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A high-severity authentication bypass and remote code execution vulnerability in Ivanti ICS, tracked as CVE-2026-104935, was only partially fixed when Ivanti issued a patch in July. Threat actors have since exploited the remaining gap, according to reports, allowing attacks to continue despite the earlier remediation attempt.
An image showing a bird resting atop a rhino has been named among the standout photographs honored in the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. The photo captures an everyday moment of symbiosis between the two animals in the wild.
At TechCrunch's Disrupt 2026 conference, Flock CEO Garrett Langley said the company has never ended a contract with a police department over misuse of its license plate reader systems, despite numerous reports of officers abusing database access to stalk people. Langley said Flock would cut off a customer that knowingly broke the law, but has so far judged individual officer misconduct cases as not warranting termination of the underlying agency's access.
Hurricane Simon has pushed the 2026 Pacific hurricane season to new records for both overall storm activity and individual storm intensity, according to reports tracking the season. Forecasters note the season is not yet finished, meaning further storms could still develop.
A writer describes being diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in the mouth in May 2026 and shares practical lessons learned from navigating the diagnosis and treatment process. The account is framed as a personal guide for others who may face a similar diagnosis.
Palo Alto Networks disclosed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw, rated 8.6, that lets authenticated attackers with management-interface access execute code as root. The company said it observed limited exploitation in the wild and has released patches for PAN-OS 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1 and 12.2, with a fix for 11.2.16 due October 15. The flaw affects PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls and Panorama appliances, but not Cloud NGFW or Prisma Access.
Prismm, a startup founded in 2020 by sisters Martha Underwood and Shella Sylla, builds beneficiary and estate-planning features directly into bank accounts so assets can pass to heirs more smoothly after an account holder dies. The company let account holders designate family members who can access accounts, aiming to replace manual, paperwork-heavy processes banks currently use. Prismm is presenting its product today on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
TechCrunch is offering half-price tickets for the remaining two days of its Disrupt 2026 conference at San Francisco's Moscone West, running October 14-15. Discounted passes range from $175 for Expo+ to $600 for Investor access, covering speakers like Mark Wahlberg, Replit CEO Amjad Masad, and Amazon's Panos Panay, plus AI-focused programming from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face.
B2B sales startup Floqer plans to open-source the technology behind its autonomous customer knowledge database, pending security reviews, with release targeted for early 2027. The company, pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, says it has surpassed $1.2 million in annual recurring revenue after roughly tenfold revenue growth over the past year. Founded by Shivam Mahajan and Zaaheda Islam, Floqer began as a Chrome extension called 'Super Chat' before pivoting to automate CRM data cleanup for enterprise clients.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 continued its second day at San Francisco's Moscone West, featuring an Expo Hall with over 300 startups, live pitch sessions, and AI-based matchmaking for an audience exceeding 10,000 founders, investors and tech leaders. Speakers on day two included representatives from Nvidia, Waabi, Flock Safety, Ricursive Intelligence and Benchmark, covering topics such as robotics, AI hardware, public safety and venture funding.
Cisco has released a patch for CVE-2026-76519, a path traversal bug in Secure Email Gateway's Advanced Malware Protection feature that lets unauthenticated attackers send a malicious email attachment to gain root-level command execution on unpatched devices. Cisco's security team said it detected active exploitation of the flaw in October 2026 and published indicators of compromise for administrators to check their systems. The vulnerability only affects devices with File Reputation enabled and running Content Scanner Tools versions earlier than 25.3.0.5525.
Several restaurants and retailers, including 7-Eleven and Kroger, are offering promotions and discounts on sweets to mark National Dessert Day, observed October 14. The offers range from free items to discounted treats across participating locations.