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Security researchers have warned of a “critical, systemic” vulnerability in the model context protocol (MCP) which could have a significant impact on the AI supply chain. MCP is a popular open source ...

A design choice in the MCP SDKs allows remote code execution across the AI supply chain.

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Cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to "a portion" of its source code repository ...

For students of early PC history, this isn’t even the first piece of 86-DOS history that has been newly rediscovered this ...

Microsoft has officially released another significant piece of DOS history. The "Paterson Listings" include the earliest ...

Hackers have been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-22679) in the Weaver E-cology office automation since ...

Plus: The Pentagon has struck sweeping AI deals for classified work. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday ...

Open source software with more than 1 million monthly downloads was compromised after a threat actor exploited a ...

Today's applications require monitoring, logging, configuration, etc. Each of these concerns can be implemented as a ...