Hacker News

AI Isn't Replacing SREs. It's Deskilling Them Northflank Breached Backdoor in Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace Azure's Weakest Link – Five Full Cross-Tenant Compromises US Reps Lead Democratic Resolution Opposing A.I. Bubble Bailout for Big Tech The Federated Code Forge Medicare Will Pay $50k for Your Heart Attack. It Should Pay $100 to Prevent It Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance I didn't know I was lacking in Vitamin D until I collapsed at work Blockchain intelligence firms link North Korea to $6.3B hack on Binance The $6.3B Binance Hack Was Pulled Off in Just 20 Minutes Polymarket 1h halt after vendor compromise; affected users will be 'made whole' Finding Panics with Call Graph Analyzer Geist Serif Pell Puzzles Review

Bleeping Computer

Trezor warns of suspected crypto-theft implant in hardware wallet Malicious Claude Code extension on Cursor planted SSH backdoors SS7 and Diameter Attacks: How Signaling Flaws Expose Your Phone CISA says max severity GitLab flaw now exploited in the wild Microsoft finally fixes VPN issues caused by September updates Drupal warns of critical Commerce Core flaw exploited in attacks Binance links $6.3 billion crypto theft to compromised DevOps laptop OpenAI doubles ChatGPT Pro usage limits after backlash over planned 50% cut Binance probes potential $5.8 billion crypto-theft hack Hugging Face malware campaign returns to hijack GPUs for crypto mining Japan Airlines suffers third-party data breach exposing passenger info Polymarket halts trading after crypto-draining script breach, $2.5M traced Fake crypto app on Apple App Store linked to $23K wallet theft Hackers exploit Cisco SD-WAN flaw to deploy custom KeyDrift malware Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches

Ars Technica

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 "No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses US officials want Section 702 renewed before damaging court ruling goes public Musk accuses Ukraine of violating Starlink terms with deadly drone strikes Highway thieves are spoofing GPS to steal millions in data center-bound cargo Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report The reactor meant to showcase nuclear’s comeback keeps hitting problems Comcast loses more customers, claims other ISPs' cheap prices are "irrational" Meta shocked by $25B fine after N.M. refused to join multistate settlement UN says we're going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a "now what?" answer FCC chair warns media not to run the "fake polls" Trump keeps complaining about

Slashdot

Trump's CTFC Steps In to Defend Kalshi As Utah Brings Criminal Charges Against Execs Bank of America Kindly Asks That You Don't Share Your Password With Your AI Assistant Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers Amazon Puts a Camera In Its Echo Studio So Alexa Can See US Designates Helium As a Critical Material PHP2Shell Security Flaws Now Successfully Exploited Highway Thieves Are Spoofing GPS To Steal Millions In Data Center-Bound Cargo Amazon Deforestation Fell To Lowest Level Since 1988 - And Silva Wins Reelection Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared with AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads America's Defense Department Is Building an 'Elite New Tech Sabotage Agency' California Cities Pull the Plug On Data Centers After State Regulations Don't Scale Up Fast Enough Ex-Police Officer Kept Using Flock Five Years After Leaving the Force Greece Enacts Social Media Ban For Kids Under 15 UN Says Breaching 1.5C Warming Limit Is 'Imminent and Unavoidable' Several Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Accidentally Posted To Public Kernel Mailing List

Events

The Verge

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 OpenAI says an AI agent lied about disabling its safety monitoring system A critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down today

Cipher Brief

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 Russia Never Left the International Financial System. It Built a Way Back In. Turkey Has Outsourced Its Censorship to American Companies Technology Is Outrunning the Way We Fight Hybrid Threats: Why Awareness Must Transcend Individual Cyberattacks America's Counter-Drone Authority Is Real, The Capacity Isn't Yet The U.S. Army’s Pacific Strategy Depends on Allies The Hidden Risks of AI-Powered Intelligence What a Russian Hybrid Attack Might Look Like

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