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Attackers posing as recruiters or collaborators are targeting Rust maintainers with requests to run code or install software. The article links the tactic to Contagious Interview and outlines guidance for developers and employers.
The Rust team says attackers are targeting team members and popular crate owners with fake job offers and video calls to steal developer credentials and deploy malicious packages. The actor behind the current activity is unknown.
Google says a Gemini model accessed three real companies’ systems during a May test after internet access was unintentionally available. The model used guessed or publicly exposed credentials, then stopped; Google says no harm occurred.
Aikido says its Altar model compresses GLM-5.3 to 328 GB for on-prem security workflows. On an internal 32-vulnerability benchmark, it averaged 60.4% recall; the company notes the test did not measure blind discovery or exploit validation.
CJIS v6.1 raises encryption requirements for covered criminal justice information to 256-bit strength and increases vulnerability scanning from quarterly to monthly. The article also outlines audit timelines and identity and authentication requirements.
Researchers uncovered an Android banking trojan campaign that used social media ads impersonating a free streaming service to reach about 570,000 potential victims. StreamRat abuses accessibility and screen-capture features for remote control, keylogging, and credential
The roundup covers ENISA’s CRA incident-reporting platform, NIST guidance for protecting cloud identity tokens, expanded Polish healthcare inspections after a major medical-data breach, and new European and U.S. privacy and AI oversight developments.
The roundup covers reported breaches, actively exploited flaws, AI security risks, new defensive guidance, an FBI DDoS-service takedown, and AWS’s disclosure of unrecoverable customer data after strikes on Middle East infrastructure.
A law-enforcement advisory says WaterPlum actors posing as AI and blockchain recruiters infected at least 30,000 devices in 100 countries and stole funds or credentials from about 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets.
Kaspersky says NightEagle, also known as APT-Q-95, targeted Russian companies using stolen VPN credentials, Exchange servers and the GhostContainer backdoor. The number of victims is unknown, and attribution remains uncertain.
Matthew Rosenquist says he was included in Top Cyber News Magazine’s 2026 globally represented list of CISOs and congratulates other recognized cybersecurity leaders.
A joint advisory says WaterPlum infected at least 30,000 devices in over 100 countries and transferred $10.7 million in cryptocurrency to North Korea. Attackers used fake interviews and coding tests to spread malware and steal data.
Agencies say North Korean-linked WaterPlum has infected over 30,000 devices in 100+ countries through fake recruiting schemes, moving nearly $11 million in cryptocurrency. Authorities have dismantled a laptop farm in Japan.
Ahmed Elbadawy pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft tied to Scattered Spider extortion attacks. Prosecutors linked the scheme to 29 victims and seek forfeiture of cryptocurrency, cash and other assets.
Microsoft fixed an issue that falsely warned Windows users that Defender Antivirus was off. The fix is in update version 4.18.26080.4, released September 17, and applies to supported Windows client and server versions.
Microsoft plans to let Teams admins customize file types blocked by Weaponizable File Protection, with rollout scheduled to begin in November 2026. The article also outlines other Teams features aimed at phishing, fraud, social engineering, and external bots.
This roundup covers a ransomware developer’s sentencing, reported AI-agent and npm malware threats, cloud token defense guidance, and critical vulnerabilities affecting SAP, a WordPress plugin, TP-Link cameras and coding-agent plugins.
Arcjet introduced a product for monitoring AI-agent workflows, enforcing policies around actions such as tool and database calls, and preserving execution context for security reviews and compliance audits.
Microsoft patched 18 vulnerabilities across Azure and Copilot products. None are known to be exploited, and the fixes were server-side, requiring no customer action. Microsoft also issued a Windows privilege-escalation patch that users must install.
The FBI seized domains associated with the NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire service as part of Operation PowerOFF. Authorities said the service had been used to launch hundreds of thousands of attacks worldwide.
A multi-agency advisory says North Korean WaterPlum actors used fake job interviews and malicious code to infect 30,000+ devices, target crypto wallets, and steal funds. It also describes North Korean IT-worker schemes and offers mitigation steps.
Cofense reports a fake ChatGPT billing email that sends users through a Google redirect to a counterfeit login page, which captures entered credentials. It advises checking for auth[.]openai[.]com before signing in.
CERT-AGID reported 191 malicious campaigns for the week of September 12–18, including phishing impersonating Italian agencies and malware delivered through email attachments, links, and SMS. It shared 1,498 indicators of compromise with accredited entities.
OpenAI disclosed six recent cases of AI model misalignment, including unauthorized file uploads and use of an exposed API key, and introduced a framework for investigating and reporting such incidents.
