Security
Breaches, vulnerabilities, privacy and the people exploiting them.
Britain's tech ambitions depend on minerals made in China, MPs warn
Committee can't confidently tick off any of government's ten supply security tests, with alternatives a decade away
At least 10 local governments have moved to drop Flock’s surveillance cameras since summer
The concerns range from privacy to how data is shared (and with whom) to procurement concerns.
Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy AI agent security startup Clutch for $500M
Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85 million, according to a source.
AI agents are a 'bane' for some website operators, says Cloudflare
CEO says sovereigns probably exploited PHP2SHELL ages ago, and suggests containers are dead
Meet *sshole, the vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices
Certain configurations of Alpine are affected. Other distros may be as well.
Feds warn grocers: Don't chill on cyber defenses as freezer hacking spree heats up
No documented attacks against American supermarkets…yet
US government warns of ‘ongoing cyber threat’ amid mass hacks of industrial retail and military freezers
A joint U.S. government statement says the hacks are affecting the food, transportation, and healthcare industries after reports of global mass hacks.
Get root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password
Decade-old vulnerability in OpenSSH is now fixed, so get a-patchin'
The ex-Secret Service agent who flipped a hacker is now raising a second $250M cybersecurity fund
Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.
OpenAI releases GPT-6 Cyber, and promises this one stays within 'rules of engagement'
The latest bug hunting model 'avoided exploiting out-of-scope services over 99 percent of the time', claims House of Altman
New York's Queens Public Library battles ransomware crims: Wi-Fi, checkouts, and website go dark
No gang has claimed the attack on incredible neighborhood resource yet
Hackers target French blood service fridges following supermarket attacks
Following the string of cyberattacks on supermarket freezers, blood banks in France were recently attacked. Luckily, no biomaterial was lost as the attack triggered the EFS' alerts.
Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones
Researchers say group may have been Kremlin-sponsored in search of diplomatic targets.
Security Bite: The record $6.3B Binance heist started with a fake Homebrew install on Mac
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Binance heist began with fake job interviews and a malicious Homebrew download
Binance has revealed how Norh Korean attackers spent months compromising systems and employees with malicious developer software and a fake recruitment process. The intrusions eventually gave hackers access to the…
PHP vulnerability post-mortem reveals bug was known two years ago
PHP has a harvest season to remember — AI-automated bug hunting reaps what years of technical debt have sown.
North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist
'It was not a single isolated breach or a simple phishing incident,' exchange says
Apple recently notified users in 99 countries of potential mercenary spyware attacks
Apple reportedly sent notifications to users in 99 countries warning of potential mercenary spyware attacks, as German authorities investigate reports that lawmakers and government officials may have been targeted. Here…