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AI Could Multiply Software Vulnerabilities Twentyfold, Globally
SocialMay 10, 2026

AI Could Multiply Software Vulnerabilities Twentyfold, Globally

What we can see is only a fraction of what exists. Jay Chaudhry has been in cybersecurity for over 30 years. In a recent CRN interview, the @zscaler CEO said he's never seen anxiety in the field like this. He's staring...

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Beware: Impersonator Sending Scam Emails, Not on Instagram
SocialMay 10, 2026

Beware: Impersonator Sending Scam Emails, Not on Instagram

PSA: There’s an impersonator pretending to be me sending out scam emails about some trading system. Please disregard emails like that. Same for scams on Instagram and such. I’m not on Instagram. (sigh)

By Lynn Alden
Never Trust Unknown Calls: My Hubris Cost Everything
SocialMay 10, 2026

Never Trust Unknown Calls: My Hubris Cost Everything

“I still love you even though you are a dummy,” Maryam told me as she gave me a needed hug this morning after I wished her happy Mother’s Day. Yesterday’s social hack wherei basically gave a caller access to everything...

By Robert Scoble
Claude Extension Flaw Lets Other Add‑ons Hijack It
SocialMay 10, 2026

Claude Extension Flaw Lets Other Add‑ons Hijack It

This was one of the first things I thought could happen when reading about Claude's chrome extension -> ClaudeBleed: A Flaw In Claude’s Browser Extension Allows Any Extension to Hijack It I believe this is partially patched now, but underscores...

By Glenn Gabe
AI Responsible for 40% of 2025 Breaches, to Dominate 2026
SocialMay 10, 2026

AI Responsible for 40% of 2025 Breaches, to Dominate 2026

Ah, AI... -> Experian says 40% of the 5,000 data breaches it serviced in 2025 were AI-powered, and predicts agentic AI will be the leading cause of data breaches in 2026 https://t.co/huKoCEldFh

By Glenn Gabe
Secure AWS Keys with MFA, IP Restrictions, Least Privilege
SocialMay 10, 2026

Secure AWS Keys with MFA, IP Restrictions, Least Privilege

Do you add MFA and/or IP address restrictions to AWS Developer access key IAM user policies and trust policies ~ or both? Also create policies that only give necessary permissions. Even with short lived tokens there is a period of time...

By Teri Radichel
Cellular Is Secure, Wi‑Fi Isn’t—Add NordVPN
SocialMay 10, 2026

Cellular Is Secure, Wi‑Fi Isn’t—Add NordVPN

Your Android phone uses a secure connection when you're on cellular, but on Wi-Fi? Nope. That's why a VPN is such a win. Here's how to add @NordVPN to your own Android device with just a few clicks... https://t.co/kN7arxgmEY #android...

By Dave Taylor
Ad Trackers Shared State Health Insurance Data with Social Media
SocialMay 9, 2026

Ad Trackers Shared State Health Insurance Data with Social Media

Social Media Sites Got Information from Ad Trackers on US State Health Insurance Sites https://t.co/H2b2XTF5jg

By Eric Vanderburg
Never Trust Cloud Defaults—Review Settings First
SocialMay 9, 2026

Never Trust Cloud Defaults—Review Settings First

Working in cloud taught me that defaults are dangerous. ☁️ Default security groups are too open ☁️ Default instance sizes cost more than you need ☁️ Default retention policies keep too much or too little Always know what you're accepting when you accept a...

By DevOps Girl
Ghost Participants Won’t Crack Encrypted Group Chats
SocialMay 9, 2026

Ghost Participants Won’t Crack Encrypted Group Chats

“Ghost participants” have been floating around for years as a way to break encrypted messaging. The idea is to add invisible extra people (the police, essentially) to group chats. It’s a dumb idea, and let me explain why.

By Matthew Green
Asia’s Top Travel Apps Are Massive Data Hoarders
SocialMay 9, 2026

Asia’s Top Travel Apps Are Massive Data Hoarders

Surfshark’s latest research reveals that the most popular travel apps in Asia are real data hoarders https://t.co/GE2selYbtX

By TechRadar
April 2026 Sees $635M Lost in Crypto Breaches
SocialMay 9, 2026

April 2026 Sees $635M Lost in Crypto Breaches

JUST IN: Crypto security breaches totaled over $635 million across 28 incidents in April 2026, the worst month for crypto exploits this year.

