Category: Security
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LG Bans Smart TV Apps That Turn Your TV Into a Proxy Server
LG announced in July 2026 that it will suspend smart TV apps that turn a customer’s television into an always-on residential proxy…
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GoCaracal Malware Hides Its Backup Server Inside an Ethereum Smart Contract
In short: GoCaracal malware reads a replacement server address from a public Ethereum smart contract, which makes its backup command server hard…
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Why Task-Based OAuth Consent Matters More Now That AI Agents Are Requesting Access
Cloudflare added optional scopes to its OAuth consent flow on August 20, 2026. Instead of an all-or-nothing request, an application developer can…
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100+ Companies Including OpenAI and Anthropic Warn About AI-Enabled Cyberattacks
In short: more than 100 companies signed a letter calling for stronger cyber defense against AI-enabled attacks, but it carries no commitments.…
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A Guilty Plea in the Snowflake Extortions Shows Why MFA Isn’t Optional
In short: the Snowflake extortion campaign worked because a stolen password was enough. None of the affected accounts had MFA, so a…
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An AI Found This File-Server Flaw. Attackers Used It Within a Day
An AI model found a critical Rejetto HFS flaw, attackers exploited it almost immediately. What CVE-2026-61500 means if you run a lightweight…
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Exchange’s CVE-2026-96940 Patch Confusion: What to Actually Check
Most of the small businesses that still run their own Exchange Server, rather than Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, do it for…
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A New KVM Flaw Shows Why VPS Isolation Isn’t Absolute
A new ARM64 KVM vulnerability let guests read and write host memory, so VPS isolation isn’t absolute. What it means if you…
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SSL Certificates Explained: Free vs Paid, What Actually Matters
Free and paid SSL certificates encrypt data identically. Here’s what actually differs, and the new 2026 rules shrinking every certificate’s lifespan. Table…
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The Hidden Security Risk in Your AI Chatbot’s MCP Server
A Trend Micro internet scan in February 2026 found more than 8,000 MCP servers publicly reachable, and 492 of them had zero…
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