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CYBEROct 8'AgentCorruption' Puts AWS Environments At Risk With Single PromptA now-patched vulnerability in AWS Bedrock AgentCore could have allowed an attacker to use one AI chatbot to take over an organization's entire fleet.Dark Reading
CYBEROct 8Student protest in Argentina: parents denounce that students used paid AI to create fake sexual images of their female classmates and spread themEl caso provocó una concentración frente al colegio de Lomas de Zamora y abrió una investigación judicial contra los adolescentes responsables.El Tiempo
CYBEROct 8Fire rages at Yandex data centre after Ukraine drone attackEuroNews [en]
CYBEROct 8Zelensky: Strike on Yandex data center was a mirror response to Russia's actionsUkrinform [en]
CYBEROct 8Russia has spent a decade trying to stop people from bypassing internet censorship. Now it plans to spend nearly 60 billion rubles over three years on traffic filtering.Russia is preparing a new wave of restrictions on tools used to bypass internet blocks. The budget for the next three years includes a record 60 billion rubles for traffic filtering. The Digital Development Ministry wants to make mobile internet much more expensive for VPN users, and there are plans to put companies’ corporate networks under strict oversight by the Federal Security Service (FSB). Dozens of other restrictions have accumulated in recent years. We looked back at the main ones to show how the state has methodically cut Russians off from the free internet — and where we are on thatMeduza [en]
CYBEROct 8Pro-Russian hacker group NoName targets Italian Foreign Ministry websiteChecks are under way on the websites of Italian embassies and consulates abroad following a suspected similar cyberattack by pro-Russian hackersEuroNews [en]
CYBEROct 8Venezuelan Cartel's Malware Honcho Nabbed for ATM JackpottingDark Reading
CYBEROct 8Exclusive: Anthropic's plan to protect critical infrastructureAnthropic is launching a new cybersecurity initiative designed to bring its most powerful AI models and engineers to companies protecting power grids, water utilities and other critical infrastructure, the company first shared with Axios.Why it matters: Critical infrastructure operators are struggling to secure aging, complex systems as AI threatens to make cyberattacks faster and cheaper to execute.Driving the news: Under its new Critical Infrastructure Defense Program, Anthropic will provide its frontier AI models, on-site engineers and threat research to companies already responsible for seAxios
CYBEROct 8IT Ministry advises social media platforms to take down ‘manipulated’ contentThe advisory expands earlier guidance on rules by the Ministry on AI-generated content; it also advises firms to take on “priority” posts referred by government departmentsThe Hindu
CYBEROct 8ICE tried using Palantir to review voter roll information?ICE is now investigating the people who help Americans register to vote.The Hill
CYBEROct 8FBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen EmailsThe Hacker News
CYBEROct 8Russian Spies Give 'MatchBoil' Malware a Stealthy FaceliftCyber-espionage actor UAC-0099 has been steadily refining its flagship dropper in campaigns targeting Ukrainian organizations.Dark Reading
CYBEROct 8ThreatsDay: Ransomware Affiliate Betrayal, WhatsApp RAT, Exposed Hacker Tools and 12 More StoriesThe crooks have trust problems of their own. One ransomware affiliate decided to keep the profits for himself. Elsewhere, an attacker left a server exposed, complete with tools and traces of an intrusion. Apparently, keeping things secure is a problem on both sides of the fence. The rest of the week isn't much more reassuring. Malicious code turned up in developer packages and extensions thatThe Hacker News
CYBEROct 8Delhi Police ramp up ‘perception’ campaign, identifies 500 people, 200 social media channels ahead of October 10 protestAfter the July protest, police step up a ‘cyber warfare’ strategy to counter online narratives and circulate videos of injured personnel and alleged clashes; officials examine why their social media content failed to gain tractionThe Hindu
CYBEROct 8New York accuses TikTok of serving users ‘placebo’ safety featuresNew York is accusing TikTok of providing users with 'placebo' safety features. This indicates a concern regarding the effectiveness of user protection measures on the platform.headtopics · united states of america
CYBEROct 8Stephen Miller visited FBI days before man was charged for cyber-stalking his wife, sources sayTrump administration adviser Stephen Miller went to the FBI days before a man was charged for allegedly making disturbing calls and texts to his wife, Katie, multiple sources told CBS News. Sarah Lynch reports.CBS News
CYBERBREAKINGOct 8Major internet outage hits Russia after strike on Yandex data centerUkrinform [en]
CYBEROct 8Japan Sees Sharp Rise in Web Data Leaks Amid Mobile API Abuse and Metabase AttacksAttackers behind a string of personal data leaks at Japanese organizations have abused APIs for mobile apps and targeted known software flaws, the JPCERT Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) said. The Tokyo-based center, which takes incident reports, based its October 8, 2026 alert on those reports and other information. The alert names no attacker and no affected organization. JPCERT/The Hacker News
CYBEROct 8UAC-0099 Targets Ukrainian Government Personnel With ASHVEIN RAT Hiding Commands in HTMLThe Russia-aligned threat actor known as UAC-0099 has been attributed to a previously undocumented .NET infostealer and remote access trojan (RAT) codenamed ASHVEIN. According to TrendAI, the malware has been put to use in attacks targeting Ukrainian government personnel. The cybersecurity company is tracking the cluster under the name Earth Sirrush (previously SHADOW-EARTH-065). ASHVEIN,The Hacker News
CYBEROct 8[Virtual Event] Building a Secure AI Strategy for the EnterpriseThis virtual event focuses on developing a secure artificial intelligence strategy for enterprises. It addresses the importance of integrating security into AI implementations for businesses.Dark Reading
CYBEROct 8Foreign Ministry says cyberattack on website, impact mitigated by security measuresSituation monitored with relevant authorities, analysis of diplomatic mission websites tooANSA [en]
CYBEROct 8Websites of major Russian news outlets stop loading after Ukraine’s attack on Yandex data centerMeduza [en]
CYBEROct 8FBI arrests 130 over Ghana scam-centre operationWASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced the arrest and detention of more than 130 people in Ghana in a crackdown on an alleged international scam-centre network targeting American citizens. FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed this on his X platform on Thursday while providing an update on what he described as “Operation […] The post FBI arrests 130 over Ghana scam-centre operation appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
CYBEROct 8ARTEX AI Pentesting Tool Used in Data Theft Attacks on South Korean Financial FirmsThe Hacker News