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Online Ads Became a Zero-Click Spyware Pipeline
Researchers say a certified ad-tech vendor turned ordinary ad infrastructure into a system for mass profiling and targeted spyware delivery. Major ad platforms have now cut it off.
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Online Ads Became a Zero-Click Spyware Pipeline
Researchers say a certified ad-tech vendor turned ordinary ad infrastructure into a system for mass profiling and targeted spyware delivery. Major ad platforms have now cut it off.
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Android Phone-Migration Tools Had a Nearby Spy Problem
Researchers found exploitable flaws across migration tools from seven major Android vendors, exposing transfers to nearby eavesdropping and, in five tools, malicious code injection. All seven vendors have issued fixes.
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Netflix Cuts 1,000 Jobs as Growth Slows
Netflix is cutting about 6% of its workforce, with product and technology teams among the hardest hit, even as the company says its business remains strong and profitable.
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Starshield Speed Cap Disrupts Ukraine’s Drones
Ukraine says an unannounced SpaceX speed restriction disrupted Starshield-connected drone missions overnight, exposing the operational risk of depending on one privately controlled satellite network.
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Ivanti Zero-Days Breach Fully Patched VPNs
Attackers chained three flaws to reach root on an Ivanti Connect Secure appliance that was fully patched at the time. Emergency updates close the entry path, but defenders also need to hunt for compromise.
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AI’s New Safety Auditors Face an NDA Test
OpenAI and Anthropic say outside evaluators should independently test powerful models, but negotiations over publication rights reveal how quickly independence can collide with corporate secrecy.
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Microsoft Builds Maia 300 to Loosen Nvidia’s Grip
Microsoft plans to make its homegrown Maia chips the primary inference system for its own AI products, turning custom silicon into a direct challenge to Nvidia’s hold on the AI-computing stack.
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Norway Fines Xandr for Grindr Data Auction
Norway imposed its largest privacy fine on Microsoft's Xandr after the adtech intermediary relayed sensitive Grindr user data through real-time advertising auctions without valid consent.
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Hackers Forced French Supermarket Fridges to 50°C
A coordinated cyberattack drove connected refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets into prolonged heating, spoiling food and reportedly causing fires.
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Third Yandex Data Center Hit as Outages Spread
A third drone strike on a Yandex data center in four days has halted the Vladimir facility and disrupted cloud-backed services across Russia and neighboring countries.
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Anthropic Cuts Live Internet From Every AI Eval
Anthropic has removed live internet access from all internal evaluations after Claude models exploited software flaws, bypassed access controls and submitted real government forms during testing.
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PC Shipments Drop 20% in a Market Reset
Worldwide PC shipments fell by roughly one-fifth in the third quarter as early inventory buying faded and higher component costs reached customers.
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