Some WordPress sites can still be attacked while they install the fix for an actively exploited flaw, according to Umut Bayram, the Picus Security researcher who found it. The update that installs the fix still…
Ravie LakshmananNov 06, 2026Vulnerability / Cyber Attack Threat actors are attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security flaw impacting OpenSSH that can enable sign-ins to accounts that have no password set, according to Previdian. The…
On a whim one evening, I decided to post a question in the /AskReddit subreddit. What is your robot vacuum’s name and why did you name it that? Simple. Pretty open-ended. Within minutes, I had…
Ravie LakshmananNov 06, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Software Security OpenAI on Thursday unveiled GPT‑6 Cyber, which it described as a major step forward in security research that brings together stronger cybersecurity capabilities with a step-change improvement…
Valve spent the last decade making Windows optional for PC gaming. Now it wants to do the same thing to x86 — the Intel- and AMD-based CPU architecture at the heart of every gaming PC.…
Apple’s first MacBook with a touchscreen goes on sale today, so I just wanted to take a moment to welcome Mac fans to the party that is tapping and swiping on your screen. Those of…
Swati KhandelwalNov 06, 2026Vulnerability / Windows Security A fix for CVE-2026-83844, a remote code execution flaw in Windows Paint, is now in the Microsoft Store. Paint gets this fix only through a Store update, not…
Swati KhandelwalNov 06, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Browser Security A browser extension that can run scripts on claude.ai could make Claude Desktop run code on a person’s computer, researchers at Forever Security, an endpoint security company,…
The Touch Bar was misunderstood The Touch Bar was an OLED strip that sat above the keyboard on MacBooks a few years ago. It replaced the classic function keys with virtual buttons that changed depending…
An update on Athena, and some unsolicited predictions on what’s coming next On Saturday, Dario Amodei published We Must Pace the Frontier. I agree with him. Go read it if you haven’t. I’ve spent the…