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An analysis of a popular Google Chrome ad block extension for YouTube has uncovered the ability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code. According to Island, the extension, named Adblock for YouTube (ID: cmedhionkhpnakcndndgjdbohmhepckk), has more than 10 million installs and carries a Featured badge o
A malicious Microsoft Edge extension dubbed 'Edgecution' has been used in a ransomware attack to escape the browser sandbox and deploy a Python-based backdoor. [...]
“It’s shooting pure unadulterated propaganda into our veins,” says one worker.
GitHub is moving to strengthen software supply chain security by updating "actions/checkout" to block pwn request attacks that exploit the risky use of the "pull_request_target workflow" trigger to run malicious code with the workflow's full privileges. Effective June 18, 2026, the latest version of
Sometimes, third-party apps do more harm than good
I built Trade MCP. GitHub: https://github.com/AmaLS367/TradeMcp And no, this is not another “AI trading bot that will make you rich while you sleep” thing. That stuff sounds cool until you remember one small detail: letting an AI agent freely touch your exchange account is insane. So I built Trade M
I have been thinking a lot about coding agents lately. The part that feels more important to me is this: We already don't trust humans without roles, limits, reviews, and accountability. Developers use PRs, pilots use checklists, bank clerks have transfer limits. Capable agents need the same structu
Most developers paste production JWTs into online decoders without thinking. Here's a 10-second DevTools check to see if your token is actually leaving your machine. A coworker was debugging an auth bug last month. Standard workflow: copy the JWT from the failing request, paste it into an online dec
Until this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and a large number of internal CISA systems. Security experts said the public archive
Traditional IAM was designed for deterministic users and workflows. Agentic AI introduces autonomous, non-deterministic actors that require a fundamentally different authorization model, one that combines identity, delegation, runtime policy evaluation, and ephemeral authorization. AI agents require
Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the company’s former head of security who alleges the social media giant’s actions amount to a national security risk.
