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Trump Signs Executive Order That Invites Vetting of Top AI Models for National Security Risks
The order establishes a framework for the federal government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems for up to a month before their public release.
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Two New Reports Offer Competing Explanations for Cybersecurity’s Growing Crisis
As AI shortens the path from vulnerability disclosure to exploitation, researchers disagree on whether the problem is inadequate security tools or inadequate operational control.
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Exclusive: How One Line of Code Put Billions of Microsoft Android App Downloads at Risk
A simple development setting bypassed protections designed to prevent unauthorized Android apps from accessing Microsoft account tokens, exposing billions of installations.
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Android Update Patches Exploited Zero-Day, 123 Other Vulnerabilities
Google says the Android vulnerability CVE-2025-48595 has been exploited in limited, targeted attacks.
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Anthropic Expanding Mythos Access to 150 New Organizations
Only approximately 50 companies have had access to Mythos until now and they have found thousands of vulnerabilities in their products.
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The Zero-Knowledge Threat Actor and the End of Responsible Disclosure
AI can help attackers generate malware, create malicious payloads, bypass simple security checks, and convert vague malicious intent into functional code.
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Critical Vulnerability in HP VoIP Phones Enables Enterprise Network Breaches
A stack-based buffer overflow bug can be exploited for remote code execution on a vulnerable device.
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Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
The vulnerability is CVE-2024-21182 and it can be exploited without authentication to hack affected WebLogic servers.
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Meta AI Hands Over High-Profile Instagram Accounts to Hackers
Exploiting a confused deputy weakness, the hackers simply asked the chatbot to link the account to a new email address.
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Supply Chain Attack Hits 32 Red Hat NPM Packages
Hackers published 96 malicious package versions, injected with a credential-stealing worm similar to Mini Shai-Hulud.
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Dashlane Brute-Force Attack Leads to Limited Encrypted Vault Downloads
Dashlane’s security systems automatically locked accounts to protect them against the hacking attempts.
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Oracle’s First Monthly Patches Resolve 77 Vulnerabilities
Oracle’s monthly Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) rollouts are meant to deliver critical fixes faster.
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WP Maps Pro Vulnerability Exploited to Take Over WordPress Sites
The security defect (CVE-2026-8732) allows unauthenticated attackers to create administrative accounts on the affected installations.
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Dutch Police Dismantle Massive 17-Million-Device Botnet
Dutch authorities seized command-and-control servers tied to a botnet of infected computers, smartphones, and tablets that was allegedly used to power a residential proxy network and facilitate cybercrime.
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Critical Windows Netlogon Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs
Organizations are advised to patch CVE-2026-41089 as soon as possible, given its severity, the potential ongoing exploitation.
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Dragos Acquires xIoT Security Firm Phosphorus
Dragos said customers will soon gain expanded asset visibility and integrated device intelligence, with automated remediation workflows and a unified platform experience to follow.
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As the Pentagon Pushes for Battlefield AI, Some Military Leaders Urge Caution
AI’s use in the military is part of the administration’s larger push to grow the capability it sees as a unique American advantage.
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19-Year-Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Root Access
proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been released for the CIFSwitch flaw, which allows low-privileged users to escalate to root on vulnerable Linux systems.
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Recent Palo Alto Networks Vulnerability Exploited for Weeks
Hackers began exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, four days after public disclosure.
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Russian Spies Are Aggressively Seeking Western Technology as Sanctions Bite, Officials Say
Moscow’s agents are building fake companies, recruiting middlemen and deploying cyber spies and hackers who gather information that could be used to attack key infrastructure.
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