How smart MSSPs leverage AI to increase profits with half their staff
hacker newsJanuary 21, 2026Artificial intelligence/automation In 2026, all managed security providers will be challenged by the same problem. Clients who have too many alerts, too few analysts, and require “CISO-level protection” on small business budgets. truth? Most MSSPs are running harder, not smarter. And it’s breaking their limits. A quiet revolution is taking place there. […]
Diagnostic Dilemma: A woman experienced delusions of communicating with her dead brother after a late-night chatbot session.
Patient: 26-year-old female living in California Symptoms: The woman was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in an agitated and confused state. She speaks quickly, jumps from one idea to another, and said she believes she can communicate with her brother through an AI chatbot. But her brother had died three years earlier. What happened next: […]
Exposure assessment platforms signal a shift in focus
Gartner® doesn’t create new categories lightly. Typically, new acronyms emerge only when it becomes mathematically impossible to complete an industry-wide “to-do list.” The introduction of the Exposure Assessment Platform (EAP) category therefore appears to be a formal acknowledgment that traditional vulnerability management (VM) is no longer a viable way to protect modern enterprises. The transition […]
Flaw in Chainlit AI framework allows data theft via file reading and SSRF bugs
Ravi LakshmananJanuary 21, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence A security vulnerability has been discovered in the popular open source artificial intelligence (AI) framework Chainlit. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to steal sensitive data and potentially allow lateral movement within a susceptible organization. Zafran Security said the high-severity flaws, collectively referred to as ChainLeak, could be […]
VoidLink Linux malware framework built with AI assistance reaches 88,000 lines of code
A recently discovered sophisticated Linux malware framework known as VoidLink is believed to have been developed by a single person with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) models. This is due to new findings from Check Point Research, which identify operational security mistakes by the malware’s creators and shed light on the origin of the […]
Snap reaches settlement in social media addiction lawsuit
Days before a scheduled trial, social media company Snap has settled a lawsuit accusing the platform of creating social media addiction, according to multiple media reports. The settlement was announced Tuesday in California Superior Court in Los Angeles County, according to the New York Times. The lawsuit against Snap was filed by a 19-year-old boy, […]
LastPass warns of fake maintenance messages targeting users’ master passwords
Rabi LakshmananJanuary 21, 2026Email security/malware LastPass is warning users that a new phishing campaign is active that impersonates the password management service and aims to trick users into giving up their master passwords. The campaign, which began around January 19, 2026, sends phishing emails claiming upcoming maintenance and prompting you to create a local backup […]
CERT/CC warns that bug in binary parser could allow Node.js privileged code execution
Ravi LakshmananJanuary 21, 2026Open source/vulnerabilities A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the popular binary parser npm library that could be successfully exploited to execute arbitrary JavaScript. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-1245 (CVSS score: N/A) and affects all versions of the module prior to version 2.3.0, which resolves the issue. A patch for this […]
Borna wins $6.3 million from General Catalyst for India-focused voice orchestration platform
Industry reports and the growth of voice modeling companies in the Indian market suggest that there is a growing demand for voice AI solutions in the country. Voice is a popular medium for communication between people and businesses in India. Therefore, enterprises and startups are keen to use voice AI to increase efficiency in customer […]
Anthropic CEO shocks Davos with criticism of NVIDIA
Last week, the US government lifted its previous ban and formally approved the sale of Nvidia’s H200 chips, along with AMD’s chip line, to approved Chinese customers. Perhaps they aren’t the brightest, most cutting-edge chips from these chipmakers, but their exports are controversial because they are high-performance processors used for AI. And at the World […]