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healthcare data
Medical devices patients rely on most are least prepared for quantum attacks

Threat actors are exploiting IT, IoMT, OT and IoT devices across healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) to deploy ransomware, demand payments and monetize stolen patient …

Cisco
Cisco quantum network controller lets apps order entanglement on demand

Cisco has built a Quantum Network Controller, a research prototype that lets an application ask a quantum network for entanglement and leaves the network to work out the …

Windows App
Your Windows PC can now reach other PCs through Windows App

Microsoft has made remote PC connections generally available in Windows App on Windows. Users can access physical or virtual Windows PCs alongside Windows 365, Azure Virtual …

Anthropic
Anthropic loosens Claude’s cyber restrictions for verified defenders

Anthropic expanded its Cyber Verification Program (CVP), giving approved security professionals access to advanced Claude capabilities with fewer automated blocks on work such …

AI Agent Gateway
AI Agent Gateway: Open-source tool keeps credentials out of agent configs

Tuskira’s AI Agent Gateway is an open-source solution that sits between AI agents and everything they call: the MCP tool servers that connect them to services like …

critical infrastructure
Even with OT network visibility, critical infrastructure operators struggle with legacy equipment

Large critical infrastructure operators run seven separate security tools on average, and most still cannot see every asset on their operational technology (OT) networks. That …

Keys
Check your X.Org server version because a dozen vulnerabilities have been patched

X.Org fixed 12 security flaws in the X server and Xwayland, with the repairs shipping in xorg-server 21.1.25 and xwayland-24.1.14. Nine of the flaws can lead to arbitrary code …

GitHub
GitHub’s ReviewBench puts AI code reviewers to the test

GitHub’s ReviewBench measures how well AI code review tools detect problems before software is released. Available in research preview through its website, the benchmark lets …

brain
Reflection’s Beam trails top open models on coding tests but claims lower inference compute

Reflection AI has built Beam, a 501-billion-parameter open-weight model for coding and agent tasks, and plans to publish the weights under an Apache 2.0 license later this …

Webroot Mobile Security
Product showcase: Webroot Mobile Security screens texts, blocks risky sites, and checks for data leaks

Webroot Mobile Security combines device security checks, Safari protection, text scam filtering, and data breach monitoring. It is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: October 6, 2026

Associate IAM Engineer New York City Office of Technology & Innovation | USA | On-site – View job details As an Associate IAM Engineer, you will support daily …

Apple
Apple tightens macOS disk access as AI agents become more powerful

Apple plans to introduce additional controls for Full Disk Access in macOS, citing growing privacy risks as AI agents become more capable and autonomous. Users will need to …

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