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Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing

Bleeping Computer October 12, 2026

Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has fined Microsoft-owned advertising company Xandr NOK 92 million ($9.6M) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive data belonging to Grindr users in the country. [...]

Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files

Bleeping Computer October 12, 2026

Russian cloud services provider Yandex announced that drone attacks damaged three of its data centers, forcing it to shut down two facilities and partially disable a third. [...]

Anthropic takes risky AI tests offline after models breach govt sites

Bleeping Computer October 12, 2026

Anthropic announced that its internal AI models undergoing "high-risk and cybersecurity evaluations" no longer have internet access following incidents involving U.S. government websites at the federal, state, and local levels. [...]

Elon Musk Bragged About His Grok Lego Star Wars Haul. Then X Users Punked Him

Wired AI News October 12, 2026

Musk, we find your lack of security disturbing.

Muse Wonder Puts Meta Back at the AI Frontier

Wired AI News October 12, 2026

Meta’s biggest model rivals the world’s best—and includes new features to keep agents from going off the rails.

Ledger confirms spy chip implant behind wallet crypto thefts

Bleeping Computer October 12, 2026

Ledger has confirmed that some of its devices distributed through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis were compromised with a hardware implant that drained users' cryptocurrency wallets. [...]

Cyberattack shuts down refrigerators at French supermarkets

Bleeping Computer October 12, 2026

Attackers remotely defrosted refrigerators at multiple French supermarket chains overnight in a cyberattack that reportedly targeted Danfoss refrigeration controllers. [...]

⚡ Weekly Recap: Helpdesk 0-Days, Rogue Certs, ShinyHunters Arrest, AI-Fooling Malware and More

The Hacker News October 12, 2026

Some meetings last longer than it took attackers to jump on a newly disclosed security flaw this week. Within hours, they were already testing it. That's not much time to read the warning, let alone do something about it. But speed is only part of the problem. A secure connection didn't always mean a safe destination. People offering to fix a ransomware mess had questions to answer themselves.

Inside AvisLoader: A Windows Malware Loader Built to Resist Disruption

Bleeping Computer October 12, 2026

A new Windows malware loader called AvisLoader uses encrypted peer-to-peer communications to make command-and-control infrastructure harder to disrupt. Varonis researchers explain how the malware uses ClickFix delivery, shortcut-based persistence, and remote command execution capabilities. [...]

Retail giant Ahold Delhaize takes systems offline after cyberattack

Bleeping Computer October 12, 2026

Retail giant Ahold Delhaize, one of the world's largest food retail chains, confirmed today that it had to take some systems offline in response to a "cybersecurity incident" affecting its network. [...]

GitLab warns of max severity code execution vulnerability

Bleeping Computer October 12, 2026

GitLab warned users today to immediately patch a maximum-severity vulnerability in the CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler that could let remote attackers run arbitrary code on targeted instances. [...]

Microsoft: Windows 11 23H2 reaches end of support in 30 days

Bleeping Computer October 12, 2026

Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions will stop receiving security updates next month. [...]

Bring Your Own Agent: Your Employees' Assistants Are Already Logged In

The Hacker News October 12, 2026

The personal AI agents rollout is going about as smoothly as expected: Amazon now blocks Meta's Muse because it doesn't identify itself as a bot while browsing; Instinct keeps raising privacy concerns; and the horror stories from pretty much every personal AI agent keep piling up. Regardless, the tech world is mesmerized by the capabilities and potential of these services. Less than a year

Ledger Finds Unauthorized Hardware Implant in CryptoBilis-Sold Wallet Amid Fund Theft Reports

The Hacker News October 12, 2026

Cryptocurrency hardware maker Ledger has temporarily paused sales of its products via CryptoBilis following reports of stolen funds linked to devices sold by the reseller. On Friday, the company said it was investigating reports of loss of funds from users in Southeast Asia who had purchased products from CryptoBilis. The incident is said to have resulted in losses totaling more than $86

Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer

Wired News October 12, 2026

Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.

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