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Today's cyber news highlights several critical developments. Google has open-sourced TorchTPU, enhancing PyTorch compatibility with its Tensor Processing Units. Meanwhile, the US has banned DeepSeek from federal agencies, intensifying scrutiny on AI supply chains. In the UK, the FCA is advocating for mandatory reporting of significant AI failures to improve oversight. A breach at TeamUpdraft has led to the compromise of connection keys, potentially backdooring numerous WordPress sites. Lastly, major tech companies including Mozilla, Google, and Apple have blocked compromised certificates from eMudhra, following revelations of weak private keys that could be easily exploited. Security measures and regulatory frameworks are under increasing focus amid these evolving threats.
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South Korean conglomerate Kyowon confirmed a ransomware attack that disrupted operations and may have exposed customer data. Kyowon Group is a major South Korean conglomerate with diverse business interests spanning education, publishing, media, and technology. It operates nationwide, serving millio...
Chinese hackers successfully breached multiple critical infrastructure organizations in North America over the last year using a combination of compromised credentials and exploitable servers, researchers at Cisco Talos found.
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Some AI attacks are noise, others can change your organization.
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Hackers are actively exploiting a maximum severity flaw in the Modular DS WordPress plugin that allows them to bypass authentication remotely and access the vulnerable sites with admin-level privileges. [...]
EFF last summer asked a federal judge to block the federal government from using Medicaid data to identify and deport immigrants. Â
We also warned about the danger of the Trump administration consolidating all of the governmentâs information into a single searchable, AI-driven interface with help fr...
Verizon has confirmed that yesterday's nationwide wireless outage was caused by a software issue, though the company has not shared additional details about what went wrong. [...]
Session 8D: Usability Meets Privacy
Authors, Creators & Presenters: Tongxin Wei (Nankai University), Ding Wang (Nankai University), Yutong Li (Nankai University), Yuehuan Wang (Nankai University)
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"Who Is Trying To Access My Account?"
Risk-based authentication (RBA) is gaining popularity a...
Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code, sandbox escape, information disclosure or spoofing. For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 140.7.0esr-1~deb12u...
Several security issues were fixed in Git.
A critical misconfiguration in Amazon Web Services (AWS) CodeBuild could have allowed complete takeover of the cloud service provider's own GitHub repositories, including its AWS JavaScript SDK, putting every AWS environment at risk.
The vulnerability has been codenamed CodeBreach by cloud security...
X has placed more restrictions on Grokâs ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show that the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue.
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Microsoft announced that the Copilot Studio extension for the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated development environment is now available to all users. [...]
In this weekâs newsletter, Martin examines the evolving landscape for 2026, highlighting key threats, emerging trends like AI-driven risks, and the continued importance of addressing familiar vulnerabilities.