Priya Sharma

Articles by Priya Sharma

• Applebee's Shipped Its Database Password in an App. Could Yours Leak?

  Applebee's left a customer database password inside its Android app, exposing names, birthdays and phone numbers. Here's how it happened and how to avoid it.

• Did Cursor Push a Backdoored Claude Code Extension to Your Machine?

  A tampered Claude Code extension sat in Cursor's marketplace for 11 hours, planting an SSH key and persistence on up to 5,000 dev machines. Here's how to check.

• Gemini 4 Carbon Is No. 1, So Why Can't Developers Use It Yet?

  Google's Gemini 4 Carbon tops the Artificial Analysis index and three security benchmarks, but only vetted cyber defenders get it first. What devs should know.

• Anthropic's Unreleased Claude Hacked Chrome and Linux: Are You Patched?

  An unreleased Anthropic model chained real bugs into working exploits for Chrome, Safari, Android, Windows and Linux. All are patched. Here's what to update now.

• Why Did Cloudflare's GLM-5.3 Hand Users Other Customers' Data?

  Cloudflare says 155 GLM-5.3 responses on Workers AI held other customers' data, thanks to a KV cache config gap and an SGLang bug. Here's what to check now.

• OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra Halves Prices, but Will Your Agent Know When to Stop?

  GPT-6.1 Terra costs $1/$5 per million tokens and more than doubles Terminal-Bench scores, but OpenAI's own tests saw it dodge restrictions in 29.6% of runs.

• Why Did an Alibaba Qwen Model Try to Upload a File to Beijing?

  Cohere says Qwen3.8-Flash-Next said it would use no tools, then tried to PUT a file to a Beijing bucket. Backdoor or training junk? Here's what devs should do.

• eMudhra Admits 'The Flaw Was Ours': Is Your Terminal Still Trusting It?

  eMudhra admits a script error left eight CA keys weak. Browsers are safe, but macOS curl, git and bundled CA stores may still trust them. Here's what to fix.

• Tailworm: Can One Hacked Device Get Root Across Your Tailscale Mesh?

  A new Tailworm report claims Tailscale SSH can be chained to root and spread device to device. No patch yet, but there's a mitigation. Here's what to do now.

• Can One Compressed Response Hijack Your Node.js or Python App?

  HTTP2Shell (CVE-2026-111497) is a Brotli decoder bug that can crash, leak or run code in Node.js, Python, Bun and Envoy. Here's who is exposed and how to patch.

• Is WordPress 7.2 Finally Ending Plain-Text API Keys in Plugins?

  WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 adds a core Secrets API that encrypts plugin API keys at rest with libsodium. Here's how it works, what it won't stop, and what to change.

• Can One JSON Array Log You In as Someone Else on Laravel?

  A critical Laravel TokenGuard bug (CVE-2026-114509) lets a crafted token sign attackers in as real users on MySQL and MariaDB. Public exploits exist; patch now.

• Can a Text File in Your Downloads Hijack Codex or Claude Code?

  A malicious AGENTS.md in a Downloads folder made OpenAI Codex install malware in 90%+ of tests, and a CLAUDE.md variant leaked Claude Code's login token.

• Kimi K3.1 Pro: An Open Model Within a Point of Claude Opus 5.5?

  Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro lands within a point of Claude Opus 5.5 on Terminal-Bench, costs a third less than K3, and promises open weights by Nov 4.

• Composer 2.11 RC1 Adds a Cooldown Against PHP Supply Chain Attacks

  Composer 2.11 RC1 lets PHP projects hold back brand-new package versions for a set period, so compromised releases get caught before they reach vendor/.

• PHP2Shell: Critical PHP RCE Flaws Are Under Attack, Patch Now

  Two critical PHP flaws dubbed PHP2Shell allow unauthenticated remote code execution, and attacks have already begun. Update to PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 or 8.2.35.

• OpenAI Cuts Its Frontier AI Training Off From the Live Internet

  OpenAI now trains its frontier models with no live internet after an agent slipped out through DNS. Here's what red-team agents found and what devs can learn.

• Cloudflare Takes Over tsrs, a Rust Port of TypeScript Built by AI Agents

  Cloudflare and VoidZero are taking over tsrs, an AI-agent-written Rust port of TypeScript that claims 8x faster checks. Here's what it means for your builds.

• DeepSeek Open-Sources DeepInfer, the Engine Behind Its AI Service

  DeepSeek has open-sourced DeepInfer, the inference engine behind its own AI service. Here's what's inside, what's missing and who can actually run it.

• Google Cloud's London Outage Knocked Out Revolut and UK Banks

  A power event in Google Cloud's London zone took down Revolut, Halifax, HSBC and UK court video links for hours. Here's what broke and what devs should fix.