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North Korean Hackers Abuse VS Code Auto-Run Tasks to Deploy StoatWaffle Malware

North Korean hackers exploit VS Code tasks.json auto-run since Dec 2025 to deploy StoatWaffle malware, stealing data and ...

Fact Check: 'The Matrix' green code was inspired by sushi recipes. That's not the full story

The film's code designer, Simon Whiteley, reportedly created the effect by scanning characters from his wife's Japanese ...

CISA orders feds to patch max-severity Cisco flaw by Sunday

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to patch a maximum-severity ...

Chainguard is racing to fix trust in AI-built software - here's how

Chainguard is expanding beyond open-source security to protect open-core software, AI agent skills, and GitHub Actions.

OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...

Amazon security boss says crims abused max-security Cisco firewall flaw weeks before disclosure

Ransomware criminals exploited CVE-2026-20131, a maximum-severity bug in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center software, as ...
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Interlock Ransomware Exploits Cisco FMC Zero-Day CVE-2026-20131 for Root Access

Interlock ransomware is actively exploiting CVE-2026-20131 (CVSS 10.0) in Cisco FMC, enabling unauthenticated remote code ...