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Researchers Demonstrate OpenBSD Root Exploit Chaining 37-Year-Old Shared-Memory Bug

A local privilege escalation exploit published today gains root on OpenBSD 7.9 by chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel flaw, bypassing OpenBSD's KARL kernel-address randomization and its SMAP and SMEP hardware protections. Security firm Calif, which found and reported the flaws, published a detailed writeup and full proof-of-concept code after OpenBSD shipped

The Hacker News · October 16, 2026

Applying technology to understand and treat disease

In collaboration with scientists and research partners, Google is helping to make disease more detectable, treatable, and preventable — with the goal of improving health…

Security Oct 12, 2026

Bring Your Own Agent: Your Employees' Assistants Are Already Logged In

The personal AI agents rollout is going about as smoothly as expected: Amazon now blocks Meta's Muse because it doesn't identify itself as a bot while browsing; Instinct keeps raising privacy concerns; and the horror stories from pretty much every personal AI agent keep piling up. Regardless, the tech world is mesmerized by the capabilities and potential of these services. Less than a year

Tech Oct 12, 2026

The Social Reckoning is flopping at the box office

As important as some of the messages in The Social Reckoning are, the movie has been drastically underperforming at the box office. Per Variety, Aaron's Sorkin's follow up to The Social Network only grossed a measly $5.5 million this past weekend against a budget that's somewhere within the $30-42 million range. That would make it […]

Tech Oct 12, 2026

Introducing Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full: Frontier Models for Agents

Meta is introducing Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, our most capable models to date, built to deliver state-of-the-art performance on personal and professional agentic tasks.

Security Oct 12, 2026

Ledger Finds Unauthorized Hardware Implant in CryptoBilis-Sold Wallet Amid Fund Theft Reports

Cryptocurrency hardware maker Ledger has temporarily paused sales of its products via Cryptobilis following reports of stolen funds linked to devices sold by the reseller. On Friday, the company said it was investigating reports of loss of funds from users in Southeast Asia who had purchased products from CryptoBilis. The incident is said to have resulted in losses totaling more than $86

Security Oct 12, 2026

Critical SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaw Targeted in 135 Exploitation Attempts After Patch

Threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 appliances within days of public disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-102255 (CVSS score: 10.0), is a case of pre-authenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF) that could allow a remote attacker "to direct the appliance to issue requests on their

Security Oct 12, 2026

Attackers Exploit CVSS 10.0 Bricksforge WordPress Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated RCE

A maximum-severity security flaw impacting the Bricksforge plugin for WordPress has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to Patchstack. The critical vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-85097 (CVSS score: 10.0), which allows unauthenticated attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code on vulnerable WordPress websites, resulting in remote code execution (RCE). The

Tech Oct 12, 2026

Meta has some Wonder Full new AI models

Meta is making up for lost time in the AI race. After launching Muse Spark, the first model from its revamped Superintelligence Labs division, and buzzy AI agent Muse, it's now launching two new models it claims can go toe-to-toe with the industry's best. The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are available […]

Tech Oct 12, 2026

Google Fitbit Edge: Our all-new smartest fitness tracker ever

Pre-order our newest fitness tracker and get access to our most advanced health tools — plus, a week of battery life from a single charge.

Tech Oct 12, 2026

How we’re making Google Health and Fitbit Air smarter than ever

Our most advanced wellness tools, premium metal bands, and deeper app partnerships bring everything you need directly to your wrist.

Tech Oct 12, 2026

We’re partnering with Flo Health to elevate women’s health

Google Health announces new partnership and deeper commitment to women’s health with Flo Health.

Tech Oct 12, 2026

From game days to daily life: The familiar faces teaming up with Google Health

See the athletes, creators, and wellness experts who are using Google Health to help make our technology better for everyone.

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