🔒 Security News Digest - 2026-10-19
📊 8 updates from 4 sources:
🔹 The Record from Recorded Future News: Two more Serbian opposition figures targeted with spyware, researchers say
https://therecord.media/serbia-spyware-pegasus-elections
🔹 darkreading: ConnectWise Disables Cloud Backups Amid Concerns for Downstream MSPs
https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/connectwise-disables-cloud-backups-downstream-msps
🔹 The Record from Recorded Future News: ConnectWise suspends Cloud Backup service after supply chain attack
https://therecord.media/connectwise-suspends-cloud-backup-service-supply-chain-attack
🔹 The Record from Recorded Future News: Judge denies WhatsApp’s bid to hold spyware maker in contempt for allegedly targeting users
https://therecord.media/whatsapp-denied-appeal-alleged-nso-group-violation-injunction
🔹 darkreading: 'AdFection' Turns Ad Impressions Into Zero-Click Spyware Delivery
https://www.darkreading.com/data-privacy/adfection-online-ads-spyware-delivery
🔹 iTnews - Security: Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting device appears to have Saudi backing
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/ex-openai-employee-accused-of-planting-device-appears-to-have-saudi-backing-629760?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iTnews+Security+feed
🔹 darkreading: Researchers Infiltrate Microsoft Tech Support Scam Operation
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/microsoft-tech-support-scam-operation
🔹 Unit 42: Threat Brief: Active Exploitation of PAN-OS CVE-2026-0257 (Updated October 19)
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/active-exploitation-of-pan-os-cve-2026-0257/
therecord.mediaTwo more Serbian opposition figures targeted with spyware, researchers sayA phone belonging to the rector of the University of Belgrade was discovered to have been infected with Pegasus spyware, the latest in a series of such discoveries in the lead-up to Serbia's national elections.