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UK uncovers novel Microsoft snooping malware, blames and sanctions GRU cyberspies
The UK government is warning that Russia's APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear or Forest Blizzard) has been deploying previously unknown malware to harvest Microsoft email credentials and steal access to compromised accounts.…
China proves that open models are more effective than all the GPUs in the world
Comment OpenAI was supposed to make good on its name and release its first open-weights model since GPT-2 this week.…
Ex-IDF cyber chief on Iran, Scattered Spider, and why social engineering worries him more than 0-days
Interview Scattered Spider and Iranian government-backed cyber units have more in common than a recent uptick in hacking activity, according to Ariel Parnes, a former colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces' cyber unit 8200.…
Republican calls out Trump admin's decision to resume GPU sales to China
The Republican chair of the US House Select Committee on China has protested the Trump administration's decision this week to lift restrictions on the sale of Nvidia H20 GPUs and similar processors, warning the chips could be used to advance Chinese AI and military interests.…
Meta declines to abide by voluntary EU AI safety guidelines
Two weeks before the EU AI Act takes effect, the European Commission issued voluntary guidelines for providers of general-purpose AI models. However, Meta refused to sign, arguing that the extra measures introduce "legal uncertainties" beyond the law's scope.…
Foundry competition heats up as Japan’s Rapidus says 2nm chip tech on track for 2027
Japanese foundry upstart Rapidus says it's on track to begin volume production of 2nm process tech after achieving a major milestone this week.…
Coldplay kiss-cam flap proves we’re already our own surveillance state
Comment A tech executive's alleged affair exposed on a stadium jumbotron is ripe fodder for the gossip rags, but it exhibits something else: proof that we need not wait for an AI-fueled dystopian surveillance state to descend on us - we're perfectly able and willing to surveil ourselves.…
YouTuber leaked iOS secrets via friend spying on dev's phone, Apple lawsuit claims
Apple has sued tech YouTuber Jon Prosser for allegedly leaking iOS 26 information to the public ahead of its reveal at WWDC in June.…