Zero-day exploits, AI-driven Android malware, firmware backdoors, password manager trust gaps, rising DDoS define this week’s critical cyber threats.

Critical vulnerabilities in four widely used VS Code extensions could enable file theft and remote code execution across 125M ...

A woman was charged with murder on Monday after a fatal shooting, according to a Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office news release. Around 5:09 a.m., deputies ...

Think of a REST API like a waiter in a restaurant. You (an app) tell the waiter what you want (your request), and the waiter goes to the kitchen (the server) to get it for you. REST is just a set of ...

Several lawmakers reviewed unredacted Jeffrey Epstein case files Monday at a Justice Department office in Washington, as members of Congress offered new public comments about individuals they say may ...

Officials and lawmakers address the latest unsealed records from the Ghislaine Maxwell case. Officials provided a breakdown of the newly released Epstein files, including context regarding mentions of ...

OnePlus has begun distributing OxygenOS 16.0.3.501 to OnePlus 15R users in India through a staged rollout. The incremental update, carrying build number CPH2767_16.0. ...

Microsoft issues emergency patch for Office zero-day CVE-2026-21509 Vulnerability allows attackers to bypass OLE mitigations and execute malware CISA adds flaw to KEV catalog; exploitation details ...

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday to update them this week on the Justice Department’s progress on releasing files related to Jeffrey Epstein. President ...

Microsoft has released the KB5070311 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 systems, which includes 49 changes, including fixes for File Explorer freezes and search issues. KB5070311 is an optional ...

TL;DR: Windows 11's File Explorer remains slower than Windows 10 despite a fix that preloads the app at startup, doubling its RAM usage without significantly improving speed. The slower performance ...