The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari

We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
The Hacker News

North Korea-Linked npm Packages Mimic Rollup Polyfills to Steal Developer Secrets

JFrog says six malicious npm packages used hidden install-time execution, JSONKeeper fetches, and sandbox checks to enable remote access.
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code improves tools for agents

VS Code 1.127 enhances agent session management, introduces per-site browser permissions, and makes browser tools for agents ...

Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic ransomware attack

Sysdig threat hunters documented what they say is the first-ever documented agentic ransomware infection with an LLM - not a ...

I tried Brave's new stripped down Origin browser, and now it's my top Chromium-based pick

If you like the idea of Brave's browser security, but all of the other features just get in your way, the developers have ...
Bleeping Computer

ChocoPoc malware delivered via trojanized exploits on GitHub

Multiple weaponized proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits on GitHub delivered a Python-based remote access trojan (RAT) called ChocoPoC that can execute commands and steal sensitive data. However, ChocoPoC ...

Chrome vs. Edge vs. Firefox: I tested each browser's AI, but I'm only sticking with one

I have a love/hate, or at least a like/dislike, relationship with AI. There are certainly things about it that turn me off.