One click is all it takes: How ‘Reprompt’ turned Microsoft Copilot into a data exfiltration tool

A new one-click attack flow discovered by Varonis Threat Labs researchers underscores this fact. ‘Reprompt,’ as they’ve ...
Scientific American

Mars Sample That May Contain Evidence of Life Might Never Come Home

Update: A minibus spending package passed by the House of Representatives on January 8, 2026, effectively cancels the Mars Sample Return program by eliminating almost all funding for future missions.
Wired

How Genes Have Harnessed Physics to Grow Living Things

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit mechanical forces for growth and development. Sip a glass of wine, and you ...
Shacknews

ARC Raiders Patch 1.1.0 notes fix wall exploits, health regain glitches & more

Embark Studios launched ARC Raiders Patch 1.1.0 and its accompanying patch notes this week, putting the notes on its Discord server. The group didn’t change anything particularly drastic. It mostly ...
Forbes

Ongoing Ransomware Attacks Exploit Linux Vulnerability, CISA Warns

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Admit it: the first thing you think of when ransomware is ...
CoinTelegraph

Crypto hack losses down 37% in Q3 as tactics shift to wallets

Crypto hack losses dropped 37% in Q3 to $509 million, but September saw a record surge in million-dollar incidents, led by exchange and DeFi exploits. Total funds lost to crypto hacks and exploits ...
CoinTelegraph

Failed NPM exploit highlights looming threat to crypto security: Exec

Ledger chief technology officer Charles Guillemet said that while the immediate danger had passed, the threat still exists. A recent Node Package Manager (NPM) attack stole just $50 worth of crypto, ...
Android Police

Google patches active Android exploits in its September update

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...
CSOonline

Hacker inserts destructive code in Amazon Q tool as update goes live

A hacker managed to insert destructive system commands into Amazon’s Visual Studio Code extension used for accessing its AI-powered coding assistant, Q, which was later distributed to users through an ...
Ars Technica

Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records

Hackers are stashing malware in a place that’s largely out of the reach of most defenses—inside domain name system (DNS) records that map domain names to their corresponding numerical IP addresses.
MacRumors

Apple Quietly Fixed Zero-Day Exploit Used in Paragon Spyware Attack

Apple today quietly updated the list of security fixes that were introduced in iOS 18.3.1, noting a previously undisclosed fix for a zero-day vulnerability affecting the Messages app. Apple ...