Qualcomm's proposed solution to catch up in AI infra: Bury the compute under the DRAM
With its next-gen AI accelerators, the SoC vendor aims to fly high above the memory wall
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Changing AI math could reduce the hardware burden, researchers show
SEMQ promises an abstraction layer for separating semantics from embeddings
Netgear brings AI-driven network management to SMEs and MSPs
Netgear today announced Insight 10.0, the latest version of its cloud-based network management platform, which adds new AI-powered capabilities designed to help small and midsize e…
Infosec professionals sour on automated pentesting tools
29% of security pros were open to fully autonomous pentesting last year; now only 9% are
Why Identity Security Is Your Cyber Career Entry Point
In this "Heard it From a CISO" video, Silverfort CISO John Paul Cunningham explains that AI in cybersecurity workflows is creating opportunities rather than eliminating jobs — and …
Phishers Gain Persistence at EU, Asia Hospitality Orgs
Separate but similar campaigns described by Microsoft and Trend Micro use malicious zip files to spread malware via social engineering and obsfucation, including blockchain abuse.
PP116: News Roundup—FortiBleed Reveals Password Cracking Is Alive and Kicking, Accenture Goes All-In on OT, and More
Looks like it’s going to be a long, hot cybersec summer. The latest news roundup covers how Microsoft 365 Copilot got turned into a data exfiltration tool, why the FortiBleed attac…
Microsoft Warns Poisoned MCP Tool Descriptions Can Make AI Agents Leak Data
New Microsoft research shows how attackers can hijack AI agents that act on a user's behalf, using nothing more than a poisoned tool description to make the agent quietly hand over…
RustDuck Botnet Rebuilds in Rust to Hijack Routers and Servers for DDoS
A new two-stage malware family called RustDuck is hijacking home routers, IP cameras, Android boxes, and poorly secured servers, then stitching them into a network built to knock w…
Huntress CEO says threat hunter used 'poor judgment' in alerting ransomware crim about law enforcement probe
Ex-employee claims this 'meets the definition of an insider threat'
Meta's non-surgical mind reading machine improves on prior projects, but still isn't great
61% word accuracy is progress, but the system still relies on users typing and can't yet support real-time communication. Implanted BCIs remain well ahead
AI agents: Cause of database sprawl. And also the proposed solution
DB wrangling tech needs to meet demands of AI agents, Cockroach Labs CEO Spencer Kimball tells El Reg
Langflow RCE Exploited to Deploy Monero Miner on Exposed AI App Endpoints
Threat actors are continuing to exploit a critical Langflow vulnerability as part of fresh attacks designed to deliver a Monero cryptocurrency miner. The activity has been found t…
Fake Perplexity extension on Chrome Web Store tracked searches
A malicious extension in the Chrome Web Store is masquerading as the Perplexity AI answer engine, intercepting search traffic and collecting browsing information. [...]
Silent Swap Crypto Clipper Uses Fake Google Notes Extension to Replace Wallet Addresses
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged an active browser extension campaign that is designed to steal cryptocurrency by stealthily replacing wallet addresses when unsuspecting user…
HS137: Did AI Turn “Everybody Codes” into “Nobody Codes”?
“Everybody codes” was an enterprise buzzword. In this era of AI vibe-coding and single-use coding, should everyone code? Should anyone code? John and Johna talk about enterprise st…
Microsoft previews Linux containers that run in Windows
Linux container CLI and API for Windows applications
What the OCI MSA didn't solve for AI scaling
PARTNER CONTENT: The OCI MSA settled the architecture for optical scale-up. How fast bandwidth scales is a manufacturing question, not an architectural one
Arm64 on the desktop? It’s spendy and it’s sluggish
Even with lots of RAM, GPU, and fast disks, you probably don’t want it
GuardFall Exposes Open-Source AI Coding Agents to Decades-Old Shell Injection Risks
The safety check that is supposed to stop an AI coding agent from running a dangerous command can be walked straight past using a shell trick that has been public for decades. New…
Lessons from the Underground: How to Combat Business Email Compromise
Business Email Compromise is more than an email scam. It's a coordinated operation involving compromised accounts, financial research, and cash-out networks. Flare explores how und…
BlueHammer Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks
The Microsoft Defender vulnerability CVE-2026-33825 was exploited in the wild as a zero-day before patches were released. The post BlueHammer Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware …
UK regulator wants Apple and Google to let devs steer clear of app store fees
Proposals could open cheaper routes for purchases made through third parties
282 iOS AI Apps Leak API Keys and Open AI Proxy Access in Network Traffic Study
Researchers tested 444 AI chatbot apps for iPhone and found that 282 of them, nearly two-thirds, exposed paid AI access through their network traffic. In many cases, the path in w…
AI-Generated Workflows Are a Silent Security Disaster
Teams are dealing with a truly dangerous problem — automation that works, but that no one understands.
Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents to Supply Chain Attacks
Decades-old Bash shell tricks can bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents, potentially turning malicious repositories into supply chain attack vectors. The post Deca…
Aflac Japan Data Breach Impacts 4.38 Million
Hackers accessed the insurance giant’s policyholder portal multiple times between June 15 and June 25. The post Aflac Japan Data Breach Impacts 4.38 Million appeared first on Secur…
Former Microsoft engineer shrinks Notepad down to size
Rolling back the years and the bloat for veteran text editor
The Realities of AI Video Surveillance
The Financial Times has a good article on how AI is changing the capabilities of video surveillance, with information from both Israel/Iran and Russia. I wrote about this sort of t…
Hacker Conversations: Chris Thompson, Former Head of IBM X-Force Red, Co-Founder of RemoteThreat
Chris Thompson's journey took him from hacking game controls as a teenager to founding IBM’s X-Force Red team. The post Hacker Conversations: Chris Thompson, Former Head of IBM X-F…