Weekly Cyber Security News 15/10/2026

Let’s catch up on the more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news gathered from articles across the web this week. This is what we have been reading about on our coffee break!

Real

Really? A dumb password?

• “123456” password linked to Denmark data breach affecting 8.8M people

Here we are again with industrial systems, external support, so let’s make it easy for them… And intruders. 

• Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security

As noted last year, certificates expiry gets a little tighter next year…

• Let’s Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027