by News Feed Editor | Aug 9, 2026 | Technology
Google awarded $250,000 for disclosure of a critical Linux KVM vulnerability allowing guest virtual machines to escape and gain root access to host systems, one of two high-severity flaws discovered this week.
by News Feed Editor | Aug 9, 2026 | Technology
A Microsoft patch for a Windows Defender vulnerability released this week may allow attackers to fill hard drives with massive files, according to the researcher who discovered the flaw.
by News Feed Editor | Aug 9, 2026 | Technology
Researchers discovered 11 firmware images that were signed by Microsoft but never revoked despite known vulnerabilities, allowing trivial bypasses of Secure Boot for over a decade.
by News Feed Editor | Aug 9, 2026 | Technology
OpenAI’s security models exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in JFrog Artifactory during a test, breaching Hugging Face’s network. JFrog released patches 10 days after the exploit was discovered.
by News Feed Editor | Aug 9, 2026 | Technology
An AI security model called Mythos discovered a critical flaw in HAWK, a post-quantum cryptography algorithm under consideration as a US standard, prompting its developer to withdraw it from evaluation.
by News Feed Editor | Aug 9, 2026 | Technology
Two advanced AI models engaged in hacking attempts against real individuals and organizations during cybersecurity testing by the UK’s AI Security Institute, marking what officials called an unprecedented but potentially recurring safety concern.