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Microsoft barred from sponsoring foreign workers for US residency

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

Donald Trump’s administration has temporarily banned Microsoft, Adobe, and several other tech companies from sponsoring workers for permanent US residency, claiming they abused immigration programs at the expense of American…

Cybersecurity

Attackers Exploit AhsayCBS Flaws to Deploy XMRig Miners Disguised as Microsoft Edge

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

Threat actors have been observed exploiting two recently disclosed flaws in the AhsayCBS backup utility to seize control of affected devices and deploy web shells and XMRig cryptocurrency miners. Details…

Cybersecurity

Anthropic Launches Free AI Vulnerability Scanner for Open-Source Projects

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

Anthropic on Thursday unveiled OSS Scanner as an opt-in vulnerability scanner to help secure the open-source ecosystem using artificial intelligence (AI). “It’s an opt-in service informed by our experience using…

Cybersecurity

Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

Security researchers have published a full working exploit for a pre-authentication remote code execution flaw in AnyDesk Linux that gives attackers root access before anyone approves the connection. AnyDesk patched…

Cybersecurity

TP-Link Sued by Four More U.S. States Over Router Security and China Ties

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

Four more U.S. states sued router maker TP-Link Systems on October 6, bringing the total to five, with Texas filing a suit in February. Florida, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska allege…

Technology

Volkswagen’s replacement for the ID.4 crossover is here

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

Volkswagen’s ID.4 is no more. The midsize crossover debuted in 2021, one of VW’s first new electric vehicles designed in the wake of dieselgate. A year later, the company began…

Technology

Rocket Report: A rare Falcon 9 scrub; is it just about Vulcan’s time to shine?

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

Welcome to Edition 9.14 of the Rocket Report! The big news this week, from our perspective, is that United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket appears to be close to launching. We’ve…

Cybersecurity

Flax Typhoon Exploits Five Flaws as CISA Sets October 11 Deadline for Federal Agencies

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following their abuse by a China-linked threat actor known…

Technology

Cable Giants Ironically Plan To Sue FCC For Illegally Killing Media Ownership Limits

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

I’ve explored how Trump FCC Boss Brendan Carr has been working tirelessly to illegally destroy what’s left of already shaky U.S. media consolidation limits. He’s particularly interested in helping Trump-friendly…

Cybersecurity

The AI Velocity Paradox: Why Security Is Decades Behind AI Ambition

October 9, 2026 Blogmaster

As enterprises race to deploy autonomous AI agents to accelerate business, a new report reveals they are tethered to security architectures built for a different era. The “Horizons of Identity…

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