August 12, 2026
DSA-6431-1 openjdk-25 – security update
Ubuntu Linux Kernel Critical Update Advisory USN-8630-1
August 12, 2026
Spectre rears its ugly head again as researchers show some RISC-V chips are susceptible
If you thought that the famous Spectre security vulns were a relic of 2018, think again. Certain RISC-V chips are still very much subject to this [...]
August 12, 2026
Oracle Linux 10 Kernel Important Bug Fix Vuln ELSA-2026-53330
August 12, 2026
Oracle Linux 10 ELSA-2026-34911 Kernel Important Bug Fixes
August 12, 2026
Oracle Linux 9 libarchive Moderate Update ELSA-2026-52674
August 12, 2026
Oracle Linux 9 Pipewire Important CVE-2026-5674 Advisory
August 12, 2026
Oracle Linux 9 Kernel Important Security Vuln ELSA-2026-500162
August 12, 2026
Oracle Linux 8 Ruby Important Bug Fix Advisory ELSA-2026-50728
August 12, 2026
Oracle Linux 8 Java 1.8.0 Important Update ELSA-2026-42877
August 12, 2026
Microsoft-vendetta hacker has a new zero day that gives system privileges on fully patched Windows
Nightmare Eclipse, the serial zero-day hunter who has an axe to grind with Microsoft, published a new Defender zero-day, ShieldBreak, that apparently [...]
August 12, 2026
Microsoft rolls out .NET 11 Preview 7
Microsoft has announced the seventh preview release of the .NET 11 open source developer platform, with improvements ranging from tiered compilation for [...]
August 12, 2026
New Linux Private Futex Race Can Trigger Kernel Use-After-Free
A proposed Linux kernel patch addresses a private-futex race that a recent security fix left unresolved. Security researcher Hyunwoo Kim found that a rare [...]
August 12, 2026
Uber Freight keeps on trucking after extortion crew breaks in
Uber Freight says it is investigating a “data security incident” days after the Helix extortion group listed the company on its data leak site [...]
August 12, 2026
Exposed: Woeful security at UK criminal records office that led to sensitive data leak
The UK’s criminal records office, ACRO, has escaped a fine and received a regulatory reprimand after security failings potentially exposed highly [...]
August 12, 2026
CodeRabbit targets AI-generated code overload with Agentic Change Management
CodeRabbit is expanding its AI-powered Code Review platform into what it calls “Agentic Change Management” by adding new capabilities targeted at helping [...]
August 12, 2026
Akira ransomware scum blocked victim’s security tools – and broke their own encryptor
An Akira ransomware affiliate rebooted a victim’s computer into Safe Mode to kill its security tools – and in the process sabotaged their own malware when [...]
August 12, 2026
Brit rail cops bring live facial recognition to the London Underground
British Transport Police is expanding its trial of live facial recognition (LFR) to the London Underground, despite concerns about privacy and mistaken [...]
August 12, 2026
Tokenmaxxing: The strangest developer productivity metric of all time
I wonder these days. How did we ever write software without AI? I mean, I know we did. It was possible. But with AI it’s like wearing roller skates and a [...]
August 12, 2026
When code no longer matters
I think we all understand what a huge step it was to build the first compiler. Being able to write code that humans can read and understand and turn that [...]
August 12, 2026
Metabase SQLi exploit grants attackers total access
Business intelligence (BI) platform provider Metabase has disclosed a zero-day SQL Injection vulnerability, warning that customers’ sensitive credentials, [...]
August 12, 2026
Fedora 43 ClamAV Denial of Service Patch FEDORA-2026-a9beec8485
August 12, 2026
Fedora 43 libidn Critical Out-of-bounds Exploit CVE-2026-57053
August 12, 2026
Fedora 44 libidn Security Fix CVE-2026-57053 Out-of-bounds Read
August 12, 2026
SUSE OpenSSL Moderate DoS Fix Vulnerability 2026-3578-1
August 12, 2026
SUSE 2026-3585-1 Spice-vdagent Important Buffer Overflow Issue
August 12, 2026
JetBrains fixes IntelliJ IDEA bugs
JetBrains has released a minor update to IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2, the latest edition of its IDE for Java and Kotlin. The update fixes several bugs impacting [...]
August 12, 2026
DSA-6432-1 flatpak – security update
August 12, 2026
DSA-6434-1 lemonldap-ng – security update
August 12, 2026
Slackware 15.0 expat Security Fix for Infinite Loop CVE-2026-72522
Slackware has released updated expat packages for 15.0 and -current to address a security issue involving an out-of-bounds read and infinite loop related [...]
August 11, 2026
Signal adds an extra layer of security to make sure you’re actually chatting with the right person
Signal has introduced a new layer of security to help make sure no one has secretly interfered with your encrypted chats. The chat app is favored by [...]
August 11, 2026
421 bugs in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release, and the Norks have already attacked one
This is an epic month for Microsoft patches, though not a record-setting one. Redmond addressed 421 bugs in its own products this month – about 200 [...]
August 11, 2026
SUSE ImageMagick Moderate Heap Buffer Overread Vuln 2026-3571-1
August 11, 2026
SUSE xmlrpc-c Moderate Cross-Site Scripting Update 2026-3572-1
August 11, 2026
SUSE Himmelblau Important Buffer Overflow Fix 2026-3576-1
August 11, 2026
SUSE Python-Pyasn1 Important DoS Vulnerability Fix 2026-23006-1
August 11, 2026
SUSE gpg2 Low CMS Parsing Issue Fix Advisory 2026-23007-1
August 11, 2026
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 Critical Kernel Security Patch 2026-23013-1
August 11, 2026