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Tuesday November 3, 2026

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Microsoft quietly fixes Windows troubleshooter privesc vulnerability

Aussie researcher bags US$16,000 in bounties for two diagnostics bugs.

By Juha Saarinen

 

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ARTEX AI hacking framework spreads to another China-linked group
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ARTEX AI hacking framework spreads to another China-linked group

Open-source ARTEX framework linked to espionage and financially motivated campaigns.

By Juha Saarinen

 
Flaw in GNU's code forge could have let attackers backdoor Bash
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Flaw in GNU's code forge could have let attackers backdoor Bash

Researchers use special email address to reach crucial source code.

By Juha Saarinen

 
 
 
 
Apple rains on MIE-bypassing iPhone jailbreak parade with iOS update
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Apple rains on MIE-bypassing iPhone jailbreak parade with iOS update

Researchers get past anti-spyware memory protection.

By Juha Saarinen

 
Researchers feed infostealer gangs booby-trapped session cookies
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Researchers feed infostealer gangs booby-trapped session cookies

Infected their own machines with malware to see what criminals do with stolen sessions.

By Juha Saarinen

 
New cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe
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New cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe

Echoes attack in France last month.

By Marie Mannes, Helen Reid and Louise Rasmussen

 
Binance freezes assets after US$6.3 billion heist
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Binance freezes assets after US$6.3 billion heist

May have started with hacked laptop of single engineer.

By Ankur Banerjee, Tom Westbrook and Summer Zhen

 
 
 
 

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Fixes for Google Brotli flaw arrive for Microsoft .NET, PHP and Linux
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Fixes for Google Brotli flaw arrive for Microsoft .NET, PHP and Linux

By Juha Saarinen

Apple rains on MIE-bypassing iPhone jailbreak parade with iOS update
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Apple rains on MIE-bypassing iPhone jailbreak parade with iOS update

By Juha Saarinen

Parliamentary Information and Cyber Resilience upgrade has $40m budget
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Parliamentary Information and Cyber Resilience upgrade has $40m budget

By Ry Crozier

Node2Shell flaw embedded in apps and dev tools far beyond Node.js
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Node2Shell flaw embedded in apps and dev tools far beyond Node.js

By Juha Saarinen

Japanese companies compensate users as cyberattacks buffet economy
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Japanese companies compensate users as cyberattacks buffet economy

By Kentaro Okasaka and Sam Nussey

 

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