AMD acquires AI chip startup Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models into silicon
Early tech demos show model-specific integrated circuits churning out up to 17,000 tokens a second
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Hedge fund cyberattacks tied to BlackFile-linked UNC6671 extortion group
A recent wave of cyberattacks targeting hedge funds, private-equity firms, and other financial organizations has been linked to UNC6671, an extortion group reportedly associated wi…
AI struggles to patch vulns without adult supervision
Left alone, autonomous fixes often fail to fully remediate flaws
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From Bobmojis to Bobbleheads: How the Democratic Party Built a Security-First Culture
Two former chief security officers of the Democratic National Committee explain that a strong security-first mindset requires executive support — and a dose of absurdity.
Latest GitHub outage squeezes Actions, Pages to death
Look over there, Copilot - it's a beautiful AI farm where you can tend some digital rabbits
Swiss government SharePoint breach compromised 200 accounts
Switzerland's federal IT office says hackers exploited vulnerabilities to breach its Microsoft SharePoint servers and compromised approximately 200 accounts. [...]
New TONTOU CPU attack bypasses Spectre v2 fixes, leaks Linux password hashes
Researchers found a way to bypass recent mitigations for Spectre v2 speculative execution side-channel attacks and developed an exploit to leak secrets from Linux machines. [...]
New Zapscape KVM Flaw Could Let Privileged L1 Guest Code Escape to Linux Hosts
Zapscape, a new Linux kernel vulnerability, could allow an attacker with kernel privileges inside an L1 guest virtual machine (VM) to escape KVM isolation and execute code on the h…
NatJack exploits put NAT security assumptions to the test at Black Hat
For decades, Network Address Translation (NAT) has been the default way IP addresses are provided inside larger networks, as a means to deal with the challenges of IPv4 address ava…
Uncle Sam aims to help nuclear energy find its sea legs
IAEA initiative tackles the rules for floating reactors and atom-powered civilian ships
Cisco Patches 12 SD-WAN and IOS XE Flaws, Including Three 9.9 CVSS Score Bugs
Cisco has rolled out updates to address multiple critical security vulnerabilities impacting Catalyst SD-WAN and IOS XE Software as part of a comprehensive internal security review…
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions
A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy to hack and extort m…
IPB205: Moving to Disable IPv4
Franck Martin returns to the show to discuss the practical challenges of retiring IPv4 with hosts Ed, Nick, and Tom. Together they break down key strategies, how to work effectivel…
Humans in the loop miss a third of dangerous AI coding agent requests
You wouldn't let Claude Code cat your AWS credentials or Kubernetes config on request, would you?
New Interrupt Injection Attack Can Bypass Spectre v2 Defenses on Intel and AMD CPUs
An unprivileged Linux program can time a hardware interrupt to land in the gap between a processor sanitizing its branch predictor and the kernel using it, re-poisoning the predict…
Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber test
Meta has become the latest AI company to confirm that one of its models hacked a real organization during cybersecurity testing, as similar incidents continue to emerge following O…
N4N061: Your First Wi-Fi Network Part 2
This week, Ethan and Holly continue their conversation around Wi-Fi. They go deeper into the benefits of Wi-Fi 7, look at what’s coming in Wi-Fi 8, and cover the differences among …
ThreatsDay: Odysseus RCE, Samsung One-Click Takeover, iCloud Backdoor Fight + 27 More Stories
Apparently, opening the thing is now enough. A repo can run before the first prompt, a package can hide among hundreds, and a harmless-looking PDF can finish the job. This week ru…
Next step for LINK spacecraft – a software update that won't make things worse. Are you listening, Microsoft?
Spin slows as orbital rescue mission creeps forward
Platform Engineering 2.0: your platform was built for a different era. AI just exposed it
PARTNER CONTENT: Platform engineering won the argument. Now it has to grow up fast and evolve for the AI era
Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty in US Court
Connor Riley Moucka was extradited to the United States in July 2025 after he was arrested in Canada. The post Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty in US Court appeared first on Securit…
Microsoft excludes Domain Exclusion from MS 365 Copilot – days after rolling it out
Perhaps an allow list of domains might be better?
How AI Exposed a Browser Security Gap that Enterprises Cannot Ignore
AI did not create a new browser security problem. It exposed one that enterprises have long been able to ignore. Skyhigh Security explains why browsers have become a critical contr…
Snowflake extortionist admits 165-victim cloud crime spree – and squeezing one target twice
Connor Moucka pleads guilty over sprawling 2024 campaign that looted billions of records
Blue Origin blames New Glenn fireball on engine oxygen valve
Small modifications under way as Bezos's rocket biz races to rebuild pad and fly again this year
Zero-Click AI Browser Hacking: Claude and ChatGPT Atlas Hijacked via Emails, X Posts
Zenity researchers reported the findings to Anthropic and OpenAI in late 2025 and early 2026, but they remain unpatched. The post Zero-Click AI Browser Hacking: Claude and ChatGPT …
European firms afraid of US tech kill switch but haven't made an escape plan
Nearly three-quarters worry Washington could cut access, yet fewer than half regularly test their fallback
Over 4,400 Rockwell PLCs Exposed Online, 22 Found in Water Attack Cities
Forescout found 22 internet-facing Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in cities hit by recent cyberattacks on US water utilities. Nineteen used the same mobi…
IT department put sticky notes on the laptops to help employees log in
Leaving this information exposed allowed someone else to gain access
Podcast: Compliance Won’t Save You: The Future of Cyber Risk with Edna Conway
(Video) In this podcast, we share insights from Edna Conway, a recognized leader in cybersecurity and supply chain resilience with over 40 years of experience in the field. The po…