As Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues, the GitHub Bug Bounty team is excited to spotlight another top-performing security researcher from the GitHub Security Bug Bounty Program: […]
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Anthropic finds 94 cases where open-source projects drop security controls without warning
Software can expose complex functionality to unauthenticated users even when that functionality is disabled or unnecessary. Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team used Claude to examine 25 […]
How the four Plex CVEs relate: three request flaws and one path to code execution
CVE-2026-96652 is one of four identifiers CISA’s CSAF guidance groups under Plex Media Server. Reading them together explains why a single upgrade fixes a set […]
If Passwords Are Hashed, How Do Hackers Still Crack Them?
Every few months there’s a breach announcement. Some company apologizes, tells users to reset their passwords, and adds, almost reassuringly, that passwords were “stored as […]
Privacy is not a ‘natural’ right — it’s an invention
This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. “It is essential for human flourishing that we conduct substantial parts of […]
Why Deepfakes Are Becoming a Serious Corporate Security Concern
Artificial intelligence has changed how businesses communicate, verify information and make decisions. However, it has also created a new security challenge. Deepfakes can imitate a […]
Thursday links: Prediction markets, agent hackers, quantum risks
This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. “Even when I was little, I was big.” — William Perry The […]
Sam Altman’s World Targets Deepfake Fraud With New Banking Tools
WLD remains nearly 96% below its record high, even as World expands its verification technology into Zoom meetings and financial workplaces. World, the iris-scanning identity […]
Loyalty as a Loss Function: Why Punitive AI Alignment is Breeding the Ultimate Insider Threat
“How do you expect to command people in a combat situation with your ‘loyal’ approach?!” The year was 2007. My commanding officer was screaming at […]
Beam-me-up money – Blockworks
This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. “Money has been reduced to a simulacrum of its former self, a […]