By TechCrunch Staff The boundary between human convenience and machine intelligence is rapidly dissolving. At the TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 stage this Tuesday, Andrew Feldman, the CEO and co-founder of AI chip powerhouse Cerebras Systems, delivered a bold prophecy: the era of the "AI home appliance" is not a distant sci-fi dream—it is an imminent reality. […]
Critical Security Alert: SonicWall Addresses High-Severity Vulnerabilities in SMA 1000 Series Appliances
In an era where remote access infrastructure serves as the backbone of corporate operations, the security of these gateways has become a primary target for global threat actors. SonicWall, a leading provider of network security solutions, has issued an urgent security advisory addressing a suite of vulnerabilities within its SMA 1000 series remote access appliances. […]
VerdantBamboo Deploys BSD Variant of BRICKSTORM on Linux Appliances
î „Ravie Lakshmananî ‚Jun 08, 2026Cyber Espionage / Malware A China-nexus cyber espionage group has been observed deploying a BSD variant of a known backdoor called BRICKSTORM, as well as two other malware families codenamed PLENET (aka GRIMBOLT) and AGENTPSD to target Linux systems. The activity has been attributed by Volexity to a threat cluster it tracks […]