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Security
Rush is on to patch a software vulnerability that could impact 70% of websites worldwide
Governments and corporations worked throughout the night on urgent security updates after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to 70% of websites globally.
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Quest Diagnostics reports cyber breach affecting 'certain patient records'
Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics said it learned of a cyber breach of one of its systems this week, likely compromising some records for patients.
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Some websites go dark as operators address an AI-detected flaw in a web programming language
An AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language led governments and other organizations in Europe and the U.S. to take their websites offline temporarily Wednesday as they scrambled to make ...
Oct 22, 2026
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OpenAI says its AI agents disabled their own safety monitors
OpenAI has revealed that two of its artificial intelligence agents disabled or weakened systems built to catch them misbehaving, with one later denying it had done so.
Oct 22, 2026
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Internet
A critical flaw affecting 70% of all websites has the cybersecurity world panicked
Details have been published of a critical flaw in the programming language PHP, which is the backbone of more than 70% of all websites. Left unfixed, the flaw would allow hackers to easily take over and compromise millions ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Internet
Websites down: What is PHP and how has it raised AI hacking fears?
Artificial intelligence has found critical security flaws in a major programming language called PHP, with many websites taken offline Thursday as organizations worldwide scramble to fend off would-be hackers.
Oct 22, 2026
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Security
An AI model's false tip to Philadelphia police reveals how digital agents can do as they're told and still cause trouble
An anonymous tip arrived on PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a website run by the Philadelphia Police Department, on July 18, 2026.
Oct 21, 2026
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Security
Why the most dangerous AI may be the one we trust too much
Machines don't have to become superintelligent to cause catastrophic harm. As artificial intelligence spreads through military decision-making, they just have to be wrong—and trusted by the humans in charge.
Oct 21, 2026
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Security
Students develop AI-powered cybersecurity system for water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure
In February 2021, an unidentified attacker remotely accessed the control system of a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida. They attempted to raise the level of sodium hydroxide, a caustic chemical used to balance water ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Robotics
Secret trigger words could make AI-powered robots dangerous
Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude and Google Gemini are increasingly being used to help robots perform tasks, but what if LLMs could be exploited to turn helpful robots into harmful robots?
Oct 20, 2026
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Security
Discovery of cross-domain cyberattack risk targeting electric vehicle charging navigation systems
With the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), transportation and power systems are increasingly closely interconnected, driving innovation but also introducing new vulnerabilities. Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Security
When a ship's systems lie, cybersecurity gets complicated
Sailors at sea rely on electronic equipment to keep ships on course and out of danger, but what happens when hackers get involved? Are the mariners equipped to handle modern cybersecurity threats like GPS spoofing?
Oct 20, 2026
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Software
Your car's weakest spot may not be in the car
A car is a computer on wheels. It communicates with the car manufacturer's cloud services, the driver's phone and charging stations, and when children stream movies in the back seat, data travels over the internet. All these ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Computer Sciences
New communications toolkit to help care providers prepare for cyber incidents
Digital Care Hub has launched a series of new resources to help adult social care providers plan how they will communicate with key stakeholders in the event of a cyber incident. These include people receiving care, families, ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Security
AI agents are only as good as the personal information you share. That raises privacy concerns
Matt Robb wanted to sell his computer keyboard. So he made a listing on Facebook Marketplace—and, as an experiment late last month, he put Meta's new artificial intelligence agent Muse in the driver's seat.
Oct 19, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Tech-savvy customers may take more online banking risks despite positive security attitudes
A study of electronic banking users has found that cybersecurity depends not only on knowledge of digital threats but also on attitudes, memory and the user's relationship with technology. Details are published in the International ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Hardware
How to detect hardware tampering and protect chips against attacks by quantum computers
Software can be updated. Hardware cannot. Manipulation deep within a chip would be almost impossible to detect—and could threaten entire infrastructures. At the same time, it is now more important than ever that we prepare ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Security
One AI model, trillions of variants: Breaking mass attacks on voice assistants
Imagine sitting in your home, listening to what you think is a run-of-the-mill advertisement or perhaps a piece of music you enjoy. But while you hum along, that audio file is sending a secret, malicious audio message—imperceptible ...
Oct 17, 2026
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Internet
Online Safety Act drives VPN interest and raises privacy concerns
People's online behavior has changed in response to legislation to prevent children from viewing harmful content—raising possible privacy and security risks, research suggests.
Oct 16, 2026
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Security
New cyber threat to water systems exposes limits of encryption
University of British Columbia researchers have uncovered a vulnerability that could allow hackers to target and disrupt critical infrastructure such as water treatment plants and energy grids without needing to break into ...
Oct 15, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Fingerprint authentication uses ultrasound without storing biometric information as digital data
A research team has developed a new biometric authentication technology that can identify users without storing their fingerprint information as digital data. The study is published in Nature Sensors.
Oct 15, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Clone2Pwn: Android data migration flaws allowed attackers within Wi-Fi range to steal sensitive data
The standard data migration tools offered by major Android manufacturers such as Samsung, Google and Xiaomi pose security risks, as researchers from the Institute of Information Security at Graz University of Technology (TU ...
Oct 15, 2026
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Hardware
New hardware method adds timing condition to decoding encrypted information
Some information, such as exam questions or bid prices, must remain unreadable until an agreed time, even if it has already been delivered. KAIST researchers have used changes in the electric current inside a semiconductor ...
Oct 14, 2026
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Security
AI worms, 'major' incident fears spur safety calls at industry summit
From the specter of refrigerator-infecting AI worms to warnings of "major" security incidents on the horizon, calls to prioritize safety in the development of artificial intelligence dominated an industry summit Wednesday.
Oct 14, 2026
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