Archive snapshot

Mon, Aug 17 · 12:00 PM CDT

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Generated Mon, Aug 17 · 12:00 PM CDTWindow last 6 hours

Top line

Coverage now updates on a rolling 6-hour window, while NVD entries come from the live API using a last-24-hours modified window and are sorted by severity.

Fast take

News stays on the current 6-hour slice, videos now use the last 24 hours, and NVD uses the API instead of the traditional feed to better match the live site behavior.

Top stories
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Worth skimming
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Tracked videos
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NVD vulnerabilities
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Top stories

Mon, Aug 17 · 12:00 PM CDT

Infostealers Harvest 1.7 Billion Credentials in Six Months

9.4/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinemalwareidentity

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:53:51 +0530

⚡ Weekly Recap: VMware Exploits, Windows 0-Day, MCP Attacks, Browser Hijacks and More

9.3/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newsvulnsupply-chainai

Summary
The expensive attacks are not always the clever ones. This week had plenty of proof. Exposed services got hit, old bugs found fresh use, browser sessions became attack paths, and supply-chain problems kept spreading farther than the original compromise. A lot

Mon, Aug 17 · 08:00 AM CDT

GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released

9.2/10 · Must read/watch
Hacker Newsai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 4 hours ago.

Mon, Aug 17 · 12:00 PM CDT

SafePal Data Breach Hits Tens of Thousands of Customers

9.0/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinegeneral

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Mon, Aug 17 · 11:33 AM CDT

GitHub Has an Availability Problem. Is It Time to Look Elsewhere?

8.9/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newssupply-chainai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 27 minutes ago.

Worth skimming

Mon, Aug 17 · 10:00 AM CDT

AI-Generated GitHub Copilot “Autofix” Allowed Compromise of Snowflake's Jira

8.9/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newssupply-chainai

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 2 hours ago.

Mon, Aug 17 · 09:00 AM CDT

Incident with Github.com

8.4/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newssupply-chain

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 3 hours ago.

Mon, Aug 17 · 10:00 AM CDT

Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

8.4/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newssupply-chain

Summary
Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 2 hours ago.

Mon, Aug 17 · 12:00 PM CDT

UNISOC Modem Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution via Video Calls

8.2/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazinegeneral

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

Mon, Aug 17 · 12:00 PM CDT

WordPress Plugin Flaw Exposes 40,000 Sites to Admin Takeover

8.2/10 · Worth your time
Infosecurity Magazinegeneral

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.