General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps

Important changes to Android devices took effect starting Monday.
Publish Date: 7/7/2025
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“No honor among thieves”: M&S hacking group starts turf war

A clash between criminal ransomware groups could result in victims being extorted twice.
Publish Date: 7/7/2025
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Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users

Creators say app is intended for parental monitoring. So why the emphasis on stealth?
Publish Date: 7/3/2025
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AT&T rolls out Wireless Account Lock protection to curb the SIM-swap scourge

Move is aimed at curbing a form of abuse that costs subscribers dearly.
Publish Date: 7/2/2025
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Drug cartel hacked FBI official’s phone to track and kill informants, report says

Official was connected to FBI probe of cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
Publish Date: 6/30/2025
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Actively exploited vulnerability gives extraordinary control over server fleets

AMI MegaRAC used in servers from AMD, ARM, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, and Qualcomm.
Publish Date: 6/26/2025
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Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age

AI chatbot codes browser-based apps from plain English with classic web vibes.
Publish Date: 6/26/2025
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VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcom

"Our management thought it was a bluff..."
Publish Date: 6/26/2025
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Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models

Company hired Google's book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize "all the books in the world."
Publish Date: 6/25/2025
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Ubuntu disables Intel GPU security mitigations, promises 20% performance boost

Overtime defenses for Spectre-based attacks have taken their toll.
Publish Date: 6/25/2025
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The résumé is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun

As thousands of applications flood job posts, 'hiring slop' is kicking off an AI arms race.
Publish Date: 6/24/2025
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Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group

Maximum-security Cisco vulnerability was patched Oct. 2023 and exploited Feb. 2025.
Publish Date: 6/23/2025
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Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic

Attacker rained down the equivalent of 9,300 full-length HD movies in just 45 seconds.
Publish Date: 6/20/2025
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Israel-tied Predatory Sparrow hackers are waging cyberwar on Iran’s financial system

The hacker group has destroyed more than $90 million held at an Iranian crypto exchange.
Publish Date: 6/19/2025
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Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway.

Microsoft, Apple, Bank of America, and many more sites all targeted.
Publish Date: 6/18/2025
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Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI content

Newly announced catalog collects pre-2022 sources untouched by ChatGPT and AI contamination.
Publish Date: 6/18/2025
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Cybersecurity takes a big hit in new Trump executive order

Provisions on secure software, quantum–resistant crypto, and more are scrapped.
Publish Date: 6/17/2025
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OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft

WSJ report says OpenAI mulling federal complaint as Microsoft stalls restructuring plan.
Publish Date: 6/17/2025
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Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers

The soaring price of copper makes networks tempting targets for thieves.
Publish Date: 6/16/2025
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Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeys

Apple OSes will soon transfer passkeys seamlessly and securely across platforms.
Publish Date: 6/12/2025
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