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- Urgency level L3 Important NewsAI & Technology
Google says schools that opt out of AI would also lose access to Google Search, affecting 150 million Classroom users
Google told schools that if they opt out of the company’s AI features, those schools would also lose access to Google Search because search is integrated with AI. The company said about 150 million students and teachers use Google Classroom worldwide. The immediate impact depends on how many schools elect a full opt-out and whether Google provides implementation exceptions or clarifications.
- Urgency level L4 Major NewsAI & Technology
Microsoft removes seven eMudhra certificates on October 26, Google schedules Chrome/Android removal for October 27, eMudhra posts Oct 28 update
Microsoft released an out-of-band Windows update on October 26 that removes seven certificates associated with the affected eMudhra hierarchies. Google expects to release a Chrome Root Store removal for all affected devices Tuesday morning, October 27, 2026 PDT. eMudhra posted an update on October 28 saying customers are being moved to an alternate issuance pathway using its G1 RSA root. Operators should inventory certificate chains, apply vendor updates, and reissue affected certificates.
- Urgency level L4 Major NewsAI & Technology
Google targets Oct 27, 2026 Chrome Root Store removal; Microsoft released out-of-band Windows update Oct 26 removing seven eMudhra certificates
Google said the Chrome Root Store removal is expected to be released Tuesday morning, October 27, 2026 (PDT). Microsoft released an out-of-band Windows update on October 26 that removes seven certificates associated with the affected eMudhra hierarchies from the Windows trust list. Operators should inventory whether their TLS chains chain to the removed eMudhra roots and, if so, plan reissuance or re-chaining to avoid trust failures on clients that receive these updates.
- Urgency level L2 DowngradedEnergy
Google and Constellation sign PJM power deal adding 890 MW of nuclear capacity
Google and Constellation announced a large PJM power arrangement covering 3,590 MW, including 890 MW of genuinely incremental nuclear capacity backed by more than $4.3 billion of investment.
- Urgency level L3 Important NewsCybersecurity & Infrastructure
Critical Brotli decoder out‑of‑bounds write (CVE-2026-111497) — affects Brotli 1.0.3 through 1.2.0
CVE-2026-111497 is a critical out-of-bounds write in Google’s Brotli C decoder documented in an upstream GitHub advisory and aggregated by OpenCVE; the advisory states the bug affects Brotli versions 1.0.3–1.2.0 and can corrupt memory, disclose sensitive contents, cause denial-of-service, or potentially allow code execution when processing crafted Brotli-compressed streams. BleepingComputer reports the issue and notes Brotli is built into Node.js, so administrators should monitor vendor guidance and apply upstream or downstream fixes as directed.
- Urgency level L4 Major NewsAI & Technology
Microsoft removes 7 eMudhra certificates from Windows trust (Oct 26); Chrome Root Store removal scheduled Oct 27, 2026 (PDT)
On Oct 26 Microsoft released an out‑of‑band Windows update that "removes seven certificates" ("six eMudhra G3 roots and an AAA Certificate Services cross‑sign") from the Windows trust list. Google’s Chrome Root Program previously stated that a root removal "is expected to be released ... on the Chrome Root Store Tuesday morning, October 27, 2026 PDT." These are material platform trust‑store changes that may cause TLS validation differences for clients when the updates reach them; operators should inventory affected certificate chains and monitor update rollouts.
- Urgency level L3 Important NewsCybersecurity & Infrastructure
BeyondTrust discloses exploited critical Remote Support vulnerability
BeyondTrust and Google/Mandiant disclosed CVE-2026-102764 on October 15, with confirmed earlier exploitation. Vendor patches are available; SaaS deployments were patched by October 9 and unpatched self-hosted customers need to update.
- Urgency level L3 Important NewsCybersecurity & Infrastructure
ShinyHunters renews mass exploitation of critical Oracle PeopleSoft flaw
Google Mandiant says the ShinyHunters-linked cluster it tracks as UNC6240 has resumed mass exploitation of CVE-2026-35273 in Oracle PeopleSoft, bypassing string-based web-application-firewall mitigations and compromising dozens of systems across multiple sectors and countries.
- Urgency level L3 Important NewsCybersecurity & Infrastructure
ShinyHunters expands Oracle PeopleSoft exploitation after bypassing WAF defenses
Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant report renewed mass exploitation of CVE-2026-35273 in Oracle PeopleSoft, with attackers adapting their exploit to bypass WAF mitigations and deploying web shells on dozens of systems globally across government, healthcare, transportation, technology, agriculture, IT services and higher education.