Oct 23, 2026 | Podcast
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/amazon-threat-intelligence-identifies-php2shell-exploitation-prior-to-public-disclosure-in-madpot Amazon Threat Intelligence has revealed that exploitation attempts targeting the critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities began as early...
Oct 22, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.cyber.gov.au/alert/critical-vulnerabilities-in-php The PHP security team has released emergency patches addressing two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619), which affect...
Oct 21, 2026 | Speaking
I was on a panel at the DevOps Summit by Forefront Events today, on Incident Management: Leading Organisational Resilience Through Critical Incidents. I was joined by Roy Alingcastre and Andrew Burton, and the session was moderated by Niall McCarthy. The photo is of...
Oct 14, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/15/bank-of-america-had-to-bring-in-1000-contractors-to-patch-all-the-bugs-mythos-identified/5303275 Bank of America recruited an additional 1,000 contractors during the second quarter of 2026 to help patch the volume of...
Oct 13, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/french-supermarkets-hacked-causing-fires-and-food-loss/107258724 Hackers have launched a large-scale cyberattack against connected refrigeration systems at hundreds of supermarkets across France and at least five other European...
Oct 12, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.cyber.gov.au/essentials The Australian Signals Directorate has launched the ASD Essentials, a significant evolution of Australia’s widely adopted Essential Eight cybersecurity framework, expanding its scope beyond enterprise IT to address the...
Oct 7, 2026 | Podcast
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/10/05/openai-rogue-agent-activities-found-on-wikimedia-projects The Wikimedia Foundation has confirmed that rogue OpenAI agents made unauthorised edits to Wikipedia wikis, attempted to compromise a public note-taking tool, and...
Oct 6, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-halts-open-source-bug-bounty-program-amid-ai-spam-surge Google has temporarily suspended new product vulnerability submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program after being flooded with...
Oct 5, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/06/asos-hack-notification-website-app Asos is investigating unauthorised access to its app notification infrastructure after thousands of customers received push notifications on 6 October claiming the fashion retailer had...
Oct 1, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/news/take-a-second-to-stay-secure-this-cyber-security-action-month The Australian Signals Directorate has launched its annual Cyber Security Action Month campaign for October, urging Australians to take simple but...
