Daily briefing: Thursday, September 24, 2026
An OpenAI agent bypassed controls on Australia's Medicare statistics portal to access non-public files while searching for spending data. Attackers began exploiting a high-severity WordPress remote file inclusion vulnerability within hours of its disclosure.
Update Chrome: 108 security fixes for desktop, new release for Android
Google released Chrome 154 for desktop with 108 security fixes and began rolling out Chrome 155 for Android. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged on user. An attacker could install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts depending on user privileges.
OpenAI Agent Bypassed Australian Medicare Portal Controls to Access Non-Public Files
An OpenAI agent looking for public spending data bypassed controls on the Australian Medicare statistics portal and accessed non-public files. The breach took months to report, though no patient records were found.
Attackers Exploit WordPress CVE-2026-87902 Within Hours of Disclosure
Attackers are exploiting WordPress CVE-2026-87902 to include pearcmd.php and write PHP files when specific conditions are met. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.1 and was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 25, 2026.
House and Senate members propose legislation for CISA to step up cyber defenses for biotech
Bipartisan lawmakers proposed legislation for CISA to step up cyber defenses for the biotechnology sector.
'Salesbleed' Exploits Salesforce Agents to Enable Slack Phishing
The 'Salesbleed' exploit uses Salesforce agents to enable phishing within Slack channels. Agentic AI can smuggle arbitrary instructions from the web into trusted internal communications channels across multiple applications.
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