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Sat, Oct 17 · 06:00 AM CDT

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Generated Sat, Oct 17 · 06:00 AM CDTWindow last 6 hours

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Coverage now updates on a rolling 6-hour window, while NVD entries come from the live API using a last-24-hours modified window and are sorted by severity.

Fast take

News stays on the current 6-hour slice, videos now use the last 24 hours, and NVD uses the API instead of the traditional feed to better match the live site behavior.

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Tracked videos
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NVD vulnerabilities
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Top stories

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:46:46 +0530

Hackers Use Compromised ConnectWise Credential to Sign In to 173 Microsoft 365 Tenants

8.9/10 · Worth your time
The Hacker Newsaiidentity

Summary
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm related to an active campaign in which unknown threat actors are abusing a compromised Microsoft 365 (M365) credential belonging to ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) to gain unauthorized access to cust

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Sat, Oct 17 · 06:00 AM CDT

Ransomware Gangs Increasingly Turn to Threats of Physical Violence to Extort Payments

8.2/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazinemalware

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Sat, Oct 17 · 12:00 AM CDT

Show HN: Llmspeed – feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardware

8.2/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newsai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 6 hours ago.

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Sat, Oct 17 · 02:00 AM CDT

Tell HN: Remember to migrate away from .name domain

8.1/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newsai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 4 hours ago.

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Sat, Oct 17 · 06:00 AM CDT

New Aoki Infostealer Targets AI Coding Assistant Credentials

8.0/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazinemalwareaiidentity

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Worth skimming

Sat, Oct 17 · 06:00 AM CDT

Microsoft Breaks Patch Tuesday Record Again with 1400+ CVEs

8.0/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazinevulnai

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Sat, Oct 17 · 06:00 AM CDT

ROMULUS Malware Server Leverages ClickFix to Deliver Multiple Payloads

8.0/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazinemalware

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Sat, Oct 17 · 06:00 AM CDT

Passkey Authentications Double but Adoption Remains Slow

7.8/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazineaiidentity

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Sat, Oct 17 · 06:00 AM CDT

Microsoft Disrupts Global Yam Store Network Behind One Billion Phishing Messages

7.6/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazinegeneral

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Sat, Oct 17 · 04:00 AM CDT

DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017

7.6/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newsgeneral

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 2 hours ago.

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