The end of unencrypted Discord calls is here
Discord has protected voice and video calls in DMs, group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default. The company…
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Public Instagram posts provide raw material for AI phishing campaigns
A handful of public Instagram posts can give attackers enough material to generate convincing phishing emails with GenAI. Research from the University of Texas at…
Game over for 74 suspected scammers after Dutch cops plastered their faces on billboards
The Dutch police’s Game Over?! campaign, which publicly displays images of suspected fraudsters to encourage self-surrenders and gather public tips, is proving successful, with the…
AI is drowning software maintainers in junk security reports
AI-assisted vulnerability research has exploded, unleashing a firehose of low-quality reports on overworked software maintainers who are wasting hours sifting through noise instead of fixing…
Attackers are exploiting critical NGINX vulnerability (CVE-2026-42945)
A critical NGINX vulnerability (CVE-2026-42945) disclosed last week is being exploited by attackers, VulnCheck security researcher Patrick Garrity revealed on Saturday. The vulnerability, dubbed NGINX…
Attackers accessed, downloaded code from Grafana Labs’ GitHub
A threat actor has managed to access Grafana Labs’ GitHub environment and download the company’s codebase, the open-source observability and data visualization firm announced on…
The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see
Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for…
Debian 13.5 point release lands with security fixes, bug patches
Debian 13.5 is the fifth point release for the stable distribution “trixie.” The update folds in roughly 100 Debian Security Advisories and corrections for more…
The AI oversight paradox: Is the investment worth the cost of watching it?
Unlike in 2025, when AI adoption and testing drove business strategies, organizations in 2026 want proven ROI before committing budgets, according to a report by…
Zombie linkages are keeping expired domains trusted for years
Domains expire, get transferred, and return to the market every day. The systems connected to those domains can continue trusting the original owner long after…
Rocky Linux launches opt-in security repository for urgent fixes
Rocky Linux has introduced a Security Repository that allows the distribution to ship urgent security fixes ahead of upstream Enterprise Linux when public exploit code…
Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability exploited (CVE-2026-42897)
A critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2026-42897) in Microsoft Exchange Server is being exploited by attackers, Microsoft warned on Thursday. A permanent fix is still…