Collaborate Disseminate
I just blinked and the first quarter of the year is GONE. Where does the time go? I looked back at my article from last month where I touched on the use of AI and some of the vulnerabilities associated with it and realized it was good precursor to some… Continue reading April 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Spring-cleaning of a preview
Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from NewScientist: According to quantum chromodynamics (QCD) — widely considered to be our best theory for describing the strong force, which binds quarks inside protons and neutrons — even a perfe… Continue reading Particles Seen Emerging From Empty Space For First Time
I spotted an interesting piece of JavaScript code that was delivered via a phishing email in a RAR archive. The file was called “cbmjlzan.JS†(SHA256:a8ba9ba93b4509a86e3d7dd40fd0652c2743e32277760c5f7942b788b74c5285) and is only identified as malicious by 15 AV’s on VirusTotal[1].
Continue reading Obfuscated JavaScript or Nothing, (Thu, Apr 9th)
Unknown threat actors have hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla to push a poisoned version containing a backdoor.
The incident impacts Smart Slider 3 Pro version 3.5.1.35 for WordPress, per WordPress sec… Continue reading Backdoored Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Distributed via Compromised Nextend Servers
In this Help Net Security interview, Aqsa Taylor, Chief Security Evangelist, Exaforce, explains vibe hunting, an AI-driven approach to threat detection that inverts traditional hypothesis-driven methods. Instead of analysts defining attack vectors upfr… Continue reading What vibe hunting gets right about AI threat hunting, and where it breaks down
Lead generation websites that offer health insurance quotes collect sensitive personal data and sell it to multiple buyers within seconds of a user clicking submit. A study by researchers at UC Davis, Stanford University, and Maastricht University mapp… Continue reading Health insurance lead sites sell personal data within seconds of form submission
It’s a bit of an understatement that at release Windows Vista rather fell flat. Much of the problem was due to how rushed of a release it was, with incomplete …read more Continue reading Reflecting on Microsoft Windows Vista in 2026
Instant messaging has been around for decades, but it became widely adopted with the emergence of smartphones. Earlier, communication was limited to basic text messages. Messaging expanded to include photos, videos, and video calls without relying on t… Continue reading Product showcase: Session, a messenger without phone numbers or metadata
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Advenica, Intruder, Mallory, and Secureframe. Mallory brings contextual threat intelligence to security operations Mallory is launching an AI-native threat intel… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: April 10, 2026
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Women in the U.S. gave birth to roughly 710,000 fewer children last year compared with the nation’s peak in 2007, according to preliminary data released (PDF) this week by the Centers for Disease Control an… Continue reading US Fertility Rate Falls To All-Time Low