdown to retire quantum-vulnerable encryption

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a roadmap for moving to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), with earlier deadlines for certain sensitive …

compliance
Breach victims discover their data was held by companies they’ve never heard of

Nearly seven in ten people affected by data breaches handled by Kroll were exposed through an outside supplier, according to its Data Breach Outlook 2026. Businesses rely on …

CISA
CISA lays out plan to push cyber adversaries out of US critical infrastructure

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released CISA 2030: Defend, Harden, Prevail, a strategy to strengthen national security and the resilience of …

Linux
Amutable Foundations is a Linux system with no SSH and no package manager

Amutable opened signups for the private preview of Amutable Foundations, a Linux system in which each machine sends a signed report of the software and configuration it runs, …

time
71% of vulnerability exploitation starts within a week of disclosure

Attackers are exploiting newly disclosed security flaws within days, leaving organizations little time to respond, according to Rapid7’s Q3 2026 Quarterly Threat Landscape …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: October 27, 2026

Cybersecurity Expert / Penetration Tester Barrion | Sweden | On-site – No longer accepting applications As a Cybersecurity Expert / Penetration Tester, you will test web …

ChatGPT
GPT-6.1 Terra meets OpenAI’s Critical cyber threshold, and it’s cheaper than GPT-5.6 Terra

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra, a model that operates desktop software, to all Plus, Pro, Enterprise, and Edu users in ChatGPT Work and Codex, and to developers through its API …

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