Most “hacker OS” projects on GitHub are a themed terminal emulator running inside your regular desktop. Cool wallpaper, same OS underneath.

Objective

Seven Days. Fifty-Five Vulnerabilities.

TL;DR A Linux kernel CPU timer flaw lets a local user reach root. Tracked as CVE-2026-64560, it scores 7.0 on CVSS. Researchers confirmed a root shell on a Pixel 10 Pro. The full details and proof…

TL;DR SonicWall disclosed critical flaws in its GMS and Email Security products on August 11, 2026. The most severe is a SonicWall GMS vulnerability, CVE-2026-66147, scoring CVSS 9.4. It allows un…

TL;DR Cisco disclosed a Cisco ASA and FTD VPN vulnerability on August 11, 2026. Tracked as CVE-2026-20349 (CVSS 8.6), it lets an unauthenticated attacker crash the firewall remotely. Cisco confirm…

Apple capped how many security reports a researcher can file. The cap is a symptom. The real change is that discovery stopped being the…

30-second version: Apple’s Private Cloud Compute (PCC) runs the heavy-lifting for Apple Intelligence. Its first userspace process…

Testing a Banking API Against the OWASP API Security Top 10

A plain-language tour of the ten ways your app most likely gets owned — and the small code changes that stop them.

In Part 1, we secured the database. In Part 2, we secured the session. But there is a hard truth in cybersecurity: No matter how strong…

How I Used a SIM-less Xiaomi to Ride a Robotaxi in Vegas During DEF CON

TL;DR Google shipped a new Chrome security update on the Stable channel. It fixes five high-severity use-after-free flaws across V8, Blink, HTML, TabStrip, and Extensions. No exploitation in the w…

What happened at a glance Actor or group Lazarus (DPRK-linked), per Check Point Research Activity type Spear-phishing, trojanized software, zero-day exploitation Targets Defense, aerospace, and av…

TL;DR Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 421 vulnerabilities, with 62 rated critical. One flaw, CVE-2026-68820, is already exploited in the wild. Microsoft also patched two other zero-days …

TL;DR Zoom released four security bulletins on August 11, 2026. Two of the flaws allow remote code execution against meeting participants. Each Zoom security vulnerability now has a fix, so users …

A command injection that fires before any sandbox exists, a V8 isolate that protects the wrong half of your module, and an XSS in the OAuth…

AI is the biggest field.

SQL Injection Is Still the #1 Threat in 2026

TL;DR A researcher has published a public PoC called ShieldBreak. It bypasses Microsoft’s July patch for the RoguePlanet Windows Defender flaw, CVE-2026-50656. The exploit escalates a standa…

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