Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity

2026-05-28T08:51:49Z700f5947318fc857de84436922dfb3a22a9e9a0ad9802f4bd377596f7c8f4a47
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What happened

A batch of Ars Technica security stories covering multiple high-impact incidents: researchers demonstrated an SSD-based browser side‑channel via JavaScript; a critical “BadHost” vulnerability was disclosed in the Starlette package affecting millions of AI agents; Google published exploit code for a long-reported Chromium flaw; and a BitLocker zero‑day, severe Linux vulnerabilities (including CopyFail), and a widespread supply‑chain backdoor in Daemon Tools were reported. Other notable items include leaked CISA credentials on GitHub, large-scale open‑source package credential theft (element‑dat

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2026-05-28T08:51:49Z
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