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🟡 Medium | Source: The Register — Security A Python developer narrowly avoided installing a malicious or destructive package after their instincts — backed by an AI assistant — flagged the repository as suspicious before installation. The incident highlights the growing risk of supply chain attacks via third-party Python packages, where a single compromised or typosquatted library can cause significant system damage. AI tooling is beginning to play a practical role in catching threats that human attention alone might miss. ...

Cloud security vulnerability management: a practitioner’s guide for 2026 Cloud security vulnerability management has never been harder to get right. With 131 new CVEs disclosed every day and the median time to exploit now under five days, the question for security teams in 2026 is no longer whether vulnerabilities will be targeted, but whether the right ones are being fixed fast enough. If you are responsible for an AWS estate serving UK financial services or government workloads, that statistic should be sitting uncomfortably with you right now. This guide covers how to build a programme that actually keeps pace with the threat, not one that produces dashboards nobody acts on. ...