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Joe Rogan has ‘crazy hope’ that AI could take over government to prevent military conflict 2026-09-17 at 02:24 By Fox News Rogan specifically imagined AI intervening in military conflict, suggesting the technology could one day halt wars around the world. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original…

Anthropic has trained Claude chatbot to ‘push back’ against humans — and results could be ‘disastrous,’ top Microsoft executive warns 2026-09-16 at 22:16 By Thomas Barrabi Suleyman, 42, took aim at Anthropic’s Claude “constitution,” which is known internally as its “soul document” and purportedly governs its moral compass. This article is an excerpt from Latest…

‘Violated’ singles say dates secretly filmed them with Meta Ray-Bans — as ‘creep glasses’ trend sparks outrage 2026-09-16 at 20:10 By Ariel Zilber Courtney McAnuff said a man she met for a date in Manhattan in the summer of 2024 recorded her while wearing Meta’s camera-equipped Ray-Bans. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

Amazon raises minimum hourly pay by $20 for US workers, unveils new benefit for their families 2026-09-16 at 19:39 By Reuters The average total compensation will now exceed $32 per hour including the value of its benefits package, the company said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View…

Attackers Exploit Issabel Framework Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated OS Command Execution 2026-09-16 at 18:50 By A critical security flaw in Issabel Framework, a web-based framework for the open-source unified communications PBX software, has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-89026 (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8/CVSS v4.0 score: 9.3), which can allow an unauthenticated remote…

Three Threat Groups Target Russian Enterprises With Backdoors, Ransomware, and Wipers 2026-09-16 at 18:27 By Enterprises in Russia have emerged as the target of three threat activity clusters tracked as NightEagle, Hacking Cat, and Toy Ghouls, according to multiple reports from Kaspersky. The cybersecurity vendor said it has identified attacks mounted by NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95),…

One Extension Could Hijack AI Assistants Across Chrome, Comet, Edge, Opera Neon and Claude 2026-09-16 at 17:36 By Security researchers at Forever Security have shown that one ordinary browser extension could take control of the AI assistants built into five Chromium-based products: Gemini Live in Chrome, Perplexity Comet, Microsoft Edge, Opera Neon and the Claude in Chrome…

AI doomsayer’s wild life with OnlyFans star includes birthday sex parties, extreme kinks and ‘Slutcon’ 2026-09-16 at 17:05 By Ariel Zilber Nate Soares, co-author of the bestselling AI doomsday book “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” has been publicly described as a partner by Aella, an online writer who has made her sexual exploits and…

Attacker Hijacks AI Coding Assistant Session, Spreads Shai-Hulud Across About 100 Repositories 2026-09-16 at 16:37 By Mandiant says an attacker hijacked an active AI coding-assistant session at an unnamed software-as-a-service provider and later spread Shai-Hulud across about 100 internal code repositories. Before the repository spread, the assistant recommended software that the attacker had poisoned, and the recommendation…

Parallels Desktop Flaw Lets Non-Admin Mac Users Gain Root, but Intel Macs Can’t Install Fix 2026-09-16 at 16:14 By Parallels Desktop for Mac has a flaw that lets an ordinary local account run code as root, the highest level of access on a Mac, software company JFrog said this week. The attack needs code already…

N0va Phishkit Targets US and EU Businesses: A New Challenge for Identity Security 2026-09-16 at 14:58 By N0va is targeting organizations across North America and Europe with phishing campaigns that impersonate trusted services and abuse legitimate authentication flows. Successful attacks can give threat actors access to valid accounts without relying on obvious malware activity. From…

Google Patches Pixel Modem Flaw Amid Signs of Limited Targeted Exploitation 2026-09-16 at 14:15 By Google has disclosed that a high-severity security flaw in its Pixel Cellular Modem has come under exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58704 (CVSS score: 8.0), is a privilege escalation flaw. “In Cellular Modem, there is a possible…

Threat Intelligence Alone Won’t Close the Exploitation Gap 2026-09-16 at 14:15 By A leaked credential shows up in a criminal marketplace, or a vulnerability gets a disclosure advisory, and either one can be weaponized against a real target before most security teams have triaged the alert. Attackers are combining that kind of intelligence with AI-assisted…

Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks 2026-09-16 at 14:08 By Acronis has warned that a high-severity security flaw in its Backup plugin for cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) deployments has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-87886 (CVSS score: 7.8), is described as a case of local privilege…

8 Places AI Is Quietly Entering Your Enterprise 2026-09-16 at 14:00 By Do you know where AI is entering your organization?  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Anthropic is a cult and Claude is rapidly becoming its god — they treat AI like it’s human: source 2026-09-16 at 13:00 By Vivi Lin “These people are treating AI as if it’s a human in disguise, with human motives, with human emotions,” said University of Washington professor Pedro Domingos. This article is an excerpt…

Sensitive Data Thrives in a Quiet Environment 2026-09-16 at 13:00 By Prateek Temkar, Rai Johnson Symantec® CBX cuts noise and amplifies visibility for streamlined teams This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

The Leadership Test You Don’t Know You’re Taking 2026-09-16 at 12:00 By When I was in high school, students joked that you got 200 points on the SAT simply for writing your name. True or not, it captured an important idea: your name got you into the game but didn’t distinguish you from anyone else.…