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1. YesterdayThe RecordFBI flash alert says Artex tool automating cyberattacks at ‘machine speed’The FBI issued a flash alert warning that the open-source Artex AI hacking framework is being used by cybercriminals and nation-state actors to automate intrusions at machine speed, with Amazon publishing a corroborating study the same day.

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   1. YesterdayThe RecordEarliestFBI flash alert says Artex tool automating cyberattacks at ‘machine speed’
   2. 2h agoBleepingComputerPickupFBI warns ARTEX AI hacking tool is powering global cyberattacks

   CyberAIFBI warns hackers are using open-source AI framework ARTEX to automate attacks37 linked
2. 5h agoWiz ResearchARTEX in the Wild: Storm-0940 Expands Targeting of IT and Software Vendors | Wiz BlogWiz Research reports an actor using ARTEX, an open-source agentic AI penetration-testing framework, to run automated reconnaissance and identity-provider attacks against IT and software vendors throughout October 2026, linked to Microsoft's Storm-0940 supply-chain activity.1 outletCyberFBI warns hackers are using open-source AI framework ARTEX to automate attacks21 linked
3. 5h agoWiz ResearchThe Rise of Agentic Attacks: What They Look Like, and Where They're Headed | Wiz BlogWiz Research reviews public and private cases to outline recurring fingerprints of AI-agent-driven intrusions, including ARTEX, Hermes and custom agentic workflows.1 outletCyberFBI warns hackers are using open-source AI framework ARTEX to automate attacks18 linked
4. 3d agoSecurityWeek · research by HuntressHackers Deploy Malware in Fresh ScreenConnect CampaignHuntress reports an intruder abused a third-party RMM+ extension in cloud-hosted ScreenConnect partner panels to push attacker-controlled ScreenConnect clients to at least 288 computers across 48 organizations, prompting ConnectWise to disable five extensions.

   4 articles · The Register

   1. 3d agoSecurityWeekPickupHackers Deploy Malware in Fresh ScreenConnect Campaign
   2. 3d agoThe RegisterPickupHackers exploiting ScreenConnect plugin flaw to spread malware across hundreds of PCs
   3. 3d agoCybersecurity DivePickupConnectWise disables third-party extensions as it probes cyberattack targeting ScreenConnect users
   4. 3d agoCyberScoopEarliestRogue remote-access campaign spread through ScreenConnect add-on, researchers say

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5. 2d agoYahooMicrosoft says it "restored service" after major worldwide outageMicrosoft 365 outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot worldwide for a second day, with Microsoft attributing it to cascading server health-check failures across data centers and no sign of a cyberattack.

   4 articles · 2 outlets · WIRED

   1. 2d agoYahooPickupMicrosoft says it "restored service" after major worldwide outage
   2. 2d agoWIREDEarliestThe Microsoft Outage Is a Warning for the World
   3. 2d agoWIREDPickupMicrosoft 365 Crawls Back to Life After a 24-Hour Outage
   4. 2d agoYahooPickupMicrosoft says services fully restored after day-long global outage

   Microsoft 365 outage lasts about 24 hours, renewing dependence concerns89 linked
6. CT2d agoCisco TalosARTEX and beyond: AI-enabled penetration testing platformsCisco Talos documents growing in-the-wild misuse of AI-enabled penetration testing frameworks, focusing on the ARTEX platform used by criminal and China-nexus actors to automate reconnaissance and intrusion, and lists associated tooling and detection coverage.1 outletCyberAI16 linked
7. 5d agoSecurityWeek · research by MicrosoftExploited Outlook Zero-Day Among 1,094 Flaws Patched by MicrosoftMicrosoft's November 2026 Patch Tuesday release fixes 1,094 flaws, including an exploited Outlook spoofing zero-day (CVE-2026-124194) that can leak NTLMv2 hashes.

