<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>MongoDB’s critical vulnerability and the rush to patch</strong>: A critical vulnerability, dubbed ‘MongoBleed’ (CVE-2025-14847), was patched in MongoDB, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read sensitive data from heap memory. All MongoDB versions since 2017 are affected, with active exploitation reported in the wild. While MongoDB Atlas instances are already patched, self-hosted deployments require immediate administrator action, as 42% of cloud environments assessed by researchers had at least one vulnerable instance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/FYcryJBfH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI and Handshake AI’s risky data collection for AI training</strong>: OpenAI and Handshake AI are reportedly asking third-party contractors to upload past work files, including sensitive documents, for AI training data. Contractors are tasked with scrubbing proprietary and personal information using a ChatGPT-powered tool. An intellectual property lawyer expressed significant concern over the legal risks, highlighting the reliance on contractors to identify and remove confidential data, which could lead to accidental exposure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/z0P3L9stb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Spree e-commerce platform exposes user data</strong>: Two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-22589 and CVE-2026-22588) in the open-source Spree e-commerce platform allow attackers to access guest user address information and manipulate order addresses. These flaws, stemming from insufficient authorization checks, could lead to large-scale compromise of customer data. Patches are available in recent versions, and users are urged to update immediately. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=OLsziBWC5&amp;id=clMuODSiY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI coding assistants: more hype than help?</strong>: Research indicates that developers using AI coding assistants take 19% longer on tasks and produce 1.7 times more issues, despite believing they are 20% faster, suggesting a disconnect between perceived productivity and actual performance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fLWmEtnzQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Dell’s new AI edge hardware</strong>: Dell’s GB10 device, featuring Nvidia’s Blackwell GB10 superchip, is designed for running large language models and advanced AI workflows at the edge, offering unified memory and high efficiency for local processing without cloud reliance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ow6tBWhoH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Bun’s impressive microservice performance</strong>: Bun, a JavaScript runtime, ranks 4th overall in microservice benchmarks, outperforming Node.js/Express.js by a factor of 5 in response time and achieving 10x more successful requests per second, demonstrating its potential for high-performance applications. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=MJU0O3aRy&amp;id=TXlo2QmbL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Debian releases security updates</strong>: Debian released 12.13 and 13.3 point releases, addressing numerous security vulnerabilities and bug fixes in critical components like Apache, PostgreSQL, and the Linux kernel, emphasizing security for server and container infrastructure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C9n67910v" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Shakapacker vulnerability exposed environment variables</strong>: A critical vulnerability in Shakapacker, a JavaScript bundler for Rails, inadvertently exposed all environment variables, including sensitive secrets, to public client-side JavaScript bundles; users are urged to update to version 9.5.0 and rotate credentials. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=HJUbnChrN&amp;id=WwNdGJMJK" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>MuddyWater deploys new Rust-based RAT</strong>: The Iranian threat actor MuddyWater is using a new Rust-developed remote access trojan, RustyWater, in spear-phishing attacks targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecommunications organizations in the Middle East. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/w5TRLvoKW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Android Open Source Project changes release schedule</strong>: AOSP will shift to a twice-annual source code publication schedule starting in 2026, releasing in Q2 and Q4, to better align with trunk stable development cycles and streamline contributions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KKcZfdOWG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft’s AI rebranding: more marketing than innovation?</strong>: Microsoft is rebranding its Office suite as the ‘Microsoft 365 Copilot app,’ a move critics suggest is merely an attempt to inflate AI user numbers. Apparently, slapping ‘Copilot’ on everything makes it AI, even if there are no new functionalities. It’s almost as if they think we won’t notice the emperor’s new clothes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DjYKlIm1s&amp;id=hREKdRPV5&amp;id=t3eY4g6rh&amp;id=xPuLJ0NJN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Windows 11: the ‘fastest ever’ or just the slowest?</strong>: Microsoft claims Windows 11 is the ‘fastest Windows ever,’ but a YouTuber’s benchmarks on a Lenovo ThinkPad X220 show it’s actually the slowest in boot times and application launches compared to the last 25 years of Windows versions. With more background services and ‘AI-integrated features,’ it seems Microsoft’s definition of ‘fast’ is quite unique. Maybe they meant fastest at consuming RAM? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pN49SBVqk" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Agentic AI: the new magic bullet for security?</strong>: Agentic AI is being touted as the savior for managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs), promising enhanced security, compliance, and cost savings. The articles paint a rosy picture of automation and AI-driven tools, but conveniently omit any mention of empirical studies or third-party evaluations. It’s almost as if ‘Agentic AI’ is just the latest buzzword to sell more security solutions without proving they actually work. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=R1pVL2eyW&amp;id=aQiBkkPBe" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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