The systemd 261 release brings a software TPM, new OS installer
Linux distributions that ship systemd as their init system now have a new version to track. The systemd 261 update adds a cloud metadata subsystem,…
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Companies are discarding the logs they need to catch a breach
Many large enterprises discard most of the log data their systems generate, and they do it on purpose to keep costs down. A Dynatrace survey…
Google sets timeline for Android developer verification enforcement
Android’s developer verification protections will take effect on September 30, 2026, starting with users in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. Developers distributing apps through participating…
Forget traffic lights, Google’s reCAPTCHA may ask for hand gestures
Google has introduced hand gesture verification for reCAPTCHA, a new method for verifying that a user is human. Google’s reCAPTCHA is part of Google Cloud…
Unauthenticated RCE in Splunk Enterprise under active attack (CVE-2026-20253)
CISA has added CVE-2026-20253, a critical, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and ordered US federal civilian agencies to…
Cybercriminals abused GitHub, YouTube and VirusTotal to push crypto-stealing malware
A cryptocurrency-stealing malware campaign used inflated GitHub activity, software reviews, YouTube tutorials and favorable VirusTotal comments to make malicious trading and gambling tools appear trustworthy,…
Klue breach lead to Salesforce data theft, Huntress affected
Cybersecurity vendor Huntress was among multiple companies hit by a breach originating at Klue, a market intelligence platform used to integrate CRM and sales data…
Mastodon 4.6 adds profile Collections and two-factor controls
People who run accounts on the open source social network Mastodon can now group profiles together and share those groups across the web. The 4.6…
Your browser tab could become encrypted storage for someone else’s files
Decentralized storage networks already hand pieces of people’s data to strangers’ machines. The lasting question across these networks is whether the machine holding the data…
74,000 Fortinet firewall credentials exposed in FortiBleed data leak
A Russian-speaking cybercriminal group has stolen credentials contained in the configuration files of nearly 74,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways around the world. The data…
Malware attacks strip Roblox developers of entire games
Hackers who once focused on stealing valuable Roblox items are now taking over entire games. Although Roblox operates the service, users can create and publish…
Law enforcement hits SocGholish: 106 servers down, 15,000 sites cleaned
SocGholish, an operation that’s been delivering malware to users via fake software updates, has suffered a major blow: the international law enforcement coalition behind Operation…