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- Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channelby Dan Goodin on June 1, 2026 at 7:49 pm
Anyone who has downloaded affected Red Hat packages should investigate immediately.
- Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantledby Dan Goodin on May 29, 2026 at 6:46 pm
The botnet was reportedly tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network.
- Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their codeby Dan Goodin on May 28, 2026 at 8:29 pm
Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output.
- Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activityby Dan Goodin on May 27, 2026 at 8:56 pm
Telltale SSD activity can be measured in the browser using simple JavaScript.
- Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source packageby Dan Goodin on May 26, 2026 at 7:50 pm
“BadHost” was found in Starlette, a package with 325 million weekly downloads.
- US’s big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legalby John Timmer on May 25, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Deal also launched the first quantum foundry company, but is there a need for it?
- Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn’t provide end-to-end encryptionby Dan Goodin on May 22, 2026 at 6:13 pm
Critics note a lack of factual support in lawsuit filed by US Senate candidate.
- A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scaleby Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman, WIRED.com on May 22, 2026 at 10:30 am
GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks.
- US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firmsby Joe Miller and Michael Peel, Financial Times on May 21, 2026 at 1:48 pm
Beneficiaries include startup backed by firm with links to the Trump family.
- Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium usersby Dan Goodin on May 20, 2026 at 7:10 pm
Google publishes exploit code before patch, reported 42 months earlier, is fixed.
- In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repoby Lee Hutchinson on May 19, 2026 at 6:27 pm
SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since November 2025.
- Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protectionsby Dan Goodin on May 14, 2026 at 6:32 pm
It’s not entirely clear how the exploit works. Microsoft says it’s investigating.
- Cisco announces record revenue and 4,000 layoffs in the same dayby Scharon Harding on May 14, 2026 at 4:47 pm
Layoffs are “not a savings-driven restructure,” CFO says.
- Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeksby Dan Goodin on May 11, 2026 at 10:28 pm
Production-version patches are coming online and should be installed pronto.
- Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finalsby Dan Goodin on May 8, 2026 at 6:33 pm
Across the country, schools and colleges postpone year-end tests.
- Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have “almost no false positives”by Dan Goodin on May 7, 2026 at 7:18 pm
The developer of Firefox says it has “completely bought in” on AI-assisted bug discovery.
- Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!by Lee Hutchinson on May 6, 2026 at 1:32 pm
A celebration of the tweaks and customizations that make life easier at the CLI.
- Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attackby Dan Goodin on May 5, 2026 at 7:46 pm
Daemon Tools users: It’s time to check your machines for stealthy infections, stat.
- Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile websiteby Nate Anderson on May 5, 2026 at 11:20 am
Reddit REALLY wants you to use its app.
- GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it’ll pay for itby Jon Brodkin on May 4, 2026 at 5:57 pm
Amid falling revenue and store closures, GameStop wants to buy the much larger eBay.
























