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Meta's Superintelligence Lab Debuts Spark, a Proprietary Break from Llama
Meta has released Muse Spark, the first model from its Superintelligence Labs division - a unit formed roughly a year ago with ambitions around personal superin
Microsoft auto-suspends VeraCrypt, WireGuard, MemTest86 dev signing accounts
Microsoft silently terminated Windows Hardware Program signing accounts belonging to maintainers of WireGuard, VeraCrypt, MemTest86, and Windscribe, cutting off
Mobile-Driven Fraud Surges Across Latin America
Fraud rates are climbing sharply across Latin America, driven by the region's heavy reliance on mobile devices as the primary gateway to digital services. With
New Mexico's Meta Ruling Could Make Encryption a Legal Liability
A New Mexico court ruling against Meta is being used to argue that adding end-to-end encryption to Facebook Messenger was itself a negligent design choice - bec
OPM Seeks Monthly Medical Records on 8M Federal Workers With Little Justification
The Office of Personnel Management quietly published a notice in December requiring health insurers to hand over detailed, identifiable medical records - includ
Russia's APT28 Hits Ukraine and NATO with New PRISMEX Malware
Russia-linked threat group APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear or Forest Blizzard) has been observed deploying a previously undocumented malware strain dubbed PRISM
Russia's Forest Blizzard Harvests Credentials en Masse Through Compromised SOHO Routers
The Russian state-backed threat group Forest Blizzard (also tracked as APT28 or Fancy Bear) has been exploiting compromised small office/home office (SOHO) rout
Schneier: AI-Driven 'Instant Software' Will Reshape the Attack-Defense Arms Race
Bruce Schneier sketches a near-future where AI writes disposable, on-demand applications alongside traditional software, and where the same models that generate
150-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Found with Squid Lodged in Throat
A newly described fossil from the Jurassic period captures a fish mid-choke on a belemnite rostrum - the mineralized internal shell of an extinct cephalopod rel
Autonomous AI Agents Are Creating Attack Surfaces Faster Than Security Can Follow
A new class of autonomous AI agents - typified by OpenClaw, an open-source tool that proactively manages email, executes code, browses the web, and integrates w
Exchange Online Mailbox Outage Drags Into Fourth Week Despite Microsoft's Fix Claims
Microsoft prematurely closed a three-week-old Exchange Online incident (EX1256020) on April 1, only to reopen it under a new tracking ID (EX1268771) after affec
Iran-Linked Handala Hackers Wipe 200K Stryker Devices via Microsoft Intune
A MOIS-affiliated hacktivist group called Handala claimed a destructive wiper attack against medical device giant Stryker, forcing the company to send home over