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From Karel to picoCTF: You Can Win Your First Python CTF in 2026

The 2026 picoCTF competition has officially expanded with more challenges than ever before, yet the transition from the block-based logic of Karel to the raw Python scripting required for CTFs remains ...

JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows ...
Tech XploreOpinion

Hackers just stole data from 9,000 schools and unis around the world. How can we protect student privacy?

This week, US-based education technology provider Instructure announced a significant cybersecurity incident affecting its ...
Hackaday

An LLM From “Scratch”

Reading a book about bowling is not the same as actually bowling. If that resonates with you and you want to learn more about ...
OSTechNix

How to Fix Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) Vulnerability on Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Learn how to fix Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) in Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Copy Fail vulnerability allows any local user gain root ...
lablab

Using Agent Harnesses for AI Hackathons with Claude Code

An agent harness is the scaffolding that lets an AI model operate autonomously on a real task: run tools, observe results, and loop until the job is done. Unlike a chat interface where you steer every ...
The Atlantic

Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem

For the past several weeks, Anthropic says it secretly possessed a tool potentially capable of commandeering most computer servers in the world. This is a bot that, if unleashed, might be able to hack ...
Wired

Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends

Thousands of men are members of Telegram groups and channels that advertise and sell hacking and surveillance services that can be used to harass friends, wives and girlfriends, and former partners, ...
PBS

Pro-Iranian group claims credit for hacking into FBI Director Patel's personal account

WASHINGTON (AP) — A pro-Iranian hacking group claimed Friday to have hacked an account of FBI Director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him, along with a ...
TechCrunch

A major hacking tool has leaked online, putting millions of iPhones at risk. Here’s what you need to know.

Security researchers have uncovered a series of cyberattacks targeting Apple customers across the world. The tools used in these hacking campaigns have been dubbed Coruna and DarkSword, and they have ...
TechCrunch

A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals

Security researchers have identified a suite of powerful hacking tools capable of compromising iPhones running older software that they say has passed from a government customer into the hands of ...
Reuters

Hacking group begins leaking customer data in Dutch telecom Odido hack

AMSTERDAM, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The criminal group behind a hack at Dutch telecom Odido, one of the largest carried out in the Netherlands, has begun publishing customer information on the dark web, the ...