Hacker News

Claude Code sends your email address to websites Search for everyone sshole MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Inkling 2 Small Alpine Linux Security Advisory: OpenSSH-server password authentication bypass The Hackintosh Reborn Window Sweaters Show HN: Firenook – Firebase emulators in Rust: 40× faster writes, 10× less RAM Tencent Launches Hy4, One of the Leading Open-Source AI Models Launch HN: Rivet (YC W23) – Scale and Orchestrate Agents on S3 Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs say $16B fraud revenue Goodbye from Salon Brazilian Credit Guarantor Fund Data Breach Affecting PII and Payout Data MoofTCP – A modern replacement for MacTCP on 68k Macs

Bleeping Computer

FBI, CISA warn of cyberattacks targeting refrigeration systems Fake OpenAI, SpaceX events used to steal Microsoft, Google accounts Nearly 1.5 million exposed secrets targeted in new revocation program OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra silently obstructed safety research tasks OpenSSH flaw lets attackers log into password-disabled Linux accounts Hackers backdoor Linux servers using trojanized CWP web server DigiCert data breach exposes customer information, identity documents Closing the Identity Gap at the Service Desk GhostMap Android flaw lets malicious app trigger persistent boot loop Vercel rolls out new protection against stolen session cookie attacks Zyxel fixes zero-day exploited to hack nearly 1,000 network switches DreamHost confirms data breach exposed FTP logins and webmail sessions Cyberattack disrupts blood storage refrigeration systems in France NIKKE PC game launcher hacked to spread remote access, data-stealing malware mSecure password manager hack prompts password reset warnings

Ars Technica

Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder. Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block state gambling laws Big Tech claims voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech” After Texas' blue wave, what happens to Elon Musk and SpaceX? Ted Cruz aims to stack FCC with Republicans before Democrats take Senate control California fights "preposterous" Trump admin demand to scrap state broadband laws NYT demands Brave shut down its paywall blocker and end deals with AI firms Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram. EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine Trump ignored intel on China’s Nvidia spy to protect company’s stock, report says Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws Florida county won’t investigate sketchy Flock cameras removed by mystery owners

Slashdot

Applebee's Exposed Customers' Personal Data After Leaving Database Password In App Want to Rent an Internet Address at the White House? 3M To Pay Over $7 Billion To Settle 'Forever Chemical' Groundwater Claims Vietnam Jails Pirate Football Streamers For Up To a Year Axon Sued Over AI-Powered License Plate Reader Network French Blood Banks Hit Alongside Cyberattack On European Supermarkets Democrats Take Control of US Congress As Voters Reject Trump's Republicans EU Court Advisor Warns Google AI Chatbot May Breach Copyright Rules Study Claims Vizio Simply Ignores 'Smart' TV Spying Opt Out Requests The New York Times Sues Brave Web Browser For AI Scraping, Bypassing Paywalls Bad Flock Info Leads Police To Tow Wrong Car, Then Towing Company Totals It College Students are Pushing Colleges to 'De-Flock' America's Clocks Are Still Falling Back Tonight Despite Trump's Daylight Saving Push Flock Reinstalled Its Cameras After Another City Canceled Its Contract Two US Senators Raise Privacy Concerns About Meta's 'Pervert Glasses'

Events

The Verge

One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet More European supermarkets are getting their freezers hacked Binance hackers stole $6.3 billion in record-breaking crypto heist A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army The disastrous PHP vulnerabilities were exploited days before the patch PHP: The three little letters wreaking havoc across the web 1Password lets AI agents use your passwords without seeing them Eiliko maker says it’s hiring an ‘independent security firm’ after Verge report on its insecure robots PHP: The three letters that shut down sites all over the internet today

Cipher Brief

In Its Race to Field AI, The Pentagon’s Testing Can’t Keep Up The Missing Dimension of Cyber Preparedness BLUF: The Next AI Problem for Intelligence Is Not the Model, It's the Manager Fire Base Australia: Can America’s Southern Base Sustain a Pacific War? The Coming Age of Robotic Warfare The Hidden Cost of America’s War With Iran The Command We Must Start The Cipher Brief’s 10th Threat Conference: Optimism, Urgency, and the Imperative to Act The Kids are Alright: U.S. Soft Power, Aid, and Youth in Africa F-35 Fallacy: Jets Alone Will Not Save Us The U.S. Military Has Much to Learn From Ukraine The Terms We Must Set The Thirteenth Mile: This Is What Gray Zone War Looks Like The Intelligence Community’s Missing Discipline We’re Losing the Cognitive Space Race

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

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