Tech News

1. Ransomware Attacks:

   • A ransomware gang claims to have stolen 450 million records from patients of the American Hospital Dubai and is threatening to leak them. 👉 cybernews.com
   • Interlock ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the Kettering Health ransomware attack, 941GB of stolen data. 👉 cybernews.com
   • The FBI reported that the Play ransomware had breached 900 organizations, including critical infrastructure. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • A media giant Lee Enterprises, says data breach affects 39,000 people after a ransomware attack in February 2025. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

2. Cybercrime and Data Breaches:

   • Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has exposed a financially motivated vishing group UNC6040 targeting Salesforce instances with a fake Data Loader app for data theft and extortion, affecting approximately 20 organizations in hospitality, retail, education, and other sectors in the Americas and Europe. 👉 thehackernews.com 👉 theregister.com
   • Google warns of cybercriminals targeting Salesforce app to steal data, extort companies. 👉 therecord.media
   • A Coinbase data breach was tied to bribed TaskUs support agents in India. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com 👉 cybernews.com
   • The US DOJ seized ~145 domains and crypto linked to BidenCash, a dark web market that made $17M+ in revenue since 2022 by selling stolen credit cards and more. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Authorities in Pakistan have arrested 21 individuals accused of operating the Heartsender spam and malware dissemination service. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com

3. Malware and Vulnerabilities:

   • Acronis reports on new variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called Chaos RAT targeting Windows and Linux systems distributed via fake network troubleshooting utility downloads for Linux. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • BleepingComputer reports on two malicious RubyGems packages posing as Fastlane to steal Telegram API data. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Researchers have discovered a hacker is targeting other hackers and gamers with backdoored GitHub code. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Google has released emergency out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity zero-day flaw is being tracked as CVE-2025-5419, out-of-bounds read and write in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. 👉 thehackernews.com 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • BleepingComputer reports Ukraine claims it hacked Tupolev, Russia’s strategic warplane maker. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Hewlett Packard Enterprise warns of critical StoreOnce auth bypass. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

4. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning:

   • Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • OpenAI rolls out connectors for services like Dropbox and OneDrive for ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and Edu users; MCP support is coming to Pro, Team, Enterprise. 👉 techcrunch.com
   • GPT-5 to compete a little more. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • ChatGPT rolls out Memory upgrade for free users. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

5. Microsoft News:

   • Microsoft's LinkedIn chief is now running Office as part of an AI reorg. 👉 theverge.com
   • Microsoft is offering free cybersecurity support to European governments. 👉 cybernews.com
   • Microsoft unveils free EU cybersecurity program for governments. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Microsoft adds quick machine recovery to Windows 11 settings. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

6. Cloud Security:

   • Microsoft is offering free cybersecurity support to European governments, including to protect against AI-enhanced threats, amid growing state-sponsored attacks. 👉 reuters.com
   • Brookfield plans to invest ~$9.9B to build an AI data center in Strangnas, Sweden. 👉 reuters.com

7. Apple News:

   • Apple's attempt to pause App Store antitrust order fails. 👉 9to5mac.com
   • Apple and Alibaba's AI rollout in China delayed by Trump's trade war, FT reports. 👉 reuters.com
   • 9to5Mac reports Apple may announce new features for AirPods at WWDC, including iPhone camera control, new head gestures, and sleep detection for pausing playback. 👉 9to5mac.com
   • Reuters reports the Epic v. Apple: a US appeals court rejects Apple's request to pause key parts of a federal judge's order requiring it to open the App Store to more competition. 👉 reuters.com
   • iOS 26 Could Bring Sleep Detection, Camera Controls, and New Gestures to AirPods. 👉 macrumors.com

