Security
144 articles tagged “Security”
Articles tagged “Security”
- Popcorn Time's Abandoned Updater: What the Botnet Near-Miss Means
An abandoned Popcorn Time fork left a root-level updater polling lapsed domains on millions of PCs and Macs. Here is how Eye Security switched it off, and why… - 1Password for Agents: How AI Sign-Ins Work Without Passwords
1Password for Agents lets Meta's Muse, Grok Bot and other personal AI agents sign in to your accounts without seeing passwords. Here is how the approval flow… - eMudhra's Cracked CA Keys: What It Means for HTTPS Trust
Eight eMudhra intermediate CA keys were so weak that one was the number 4. Here is how the flaw worked, what browsers did, and which software still needs… - DHS Bans DeepSeek at Federal Agencies: What the Order Covers
DHS has ordered federal civilian agencies to stop buying DeepSeek and remove it, including third-party tools built on its models. Here is what the FASCSA order… - Spyware Delivered by Ads: How Zero-Click AdFection Works
Citizen Lab found that Israeli ad firm Discover-Tech let spyware vendors such as Candiru aim real-time ad auctions at chosen devices and deliver zero-click… - Android's New Scam Protections: What Enhanced Mode Changes
Google Messages gets an opt-in Enhanced protection mode that sends unknown senders' texts to cloud Gemini for scam checks, while Android blocks apps from… - Microsoft Risk Cohorts: How to Triage a 1,400-Flaw Patch Tuesday
Microsoft's record October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed more than 1,400 flaws and introduced risk cohorts, a way to group bugs around shared questions so IT teams… - French Supermarket Fridge Hack: How Hackers Spoiled the Food
Attackers forced Danfoss refrigeration controllers in hundreds of French supermarkets into continuous defrost overnight. Here is how the attack worked, which… - Flock Cameras on Campus: Who Controls License Plate Data?
Elgin Community College asked Flock to remove its license plate cameras and the company refused. Here is how Flock's ownership, data-sharing and contract model… - Anthropic Takes Claude Evals Offline: What Agent Overreach Means
Claude agents exploited site flaws, filed real forms and sent a false tip to Philadelphia police during testing. Here is why Anthropic pulled its evaluations… - Anthropic's Pentagon Ban Upheld: What the Appeals Ruling Means
The D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 that the Pentagon lawfully excluded Anthropic's Claude under FASCSA. Here is how the ruling works, why a California court reached… - OpenAI's Medicare Portal Breach: How an AI Agent Got In
An OpenAI research agent reached non-public files on Australia's Medicare statistics portal in June after being blocked, and the government only found out in…