Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia

The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker.
Dark Reading

Malicious Next.js Repos Target Developers Via Fake Job Interviews

Linked to North Korean fake job-recruitment campaigns, the poisoned repositories are aimed at establishing persistent C2 ...
Indian Television Dot Com

Government warns Chrome users of critical security flaw

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) has issued a high-severity warning for Google Chrome users. A critical flaw in the browser could let attackers take control of your computer just ...

The Acer Veriton GN100 is another AI development system using the same Nvidia Grace Blackwell foundations

Designed for the development of and use of AI models, the Acer Veriton GN100 uses the Nvidia Blackwell architecture to ...
The Hacker News

SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet operation called SSHStalker that relies on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) purposes. ...
bitnewsbot

New SSHStalker Linux Botnet Uses Old Exploits

Cybersecurity researchers from Flare have exposed a novel botnet operation, dubbed SSHStalker, which leverages the archaic Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol for command-and-control. This campaign ...

The latest Linux kernel release closes out the 6.x era - and it's a gift to cloud admins

Beyond graphics, Linux 6.19 tightens integration with the latest Intel and AMD processors. This move continues the steady march of enablement work for RISC‑V and other emerging hardware architectures, ...
The Verge

GOG is already working on native Linux support

It’s too early to say when, but GOG Galaxy is coming to a distro near you. It’s too early to say when, but GOG Galaxy is coming to a distro near you. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 ...
IEEE

Exp-Arch: A Novel LLM-Powered Approach for Facilitating Exploit Primitive Assessment in the Linux Kernel

Abstract: Transforming Linux kernel exploit primitives into full Privilege Escalation (PE) exploits is a critical, expertiseintensive, and time-consuming challenge, especially with constantly evolving ...

Kali Linux vs. Parrot OS: Which security-forward distro is right for you?

Kali Linux vs. Parrot OS: Which security-forward distro is right for you?
PC Gamer

Hooray! Linux is GOG's 'next major frontier'. Oh no! It wants to 'Actively use and promote AI-assisted development tools'

Platforms Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up' Linux After Microsoft couldn't keep its AI hands to itself, a notoriously ...
MIT Technology Review

Rules fail at the prompt, succeed at the boundary

Why the first AI-orchestrated espionage campaign changes the agent security conversation Provided byProtegrity From the Gemini Calendar prompt-injection attack of 2026 to the September 2025 ...