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05/13/2026

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03/27/2026

‼️Supply Chain Attack Alert: Trusted Security Tools Compromised

A large-scale campaign attributed to TeamPCP has weaponized widely trusted DevSecOps tools - turning security infrastructure itself into an attack vector.

Attackers breached CI/CD pipelines, poisoned releases, and rapidly spread across multiple ecosystems including GitHub Actions, Docker Hub, npm, OpenVSX, and PyPI.

Recommendations:
✅Rotate ALL accessible credentials
✅Audit CI/CD pipelines for compromised components
✅ Pin GitHub Actions to commit SHA (NOT tags)
✅ Hunt for IOCs (C2 domains, rogue Kubernetes pods)
✅ Enforce least privilege across all automation

03/18/2026

‼️Meta has officially announced that it will discontinue End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) for Instagram direct messages (DM) starting May 8, 2026.

⁉️Just imagine, for billions of users worldwide, the foundation of digital safety that once protected their most intimate, private conversations is being abruptly pulled away.

In a surprising pivot that has sent shockwaves throughout the global tech community and digital righ...

03/03/2026

ISRAELIAN INTELLIGENCE ALLEGEDLY BREACHED IRAN’S TRAFFIC CAMERAS FOR SURVEILLANCE

Israel reportedly accessed Tehran’s traffic-camera feeds to support high-precision targeting.

02/25/2026

Hacker used Claude to steal around 150GB of sensitive data from Mexican government agencies tied to 195 million taxpayers.

Researchers say the attacker jailbroke Claude to generate exploit scripts, while OpenAI reported its systems refused similar requests.

02/17/2026

A side project just reshaped the AI landscape.

Peter Steinberger, the mind behind one of the most viral open-source AI projects, is now stepping into OpenAI to work on personal AI agents — while OpenClaw stays independent and open source.

This could signal a new phase in AI: memory-driven, behavior-aware, personalized agents at global scale.

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02/14/2026

The College Board Is Banning Students From Using Smart Glasses During the SATs

Smart glasses are the ultimate cheating tool, and colleges know it.

02/12/2026

GitGuardian Raises $50 Million for Secrets and Non-Human Identity Security

The secrets security company has raised more than $100 million since its creation in 2017.

It features scanning capabilities for code repositories, software supply chains and public sources to detect over 550 types of secrets, alongside monitoring for potential leaks and the use of honeytokens (decoy credentials) as a defensive measure against intruders.

02/12/2026

Outlook add-in goes rogue and steals 4,000 credentials and payment data

Malicious Microsoft Outlook add-in was able to steal 4,000 stolen Microsoft account credentials, credit card numbers, and banking security answers. 

02/10/2026

CRYPTO.COM FOUNDER BUYS AI.COM FOR RECORD $70 MILLION

Kris Marszalek, founder and chief executive officer of the Crypto.com exchange, has acquired the ai.com domain for $70 million, marking the highest publicly disclosed price ever paid for a single website domain name.