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JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware
The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows and Linux installers, with the Windows payload found depl…
Google tweaks Chrome AI privacy wording, insists processing stays on-device
Deletion of a longstanding privacy assurance sparks concerns
Fake OpenAI repository on Hugging Face pushes infostealer malware
A malicious Hugging Face repository that reached the platform's trending list impersonated OpenAI's "Privacy Filter" project to deliver information-stealing malware to Windows user…
macOS 27 threatens to bury Time Capsule, FOSS brings a shovel
Apple's old backup boxes only speak AFP and SMB1, but NetBSD under the hood gives them one last shot
London’s BT Tower to get rooftop swimming pool
Imagine taking a dip 177m above the streets of London’s West End
UK wants fresh fingerprints on £300M biometrics platform
Home Office probes supplier interest as core police and immigration system heads for support shake-up
cPanel, WHM Release Fixes for Three New Vulnerabilities — Patch Now
cPanel has released updates to address three vulnerabilities in cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation, code execution, and denia…
Akamai surges on big LLM deal as Cloudflare dims
Good times, bad times
GPT-5.5 may burn fewer tokens, but it always burns more cash
It’s not just gas prices skyrocketing. Frontier-model pricing keeps climbing too
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Live in the Waters of Western Australia
Evidence of them has been found by analyzing DNA in the seawater. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. …
ShinyHunters Claims Second Attack Against Instructure
The edtech company is struggling to wrest control from its hackers. PII belonging to hundreds of millions of people is on the line.
Tech is now rolling out the old grievance grift
Not just for hated US Presidents, now even tech bros lament their foes
TNO062: SONiC for Open Networking with Jeff Doyle
Scott Robohn is joined by networking legend Jeff Doyle to help us understand SONiC: Software for Open Networking in the Cloud. SONiC is an open-source network operating system and …
TCLBANKER Banking Trojan Targets Financial Platforms via WhatsApp and Outlook Worms
Threat hunters have flagged a previously undocumented Brazilian banking trojan dubbed TCLBANKER that's capable of targeting 59 banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency platforms. The a…
HN826: An Inside Look at Palo Alto Networks Prisma Browser for Business (Sponsored)
A Mastercard survey reveals that 46% of small and medium businesses have experienced a cyberattack, and nearly 20% of those that suffered an attack were then forced to file for ban…
AI is breaking two vulnerability cultures
Article URL: https://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-is-breaking-two-vulnerability-cultures Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48066524 Points: 430 # Comments: 173
Insider Betting on Polymarket
Insider trading is rife on Polymarket: Analysis by the Anti-Corruption Data Collective, a non-profit research and advocacy group, found that long-shot bets—defined as wagers of $2…
Worm rubs out competitor's malware, then takes control
All your compromised credentials are belong to us now instead of the other gang
Disgraced US gov software contractor found guilty of database destruction
Twin brother still faces trial over broader cybercrime allegations
Cartoon Network Flash Games
Article URL: https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/flash-game-exhibitions/cartoon-network-flash-games Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065360 Points: 419 # Comments: …
NVIDIA confirms GeForce NOW data breach affecting Armenian users
NVIDIA has confirmed in a statement for BleepingComputer that GeForce NOW user information has been exposed in a data breach. [...]
Iran war hits datacenter building supply chains, upping costs
BCS says builders face up to 20% material hikes and patchy deliveries
Q&A: Quantum physicist Sonia Fernández-Vidal on why classical computing isn’t going anywhere
Sonia Fernández-Vidal has spent her career making the strange world of quantum physics feel tangible: first in the laboratory, then on the page, and now in the gallery. A doctor in…
Fake Call History Apps Stole Payments From Users After 7.3 Million Play Store Downloads
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered fraudulent apps on the official Google Play Store for Android that falsely claimed to offer access to call histories for any phone number,…
OpenAI-led consortium seeks to address AI processing bottlenecks
An OpenAI-led consortium of tech giants including AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, and Nvidia have unveiled a new networking protocol designed to address network congestion, a prob…
In Other News: Train Hacker Arrested, PamDOORa Linux Backdoor, New CISA Director Frontrunner
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: US gov targets 72-hour patch cycles, malware uses Windows Phone Link to steal OTPs, spy operation targets Eurasian…
Raspberry Pi wants Windows admins to Connect – or it might pull the plug
Remote access software could bring mixed fleets under one roof, assuming enough people ask for it
Why More Analysts Won’t Solve Your SOC’s Alert Problem
Attackers move faster than overwhelmed SOC teams can realistically investigate alerts. Prophet Security breaks down how AI can help analysts investigate alerts faster and focus on …
'Dirty Frag' Linux flaw one-ups CopyFail with no patches and public root exploit
Broken disclosure embargo left admins facing a fresh root-level flaw with no CVE