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- Actively exploited vulnerability gives extraordinary control over server fleetsby Dan Goodin on June 26, 2025 at 10:52 pm
AMI MegaRAC used in servers from AMD, ARM, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, Supermicro, and Qualcomm.
- Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI ageby Benj Edwards on June 26, 2025 at 8:33 pm
AI chatbot codes browser-based apps from plain English with classic web vibes.
- VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcomby Scharon Harding on June 26, 2025 at 8:17 pm
“Our management thought it was a bluff…”
- Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsby Benj Edwards on June 25, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Company hired Google’s book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize “all the books in the world.”
- Ubuntu disables Intel GPU security mitigations, promises 20% performance boostby Dan Goodin on June 25, 2025 at 7:39 pm
Overtime defenses for Spectre-based attacks have taken their toll.
- The résumé is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gunby Benj Edwards on June 24, 2025 at 5:25 pm
As thousands of applications flood job posts, ‘hiring slop’ is kicking off an AI arms race.
- Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state groupby Dan Goodin on June 23, 2025 at 7:21 pm
Maximum-security Cisco vulnerability was patched Oct. 2023 and exploited Feb. 2025.
- Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk trafficby Dan Goodin on June 20, 2025 at 7:04 pm
Attacker rained down the equivalent of 9,300 full-length HD movies in just 45 seconds.
- Israel-tied Predatory Sparrow hackers are waging cyberwar on Iran’s financial systemby Andy Greenberg, WIRED.com on June 19, 2025 at 2:40 pm
The hacker group has destroyed more than $90 million held at an Iranian crypto exchange.
- Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway.by Dan Goodin on June 18, 2025 at 9:10 pm
Microsoft, Apple, Bank of America, and many more sites all targeted.
- Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI contentby Benj Edwards on June 18, 2025 at 11:15 am
Newly announced catalog collects pre-2022 sources untouched by ChatGPT and AI contamination.
- Cybersecurity takes a big hit in new Trump executive orderby Dan Goodin on June 17, 2025 at 9:33 pm
Provisions on secure software, quantum–resistant crypto, and more are scrapped.
- OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoftby Benj Edwards on June 17, 2025 at 4:26 pm
WSJ report says OpenAI mulling federal complaint as Microsoft stalls restructuring plan.
- Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribersby Dan Goodin on June 16, 2025 at 8:15 pm
The soaring price of copper makes networks tempting targets for thieves.
- Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeysby Dan Goodin on June 12, 2025 at 8:26 pm
Apple OSes will soon transfer passkeys seamlessly and securely across platforms.
- Hollywood studios target AI image generator in copyright lawsuitby Benj Edwards on June 11, 2025 at 6:58 pm
Multiple-studio complaint cites AI image outputs as evidence of “bottomless pit of plagiarism.”
- With the launch of o3-pro, let’s talk about what AI “reasoning” actually doesby Benj Edwards on June 11, 2025 at 4:58 pm
New studies reveal pattern-matching reality behind the AI industry’s reasoning claims.
- Found in the wild: 2 Secure Boot exploits. Microsoft is patching only 1 of them.by Dan Goodin on June 10, 2025 at 7:00 pm
The publicly available exploits provide a near-universal way to bypass key protections.
- OpenAI signs surprise deal with Google Cloud despite fierce AI rivalryby Benj Edwards on June 10, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Report: Deal marks shift from exclusive Microsoft partnership as AI compute needs soar.
- After AI setbacks, Meta bets billions on undefined “superintelligence”by Benj Edwards on June 10, 2025 at 4:38 pm
Zuckerberg seeks new AI direction under sci-fi banner that some experts say is arbitrary.