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Most dark web activity revolves around a handful of topics

Most dark web activity revolves around a handful of topics 2026-05-21 at 08:31 By Sinisa Markovic Dark web activity often becomes visible during marketplace seizures, major data leaks, or sudden spikes in criminal activity. Those events can create an impression of an ecosystem where attention shifts quickly and new trends regularly replace old ones. A […]

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AI red teaming agents change how LLMs get tested

AI red teaming agents change how LLMs get tested 2026-05-21 at 08:00 By Mirko Zorz Adversarial probing of LLMs has piled up a sprawling toolkit over the past three years. Attack techniques with names like Tree of Attacks with Pruning, Crescendo, and Skeleton Key sit alongside hundreds of prompt transforms and scoring methods across open-source

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Highly Critical Drupal Core Flaw Exposes PostgreSQL Sites to RCE Attacks

Highly Critical Drupal Core Flaw Exposes PostgreSQL Sites to RCE Attacks 2026-05-21 at 08:00 By Drupal has released security updates for a “highly critical” security vulnerability in Drupal Core that could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution, privilege escalation, or information disclosure. The vulnerability, now tracked as CVE-2026-9082, carries a CVSS score

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GitHub Internal Repositories Breached via Malicious Nx Console VS Code Extension

GitHub Internal Repositories Breached via Malicious Nx Console VS Code Extension 2026-05-21 at 08:00 By GitHub on Wednesday officially confirmed that the breach of its internal repositories was the result of a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned version of the Nx Console Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension.  The development comes

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Product showcase: Bitdefender Mobile Security for iOS protects privacy where scams begin

Product showcase: Bitdefender Mobile Security for iOS protects privacy where scams begin 2026-05-21 at 07:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec Bitdefender Mobile Security for iOS is a security and privacy application for iPhone and iPad that helps protect against phishing attempts, online scams, unsafe websites, and account exposure. I have used Bitdefender Mobile Security for iOS for

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Cyber threats push SMBs to spend more on security

Cyber threats push SMBs to spend more on security 2026-05-21 at 07:16 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cybersecurity has become a key priority for small and medium-sized businesses due to growing threats and wider AI adoption. An IDC survey of 2,200 SMBs in eight markets examined how organizations manage cyber risks, prepare for AI-related threats, and handle

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX readies for Wall Street blastoff with new filing projecting $28.5 trillion in future revenue

Elon Musk’s SpaceX readies for Wall Street blastoff with new filing projecting $28.5 trillion in future revenue 2026-05-21 at 02:02 By Marc Vartabedian Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Wednesday filed paperwork to go public next month, aiming for an out-of-this-world valuation projected around $1.5 trillion – the biggest IPO in history. Wednesday’s filing also disclosed new

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Nvidia’s revenue hits record $81B — easily topping Wall Street estimates — on massive demand for AI chips

Nvidia’s revenue hits record $81B — easily topping Wall Street estimates — on massive demand for AI chips 2026-05-21 at 01:46 By Reuters, Associated Press “The buildout of AI factories — the largest infrastructure expansion in human history — is accelerating at extraordinary speed,” said CEO Jensen Huang in a statement. This article is an

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Tech titan Sergey Brin pours 500K into revolt against SF ‘Overpaid CEO Tax’

Tech titan Sergey Brin pours 500K into revolt against SF ‘Overpaid CEO Tax’ 2026-05-21 at 01:20 By Titus Wu San Francisco voters are set to weigh in on Measures C and D, two competing proposals on the June 2 ballot that would radically reshape the city’s business tax system. This article is an excerpt from

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Ex-Meta worker warns of more firings to come — despite Zuckerberg pledge that bloodbath is over: ‘need therapy’

Ex-Meta worker warns of more firings to come — despite Zuckerberg pledge that bloodbath is over: ‘need therapy’ 2026-05-20 at 21:16 By Ariel Zilber, Thomas Barrabi Brittany Pierson, a Dallas-based content designer who spent four-and-a-half years at Meta, said she felt “so much relief” after getting laid off. This article is an excerpt from Latest

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Microsoft Open-Sources RAMPART and Clarity to Secure AI Agents During Development

Microsoft Open-Sources RAMPART and Clarity to Secure AI Agents During Development 2026-05-20 at 20:16 By Microsoft has unveiled two new open-source tools called RAMPART and Clarity to assist developers in better testing the security of artificial intelligence (AI) agents. RAMPART, short for Risk Assessment and Measurement Platform for Agentic Red Teaming, functions as a Pytest-native

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Sam Altman’s OpenAI reportedly preparing to file for blockbuster IPO soon

Sam Altman’s OpenAI reportedly preparing to file for blockbuster IPO soon 2026-05-20 at 20:01 By Reuters The ChatGPT maker is working with bankers at firms, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, on a draft IPO prospectus that it plans to file confidentially possibly as early as Friday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology

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Quantum Bridge Raises $8 Million for Quantum-Safe Key Distribution Solution

Quantum Bridge Raises $8 Million for Quantum-Safe Key Distribution Solution 2026-05-20 at 18:46 By SecurityWeek News The new Series A funding round brings the total raised by Quantum Bridge to $16 million.  The post Quantum Bridge Raises $8 Million for Quantum-Safe Key Distribution Solution appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Microsoft Rolls Out Mitigations for ‘YellowKey’ BitLocker Bypass

Microsoft Rolls Out Mitigations for ‘YellowKey’ BitLocker Bypass 2026-05-20 at 18:46 By Ionut Arghire The exploitation is mitigated by preventing the FsTx Auto Recovery Utility from starting when the WinRE image launches. The post Microsoft Rolls Out Mitigations for ‘YellowKey’ BitLocker Bypass appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Social media platforms now required to take down deepfake and revenge porn: ‘Big Tech can no longer look the other way’

Social media platforms now required to take down deepfake and revenge porn: ‘Big Tech can no longer look the other way’ 2026-05-20 at 18:31 By Ben Cost Social media will be a porn hub no longer. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

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Webworm APT targets European government organizations with new backdoors

Webworm APT targets European government organizations with new backdoors 2026-05-20 at 17:48 By Anamarija Pogorelec ESET has released an analysis of the 2025 activity of Webworm, a China-aligned APT group tracked as Space Pirates and UAT-8302. Active since at least 2022, the group initially focused on targets in Asia, but has recently expanded its operations

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AI-Powered App Attacks Are Faster, More Frequent and Harder to Stop

AI-Powered App Attacks Are Faster, More Frequent and Harder to Stop 2026-05-20 at 17:48 By Kevin Townsend Digital.ai’s latest threat report warns that agentic AI has erased the distinction between emerging and primary targets, enabling attackers to strike mobile apps within hours of release across every industry. The post AI-Powered App Attacks Are Faster, More

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Microsoft Takes Down Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware Attacks

Microsoft Takes Down Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware Attacks 2026-05-20 at 17:48 By Microsoft on Tuesday said it disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that weaponized the company’s Artifact Signing system to deliver malicious code and conduct ransomware and other attacks, compromising thousands of machines and networks across the world. The tech giant attributed the activity to

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