ShinyHunters has evolved into a scalable, AI-enabled extortion collective operating as a brand and affiliate network, marking a new threat actor category.
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The OAuth Permission Apocalypse.
Analysis of the OAuth permission pattern leading to major supply-chain breaches in 2026, highlighting systemic vulnerabilities and future risks.
The Defender’s Counter-Cascade.
On May 11, 2026, Google disclosed the first confirmed real-world AI-built zero-day exploit, highlighting the deployment gap in AI-driven cybersecurity defenses.
The 90-Day Window Closed. Nobody Sent a Notice.
The 90-day coordinated disclosure period ended without any notices from vendors, raising concerns about AI-driven exploit development and security vulnerabilities.
732 Bytes to Root. One Hour of Scan Time.
A new Linux kernel flaw allows root access with a 732-byte script in just an hour of scanning, collapsing security cost assumptions.
Ex-CIA official accused of stealing $40m in gold bars reportedly created fake spy program
Former CIA employee David Rush is charged with theft of over $40 million in gold and creating a fraudulent secret program to siphon funds, according to authorities.
The Frameworks Can’t See the Thing That Matters: A Year of AI-Enabled Cyber Threats
Anthropic mapped 832 banned accounts to MITRE ATT&CK and found technique counts no longer track AI-enabled cyber risk.
The Bottleneck Moved: Inside Anthropic’s Expansion of Project Glasswing
Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing after early partners found more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity software flaws.
A Post-Quantum Future for Let’s Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt announced plans to support Merkle Tree Certificates for post-quantum security, aiming for staging in late 2026 and production in 2027.
The advertising cartel coming to your web browser
Meta, Google, Apple, and Mozilla are creating a built-in ad measurement system in browsers, raising privacy and competition concerns.
