1. The US Congressional Budget Office confirmed unauthorized ac…
The US Congressional Budget Office confirmed unauthorized access to its networks in a suspected foreign cyberattack potentially exposing emails with congressional offices.
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2. A significant data leak from Chinese cybersecurity firm Know…
A significant data leak from Chinese cybersecurity firm Knownsec exposed cyber weapon specifications, proprietary hacking tool source code, government collaboration details, and a list of 80 compromised overseas surveillance targets.
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3. A detailed demonstration shows how an ARM-based IoT device’s…
A detailed demonstration shows how an ARM-based IoT device’s Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) can be bypassed using Return-Oriented Programming (ROP), enabling unauthenticated remote code execution via memory manipulation.
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4. The article advocates for redesigning systems in which AI en…
The article advocates for redesigning systems in which AI enhances meaningful signals instead of obscuring them, improving overall user experience and information delivery.
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5. Qilin ransomware group exfiltrated 300GB of data from Corner…
Qilin ransomware group exfiltrated 300GB of data from Cornerstone Staffing Solutions, including 120,000 resumes, Social Security numbers, salary data, and financial records, with threats of sophisticated phishing campaigns.
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6. EchoGram exploits gaps in training data guardrails by inject…
EchoGram exploits gaps in training data guardrails by injecting nonsensical “flip tokens” that cause false positives and bypasses in GPT-5.1, Claude, and Gemini, posing a dual threat of alert fatigue and actual malicious prompt bypasses.
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7. The RondoDox botnet leverages a vulnerability in the XWiki S…
The RondoDox botnet leverages a vulnerability in the XWiki SolrSearch endpoint, sending base64-encoded Groovy payloads via HTTP GET requests to download and execute malware. Existing IOC blocklists remain effective against this threat.
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8. Kite declutters Gmail inboxes by automating responses and st…
Kite declutters Gmail inboxes by automating responses and streamlining workflows, boosting user productivity securely and efficiently.
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9. The US maintains a tenfold compute advantage over China; mod…
The US maintains a tenfold compute advantage over China; modest safety regulations adding minimal cost are unlikely to erode this lead, but export lobbying and restrictive application-layer rules could substantially undermine it.
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10. If xAI’s model competes successfully in complex interfaces l…
If xAI’s model competes successfully in complex interfaces like League of Legends, it implies the ability to operate any computer interface without specialized APIs, signifying a major expansion in AI reasoning and planning impacting the economy.
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11. Chinese companies are leasing foreign data centers operated …
Chinese companies are leasing foreign data centers operated by non-Chinese entities to train AI models, circumventing domestic hardware access restrictions.
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12. Faster AI models with less intelligence can still perform nu…
Faster AI models with less intelligence can still perform numerous tasks effectively and allow quick iterative improvements after mistakes.
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13. Andrew Ng introduced an AI system trained on ICLR 2025 revie…
Andrew Ng introduced an AI system trained on ICLR 2025 reviews that correlates more closely with human reviewers than human-human correlations in research paper assessments.
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14. OpenAI revealed a Mixpanel security incident exposing API us…
OpenAI revealed a Mixpanel security incident exposing API users’ names, emails, user IDs, and location information, but no ChatGPT data or API keys were compromised. OpenAI has ceased using Mixpanel.
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15. Using data from 100,000 Claude conversations, Anthropic esti…
Using data from 100,000 Claude conversations, Anthropic estimates AI assistance reduces task completion time by 80%, potentially doubling US labor productivity growth over the next decade.
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