Remember when open meant visible? When a bug in open-source code left breadcrumbs you could audit? When you could trace commits, contributors, timestamps, even heated 2:13 a.m. debates on tabs versus spaces? That kind of openness created confidence in the code and made it possible to hold contributors accountable when issues arose. Today, as AI changes how code is created and shared, those familiar markers of trust and transparency are becoming harder to find.

A critical code injection vulnerability has been identified in Apache Commons Text, a widely used Java library for text processing and interpolation. Tracked as CVE-2025-46295, the vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (Critical) and affects all versions of the library prior to 1.10.0. The vulnerability has an EPSS score of 0.253%, indicating a low short-term probability of exploitation.

The image of the cyber attacker is changing. For years, the industry focused on email gateways and typo-squatted domains like citi-bank-security.com. But according to Tzoor Cohen, CTI Lead at Memcyco, the battleground has shifted. In 2026, the most dangerous social engineering tactics typically don’t start in an inbox. They start on social media, utilize legitimate infrastructure like Bitly, and exploit the user interface (UI) of mobile devices to hide malicious intent.

By 2026, the idea of a fixed security perimeter is no longer realistic. Organisations now operate across cloud platforms, industrial environments, remote sites, and edge locations, often supported by tens or hundreds of thousands of connected devices. These devices are not users in the traditional sense, yet they authenticate, communicate, update, and make decisions autonomously.