AI slops from Eve
oss-security moderator Solar Designer approved three AI-generated vulnerability reports from automated security researcher Eve, sparking debate over AI slop on the list.
oss-security moderator Solar Designer approved three posts submitted by Eve, described as an 'automated security researcher', noting they lacked Date headers and arrived on the list server on September 9. He expressed uncertainty about their value but suggested they may have historical significance as early examples of AI-generated security reports at the dawn of AI security research. The post is meta-commentary on AI-generated content reaching a vulnerability disclosure mailing list rather than a specific vulnerability disclosure itself.
Re: AI slops from Eve
David Wheeler's oss-security reply argues AI will make attacks far cheaper and more prolific, urging defenders to protect all IT systems, not just critical ones.
David A. Wheeler posted an opinion reply on the oss-security mailing list in a thread titled 'AI slops from Eve'. He agrees critical IT systems need protection but stresses that all systems have always required defense, since many who assumed they would not be attacked were successfully attacked. He predicts AI-enabled attacks will be painful for many over the next few years because AI greatly reduces the cost of attacks. He also notes AI simultaneously helps with finding and fixing issues.
Week in review: Salesforce and ServiceNow portals exposed for 17 months, exploited Metabase 0-day
Weekly digest: exploited Metabase zero-day breached Framework; Salesforce/ServiceNow portals read for 17 months; Microsoft patched 400+ flaws.
Help Net Security's week in review aggregates top stories: a 'City-Forum' campaign tracked by Reco has been pulling records from Salesforce and ServiceNow portals worldwide for 17 months, and Framework suffered a breach via an exploited Metabase zero-day exposing customer contact and IP data. It also covers Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixing 400+ flaws including exploited zero-day CVE-2026-68820, Cisco's fix for exploited firewall DoS bug CVE-2026-20349 (added to CISA KEV), and a second N-able N-central hotfix for actively exploited CVE-2026-18577. Other items include GitHub expanding Dependabot malware alerts to eight package ecosystems and EU AI Act enforcement beginning on 2 August 2026.