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Cybercrime:
- A 19-year-old UK national, Thalha Jubair, is facing criminal hacking charges in the U.S. for allegedly being a core member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, which has extorted at least $115 million in ransom payments. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
- A 20-year-old Florida man, Noah Michael Urban, a member of Scattered Spider, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay roughly $13 million in restitution for his involvement in SIM-swapping attacks. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
- A Chinese-speaking cybercrime group, UAT-8099, is conducting SEO fraud and stealing credentials by targeting Microsoft IIS servers in various countries, including India, Thailand, Vietnam, Canada, and Brazil. 👉 thehackernews.com
- Authorities are warning about hackers actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-61882) in Oracle E-Business Suite to perform unauthenticated remote code execution, potentially leading to data theft. 👉 thehackernews.com 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- A now patched security vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration was exploited as a zero-day earlier this year in cyber attacks targeting the Brazilian military. 👉 thehackernews.com
- ParkMobile is paying $1 to each user for the 2021 data breach that hit 22 million. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Data Breaches and Leaks:
- A Red Hat data breach has escalated as ShinyHunters has joined the extortion, with samples of stolen customer engagement reports leaked. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- The SEC is probing AppLovin over allegations of violating platform partners' agreements to push more targeted ads to consumers. 👉 cnbc.com
- LinkedIn is suing ProAPIs for allegedly scraping legitimate data through more than a million fake accounts. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- Deloitte will partially refund payment for an Australian government report that contained multiple errors after admitting it was partly produced by AI. 👉 theregister.com
- Following a series of online threats, TikTok evacuated its Culver City headquarters, leading to the arrest of a 33-year-old suspect. 👉 techcrunch.com
- European labor regulations enacted nearly a century ago now impose costs on companies that discourage investment in disruptive technologies. 👉 economist.com
OpenAI Announcements:
- OpenAI is introducing apps that work inside ChatGPT, including Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma, Spotify, and Zillow (excluding the EU). 👉 openai.com 👉 techcrunch.com
- OpenAI has launched AgentKit, a toolkit for building and deploying AI agents, which includes Agent Builder. 👉 techcrunch.com
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users and processes over 6 billion tokens per minute on its API. 👉 techcrunch.com 👉 slashdot.org
- OpenAI is making Codex generally available, with a new SDK, enterprise features, and Slack integration. 👉 openai.com
- OpenAI and AMD have announced a partnership where OpenAI could take up to a 10% stake in AMD and deploy up to 6GW of Instinct GPUs over multiple years. AMD stock is up 23.71%. 👉 cnbc.com 👉 openai.com
- OpenAI will receive the first gigawatt's worth of AMD's Instinct MI450 chips in H2 2026 as part of its deal with AMD. 👉 techcrunch.com
- OpenAI executive Bill Peebles announced that Sora users can now stop AI-generated versions of themselves from appearing in specific contexts, such as videos involving politics. 👉 theverge.com
- Microsoft is investigating a bug that causes Copilot issues when multiple Office apps are running simultaneously. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- OpenAI is testing a new feature called ChatGPT Pulse and Agent Builder. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Government and Regulation:
- A U.S. senator is asking judges if they used AI in withdrawn court rulings. 👉 reuters.com
- The Supreme Court has turned down Google's request to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring Google to make major changes to Play Store in an antitrust case filed by Epic. 👉 reuters.com
Vulnerabilities and Exploits:
- Redis has warned of a maximum severity vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain remote code execution on thousands of vulnerable instances. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- Microsoft has issued fixes for more than 80 vulnerabilities, including 13 critical flaws, in its Windows operating systems and software. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
- A code execution vulnerability exists in the Unity game engine. Steam and Microsoft are warning that the flaw exposes gamers to attacks. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- A massive surge in scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals has been observed with a nearly 500% increase in scanning IP addresses in one day. 👉 thehackernews.com
Malware and Threats:
- Researchers have warned of a new self-propagating WhatsApp malware called SORVEPOTEL, which spreads through phishing messages with malicious ZIP file attachments. 👉 thehackernews.com
- XWorm malware has resurfaced with a ransomware module and over 35 plugins, being distributed in phishing campaigns. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- A security alert was issued concerning an E-Business Suite zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthenticated remote code execution. 👉 securityaffairs.com
- Multiple code packages on the JavaScript repository NPM have been infected with the self-replicating worm Shai-Hulud, which steals credentials and publishes them on GitHub. (1 week ago) 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
- There is a report of rising ransomware attacks this summer. Lockbit is the most prolific ransomware group, with two Conti offshoots following behind. (1 week ago) 👉 threatpost.com
- Researchers have disclosed details of a new attack called CometJacking targeting Perplexity's agentic AI browser Comet by embedding malicious prompts within a seemingly innocuous link to siphon sensitive data. (1 week ago) 👉 thehackernews.com
Technology and Business:
- A look at cost and viability concerns over small nuclear reactors in the US, as the government, companies, and investors bet $9B+ on SMRs to power the AI boom. (1 day ago) 👉 t.co
