In Other News: Chinese Mythos-Like AI, Tata Electronics Breach, Snyk Layoffs

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Russia used Cellebrite to hack activist’s phone, Five Eyes issue urgent AI threat warning, macOS Gaslight backdoor, Scattered Spider guilty pleas.
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Iranian-Turkish national sought by US on hacking charges arrested in Montenegro

Predrag Milic  reports: An Iranian national who is wanted by the United States for mass hacking attacks that caused damage of $3.4 billion was arrested in Montenegro, police in the Balkan country said late Thursday. The 39-year-old man, who holds both … Continue reading Iranian-Turkish national sought by US on hacking charges arrested in Montenegro

UK: Boy’s medical records may have been accessed inappropriately after crocodile attack at zoo

They could have — and should have — anticipated great curiosity about this particular patient’s medical records. Did they control access well enough? Emily Stevens reports: The medical records of a young boy who was attacked by a croc… Continue reading UK: Boy’s medical records may have been accessed inappropriately after crocodile attack at zoo

New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries

A flaw in the Linux kernel’s traffic-control subsystem can let a local unprivileged user gain root on affected systems.

CVE-2026-46331, nicknamed “pedit COW,” is an out-of-bounds write in the packet-editing action (act_pedit) that corrupts shared page… Continue reading New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries

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