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Cyber Security Digest — September 21, 2026

An automated roundup of 5 notable cybersecurity article(s) from the last 36 hours, aggregated from 4 source(s). Descriptions are pulled directly from each publisher's feed; follow the links for the full articles.

BleepingComputer

Malicious npm packages evade install-script defenses at runtime

An ongoing npm malware campaign involving the 'indexed-btree' package shows how threat actors bypass supply chain defenses by hiding malicious code in a package's normal runtime behavior rather than in installation scripts. [...]

Researchers escape OpenAI Codex sandbox to run commands on host

Researchers escaped OpenAI's Codex sandbox two ways, one running commands on a developer's machine from its most locked-down mode. OpenAI has patched both. [...]

The Hacker News

Claude Opus 5 Helped Researchers Take Over OpenAI Staff Accounts via Chained Flaws

Three researchers at the security firm Hacktron used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 to chain two flaws and take over the ChatGPT and Codex accounts of several OpenAI employees, then reach an internal OpenAI code repository. The chain began with a bug in the software that runs…

Dark Reading

[Virtual Event] Cybersecurity Outlook 2027

SANS Internet Storm Center

ISC Stormcast For Monday, September 21st, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/10102, (Mon, Sep 21st)


Not included today: Krebs on Security (no articles in the last 36h)

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