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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new attack technique showing how artificial intelligence (AI) assistants with web browsing or URL-fetching capabilities can be abused as covert command-and-control (C2) relays. The method could allow attackers to hide malicious communications within legitimate enterprise traffic, making detection significantly more difficult. The technique, called “AI as a C2 proxy,” demonstrates […]

Earlier this week, the hacker group ShinyHunters confirmed their involvement in a significant data breach at Panera Bread, which led to the theft of over 14 million customer records. The stolen information includes personal details like names, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, and account data. Panera Bread has acknowledged the breach and described the

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is transforming industries — but it’s also creating an unexpected bottleneck: memory. As AI models grow larger and more complex, the demand for high-performance RAM is surging, pushing global supply chains to their limits and driving up prices across the tech sector. AI’s Insatiable Appetite for Memory Modern AI

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new phishing campaign that uses social media private messages to distribute malicious payloads, with the apparent goal of installing a remote access trojan (RAT) on victim systems. According to a reliable source, the attackers send LinkedIn direct messages to high-value targets, build trust, and trick them into downloading a malicious

The US Justice Department U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of two Chinese businessmen accused of masterminding a sophisticated scheme to illegally smuggle high-performance Nvidia AI chips to China. The enforcement action comes just as President Donald Trump Donald Trump moves to reverse a Biden-era export restriction, allowing China to once again import the

More than six million people were reportedly affected by Monday’s AWS outage, leaving many vulnerable to scam attempts in its aftermath. Users of popular apps and platforms — including Reddit, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Venmo, Robinhood, and Coinbase — are being warned about targeted phishing campaigns claiming to help restore account access. As Amazon Web Services works

Growing pessimism about online dating is leading some women to turn to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for companionship. According to a 2025 survey, about one in three young men (31%) and one in four young women (23%) have chatted with an AI romantic partner. While the idea of AI girlfriends has long dominated headlines, women’s

A severe token validation flaw in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) could have enabled attackers to impersonate any user—including Global Administrators—across any tenant. Cataloged as CVE-2025-55241 with the highest possible CVSS score of 10.0, Microsoft described the bug as a privilege escalation vulnerability within Entra ID. The company confirmed it was not exploited

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Wednesday to launch an investigation into Microsoft, urging regulators to hold the company accountable for what he described as repeated and severe cybersecurity failures. In his view, Microsoft’s lax security practices pose an ongoing threat to national security. In a September 10 letter to

Qantas has deducted $250,000 from Chief Executive Vanessa Hudson’s bonus after a cyberattack compromised the personal information of six million customers. While Hudson will still earn more than $6 million in total remuneration for the 2025 financial year, her short-term incentive was cut by 15%. The Qantas board applied the same reduction to the rest