- A basket tracking the stocks of 10 European data center operators and infrastructure providers surged 23% in 2025, topping the Nasdaq 100, driven by the AI boom. (1 day ago) 👉 bloomberg.com^$
- Verizon has named Dan Schulman as its new CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg. (1 day ago) 👉 bloomberg.com^$
Fraud and Scams:
- A Russian affiliate program called "Gambler Panel" is facilitating scam gambling sites that lure people with fake credits and steal deposited cryptocurrency funds. (1 week ago) 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
- Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and overbooked hotels. (1 week ago) 👉 threatpost.com
Google: - Google DeepMind unveils CodeMender, an AI agent that detects, patches, and rewrites vulnerable code to prevent exploits by leveraging Gemini Deep Think models. 👉 siliconangle.com - The DOJ and Google have wrapped up a two-week remedies hearing in the US v. Google ad tech trial. Closing arguments are set for November. (1 week ago) 👉 nytimes.com^$ - Google launches a dedicated AI bug bounty program that offers security researchers up to $30,000 for finding vulnerabilities in its AI products. 👉 theverge.com
Other Security News:
- Researchers have uncovered a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool. (1 week ago) 👉 threatpost.com
- A new report links research firms BIETA and CIII to China’s MSS cyber operations. 👉 thehackernews.com
- Cybercriminals are selling access to Chinese surveillance cameras. (1 week ago) 👉 threatpost.com
Microsoft:
- Microsoft: Critical GoAnywhere bug exploited in ransomware attacks. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- Microsoft: Running multiple Office apps causes Copilot issues. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
- Red Hat data breach escalates as ShinyHunters joins extortion. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Data Privacy:
- Apple's Siri voice assistant is accused of illicit data collection. 👉 cybernews.com
- There is a discussion around the potential abuse in public around a tiktok cruise ship video filming strangers in public. 👉 cybernews.com
- A study has found that the Netherlands is a hotbed for child abuse material. 👉 cybernews.com
New Exploits:
- A new wiretap attack extracts Intel SGX ECDSA key via DDR4 memory-bus interposer. (1 week ago) 👉 thehackernews.com
- CISA has sounded the alarm on critical sudo flaw actively exploited in Linux and Unix systems. (1 week ago) 👉 thehackernews.com
Other:
- A profile of EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who is expected to stay in the role. (1 day ago) 👉 wsj.com^$
- There is a new claim that Microsoft is not cancelling plans to produce new Xbox consoles. (1 week ago) 👉 windowscentral.com
- Sharpie has found a way to manufacture pens more cheaply by manufacturing them in the U.S. (1 week ago) 👉 msn.com
Financial:
- Coupa, a Thoma Bravo-owned supply chain tech company, has acquired procurement tech startup Scoutbee. 👉 axios.com
- Qualtrics has agreed to acquire Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75B, including debt. 👉 t.co
- Private capital firms are seeking to cash in on the US-driven AI boom by selling off European data centers worth about €17B. 👉 t.co
- Melbourne-based Heidi Health, which is developing AI agents to do doctors' admin work, raised a $65M Series B. (1 day ago) 👉 techcrunch.com
- OpenAI will receive warrants for up to 160 million AMD shares at 1 cent per share, representing roughly 10% of the chip company. The warrants will be awarded in phases if OpenAI hits certain deployment milestones. (1 day ago) 👉 apnews.com
- A new report found that users of pay-advance apps are using the apps to manage basic expenses. Heavy users of the apps paid $421, on average, in total loan and overdraft fees over a year. (3 days ago) 👉 nytimes.com^$
Butterfly Populations:
- Deforestation is draining color from butterfly populations in Brazil. Plantation communities are dominated by brown-colored species. (1 day ago) 👉 theguardian.com
Technology:
- An American firm shedding workers incurs costs equivalent to seven months of wages per employee. In Germany the figure reaches 31 months. In France it reaches 38 months. The expense extends beyond severance pay and union negotiations. (1 day ago) 👉 economist.com
- Apple's hardware chief John Ternus is the frontrunner to replace Tim Cook as CEO. (2 days ago) 👉 bloomberg.com^$
- Fortune tested the AI Friend necklace and found it struggled to perform its basic function. The necklace forgot her name and later misremembered her favorite color. (3 days ago) 👉 fortune.com
- Porsche's wireless charging system will not be available on the Macan Electric and Taycan. (3 days ago) 👉 thedrive.com
- Canonical has revealed the codename for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Resolute Raccoon. (3 days ago) 👉 nerds.xyz
- Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries about how the immune system regulates itself. (1 day ago) 👉 npr.org
- A live blog of the OpenAI DevDay 2025 keynote, where Sam Altman announced new developer tools. 👉 cnbc.com
- Apps in ChatGPT could be OpenAI's most ambitious platform play to date, drawing parallels with Facebook's 2007 efforts to become a platform via social graph. 👉 platformer.news
Instagram Rings:
- Instagram launches Rings, an awards program recognizing 25 top creators; the judging panel includes Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs, and Adam Mosseri. 👉 hollywoodreporter.com
- The Instagram Rings awards are all about celebrating those who aren't afraid to take creative chances and do it their way. 👉 threads.com
Elon Musk and xAI:
- xAI is set to spend $18B+ to acquire ~300K more Nvidia chips for its Colossus 2 project in Memphis; in July, Elon Musk said it would total 550K chips. 👉 wsj.com^$
- Concerns have been raised about Elon Musk’s data centers bringing in only a few hundred jobs to Memphis while consuming millions of gallons of water a day. There are also concerns about power and pollution being caused by natural-gas turbines. 👉 wsj.com^$
Cerebras IPO:
- Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman said the AI chipmaker pulled its IPO filing to share updated financials, admitting it was a mistake not to explain the move sooner. 👉 cnbc.com
US ICE Social Media Surveillance:
- US federal contracting records show that US ICE is planning to hire nearly 30 private analysts to monitor social media content for enforcement operation leads. 👉 wired.com

