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Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’

Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’

Rockstar Games says hack will have 'no impact' Rockstar confirmed on Saturday that some of its data was compromised in a breach of a third-party provider. The group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, saying it had gained access to the company’s Snowflake instances (a cloud-hosting provider popular with enterprise customers) via Anodot, a cost-monitoring and analytics service. […]

Claude Code leak exposes a Tamagotchi-style ‘pet’ and an always-on agent

Claude Code leak exposes a Tamagotchi-style ‘pet’ and an always-on agent

Claude Code leak exposes a Tamagotchi-style 'pet' and an always-on agent After Anthropic released Claude Code’s 2.1.88 update, users quickly discovered that it contained a package with a source map file containing its TypeScript codebase, with one person on X calling attention to the leak and posting a file containing the code. The leaked data […]

Okta’s CEO is betting big on AI agent identity

Okta’s CEO is betting big on AI agent identity

Okta's CEO is betting big on AI agent identity Today, I’m talking with Todd McKinnon, who is co-founder and CEO of Okta, a platform that lets big companies manage security and identity across all the apps and services their employees use. Think of it like login management — actually, that’s a great way to think […]

PSA: Hackers can raid iOS 18 with an infected link

PSA: Hackers can raid iOS 18 with an infected link

PSA: Hackers can raid iOS 18 with an infected link If you’ve been putting off an update to iOS 26, now might be the time to do it. On Wednesday, security researchers published findings on a new hacking tool that targets iPhones running iOS 18.4 to 18.6.2, as reported earlier by Wired. The “DarkSword” exploit […]

Iran-linked cyber attack targets US medtech giant Stryker

Iran-linked cyber attack targets US medtech giant Stryker

Iran-linked cyber attack targets US medtech giant Stryker This marks Iran’s first significant cyberattack against the US since the war started. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images US medical equipment provider Stryker said its global networks were disrupted by a cyberattack on Wednesday, allegedly carried out by a hacking group linked to […]

Anthropic makes last-ditch effort to salvage deal with Pentagon after blowup

Anthropic makes last-ditch effort to salvage deal with Pentagon after blowup

Anthropic makes last-ditch effort to salvage deal with Pentagon after blowup Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly back at the negotiating table with the Department of Defense in an attempt to salvage the company’s relationship with the US military and prevent it from being iced out of defense work for being a “supply chain risk.” […]

NATO says iPhones are secure enough to handle classified data

NATO says iPhones are secure enough to handle classified data

NATO says iPhones are secure enough to handle classified data The iPhone and iPad have been approved to hold NATO-restricted information, according to an announcement on Thursday. That means off-the-shelf devices running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 can handle classified information “without requiring special software or settings,” Apple says. The NATO-restricted designation is the lowest […]

The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster

The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster

The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster A hacker tricked a popular AI coding tool into installing OpenClaw – the viral, open-source AI agent OpenClaw that “actually does things” – absolutely everywhere. Funny as a stunt, but a sign of what to come as more and more people let autonomous […]

Texas is suing TP-Link over its ties to China

Texas is suing TP-Link over its ties to China

Texas is suing TP-Link over its ties to China Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TP-Link over claims that the router-maker is misleading customers about its ties to China. In a lawsuit filed this week, Paxton claims TP-Link is “masking its Chinese connections,” while serving as “an open window for Chinese-sponsored threat actors and […]

Microsoft fixes Notepad flaw that could trick users into clicking malicious Markdown links

Microsoft fixes Notepad flaw that could trick users into clicking malicious Markdown links

Microsoft fixes Notepad flaw that could trick users into clicking malicious Markdown links Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company’s Tuesday patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor could carry out a remote code execution attack by tricking users “into clicking a malicious link inside a Markdown […]