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Vercel breach traced to compromised Context.ai OAuth app, non-sensitive env vars harvested
Vercel disclosed that attackers reached internal systems through a third-party AI platform, Context.ai, whose compromise exposed a Vercel employee's Google Work
Vercel Credential Leak Traces Back to Context AI Compromise
Vercel has disclosed a security incident in which a limited set of customer credentials were exposed through a downstream breach at Context AI, a third-party se
ZionSiphon Malware Hits Israeli Water and Desalination OT Infrastructure
Researchers have identified a new malware strain dubbed ZionSiphon targeting operational technology systems at Israeli water and desalination facilities. The ca
Anthropic launches Claude Design, a conversational prototyping tool powered by Opus 4.7
Anthropic Labs released Claude Design, a research-preview product that turns natural-language conversation into polished visual artifacts: prototypes, wireframe
Apollo astronauts all got 'lunar hay fever' - and ESA is still trying to figure out why
Every one of the 12 Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon developed respiratory irritation from lunar dust clinging to their suits, with symptoms ranging fro
Claude 4.7's new tokenizer quietly inflates session costs by 20-30%
An independent measurement of Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 tokenizer finds it consumes about 1.33x more tokens than 4.6 on real Claude Code content, and up to 1.
Coast Guard Maritime Cyber Rules Set a Template Other Sectors Will Follow
The U.S. Coast Guard's new cybersecurity regulations for the Marine Transportation System mark a shift from voluntary guidance to enforceable baseline controls
Datasette 1.0a28 patches regressions from prior alpha, adds cleanup hooks
Simon Willison shipped Datasette 1.0a28 to fix breakages surfaced while upgrading Datasette Cloud to 1.0a27. The headline regression: execute_write_fn() callbac
NIST Reworks CVE Triage to Prioritize High-Impact Vulnerabilities
NIST is restructuring how it processes CVE entries, shifting effort away from exhaustive coverage of every reported flaw toward deeper analysis of vulnerabiliti
PyCon US 2026 heads to Long Beach with dedicated AI and security tracks
PyCon US 2026 runs May 13-19 in Long Beach, marking the conference's first return to California since 2013 and to the West Coast since 2017. The main talks span
Sanctioned crypto exchange Grinex halts after $15M drain, blames 'unfriendly states'
Grinex, a Kyrgyzstan-registered cryptocurrency exchange already under US Treasury sanctions, has suspended operations after attackers drained roughly $15 millio
Satellite imagery shows 40% of US AI data centers will miss 2026 deadlines
Geospatial analysis from SynMax, cross-referenced with permit filings tracked by IIR Energy, indicates that nearly 40 percent of US data center projects schedul