Voice phishers strike again, this time hitting Cisco
百度 不过在这么“美丽冻人”的地方，可要注意保暖哦。Stopping people from falling for phishing attacks isn't working. So what are organizations to do?
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西安问题电缆事件4人涉嫌严重违纪被立案审查
AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says
The allegations are the latest to accuse Perplexity of improper web crawling.
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At $250 million, top AI salaries dwarf those of the Manhattan Project and the Space Race
A 24 year-old AI researcher will earn 327x what Oppenheimer made while developing the atomic bomb.
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Microsoft catches Russian hackers targeting foreign embassies
End goal is the installation of a malicious TLS root certificate for use in intel gathering.
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In search of riches, hackers plant 4G-enabled Raspberry Pi in bank network
Sophisticated group also used novel means to disguise their custom malware.
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So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work
AP survey shows most Americans treat AI chatbots like a search engine replacement.
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Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands
Beware of coding agents that can access your command window.
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AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
Proposed data center would demand 5x Wyoming's current power use at full deployment.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
"This step is necessary to prove I'm not a bot," wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step.
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Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel
State-owned Aeroflot cancels dozens of flights, stranding travelers throughout Russia.
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After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges
As BlackSuit's dark web site goes dark, Chaos is already around to pick up the slack.
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OpenAI’s most capable AI model, GPT-5, may be coming in August
Sources say new model combines o3 reasoning with general GPT capabilities.
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Supply-chain attacks on open source software are getting out of hand
Attacks affected packages, including one with ~2.8 million weekly downloads.
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Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes
"I have failed you completely and catastrophically," wrote Gemini.
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Nvidia AI chips worth $1B smuggled to China after Trump export controls
Black market for US semiconductors operates despite efforts to curb Beijing’s high-tech ambitions.
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Some VMware perpetual license owners are unable to download security patches
Customers will get patches at unspecified "later date," Broadcom says.
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White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation
Trump's "AI Action Plan" reverses regulations, sparks critical pushback.
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OpenAI and partners are building a massive AI data center in Texas
"Easy to throw around numbers, but this is a gigantic infrastructure project."
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What to know about ToolShell, the SharePoint threat under mass exploitation
Easy to exploit. Unauthenticated access. Massive reach. ToolShell has it all.
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A power utility is reporting suspected pot growers to cops. EFF says that’s illegal.
EFF says the "mass surveillance scheme" violates constitutional protections.
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SharePoint vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating under exploit across globe
Ongoing attacks are allowing hackers to steal credentials giving privileged access.
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OpenAI jumps gun on International Math Olympiad gold medal announcement
Non-math AI model reportedly solves proofs at human speeds, but early reveal roils community.
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Exhausted man defeats AI model in world coding championship
"Humanity has prevailed (for now!)," writes winner after 10-hour coding marathon against OpenAI.
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Phishers have found a way to downgrade—not bypass—FIDO MFA
Contrary to recent reports, phishing sleight-of-hand doesn't defeat FIDO.
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GitHub abused to distribute payloads on behalf of malware-as-a-service
The repository offered the MaaS a distribution channel not blocked in many networks.
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ChatGPT’s new AI agent can browse the web and create PowerPoint slideshows
New "agentic" AI feature combines web browsing with task-execution abilities.
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Google hides secret message in name list of 3,295 AI researchers
Gemini 2.5 paper hides Easter egg in massive author list—but why so many contributors?
Benj Edwards
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More VMware cloud partners axed as Broadcom launches new invite-only program
Smaller businesses most likely to be affected as white-label cloud program is also ending.
Scharon Harding
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Google finds custom backdoor being installed on SonicWall network devices
Overstep backdoor nukes key log entries, making detection hard.
Dan Goodin
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Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records
Technique transforms the Internet DNS into an unconventional file storage system.
Dan Goodin
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Chinese firms rush for Nvidia chips as US prepares to lift ban
H20 chips, designed to skirt export bans, are back after Trump meets with CEO.
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Nvidia chips become the first GPUs to fall to Rowhammer bit-flip attacks
GPUhammer is the first to flip bits in onboard GPU memory. It likely won't be the last.
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New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk’s views before answering
Grok 4's "reasoning" shows cases where the chatbot consults Musk posts to answer divisive questions.
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AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds
Popular chatbots serve as poor replacements for human therapists, but study authors call for nuance.
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Pro basketball player and 4 youths arrested in connection to ransomware crimes
Suspects were allegedly involved in a string of ransomware breaches.
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Musk’s Grok 4 launches one day after chatbot generated Hitler praise on X
xAI claims new multi-agent model hits top benchmarks as Nazi controversy lingers.
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