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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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GitSpawn: Untrusted repos can execute code via AI coding agents

manifold.security · 4 points · 3 comments

Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions

nvd.nist.gov · 25 points · 513 comments

An open DNS recursive service for free security and high privacy

quad9.net · 33 points · 39 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 · 117 points · 38 comments

The NX bit is not just about security

purplesyringa.moe · 106 points · 49 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 · 34 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 · 7 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 · 183 points · 66 comments

Samsung is randomly deactivating some accounts for 'security reasons'

9to5google.com · 5 points · 1 comments

BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors

arstechnica.com · 6 points · 3 comments

VibeGuard – security linter for AI-generated code

github.com · 4 points · 1 comments

FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

krebsonsecurity.com · 485 points · 299 comments

Improving our alignment and security efforts

anthropic.com · 15 points · 18 comments

Improving our alignment and security efforts

anthropic.com · 3 points · 4 comments

GrapheneOS may skip Pixel 11 over missing hardware security feature

cyberinsider.com · 29 points · 7 comments

Dan Driscoll's Parting Shot

theatlantic.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Improving our alignment and security practices

anthropic.com · 5 points · 1 comments

Dropbox Data Breach

18 points · 8 comments

I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system

jasontucker.blog · 371 points · 172 comments

A CVE Dispute

daniel.haxx.se · 53 points · 54 comments

What to do when a vendor doesn't respond to security issues?

3 points · 2 comments

Are Prompt Injections "Malware"?

2 points · 11 comments

Meta Security Researcher's AI Agent Accidentally Deleted Her Emails

au.pcmag.com · 23 points · 61 comments

The EU has begun enforcing the AI Act: first RFIs to model providers

tokenstead.ai · 42 points · 101 comments

Pentagon installs military influencers in civilian roles

washingtonpost.com · 23 points · 3 comments