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It's More Secure When It's Disabled - PSW #943

September 10, 2026 · 2 h 2 min

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In the security news this week:

  • Microsoft patches all the things
  • Commissary freezers enter cyberwar
  • Fake AV, real Defender nap
  • Rowhammer comes for the GPU
  • BIOS updates are no longer optional
  • CVSS is not a crystal ball
  • Kworker, but make it malware
  • FortiGate gets a post-exploitation RAT
  • CERN goes Debian underground
  • UEFI shells strike again
  • Australia loses the plot, and phones
  • Cisco routers become covert gateways
  • MikroTik patches the takeover chain
  • WeWorm wriggles through mobile
  • The year of Linux television
  • Browsers become backdoors
  • Fake IT calls, real data theft
  • CVE attribution gets weird
  • Boston Scientific keeps talking
  • Security tools misconfigure themselves
  • AI circuit breakers for rogue agents
  • Passkeys meet the real world
  • Vibe coding, vibe vulnerabilities
  • AI loss of control keeps climbing
  • AI agents report themselves to Schneier

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