Tech News

Cybercrime:

A 19-year-old UK national, Thalha Jubair, is facing criminal hacking charges in the U.S. for allegedly being a core member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, which has extorted at least $115 million in ransom payments. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
A 20-year-old Florida man, Noah Michael Urban, a member of Scattered Spider, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay roughly $13 million in restitution for his involvement in SIM-swapping attacks. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
A Chinese-speaking cybercrime group, UAT-8099, is conducting SEO fraud and stealing credentials by targeting Microsoft IIS servers in various countries, including India, Thailand, Vietnam, Canada, and Brazil. 👉 thehackernews.com
Authorities are warning about hackers actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-61882) in Oracle E-Business Suite to perform unauthenticated remote code execution, potentially leading to data theft. 👉 thehackernews.com 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
A now patched security vulnerability in Zimbra Collaboration was exploited as a zero-day earlier this year in cyber attacks targeting the Brazilian military. 👉 thehackernews.com
ParkMobile is paying $1 to each user for the 2021 data breach that hit 22 million. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

Data Breaches and Leaks:

A Red Hat data breach has escalated as ShinyHunters has joined the extortion, with samples of stolen customer engagement reports leaked. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
The SEC is probing AppLovin over allegations of violating platform partners' agreements to push more targeted ads to consumers. 👉 cnbc.com
LinkedIn is suing ProAPIs for allegedly scraping legitimate data through more than a million fake accounts. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Deloitte will partially refund payment for an Australian government report that contained multiple errors after admitting it was partly produced by AI. 👉 theregister.com
Following a series of online threats, TikTok evacuated its Culver City headquarters, leading to the arrest of a 33-year-old suspect. 👉 techcrunch.com
European labor regulations enacted nearly a century ago now impose costs on companies that discourage investment in disruptive technologies. 👉 economist.com

OpenAI Announcements:

