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Programming Languages for Cyber Security: What the Tools Actually Use

Security tooling is not written in a single language. Python powers most automation. C sits at the exploit layer. PowerShell ...
ZDNet

Chainguard's new Athena coalition uses AI to fix open-source flaws - before attackers exploit them

Chainguard will use AI to protect open-source code. Athena pools open-source users, developers, and maintainers. Others are also using AI to secure open-source code. As Chainguard puts it, "The gap ...
IGN

Bank Balances Rolled Back for Forza Horizon 6 Players Who Used Exploit to Amass a Billion Credits

In response to an arcane but incredibly lucrative exploit discovered by Forza Horizon 6 players, Playground Games has confirmed that those who used the method to accumulate massive amounts of credits ...
Ars Technica

For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer

Dozens of cryptographically verified open source packages from Microsoft were compromised late last week to add advanced credential-stealing code that was triggered when developers opened them in AI ...
Ars Technica

Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package

Millions of AI agents and tools around the world have been imperiled by a critical vulnerability that can allow hackers to breach the servers running them and make off with sensitive data and ...
CoinTelegraph

THORChain exploit tied to malicious node and GG20 flaw

The $10.7 million THORChain exploit was caused by a GG20 vulnerability, which allowed a malicious node to reconstruct a full private key to one of its vaults. THORChain said a malicious node operator ...
TechCrunch

Hackers have compromised dozens of popular open source packages in an ongoing supply-chain attack

In an ongoing cyberattack, hackers have compromised several popular open source projects that software developers all over the world rely on. On Tuesday, cybersecurity firms StepSecurity and SafeDep ...
The Next Web

Google found the first AI-generated zero-day exploit. It stopped the attack before it started.

Google identified the first zero-day exploit it believes was developed with AI and thwarted a planned mass exploitation event. The GTIG report documents state-sponsored actors from China, North Korea, ...
HotHardware

Google Detects First AI-Developed Zero-Day Exploit Used by Threat Actors

The May 2026 report from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group marks a definitive shift in the cybersecurity landscape. While previous assessments categorized AI-assisted cyberattacks as experimental, ...
BGR

Google Discovers The First Known Case Of Hackers Using AI To Create A Zero-Day Exploit

A new report from the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) reveals that sophisticated hacker groups have started using AI tools to help create and deploy zero-day exploits. The revelation confirms ...
techtimes

Google Discovers First AI-Made Zero-Day Exploit, Claims It Was Not Made With Gemini

Google has revealed that it has discovered a new zero-day exploit that was created using or with the assistance of artificial intelligence, claiming that this is the first-ever one in the tech ...
The Verge

Google stopped a zero-day hack that it says was developed with AI

Google researchers found evidence in the exploit’s code that it may have been created using AI, like a ‘hallucinated’ CVSS score. Google researchers found evidence in the exploit’s code that it may ...