Three Recent Chrome Releases Fix 1,442 Flaws, More Than Prior 23 Updates Combined
Ravie LakshmananJul 31, 2026Vulnerability / Browser Security Google on Thursday announced that it fixed a whopping 1,072 security bugs in...
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GitHub Adds 3-Day Dependabot Cooldown to Limit Poisoned Package Adoption
Ravie LakshmananJul 27, 2026Software Supply Chain / DevSecOps GitHub has announced a new cooldown mechanism in Dependabot, allowing the tool...
Google Adds Selfie Video Recovery for Users Locked Out of Their Accounts
Ravie LakshmananJul 23, 2026Authentication / Data Protection Google on Thursday announced a new way for users to sign-in to their...
Google Launches Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber AI to Find and Fix Software Vulnerabilities
Ravie LakshmananJul 21, 2026Software Security / Artificial Intelligence Google's DeepMind on Tuesday announced the release of Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber,...
npm 12 Disables Install Scripts by Default to Reduce Supply Chain Risk
Ravie LakshmananJul 09, 2026Supply Chain Security / DevSecOps GitHub has officially announced the release of npm version 12 with install...
Summer of Clearinghouses
Everyone seems to have announced a clearinghouse over the past few weeks. We did too. Ours is called Athena, and...
Meta’s New AI Image Tool Lets Others Use Your Public Instagram Photos in AI Images
Meta has announced that its new artificial intelligence (AI) model Muse Image lets people use public Instagram posts and reels...
WhatsApp is Finally Getting Usernames to Help Keep Phone Numbers Private
Ravie LakshmananJun 29, 2026Privacy / Social Media WhatsApp on Monday officially announced the start of global reservations of usernames with...
DoJ Seizes Huione Cloud Account Tied to Cyber Scam Money Laundering
Ravie LakshmananJun 24, 2026Money Laundering / Cybercrime The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the seizure of a...
VS Code Adds 2-Hour Extension Auto-Update Delay to Limit Supply Chain Attacks
Ravie LakshmananJun 08, 2026Software Supply Chain / Malware Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio Code (VS Code) will apply a...
DoJ Disrupts Southeast Asia Crypto Fraud Networks, Freezes $3.8 Million in Assets
Ravie LakshmananJun 04, 2026Cryptocurrency / Law Enforcement The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the results of a...
Dutch Authorities Dismantle Botnet Linked to 17 Million Infected Devices
Ravie LakshmananMay 31, 2026IoT Security / Network Security Dutch authorities have announced the takedown of a botnet that enslaved millions...
‘CI Fortify’ Is the New Road Map for State and Local Resilience
This past week the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the release of its CI Fortify project, aiming to...
First VPN Dismantled in Global Takedown Over Use by 25 Ransomware Groups
Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network (VPN) service used by...
