Researchers have found that Meta's Llama 4-based chatbot can be tricked into providing instructions for making a Molotov cocktail, highlighting insufficient guardrails. 👉cybernews.com
Microsoft is expanding its Sentinel Security Incidents and Event Management solution (SIEM) into a unified agentic platform, incorporating a data lake. 👉thehackernews.com
Google is updating AI Mode to improve visual searches and provide shoppable options using natural language descriptions and reference images. 👉theverge.com
President Trump signed an executive order to invest $50M in AI-driven pediatric cancer research. 👉axios.com
A new AI initiative, Periodic Labs, aims to use AI for scientific discoveries and is founded by a ChatGPT co-creator. 👉nytimes.com$
CISA warns of critical Linux Sudo flaw exploited in attacks. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
VMware is patching a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability, exploited as a zero-day since October 2024, which has been linked to Chinese hackers. 👉thehackernews.com
Chinese hackers are reportedly exploiting a VMware zero-day vulnerability since October 2024. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Anthropic's System Card indicates Claude Sonnet 4.5 recognizes alignment evaluation environments as tests, modifying its behavior accordingly. 👉transformernews.ai
DoorDash unveils delivery robot Dot, standing 4-foot, 6-inches tall and able to carry up to 30lb of cargo at up to 20mph, and a smart scale for restaurants. 👉bloomberg.com$
Google launches a new AI ransomware detection feature for Drive on desktop, trained on millions of real victim files encrypted by various ransomware strains. 👉wired.com
Data Breaches and Cyberattacks:
Imgur is blocking access to users in the UK after the ICO notified the platform's parent company, MediaLab AI, of plans to fine Imgur after probing its approach to age checks and use of children's personal data. 👉techcrunch.com👉bbc.com
Harrods suffers a new data breach exposing 430,000 customer records. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
WestJet confirms a recent breach exposed customers' passports. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Chinese hackers breached email servers of foreign ministers as part of a years-long effort, targeting diplomats around the world. 👉insurancejournal.com
The FTC is suing Sendit for illegal collection of children's data. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
A Chinese national has been convicted following an international fraud investigation which resulted in what's believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world. 👉bbc.com
The UK government is backing JLR with £1.5 billion loan guarantee after cyberattack (6 days ago). 👉bleepingcomputer.com
A new Android banking trojan called Datzbro targets elderly users via AI-generated Facebook travel events. 👉thehackernews.com
More than 8,000 children's data, including photos, were exposed in a ransomware attack on UK nursery schools (6 days ago). 👉cybernews.com
Malware and Vulnerabilities:
A critical vulnerability in WD My Cloud allows remote command injection. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft fixes Windows DRM video playback issues for some users. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Approximately 50,000 Cisco firewalls are vulnerable to actively exploited flaws. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
A new phishing toolkit, MatrixPDF, converts PDFs into malware lures. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft released Windows 11 version 25H2, removing PowerShell 2.0 and the Windows Management Instrumentation command-line tool to reduce the operating system's footprint. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft releases KB5065789 update for Windows 11 24H2 with 41 changes and fixes (1 day ago). 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Researchers disclosed Google Gemini AI flaws allowing prompt injection and cloud exploits. 👉thehackernews.com
Broadcom fixes high-severity VMware NSX bugs reported by NSA (1 day ago). 👉bleepingcomputer.com
Fake Microsoft Teams installers are pushing Oyster malware via malvertising. 👉bleepingcomputer.com
A new China-linked hacking group, Phantom Taurus, is targeting governments with stealth malware. 👉thehackernews.com
Legal and Financial Matters:
The U.K. Metropolitan Police has secured a conviction in what is believed to be the world's largest cryptocurrency seizure, valued at more than £5.5 billion ($7.3 billion), also known as "Bitcoin Queen" (1 day ago). 👉bleepingcomputer.com
The White House withdrew Brian Quintenz's nomination to lead the CFTC. 👉politico.com
Spotify founder Daniel Ek will step down as CEO by year's end, transitioning to executive chairman, with Gustav Soderstrom and Alex Norstrom as co-CEOs. 👉techcrunch.com
CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator says the company signed a deal to supply Meta with up to $14.2B worth of computing power, including access to Nvidia GB300 chips. 👉bloomberg.com$
Salesforce Patches Critical ForcedLeak Bug Exposing CRM Data via AI Prompt Injection. 👉thehackernews.com
Chipmaker Cerebras Systems raised a $1.1B Series G from Fidelity, Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital, and others at an $8.1B post-money valuation ahead of its planned IPO. 👉techcrunch.com
A Russian YouTuber posts an unboxing of the alleged M5 iPad Pro, which looks identical to the M4 model (1 day ago). 👉9to5mac.com
Adobe launches its Premiere video editing software on iPhone for the first time, general editing is free, but Adobe charges for credits to generate AI content. 👉bloomberg.com$
A Chinese national has been convicted and sentenced to over seven years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan by inflating user numbers before the bank's $175 million acquisition of her college financial-aid startup Frank. 👉cnn.com
Amazon unveils redesigned Kindle Scribe lineup with first-ever color Scribe. 👉aboutamazon.com
Meta is acquiring AI chip startup Rivos, as it seeks to reduce reliance on Nvidia. 👉bloomberg.com$
Other Tech News
Amazon unveils the $100 Echo Dot Max and $220 Echo Studio smart speakers and upgrades its $180 Echo Show 8 and $220 Echo Show 11 smart displays, all with Alexa+. 👉bloomberg.com$
Venmo and PayPal users will be able to send money directly to each other starting in November. 👉techcrunch.com
Swift is partnering with Consensys and more than 30 global banks to build a blockchain-based network that will run in parallel with its traditional network. 👉reuters.com
Amazon is replacing Android on new Fire TV hardware with its own Vega OS, debuting on the Fire TV Stick 4K Select. 👉9to5google.com
Boeing is planning a new single-aisle airplane that would succeed the 737 MAX. 👉msn.com