RC RANDOM CHAOS

The Wire

Curated cybersecurity and tech news — AI-summarized, source attributed.

policytech-culture

FTC forces ad firms to settle over 'brand safety' standards targeting conservative sites

The FTC and eight states extracted settlements from Dentsu, Publicis, and WPP over allegations the agencies colluded through industry trade groups to deny ad re

via Ars Technica ·
cybersecuritymalware

Global Adware Campaign Pivots to Disabling Antivirus Software

A widespread adware operation that had long been dismissed as a low-severity nuisance has evolved into a more dangerous threat, now actively disabling antivirus

via Dark Reading ·
aicybersecurity

Google turns Gemini loose on malvertising as attackers scale up with generative AI

Google is leaning harder on Gemini to police its ad network, citing 8.3 billion ads blocked or removed and 24.9 million advertiser accounts suspended in 2025, w

via BleepingComputer ·
aitech-culture

Humans Play Differently Against LLMs — Assuming They're More Rational Than People

A controlled lab experiment on the multi-player p-beauty contest — a classic strategic reasoning game — found that humans shift their choices significantly lowe

via Schneier on Security ·
tech-cultureai

Intel's non-Ultra Core chips finally get new silicon with Wildcat Lake

Intel has refreshed its non-Ultra Core line with genuinely new hardware for the first time in years. Previous Series 1 and Series 2 non-Ultra parts were recycle

via Ars Technica ·
aiopen-source

llm-anthropic 0.25 adds Claude Opus 4.7 support with xhigh thinking effort

Simon Willison's llm-anthropic plugin bumped to 0.25, wiring up claude-opus-4-7 as a new target model. The release introduces an xhigh tier for the thinking_eff

via Simon Willison ·
cybersecurityvulnerability

Marimo notebook RCE weaponized to drop NKAbuse RAT from Hugging Face Spaces

A critical remote code execution flaw in the Marimo reactive Python notebook (CVE-2026-39987) is being exploited within hours of public disclosure, with Sysdig

via BleepingComputer ·
cybersecurityvulnerability

Microsoft's Original Secure Boot Certificate Hits Expiration Wall

The original Microsoft certificate anchoring Windows Secure Boot is reaching end-of-life, forcing a coordinated transition across the PC ecosystem. Secure Boot

via Dark Reading ·
aiopen-source

Mozilla's Thunderbolt targets enterprises wanting self-hosted AI stacks

Mozilla has entered the enterprise AI space with Thunderbolt, a front-end client designed for organizations that want to run AI infrastructure on their own hard

via Ars Technica ·
cybersecurityvulnerability

NGINX MCP Integration Flaw Exposes Servers to Critical Risk

A critical vulnerability in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration layer used with NGINX deployments creates an exploitable path into server infrastructur

via Dark Reading ·
cybersecuritymalware

North Korean Operators Weaponize ClickFix Lure Against macOS Targets

North Korea-linked threat actors have extended the ClickFix social engineering technique to macOS, using fake verification prompts and error dialogs to trick us

via Dark Reading ·
aitech-culture

OpenAI debuts GPT-Rosalind, a biology-specialized LLM for research workflows

OpenAI has released GPT-Rosalind, a large language model fine-tuned specifically for biological research rather than general scientific work. Named after Rosali

via Ars Technica ·