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 SecurityOpenAI just open-sourced Codex Security
github.com · 66 points · 5 comments
AI-found bugs aren't proving any easier to exploit despite the hype
theregister.com · 9 points · 0 comments
DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses'
theregister.com · 20 points · 5 comments
Anthropic A.I. Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms
nytimes.com · 8 points · 1 comments
There are no fire alarms when it comes to privacy
unsungnovelty.org · 10 points · 0 comments
Fast Remediation Is the New Trust Model (JFrog and OpenAI Zero-Day Findings)
jfrog.com · 51 points · 32 comments
Google's Beyond Zero: Enterprise Security for the AI Era
spawn-queue.acm.org · 136 points · 72 comments
About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6
support.apple.com · 187 points · 130 comments
Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms
arstechnica.com · 14 points · 3 comments
Residential Proxies Are a National Security Threat
jacob.gold · 68 points · 68 comments
Apple fixes 75 security issues with your iPhone and 155 for Mac, update now
9to5mac.com · 25 points · 4 comments
How to deal with security implications of running/installing projects?
8 points · 7 comments
Bitcoin trail, Google cookies and Uber Eats orders help tie man to Steam malware
theverge.com · 26 points · 24 comments
Exploiting Volvo/Eicher's fleet platform to gain control over all users/vehicles
eaton-works.com · 36 points · 6 comments
CstWeave – On-device, privacy-first Chrome extension for tab region GIFs
2 points · 0 comments
Sabba, a security bug finder that proves every finding by running it
github.com · 2 points · 1 comments
Your GPS Is Lying to You
medium.com · 8 points · 1 comments
What does GitHub's security team even do?
orchidfiles.com · 77 points · 19 comments
An interactive way to exploit an LLM without going to jail
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
CheapSecurity – Lightweight, Self-Hosted CCTV for Linux SBCs
github.com · 87 points · 17 comments
Tile's security is so bad it's a feature for stalkers
blog.adafruit.com · 153 points · 43 comments
Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
theregister.com · 31 points · 5 comments
Steam Workshop Map for Meccha Chameleon Used to Deliver Malware
medium.com · 4 points · 1 comments
Who's making money from using/exploiting AI?
9 points · 3 comments
The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were 'Active on the Internet' for Da
wired.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Malware I got infected with (out of curiosity)
gist.github.com · 3 points · 1 comments
Researchers replace downloaded macOS apps with evil twins, Apple shrugs
theregister.com · 15 points · 0 comments
Hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi DNS to steal Microsoft 365 accounts
bleepingcomputer.com · 7 points · 4 comments
TikTok violating EU regulations on privacy rights, according to an investigation
fastcompany.com · 7 points · 3 comments
Abliterated GLM 5.2 model, fine-tuned for security and red-team work
abliteration.ai · 2 points · 0 comments