Archive snapshot

Mon, Jul 20 · 06:00 PM CDT

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Generated Mon, Jul 20 · 06:00 PM CDTWindow last 6 hours

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Coverage now updates on a rolling 6-hour window, while NVD entries come from the live API using a last-24-hours modified window and are sorted by severity.

Fast take

News stays on the current 6-hour slice, videos now use the last 24 hours, and NVD uses the API instead of the traditional feed to better match the live site behavior.

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Worth skimming
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Tracked videos
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NVD vulnerabilities
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Top stories

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:53:03 +0530

FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware

9.8/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newsmalwaresupply-chainai

Summary
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered nearly 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories, out of which more than 800 pose as artificial intelligence (AI) skills or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to deliver a malware family known as SmartLoader as part of an

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:59:50 +0530

Exposed Server Reveals AI-Assisted Phishing Toolkit Behind WebDAV Malware Campaign

9.8/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newsmalwareai

Summary
A malware operator left its delivery server wide open, and Rapid7 pulled down the whole toolkit: 1,048 files spanning lure templates, filename-spoofing tests, execution experiments, droppers, builder notes, and two campaign chains. One was already live against

Mon, Jul 20 · 06:00 PM CDT

JadePuffer Returns With Ransomware Designed to Wipe AI Models

9.4/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinemalwareai

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Mon, Jul 20 · 06:00 PM CDT

Researchers Build WordPress Exploit Using OpenAI's GPT

9.4/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinevulnai

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Mon, Jul 20 · 06:00 PM CDT

New HollowGraph Malware Hijacks Microsoft 365 Calendars for Covert C2 Communications

8.9/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazinemalware

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Worth skimming

Mon, Jul 20 · 04:00 PM CDT

Who's Afraid of Chinese Models?

8.4/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newsai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 2 hours ago.

Mon, Jul 20 · 02:00 PM CDT

Agent swarms and the new model economics

8.3/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newsai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 4 hours ago.

Mon, Jul 20 · 06:00 PM CDT

23andMe Faces New Security Mandates in $18m Data Breach Settlement

8.1/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazinegeneral

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Mon, Jul 20 · 12:00 PM CDT

How we measured AI writing across arXiv, and where the measurement breaks

8.1/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newsai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 6 hours ago.

Mon, Jul 20 · 12:00 PM CDT

Launch HN: Bloomy (YC S26) – AI-powered mastery learning for K-12

8.1/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newsai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 6 hours ago.