A massive security breach recently forced Ubisoft to take Rainbow Six Siege servers offline after a multi-group hack compromised internal systems. Attackers flooded player accounts with billions in ...

Security firm Proofpoint has discovered that hackers have found a clever way to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and thereby get their hands on accounts belonging to corporate users. In a ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerable code in legacy Python packages that could potentially pave the way for a supply chain compromise on the Python Package Index (PyPI) via a domain ...

An anonymous bidder has won the solution to a 35-year-old puzzle for nearly $1 million. The top-secret code could be used to solve Kryptos, an infamously enigmatic sculpture containing four hidden ...

Containers move fast. They're created and removed in seconds, but the vulnerabilities they introduce can stick around. Learn 5 core practices to help engineering and security teams manage container ...

The hack was one of the “most sophisticated” attacks so far in 2025, according to Deddy Lavid, CEO of blockchain security company Cyvers. The team behind decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Balancer ...

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Thousands of networks—many of them operated by the US government and Fortune 500 companies—face an “imminent threat” of being breached by a nation-state hacking group following the breach of a major ...

Cybersecurity firm F5 Networks says government-backed hackers had “long-term, persistent access” to its network, which allowed them to steal the company’s source code and customer information. In a ...

Offensive security solutions firm HackerOne Inc. today announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence-driven offensive security platform. The updates includes the evolution of its Hai AI ...