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Cybersecurity
Ethical hacking, penetration testing, network security, CTFs and defensive security
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Security Basics
beginner
Fix OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
AI Security
intermediate
Identify and patch prompt injection vulnerabilities
Network Security
intermediate
Configure a firewall with proper inbound/outbound rules
Ethical Hacking & Pen Testing
intermediate
Conduct a full pen test with Kali Linux
Cloud Security
intermediate
Implement IAM least-privilege policies on AWS/GCP
Incident Response
intermediate
Build an incident response playbook
Security Compliance
intermediate
Map controls for SOC 2 Type II compliance
Defensive AI
advanced
Build an AI-powered log anomaly detector
ZDNet
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15h ago
Apple rushed to squash 29 bugs because AI is supercharging hackers - update ASAP
Software updates are rolling out now for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, bringing fixes that weren't supposed to arrive so soon. Here's why.

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19h ago
Apple says it is shipping security updates early as AI speeds up hacking
For years Apple released most of its security fixes the way it releases everything else, on a schedule, bundled into the next big version of iOS and delivered w

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1d ago
Iran’s cyberattacks on Israel tripled in a year, Israeli cyber chief says
Israel logged roughly 4,800 hostile cyber incidents in June 2026, up from about 1,600 a year earlier, the head of its National Cyber Directorate told a German n

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3d ago
FBI says Russian intelligence hackers have a new trick for reading your Signal messages, and it works even after you change phones
The FBI and CISA have warned that Russian intelligence hackers are now targeting Signal users’ backup recovery keys, an escalation of a phishing campaign that h

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4d ago
A single config file in a cloned repository could steal your AWS credentials through Amazon Q Developer
A high-severity flaw in Amazon Q Developer allowed a malicious code repository to silently execute commands on a developer’s machine and steal their AWS credent
The Register
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4d ago
Miasma campaign poisons 20-plus npm packages, hunts for developer secrets
Microsoft says latest attack targets Leo Platform and RStreams packages, harvesting creds and going after more maintainers
ZDNet
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1w ago
The 10-step phone security tune-up you should run every year - and why
Don't let the most essential device in your life become a liability. Our one-hour wellness check will keep your phone secure for another year.

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1w ago
Meta pauses its employee mouse-tracking program over data-security fears
The Model Capability Initiative, which logs mouse movements and keystrokes to train Meta’s AI, is on hold after sensitive staff data was left accessible to the
The Register
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1w ago
Sniff out stale AI override advice with this open source CLI
Package dependencies can create vulnerabilities that are fiendishly hard to find and stamp out
TechCrunch AI
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1w ago
OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open-source bugs
OpenAI is attempting to tackle the security issues of the open source software community.

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1w ago
Cloudflare teams up with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on a privacy-first anti-bot protocol
Cloudflare has announced a joint initiative with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge to develop a new internet protocol that verifies whether web
Wired AI
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1w ago
Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak
The move comes after the company left potentially sensitive data from the initiative exposed internally.

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1w ago
Hackers are mass-exploiting a Gravity SMTP flaw to steal API keys from 100,000 WordPress sites
Attackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin that exposes API keys, OAuth tokens, and detailed system configuration da

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1w ago
ShinyHunters published 45GB of Madison Square Garden data, including facial recognition surveillance records
The cybercrime group ShinyHunters has published 45 gigabytes of data stolen from Madison Square Garden Entertainment after the company missed a June 15 ransom d
TechCrunch AI
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1w ago
Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why cyber export control doesn’t work
For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cyb

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1w ago
Leaked licences show Bulgaria greenlit surveillance exports to governments accused of repression
Bulgaria’s export control authority licensed a Sofia-based surveillance firm to sell phone-tracking tools, interception systems, and monitoring infrastructure t
ZDNet
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1w ago
10 signs that someone is monitoring or accessing your accounts - how to stop them
Learn how to spot the signs of account monitoring and compromise - and take back control.

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1w ago
EU cybersecurity agency to meet Anthropic under a US export cloud
The European Union’s cybersecurity agency was due to meet Anthropic on Thursday, the European Commission confirmed, a meeting arranged before Washington made it

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1w ago
A startup that builds offensive cyber weapons just became a $1bn unicorn
Most cybersecurity startups sell shields. Twenty sells the sword, and investors just valued that at $1bn. The company, which describes itself as America’s first

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1w ago
Interpol reports a sharp rise in cybercrime and scams across Asia
The figure that reframes the problem is a share, not a sum. In more than half the countries Interpol surveyed for its latest Asia and South Pacific cyber-threat
ZDNet
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1w ago
Malicious apps got into the Arch User Repository - how to protect yourself
For the second time in a week, the AUR was found to contain malicious applications. What can Arch Linux users do about this?

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2w ago
A new Android trojan called Rokarolla targets 217 banking apps and can steal your PIN, SMS codes, and crypto wallet funds
Security researchers at Zimperium’s zLabs have documented a new Android banking trojan that targets 217 banking and cryptocurrency applications and carries 137
ZDNet
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2w ago
How to prevent your Android phone keyboard from tracking you: 2 options
Your Android keyboard may be collecting more than you realize. Here are two ways to take back your privacy, but I only trust one.

