HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs
Resellers threatened to ditch HP printing supplies for counterfeits.
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Now, even Russia's most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices
The social-engineering technique has primarily been a tool of financially motivated criminals.
Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom
Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.
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Sheetz moves 838 stores off VMware: Broadcom created “too much uncertainty"
The conveneince store chain will use StorMagic instead.
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Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches
HiveLegacy is a "powerful primitive" that's likely capable of other nefarious actions.
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Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Old and forgotten "shims" Microsoft failed to revoke have made Secure Boot bypasses simple.
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The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router
With residential proxies all the rage, CISA urges router users to be vigilant.
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Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too
"Context bombing" tricks hacking agents into shutting down before they can do harm.
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Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk
The feud between NightmareEclipse and Microsoft shows no signs of resolving soon.
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Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA
Broadcom accuses Allstate of dodging VMware audits.
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Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges.
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Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers
But the devices could "easily be reflashed."
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US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge
Miners backed by Trump admin. sell to Japan, South Korea despite push to develop domestic supply chain.
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Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
"HalluSquatting" weaponizes LLMs' inability to say "I don't know."
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Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware
The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.
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T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit
T-Mobile wants Broadcom to keep supporting its VMware perpetual licenses.
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New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea
Telling an LLM that 2 + 2 = 5 is enough to make it follow forbidden instructions.
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US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree
Operation by two Russia-state groups has been ongoing since at least March.
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Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead
Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."
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One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime "assembly line"
"Operation Endgame" simultaneously disrupts two widely used crime tools.
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White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto
Order warns of national security risks if post-quantum cryptography isn't adopted in time.
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Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments
Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.
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Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs
Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips.
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Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency
Crypto Clipper spreads over USB and communicates over Tor.
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Apple patches high-severity eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds
The vulnerability, disclosed 12 months ago, affects multiple manufacturers.
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Before SpaceX IPO, investors in China secretly acquired stakes
One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.
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Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks
The affected include Oracle, Lenovo, FedEx, a NATO contractor, and Fortinet.
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Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.
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"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what
AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.
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Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near
What you need to know about the expiration of keys securing your machine's boot sequence.
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Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry
Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.
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Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users
SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.
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Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs
AMD's stripping of TSME from consumer CPUs appears to be a deliberate, covert move.
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PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data
Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.