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Discord's broken support left a hacker extorting kids for 8 days
A 12-year-old who lied about her age to create a Discord account had it hijacked after clicking a phishing link disguised as Discord support. Without two-factor
EngageLab SDK Bug Put 50M Android Users at Risk, Crypto Wallets Hit Hard
A security flaw in the EngageLab SDK - a third-party library integrated into Android applications - reportedly exposed roughly 50 million users, with an estimat
Fancy Bear Maintains Aggressive Global Cyber Campaign
Russia's APT28, widely known as Fancy Bear, continues to run persistent cyber-espionage operations targeting governments, defense contractors, and critical infr
FedRAMP Greenlit Microsoft's GCC High Despite Reviewers Calling Security Docs 'A Pile of Shit'
Federal cybersecurity evaluators flagged Microsoft's Government Community Cloud High in late 2024 as essentially unassessable, citing missing detailed security
Gmail E2EE lands on Android and iOS for enterprise client-side encryption users
Google has extended Gmail's end-to-end encryption to the Android and iOS apps, letting enterprise users compose and read encrypted messages natively without ext
Industrial Controllers Remain Exposed as Cyberwarfare Escalates
Industrial control systems and operational technology environments continue to face significant security gaps even as nation-state actors and hacktivist groups
Lua-Based LucidRook Malware Hits Taiwanese NGOs via Fake Antivirus Lures
Cisco Talos has uncovered a threat cluster tracked as UAT-10362 running spear-phishing operations against Taiwanese NGOs and academic institutions. The campaign
LucidRook malware hits Taiwan NGOs and universities via Lua-powered loader
Cisco Talos has documented LucidRook, a modular malware family deployed by UAT-10362 against non-governmental organizations and universities in Taiwan. October
Marimo RCE Bug Exploited in the Wild Just 10 Hours After Public Disclosure
A remote code execution vulnerability in Marimo, tracked as CVE-2026-39987, was weaponized by attackers within roughly 10 hours of its public disclosure. The ra
Meta launches Muse Spark, its first post-Llama model - hosted only, no open weights
Meta released Muse Spark, a hosted model with no open weights - a sharp departure from the Llama line. Benchmarks put it roughly on par with Opus 4.6, Gemini 3.
Orion's Internal Helium Leak Prompts Extra Testing on Artemis II
NASA scrapped a planned piloting demonstration on the Artemis II mission to squeeze in additional propulsion system testing after detecting a small internal hel
Pro-Iran Activist Group Weaponizes AI Lego Videos to Mock Trump
A pro-Iranian activist collective called Explosive Media has been churning out AI-generated, Lego-themed propaganda videos mocking President Trump throughout th