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2w ago
A built-in Google Workspace feature became a Chinese espionage group’s favourite exfiltration tool
A China-linked espionage group spent more than a year inside North American medical, academic, and military research networks, stealing sensitive data and defen

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2w ago
100 cybersecurity experts say banning Fable 5 hurts defenders more than hackers
Three days after the US government ordered Anthropic to shut down Fable 5 and Mythos 5, roughly 100 of the world’s most prominent cybersecurity professionals ha

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2w ago
Your Ryzen CPU used to encrypt your RAM. A firmware update silently turned that off.
AMD has silently disabled a security feature on its consumer Ryzen processors that protected users against physical attacks on their computer’s memory. The feat

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2w ago
A single click on a Microsoft link could have drained your inbox. Here’s how SearchLeak worked.
Security researchers at Varonis Threat Labs have disclosed a vulnerability chain in Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search that could have let an attacker stea

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2w ago
The scam economy is now bigger than Denmark’s GDP, and it is accelerating
Global financial fraud cost victims an estimated $442 billion in 2025, roughly equivalent to the economic output of Denmark, according to Interpol’s 2026 Global

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2w ago
The FBI built a fake town to train agents for cyberattacks. It has a hospital, a power company, and 200 servers.
The FBI has revealed a 22,000 square-foot replica town on its Huntsville, Alabama, campus built to train law enforcement in simulating and investigating real-wo

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2w ago
Google sues suspected Chinese cybercrime ring that used Gemini to build scam websites
Google has filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation it calls the Outsider Enterprise, alleging the group sent more than 2.5 million frau
The Register
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2w ago
ShinyHunters claims it hacked 100 orgs by exploiting an Oracle PeopleSoft 0-day
University of Nottingham is first of many, Shiny tells The Reg

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2w ago
South Korea hits Coupang with record $409 million fine over massive data breach
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has slapped e-commerce giant Coupang with a record-breaking 624.7 billion won ($409 million) fine, the largest data breach penalt

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3w ago
The US wants NATO allies to spend their new defence budgets ripping out Huawei
The US has found a new use for Europe’s swelling defence budgets: tearing out Huawei. Whether its allies are listening is another matter. The State Department’s
The Verge
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3w ago
Hackers likely hijacked over 20,000 Instagram accounts with Meta’s AI chatbot
Hackers likely took over 20,225 Instagram accounts using Meta's AI support chatbot, the company confirmed in a notice filed with the state of Maine. In the noti

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3w ago
FIFA World Cup 2026 is a cybercriminal’s dream, and the scams are already live
The most oversubscribed sporting event in history is also the most phished. With more than 150 million ticket requests in the first 15 days and just six million
The Register
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3w ago
Council in UK's City of York outs hundreds of disabled residents with a single email blunder
Blue Badge holders exposed to each other after BCC function proves too complex

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3w ago
Europe wants to make sure no one has a kill switch over its technology
When the Trump administration sanctioned the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor earlier this year, Microsoft cancelled his email account. The inciden
The Register
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4w ago
Russian spy agency says foreign spies turned officials' smartphones into surveillance devices
FSB claims large-scale snoop op compromised phones of senior officials, but gives no technical evidence to back allegations

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4w ago
Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by asking Meta’s own AI chatbot to reset the password
Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts over the weekend by tricking Meta’s own AI-powered support chatbot into granting them access. The attack required no access

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4w ago
A WordPress plugin sold to 15,000 sites has a flaw that lets anyone create an admin account, and attackers are already using it
A critical vulnerability in WP Maps Pro, a commercial WordPress plugin with more than 15,000 sales on the Envato Market, is being actively exploited by attacker
ZDNet
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4w ago
Chrome now protects you from hackers who steal browser cookies - how it works
A new security feature in Chrome will thwart attackers who try to impersonate you by using your stolen browser cookies on their own devices.
ZDNet
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1mo ago
Quantum computing looms, and your security is nowhere near ready
Quantum is coming soon to an enterprise near you. But that shift brings significant security concerns.
ZDNet
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1mo ago
Open-source security is a mess - IBM and Red Hat bet $5 billion and 20,000 engineers can fix it
Project Lightwell is an AI‑powered initiative to find and fix vulnerabilities in open-source software at an industrial scale. Here's what we know so far.
ZDNet
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1mo ago
ExpressVPN blows away the competition on security audits - but what do they mean?
Ever wonder what a VPN audit is or why they're always announced to the public? Here's why.
ZDNet
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1mo ago
Perplexity launches Bumblebee: How its new read-only dev scanner differs from Chainguard
The AI company's Bumblebee tool tackles your most urgent question after any supply‑chain advisory: Do your programmers have this malware installed?

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1mo ago
Dutch police seized 800 servers used by Russian hackers to attack Europe
Dutch financial crime investigators have seized 800 servers and arrested two men in a crackdown on hosting companies that provided infrastructure for Russian st
ZDNet
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1mo ago
Why I use wireless security cameras at home versus a wired system - after years of testing
After using multiple security cameras over the years, I've found the best arrangement for my home - but that doesn't make it right for everyone.
ZDNet
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1mo ago
Rust will save Linux from AI, says Greg Kroah-Hartman
Now that doesn't mean Linux stable kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman thinks Rust is magic.
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