CVE-2026-42897: Exchange OWA zero-day exploited with no patch
Opening an email in Exchange OWA can compromise your authenticated session. CVE-2026-42897 is active with no permanent …
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GitHub hacked via a VS Code extension: the TeamPCP case
A corrupted VS Code extension was live for 18 minutes and cost GitHub 3,800 internal repositories. Here's how that …
YellowKey: the zero-day that bypasses BitLocker on Windows
CVE-2026-45585 grants access to BitLocker-protected drives with brief physical access. Here is how the attack works and …
PowerShell for auditing Windows security logs
Use Get-WinEvent in PowerShell to monitor critical Windows events: failed logins, new processes and brute force …
ShinyHunters: 275 million student records exposed
The ShinyHunters group compromised Instructure in April 2026, stealing data on 275 million Canvas users across 9,000 …
JDownloader hacked: the attack nobody saw coming
Between 6 and 7 May, the official JDownloader site was breached and installers swapped for a Python RAT. Anyone who …
Trellix hacked: source code from McAfee+FireEye stolen
RansomHouse accessed Trellix's repository in April and stole source code from the company that protects 50,000 …
The first laser: 66 years of the light that changed the world
On 16 May 1960, Maiman fired the first laser in history. 66 years on, the internet, CDs and LASIK would not exist …
Deep Blue 1997: the day the machine beat the world champion
On 11 May 1997, IBM's Deep Blue beat Kasparov at chess. Twenty-nine years on, what did that match really prove about …
Is NextDNS Safe? Setup Guide for Phone, PC, and Router
Set up NextDNS on a phone, PC, or router to encrypt DNS queries and block trackers. See how it works and what the free …