OpenAI is introducing apps that work inside ChatGPT, including Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma, Spotify, and Zillow (excluding the EU). 👉 openai.com 👉 techcrunch.com
OpenAI has launched AgentKit, a toolkit for building and deploying AI agents, which includes Agent Builder. 👉 techcrunch.com
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users and processes over 6 billion tokens per minute on its API. 👉 techcrunch.com 👉 slashdot.org
OpenAI is making Codex generally available, with a new SDK, enterprise features, and Slack integration. 👉 openai.com
OpenAI and AMD have announced a partnership where OpenAI could take up to a 10% stake in AMD and deploy up to 6GW of Instinct GPUs over multiple years. AMD stock is up 23.71%. 👉 cnbc.com 👉 openai.com
OpenAI will receive the first gigawatt's worth of AMD's Instinct MI450 chips in H2 2026 as part of its deal with AMD. 👉 techcrunch.com
OpenAI executive Bill Peebles announced that Sora users can now stop AI-generated versions of themselves from appearing in specific contexts, such as videos involving politics. 👉 theverge.com
Microsoft is investigating a bug that causes Copilot issues when multiple Office apps are running simultaneously. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
OpenAI is testing a new feature called ChatGPT Pulse and Agent Builder. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

Government and Regulation:

A U.S. senator is asking judges if they used AI in withdrawn court rulings. 👉 reuters.com
The Supreme Court has turned down Google's request to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring Google to make major changes to Play Store in an antitrust case filed by Epic. 👉 reuters.com

Vulnerabilities and Exploits:

Redis has warned of a maximum severity vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain remote code execution on thousands of vulnerable instances. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft has issued fixes for more than 80 vulnerabilities, including 13 critical flaws, in its Windows operating systems and software. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
A code execution vulnerability exists in the Unity game engine. Steam and Microsoft are warning that the flaw exposes gamers to attacks. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
A massive surge in scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals has been observed with a nearly 500% increase in scanning IP addresses in one day. 👉 thehackernews.com

Malware and Threats:

Researchers have warned of a new self-propagating WhatsApp malware called SORVEPOTEL, which spreads through phishing messages with malicious ZIP file attachments. 👉 thehackernews.com
XWorm malware has resurfaced with a ransomware module and over 35 plugins, being distributed in phishing campaigns. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
A security alert was issued concerning an E-Business Suite zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthenticated remote code execution. 👉 securityaffairs.com
Multiple code packages on the JavaScript repository NPM have been infected with the self-replicating worm Shai-Hulud, which steals credentials and publishes them on GitHub. (1 week ago) 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
There is a report of rising ransomware attacks this summer. Lockbit is the most prolific ransomware group, with two Conti offshoots following behind. (1 week ago) 👉 threatpost.com
Researchers have disclosed details of a new attack called CometJacking targeting Perplexity's agentic AI browser Comet by embedding malicious prompts within a seemingly innocuous link to siphon sensitive data. (1 week ago) 👉 thehackernews.com

Technology and Business:

A look at cost and viability concerns over small nuclear reactors in the US, as the government, companies, and investors bet $9B+ on SMRs to power the AI boom. (1 day ago) 👉 t.co
A basket tracking the stocks of 10 European data center operators and infrastructure providers surged 23% in 2025, topping the Nasdaq 100, driven by the AI boom. (1 day ago) 👉 bloomberg.com^$
Verizon has named Dan Schulman as its new CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg. (1 day ago) 👉 bloomberg.com^$

Fraud and Scams:

A Russian affiliate program called "Gambler Panel" is facilitating scam gambling sites that lure people with fake credits and steal deposited cryptocurrency funds. (1 week ago) 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and overbooked hotels. (1 week ago) 👉 threatpost.com

Google: - Google DeepMind unveils CodeMender, an AI agent that detects, patches, and rewrites vulnerable code to prevent exploits by leveraging Gemini Deep Think models. 👉 siliconangle.com - The DOJ and Google have wrapped up a two-week remedies hearing in the US v. Google ad tech trial. Closing arguments are set for November. (1 week ago) 👉 nytimes.com^$ - Google launches a dedicated AI bug bounty program that offers security researchers up to $30,000 for finding vulnerabilities in its AI products. 👉 theverge.com

Other Security News:

Researchers have uncovered a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool. (1 week ago) 👉 threatpost.com
A new report links research firms BIETA and CIII to China’s MSS cyber operations. 👉 thehackernews.com
Cybercriminals are selling access to Chinese surveillance cameras. (1 week ago) 👉 threatpost.com

Microsoft:

