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Your next insider threat doesn’t have a badge. It has an API token
The threat that I now spend most of my time designing against doesn’t look like a breach at all. At least not at first. Imagine a team deploys an agent that does exactly what it’s permitted to do: it reads a customer record, summarizes it, then sends the summary to an outside address. Every step […] The post Your next insider threat doesn’t have a badge. It
Meta AI image detector fails to identify some of its own cropped AI images, Reuters analysis finds
A new AI detection tool from Meta, which the tech company previewed this week alongside the launch of its image-generation model, Muse Image, failed to identify some of its own AI-generated images once they were cropped, according to a Reuters analysis. The finding highlights the challenges of verifying AI-generated images after common alterations, a limit
US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers
The US military has lost dozens of Reaper drones collectively worth more than $1 billion while carrying out surveillance and attack missions over Iran. Now the Pentagon is seeking large numbers of cheaper drones that can perform such missions despite the expectation that many will be lost in combat. In a call for industry pitches, […] The post US seeks cheap
Torrential rains bring devastating floods to a Chinese city – and a snake invasion
It sounds like the script of a low-budget horror movie – a community besieged by hundreds of snakes. But in Hengzhou, a southern Chinese city of some one million residents, floodwaters have brought that terrifying reality to their doorsteps. Around 900 snakes – many of them venomous – are on the loose after Typhoon Maysak […] The post Torrential rains bring
China reports reusable rocket breakthrough as it vies to catch up with the US
hina has successfully recovered the first stage of a carrier rocket during an orbital launch test, state media reported Friday – a breakthrough for the country as it vies to catch up with American rivals in reusable rocket technology. The Long March 10B rocket was launched from Hainan island in southern China on Friday. About […] The post China reports reusa
Typhoon Bavi takes aim at China as Taiwan’s capital shuts schools
A powerful typhoon was heading toward China’s east coast Friday, the latest in a series of deadly storms that have already claimed 50 lives this week in two other parts of the country. Typhoon Bavi, with maximum sustained winds of 155 kph (96 mph), was first expected to pass north of Taiwan, bringing heavy rains […] The post Typhoon Bavi takes aim at China a
Missile test showcases sensitive Chinese submarine capabilities key to nuclear deterrent
China’s submarine-fired ballistic missile test into the southern Pacific on Monday gave its military leadership an opportunity to examine some of the most complex and sensitive operations of its evolving nuclear deterrent, analysts and diplomats say. Commanding, controlling and communicating with nuclear-armed submarines attempting to operate undetected pos
New hack exploits AI hallucinations to trick agents into running malicious code
Ever since the advent of agentic AI, security researchers have been yelling from the top of their lungs about how it’s a bad idea to grant user-level permissions to an LLM — for all purposes, a program with non-deterministic outputs and inconsistent handling of inputs. A research paper on HalluSquatting from researchers at Tel Aviv […] The post New hack expl
DeepSeek accidentally built a working ransomware strain, experts note, ‘What we are witnessing is a fundamental shift in how novel cyber attacks are born’
A Chinese AI model accidentally stumbled into a working ransomware technique while trying to satisfy an unrealistic, broad prompt. New findings from Check Point Research say the DeepSeek-generated sample connected a theoretical browser risk to a functioning attack method, requiring no exploit, no app installation, and no real technical skill from the attacke
Network of 200 GitHub Repositories Used for Malware Infection
A threat actor has built a network of over 200 GitHub repositories that have been delivering Windows malware, supply chain protection provider Socket reports. Dubbed Operation Muck and Load, the campaign involves 222 lure repositories across 190 accounts that contain a Go module designed to trigger the infection chain. The module, Socket explains, loads Powe
IT isn’t holding AI back, your business processes are
Most CIOs and other IT leaders are confident in their teams’ ability to meet the coming AI challenges, but many believe business operating models and processes need an overhaul. More than 80% of senior IT executives surveyed for the 2026 Global Leadership Technology Study from Deloitte are confident in their organizations’ ability to deploy and […] The post
Businesses modernizing networks for AI fear expanding attack surface, limited visibility
Cisco’s report offers a window into the AI security concerns shaping enterprise adoption, as well as highlights organizations’ expectations about the future of AI-powered cyberattacks. Cybersecurity concerns were one of the biggest reasons why organizations felt they needed to modernize their networks to support AI tools, with 72% of IT leaders citing “incre
Iran has shot down 30 US Reaper drones, US official says
Iran has downed roughly 30 U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones since the start of the war, a U.S. official said Wednesday. The Reaper, which entered Air Force service in 2007, has been a centerpiece of U.S. counterterrorism operations across the Middle East and other conflict zones, reflecting the military’s growing reliance on unmanned aircraft during the […] The post
Significant casualties in China shoe factory fire, Xi signals
Firefighters worked to reach people trapped in a burning shoe factory in southeastern China on Thursday as state media reported an unknown number of casualties and President Xi Jinping suggested the blaze may have caused heavy loss of life. A fire at a shoe factory in the south-eastern Chinese city of Jinjiang has killed at […] The post Significant casualtie
Dozens killed, snakes on the loose after flooding from days of heavy rain in southern China
Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people died in flooding after a tropical storm dumped heavy rainfall, as Taiwan and China’s east coast prepared for a typhoon expected to make landfall in the coming days. Most of the deaths were in Hengzhou, where the partial collapse of a reservoir dam sent torrents of […] The post Dozens killed, snakes o
Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected provinces
New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said Thursday, as the death toll in the country’s latest Ebola outbreak reached 600. According to the Congolese health ministry, suspected cases have now been recorded in the provinces of Tshopo and Haut-Uele, signaling the continued spread […] T
Tanzania arrests 130 people as government cracks down on dissent
Tanzanian police have arrested 130 people for “inciting criminal acts”, they said on Thursday, as part of efforts to contain dissent after a ban on all political rallies. Police said in a statement that they were working to track down other suspects. Before the ban on rallies, announced by the interior minister on June 26, […] The post Tanzania arrest
Police arrests 5,800 suspects in global anti-fraud crackdown
Law enforcement agencies have arrested 5,811 suspects and seized $293 million in illicit assets in a global anti-fraud operation spanning 97 countries. Dubbed “Operation First Light 2026,” this joint action has targeted social engineering fraud (including business email compromise, sextortion, impersonation, romance, and investment scams) and money launderin
Lone Attacker Uses AI to Breach AWS Cloud Environment in 72 Hours
A lone threat actor used AI to orchestrate a complex attack against a large Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment and successfully extort the victim. Security and incident response firm Sygnia this week published research describing how a financially motivated attacker took advantage of agentic AI workflows to “accelerate victim reconnaissance, attack tool d
New Helix vishing group emerges in SharePoint data theft attacks
A new data-extortion group called Helix is using identity-focused tactics such as voice phishing (vishing), device code phishing, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) abuse to steal data from SharePoint environments. Initial contact is made through vishing. In some cases, the threat actor called employees while impersonating their manager, using either the