OpenAI's o3 AI model is reported to have scored lower on a benchmark than initially suggested by the company. 👉techcrunch.com
A famed AI researcher has launched a controversial startup, Mechanize, aiming to replace all human workers with AI agents, focusing initially on white-collar jobs and arguing it will enrich humanity. 👉techcrunch.com👉slashdot.org
Assort Health, developing voice AI agents for healthcare to manage patient phone calls, raised a $22M Series A round. 👉fortune.com
A report indicates that AI evaluation startups have modest revenue, with Weights & Biases reaching $50M ARR by December 2024, but only 2% from its AI evaluation product, Weave. 👉theinformation.com
Cybersecurity Threats and Vulnerabilities:
A flaw (CVE-2025-24054) in Windows NTLM is under active attack, enabling the theft of NTLM credentials upon file download, and has been added to CISA's KEV catalog. 👉thehackernews.com
Widespread Microsoft Entra account lockouts are tied to a new security feature rollout due to false positives. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
A new Android malware, SuperCard X, steals credit card data for NFC relay attacks, enabling fraudulent transactions. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Public exploits have been released for a critical Erlang/OTP SSH RCE bug (CVE-2025-32433), requiring immediate patching. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
A critical Erlang/OTP SSH pre-auth RCE vulnerability, CVE-2025-32433, is easily exploitable and requires immediate patching. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
A new multi-stage malware attack uses .JSE and PowerShell to deploy Agent Tesla and XLoader, evading detection through complex delivery mechanisms. 👉thehackernews.com
ASUS warns of a critical authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2025-2492) in AiCloud-enabled routers, urging users to update firmware. 👉bleepingcomputer.com👉thehackernews.com
SonicWall SMA VPN devices have been actively targeted in attacks exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability since January 2025. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
A Cisco Webex bug allows unauthenticated attackers to gain client-side remote code execution via malicious meeting invite links, prompting security updates. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
A Windows vulnerability that exposes NTLM hashes using .library-ms files is actively exploited in phishing attacks. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Rogue npm packages are mimicking the Telegram Bot API to plant SSH backdoors on Linux systems. 👉thehackernews.com
Phishers are abusing Google OAuth to spoof Google in DKIM replay attacks to steal logins. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
State-sponsored hackers are increasingly using ClickFix social engineering tactics to breach networks, with APT groups from North Korea, Iran, and Russia adopting the method. 👉bleepingcomputer.com👉thehackernews.com
Interlock ransomware gang is now using ClickFix attacks that impersonate IT tools to breach corporate networks. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Nation-State Cyber Activity:
Chinese-speaking IronHusky hackers are targeting Russian and Mongolian government organizations with upgraded MysterySnail RAT malware. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Chinese Smishing Kit Powers Widespread Toll Fraud Campaign Targeting U.S. Users in 8 States. 👉thehackernews.com
The Russian state-sponsored threat actor, APT29, has been linked to a phishing campaign targeting European diplomats with a new variant of WINELOADER and a malware loader named GRAPELOADER. 👉thehackernews.com
Mustang Panda, a China-linked threat actor, has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting an organization in Myanmar, using updated versions of TONESHELL and a new tool called StarProxy. 👉thehackernews.com
Funding and Business:
Tapcheck, a Plano, Texas-based company that allows workers to access earnings before payday, raised a $25M Series A extension and $200M in debt. 👉calcalistech.com
Crux, a financing software provider for clean energy companies, raised a $50M Series B led by Lowercarbon Capital. 👉axios.com
Revel, which builds software for controlling critical hardware like rockets, emerged from stealth with $30M in funding. 👉fortune.com
SANS Institute Complimentary Cyber Bundle worth $3240 at SANSFIRE 2025. 👉thehackernews.uk
Government and Policy:
Meta has lobbied for an app store age-verification bill after lobbying US Congress to shelve the Senate-passed KOSA bill in 2024. 👉politico.com
A Palantir executive defended the company’s immigration surveillance work. 👉techcrunch.com
Reports indicate that the Trump administration's removal of security guardrails has increased the risk of disinformation operations by U.S. adversaries. 👉nytimes.com$
Other Tech News:
A half-marathon in Beijing featured a race between human runners and 21 Chinese humanoid robots, demonstrating the limitations of current robotics technology. 👉wsj.com$👉techcrunch.com
A Vice President at YouTube expects that every video uploaded to YouTube could be dubbed automatically into every spoken language in five years using AI. 👉bloomberg.com$
India's top IT firms are experiencing their steepest growth slowdown in years due to global economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenges. 👉indiadispatch.com
There is a race to turn brainwaves into fluent speech using brain implants and AI, with researchers at universities in California and companies making advances. 👉t.co
The success of A Minecraft Movie indicates Hollywood's breakthrough in adapting video games into films, reaching $700M in ticket sales globally. 👉t.co
Reports suggests that Foxconn's $2.5B “Project Elephant” to build iPhones in India is causing a real estate boom outside Bengaluru. 👉restofworld.org
Google Gemini AI is testing a ChatGPT-like scheduled tasks feature called "Scheduled Actions". 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Uncovered emails revealed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant. 👉techcrunch.com
Congress has questions about 23andMe bankruptcy. 👉techcrunch.com
Read what Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook execs said about Instagram before buying it. 👉techcrunch.com
This week the free and open source cross-platform messaging service, Bluesky may soon add blue check verification. 👉techcrunch.com
This week the free and open source cross-platform messaging service, announced kids sure love video game movies. 👉techcrunch.com
In India, the Open Network for Digital Commerce has struggled to break the near-duopoly of Zomato and Swiggy in online food delivery after cutting back on discounts. 👉theindiaforum.in