Security stories
Security stories on Hacker News range from critical CVE disclosures and supply-chain attacks to privacy policy changes and encryption debates. Practitioners, researchers, and skeptics weigh in with technical depth that mainstream coverage often misses.
This page aggregates the security and privacy discussions worth reading — vulnerability write-ups, incident postmortems, and the community's reaction to new threats and defenses.
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RSS feed for SecurityNetanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7
haaretz.com · 26 points · 7 comments
We have a year to fix security everywhere
jyn.dev · 85 points · 49 comments
Security and JSON tools that run in the browser
sentrint.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Do We Still Need Burp Suite for Web Security Testing?
medium.com · 5 points · 2 comments
Trump homeland security chief says ICE agents could be sent to polling places
theguardian.com · 17 points · 4 comments
You almost certainly should connect to Tor through a VPN
privacyguides.org · 4 points · 0 comments
Has anybody seen my keys? A key-hierarchy strategy for rack-level security
rfd.shared.oxide.computer · 19 points · 1 comments
Big Brother is going to college: The federal plan to track students for life
washingtonexaminer.com · 4 points · 1 comments
DHH Nazism Funded by 1Password VP Who Wrote "Honest Security"
flyingpenguin.com · 9 points · 0 comments
OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
arstechnica.com · 6 points · 0 comments
GPT-6 Astra in code review: Gains, privacy, and cost
coderabbit.ai · 15 points · 3 comments
GitSpawn: Untrusted repos can execute code via AI coding agents
manifold.security · 4 points · 1 comments
Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions
nvd.nist.gov · 25 points · 3 comments
An open DNS recursive service for free security and high privacy
quad9.net · 33 points · 7 comments
US Senator demands NSA update VPN guidance over foreign spying risks
techradar.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Vigilantism Comes for Flock
this.weekinsecurity.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Government Rails Site Hit Hours After CVE Patch
rietta.com · 55 points · 13 comments
The NX bit is not just about security
purplesyringa.moe · 3 points · 0 comments
Why Big Tech's War on Game Servers Should Terrify Every Home Lab Enthusiast
unknownuniverse.uk · 8 points · 1 comments
Instrument clusters are now paid extras in two Hyundai models
caranddriver.com · 31 points · 33 comments
UK's Online Safety Act has made 'absolutely no difference,' kids say
theregister.com · 29 points · 6 comments
I rented a car, and within hours my driver's license was for sale
arstechnica.com · 22 points · 3 comments
OpenAI's agents exploited a patched Linux bug in Hugging Face incident
zdnet.com · 7 points · 0 comments
Six curl CVEs after OpenAI and Anthropic came back with zero
aisle.com · 21 points · 2 comments
Samsung is randomly deactivating some accounts for 'security reasons'
9to5google.com · 5 points · 0 comments
BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors
arstechnica.com · 6 points · 0 comments
VibeGuard – security linter for AI-generated code
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
krebsonsecurity.com · 99 points · 31 comments
Improving our alignment and security efforts
anthropic.com · 15 points · 7 comments
Improving our alignment and security efforts
anthropic.com · 3 points · 3 comments