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The Smallest V8 Engine Ever Plonked In A Production Car

During the 1970s, Ferrari’s engine development and manufacturing remained centered at its historic facility in Maranello, ...

Does the 'V' in V6 and V8 mean anything? A look at how the engine type got its name

While V6 and V8 engines are often associated with muscle cars, the origin of the "V" orientation engine actually didn't start ...

Claude Opus wrote a Chrome exploit for $2,283

In a blog post on Wednesday, Mohan Pedhapati (s1r1us), CTO of Hacktron, described how he used Opus 4.6 to create a full ...
The Tech Edvocate

Urgent Chrome Security Flaw: A Deep Dive into the Latest Zero-Day Exploit

Spread the loveIn a significant security alert, Google’s Threat Analysis Group has revealed a critical zero-day vulnerability, designated as CVE-2026-1234, within the V8 JavaScript engine of its ...

Chrome 147 patch fixes 60 security flaws, including 2 critical ones

In the new Chrome versions 147.0.7727.55/56 for Windows and macOS and 147.0.7727.55 for Linux, the developers have patched 60 ...
SlashGear

5 V8 Engines Less Powerful Than The Ford 3.5L EcoBoost V6

Power has grown to absurd numbers in modern automobiles. It comes from the whirring batteries of the 1,020-horsepower Tesla Model S Plaid and the scream of the 1,064-hp Corvette ZR1's flat-plane crank ...
Autoblog

5 of the Most Reliable V8 Engines Ever Built

If you want your V8 to last to the moon and back then these are the ones to have. Lists five of the most reliable V8 engines ever produced. Engines praised for durability, over-engineering, and ...

Patch Now: Chrome Flaw Under Active Attack, Google Confirms

Google patches 21 Chrome vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw that could enable code execution and ...
IEEE

Llm-Fuzz: Adaptive, Structure-Aware Fuzzing of Javascript Engines with Large Language Models

Abstract: Fuzzing modern JavaScript (JS) engines remains challenging due to the semantic complexity required to explore deep program states and advanced components such as Just-InTime (JIT) compilers.
Autoblog

How an Outdated Pushrod Engine Became GM’s Legendary LS V8

GM’s Chevrolet LS engines redefined the pushrod V8 to give us one of the most dominant performance platforms of the modern era. What we refer to today as the LS family of engines usually refers to the ...
IEEE

A Memory Forensics Approach to Detect Advanced Modular Malware

Abstract: The V8 JavaScript engine enables high-performance JavaScript code execution through just-in-time compilation and optimized memory management. It is commonly used on Chrome and Node.js.
Security Boulevard

Fuzzing to Zero-Day: Pwning V8CTF With TurboFan Type Confusion, CVE-2025-2135

The bug was assigned CVE-2025-2135, and we successfully used it to pwn Google’s V8CTF as a zero-day. The root cause lies in TurboFan’s InferMapsUnsafe() function, which fails to handle aliasing when ...