Government websites in Europe and elsewhere go dark as software flaw sparks security scramble

Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators scrambling to protect their systems. Developers of the PHP programming language said Tuesday they had Read More …

Google Cloud services down in UK; banks, public sector report issues

A disruption at Google’s cloud operations in London on Tuesday affected the websites and mobile apps of several banks, financial firms and public service providers in ​the region, highlighting how businesses and services have become critically dependent on digital ‌infrastructure. Read More …

Meta glasses caught recording conversations without wake phrase

Meta says it has resolved an issue after some Ray-Ban Meta owners reported that their glasses recorded conversations without the “Hey Meta” wake phrase. Users reported finding recordings and transcripts of conversations they did not knowingly save. Recording without anyone Read More …

Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize confirms cyberattack forced US and European systems offline

Dutch grocery giant Ahold Delhaize, which operates US supermarket chains Food Lion, Giant Food, and Stop & Shop, said it proactively took IT systems offline following a cyberattack, affecting most of its US and European brands. The multinational chain originally Read More …

Florida DMV hacked after police dept insecurely stored login info

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has begun notifying victims impacted by a recent data breach of driver’s license and motor vehicle data, but not everyone whose information was stolen will receive an alert. In a Read More …

Data breach sees Burger King Japan expose over 11 million customer records

The Japanese subsidiary of Burger King has confirmed suffering a data breach and apologized for losing sensitive data on millions of customers. In a breach notification letter, Burger King Japan confirmed the exact date of the breach, as well as Read More …

Millions of California students’ sensitive data stolen in breach

Personal information belonging to millions of current and former California public school students has been stolen from a system operated by Educational Testing Service (ETS). ETS is a nonprofit organization that helps run the state’s standardized tests under contract with Read More …

A fake WatchGuard VPN site is stealing your passwords

A fraudulent WatchGuard download website stole VPN login details while supplying the authentic installation package, experts have claimed. Security investigators at Huntress traced the activity to a lookalike domain that collected connection details before downloading the legitimate client. The investigation Read More …

GitLab CI/CD Regex Integer Overflow (CVE-2026-97229)

On October 12, 2026, GitLab released 19.4.2, 19.3.5, and 19.2.8 to fix CVE-2026-97229, an integer overflow in its CI/CD regular-expression handling. The issue was reported through HackerOne by joaxcar. GitLab assigned it a CVSS score of 10.0 and described possible Read More …

Cyber threat actors use a variety of techniques to target election and campaign officials

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are providing this Public Service Announcement (PSA) to raise awareness of the cyber threats facing election and campaign officials during the upcoming 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Read More …