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1. Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

   The botnet was reportedly tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network.

2. Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code

   Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output.

3. Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity

   Telltale SSD activity can be measured in the browser using simple JavaScript.

4. Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package

   "BadHost" was found in Starlette, a package with 325 million weekly downloads.

5. US's big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal

   Deal also launched the first quantum foundry company, but is there a need for it?

6. Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide end-to-end encryption

   Critics note a lack of factual support in lawsuit filed by US Senate candidate.

7. A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale

   GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks.

8. US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms

   Beneficiaries include startup backed by firm with links to the Trump family.

9. Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users

   Google publishes exploit code before patch, reported 42 months earlier, is fixed.

10. In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo

    SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since November 2025.