By David Gokhshtein
Upgrade Telegram's Weak Defaults: Essential Privacy Settings
SocialMay 9, 2026

Upgrade Telegram's Weak Defaults: Essential Privacy Settings

Whether you're an old hand or just jumping into Telegram, it's important to set up your privacy and security settings, because the defaults just ain't that good. Here's what to update: https://t.co/hFFAXUo8ox #telegram #privacy #security @telegram https://t.co/5M0G6Y3SDx

By Dave Taylor
AI Detects Vishing Calls in Seconds, Real‑Time
SocialMay 8, 2026

AI Detects Vishing Calls in Seconds, Real‑Time

Just finished tidying up Vishing analysis within NightBeacon AI for @Binary_Defense. Can upload voice recording, or tie into audio systems to do real-time vishing analysis, understands tonality - urgency - phishing campaigns realtime. 11 minute call took 4.3 seconds to analyze...

By Dave Kennedy
Incident Escalates: Massive Breach Looms Before Data Leak
SocialMay 8, 2026

Incident Escalates: Massive Breach Looms Before Data Leak

This is just going from bad to worse. The scale of this incident is massive, and that’s *before* any data has leaked.

By Troy Hunt
AI Threats Rise; Defenders Must Adopt Guardrails
SocialMay 8, 2026

AI Threats Rise; Defenders Must Adopt Guardrails

AI is changing cybersecurity on both sides. Attackers are using it—and defenders must too. CTG shares how to build the right guardrails. 🔗 https://t.co/mbvrjTVwVw @CTGinc #HIMSS26 #HITSM

By Colin Hung
Effective Bug Bounties and Triage Prevent IDOR Breaches
SocialMay 8, 2026

Effective Bug Bounties and Triage Prevent IDOR Breaches

I’m reading about the Canvas breach which runs infrastructure on AWS: Canvas login portals hacked in mass ShinyHunters extortion campaigns. The details are light but from what I can gather they may have used IDOR/BOLA to bypass trust boundary between free...

By Teri Radichel
Environment Variables Aren't Secure; Switch to a Secrets Manager
SocialMay 8, 2026

Environment Variables Aren't Secure; Switch to a Secrets Manager

Environment variables are not a secret management strategy. • They leak into logs • They end up in version control • They get copy-pasted into Slack Use a secrets manager. ✨ Please ✨

By DevOps Girl
Seeking Metrics to Predict Impending Vulnerability Apocalypse
SocialMay 8, 2026

Seeking Metrics to Predict Impending Vulnerability Apocalypse

OK, humans, I plan to vibe code an app to predict the coming of vuln apocalypse, like when do we know it is here. Growth in KEVs? Lowering of VRP numbers? More vulns in general? What else to track? ...

By Dr. Anton Chuvakin
Manual Updates Reveal Outdated Security Practices
SocialMay 8, 2026

Manual Updates Reveal Outdated Security Practices

"If your security strategy relies on a sysadmin logging into a server to run apt-get upgrade on a Tuesday morning, you aren't running a modern security program; you’re running a historical reenactment society." #overheard

By Dr. Anton Chuvakin
Canvas Breach Exposes Private Faculty‑student Disclosures
SocialMay 8, 2026

Canvas Breach Exposes Private Faculty‑student Disclosures

When they say “personal messages between faculty and students may be leaked” due to this breach, that sadly includes sensitive messages including medical situations, accessibility needs, and sexual assault allegations reported to the educator on Canvas 😞 https://t.co/mMGMtJC8mU

By Rachel Tobac
Researcher’s Linux Vulnerability Disclosed Before Patch Available
SocialMay 8, 2026

Researcher’s Linux Vulnerability Disclosed Before Patch Available

A researcher shared their findings with Linux distro maintainers, but leaked before a patch was built. https://t.co/UMfIxI2WpM

By TechRadar
Secure Your Flanks: CISO Strategies During Upgrades
SocialMay 8, 2026

Secure Your Flanks: CISO Strategies During Upgrades

#TimTalk - How can CISOs protect their “flanks” when they are most vulnerable during a security upgrade for example? with Zach Lewis https://t.co/pKVV0x2VFb via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #CyberSecurity #CyberSec #Ransomware #LockBit #LockBitRansomware #CyberAttack #DataBreach #Malware

By Tim Hughes
NightBeacon Delivers Faster Detection for Today and Tomorrow
SocialMay 8, 2026

NightBeacon Delivers Faster Detection for Today and Tomorrow

This is real world stuff we are doing at #BinaryDefense. I've worked on NightBeacon for 12 months of my life, barely sleeping - to bring something to the industry that changes faster response times, faster detections - it's needed now, but...

By Dave Kennedy
Ensuring Backups Prevent Patch‑induced Data Loss
SocialMay 8, 2026

Ensuring Backups Prevent Patch‑induced Data Loss

Shoring up user data protections to prevent any future updates from nuking plasmid collections or other user input data. Backups and copies of everything. Hardened, sanitized, and secure. My nightmare scenario is for a user to tell me latest patch...

