October 2026 – TheCyberThrone

Fortinet Releases Security Updates Across Five Products

Fortinet has announced a coordinated set of security updates covering five products: FortiOS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiMail and FortiAuthenticator. The company is urging customers to prioritise these updates, particularly on systems…

PravinKarthik October 23, 2026

GitLab Releases Critical Security Patches

GitLab released a critical patch update on October 21, 2026, fixing 12 security vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). The release includes a critical remote code…

PravinKarthik October 22, 2026

Cisco Releases October 2026 Security Updates for Unified Communications Products

Cisco has released security updates for multiple Unified Communications products, addressing eight vulnerabilities across different weakness categories. Published on October 21, 2026, the advisory includes vulnerabilities with severity scores as…

PravinKarthik October 22, 2026

Oracle October 2026 Critical Patch Update: 1295 Patches Across Products

Oracle released its October 2026 Critical Patch Update (CPU) on 20 October, delivering 1,295 new security patches across its enterprise product portfolio. The update covers Oracle Database Server, E-Business Suite,…

PravinKarthik October 21, 2026

PHP Zero-Day Alert: Critical RCE Vulnerabilities Under Investigation

Two critical PHP vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, have raised concerns about potential remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable web servers. Both vulnerabilities have reportedly received CVSS v4.0 scores…

PravinKarthik October 21, 2026

eMudhra Certificate Leak: Eight Intermediate CA Keys Compromised

A certificate-security incident involving India's eMudhra came to light in October 2026 after eight intermediate Certificate Authority (CA) private keys were found to be recoverable. Mozilla received a report on…

PravinKarthik October 21, 2026

Ahold Delhaize Cybersecurity Incident

Ahold Delhaize, the international grocery retailer behind Albert Heijn, Delhaize, Food Lion and Stop & Shop, has been dealing with a cybersecurity incident since October 11, 2026. The company took…

PravinKarthik October 20, 2026

Proofpoint to Acquire Varonis for $6.3 Billion

The cybersecurity industry is increasingly focused on protecting not just users and devices, but also the sensitive information they can access. As organisations adopt AI assistants and autonomous agents, controlling…

PravinKarthik October 20, 2026