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Firefox VPN
Firefox free VPN drops its 50GB launch cap until January 31

Mozilla has removed the data limit on the free VPN built into Firefox. Firefox users in supported regions get unlimited browsing on desktop and Android once they sign in with …

X.org
X.Org patches eight server vulnerabilities a month after fixing 12 others

X.Org has fixed eight vulnerabilities in the X.Org X server and Xwayland, including one in the Xorg server that lets a malicious monitor corrupt its memory. The fixes ship in …

code
AI reverse engineering let researchers add a new feature to Slack

Intezer researchers used AI agents to rebuild source code for Slack, Apple’s Finder and a TinyTurla-NG sample, from a backdoor family Cisco Talos attributes to the Turla …

CISA
CISA tweaks cyber incident form to spot attacks that might be linked

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its online incident reporting form to help analysts spot when attacks on different organizations …

Claude
Claude Mythos 5.2 arrives with stronger bug hunting and less sandbox-breaking behavior

Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2. The two versions share an underlying model, with stricter safeguards for cybersecurity and biology tasks in the …

Microsoft
Windows settings backup is on by default starting with Windows 11 26H2

Starting with Windows 11, version 26H2, Windows settings backup will switch on by default on eligible devices. The company renamed the feature, which launched in August 2025 …

Microsoft Exchange
Turla’s Cereal malware turns victims’ Exchange servers into spy hubs

Russia-aligned group Turla planted a modular .NET toolset on Microsoft Exchange servers at two government organizations, one in Kazakhstan and one in Romania, and used it to …

Eric Fourrier
What a security leader should tell the CEO about leaked credentials

In this Help Net Security interview, Eric Fourrier, CEO of GitGuardian, talks about leaked credentials and personal liability for security leaders and boards. He explains how …

biometrics
Security teams want to spot unusual AI agent behavior while they’re still defining normal

AI agents topped the list of planned investments in behavioral monitoring in Abnormal AI’s 2026 State of Behavioral Security Report. Asked where their organizations would …

Agentic AI
Over 575 malicious OpenClaw skills delivered malware to Windows and macOS

Cybercriminals are using AI agents to coordinate attacks, stolen credentials to access linked services, and tools that interfere with intrusion detection and system recovery, …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: November 10, 2026

Application Security Engineer ONE ZERO BANK | Israel | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will work with developers to build security …

artificial intelligence
ARTEX goes from pentesting tool to attacker staple in three months

A security researcher’s AI agent breached an internal sales application used by WorkOS’s go-to-market teams, the developer platform provider confirmed on Friday. …

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