By Sebastian Cocioba
Exec Ordered to Pay $10M for Selling Exploits to Russia
SocialMay 8, 2026

Exec Ordered to Pay $10M for Selling Exploits to Russia

Trenchant exec, Peter Williams, who stole zero day exploits from his employer and sold them to a Russian buyer (known to sell exploits to the Russian government) has been ordered to pay $10 million in restitution to his former employer...

By Kim Zetter
CIOs Must Prioritize Plugin Security Over AI Hype
SocialMay 8, 2026

CIOs Must Prioritize Plugin Security Over AI Hype

A personal agent is only as safe as its plugins. In the wild, we're already seeing extensions act as conduits for malware. CIOs: It’s time to move from "opportunity" to "risk mitigation." 📉 https://t.co/5poCN8at4u #CIO #AI #Cybersecurity #RiskManagement #InfoSec

By Tim Crawford
Google Ads Mandates Passkeys for Sensitive Actions July 15
SocialMay 8, 2026

Google Ads Mandates Passkeys for Sensitive Actions July 15

Google Ads to require passkeys for certain sensitive actions starting on July 15 https://t.co/ERPAYU10eg https://t.co/q4LeLR7byl

By Barry Schwartz
Meta's Moltbook Acquisition Sparks New Privacy Concerns
SocialMay 8, 2026

Meta's Moltbook Acquisition Sparks New Privacy Concerns

Meta's acquisition of AI-agent social network Moltbook raises fresh data privacy concerns for billions of users. https://t.co/P6d9uHIyjh

By TechRadar
Scaling, Privacy, and Post‑Quantum Ready: Our Future Tech
SocialMay 8, 2026

Scaling, Privacy, and Post‑Quantum Ready: Our Future Tech

Scale matters Privacy matters Post-quantum security matters We nailed scale We're launching privacy We'll easily transition to post-quantum security Future tech. https://t.co/wPPltaMlWA

By Eli Ben-Sasson
VoidStealer Trojan Steals Chrome Master Key via Debugger
SocialMay 8, 2026

VoidStealer Trojan Steals Chrome Master Key via Debugger

The new VoidStealer Trojan has learned to bypass Chrome's stored data protection: the infostealer attaches to the browser process as a debugger, and intercepts the master key from RAM. Cookies, sessions, and passwords in Chrome and other browsers – Microsoft...

By Eugene Kaspersky
AI-Driven Threats Make Cyber Resilience Essential for Survival
SocialMay 8, 2026

AI-Driven Threats Make Cyber Resilience Essential for Survival

Cybersecurity is entering a different era. Frontier AI models can now discover and exploit vulnerabilities continuously and at scale, shrinking attack timelines and expanding risks far beyond traditional defenses. The priority is changing fast. Cyber resilience is no longer optional infrastructure, it...

By Spiros Margaris
Real‑Time Threat Detection Keeps Businesses Ahead
SocialMay 8, 2026

Real‑Time Threat Detection Keeps Businesses Ahead

OpenClaw Security offers innovative protection solutions that focus on real-time threat detection and response, ensuring businesses can stay ahead of cyber threats. Learn more here: https://t.co/xD7sxwrMiz @handvantage

By Sabine VanderLinden
Beware: Near‑phishing Scam Almost Fooled Me
SocialMay 8, 2026

Beware: Near‑phishing Scam Almost Fooled Me

be aware of this kind of phishing. i was almost tricked. cc @nikitabier @business https://t.co/lqgbXgcQzU

By Swyx (Shawn Wang)
Frax Leads with Early, Robust Cross‑Chain Security Measures
SocialMay 8, 2026

Frax Leads with Early, Robust Cross‑Chain Security Measures

At Frax, we did all of these mitigations immediately & more at the very beginning before rolling out our frxUSD LZ mint-burn mesh. I'm surprised how many other projects didn't. We use our own libraries (no external entity can upgrade...

By Sam Kazemian
AI Enables Warrantless Mass Surveillance of Americans
SocialMay 8, 2026

AI Enables Warrantless Mass Surveillance of Americans

AI is supercharging the ability to warrantlessly spy on Americans on a massive scale. https://t.co/DRUOdtx6Ji

By Taylor Lorenz
Portable Device Detects Real-Time GPS Spoofing On‑the‑Move
SocialMay 8, 2026

Portable Device Detects Real-Time GPS Spoofing On‑the‑Move

Portable detector spots GPS spoofing in real time, even on move by Oak Ridge National Laboratory @TechXplore_com Learn more: https://t.co/JUKIEROcOm #Innovation #Technology #EmergingTech https://t.co/4JevkxiUhG

By Ron van Loon
Act Now: Secure Your Company Without Delay
SocialMay 8, 2026

Act Now: Secure Your Company Without Delay

we'd like to help companies secure themselves and we think it's important to start work on this quickly

By Sam Altman
Sophisticated Hack Attempt Targets Nate’s Account
SocialMay 8, 2026

Sophisticated Hack Attempt Targets Nate’s Account

If anyone knows Nate, let him know his account was hacked. Almost got me with a sophisticated account-takeover attempt. https://t.co/hmkPkV4Jbi

By Matthew Berman
Canvas Breach Threatens 230M; Steps to Protect Finals
SocialMay 8, 2026

Canvas Breach Threatens 230M; Steps to Protect Finals

Canvas is hacked and stressing out 230+ Million students, teachers and staff during finals. What does this mean and how do we stay safe? What are the next steps for the 8,800 affected schools during finals. Answered below in my...

By Rachel Tobac
New Claude Connectors Flagged for Data Leak Risks
SocialMay 7, 2026

New Claude Connectors Flagged for Data Leak Risks

Anthropic just shipped 128 new Claude connectors in 30 days. Nobody is reviewing them. Pluto Security just launched ClaudeSec, a free database that flags which ones can leak your data, exfiltrate files, or hijack agent sessions. Here's what they found ↓ https://t.co/h1mWAoSFHT

By Hasan Toor
Security Key to Agentic Economy; IronClaw Leads
SocialMay 7, 2026

Security Key to Agentic Economy; IronClaw Leads

Excited to work with FailSafe to bring AttackBench: a benchmark for red teaming agents. I believe that true agentic adoption and agentic economy is limited by security and that’s why IronClaw is focused on becoming the most secure (and private) agentic...

By Illia Polosukhin
Adjust WhatsApp Settings for Better Privacy Abroad
SocialMay 7, 2026

Adjust WhatsApp Settings for Better Privacy Abroad

WhatsApp is a great way to stay in touch with friends and family traveling abroad, but you do want to make a few changes in @WhatssApp for maximum privacy and security. Here's the rundown: https://t.co/pBNbgmlbVR #whatsapp #privacy #security https://t.co/JyZg1OaWpa

By Dave Taylor
AI Success Depends on Robust QA and DevOps Maturity
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Success Depends on Robust QA and DevOps Maturity

RT 77% of orgs are confident in AI outputs? while many still lack secure CI/CD, automated audit trails, and even basic defect escape metrics. Your QA and DevOps maturity will make or break AI agents in production. #AI #DevOps #QA @Star_CIO ...

By Isaac Sacolick
Canvas Ransomware Disrupts Finals, Threatens Student Data
SocialMay 7, 2026

Canvas Ransomware Disrupts Finals, Threatens Student Data

Canvas, the tool teachers and students are using for finals right now, was hit w/ ransomware by (folks who claim to be) ShinyHunters. Lots of students/educators saying this is making finals studying/tests v hard (not even considering the amount of...

By Rachel Tobac
J.P. Morgan Secures AI Agent Identity for Future Payments
SocialMay 7, 2026

J.P. Morgan Secures AI Agent Identity for Future Payments

J.P. Morgan Payments has partnered with Mirakl to build infrastructure for agentic commerce in an effort to radically transform the traditional payment rail. But as autonomous agents move from browsing to buying, they introduce some risks: processing untrusted inputs, accessing sensitive...

By Mary Ann Azevedo
Secure Oracles and Bridges: Chainlink Sets New Industry Standard
SocialMay 7, 2026

Secure Oracles and Bridges: Chainlink Sets New Industry Standard

Glad to see all the hard work that Chainlink has put into generating real security is being recognized as valuable by more and more teams in our industry. It seems that focusing on making the secure and reliable solution is...

By Sergey Nazarov
AI Could Secure Software by Eliminating All Vulnerabilities
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Could Secure Software by Eliminating All Vulnerabilities

Maybe powerful AI will favor the cyber defense. Vulnerabilities are finite in number, so if you can fix them all, maybe software just becomes much more secure.

By Noah Smith
Mythos Boosts Firefox Bug Fixes: April Beats 15 Months
SocialMay 7, 2026

Mythos Boosts Firefox Bug Fixes: April Beats 15 Months

Skepticism of corporate marketing and AI boosterism is always warranted, but I think the folks who accused Anthropic of overrating Mythos should check out this post by Mozilla developers indicating that the Firefox team fixed more security bugs in April...

By Derek Thompson