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§ 01

Today

9 entries
8/ 10
Kimi K2.6 just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a coding challenge
In a recent AI Coding Contest involving the Word Gem Puzzle, the open-weights model Kimi K2.6 outperformed frontier models including GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7. The results demonstrate that open-weights models are...
7/ 10
Job Postings for Software Engineers Are Rapidly Rising
The "2026 Global Intelligence Crisis" refers to a projected period where the exponential growth of AI-generated content outpaces the capacity of human and automated systems to verify its accuracy and utility. This...
7/ 10
Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt
The UK's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has issued a warning regarding an impending surge in vulnerability disclosures and required patches, termed a "patch tsunami." This trend is driven by the use of advanced...
9/ 10
Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
Ubuntu and Canonical web infrastructure experienced a sustained outage lasting over 24 hours due to a cross-border DDoS attack. The incident has disrupted access to official Ubuntu webpages and prevented OS updates from...
6/ 10
Uber torches 2026 AI budget on Claude Code in four months
Uber exhausted its entire 2026 AI budget within four months of deployment due to the high adoption and associated API costs of Claude Code and Cursor. The rapid increase in usage, driven by the multi-step capabilities...
7/ 10
GPT-5.5 matches heavily hyped Mythos Preview in new cybersecurity tests
Recent evaluations by the UK AI Security Institute (AISI) demonstrate that OpenAI's GPT-5.5 possesses cybersecurity capabilities comparable to Anthropic's Mythos Preview. The findings indicate that GPT-5.5 matches the...
7/ 10
DeepSeek V4—almost on the frontier
DeepSeek has released the Deep-V4 series, consisting of two preview models: DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash. These Mixture of Experts (MoE) models feature a 1 million token context window and are designed for...
7/ 10
Credit cards are vulnerable to brute force kind attacks
Attackers can exploit partially masked credit card data obtained through account breaches to perform brute-force attacks on the remaining Primary Account Number (PAN) digits and CVV. By targeting merchants exempt from...
7/ 10
Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers
AWS is facing extended service disruptions in the Middle East following drone strikes on data centers in the UAE and Bahrain. The damage to the infrastructure has rendered the affected regions unable to support customer...
§ 02

This week

10 entries
7/ 10
Pro-Iran crew turns DDoS into shakedown as Ubuntu.com stays down
Canonical's web infrastructure is currently experiencing a sustained, cross-border Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The attack, claimed by the 313 Team, has disrupted access to Ubuntu.com and several...
7/ 10
Grok 4.3
The Grok 4.3 developer documentation provides the primary interfaces and pricing information for model integration. It serves as the technical reference for implementing the model via standard web protocols and...
9/ 10
First reports come in of victims of critical cPanel vuln as 'millions' of sites potentially exposed
A critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-41940, has been identified in cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM), allowing for full server takeover. The flaw is actively being exploited in the wild and has been added to the CISA Known...
7/ 10
Zed team releases version 1.0 of Rust-built editor: Traditional editor and AI tool
Zed, a Rust-based code editor, has officially released version 1.0, transitioning from its initial preview state to a stable release. The editor provides a high-performance, native alternative to Electron-based editors,...
9/ 10
The never-ending supply chain attacks worm into SAP npm packages, other dev tools
A series of supply chain attacks, identified as the "Mini Shai-Hulud" worm, has compromised several npm and PyPI packages. The campaign, attributed to the threat actor TeamPCP, targets developer environments and CI/CD...
7/ 10
SAP user group slams 'uncertainty' in ERP giant's API policy
SAP has updated its API and data access policies, restricting development to SAP-endorsed architectures, data services, or specific service pathways. This change has introduced significant uncertainty regarding the...
9/ 10
Linux cryptographic code flaw offers fast route to root
A logic flaw in the Linux kernel's `authencesn` cryptographic template, identified as CVE-2026-31431 (Copy Fail), allows unprivileged local users to achieve local privilege escalation (LPE). By manipulating the page...
9/ 10
Google's fix for critical Gemini CLI bug might break your CI/CD pipelines
Google has patched a critical CVSS 10.0 Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Gemini CLI that allowed attackers to execute code via malicious configuration files. The fix introduces stricter workspace trust...
8/ 10
Bug of the year (so far): Nasty cPanel vulnerability probably exploited as a 0-day
A critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-41940, has been identified in cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) that allows for authentication bypass and unauthorized root access. The flaw affects all supported versions of the...
8/ 10
Microsoft's patch for a 0-day exploited by Russian spies fell short. Another Windows flaw is under attack
A new zero-click Windows Shell vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32202, is currently being exploited in the wild. The flaw is the result of an incomplete patch for CVE-2026-21510 and allows attackers to coerce...