#ai #cybersecurity - AI Is Flooding Open Source With Bug Reports: Code Bear

19 Oct 2026

On September 22, 2026, VideoLAN shipped VLC 3.0.24 with over 130 security fixes. VideoLAN president Jean-Baptiste Kempf calls it "our biggest security release ever". He says part of the reason is funded security work, and part is that "LLMs have changed the economics of finding bugs". In his words, finding suspicious code got cheaper, while reproducing, fixing, reviewing and backporting "did not get cheaper at all". This video goes through what is in the release, what Kempf says caused it, and what curl, FFmpeg, the Linux kernel, Node.js, Python, HackerOne, Google and GitHub have said about AI-assisted bug reports. Every claim in the video is attributed to the person or project that said it. This video covers:

• who makes VLC, and the Chrome bundling offer Kempf says he turned down
• what VLC 3.0.24 fixes: 50+ issues in VLC, 74+ in bundled libraries, FFmpeg 4.4 to 8.1.2, a new RSA-4096 update key
• Kempf's explanation and his "new normal" warning
• curl: AI slop reports, the end of the bug bounty, and the July "summer of bliss" pause
• FFmpeg vs Google's Big Sleep ("CVE slop"), and the 21 FFmpeg zero-days reported by depthfirst
• HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Linux kernel, Node.js and Python numbers, paused bug bounties, and the Linux Foundation's $12.5M

Sources:

• Jean-Baptiste Kempf, VLC 3.0.24: our biggest security release ever (Sep 25, 2026): https://jbkempf.com/blog/2026/vlc-3.0...
• VideoLAN, VLC 3.0.24 release page: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases...
• VideoLAN news (Sep 22, 2026): https://www.videolan.org/news.html
• VideoLAN security bulletin VideoLAN-SB-VLC-3024: https://www.videolan.org/security/sb-...
• VideoLAN on X (Sep 23, 2026): https://x.com/videolan/status/2102899...
• Jean-Baptiste Kempf, VLC 3.0.7 and security (2019): https://jbkempf.com/blog/VLC-3.0.7-an...
• VideoLAN organization page: https://www.videolan.org/videolan/
• TechCrunch, VLC crosses 7 billion downloads (Aug 31, 2026): https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/vlc...
• Clubic on VideoLAN and the 7 billion milestone (Sep 2, 2026): https://www.clubic.com/actualite-6277...
• BFM Business interview with Jean-Baptiste Kempf (Feb 23, 2026): https://x.com/bfmbusiness/status/2025... and https://x.com/bfmbusiness/status/2025...
• Clubic on the Google Chrome offer (Feb 24, 2026): https://www.clubic.com/actualite-6020...
• Wikipedia, Jean-Baptiste Kempf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Ba...
• Daniel Stenberg, The I in LLM stands for intelligence (Jan 2, 2024): https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/01/0...

Chapters 0:00 VLC's biggest security release 0:49 Who makes VLC 1:39 What's inside VLC 3.0.24 3:04 Why 130 fixes at once 4:19 curl and the AI slop reports 5:48 FFmpeg vs Google 7:26 The numbers across open source 9:24 Real bugs, and what's next

#bugbounty #cybersecurity #vulnerabilitymanagement - Intel Stopped Paying for Bugs. Microsoft Paid a Record $20M.

9 October 2026

In August the software industry disclosed 10,740 vulnerabilities, double January, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group. In mid-September, Intel's bug bounty stopped paying.

But Microsoft just had a record $20 million year, and Google raised its top Android reward to $1.5 million. The price of a bug isn't going to zero. It's splitting.

#bugbounty #cybersecurity #vulnerabilitymanagement

Hacker Who Once Dismissed AI Risk Finds 'Bugmageddon'

Bugmageddon: @WSJ says AI Just Found a Bug That Puts Up to 70% of the World’s Websites at Risk https://t.co/q2pOEmtV0T

— Roger Parloff (@rparloff) October 21, 2026

#Formula1 #F1 #News - Will Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli win the title in Austin? The Inside Line

21 October 2026

Williams | Cadillac | American Drivers | United States Preview Mercedes young gun Kimi Antonelli touched down in America for the next race at Texan-capital Austin on the edge of glory, mathematically able to win a maiden title in just his second season at the top.

#news #newsfeed #globalnews - Top U.S. & World Headlines — October 21, 2026: Democracy Now

21 October 2026

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Hacker Who Once Dismissed AI Risk Finds 'Bugmageddon'

Exclusive: AI just found one of the most severe online bugs ever. It puts up to 70% of the world’s websites at risk. https://t.co/e8i1kW0SvR

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 21, 2026

#Russia #Ukraine #USA - Ukraine talks: US envoy meets Vladimir Putin in Russia • FRANCE 24 English

21 October 2026

US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday about Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as US President Donald Trump pushes Kyiv to make a deal that stops the fighting.

The day before, the American official had met with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo, Norway. Details by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Philip Turle.

#Russia #Ukraine #USA

Steve Witkoff to Putin: You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again. https://t.co/Yuf07JkQ2I

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 21, 2026

@Gerashchenko_en From Ronald Reagan to this. From peace through strength to groveling weakness in front of a war criminal that we would have hanged at Nuremberg. This is the decline of the United States in a single quote.

— William Hastings (@WillyPete300) October 21, 2026

#italy #olivetree #protection - Why are olive trees in Italy dying? The Independent

19 October 2026

Millions of olive trees in southern Italy are under threat from Xylella fastidiosa, a bacterium that causes trees to dry out and die. The outbreak has devastated parts of Puglia, transforming landscapes and destroying family olive groves that have been passed down through generations. But what is being done to save the region’s ancient olive trees, and could the disease spread to other Mediterranean countries? The Independent takes a closer look at the efforts to tackle the outbreak and protect one of Italy’s most important agricultural and cultural traditions.

#dwcurrentaffairs #techoligarchy #gilduran - 'The billionaires have enough money to buy both sides' — Interview with Gil Duran | DW News

21 October 2026

US Author Gil Durán warns that Silicon Valley “billionaires have enough money to buy both sides" in any US election. In his book „The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy,“

Durán pieces together public statements from powerful tech investors like Peter Thiel that amount to a chilling attack on democracy as we know it.

Durán criticizes both Republicans and Democrats for refusing to take on the big money in tech. #dwcurrentaffairs #techoligarchy #gilduran

Several Trump administration officials, advisers and close allies describe a toxic mix of jockeying for power and preemptive finger-pointing ahead of the midterms. "It's more brutal than any other situation in modern times in the White House," said one Trump ally. "You can't trust anybody here." https://t.co/3uIMfaeAnM

— CNN (@CNN) October 20, 2026