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Anthropic Acquires Confidential AI Startup Opaque Systems

Opaque Systems has developed technology that lets AI systems use sensitive data while keeping it protected by the underlying hardware. The post Anthropic Acquires Confidential AI Startup Opaque Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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 showed the attack working against home gateways supplied by three Belgian internet providers, in oneRead More »Unpatched Broadcom Wi-Fi Flaw Lets Attackers in Range Run Code as Root on Routers

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 tenants. The disabled identities are listed below – ConnectWise Cloud Backup – 506e08f9-6e9a-4da4-942b-a099a03644ae ConnectWise

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, by a user named “malfexteste8.” It has been downloaded 979 times as of writing andRead More »MALFEX npm Package ‘imgdecode’ Hides Shellcode Loader in Windows Native Addon

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 to customers’ M365 environments. ConnectWise Cloud Backup is a cloud-based backup and recovery service builtRead More »Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Before the Chicxulub Meteor Impact

New research shows that squid lived all around the globe even before the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.

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

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

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 and its SMAP and SMEP hardware protections. Security firm Calif, which found and reported the flaws, published a detailed writeup andRead More »Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug

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