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Sep 26, 2026
How one unchecked login token put 17 trillion rows in a Microsoft internal analytics service within reach. An estimated 17.3 trillion stored rows across a wide range of Microsoft datasets were reachable through a single internal analytics service, all because it never checked the signature on a login token. That flaw let me claim an administrator’s identity and submit unauthorized SQL queries without any real credentials. I used only table descriptions, metadata, and bounded sample rows to understand the potential scope.
Sep 23, 2026
I asked Muse to archive the files it could see and send them to my Google Drive. It did. The download was about 2.7 GB compressed and 6.8 GB unpacked. It appeared to contain the root filesystem of the Linux environment assigned to my session, including Ubuntu system files, Muse’s internal documentation, integration code, app templates, memory files, and agent logs. There were also SSH key files.
Source: mouse.dev
Sep 21, 2026
Ukrainian hackers gained access to a large collection of Russian naval files, obtaining technical documentation linked to 70 projects involving submarines, warships, navigation systems, sonar technology, and autonomous underwater vehicles.
Source: united24media.com
Sep 20, 2026
A Mandiant persona sat in TeamPCP’s roughly 12-person CanisterWorm chat from about March 2026, WIRED reported. Australian police later arrested two alleged principal participants. The AFP said the haul included more than 500,000 users’ credentials.
Source: cyberpresso.com
Sep 19, 2026
Docker has patched a sandbox escape we reported in its hypervisor for Mac: a container can get complete read and write access to the host filesystem by running three lines of bash. Docker Desktop and Docker Sandboxes are both affected. Docker Desktop is only affected if Docker VMM is turned on in Settings. It’s a good thing we found it now, because Docker VMM is scheduled to become the default for Docker Desktop at the end of October 2026.
Sep 19, 2026
An ongoing malware campaign uses SEO-optimized GitHub repositories to impersonate well-known software firms to push a previously undocumented information stealer called Rapuncel. The installer inside the archives is a copy of the legitimate Microsoft Visual Studio CoreCLR Debugger, ‘vsdbg.exe,’ renamed and configured to sideload a malicious DLL (vsdbg.dll). The installer deploys the Rapuncel infostealer as well as the Alinubx.sys kernel driver, which is used to kill antivirus software.
Sep 18, 2026
A heap overflow and SSO misconfiguration to compromise OpenAI internal repositories On July 25, 2026, we chained two critical vulnerabilities to compromise multiple OpenAI employees’ ChatGPT accounts. With these accounts, we could then access internal OpenAI repositories, and potentially many other connectors.
Source: hacktron.ai
Sep 17, 2026
While large language models present real risks to society, experts say they can be tested and largely controlled using well-worn cybersecurity and policy choices. By Derek B. Johnson September 17, 2026 Listen to this article 0:00 Learn more. This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. In recent conversations, cybersecurity and national security professionals raised questions about both the technical solutions OpenAI and Anthropic use to contain their models, as well as the glaring absence of federal oversight from federal regulators or truly independent third-party review. (Image via Getty)
Sep 17, 2026
New KREMLIN Malware Bypasses Chrome and Edge Integrity Checks to Silently Install Malicious Extensions. Security researchers have uncovered a banking malware operation, tracked under the toolkit name “KREMLIN,” that is able to force malicious extensions into the Chrome and Edge browsers without any action or approval from the user.
Source: pbxscience.com
Sep 17, 2026
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera’s software too. Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and WIRED, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people. The hackers say they are also publishing details on how they managed to obtain the software, in the hopes that other people may copy them.