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Unpatched Broadcom Wi-Fi Flaw Lets Attackers in Range Run Code as Root on Routers

Unpatched Broadcom Wi-Fi Flaw Lets Attackers in Range Run Code as Root on Routers

A flaw in Broadcom’s Wi-Fi setup software lets an attacker within radio range run code as root on Broadcom-based routers, without the network password or any pairing step, security researcher Quentin Kaiser disclosed on October 16. He… 

ConnectWise Suspends Cloud Backup After Attackers Compromise Microsoft 365 Tenants

ConnectWise Suspends Cloud Backup After Attackers Compromise Microsoft 365 Tenants

ConnectWise on Saturday said it has disabled seven ConnectWise application identities as it continues its investigation into an incident in which unknown threat actors obtained unauthorized access to the application identities and compromised Microsoft 365… 

MALFEX npm Package ‘imgdecode’ Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon

MALFEX npm Package ‘imgdecode’ Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that’s part of a recently disclosed software supply chain attack campaign dubbed MALFEX. The package, named “imgdecode,” was uploaded to the package registry on September 30, 2026,… 

Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain unauthorized access… 

Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug

Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug

Swati KhandelwalOct 16, 2026Vulnerability / OpenBSD A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD’s KARL kernel-address randomization… 

Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper’s Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor

Attackers Tampered with AOMEI Backupper’s Update Servers for Minutes to Deliver a Backdoor

Attackers repeatedly changed the files that AOMEI Backupper fetches from the vendor’s own update servers, in windows of five to ten minutes at a time between May and July 2026, so that any copy of… 

UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing

UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing

Ravie LakshmananOct 16, 2026Phishing / Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) spear-phishing campaign that has targeted individuals affiliated with Taiwan research organizations to direct victims to an adversary-in-the-middle… 

OpenAI Research Model Spent 3rd-Party Test ETH Without Permission to Deploy Smart Contract

OpenAI Research Model Spent 3rd-Party Test ETH Without Permission to Deploy Smart Contract

Ravie LakshmananOct 16, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Web Security OpenAI has disclosed seven new incidents in which its artificial intelligence (AI) models exhibited misaligned behavior, including one case where its research model, after not having funds…