After a 35-year quest, the final solution to a famous puzzle called Kryptos has been found. Two writers discovered the fourth answer to the code hidden among the Smithsonian Institution’s archives.

Two flaws in 7-Zip allow working-directory escape through symlinks inside malicious ZIPs. Update immediately or disable automatic extraction to mitigate risk. Two vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-11001 and ...

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key. By John Schwartz John Schwartz, ...

Microsoft issues emergency patch for a critical WSUS flaw enabling remote code execution CVE-2025-59287 allows unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges without user interaction An ...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced the execution of Charles Ray Crawford will proceed as scheduled. Crawford was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 for the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and murder ...

Threat actors exploited a recently patched remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-20352) in Cisco networking devices to deploy a rootkit and target unprotected Linux systems. The security issue ...

Mr. Mangano served as the executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness under President George W. Bush. It’s bad enough that the number of homeless people in the United ...

If some days it’s easier to reach your step goals than others, you may still be protecting yourself against cardiovascular disease and early death, according to a new study. For women older than 60 in ...

Microsoft today released software updates to plug a whopping 172 security holes in its Windows operating systems, including at least two vulnerabilities that are already being actively exploited.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said "all necessary procedures are being followed" for Charles Ray Crawford's execution unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes to stop the execution. Reeves announced at ...