Author: Modernizing Tech
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Dell Issues Critical Security Update After Active Exploitation of RecoverPoint Vulnerability
Dell has released an urgent security update for RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines after confirming active exploitation of a critical vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain root-level access to affected systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-22769, involves hardcoded credentials embedded in RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1. An unauthenticated remote attacker with
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Google Adds AI Music Generation to Gemini With Lyria 3
Google has introduced AI-generated music to its Gemini app, expanding the platform’s creative capabilities beyond text, images, and video. The new feature is powered by Lyria 3, a generative music model developed by Google DeepMind, and is currently rolling out in beta. It allows users to generate short music tracks using text prompts or visual
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Vulnerabilities Found in Popular Software Development Extensions
Security researchers have identified multiple vulnerabilities in widely used integrated development environment (IDE) extensions, add on tools used in software development editors such as Visual Studio Code, exposing an attack surface in modern software development workflows. The findings, published by researchers at OX Security, are based on an examination of several popular extensions used in
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Study Finds Security Design Flaws in Cloud Password Managers
Academic researchers have disclosed a series of security weaknesses in several widely used cloud-based password managers that could allow attackers to view, alter, or fully compromise stored credentials, even in environments advertised as zero-knowledge. The findings come from a study conducted by teams at ETH Zurich and the Switzerland’s University of Lugano (USI), which examined
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Research Shows Infostealers Expanding to AI Agent Environments
A recent cybersecurity investigation by Hudson Rock, a firm specializing in cybercrime intelligence and infostealer threat monitoring, has uncovered a real-world infostealer infection that successfully exfiltrated configuration files from an OpenClaw AI agent environment, signaling a notable shift in how malware targets sensitive data. Unlike traditional infostealer activity focused on browser credentials, this incident involved
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Google Releases Chrome Security Update
Google has begun rolling out an update to the Chrome Extended Stable channel for desktop users on Windows and macOS. The new version, 144.0.7559.177, will be gradually deployed over the coming days and weeks. This release includes one high-severity security fix addressing CVE-2026-2441, a use-after-free vulnerability in CSS. Google has confirmed that this issue is
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IBM and Collaborators Win NASA Award for Open-Source AI Models Driving Scientific Research
NASA has recognized a team of researchers from IBM, NASA, and academic partners for their work on open-source AI foundation models designed to help scientists analyze massive amounts of Earth and space data more efficiently. The collaboration centers on a family of models known as Prithvi, which are trained on large volumes of satellite and
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Microsoft Announces Secure Boot Certificate Update Across Windows Ecosystem
Microsoft has announced an update to the Secure Boot certificates used across the Windows ecosystem, part of a broader effort to maintain the security foundations of modern devices. Secure Boot is a low-level security feature that ensures only trusted software runs during system startup. The certificates it relies on have defined lifespans, and periodic updates
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