Next time you accept a call about your property sale or purchase, consider whether you really know who’s on the other end of the phone. Photo: Seventy Four Images. Twenty years ago, the biggest concerns when buying or selling a house were contract issues, finance delays, or title problems. While those problems still exist, there’s...Read More
Swati KhandelwalJun 26, 2026Linux / Vulnerability A flaw in the Linux kernel’s traffic-control subsystem can let a local unprivileged user gain root on affected systems. CVE-2026-46331, nicknamed “pedit COW,” is an out-of-bounds write in the packet-editing action (act_pedit) that corrupts shared page-cache memory. A public, working exploit appeared within a day of the CVE assignment on June...Read More
It suspended all access to Mythos and Fable after an order from the US government.
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The US government has given Anthropic permission to redeploy Mythos 5 to “a set of US organizations that operate and defend critical infrastructure,” the company has announced on X. While Anthropic didn’t say how...Read More
A new backdoor dubbed Mistic has been observed in financially motivated attacks targeting organizations in the insurance, education, IT, and professional services sectors. The malware is believed to be linked to KongTuke/Woodgnat, an initial access broker active since at least 2024 that specializes in compromising corporate networks and selling that access to ransomware groups, including...Read More
Enterprises that have turned to AI in order to boost their security defenses may have to reconsider their approach. Malware containing code that commands LLM-assisted products to abort their analysis or refuse to implement it is already circulating, according to a post from security company SentinelLabs. SentinelLabs thinks it knows who’s responsible for the malware,...Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Nearly two years after a massive ransomware attack hit the City of Columbus, the director of the Department of Technology is retiring. NBC4 Investigates uncovered that thousands of people were impacted by the city’s data breach after the mayor initially said the data had no value. Sam Orth led the department...Read More
In recent years, anime has evolved from a niche Japanese art form into a global entertainment powerhouse at the heart of popular culture. Fuelled by video streaming platforms and internet culture, these Japanese animated productions are now among the world’s most popular television genres, particularly among Gen Z audiences. In Kenya, fandoms built around blockbuster...Read More
Recent headlines around AI-driven vulnerability discovery have focused heavily on open-source software. That makes sense given the visibility of public codebases and the growing attention around AI systems identifying flaws in widely used open-source projects. But the cybersecurity industry is overlooking a much larger and potentially more disruptive shift. Proprietary software is unlikely to remain...Read More
The Punjab Police’s State Cyber Crime Division has intensified its crackdown on cybercriminals by freezing thousands of bank accounts linked to online frauds and facilitating the return of defrauded money to victims. Over the past year, the police froze 63,749 accounts linked to fraudulent transactions worth about Rs 540.34 crore. Since 2024, nearly Rs 64...Read More
Hackers have stolen funds from an undisclosed number of Polymarket users, the prediction market company disclosed Thursday. In a statement on X, Polymarket said the hackers were able to target victims by injecting a malicious script into its website following the compromise of a third-party vendor. Download the SAN app today to stay up-to-date with...Read More
