27-Oct-2026 | UNM Health Cyberattack, Microsoft Teams Lures & Linux Exploit

Hacked dAily is the first AI-driven cybersecurity podcast, created by Cytadel Cyber and published daily. Built for CISOs, security leaders and executives, it delivers concise, decision-ready insight on the threats shaping business risk. Today’s briefing: 1. A cyber incident disrupted the University of New Mexico Health System, forcing ambulance diversions, clinic closures and appointment cancellations across more than 30 sites. The disruption temporarily left New Mexico without a hospital able to handle its most severe trauma cases, highlighting how attacks on healthcare can directly threaten patient access and emergency care while raising potential data-theft concerns. 2. The July attack on Mythos 5 has prompted scrutiny over whether its real-world business and operational harm was properly assessed. The case shows how underestimated impact can delay response, weaken resilience and leave executives with an incomplete view of risk. 3. Attackers are using HTML-based lures in Microsoft Teams to steal credentials or enable further compromise. Weaponizing a trusted collaboration platform can bypass email defenses and turn a single employee action into account takeover, internal spread and wider disruption. 4. Dutch police arrested two men linked to a bank fraud scheme using AI-generated calls, a fake banking app and NFC technology to target 170 victims. The operation reportedly caused about €380,000 in losses in three weeks, demonstrating how AI-enabled social engineering and mobile payment tools are accelerating financial crime. 5. A working exploit for a Linux kernel privilege-escalation flaw has been released before a CVE or upstream fix, creating an urgent patch gap. Organizations should prioritize affected systems, disable unnecessary ksmbd services and harden exposed SMB and user-namespace configurations as attackers may be able to gain root access.