Inventors of Quantum Cryptography Win Turing Award
Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard have won the 2026 Turing Award for inventing quantum cryptography. I am incredibly pleased to…
Security
Weekly Update 497
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HIBP Mega Update: Passkeys, k-Anonymity Searches, Massive Speed Enhancements and a Bulk Domain Verification API
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CISO Spotlight: Dimitris Georgiou on Building Security that Serves People First
Dimitris Georgiou has been a self-professed computer geek since the early 80s. At university, he studied the convergence of educational…
Apple’s Camera Indicator Lights
A thoughtful review of Apple’s system to alert users that the camera is on. It’s really well-designed, and important in…
Friday Squid Blogging: Bioluminescent Bacteria in Squid
The Hawaiian bobtail squid has bioluminescent bacteria.
Node.js Security Bulletin: CVE-2026-21637 and Other Fixes Explained
The Node.js project has recently released a series of security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities across its active release lines.…
Zero-Click AI Exploit: ShadowPrompt in Claude Chrome Extension
A significant vulnerability has been discovered in Anthropic’s Claude Google Chrome Extension, potentially allowing malicious actors to inject prompts into…
As the US Midterms Approach, AI Is Going to Emerge as a Key Issue Concerning Voters
In December, the Trump administration signed an executive order that neutered states’ ability to regulate AI by ordering his administration…
Why Unsigned Software Triggers Security Warnings (& How Code Signing Prevents It)
Unsigned software triggers security warnings because operating systems have no way to verify who built the file or whether it…