The Last Watchdog
on Internet security by Byron Acohido
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SHARED INTEL Q&A: 82% of campaign domains expose donors to email fraud before midterms
The FBI is warning voters to be wary of anyone asking for campaign money this fall. Related: Sorting AI phone calls In an Oct. 15 alert , the agency said scammers are using candidates’ names, logos and AI-generated voices and … (more…) The post SHARED INTEL Q&A: 82% of campaign…
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SHARED INTEL Q&A: PHP2Shell is no Log4Shell — open-source flaw is more warning than wildfire
I wrote about Log4Shell when it broke in December 2021. The lesson then was how much of the modern web rests on open-source code that nobody fully sees. Related: Log4j’s big lesson PHP2Shell teaches that lesson again, with a twist. … (more…) The post SHARED INTEL Q&A: PHP2Shell…
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MY TAKE: OktoberTech reveals a hardening AI foundation — but no one yet governing the agents
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Dr. Michio Kaku has never been shy about the future. Opening Infineon’s 10th OktoberTech at the Computer History Museum last Thursday, the physicist and futurist painted a sweeping one. AI is the fourth great wave of … (more…) The post MY TAKE:…
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News alert: Gcore extends free web protection to government agencies after widespread PHP exploits
CONTERN, Luxembourg, Oct. 22, 2026, CyberNewswire — Gcore is offering its WAAP Enterprise plan free of charge to any government body or public agency until December 31, 2026. The offer follows the php2shell vulnerabilities that forced public websites offline across … (more…) The…
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Industrial Defender Unifies Endpoint Intelligence and Network Monitoring for CIP-015, Adds Risk Signal
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 20, 2026, CyberNewswire – Industrial Defender , an OT cybersecurity leader serving the global critical infrastructure industry, today released its latest version, adding internal network security monitoring (INSM ) and Risk Signal. The release builds on…
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News alert: Bright Security launches AI-powered tool to uncover hidden software vulnerabilities
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 19, 2026, CyberNewswire – Built on an evolutionary engine first released in 2018, STAR Fuzzer by Bright Security finds crashes, memory exhaustion and memory-safety bugs in security-critical code without a running application. In its first open … (more…)…
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NEWS ALERT: G2A reports 35% jump in security software orders as consumers broaden protection
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 13, 2026, CyberNewswire – G2A.COM , a digital marketplace that serves more than 35 million users across 180 countries, reports a 35% year-on-year surge in antivirus and security software orders, outpacing VPN orders. Released during Cybersecurity Awareness Month,…
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FIRESIDE CHAT: Firms once wanted AI callers stopped – now they want to sort good from bad
The hottest new app this fall is Muse, an AI agent from Meta. Give it a chore, and it does the chore for you. Ask whether it’s a person or a machine, and it may well lie and claim to … (more…) The post FIRESIDE CHAT: Firms once wanted AI callers stopped – now they want to sort…
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NEWS ALERT: Insignary launches Clarity AIR to expose hidden open-source and AI-generated code
TORONTO, Oct. 8, 2026, CyberNewswire – Insignary Inc. today announced the general availability of Insignary Clarity AIR, a source-code scanning product built to answer a question most security teams can’t currently answer with confidence: what is actually running in their ……
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News alert: Aembit gives enterprises new controls over personal AI agents accessing sensitive systems
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 6, 2026, CyberNewswire — Aembit , the identity control plane for AI agents, today announced support for securing personal agents’ access to enterprise environments, available immediately to existing customers at no additional cost. As personal agents, ……