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Analysis of 216M Security Findings Shows a 4x Increase In Critical Risk (2026 Report)
The Hacker NewsApr 14, 2026Application Security / DevSecOps OX Security recently analyzed 216 million security findings across 250 organizations over a 90-day period. The primary takeaway:…
Privacy, power, and encryption: why end-to-end security matters
Privacy is not a modern invention; it is part of the human condition of trust, dissent, and intimacy. Every society has developed ways to communicate…
Two North Korean IT Worker Scheme Facilitators Jailed in the US
Two US nationals were jailed this week for their roles in North Korean IT worker schemes that caused millions in damages to US companies. The…
AI SaaS Replacement is the Fire of Fires
Added to my reminders this week: Cancel Zapier Cancel Resend Cancel Figma Cancel Canva Cancel Browserbase Cancel Supabase Recreated all this in my own PAI…
The endless CISO reporting line debate — and what it says about cybersecurity leadership
This argument may have had some relevance 20 years ago, when security functions were primarily responsible for auditing IT operations. But today, it increasingly reflects…
Using Backup Utilities for Data Exfiltration
Background As an MDR provider supporting over 2.7 million endpoints across an extremely diverse customer base, Huntress sees a great deal of both legitimate and…
Critical flaw in Protobuf library enables JavaScript code execution
Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google’s Protocol Buffers. The…
Researcher Uses Claude Opus to Build a Working Chrome Exploit Chain
Amidst the heated debate surrounding Anthropic’s recent announcement of its Mythos and Project Glasswing models, a security researcher has demonstrated the tangible cybersecurity implications of…
OpenAI Extends GPT-5.4-Cyber Access to Trusted Organizations Worldwide
OpenAI has announced the expansion of its “Trusted Access for Cyber” program, granting worldwide security organizations access to its advanced GPT-5.4-Cyber model. The initiative operates…