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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins announced record quarterly revenue of $15.8 billion, a 12% year-over-year increase, while simultaneously revealing plans to lay off fewer than 4,000 employees (less than 5% of its workforce). The …
Discussion between Google Cloud CISO director Vinod D’Souza and Wiz chief strategy officer Anthony Belfiore at the RSA Conference, highlighting how the partnership between Google and Wiz aims to address evolving cybersec…
A Reddit user on r/DHExchange offering to sell a database of over 150,000 labeled images of human feces, collected from 25,000 users of his AI-powered poop analysis app. The poster sought advice on monetizing the dataset…
The cost of fiber-optic cable has risen sharply due to increased demand from both the AI-driven data center boom and military use in drone warfare, particularly in Ukraine and Russia. Combatants now use fiber-optic cable…
A podcast episode that begins with Joseph's account of obtaining Haotian AI, a real-time deepfake software used to impersonate others on video calls. The episode also covers a Yu-Gi-Oh trading card controversy and, for s…
Five typosquatting npm packages published by accounts named "superbase" and "micresoft" contain a hidden 4.5 MB ELF binary that executes automatically upon `npm install` and, through a hijacked `SessionStart` hook, re-ex…
The May 2026 Patch Tuesday saw Microsoft release updates for 118 vulnerabilities, notably the first time in nearly two years without fixes for actively exploited zero-day flaws. The article highlights that AI platforms, …
While AI tools enable faster code production, they often create an "illusion of correctness" where syntactically clean code passes reviews but contains hidden assumptions that cause production failures. It argues that te…
On May 11, 2026, Apple released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to patch two kernel-level vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-28972 and CVE-2026-28986) discovered by Xint researchers. The first flaw was an out-of-bound…
As AI coding agents become deeply embedded in developer workflows, the attack surface now extends beyond source code to include repository files, agent instructions, runtime settings, and extension packages that influenc…
The Trump administration's Department of Justice issued subpoenas to The Wall Street Journal to find a leaker, and the FBI is reportedly investigating journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick for critical coverage of FBI Director Ka…
The article accuses Bambu Lab of violating the open source social contract by threatening legal action against a developer who forked the AGPLv3-licensed OrcaSlicer to allow local printing without routing data through Ba…
AI-assisted security scanners, when pointed at the curl project's codebase, were able to automatically demote certain findings by reading and applying curl's own vulnerability disclosure policy. The policy explicitly lis…
On May 11, 2026, a coordinated supply chain attack compromised over 170 npm packages and 2 PyPI packages, totaling 404 malicious versions, targeting major projects including the entire TanStack router ecosystem, Mistral …
The article reports that a second severe Linux vulnerability, named "Dirty Frag," has been disclosed within two weeks, allowing low-privilege users and containers to gain root access. Exploit code was leaked online and i…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to deploy 1,570 iris scanning devices to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) locations nationwide under a no-bid contract with Bi2 Technologies. The system will allow …
Zero data retention (ZDR) policies are essential for teams using large language models (LLMs), as default provider practices often log prompts and outputs for extended periods, creating security and compliance risks. Wit…
Traditional intrusion detection systems (IDS) like Snort rely on specific signatures, which creates a critical gap in coverage for novel or modified attacks during the exposure window before a new rule is written and dep…
The article explains the OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant (device flow), a protocol designed for devices like smart TVs, CLIs, and IoT devices where traditional password entry is impractical. It details a step-by-ste…
Shift from AI pilots to full-scale transformation in the public sector, emphasizing the need for a resilient, scalable, and secure infrastructure. Google Cloud highlights key innovations, including its AI Hypercomputer w…