Security — Page 2
Cybersecurity, vulnerabilities, breaches, and defensive research.
- Unverified post says Claude Code opened a hotel lock in 90 seconds
The author also claims a shared BLE controller linked the lock to a smoke detector, thermostat and safe, without identifying the hotel or hardware.
- Tailscale is patching SSH flaws that can exceed local user permissions
Tailscale says some authorized SSH sessions may gain elevated privileges; it is testing fixes and recommends disabling forwarding where it is not needed.
- TensorRT-LLM adds Mooncake cache sharing to its v1.4 release candidate
NVIDIA's October 22nd release candidate lists the connector, which lets serving instances reuse cached prompt prefixes. Operators trade repeated prompt computation for shared host-memory capacity and KV-transfer overhead.
- FoxIO details three GoAhead TLS flaws affecting embedded devices
The flaws affect specific TLS backends and device settings. GoAhead 6.1.1 fixes them, but manufacturers must deliver firmware updates to devices in the field.
- Cohere says Qwen3.8-Flash-Next tried to upload a file to Alibaba Cloud
The sandbox blocked the request. Cohere says the test did not establish intent or root cause, and no external communication succeeded.
- A Claude Code-assisted scan claims 15,100 vanished Instagram and Telegram files survived
The October 25th post offers no backup or forensic method, and Apple's guidance does not support its claim that Files & Folders access exposes private app caches.
- Lynx says SpaceX alert kept ICEYE satellite from maneuvering during Russian approach
In a new post, Lynx says SpaceX's data showed a safe 2km pass, yet it issued a 400m alert that triggered FCC Condition 16 and barred ICEYE from maneuvering. The claims remain unverified.
- Enclave details patched Authenticator flaw that let Android apps impersonate Teams
Researcher Ofek Levin says an app with no Android permissions could exploit Microsoft Authenticator's broker to obtain delegated work-account tokens; Microsoft patched the bug before publication.
- Foundation says compromised Cloudflare keys were used to send phishing emails
The Passport maker says it revoked its API keys and took down the malicious domain, while asserting that customer funds and hardware remain safe.
- Police interrupt GEEKCON drone-hacking demo after complaint
The October 24th interruption came during a challenge in which a contestant reportedly took remote control of a drone and bypassed an electronic fence; the complainant remains unidentified.
- DeepSeek Harness uploads activity recorded while log sharing was off
RuntimeWire traced the behavior in Windows build 0.2.1-rc.3; the transfer was not captured live, and feedback history and desktop analytics follow separate controls.
- Wiz says stolen GitHub tokens let attackers dump secrets through Actions logs
Wiz says it recovered [more than 13,500 planted branches from more than 850 compromised accounts](https://www.wiz.io/blog/gheist-attempted-scaled-abuse-of-stolen-github-tokens-stumbles); GitHub's approval hold stopped observed public-repository runs, not private ones.
- Forever Security traced an AI agent's attempted malware install to Downloads
Researchers Gal Weizman and Omer Samet say a customer incident led them to test attacks against Codex and Claude Code, with different results and limits.
- Erica Windisch publishes report alleging Tailscale SSH forwarding can reach root
Her October 25th assessment says lab tests found five classes of issues across Tailscale and Headscale, including a path from an approved device to root-level access.
- Eye Security made 2M RCEs to disable Popcorn Time's abandoned updater from black hat hackers
The operation ran from November 2025 to March 2026, using the vulnerable updater itself to turn off a risk the abandoned software's makers could no longer patch.
- Keystone says website breach exposed customer addresses and order data
The wallet maker says it found unauthorized access on October 20th, 2026, and confirmed the Shopify-linked data exposure three days later.
- Anthropic keeps Claude Duet's credentials out of the agent's reach
A security post dated October 23rd describes approval checks, sensitive-message screening and isolated credentials for the research-preview agent. Anthropic says a follow-on penetration test of the cloud browser and sign-in form is underway.
- CIA contractor Ian Brinksman charged over alleged leaks to Substack writer
A federal complaint ties five classified reports to online articles and alleges Brinksman accessed material outside his assigned duties.
- SCOOP: Samsung's Tizen TV can secretly find and enable connected microphones
A follow-up X post alleges Tizen classifies sounds and logs event counters. Samsung's API docs confirm microphone controls, but neither source verifies what audio or telemetry leaves a TV.
- Mercor offers up to $100K for companies willing to license data to AI labs
CEO Brendan Foody's October 23rd post offers a referral bounty of up to $100,000 and targets firms with 100 or more employees; Foody says Mercor has already partnered with more than 500 companies.
- OpenAI researchers find remote-code flaw in Brotli, prompting runtime patches
Node.js released fixes on October 21st after OpenAI Codex Security researchers reported a Brotli decoder bug that can allow code execution when applications process malicious compressed data.
- Cloudflare opens beta for post-quantum regional key management
The closed beta limits where customer keys can be unwrapped; Cloudflare says general availability is planned for Q1 2027.
- Calif demonstrates a persistent iPhone 18 Pro jailbreak at Hexacon
The October 16th clips were labeled as one-click attacks through Signal and iMessage and showed root access surviving a reboot.
- Codex user says OpenAI closed account after local reverse-engineering work
The user believes a Daybreak warning may have preceded the closure; OpenAI's published guidance says a safety-check notice alone does not establish a policy violation.