SwapNet exploit drains up to $13.3M from Matcha Meta users

Matcha Meta users were exposed via a SwapNet smart contract exploit, with up to $16.8M stolen on Base, highlighting ongoing approval risks.

AI-powered cyberattack kits are 'just a matter of time,' warns Google exec

Security chief says criminals are already automating workflows, with full end-to-end tools likely within years ...
The New York Times

How Russia’s War Machine Brutalizes and Exploits Its Own Soldiers

In hundreds of official complaints, inadvertently posted online by the Russian government, soldiers and their loved ones describe a lawless and violent military apparatus that abuses its own troops to ...
PC Gamer

Action RPG players will exploit anything in the name of efficiency, which is why Path of Exile 2 players are locking themselves in the campaign for profit

RPG A Baldur's Gate 3-style early access period wouldn't have done much for Deadfire, the secret best CRPG of the last decade, per its director Josh Sawyer Roguelike Lort devs reluctantly tweak the ...
CSOonline

Webrat turns GitHub PoCs into a malware trap

Security professionals hunting PoCs and exploit code on GitHub might soon walk into a trap, as attackers redirect a known RAT toward them. Researchers have uncovered a stealthy campaign in which the ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

React2Shell Exploit Campaigns Tied to North Korean Cyber Intrusion Tactics

Security researchers at Sysdig have observed new campaigns exploiting React2Shell which appear to have the hallmarks of North Korean hackers. React2Shell is a remote code execution vulnerability in ...
Scientific American

Mars Sample That May Contain Evidence of Life Might Never Come Home

Update: A minibus spending package passed by the House of Representatives on January 8, 2026, effectively cancels the Mars Sample Return program by eliminating almost all funding for future missions.
Wired

How Genes Have Harnessed Physics to Grow Living Things

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit mechanical forces for growth and development. Sip a glass of wine, and you ...
Shacknews

ARC Raiders Patch 1.1.0 notes fix wall exploits, health regain glitches & more

Embark Studios launched ARC Raiders Patch 1.1.0 and its accompanying patch notes this week, putting the notes on its Discord server. The group didn’t change anything particularly drastic. It mostly ...
CoinDesk

Balancer Hit by Apparent Exploit as $110M in Crypto Moves to New Wallets

Balancer, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol with over $750 million in value locked, appears to have been hit by its biggest exploit yet, with on-chain data showing upward of $110 million in ...
Forbes

Ongoing Ransomware Attacks Exploit Linux Vulnerability, CISA Warns

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Admit it: the first thing you think of when ransomware is ...
CoinTelegraph

Failed NPM exploit highlights looming threat to crypto security: Exec

Ledger chief technology officer Charles Guillemet said that while the immediate danger had passed, the threat still exists. A recent Node Package Manager (NPM) attack stole just $50 worth of crypto, ...