General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

NSO permanently barred from targeting WhatsApp users with Pegasus spyware

Ruling holds that defeating end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp harms Meta's business.
Publish Date: 10/20/2025
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Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains

Malicious payloads stored on Ethereum and BNB blockchains are immune to takedowns.
Publish Date: 10/16/2025
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Ars Live recap: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron weighs in.

Despite connection hiccups, we covered OpenAI's finances, nuclear power, and Sam Altman.
Publish Date: 10/16/2025
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Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network

Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits.
Publish Date: 10/15/2025
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Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 matches May’s frontier model at fraction of cost

Tiny, fast model hits coding scores similar to GPT-5 and Sonnet 4.
Publish Date: 10/15/2025
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ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says

Sam Altman claims new tools can detect mental distress while relaxing limits for adults.
Publish Date: 10/15/2025
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Feds seize $15 billion from alleged forced labor scam built on “human suffering”

Scams like this one net billions from well-educated victims.
Publish Date: 10/14/2025
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Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop

The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.
Publish Date: 10/14/2025
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OpenAI wants to stop ChatGPT from validating users’ political views

New paper reveals reducing "bias" means making ChatGPT stop mirroring users' political language.
Publish Date: 10/14/2025
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Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones

Malicious app required to make "Pixnapping" attack work requires no permissions.
Publish Date: 10/13/2025
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Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement

New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.
Publish Date: 10/13/2025
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Microsoft warns of new “Payroll Pirate” scam stealing employees’ direct deposits

Among other things, the scammers bypass multi-factor authentication.
Publish Date: 10/10/2025
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AI models can acquire backdoors from surprisingly few malicious documents

Anthropic study suggests "poison" training attacks don't scale with model size.
Publish Date: 10/9/2025
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Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users

As more sites require IDs for user age verification, expect more such breaches to come.
Publish Date: 10/9/2025
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Bank of England warns AI stock bubble rivals 2000 dotcom peak

Central bank says market concentration hasn't been this extreme in 50 years.
Publish Date: 10/8/2025
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Salesforce says it won’t pay extortion demand in 1 billion records breach

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters gave Salesforce until Friday to pay or else.
Publish Date: 10/8/2025
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Synology caves, walks back some drive restrictions on upcoming NAS models

Policy change affects at least 2025 model Plus, Value, and J-series DiskStations.
Publish Date: 10/8/2025
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Ars Live: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron is on with Ars at 3:30pm EDT today

Our discussion happens today, October 7, at 3:30pm US Eastern time.
Publish Date: 10/7/2025
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AMD wins massive AI chip deal from OpenAI with stock sweetener

ChatGPT maker will be allowed to buy 10% of AMD for a penny per share.
Publish Date: 10/6/2025
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ICE wants to build a 24/7 social media surveillance team

ICE plans to hire contractors to scan platforms to target people for deportation.
Publish Date: 10/4/2025
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