News Summary

• The number of software security flaws discovered in 2026 is on pace to roughly double the tally of vulnerabilities that surfaced in 2025.
• The US National Vulnerabilities Database, a repository of digital security holes, recorded 45,207 flaws between January and Monday.
• Google found and fixed 433 such bugs in a recent update to the Chrome browser versus 11 in an equivalent update one year ago.
• The surge in discovered vulnerabilities lends credence to the warnings governments and security firms have been issuing about the threat posed by hackers armed with powerful, new AI models.