How I stopped a massive WordPress spam attack with 4,700 lines of code in two days - thanks to Codex and Claude

Spam accounts overwhelmed my database. Claude found the weaknesses, Codex wrote the fixes, and I deployed a new defense.

Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival

A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every ...
Decrypt

This AI Agent Survived 6,000 Hack Attempts—Here’s How

Developer Fernando Irarrázaval's AI agent experiment drew over 6,000 hack attempts from more than 2,000 attackers. No one ...
Sports Illustrated

Spurs Use Hack-a-Mitch Strategy in NBA Finals to Limit Knicks Offense

The Spurs opted to send Knicks center Mitchell Robinson to the free throw line repeatedly during Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals on Friday night. In the opening quarter of the game, San Antonio fouled ...
TechCrunch

Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person

A ransomware gang has escalated its attacks on law firms by sometimes sending fake IT workers in person to the victims’ offices, where the imposters steal data directly from the victims’ computers ...

Scammers are using a fake captcha hack to steal your personal information: 'Verify you're human.' Here's the big red flag to watch for

Hackers are using this insidious scam to get unwitting victims to install malware themselves.
Krebs on Security

Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts

The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions ...
Post and Courier

Women’s ACC/SEC Challenge gives USC road game against Elite Eight team

COLUMBIA — Another familiar foe will reappear on the schedule next year. South Carolina's women's basketball team will play Duke for the third straight season, this time heading to Cameron Indoor ...
The Verge

Meta says NSO is still trying to hack WhatsApp users.

Despite last year’s $167 million verdict against NSO Group for its Pegasus software hacking some 1,400 WhatsApp users, Meta says it has detected new spear phishing attacks on its platform from the ...
Hosted on MSN

Practical everyday hack you’ll actually use: Simple and effective tip

Discover a practical everyday hack that is simple, effective, and easy to apply in your daily routine. This useful tip is designed to save time, improve efficiency, and make common tasks more ...
Wired

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones. Code ...
Yahoo! Sports

ACC Football 2026 Predictions

How does Athlon Sports project the ACC for 2026? Steven Lassan predicts and ranks all 17 teams in the ACC for this fall: As a former quarterback and assistant on the Farm, new coach Tavita Pritchard ...