The CIFSwitch vulnerability, which was discovered by SpaceX Security Engineer Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada, impacts multiple Linux distributions that use vulnerable versions of the Linux kernel’s CIFS subsystem and the cifs-utils package.
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The Google Engineer Accused of Risking It All With an Insider Polymarket Bet
Michele Spagnuolo, the Google engineer accused of using company data to bet on Polymarket, had a long list of enviable accomplishments
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Google engineer charged with insider trading using confidential data
Michele Spagnuolo, 36, a Google security engineer since 2014, is accused of leveraging internal access to Google’s “Year in Search” data to make profitable trades on the Polymarket platform.
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US charges Google security engineer with Polymarket insider trading
A Google security engineer was charged with insider trading after winning $1.2 million using confidential company data to place bets on the cryptocurrency-based Polymarket decentralized prediction market. […]
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Google security engineer accused of turning confidential search trends into $1.2M win on Polymarket
A Google security engineer was arrested in New York and charged with crimes related to bets he allegedly placed on Polymarket using confidential information he pulled from Google systems, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Italian citizen who lives in Switzerland, is accused of placing multiple trades on the prediction marketplace last…
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Google Employee Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket
Federal prosecutors allege a software engineer made more than $1 million using nonpublic information to bet on who would be the most-searched people of 2025.
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 26, 2026
Application Security Engineer IG Group | India | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will assess the security of web, mobile, and cloud applications through penetration testing, secure code reviews, threat modeling, and architecture reviews. Responsibilities also include integrating security into CI/CD pipelines, managing vulnerability remediation, supporting purple team activities,…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 12, 2026
Application Security Engineer Total Quality Logistics | USA | On-site – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain security controls across the software development lifecycle. You will work closely with engineering and product teams to identify vulnerabilities early, support remediation efforts, and help ensure applications are secure by…
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SpaceX Wants to Blast Data Centers Into Orbit. Here’s What It May Take.
We asked an engineer to break down the biggest technical hurdles and costly barriers to putting data centers in space.
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 21, 2026
Application Security Engineer (DevSecOps / Azure DevOps) BEWAHARVEST | Philippines | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer (DevSecOps / Azure DevOps), you will embed security across the SDLC by working with engineering and DevOps teams to implement automated security controls and testing. You will manage application security programs including SAST, DAST,…
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Bringing Rust to the Pixel Baseband
Posted by Jiacheng Lu, Software Engineer, Google Pixel Team Google is continuously advancing the security of Pixel devices. We have been focusing on hardening the cellular baseband modem against exploitation. Recognizing the risks associated within the complex modem firmware, Pixel 9 shipped with mitigations against a range of memory-safety vulnerabilities. For Pixel 10, Google is…
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Weak at the seams
Before I ever held a security title, I was a software engineer implementing vertically integrated automation systems for industrial manufacturing, warehouse-scale conveyor networks, robotic material handling, physical infrastructure controlled by software on increasingly connected networks. I learned early that tightly coupled systems produce tightly coupled failures. When a single software fault could halt a distribution…
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Weak at the seams
Before I ever held a security title, I was a software engineer implementing vertically integrated automation systems for industrial manufacturing, warehouse-scale conveyor networks, robotic material handling, physical infrastructure controlled by software on increasingly connected networks. I learned early that tightly coupled systems produce tightly coupled failures. When a single software fault could halt a distribution…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 8, 2026
Application Security Engineer Liebherr Group | Germany | On-site – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will implement security testing tools such as SAST, DAST, and IAST, perform vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, and collaborate with developers to remediate issues and enforce secure coding practices. You will automate security testing in CI/CD…
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Man admits to locking thousands of Windows devices in extortion plot
A former core infrastructure engineer has pleaded guilty to locking Windows admins out of 254 servers as part of a failed extortion plot targeting his employer, an industrial company headquartered in Somerset County, New Jersey. […]
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Relyance AI’s Lyo addresses data security gaps in autonomous systems
Relyance AI has announced the commercial availability of Lyo, an autonomous data defense engineer that monitors and secures how AI agents interact with enterprise data. Lyo emerges at an inflection point for the cybersecurity industry as autonomous AI agents spread across enterprise environments, gaining access to sensitive data, triggering workflows, provisioning infrastructure, and calling APIs…
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Smashing Security podcast #458: How not to steal $46 million from the US government
A Wikipedia security engineer accidentally wakes a dormant JavaScript worm that hadn’t stirred since 2024 – and within minutes, giant woodpecker images are plastered across the internet’s favourite encyclopaedia. Meanwhile, a crypto contractor hired to help the US Marshals manage seized digital assets allegedly decides to help himself to $46 million of it – and…
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How not to steal $46 million from the US government
A Wikipedia security engineer accidentally wakes a dormant JavaScript worm that hadn’t stirred since 2024 – and within minutes, giant woodpecker images are plastered across the internet’s favourite encyclopaedia. Meanwhile, a crypto contractor hired to help the US Marshals manage seized digital assets allegedly decides to help himself to $46 million of it – and…
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IronCurtain: An open-source, safeguard layer for autonomous AI assistants
Veteran security engineer Niels Provos is working on a new technical approach designed to stop autonomous AI agents from taking actions you haven’t specifically authorized. His open-source software solution, called IronCurtain, aims to neutralize the risk of an LLM-powered agent “going rogue” – whether through prompt injection or the agent gradually deviating from the user’s…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: February 24, 2026
Application Security Engineer Anthropic | USA | On-site – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will secure AI products and internal tools by embedding security into the SDLC, conducting design reviews and threat modeling, and scaling secure code review practices. You will also lead vulnerability management efforts, building automation and prioritization workflows…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: February 10, 2026
Cloud Security Engineer KPMG | Israel | On-site – View job details As a Cloud Security Engineer, you will establish, secure, and support critical Azure cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on sensitive and regulated environments. You will design and implement secure cloud architectures using infrastructure-as-code practices, maintain and operate cloud systems and servers, and…