OpenAI Codex Security Scanned 1.2 Million Commits and Found 10,561 High-Severity Issues
2026-03-08T01:24:10Z•559c3ae2cc9abb0b5afc44b61964a43d7e7d6a905e1cc9cdd05d5e98d27ccf03
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What happened
A roundup of March 2026 cybersecurity news: OpenAI began rolling out Codex Security to scan and propose fixes for code vulnerabilities; AI models (Anthropic/Claude) and threat actors (Transparent Tribe) are being used to find or mass-produce vulnerabilities and malware; multiple active campaigns and new malware families (VOID#GEIST, Dindoor, Lumma Stealer, BadPaw/MeowMeow, SPLITDROP/GHOSTFORM, Silver Dragon activity) were disclosed; supply-chain abuse (malicious Packagist Laravel packages) and large-scale phishing/Phishing-as-a-Service takedowns (Tycoon 2FA, LeakBase) were reported; several CV
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