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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

via Ars Technica ·
supply-chainopen-source

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

via BleepingComputer ·
cybersecurityidentity

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

via Dark Reading ·
cybersecurityprivacy

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

via Schneier on Security ·
privacypolicy

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

via Ars Technica ·
cybersecuritymalware

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

via The Hacker News ·
cybersecuritymalware

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

via Dark Reading ·
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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

via Schneier on Security ·
tech-culture

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

via Schneier on Security ·
cybersecurityai

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

via Krebs on Security ·
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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

via BleepingComputer ·
cybersecuritymalware

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

via Krebs on Security ·