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Firefox 152 Adds Tab Mute Shortcut and JPEG XL

Firefox 152 arrives after an unusually busy month for its predecessor. Firefox 151 received no fewer than four minor patches in quick succession, and this new release focuses on making the browser more convenient...

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OptinMonster Supply Chain Attack Hits 1.2M Sites

Popular WordPress plugins have found themselves at the center of a supply chain attack, where the products themselves were not compromised directly. Instead, attackers targeted the infrastructure responsible for distributing them. Three plugins from...

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Payroll Pirate Hijacks Sessions to Steal Paychecks

Payroll systems rarely attract attention until a single edited bank detail quietly turns a routine paycheck into a direct transfer to criminals. Researchers at BushidoToken Threat Intel have detailed a new financially motivated campaign...

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CVE-2026-46316: KVM arm64 Guest Escapes to Host

Security researcher Hyeonwoo Kim has disclosed a vulnerability named ITScape that disrupted behavior within KVM on arm64 and allowed a guest virtual machine to break out onto its host system. Critical Severity in the...

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AMD Denied $10K Bounty After CVE-2026-40677 Fix

Sometimes finding a vulnerability proves far easier than extracting an honest response from the vendor. That is precisely the experience of security researcher MrBruh, who uncovered a serious flaw in AMD software and ultimately...

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152 Chrome Wallpaper Extensions Hid Ad Tracking

Live wallpaper extensions may look like a harmless way to refresh a browser’s appearance, but researchers recently uncovered 152 potentially dangerous extensions lurking in the Chrome Web Store. Disguised as live wallpapers, these add-ons...

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Anthropic Mythos Restrictions: White House AI Security Concerns

Access to preeminent artificial intelligence models is increasingly perceived as a critical matter of national security. Furthermore, this trend reflects intensifying global technological rivalries. According to an exclusive report published by Semafor, the White...

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GreatXML BitLocker Bypass: Windows Defender & WinRE Exploit

Full-disk encryption safeguards data only until the recovery environment emerges as a catastrophic weak link. Recently, the infamous cybersecurity researcher, Nightmare Eclipse, unveiled a novel Windows vulnerability. They dubbed this flaw GreatXML. Specifically, this...