Microsoft

Developer-targeting campaign using malicious Next.js repositories

A developer-targeting campaign leveraged malicious Next.js repositories to trigger a covert RCE-to-C2 chain through standard ...

Why LLMs are plateauing – and what that means for software security

AI coding assistants and agentic workflows represent the future of software development and will continue to evolve at a rapid pace. But while LLMs have become adept at generating functionally correct ...
Wall Street Journal

Senate Democrats Block DHS Measure as Funding Deadline Approaches

WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security is on the verge of a shutdown after Senate Democrats voted to block a bill to fund the agency, saying negotiations with Republicans to put new ...
Reuters

US Senate blocks Homeland Security funding, raising likelihood of shutdown

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday deadline, as Democrats pressed to rein in the Trump ...
The Hill

DHS shutdown imminent after Senate Democrats block Homeland Security bill

Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block a motion to advance a House-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, putting Washington on the brink of a partial government shutdown that will ...
The New York Times

Homeland Security Shutdown Draws Nearer as Democrats Block Funding

Senate Democrats refused to move ahead with a spending bill needed to keep the Department of Homeland Security running because it lacked limits they have demanded on federal immigration agents. By ...
Yahoo

Democrats block bill to avoid shutdown so Homeland Security can be decided on its own

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senate Democrats blocked a spending package to avoid a partial government shutdown to buy time to negotiate guardrails for ...
InfoQ

Java News Roundup: Oracle Critical Patch Update, Grizzly 5, Payara Platform, GraalVM, Liberica JDK

This week's Java roundup for January 19th, 2026, features news highlighting: JEP 527, Post-Quantum Hybrid Key Exchange for TLS 1.3, targeted for JDK 27; GlassFish Grizzly 5.0; the quarterly release of ...
PBS

Democrats vow to block Homeland Security funding after Minnesota shooting

The latest deadly shooting during the Trump administration's immigration operation is having direct consequences on Capitol Hill, and potentially for much of the government. Democratic leaders say ...
Fast Company

Why security companies cannot simply block all ransomware

Every time a major ransomware attack makes headlines, the same question surfaces. If security companies are so advanced, why do these attacks keep working? Why don’t they just block all ransomware? It ...
The Washington Post

Democrats seek to block Homeland Security funding over ICE concerns

House Democrats plan to vote against a negotiated funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s aggressive actions against U.S.
Los Angeles Times

Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s effort to revoke security clearance of Mark Zaid, an attorney ...