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 SecuritySeL4 security proofs now complete on AArch64
proofcraft.systems · 81 points · 53 comments
Slovakia Finds Russian Backdoor in Traffic Speed Cameras
tomshardware.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Dev // Cyber Toolkit – a free floating dev/cybersecurity widget
dev-cyber-toolkit.netlify.app · 4 points · 3 comments
2-click code execution vulnerability on Omarchy Linux
twitter.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Malware infects Android-based automotive head unit firmware
securelist.com · 118 points · 143 comments
Crafted NTFS File-System Image Allows Root Access on Linux with NTFS3 Driver
phoronix.com · 6 points · 0 comments
Hundreds of leaked AWS keys give full control over corporate accounts
bleepingcomputer.com · 7 points · 0 comments
Apple degrades privacy and encryption of iMessage with AI integrations
twitter.com · 4 points · 1 comments
Microsoft Entra ID Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
msrc.microsoft.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Companies that buy and sell your data are not following CA’s strict privacy laws
hai.stanford.edu · 4 points · 0 comments
May this night carry my will
phrack.org · 3 points · 0 comments
Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta's alleged strategy laid out in first week
theguardian.com · 205 points · 197 comments
Slovakia discovers Russian backdoors in 279 new traffic cameras
tomshardware.com · 10 points · 0 comments
PgExtAssure – pre-admission security evidence for PostgreSQL extensions
github.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Bringing the cybersecurity capabilities of Claude Mythos 5 to more defenders
claude.com · 47 points · 52 comments
Uber Faces €825M Dutch Fine over Driver Suspensions
bloomberg.com · 12 points · 0 comments
Defending Against an Active Threat to Siemens S7 Series PLCs
cisa.gov · 4 points · 0 comments
Hong Kong convicts two Tiananmen vigil activists of inciting subversion
france24.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Meta glasses are a workplace menace
theverge.com · 14 points · 3 comments
See what's behind any website: DNS, hosting, security, tech stack
heckzar.app · 2 points · 5 comments
Researcher tricks Apple's Find My into sharing location data with Linux
theregister.com · 9 points · 1 comments
GPU VulnDB – open vulnerability database for GPU infrastructure
gpuvulndb.org · 2 points · 0 comments
New Manic Android malware can exfiltrate data through nearby devices
bleepingcomputer.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload
safedep.io · 218 points · 511 comments
Netherlands lists Israel as a threat to its national security for the first time
trtworld.com · 57 points · 11 comments
Sentrint, a security scanner for projects build with LLMs
sentrint.com · 6 points · 2 comments
An approach to vulnerability observability of Go services leveraging Prometheus
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
US warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructure
bleepingcomputer.com · 6 points · 0 comments
Gardner police discontinue Flock cameras as license plate readers face scrutiny
kmbc.com · 121 points · 66 comments
ICE boss to agents: Leave the Meta spy glasses at home
theregister.com · 11 points · 1 comments