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Top US energy companies frequently exposed to critical security flaws A report from security firm SixMap shows that a large number of energy companies use equipment with vulnerabilities that are located on potentially exposed ports.

Top US energy companies frequently exposed to critical security flaws

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

AI could cut disaster infrastructure losses by 15%, new research finds Artificial intelligence applications like predictive maintenance and digital twins can help keep the power on and the roads open during natural disasters — and save $70 billion in infrastructure…

AI could cut disaster infrastructure losses by 15%, new research finds

Embargo ransomware gang has handled at least $34 million in about a year, report says Embargo started to draw scrutiny in late 2024, just a few months after BlackCat’s leaders appeared to conduct an exit scam on affiliates.

Embargo ransomware gang has handled at least $34 million in about a year, report says

Is your phone spying on you? | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (S2E5) Here's what you need to know about the inner workings of mobil spyware and how to stay away from apps that know too much.

Is your phone spying on you? | Unlocked 403 cybersecurity podcast (S2E5) buff.ly/P9k4RAf

AI Slashes Workloads for vCISOs by 68% as SMBs Demand More – New Report Reveals vCISO adoption surged 319% in one year as SMB demand and AI integration transform cybersecurity delivery.

AI Slashes Workloads for vCISOs by 68% as SMBs Demand More – New Report Reveals ift.tt/YAyZ3W9

Researcher Deploys Fuzzer to Test Autonomous Vehicle Safety ift.tt/MhiTglb

ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions It acknowledged ‘rare’ instances of AI failing to recognize signs of delusion.

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AI Fuels Record Number of Fraud Cases Cifas noted a record number of filings in its National Fraud Database for the first half of 2025

AI Fuels Record Number of Fraud Cases

Royal and BlackSuit ransomware gangs hit over 450 US companies The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says the cybercrime gang behind the Royal and BlackSuit ransomware operations had breached hundreds of U.S. companies before their infrastructure was…

Royal and BlackSuit ransomware gangs hit over 450 US companies

The United States Should Act Now to Mitigate Conflict Escalation on the Moon - War on the Rocks On June 25, 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 mission safely returned to Earth, becoming the first mission in the world to retrieve lunar samples from the far side

The United States Should Act Now to Mitigate Conflict Escalation on the Moon - War on the Rocks warontherocks.com/2025/07/what...

Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles “The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”

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The Heat Wasn't Just Outside: Cyber Attacks Spiked in Summer 2025 Can your defenses withstand the biggest attacks of Summer 2025? From Interlock's FileFix to Qilin, Scattered Spider, and ToolShell exploits—simulate them all against your organization's defenses with…

The Heat Wasn't Just Outside: Cyber Attacks Spiked in Summer 2025

A decade later, Windows is still bringing Control Panel features to the Settings app And Microsoft’s adding your phone app notifications to the Start Menu.

A decade later, Windows is still bringing Control Panel features to the Settings app buff.ly/fiUgDQM

How not to hire a North Korean IT spy CISOs are urged to carry out tighter vetting of new hires to ward off potential ‘moles’ — who are increasingly finding their way onto company payrolls and into their IT systems.

How not to hire a North Korean IT spy

Making sense of data sovereignty and how to regain it - Information Age As businesses rely more on digital tools, data sovereignty matters more than ever to keep your business resilient and future-ready

Making sense of data sovereignty and how to regain it

GNOME's new AI assistant can even run Linux commands for you - here's how If your Linux desktop environment of choice is GNOME, there's a new AI-based assistant that you need to try.

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Project Ire: Microsoft’s autonomous AI agent that can reverse engineer malware Developed by Microsoft Research and the Defender teams, Project Ire utilizes advanced reasoning and reverse engineering tools to classify software threats without requiring prior signatures.

Project Ire: Microsoft’s autonomous AI agent that can reverse engineer malware

Leaked Credentials Up 160%: What Attackers Are Doing With Them Leaked credentials caused 22% of 2024 breaches, with a 160% rise in 2025, highlighting urgent detection needs.

Leaked Credentials Up 160%: What Attackers Are Doing With Them

New EDR killer tool used by eight different ransomware groups A new Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) killer that is considered to be the evolution of 'EDRKillShifter,' developed by RansomHub, has been observed in attacks by eight different ransomware gangs.

New EDR killer tool used by eight different ransomware groups

More than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and Other LLM Chats Readable on Archive.org The issue of publicly saving shared LLM chats is bigger than just Google.

More than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and Other LLM Chats Readable on Archive.org buff.ly/JPAIYX4

Hacker Accesses Millions of IMDataCenter Records from Exposed AWS Bucket Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread

Hacker Accesses Millions of IMDataCenter Records from Exposed AWS Bucket

Microsoft 365 apps to soon block file access via FPRPC by default Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft 365 apps for Windows will start blocking access to files via the insecure FPRPC legacy authentication protocol by default starting late August.

Microsoft 365 apps to soon block file access via FPRPC by default

CISA’s relationship with industry needs work to reestablish trust, experts say Critics say budget cuts, job losses have hurt the agency’s ability to coordinate with private industry.

CISA’s relationship with industry needs work to reestablish trust, experts say

FAA to ease restrictions on flying drones beyond operator's line of sight | StateScoop A proposed change marks a major change in drone regulations.

FAA to ease restrictions on flying drones beyond operator’s line of sight

Ransomware goes cloud native to target your backup infrastructure Moving beyond just endpoints, ransomware gangs are following the data, leading to more sophisticated cloud-native extortion attack chains.

Ransomware goes cloud native to target your backup infrastructure

Fake WhatsApp developer libraries hide destructive data-wiping code Two malicious NPM packages posing as WhatsApp development tools have been discovered deploying destructive data-wiping code that recursively deletes files on a developer's computers.

Fake WhatsApp developer libraries hide destructive data-wiping code

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say Landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

Illinois bans AI from providing mental health services | StateScoop Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker approved a new law banning the use of artificial intelligence systems in providing psychotherapy services.

Illinois bans AI from providing mental health services

Prompt injection vuln found in Google Gemini apps Black hat: Not a very smart home: crims could hijack smart-home boiler, open and close powered windows and more. Now fixed

Infosec hounds spot prompt injection vuln in Google Gemini apps