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An Accenture employee allegedly gave a personal Claude Code AI agent administrative access to a secure U.S. Department of Defense environment, allowing it to write and deploy code. The agent reportedly operated for about two months and appears to have sent credentials and network details to an outside website. Accenture disputes the allegations, saying an […]

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has warned that attackers are exploiting a Linux kernel vulnerability (CVE-2026-46300) that can help them gain control of affected systems. The flaw was added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 28, 2026, placing it among security issues with confirmed exploitation. CISA’s catalog entry sets an October […]

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Polymarket suffered a security incident on October 29, 2026, after a compromised third-party provider exposed users of its international platform to wallet theft. Traders reported missing funds, unexpected withdrawals, and positions being closed without permission. The company temporarily stopped trading, said it had fixed the issue, and promised to reimburse affected users. Trading later resumed. […]

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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has suspended deposits and withdrawals while investigating a suspected security breach involving billions of dollars in digital assets. Reports suggest that around $5.7 billion may have left wallets linked to the exchange, although Binance has not confirmed the total stolen or established that every flagged transfer belongs to the […]

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A step-by-step guide to calculating your security score, generating your first report, and turning it into a plan. Modern intrusions hit their target immediately after breaking in. These attacks are prevalent since up to 80% of data center traffic moves east-west, server to server, out of sight of a perimeter firewall. They land on one … Continued

The post Know Your Lateral Security Risk in an Afternoon: Getting Started with the vDefend Security Assessment appeared first on VMware Security Blog.

A DHS contractor requested its removal, while a social media site blocked links to it. It was offline for a spell before finding a new home.

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