A team at security firm XBOW chained three then-unknown Google Chrome bugs into a single attack that runs code on a Windows computer when the user only loads a web page, the company said. Its researchers built the attack in six days by directing AI agents running OpenAI's publicly available GPT-5.6 Sol model. Google has since confirmed all three bugs, fixed them, and paid XBOW its top $
A flaw in Linux's vhost subsystem lets a local user read and write kernel memory at will and become root across nearly a decade of kernel versions. In one virtualization setup, it lets an untrusted virtual machine write to the host's memory and hijack the program that runs the virtual machine. The bug is tracked as CVE-2026-74580 and named Vghost. Tencent Zhuque Lab, which found the
Security researchers ran their own code inside a protected part of Windows that is meant to stay sealed off even when the rest of the computer is taken over. The protected area is a VBS enclave, an isolated slice of memory the operating system uses to guard secrets, and the one they broke into handles passwords for a Windows anti-phishing feature. The work was done in a lab as a proof of
Microsoft on Tuesday shattered its own Patch Tuesday record by shipping patches for a whopping 1,413 vulnerabilities, including one that it said has come under active exploitation. These include 1,102 flaws in Windows, 134 in Office, 61 in Developer Tools, 36 in SharePoint Server, and 22 in SQL Server. Of these, more than 670 relate to privilege escalation, followed by over 300 remote code
A Saudi National and employee of OpenAI has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices to covertly record sensitive conversations. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, has been charged with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications. He was arrested by
A Saudi OpenAI engineer has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices to secretly record sensitive conversations. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, who had worked at OpenAI since July 2025, was arrested on October 9 and charged with illegally intercepting oral communications. The DOJ says OpenAI security personnel discovered the recording device on September 30, plugged into a USB port behind a television in an executive conference room. According to the DOJ, OpenAI determined that the device had been concealed in toilet paper, was installed around September 28, and contained encrypted data. "On or about Sept. 30, OpenAI personnel discovered a surreptitious audio recording device (Recording Device 1) inserted into a USB port on the back of a television in an executive conference room inside one of their buildings in San Francisco," says the DOJ press release.
Today is Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates addressing a record-breaking 1,411 flaws, including one actively exploited and two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday addresses 70 "Critical" vulnerabilities, 57 of which are remote code execution, 11 are elevation of privileges, and 2 are spoofing. The approximate number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: When BleepingComputer reports on Patch Tuesday security updates, we only count vulnerabilities released by Microsoft on Patch Tuesday itself. Therefore, today's total excludes 348 flaws fixed earlier this month, including vulnerabilities in Azure API Center, Azure App Service, Azure Event Grid, Azure SRE Agent, Mariner, Microsoft Bookings, Microsoft Dataverse, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Partner Center.
Microsoft released the Windows 10 KB5126657 extended security update, which includes this month's record-breaking October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes and a few bug fixes and changes. If you are running Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC or are enrolled in the ESU program, you can install this update like normal by going into Settings, clicking on Windows Update, and manually performing a 'Check for Updates.' After installing this update, Windows 10 will be updated to build 19045.7807, and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 will be updated to build 19044.7807. Microsoft no longer releases new features for Windows 10, and the KB5126657 update mainly includes security updates and bug fixes. The update also includes fixes released as part of today's record-breaking October 2026 Patch Tuesday, which fixed a massive 1,411 vulnerabilities across Microsoft's products, including one actively exploited zero-day flaw.
Microsoft announced today that devices running Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro editions have reached the end of support and will no longer receive monthly security and non-security preview updates. However, according to Microsoft's lifecycle policy, Windows 11 24H2 Enterprise and Education editions remain under mainstream support until October 12, 2027. "Today, October 13, 2026, Windows 11, version 24H2 Home and Pro, and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 have reached end of updates. The October 2026 monthly security update is the last update available for these editions," Microsoft said in a message center update. "Devices running these editions will no longer receive monthly security and non-security preview updates containing protections from the latest security threats." Microsoft advises users to upgrade to Windows 11 26H2, the latest Windows 11 version, also known as the Windows 11 2026 Update, which is now rolling out in phases to eligible Windows 11 devices where the "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available" option has been enabled.
Microsoft has released the Patch Tuesday Windows 11 KB5127648 and KB5126653 cumulative updates for versions 26H2/25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities and bugs, and add new features. Today's updates are mandatory as they contain the October 2026 Patch Tuesday security patches for hundreds of vulnerabilities discovered in previous months. You can install today's update by going to Start > Settings > Windows Update and clicking on 'Check for Updates.' You can also manually download and install the update from the Microsoft Update Catalog. This is the tenth 'Patch Tuesday' release in 2026, and it's based on 24H2, which means 25H2 or 26H2 get the same update. There are no exclusive or special changes. You'll get the same fixes across the two versions of Windows 11. With today's update, Microsoft is adding new emojis to Windows 11 and fixing minor issues with File Explorer.
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