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A Remote Employee Refused 160 Webcam Photos a Day. Her Employer Fired HerHacker News · Oct 11
Andrej Karpathy breaks down the capability gapHacker News · Oct 11
nebula-1.11.2-1.fc44Fedora security updates (Bodhi) · Oct 11
nebula-1.11.2-1.fc45Fedora security updates (Bodhi) · Oct 11
Nippon Columbia malware incident exposes 8.6 million karaoke fan recordsBleepingComputer · Oct 11
P7 DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit Adds Crypto Wallet Data Theft and Remote CommandsThe Hacker News · Oct 11
DSA-6552-1 vips - security updateDebian Security Advisories (DSA) · Oct 10
Cyber exec arrested in case allegedly tied to ShinyHunters hackersBleepingComputer · Oct 10
AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With CybercriminalsWIRED Security · Oct 10
The Third-Party Agent Problem: Why Security Built for AI You Chose Misses the Agents You Didn'tThe Hacker News · Oct 10

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KEV: CVE-2015-5477 — ISC BIND: ISC BIND Data Processing Errors VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 8
KEV: CVE-2016-3081 — Apache Struts: Apache Struts Command Injection VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 8
KEV: CVE-2023-22894 — Strapi Strapi: Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 8
KEV: CVE-2021-3199 — ONLYOFFICE Docs: ONLYOFFICE Docs Server Path Traversal VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 8
KEV: CVE-2015-3306 — ProFTPD ProFTPD: ProFTPD Improper Access Control VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 8
KEV: CVE-2026-88779 — Citrix NetScaler: Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 4
KEV: CVE-2026-102490 — Zammad GmbH Zammad: Zammad GmbH Zammad Improper Privilege Management VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 2
KEV: CVE-2026-102489 — Zammad GmbH Zammad: Zammad GmbH Zammad Session Fixation VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 2

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