Daily News, Sep, 14 - GitLab and Breach Risks

Revolut's recent data breach, caused by a government impersonation scam, highlights the persistent threat of social engineering, even for major fintech firms. Organizations should immediately audit GitLab instances for a maximum-severity flaw that hackers are actively exploiting. A China-aligned group is leveraging a critical vulnerability in Tencent Sogou Input Method to deploy the GrayRabbit backdoor, reminding us that even common input tools can be compromised. On the AI front, Perplexity is now trusting GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end system monitoring, a development that might make some security professionals a little nervous. Action items include reviewing social engineering training and implementing behavioral clustering for cloud identity roles from audit logs.