In a report published Thursday, the Chrome security team says the browser's two major version releases in June included fixes for 1,072 security bugs—more patches than the team shipped in the prior 23 big releases combined. …
… The project has already begun its work offering free security consulting services to open source maintainers to not only help them find and patch vulnerabilities, but also support them in strengthening their code bases and incorporating AI security tools into their development process. …
Chris Butera, CISA's acting executive assistant director for cybersecurity, told reporters on Wednesday that the goal of the directive is to help agencies prioritize, so they can address the most problematic vulnerabilities first while taking more time to remediate bugs that pose a less-pressing ri… …
… When researchers at Google and cybersecurity firms iVerify and Lookout revealed DarkSword nearly two weeks ago, Apple released iOS 18-specific patches only for older devices whose hardware was incompatible with iOS 26, and recommended all other users update to its most recent OS version. …
… We're trying to get the word out that you need to check your car for this device and manually patch it now.” The company that sells the KARR Security System, Acrisure Protection Group, on Monday rolled out a firmware update for the vulnerable Bluetooth model of its aftermarket KARR alarm to fix the… …
… Zoom did not respond to multiple requests for comment from WIRED about the A Security findings. The bugs are now patched, with Zoom issuing both server and client-side fixes—or patches for both Zoom’s own servers and the applications that run on customer devices. …
… In April, though, Daniel Stenberg, the founder and lead developer of Curl, said in a LinkedIn post that the quality of submissions had improved. “Over the last few months, we have stopped getting AI slop security reports in the Curl project,” he wrote. “Instead we get an ever increasing amount of r… …
… Microsoft noted last month that its bumper crop of patches—which almost reached the current record—was the result of AI’s ability to automatically ferret out security vulnerabilities at inhuman speeds. “Advanced AI models are part of the discovery picture and help to accelerate it,” Microsoft Secur… …
… Security experts also say that the moment presents an opportunity to address shortcomings in how software is currently developed. “For decades, we have built an enormous global industry to defend, detect, and respond to ‘vulnerabilities’—flaws and defects in software—that should never have existed … …
… Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …