A new study backed by a $3.2M NIMH grant targets the HDAC3 histone modifier and uses CRISPR to erase the amygdala’s molecular trauma memory.
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Oracle WebLogic CVE-2024–21182 Added to KEV Catalog After Active Exploitation
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
The vulnerability, CVE-2024–21182 (CVSS score: 7.5), allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to take control of susceptible servers. It was patched by Oracle in July 2024.
“Oracle WebLogic contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3, IIOP to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server,” CISA said.
Instagram users locked out after Meta AI abused to steal accounts
Multiple Instagram users had their accounts hijacked after attackers convinced Meta’s AI-powered support tools that they were the legitimate owners.
In many cases, impacted users are unable to recover access due to the platform’s use of automated assistance that involves only AI/chatbot loops and no human support agents.
On Monday, multiple holders of rare and high-value accounts reported suddenly losing access to their accounts, claiming that their identities had been verified via facial scans and that they had enabled safeguards such as two-factor authentication (2FA).
Microsoft’s Coreutils project brings Linux commands to Windows
Microsoft announced today at its Build 2026 developer conference the release of Coreutils for Windows, bringing many commonly used Linux command-line utilities to Windows as native applications.
The project is based on the open-source uutils project, a cross-platform rewrite of the GNU coreutils in Rust, and is designed to make it easier for developers to switch between Linux, macOS, Windows, and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) without changing workflows.
“Developers constantly move between platforms, but familiar commands don’t work consistently, forcing workarounds, lost speed and context switching,” announced Microsoft.
Critical Kirki flaw exploited to hijack WordPress admin accounts
Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026–8206) in the Kirki plugin for WordPress to take over any user account, including those belonging to administrators.
The attacks were detected by WordPress security firm Defiant, whose Wordfence firewall blocked over 222 attempts against its customers in the past 24 hours.
The full name of the plugin is Kirki — Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer. It is a freeform visual builder and advanced theme customizer active on more than 500,000 websites.
Over 116,000 Minecraft systems infected in WeedHack malware campaign
A large-scale malware campaign dubbed WeedHack is targeting Minecraft players and has infected more than 116,000 systems since January.
The malware is distributed through Minecraft-related malicious mods, clients, cheats, and utilities that are promoted over YouTube and SEO (search engine optimization) poisoning.
WeedHack works as a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) infostealer operation that offers a dashboard for customers to see stolen credentials and information on compromised systems.
The Deliverome Project
Congratulations to the team of on their launch! This new Focused Research Organization aims to “building an open atlas of the human surfaceome — abundance, specificity, internalization, and routing — to scale targeted delivery beyond the liver.” I’m excited to see the impact this FRO has, particularly on the gene therapy world!
An open receptor atlas for targeted delivery beyond the liver, integrating abundance, specificity, internalization, and routing.
Authorities struggle to stop AI tools generating nude images without consent
There has been a sharp rise in so-called “nudification” technology. These AI-powered tools can generate realistic fake images and videos that depict people as undressed, often without their knowledge or consent. William Brangham reports on the growing concern over the technology and the efforts underway to rein it in.
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