Microsoft: Critical GoAnywhere bug exploited in ransomware attacks. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft: Running multiple Office apps causes Copilot issues. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
Red Hat data breach escalates as ShinyHunters joins extortion. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

Data Privacy:

Apple's Siri voice assistant is accused of illicit data collection. 👉 cybernews.com
There is a discussion around the potential abuse in public around a tiktok cruise ship video filming strangers in public. 👉 cybernews.com
A study has found that the Netherlands is a hotbed for child abuse material. 👉 cybernews.com

New Exploits:

A new wiretap attack extracts Intel SGX ECDSA key via DDR4 memory-bus interposer. (1 week ago) 👉 thehackernews.com
CISA has sounded the alarm on critical sudo flaw actively exploited in Linux and Unix systems. (1 week ago) 👉 thehackernews.com

Other:

A profile of EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who is expected to stay in the role. (1 day ago) 👉 wsj.com^$
There is a new claim that Microsoft is not cancelling plans to produce new Xbox consoles. (1 week ago) 👉 windowscentral.com
Sharpie has found a way to manufacture pens more cheaply by manufacturing them in the U.S. (1 week ago) 👉 msn.com

Financial:

Coupa, a Thoma Bravo-owned supply chain tech company, has acquired procurement tech startup Scoutbee. 👉 axios.com
Qualtrics has agreed to acquire Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75B, including debt. 👉 t.co
Private capital firms are seeking to cash in on the US-driven AI boom by selling off European data centers worth about €17B. 👉 t.co
Melbourne-based Heidi Health, which is developing AI agents to do doctors' admin work, raised a $65M Series B. (1 day ago) 👉 techcrunch.com
OpenAI will receive warrants for up to 160 million AMD shares at 1 cent per share, representing roughly 10% of the chip company. The warrants will be awarded in phases if OpenAI hits certain deployment milestones. (1 day ago) 👉 apnews.com
A new report found that users of pay-advance apps are using the apps to manage basic expenses. Heavy users of the apps paid $421, on average, in total loan and overdraft fees over a year. (3 days ago) 👉 nytimes.com^$

Butterfly Populations:

Deforestation is draining color from butterfly populations in Brazil. Plantation communities are dominated by brown-colored species. (1 day ago) 👉 theguardian.com

Technology:

An American firm shedding workers incurs costs equivalent to seven months of wages per employee. In Germany the figure reaches 31 months. In France it reaches 38 months. The expense extends beyond severance pay and union negotiations. (1 day ago) 👉 economist.com
Apple's hardware chief John Ternus is the frontrunner to replace Tim Cook as CEO. (2 days ago) 👉 bloomberg.com^$
Fortune tested the AI Friend necklace and found it struggled to perform its basic function. The necklace forgot her name and later misremembered her favorite color. (3 days ago) 👉 fortune.com
Porsche's wireless charging system will not be available on the Macan Electric and Taycan. (3 days ago) 👉 thedrive.com
Canonical has revealed the codename for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Resolute Raccoon. (3 days ago) 👉 nerds.xyz
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries about how the immune system regulates itself. (1 day ago) 👉 npr.org
A live blog of the OpenAI DevDay 2025 keynote, where Sam Altman announced new developer tools. 👉 cnbc.com
Apps in ChatGPT could be OpenAI's most ambitious platform play to date, drawing parallels with Facebook's 2007 efforts to become a platform via social graph. 👉 platformer.news

Instagram Rings:

Instagram launches Rings, an awards program recognizing 25 top creators; the judging panel includes Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs, and Adam Mosseri. 👉 hollywoodreporter.com
The Instagram Rings awards are all about celebrating those who aren't afraid to take creative chances and do it their way. 👉 threads.com

Elon Musk and xAI:

xAI is set to spend $18B+ to acquire ~300K more Nvidia chips for its Colossus 2 project in Memphis; in July, Elon Musk said it would total 550K chips. 👉 wsj.com^$
Concerns have been raised about Elon Musk’s data centers bringing in only a few hundred jobs to Memphis while consuming millions of gallons of water a day. There are also concerns about power and pollution being caused by natural-gas turbines. 👉 wsj.com^$

Cerebras IPO:

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman said the AI chipmaker pulled its IPO filing to share updated financials, admitting it was a mistake not to explain the move sooner. 👉 cnbc.com

US ICE Social Media Surveillance:

US federal contracting records show that US ICE is planning to hire nearly 30 private analysts to monitor social media content for enforcement operation leads. 👉 wired.com