Truffle Security Raises $25 Million for Secret Scanning Engine

The investment will fuel the development of Truffle’s enterprise-grade secrets detection, verification, and remediation platform.

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Cavalry Werewolf Hit Russian Government with New ShellNET Backdoor

Doctor Web uncovers a targeted cyberattack on a Russian government body by the Cavalry Werewolf group using a new ShellNET backdoor and Telegram-based control.

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DeFi Protocol Balancer Starts Recovering Funds Stolen in $128 Million Heist

Hackers drained more cryptocurrency from Balancer by exploiting a rounding function and performing batch swaps.

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Follow Pragmatic Interventions to Keep Agentic AI in Check

Agentic AI speeds operations, but requires clear goals, least privilege, auditability, red‑teaming, and human oversight to manage opacity, misalignment, and misuse.

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Logging in as root on Linux? Here’s why that disaster waiting to happen

If your Linux distro still lets you log in as root, here’s why you should never do it.

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Sign up for Walmart+ and get a free subscription to Paramount+ or Peacock – here’s how

Walmart+ is offering a 30-day free trial, complete with an included subscription to Paramount+ or Peacock. Read on to learn more about how to take advantage of this deal before Black Friday.

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Nevada Ransomware Attack Started Months Before It Was Discovered, Per Report

The ransomware attack discovered in August occurred as early as May when a state employee mistakenly downloaded malicious software.

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Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Contact Center Appliance

The flaws allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely and elevate their privileges to root on an affected system.

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Letting AI manage your money could be an actual gamble, warn researchers

Recent research suggests AI itself could develop a gambling problem with money akin to those seen in humans. But it’s easier to remedy.

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The 8 Linux commands I use the most – and what they can do for you

Sure, using the Linux command line is optional. But these are commands I depend on every day. See what you think.

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