Apple Now Sends Direct iPhone Alerts for Mercenary Spyware Attacks

Apple has expanded its Threat Notification system to warn users directly on their iPhones when it detects that they may have been individually targeted by sophisticated mercenary spyware.

Huawei and Cambricon raise prices significantly.

International Coalition Formed Against Telecom and Cyber Fraud.

· China initiates coalition in Lianyungang
· 46 founding countries, 34 observers, and 4 international organizations
· Focus on cross-border telecom and cyber fraud

Cyberattack Leaves UK Travelers Stranded

1,300 flights canceled Tuesday, 177 more on Wednesday.

Earlier rumors pointed to pro-Israel hackers.

Iran Claims It Hacked US Submarine.

Report says cyber and electronic warfare redirected it to Iranian waters.

Over 36,000 Plex Servers Still Vulnerable.

· Servers exposed online running outdated versions
· Plex urges immediate update to version 1.43.3
· No CVE IDs assigned yet, complicating response

Israel Top Target for Hacktivists Worldwide

· Israel hit with 16% of all hacktivist campaigns in H1 2026
· Over 1000 attacks claims recorded against Israel
· 85% of attacks by Pro-Palestine, pro-Russia and anti-Western groups

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UAE Warns AI Is Making Cyberattacks More Complex

· AI makes attacks harder to trace and attribute
· Threats now include cybercrime and cyberwar
· Social media exploitation also rising

French Tax Authority Hacker Arrested

· 18-year-old suspected member of ZeroBytes group arrested
· Group claimed theft of data from over 600,000 people
· Stolen data includes names, tax IDs, emails, and financial info

Saudi Arabia Launches New Cyber Inspections

· Inspections target government, private, and critical infrastructure
· Aim to boost compliance and identify violations
· Focus on protecting critical infrastructure and government services

Baku to Host First International Ethical Hacking Conference

· CyberHackCon 2026 set for October 27 in Baku
· Focus on offensive security, critical infrastructure, AI threats
· Over 20 international speakers confirmed

Hackers Stealing Claude AI Tokens

· Attackers steal session data to hijack users' Claude accounts
· Victims report unusual token consumption with no activity
· OAuth keys used to create Claude Code sessions on victims' accounts

Boston Scientific Hit by Cyberattack

· Attack disrupts production, orders, and shipments
· Company may miss Q3 and full-year 2026 financial forecasts
· Significant impact on financial performance expected

Attackers are turning breach secrecy into leverage.

Bitdefender says some offer clean recovery and confidentiality for payment. Meanwhile, 55.2% of IT/security pros who experienced a breach or incident said they were asked to keep a breach quiet even when it should have been disclosed.

Stolen AI session tokens can bypass passwords and MFA.

In one 7 GB infostealer dump, Okta found 555 JWTs likely tied to AI authentication and 24 still-valid API keys for AI services.

Take your internet-exposed Alby Bitcoin wallet off the public internet first.

A critical flaw in Alby Hub v1.7.0–v1.18.5 could let attackers take over wallets that were reachable from the internet.

Google patched a new actively exploited Chrome V8 zero-day.

CVE-2026-87491 lets crafted HTML execute arbitrary code inside Chrome’s sandbox. Google has not said how it’s being weaponized or who is behind it.

New CVE-2026-67401 vulnerability in cPanel lets mail-privileged hosting accounts execute code as root.

cPanel says every supported cPanel & WHM version is affected and has released fixed builds.

Malware linked to F5 BIG-IP APM break-ins hides a PHP web shell in memory while targeted scripts can remain clean on disk.

Sophos found the implant alters what PHP sees when Apache loads those files, helping explain why file checks can miss it.