An unknown threat actor has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed maximum-severity security flaw in SimpleHelp to deliver two previously unreported malware families, TaskWeaver and Djinn Stealer. The intrusion involves the exploitation of CVE-2026-48558 (CVSS score: 10.0), a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting the OpenID Connect (OIDC) flow that an unauthenticated
Meta reportedly had hundreds of contractors pose as minors and send suicide, sex, and drug-related prompts to chatbots from OpenAI, Google, and Character.AI. In a single testing round, more than 45,000 prompts were sent. The companies being tested had no idea. The article Meta secretly tested ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI with thousands of minor-perspective crisis prompts appeared first on The Decoder .
American insurance giant Aflac has disclosed a new data breach after attackers breached its Japan subsidiary's systems and stole personal and bank account information. [...]
Dragonfly v2.5.0 is released! Thanks to all of the contributors who made this Dragonfly release happen. New features and enhancements Direct repository downloads from Hugging Face and ModelScope Dragonfly Client now supports directly downloading model repositories...
Microsoft has introduced a new Teams admin policy that allows organizers to prevent third-party bots from joining meetings without approval. [...]
Microsoft has introduced a new Teams admin policy that allows organizers to prevent third-party bots from joining meetings without approval. [...]
Authorities are still searching to identify the suspect of an alleged assassination attempt of a Ukrainian business tycoon in Madrid More than 1 million undocumented migrants and asylum seekers have applied to regularise their status in Spain under a government programme to harness and defend the benefits of immigration at a time when most European countries are pulling up the drawbridge. “The fact that more than 1 million people submitted applications shows just how necessary this recognition of rights and responsibilities was.” Continue reading...
World Cup Day 20 sees France, Norway and Mexico chase Round of 16 places as the knockout stage continues.
Article URL: https://waag.org/en/article/european-digital-id-wallets-are-gift-google-and-apple/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48730729 Points: 618 # Comments: 269
Imagine an e-bike motor that lets you select your preferred pedaling cadence and then automatically adjusts the gears to keep your legs spinning at that exact speed, no matter how steep the hill gets - all without a fragile derailleur or heavy multi-speed cassette to maintain. Prefer manual control? No problem, you can have as […]
The justices deliver consequential rulings on mail-in ballots, the E Jean Carroll case and the firing of Lisa Cook.
Government fears repeat of anti-migrant violence in 2008 that led to looting and resulted in deaths of 62 people South African authorities have deployed police units to towns and cities around the country before planned demonstrations against undocumented foreign nationals . Security personnel were seen patrolling the central business district in Johannesburg, the economic capital, where many shopkeepers decided not to open on Tuesday. Trucks and other assets belonging to the South African National Defence Force were also present, according to local media reports. Continue reading...
Article URL: https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-us-ambassador-had-belgian-police-stop-our-reporting Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48730608 Points: 637 # Comments: 272
Man in Gaza survives double tap Israeli strike on vehicle
Investors are growing jittery about massive AI spending by the Mag 7 and when these companies will produce a return on that investment.
The deportees were sent to Ghana, then to their home countries, despite earlier rulings by US judges that it was unsafe.
Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Ajay Rai claimed he was being detained in Ayodhya as he tried to visit the Ram temple amid an ongoing embezzlement controversy.
Police have yet to identify the six victims of a deadly shooting in Stade. Meanwhile, Germany's national men's football coach pledged to stay on the job after an early World Cup exit. DW has more.
Germany are out of the World Cup earlier than expected for the third straight time. How did this happen?
As cybersecurity platforms embrace agentic AI, organizations must balance detection performance against the escalating costs of token consumption, deployment architecture, and AI credits. The post The AI Token Costs That Can Break Cybersecurity appeared first on SecurityWeek .
More U.S. scientists are heading abroad. Three researchers explain why they decided to shift their research to universities in the U.K.
Samsung is expected to unveil its next generation of foldables at a Galaxy Unpacked event next month, but now we know what they might look like, courtesy of some leaked images published by Android Headlines. Images shared by the publication include case designs for two new Galaxy Z Fold 8 models and the Galaxy Z […]
Digital Realty fell in premarket trading Tuesday after it announced its buying a $3.5 billion stake in three data centers from asset manager Blackstone.
Kali Linux 2026.2, the second release of the year, is now available for download, featuring 9 new tools and numerous Kali NetHunter improvements. [...]