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 SecurityMeta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People
privacyguides.org · 39 points · 12 comments
DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-Fi
theregister.com · 6 points · 0 comments
Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini PCs
tomshardware.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi DNS to steal Microsoft 365 accounts
bleepingcomputer.com · 4 points · 1 comments
Flock-style scanners now track WiFi/Bluetooth identity from devices in your car
techradar.com · 28 points · 12 comments
Growth of CVEs fixed in Postgres looks exponential
twitter.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Privacy is an underrated advantage in Slack apps
3 points · 3 comments
How Samsung's Privacy Screen Works
ifixit.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Security scanner for your SaaS. Find and fix Vulnerabilities. 35% off
sentrint.com · 3 points · 0 comments
OpenAI rolling out ads for Europe later this month
openai.com · 22 points · 4 comments
OpenAI updates its Privacy Policy to include ads
3 points · 2 comments
Z.ai Security Disclosure
cvd.z.ai · 32 points · 5 comments
NIST Seeks Blueprint for AI-Era Overhaul of National Vulnerability Database
securityboulevard.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Google is making private AI practical with homomorphic encryption
blog.google · 134 points · 88 comments
Surveillance company Flock moves to increase oversight after police misuse
nbcnews.com · 5 points · 2 comments
France's tax authority had data stolen on 680k taxpayers
korben.info · 52 points · 37 comments
Who's Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out
krebsonsecurity.com · 9 points · 0 comments
Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
arstechnica.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Rsync 3.5.0: a huge number of security fixes
download.samba.org · 23 points · 1 comments
Terabytes of credentials leaked in supply-chain attack
arstechnica.com · 32 points · 0 comments
LoongLeak: A Vulnerability Affecting Chinese Loongson 3A5000 and 3A6000 CPUs
loongleakattack.com · 10 points · 0 comments
Flock updates privacy, accountability, security, and transparency safeguards
flocksafety.com · 28 points · 46 comments
FTC, States Act Against Hims and Hers for Deceptive Unlawful Privacy Practices
ftc.gov · 12 points · 2 comments
We eliminated 1,400 CVEs in NanoClaw's container images
echo.ai · 37 points · 14 comments
Orca – Instant cross-platform in-app purchase orchestration
5 points · 0 comments
White House taps security firms for offensive hack-back operations
bleepingcomputer.com · 23 points · 5 comments
Despite Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties Threat
aclu.org · 11 points · 1 comments
Edge is dropping older extensions(Manifest V2), affecting popular privacy tools
malwarebytes.com · 26 points · 2 comments
Terabytes of credentials leaked in supply-chain attack
arstechnica.com · 7 points · 2 comments
Building Security Agents That Cannot Escape Their Trust Boundary
cynative.com · 8 points · 0 comments