{"slug": "decades-old-file-security-flaws-found-in-android-linux-macos-and-windows", "title": "Decades-old file security flaws found in Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows", "summary": "Security researchers have found decades-old file security flaws affecting Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows, according to a report from The Register. The disclosure lands amid a surge in AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, which the outlet notes has pushed Canonical to move Ubuntu onto a weekly kernel release cycle because CVEs are piling up faster than defenders can patch them.", "body_md": "### [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n- \n#### CVE flood pushes Ubuntu onto weekly kernel release cycleAI-assisted bug hunting is helping pile up vulnerabilities faster than defenders can patch them, so Canonical is picking up the pace\n- \n#### Google to critical infra orgs: Our AI scanners won't be evil, promiseGemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Wiz's Red Agent team up to protect hospitals, public transit, and tech\n- \n#### Shut up and calculate: Jev's new AI primitives for codersDevelopers test what they can build with TypeSafe's fast, typed decision model\n- \n#### Frontier AI keeps racing despite calls to slow downAnthropic and OpenAI debut Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol and Luna\n- \n#### Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomously select post-compromise actions'first' publicly documented Windows implant to use LLMs for C2\n\n### [Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n- \nSecurity #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n- \nSecurity #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n- \nBlack Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n- \nSecurity #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n- \nMalware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n### [FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n- \n#### KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposalAkademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user\n- \n#### Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom lineAcquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home'\n- \n#### Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push\n- \n#### Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander LinuxDebian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin\n- \n#### Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channelsThe Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next\n- \n#### Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000sThe FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/decades-old-file-security-flaws-found-in-android-linux-macos-and-windows", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/24/decades-old-file-security-flaws-found-in-android-linux-macos-and-windows/5298672", "published_at": "2026-09-24 17:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-24 17:01:58.557410+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety"], "entities": ["Android", "Linux", "macOS", "Windows", "Canonical", "Ubuntu", "The Register"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/decades-old-file-security-flaws-found-in-android-linux-macos-and-windows", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/decades-old-file-security-flaws-found-in-android-linux-macos-and-windows.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/decades-old-file-security-flaws-found-in-android-linux-macos-and-windows.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/decades-old-file-security-flaws-found-in-android-linux-macos-and-windows.jsonld"}}