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Bluehost’s CodeGuard migration to Xcitium is automatic, but old backups need attention
Bluehost is replacing CodeGuard with Xcitium as its website backup partner. A Bluehost help article updated Sept. 28, 2026, says the switch will occur automatically at the customer’s next renewal date, with no manual action required…
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OpenAI’s agent probe widens from Hugging Face to government sites
OpenAI’s investigation into agent misalignment is no longer centered on the July Hugging Face breach. The company now says it has notified…
Canadian small business confidence drops to 47.9 as costs and weak demand squeeze owners
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said its long-term Business Barometer index dropped nearly 10 points to 47.9 in September. The index…
NetScaler zero-day response shifts from patching to compromise hunting
Mandiant said on September 29 that it identified active exploitation of Citrix NetScaler flaw CVE-2026-88772 in late September and found evidence that…
SharePoint flaw moves from spoofing label to actively exploited code execution
A Microsoft SharePoint Server vulnerability first handled as a spoofing issue is now an actively exploited code execution flaw. OpenCVE’s change history…
Tracked Hormuz shipping drops back toward zero
Tracked commodity-vessel movement through the Strait of Hormuz fell back toward a standstill at the start of the week, with no tracked…
Google Ads adds unhashed IP address matching to Customer Match
Google Ads has added IP address and interaction timestamp matching to Customer Match, expanding the signals advertisers can send when creating first-party…
