Cybersecurity News

In May 2026, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) published a 15-page cybersecurity notice outlining minimum security requirements for production deployments of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), including cryptographi…

The article describes how RepoSignal, a static analysis tool, scanned the highly scrutinized React repository and returned 20 findings (16 high severity, 4 medium severity) within 24 seconds. It explains that automated s…

The article argues that JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) are an overused and flawed authentication method for most applications, creating more problems than they solve. The author contends that JWTs' primary benefit—stateless auth…

SecureScan is a privacy-focused web tool that converts text and images into QR codes with a strict 120-second expiration, using Supabase's cryptographic Pre-Signed URLs for access control and a Node.js cron job to automa…

The article explains that CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is a browser mechanism that relaxes the same-origin policy, which by default blocks JavaScript on one origin from reading data from another origin. The brows…

The article outlines five common reasons for SSH connection failures to an EC2 instance, including incorrect key file paths, wrong default usernames for different AMIs, unprotected private key files, missing inbound SSH …

CyberArena is an interactive cybersecurity simulation and threat analysis platform built with Python, Flask, SQLite, Docker, and other web technologies. It features AI-based threat analysis, phishing simulation, encrypti…

The article explains that automated security gates in GitHub Actions are essential for catching code vulnerabilities before production, as human memory and energy are unreliable under shipping pressure. It describes how …

This article is a walkthrough for the "Battery" lab on TryHackMe, a medium-difficulty challenge requiring the capture of three flags (flag1.txt, flag2.txt, root.txt). The author details using Nmap to discover open ports …

Supply chain attacks on the npm ecosystem have become a primary method for compromising production systems, with attackers hiding malicious code inside trusted packages. The article provides concrete steps for Node.js te…

According to Russian and Ukrainian authorities, Ukrainian strikes overnight on Saturday targeted several energy and industrial sites deep inside Russia, including the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk and the Metaf…

Oura, a health wearable company valued at over $11 billion, has confirmed that it receives government requests for user data but has refused to disclose how many requests it gets or how often it complies. The company sto…

Oura, a health wearable company valued at over $11 billion, has confirmed it receives government requests for user data but refuses to disclose how many requests it gets or how often it complies. The company stores sensi…

At Google I/O 2026, the most significant but overlooked update was the introduction of native, ephemeral, and air-gapped Linux sandboxes directly integrated into Google's SDK, solving the critical security challenge of u…

The article titled "Wallet dump" describes a file containing hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may appear differently than intended when interpreted or compiled. It advises users to review the file in an editor t…

The article describes the author's personal experiences with cyber attacks, including a 2011 WordPress site defacement at the University of Ghana and a later database sabotage of their SMS platform, ScryBaSMS. These inci…

This article summarizes a writeup for Intigriti Challenge 0526, a cross-site scripting (XSS) challenge on a community feed website. The author discovered an injection point in the user name field, but a server-side filte…

Business logic flaws are vulnerabilities that arise when an application trusts its own workflow too much, allowing attackers to skip, repeat, or reorder steps to achieve unintended outcomes without exploiting traditional…

This article describes a solution for securely managing application secrets when using Kamal for deployment. The author explains how to store secrets in AWS Secrets Manager as a single JSON blob and retrieve them using P…

Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is transitioning from research to practical implementation in embedded and IoT systems, affecting secure boot, TLS, OTA updates, and firmware signing. NIST has finalized initial PQC standa…