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Researcher Details WhatsApp-to-Host Attack Chain Using Three OpenClaw Flaws
Details have emerged about three now-patched security flaws in the OpenClaw personal artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that, if successfully exploited, could enable credential theft, privilege escalation, and arbitrary code execution on the host. A brief description of the high-severity vulnerabilities is as follows - GHSA-hjr6-g723-hmfm (CVSS score: 8.8) - An operating system
Secure code execution for AI agents with AWS Lambda MicroVMs
Development teams building serverless applications with AI coding agents face the question of how to let those agents generate and execute code without losing control over governance. Agent-generated code needs a secure environment to execute, isolated from production systems and the developer’s local environment. Addressing this requires three things working together: a secure execution sandbox, […]
The Replicant in Your Directory: AI Agents and the Identity Security Gap
AI agents are accelerating the growth of non-human identities, making it harder for organizations to understand what exists, who owns it, and what it can access. Netwrix explains why stronger visibility and identity governance are essential as AI expands the enterprise attack surface. [...]
Announcing the public beta of Vault Kubernetes key management
Kubernetes has become the standard platform for running modern applications, but securing sensitive data inside Kubernetes remains a persistent challenge. Applications depend on secrets to function. Kubernetes stores that data in etcd, and historically, Kubernetes Secrets have often been discussed as “just base64 encoded.” While Kubernetes supports encryption at rest, the real question is deeper. Today, we are announcing the public beta of Vault Kubernetes key management, a new capability that
Exploring A Few Java 25 Language Enhancements
Although Java 26 was released in mid-March this year, Java 25 is the latest LTS version available, and thus I chose to focus my attention on it in the first place. Irrespective of whether certain Java 25 language improvements are still available as preview features or not, this article briefly outlines a few. The main purpose is to first make the developers aware that Java is continuously refined and evolved by its API contributors and secondly, to raise the curiosity and interest of exploring t
Fresh ATM Crypto Software Bugs: Jackpot or Bust?
Organizations, and possibly ATMs, are at risk of compromise, thanks to holes in a Microsoft BitLocker security wrapper.
Volkswagen Group tells its board how to fix it, unions disagree
VW's plan calls for half as many models but didn't mention closures or job cuts.
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