   6 articles · Daily Mail

   1. 5d agoSecurityWeekEarliestExploited Outlook Zero-Day Among 1,094 Flaws Patched by Microsoft
   2. 5d agoThe RecordPickupMicrosoft’s Patch Tuesday surpasses 1,000 bugs for second month in a row
   3. 4d agoCyberScoopPickupMicrosoft fixes over 1,000 vulnerabilities in November Patch Tuesday
   4. 4d agoDark ReadingPickupNovember Patch Tuesday: An Overflowing Cornucopia of CVEs
   5. 4d agoCSO OnlinePickupNovember 2026 Patch Tuesday: 63 Critical Microsoft fixes, plus an Outlook zero day that allows theft of hashed credentials
   6. 3d agoDaily MailPickupOutlook users warned about dangerous flaw that lets hackers hijack email accounts: Act now

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8. YesterdayYahooGerman experts warn against digital dependence after Microsoft outageGerman experts respond to a global Microsoft 365 cloud outage by warning that dependence on a single provider threatens businesses, schools and government, and urging more European alternatives and fallback options.1 outletCyberMicrosoft 365 outage lasts about 24 hours, renewing dependence concerns17 linked
9. YesterdayEuronewsCan Europe’s tech firms really replace Amazon, Google and Microsoft?A week-long Microsoft Outlook and Teams outage across 74 countries has revived European concern over reliance on a few US cloud providers, alongside a draft MEP report urging public buyers to favor European cloud services.1 outletAIMicrosoft 365 outage lasts about 24 hours, renewing dependence concerns20 linked
10. 2d agoThe RegisterMicrosoft outage gives customers a crash course in dependence on RedmondA prolonged Microsoft 365 outage in November 2026 knocked out Exchange Online, Teams and Copilot, prompting critics to renew warnings about dependence on a single vendor.1 outletMicrosoft 365 outage lasts about 24 hours, renewing dependence concerns15 linked
11. 3d agoTechTargetMicrosoft CISO urges Artex regulation, but experts say it won’t workMicrosoft's global CISO Igor Tsyganskiy urged policymakers to regulate release and use of Artex, an open-source LLM-driven pen testing framework, while security experts argue regulation would hamper defenders without curbing criminal use.1 outletCyberAI21 linked
12. 3d agoThe RecordConnectWise investigates ScreenConnect breaches after reports of incidents at nearly 50 organizationsConnectWise is probing ScreenConnect breaches at nearly 50 organizations, tying the activity to the abuse of a third-party RMM+ extension and disabling it across roughly 400 customer environments.1 outletCyberConnectWise probes ScreenConnect breaches as worm targets managed service providers9 linked
13. 3d agoPalo Alto Unit 42 · research by Unit 42ARTEX and AI-Powered Red Teaming Tools: What Defenders Need to KnowUnit 42 reports that attackers are using the AI-powered red-teaming framework ARTEX, alongside CyberStrikeAI, to run autonomous intrusions that reach cloud environments through exposed APIs and password reset flows without exploiting software vulnerabilities.1 outletCyberAIFBI warns hackers are using open-source AI framework ARTEX to automate attacks11 linked
14. 5d agoWiz ResearchBingBang: How a simple developer mistake could have led to Bing.com takeover | Wiz BlogWiz Research reports that 82% of organizations grant third-party cloud vendors wide read access and 76% grant roles enabling full account takeover, based on an analysis of 1,300+ AWS accounts and 40+ vendors.

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    1. 5d agoWiz ResearchWiz Research discovers "ExtraReplica"— a cross-account database vulnerability in Azure PostgreSQL | Wiz Blog
    2. 5d agoWiz ResearchChaosDB: How to discover your vulnerable Azure Cosmos DBs and protect them | Wiz Blog
    3. 5d agoWiz ResearchThe cloud has an isolation problem: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities affect multiple cloud vendors | Wiz Blog
    4. 5d agoWiz ResearchHow we broke the cloud with two lines of code: the full story of ChaosDB | Wiz Blog
    5. 5d agoWiz ResearchBingBang: AAD misconfiguration led to Bing.com results manipulation and account takeover | Wiz Blog
    6. 5d agoWiz ResearchBingBang: How a simple developer mistake could have led to Bing.com takeover | Wiz Blog
    7. 5d agoWiz ResearchAttachMe: critical OCI vulnerability allows unauthorized access to customer cloud storage volumes | Wiz Blog
    8. 5d agoWiz ResearchChaosDB: How we hacked thousands of Azure customers’ databases | Wiz Blog
    9. 5d agoWiz Research“Secret” Agent Exposes Azure Customers To Unauthorized Code Execution | Wiz Blog
    10. 4d agoWiz ResearchPickupBreaking Down PHP2Shell with Sagi Tzadik & Thai Duong | Wiz

