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Fridge Cyberattacks Now Targeting Blood Banks, U.S Military Bases

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:30:00 -0500

Fridge cyberattacks are hitting more than just retailers. Now, they’re targeting blood banks and even U.S military bases.

5 Data Security Stories to Know About (October 2026)

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0500

Security magazine looks at 5 data security stories from October 2026.

Majority of Cyberattacks Spread Beyond the Initial System

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Eighty-six percent of distributed enterprises experienced a cyberattack in the past 12 months, according to research released by VikingCloud.

AI Agents Generated More Than 600 Million Requests to Login Pages

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0500

Recently, DataDome recently released a report on bot and AI agent security.

North Korea May Be Behind the $6.3B Binance Hack

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:32:00 -0400

Security expert insight on the $6.3 billion cryptocurrency heist.

6 Cyber Experts Share Their Greatest Security Scares

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400

“The instincts I built 25 years ago no longer apply,” says Randolph Barr, Chief Information Security Officer at Cequence Security. Six cybersecurity experts share what scares them most about the current landscape.

42M Records Exposed by Government Technology Platform

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:15:00 -0400

42 million documents, many containing personally identifiable information (PII) in plaintext, were leaked.

Hackers Target US Federal Election Commission

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400

Hackers targeted the US Federal Election Commission, emphasizing that election security shouldn’t start and end with voting machines.

Security Without Borders

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400

Listen to Assistant Secretary Todd Wilcox, who serves as Public Sector Chair at OSAC, talk about his career, the value of OSAC, and trends in the industry.

Microsoft Releases Emergency .NET Patches

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0400

Microsoft released emergency .NET patches for .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET 10, and .NET 11 Release Candidate 3.

New Research Reveals Gaps in AI Safeguards, Cyber Experts Discuss

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400

New research from METR reveals that OpenAI’s internal agent monitoring systems had safeguard gaps.

Anthropic’s Claude AI Model Accessed US Voter Data

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:05:00 -0400

Did Claude AI hack voter data? Security leaders discuss.

8 Million Records Allegedly Stolen by AI Hacking Group

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0400

South Korean law enforcement apprehended seven suspects in connection with a cybercrime ring.

PHP2Shell Exploited in the Wild

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:15:00 -0400

PHP2Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) have been exploited in the wild.

Taxpayers May Pay Up to $25,000 to Address County Data Breach

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:26:00 -0400

Taxpayers may be paying the price for a data breach.

US Banks Detect Unauthorized AI Agents Accessing Accounts

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0400

Unauthorized third-party AI agents are accessing banks in the United States, with some attempting to act independent of user instructions.

Cyber Breach Hits Quest Diagnostics, Patient Records May Be Affected

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400

Quest Diagnostics, a diagnostic information services provider, revealed it experienced a cyber breach.

Security Guard Killed in Hit-And-Run at GVSU’s Allendale Campus

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0400

Debra Smith, 69, was struck and killed in a hit-and-run incident.

PHP Issues Patches for Two Critical Flaws, Security Leaders Discuss

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400

PHP, which is used in most major operating systems, has issued fixes for two critical vulnerabilities. Security leaders discuss.

11M Impacted by Capcom Breach, Some Facing Unauthorized Changes

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400

Capcom experienced a data breach impacting more than 11 million customer accounts.

US Defense Department Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Data Breach

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400

A data breach compromised sensitive, personally identifiable information for millions of current and former military.

CISO Burnout Isn’t a Personal Problem — It’s Organizational

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0400

Security magazine tackles the issue of CISO burnout alongside Chris Bevil, global cyber resilience and AI leader at Commvault.

35% of Organizations Run Over 1000 AI Agents

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

A recently released report by ServiceNow analyzed the effect of agentic AI exposure.

Only 7% of CISOs at Large Companies Own AI Governance

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0400

How is AI responsibility being structured in organizations?

Security Leaders Share Concerns About California Student Data Breach

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400

California students and families were recently notified of a data security incident, and security leaders are sharing their concerns.

Over Half of Financial Service Leaders Miss Spoofed AI Traffic

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

A report by Fingerprint analyzed the state of artificial intelligence (AI) traffic within financial services organizations.

DHS Banning DeepSeek from US Federal Civilian Agencies

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0400

DeepSeek has been banned from civilian federal agencies.

Anthropic Gives METR Team “Employee-Like Access”

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0400

Anthropic stated that it has begun to roll out “employee-like access” to a METR team.

Healthcare Workers Claim Authentication Errors Delay Patient Care

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:11:17 -0400

According to a report from Imprivata, problems with authentication are delaying patient care within healthcare organizations.

Police Suicides Spark Campaign Demanding Action

algerj@bnpmedia.com (Jordyn Alger) — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:18:00 -0400

It Stops Now, a campaign calling for action over police suicides, was just launched.