8. Other Company News:

   • Reuters reports Stablecoin issuer Circle raises $1.05 billion in upsized US IPO. 👉 reuters.com
   • Reuters reports GlobalFoundries boosts investment plans to $16 billion, with research focus. 👉 reuters.com
   • Meta reveals more information about its research glasses Aria Gen 2, including their form factor, computer vision cameras, sensors, and on-device compute. 👉 theverge.com
   • Reuters reports that Reuters a China rollout with Alibaba is delayed by Chinese regulators amid US trade war; the country approved 300+ domestic AI models so far. 👉 t.co
   • Reuters reports that Amazon is creating an AI team within its Lab126 hardware R&D unit that will help develop an agentic AI framework for use in its robotics operations. 👉 cnbc.com

9. Cybersecurity Tools and Techniques:

   • BleepingComputer reports a new article on Kerberos AS-REP roasting attacks: What you need to know. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

10. Government and Legislation:

    • A group of 260+ US legislators from all 50 states sign a letter opposing a federal budget bill provision that bans states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years. 👉 statescoop.com

11. Google News:

    • Google pauses the rollout of Google Photos' AI-powered Ask Photos feature due to issues with latency, quality, and UX. 👉 theverge.com
    • Google Cloud Blog reports Google: Hackers target Salesforce accounts in data extortion attacks. 👉 cloud.google.com
    • Wired has published a Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on “a 50% chance” of AGI in the next five to 10 years, bad actors and technical risks, AI regulation, jobs, and more. 👉 wired.com

12. Tesla and Self-Driving Technology:

    • Bloomberg reports that photos and partial footage of an FSD-enabled Tesla sideswiping a parked SUV and hitting a woman in November 2023 show FSD's limits; the NHTSA is investigating. 👉 bloomberg.com^$

13. Cybersecurity Industry:

    • Reuters reports that Microsoft offers boost to European governments' cybersecurity for free. 👉 reuters.com
    • Wall Street Journal reports that CrowdStrike is cooperating with federal probes into July 2024 software outage and about its revenue recognition practices. 👉 wsj.com^$

14. New Board Member:

    • CNBC reports Uber appoints Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora to its board of directors following a broader executive shakeup this week. 👉 cnbc.com

15. Reddit privacy changes:

    • Reddit now lets users hide posting and commenting history on their profiles via a “Content and Activity” setting, as part of a new “Curate your profile” section. 👉 techcrunch.com

16. AI Coding Tools:

    • TechCrunch reports Mistral releases Mistral Code, an AI coding assistant forked from open-source project Continue, in private beta on JetBrains development platforms and VS Code. 👉 techcrunch.com

17. IRS Open Source Software:

    • 404 Media reports that the IRS open sourced much of its Direct File tax software on GitHub last week, fulfilling a legal requirement under the SHARE IT Act, despite Intuit pressure. 👉 404media.co

18. Tax evasion:

    • The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying To Kill Just Got Open Sourced. 👉 news.slashdot.org

19. AI-driven code analysis:

    • Morgan Stanley has deployed an in-house AI tool called DevGen.AI that has reviewed nine million lines of legacy code this year. 👉 msn.com

20. Material science:

    • Reuters reports researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife. 👉 reuters.com

21. End of Windows 10 support:

    • KDE is weighing in on the controversy around the impending demise of Windows 10 support with a lurid "KDE for Windows 10 Exiles" campaign. 👉 theregister.com

22. AI in Hollywood:

    • Major Hollywood studios are extensively using AI tools while avoiding public disclosure. 👉 vulture.com

23. Media Giant data breach:

    • Major American Media company exposed employee data in a hacker attack. 👉 cybernews.com

24. AI regulation:

    • More than 260 state legislators from all 50 states have signed a letter opposing a provision in the federal budget reconciliation bill. 👉 statescoop.com

25. Chinese hackers:

    • Bloomberg reports that Chinese hackers broke into US telecom earlier than previously known, Bloomberg reports. 👉 reuters.com

26. OpenAI's ChatGPT User Logs:

    • OpenAI seeks to block a May 13 court order requiring it to preserve all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats, arguing it poses a risk to users' privacy. 👉 arstechnica.com

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