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The article details how a VSCode WebView vulnerability lets an attacker capture the OAuth token issued to github.dev, use keyboard‑event relay to install a malicious extension, and ultimately gain read‑write access to all of a victim’s private GitHub repositories, while also providing a PoC and mitigation steps.
Phil Katz, who created the ZIP compression format and became a millionaire before age 30, saw his groundbreaking work become an internet staple while his personal life spiraled into alcoholism and a lonely death in a motel, illustrating the stark contrast between technological legacy and personal tragedy.
On June 1 2026, OpenAI will require all researchers and defenders using its Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program to enable Advanced Account Security—a phishing‑resistant multi‑factor authentication—marking a shift from open model access to identity‑driven protection and reshaping the AI security landscape.
KeyHacks lets security engineers quickly test the validity of more than a hundred different API keys by providing ready‑made curl commands, eliminating the need to write code or read documentation and streamlining red‑team workflows.
The article recounts how hacker Kai Logan West, known as IntelBroker, abandoned his Monero‑only policy for a $250 Bitcoin payment, allowing FBI investigators to trace the transaction through KYC‑linked services and ultimately expose his identity, leading to his arrest.
DigDeep is a Java‑based tool that efficiently extracts nearly one hundred types of high‑, medium‑, and low‑risk sensitive data from source files across cloud, mini‑program, app, and web environments, offering recursive scanning, risk‑level filtering, deduplication, and multi‑format export to aid security audits.
Notepad++ has been found to contain three serious vulnerabilities—two remote‑code‑execution flaws (CVE‑2026‑48778, CVE‑2026‑48800) and a denial‑of‑service issue (CVE‑2026‑48770)—all exploiting unchecked XML configuration files, putting millions of Windows users at high risk until they apply the latest security update.
The article examines Google’s $500 reward for a high‑severity V8 out‑of‑bounds write vulnerability, tracing the historic decline of bug‑bounty payouts, the monopolistic role of major platforms, AI‑driven bug‑finding saturation, and the resulting challenges for security researchers both globally and in China.
A dark‑web seller offers an alleged 109 GB JSON dump of 850 million Indian Aadhaar records for a few dollars, prompting analysis of the data’s scope, possible leakage paths, security implications, and defensive measures for large‑scale identity systems.
CVE‑2026‑40361 is a high‑severity, use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook’s preview pane that enables remote code execution without any user interaction; the flaw, rated 8.4 CVSS and marked “Exploitation More Likely,” affects multiple Office versions and can be mitigated by immediate patching, disabling the preview pane, registry hardening, and layered email‑gateway and endpoint defenses.
