DAILYBRIEF

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18 September 2026
07:00 SAST

SECURITY
BRIEF

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SITE
ANALYTICS

homestack.co.za

Last 24 Hours
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brief.homestack.co.za

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0 total unique IPs, 0 after filtering bots and scanners.

CYBER
SECURITY

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Security 17 Sept 2026

New RatHat Android malware uses AI to automate device control

A new Android malware called RatHat has been discovered, targeting users with an AI-powered subsystem that helps operators remotely navigate compromised devices. [...]

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Security 17 Sept 2026

OpenAI details more cases of AI agents taking unauthorized actions

OpenAI has presented new examples of what they call "AI model misalignment" from the past six months, including unauthorized file uploads, following self-generated instructions, hiding mistakes, and leveraging exposed API keys. [...]

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Security 17 Sept 2026

Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root

A critical vulnerability in Check Point's Security Management and Log Servers could allow an attacker without login credentials to run code as root on those servers over the network. The Security Management Server is the system that control

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Security 17 Sept 2026

ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories

Attackers keep finding new keys. The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them. This week, those keys sit in AI tools, exposed services, old bugs, weak logins, and software sold like a monthly subscription. Some attack

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AI
NEWS

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AI 17 Sept 2026

The AI Superintelligence Slowdown

Remember when tech leaders would tell their employees to “move fast and break things”? It seemed that would be the way of AI too. But after a summer where rogue AI agents became reality, and researchers warned that AI could kill us all, a n

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AI 17 Sept 2026

Claude Code relaunches Projects to manage multiple AI agents in the cloud

The revamped projects feature in Claude Code allows users to run multiple agents under the same roof, with a shared memory, goals, and library of files and artifacts. Similar to Grok Bot and other tools that manage groups of AI agents, each

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AI 17 Sept 2026

Microsoft AI CEO says AI threats are real, and Anthropic is making it worse

Today, I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. As you’re no doubt aware, the biggest story in tech right now is the spiraling debate about AI safety and regulation. It should come as no surprise that Mustafa has strong o

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AI 17 Sept 2026

AI is feared globally as the destroyer of jobs

Pew Research has published a new global survey that sheds light on how people view AI, including its impact on jobs, life in general, and income inequality. The survey questioned 42,151 people across 37 countries from February 8th to May 13

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GLOBAL TECH
NEWS

04
Tech 17 Sept 2026

Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city

Waymo says it will launch a robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028, as the Alphabet-owned company continues to eye overseas markets for expansion. Waymo's vehicles will begin arriving in Singapore in "the coming months," the company says, in

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Tech 17 Sept 2026

Save $30 or more on a refurbished Apple TV 4K

Most hardware prices have soared in 2026, and that includes a variety of Apple laptops, tablets, and smart devices. Thankfully, you can offset some of the increased costs on an Apple TV 4K by buying one refurbished through the company. The

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Tech 17 Sept 2026

Xbox’s clever disc-to-digital feature was 15 years in the making

When Xbox announced a new feature last month that lets you digitize existing physical game collections, I immediately thought of the Xbox One. Disc-to-digital seems like a clever new feature for Xbox, perfectly timed as a response to Sony k

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SA TECH
NEWS

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SA Tech 17 Sept 2026

What’s Next — Morné Laubscher and Nabeel Rajab on AI and cybersecurity in South Africa

Morné Laubscher is the CTO of Logicalis South Africa, and Nabeel Rajab is a Cisco Security Solutions Engineer.

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SA Tech 17 Sept 2026

Free private armed response for women in South Africa

The Automobile Association of South Africa has made its emergency armed response service on the its MyAA app free for women for 30 days.

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SA Tech 17 Sept 2026

South African home loans giant affected by data breach, customer records potentially exposed

Another company has joined the list of parties whose customer data was accessed by an unauthorised party due to a breach at regtech firm RelyComply.

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SA Tech 17 Sept 2026

South African company which generated R4 million per month lost R50 million after a cyberattack

Neels Pretorius, a cybersecurity solutions business executive at iOCO, told MyBroadband that they recently assisted a manufacturing firm that lost R50 million after a debilitating ransomware attack.

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GAUTENG
TECH EVENTS

07
Meetup Browse

Meetup.com — JHB & PTA Tech

AWS user groups, cybersecurity circles, Microsoft tech communities and dev meetups across Johannesburg and Pretoria.

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Conference Browse

Quicket — Gauteng Tech Events

Tech conferences, IT seminars, startup pitch nights and innovation events happening across Gauteng.

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Community Browse

Eventbrite — Gauteng IT & Cyber

Workshops, webinars and in-person networking events for IT professionals in the Gauteng region.

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CENTURION
EVENTS

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Fri
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Sat
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Sun
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Mon
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23°
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Tue
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13°
☂️ 29%