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 SecurityGitSpawn: 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