Nearly 40,000 phishing attacks hit US financial firms in H1 2026 — automated AI agents and a new Seychelles bulletproof host fuel aggressive new campaigns
Nearly 40,000 phishing attacks hit US financial firms in H1 2026 — automated AI agents and a new Seychelles bulletproof host fuel aggressive new campaigns

US financial services faced nearly 40,000 phishing URLs in just six months as free hosting, AI tools, and Omegatech expanded attackers’ infrastructure options.

Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited its wikis without approval
Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited its wikis without approval

The Wikimedia Foundation says AI agents it believes OpenAI runs made unapproved edits to its wikis. They also tried and failed to break into a note-taking tool it hosts. Their traffic may have contributed to a partial outage in May, the foundation, whi…

Hackers hijacked Microsoft’s X account for a scam featuring everyone’s least-favorite tech mascot Clippy

Microsoft’s X account was used to promote a meme coin scam, and possibly even to distribute malware.

These social media posts promise big online discounts on Lego, Calvin Klein and more — but really they’re just phishing scams

There’s an elaborate scheme making rounds on Facebook and TikTok to get people to websites laden with infostealers.

Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database

The Danish government said the breach of names, addresses, and state-issued ID numbers affects 8 million people, including people living abroad and the deceased.

US judge rules a police Flock search was unconstitutional mass surveillance
US judge rules a police Flock search was unconstitutional mass surveillance

A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a deputy’s warrantless search of Flock’s licence plate reader network broke the US Constitution. In an order dated 1 October, Judge Sara Hill called the system “a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance”. Jas…

Apple adds new Full Disk Access controls on Macs because of AI agents
Apple adds new Full Disk Access controls on Macs because of AI agents

Apple will add new controls to Full Disk Access on the Mac. Users will only be able to give an app that level of access “with very explicit user action”. The company announced the change on its developer news site on Friday and said AI agents were the …

AI giants targeted by scraping bots — ChatGPT and Perplexity enter the most-scraped websites list for the first time
AI giants targeted by scraping bots — ChatGPT and Perplexity enter the most-scraped websites list for the first time

ChatGPT and Perplexity are now being scraped as businesses attempt to monitor brand mentions and citations.