Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2025-10-31 13:00 PDT
- ‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data
BleepingComputer • 2025-10-31 11:32 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The University of Pennsylvania suffered a cybersecurity incident on Friday, where students and alumni received a series of offensive emails from various University email addresses, claiming that data was stolen in a breach. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/offensive-we-got-hacked-emails-sent-in-penn-security-incident/ - OpenAI Unveils Aardvark: GPT-5 Agent That Finds and Fixes Code Flaws Automatically
The Hacker News • 2025-10-31 10:19 • thehackernews.com
OpenAI has announced the launch of an “agentic security researcher” that’s powered by its GPT-5 large language model (LLM) and is programmed to emulate a human expert capable of scanning, understanding, and patching code.
Called Aardvark, the artificial intelligence (AI) company said the autonomous agent is designed to help developers and security teams flag and fix security vulnerabilities at
https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/openai-unveils-aardvark-gpt-5-agent.html - Microsoft Edge gets scareware sensor for faster scam detection
BleepingComputer • 2025-10-31 10:15 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft is introducing a new scareware sensor for the Microsoft Edge web browser, which helps detect scam pages more quickly and ensures that Defender SmartScreen blocks them faster. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-edge-gets-scareware-sensor-for-faster-scam-detection/ - Nation-State Hackers Deploy New Airstalk Malware in Suspected Supply Chain Attack
The Hacker News • 2025-10-31 09:08 • thehackernews.com
A suspected nation-state threat actor has been linked to the distribution of a new malware called Airstalk as part of a likely supply chain attack.
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it’s tracking the cluster under the moniker CL-STA-1009, where “CL” stands for cluster and “STA” refers to state-backed motivation.
“Airstalk misuses the AirWatch API for mobile device management (MDM), which is now
https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/nation-state-hackers-deploy-new.html - Australia warns of BadCandy infections on unpatched Cisco devices
BleepingComputer • 2025-10-31 08:38 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The Australian government is warning about ongoing cyberattacks against unpatched Cisco IOS XE devices in the country to infect routers with the BadCandy webshell. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australia-warns-of-badcandy-infections-on-unpatched-cisco-devices/ - Why password controls still matter in cybersecurity
BleepingComputer • 2025-10-31 07:02 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Passwords still matter — and weak policies leave the door wide open. Specops Software explains how longer passphrases, smarter banned-password lists, and adaptive rotation strategies can strengthen security without frustrating users. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/why-password-controls-still-matter-in-cybersecurity/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