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15. 5d agoWiz ResearchStorm-0558 Update: Takeaways from Microsoft's recent report | Wiz BlogWiz Research analyzes Microsoft's September 2023 follow-up report on the Storm-0558 breach, drawing out takeaways on how the MSA signing key was likely stolen and what remains unanswered.1 outletCyber27 linked
16. 5d agoWiz ResearchCompromised Microsoft Key: More Impactful Than We Thought | Wiz BlogWiz Research finds the compromised Microsoft MSA signing key could forge tokens for far more Azure AD applications than Microsoft disclosed, and that forged tokens are hard for customers to detect.1 outletCyber33 linked
17. 5d agoDark ReadingArtex: The AI Pen-Test Tool Hackers Turned Into a WeaponDark Reading reports that forks of the open-source Artex AI pen-testing framework, plus 45 similar tools, can still be used to run credential attacks and cloud breaches at machine speed.1 outletCyber9 linked
18. 5d agoWiz ResearchMidnight Blizzard breach: analysis and best practices | Wiz BlogWiz Research breaks down how Midnight Blizzard used a compromised legacy test OAuth application to gain mailbox access in Microsoft's corporate tenant and lists detections and hardening steps against similar attacks.1 outletCyber6 linked
19. 5d agoCSO Online · research by WizQubole supply chain attack exposed AWS, Entra ID, and Okta credentialsAn attacker used Qubole's compromised AWS IAM credentials to assume customer cross-account roles, exfiltrating data and harvesting AWS, Entra ID and Okta secrets across dozens of organizations in October 2026.1 outletCyberFireworks AI breach exposes customer data at Uber, Notion and Cursor8 linked
20. 6d agoCybersecurity DiveFinancially motivated threat cluster uses AI-enabled tools against banking sectorMicrosoft Threat Intelligence reports a Cambodia-based financially motivated group, Storm 3358, is using the AI-enabled Artex pen-testing framework against banking and financial firms worldwide, part of a broader wave of Artex-driven attacks.1 outletCyber11 linked
21. 9d agoCybersecurity DiveHackers enlist Artex to scan GitHub repositories for exposed secretsMicrosoft Threat Intelligence reports that hackers are using agentic AI tools such as Artex to hunt exposed GitHub secrets and abuse stolen credentials against downstream Azure and Microsoft 365 tenants.1 outletCyber12 linked
22. 9d agoCensysARTEX: Agentic AsbestosCensys finds ARTEX, a GitHub-published agentic AI attack tool, running on roughly 1,465 hosts, with exposed operator directories revealing malicious tooling tied to recent intrusions.1 outletCyberFBI warns hackers are using open-source AI framework ARTEX to automate attacks13 linked
23. 9d agoAxiosHow AI is enabling faster, more dangerous cyber warfareAxios reports that AI and automation are accelerating state-backed cyberattacks, citing CrowdStrike's findings on the China-linked Vapor Panda campaign using the Artex tool and the suspected Russia-linked refrigeration sabotage across European grocery stores.1 outletCyberAI31 linked
24. 11d agoCybersecurity DiveAttacker abuses Microsoft Entra ID to target downstream MSP clientsA lone hacker is abusing stolen Microsoft Entra ID application secrets to breach Microsoft 365 and Azure tenants at MSPs and their downstream clients, according to Todyl's report.1 outletCyber6 linked

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