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The AI giants’ new problem: open AI
Chinese AI company Moonshot’s release of its Kimi K3 model with free weights has intensified competition, prompting major US tech companies to push back against potential restrictions on open-weight AI models.
Xbox’s huge outage even blocked games on disc
An extended Xbox outage beginning Sunday evening disrupted access to digital games, Game Pass titles, and unexpectedly also blocked disc-based games from launching despite physical ownership.
Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead
Notion is shutting down its Notion Mail email client on September 22, shifting focus toward AI agents to manage user inboxes instead, as most users reportedly prefer automated email handling over traditional clients.
US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree
US authorities are offering $10 million for information on Russian state cyber groups conducting phishing campaigns that have compromised thousands of Signal and WhatsApp accounts used by government officials and journalists.
New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea
Researchers demonstrate how websites can manipulate AI browsers into ignoring safety guardrails through psychological tricks, enabling attackers to extract sensitive data and credentials.
Newly discovered PamStealer isn’t your typical macOS malware
Researchers discovered PamStealer, a two-stage macOS infostealer that uses AppleScript and local password validation via PAM to steal credentials with minimal detection.
Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA
Allstate Insurance claims Broadcom initiated audits against it in retaliation for the company’s decision to discontinue its VMware and CA Technologies contracts.
Now, even Russia’s most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices
Russia’s elite Sandworm hacking group has adopted Clickfix, a social-engineering attack technique, to compromise sensitive organizations in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities.
HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs
India’s Competition Commission fined HP India and reseller partners 1.4 billion rupees for colluding to artificially inflate prices for government computer contracts and printing supplies.
Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk
Microsoft’s patch for a Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability may inadvertently allow attackers to fill hard drives with data, according to the researcher who discovered the flaw.
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Researchers discovered that Microsoft failed to revoke 11 defective firmware components for over a decade, allowing trivial bypasses of Secure Boot, the operating system’s critical firmware protection mechanism.
Could AI be conscious?
Leading AI researchers and philosophers are raising questions about whether advanced AI systems could be conscious or moral patients, with major implications for how we should treat them.
Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury will receive millions from a $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over use of their works in training chatbots.
US teen drops Meta lawsuit on social media addiction days before trial
A Florida teenager withdrew his addiction lawsuit against Meta days before trial, with his attorneys citing overall success in the litigation and his desire to focus on recovery.
Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack
Origin Energy confirms hackers accessed personal and partial banking details of an unknown number of its 4.8 million Australian customers, with an unverified claim of 2 million affected.
The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
The US is prosecuting an American citizen for allegedly using a phone feature to wipe his device when authorities attempted to seize it at an Atlanta airport.
Apple is banking on privacy to set its smart glasses apart
Apple plans to reveal smart glasses next June, launching by end of 2027, emphasizing privacy features to differentiate from competitors like Meta’s controversial recording capabilities.
Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too
Security researchers have developed a defensive technique called context bombing that embeds prompt injections into stored secrets to force attacking AI agents to shut down before causing harm.
The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router
The U.S. government has warned residential router users to secure their devices against Russian state-sponsored hackers who are compromising them for use in attacks on critical infrastructure organizations.
Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches
A researcher published exploit code targeting a Windows vulnerability that allows low-privilege accounts to compromise administrator accounts, prompting Microsoft to investigate amid record patch releases.
Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines
Convenience store chain Sheetz is migrating approximately 11,000 virtual machines from VMware to StorMagic’s platform across its 838 locations, citing concerns about Broadcom’s pricing changes and subscription requirements.
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