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Mar 11
2026

Mystery Explosion in Deep Space Lasted Hours, Defying Everything Scientists Expected

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals new clues about a mysterious cosmic explosion that defies expectations.

Mar 11
2026

JWST Detects Evidence of “Monster Stars” That May Have Created the Universe’s First Giant Black Holes

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of researchers has discovered chemical fingerprints from enormous primordial stars that were among the first to form after the Big Bang.

Mar 11
2026

Engineers Create Unusual Magnetic Material That Behaves Like Graphene

Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered a surprising mathematical connection between two areas of condensed-matter physics that were long considered separate. The electronic and magnetic behavior of two-dimensional materials both hold significant promise for future technologies.

Mar 11
2026

Scientists Discover Record-Breaking “Light-Bending” 2D Material

A newly studied ferroelectric crystal can tune and manipulate ultraviolet and blue light in ways that could transform integrated photonics.

Mar 11
2026

Scientists Find a Way To Control Heat Flow With Electricity

Scientists have discovered that applying an electric field to certain ceramics can dramatically redirect how heat moves through them.

Mar 11
2026

Five Malicious Rust Crates and AI Bot Exploit CI/CD Pipelines to Steal Developer Secrets

Five malicious Rust crates and an AI bot exploited CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions in Feb 2026, stealing developer secrets and tokens.

Mar 11
2026

FortiGate Devices Exploited to Breach Networks and Steal Service Account Credentials

Attackers exploit FortiGate vulnerabilities to steal LDAP credentials and breach networks, enabling AD access and malware deployment.

Mar 11
2026

KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet

KadNap botnet infects 14,000+ routers using DHT-based P2P control while ClipXDaemon hijacks crypto wallets on Linux X11.

Mar 11
2026

New “LeakyLooker” Flaws in Google Looker Studio Could Enable Cross-Tenant SQL Queries

Nine “LeakyLooker” flaws in Google Looker Studio allowed cross-tenant SQL access across GCP services before being patched.

Mar 11
2026

The Zero-Day Scramble is Avoidable: A Guide to Attack Surface Reduction

It also means carving out space for this work in how you prioritize. If strategic efforts like attack surface reduction are always competing against urgent patching, they will always lose. That might mean setting aside time each quarter to review and reduce exposure, or assigning clear ownership so someone is accountable for it — not just when a crisis hits, but routinely.

3. Continuous monitoring

Attack surface reduction isn’t a one-time exercise. Exposure changes constantly — a firewall rule gets edited, a new service gets deployed, a subdomain gets forgotten — and your team needs to detect those changes quickly.