China proposes controls on 40 technologies, 23 tied to AI
The draft would limit exports of AI models that have 2 trillion or more parameters and those placed among the world's top 10.
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Our coverage: 50 reports since October 8, 2026. Latest: China proposes controls on 40 technologies, 23 tied to AI, October 18, 2026.
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UK warned against adopting cheap Chinese AI models over security risks
A new analysis highlights political censorship in DeepSeek models and data-sharing risks with Chinese authorities
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China-linked espionage group exploited BeyondTrust zero-day in Remote Support appliances
Armory Castle, tracked by Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence, used the flaw starting August 29 to deploy backdoors and harvest credentials, with patches now available.
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Lord Ricketts urges UK to boost defence spending and protect critical infrastructure
Lord Ricketts warned that Russian hybrid attacks, which use non‑military tools such as hacking to destabilise a country, are becoming more reckless and dangerous and could result in deaths.
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Armory Castle escalates BeyondTrust zero-day exploitation with credential theft and lateral movement
Google warns of continued targeting of edge devices as the group deploys webshells, backdoors and SOCKS5 tunneling after patch release
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China-linked Armory Castle hijacks BeyondTrust Remote Support Servers via zero-day since August
The espionage group exploited CVE-2026-102764 to deploy custom malware, harvest credentials, and evade detection across enterprise networks, researchers say
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At least 45 Al Jazeera journalists devices infected via zero click malicious ads
The spyware required no interaction from victims and was delivered through an israeli ad tech platform
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Proton survey shows 75% of European businesses fear US tech kill switch
Proton survey of 1,500 UK, France and Germany leaders finds 75% fear abrupt cloud disruptions, over half cannot operate beyond one business day
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OpenAI warns employees foreign agents could use sex to steal AI secrets
Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35‑year‑old Saudi engineer at OpenAI, was arrested last Friday on charges of intercepting communications after a hidden recording device was found in a San Francisco conference room
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Unit 42 details AI‑powered espionage campaign targeting Linux government servers
The operation, designated CL‑UNK‑1211, occurred between October 2025 and April 2026 and involved AI‑created payloads that held conversational comments and reasoning notes, showing LLM‑assisted code generation.
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Fire breaks out on chemical tanker near Romania, seven missing
France 24 reported that rescuers pulled five crew from the Wine Trader and took them to hospital, one with scalp burns and another with mild smoke inhalation.
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OpenAI employee charged with hiding recorder in conference room
According to Security Affairs and TechCrunch, Alfozan is a 35‑year‑old Saudi national who joined OpenAI’s product team in July 2025.