NSO Avoids Contempt As WhatsApp Says It’s Still Hacking | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker | #cybersecurity | #hacker

By Nadia Dreid ( October 19, 2026, 9:22 PM EDT) — An Israeli spyware company isn’t going to be held in contempt on allegations it violated a court order restricting its use of WhatsApp because the order wasn’t so specific that it banned the company from using accounts it already…

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NSA guidance available on simple network management protocol | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker

The National Security Agency has issued guidance on reducing the risk of simple network management protocol abuse. SNMP consists of a standardized framework and common language for monitoring and managing devices in a network. In healthcare, SNMP is used for monitoring medical devices, as well as routers, switches, firewalls or…

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LIVE: Philippines hosts ASEAN talks on cybercrime and AI-generated abuse | #cybercrime | #infosec | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Interior and security ministers from Southeast Asian nations began a three-day meeting in Manila on Monday to strengthen regional cooperation against cybercrime, human trafficking, online scams and other cross-border criminal activities. The 20th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime, running through Oct. 21, is chaired by Philippine Interior Secretary Juanito…

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NCCIA registers 272 cases, arrests 1,129 suspects in one month | #cybercrime | #infosec | #cybersecurity | #hacker

NCCIA headquarters in Islamabad. — Screengrab via Facbook@NCCIAISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) received 5,176 complaints, registered 4,491 inquiries and arrested 1,129 suspects allegedly involved in cybercrime during the first month after Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi assumed charge as its director general.A performance report covering the one-month period…

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Cybersecurity expert warns AI is making online threats harder to spot | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Cybersecurity expert Bob Costello of the Merlin Group joins Weekend Live as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. He joined Jim Lokay and Kalyn Norwood to discuss how rapidly evolving technology and artificial intelligence are changing the threat landscape, from more convincing phishing scams and AI-generated voices to attacks targeting grocery…

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Accounting firm investigating ransomware attack | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker

A Sunshine Coast-based accounting and business advisory firm has been listed as a hacking victim of a ransomware group. A major hacking group has claimed a cyber-attack on a Queensland-based accounting, finance and business advisory group, allegedly having stolen data belonging to the company. Founded in 1980, Poole Group is a…

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Ransomware Attacks Surge 53% YoY as KillSec Arrest Made | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Ransomware attacks have hit their highest recorded pace of 2026, and the numbers released this week give the clearest picture yet of how bad the problem has become. Check Point Research logged a 48% year-over-year jump in global cyberattacks for September 2026, with reported ransomware attacks specifically up 53% over…

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SoftBank is said to weigh buying top U.S. security firm Allied | #cybersecurity | #hacker

SoftBank Group is considering an acquisition of Allied Universal, the largest security services company in the U.S., people familiar with the matter said, as founder Masayoshi Son explores ways to deploy AI-powered robots across industries.The potential transaction may give closely held Allied an equity value of as much as $18…

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Microsoft disrupts Chinese-language phishing kits behind 1bn scam messages | #cybercrime | #infosec | #cybersecurity | #hacker

Microsoft and Health-ISAC have seized and redirected domains behind three Chinese-language cybercrime services, YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man, Microsoft said on Wednesday. Since January 2026, the three services enabled more than 1bn malicious messages targeting over 75,000 organisations worldwide.More than 750 million of those messages targeted Microsoft customers, the…

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