July 24, 2026
DSA-6399-1 wordpress – security update
Model Context Protocol is going stateless to make scaling simpler
Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural [...]
July 24, 2026
Uncle Sam tells overseas cybercrooks their visas are canceled
Marco Rubio says the US will deny visas to foreign nationals involved in cybercrime and may extend the restrictions to their immediate families. The US [...]
July 24, 2026
Top AIs invent same fake PyPl and npm package names
Enterprise software developers continue to be in danger of falling victim to slopsquatting, where AI coding tools hallucinate the existence of nonexistent [...]
July 24, 2026
The Microsoft agent framework wars are over. The real architecture decision starts now
Over the past year, I had the same conversation with almost every team starting an AI initiative. Should we build on Semantic Kernel, AutoGen or Foundry? [...]
July 24, 2026
How to execute queries in parallel using EF Core
EF Core is Microsoft’s flagship ORM (object-relational mapper), the software layer that allows .NET developers to work with relational databases. The [...]
July 24, 2026
Visual Studio Code 1.130 dresses up Agents window
Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.130, an update to the code editor that brings several improvements to the Agents window, along with [...]
July 24, 2026
Fedora 44 dotnet8.0 Important Threat Fix 2026-9aef53fa96
July 24, 2026
OpenAI-Hugging Face attack doesn’t mean agents are evil – unless you tell them to be
Open AI’s admission this week that its agents escaped the sandbox and autonomously hacked model repository Hugging Face has spawned more apocalyptic [...]
July 23, 2026
Researchers replace downloaded macOS apps with evil twins, Apple shrugs
Apple macOS apps that have been downloaded from the internet and run at least once can be swapped with malicious versions, a pair of researchers say, [...]
July 23, 2026
DSA-6396-1 chromium – security update
July 23, 2026
DSA-6395-1 bind9 – security update
July 23, 2026
DSA-6394-1 firefox-esr – security update
July 23, 2026
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Advisory 8601-1 PAM High Timing Attack
July 23, 2026
New pip flag fixes longstanding Python frustration
A new version of Python’s native package management tool, pip, will remove a limitation that has frustrated Python developers for years. If you wanted to [...]
July 23, 2026
Year-long Russian attacks infect users as soon as they look at an email
Kremlin cyber goons have been breaking into government and commercial networks for at least a year by exploiting a Zimbra bug with a novel twist on [...]
July 23, 2026
Google CEO distracts from Gemini 3.5 Pro delay with talk of Gemini 4 and monthly releases
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to allay concerns over the delayed release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro large language model. He dodged questions about it in [...]
July 23, 2026
Millions of California-bought cars can be hijacked via Bluetooth
At least 2.2 million vehicles fitted with dealer-installed KARR and SWDS security systems are vulnerable to nearby Bluetooth attacks that can unlock doors [...]
July 23, 2026
Linux Logging Strategies for Maximizing Security Visibility
A Linux server can be fully patched, hardened, and compliant, yet still leave investigators unable to explain how an attacker got in. Without reliable [...]
July 23, 2026
Oracle drops 1,449 security patches like it’s the new normal
It’s a bad day to be an Oracle admin: Big Red has just released 1,449 security patches ready to be applied. The patches were released as part of the [...]
July 23, 2026
Mak’s Weekly Security Roundup: Linux Security Updates, Priorities, and Risk
A large volume of Linux security updates and advisories this week across major distributions once again, but it wasn’t just the volume that was the [...]
July 23, 2026
Iran-linked crews are probing more flavors of US industrial kit
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has expanded the scope of its alert on Iranian-affiliated hackers attacking critical [...]
July 23, 2026
One ChatGPT link could smuggle a rogue AI agent into your company
One click on what looked like an ordinary ChatGPT link could plant an attacker-controlled AI agent inside a company’s ChatGPT workspace, according to [...]
July 23, 2026
If you get knocked on the head and get all your devices stolen and have amnesia, Google will let you back in with a selfie
Tired of worrying about how you might recover all the precious data stored in your Google account if you somehow lose your devices and forget your email [...]
July 23, 2026
Preparing for Q-day: Four steps to prepare your hybrid cloud today
The arrival of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer, often referred to as Q-day, is moving from a distant theoretical mathematical challenge to an [...]
July 23, 2026
Swiss train maker tells ransomware crooks to get off at the next stop
Swiss rail manufacturer Stadler Rail says it refused a CHF 10 million ($12.3 million) ransom demand after the Everest ransomware gang compromised one of [...]
July 23, 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 Kernel Critical Security Flaws Vuln 8594-1
July 23, 2026
Fedora 44 Kernel Important Security Fix 2026-2b94d8d05c
July 23, 2026