2025

OpenAI Unveils Aardvark: GPT-5 Agent That Finds and Fixes Code Flaws Automatically 2025-10-31 at 21:46 By OpenAI has announced the launch of an “agentic security researcher” that’s powered by its GPT-5 large language model (LLM) and is programmed to emulate a human expert capable of scanning, understanding, and patching code. Called Aardvark, the artificial intelligence […]

AI blew open software security, now OpenAI wants to fix it with an agent called Aardvark 2025-10-31 at 21:35 By Thomas Claburn AI promises to find bugs and gaps in your apps After helping expand the modern software attack surface with the rise of AI services prone to data poisoning and prompt injection, OpenAI has

Horrendous AI model depicts what we’ll look like in 25 years — and it’s frightening for good reason 2025-10-31 at 19:32 By Ben Cost We are sofa-king screwed. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

China-Linked Hackers Exploit Windows Shortcut Flaw to Target European Diplomats 2025-10-31 at 19:32 By A China-affiliated threat actor known as UNC6384 has been linked to a fresh set of attacks exploiting an unpatched Windows shortcut vulnerability to target European diplomatic and government entities between September and October 2025. The activity targeted diplomatic organizations in Hungary,

China-Linked Tick Group Exploits Lanscope Zero-Day to Hijack Corporate Systems 2025-10-31 at 19:32 By The exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Motex Lanscope Endpoint Manager has been attributed to a cyber espionage group known as Tick. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-61932 (CVSS score: 9.3), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with

US Treasury Secretary praises Singapore’s digital asset adoption at APEC 2025-10-31 at 19:24 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Scott Bessent met Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during the APEC 2025 summit, as world leaders gathered to address global growth, energy security and technology. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

YouTube’s AI moderator pulls Windows 11 workaround videos, calls them dangerous 2025-10-31 at 19:09 By Brandon Vigliarolo Creators baffled as videos on local accounts, unsupported PCs vanish under ‘harmful acts’ rule Is installing Windows 11 with a local account or on unsupported hardware harmful or dangerous? YouTube’s AI moderation system seems to think so, as

A word about comments and forums… 2025-10-31 at 19:03 By Matt Rosoff Our house, our rules One of the biggest surprises of my tenure at El Reg so far is the activity in our forums and article comments. Reg readers are engaged, opinionated, and unafraid to express themselves. I love this. Thank you for reading,

Microsoft Task Manager now tasking PCs with running multiple copies of itself 2025-10-31 at 18:40 By Richard Speed The once fearsome process killer is now a leaker of resources Microsoft’s ability to add bugs in the most unexpected of places has continued into its latest update to Windows 11, which spawns multiple copies of Task

Poor UX is causing stablecoin ‘ticker fatigue’: ZachXBT 2025-10-31 at 18:40 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Crypto users must deal with costly fees, protocol-level restrictions and multiple service providers to execute simple stablecoin transactions. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Coinbase defends funding of White House ballroom after East Wing demolished 2025-10-31 at 18:36 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The chief policy officer said that the company was “proud to have supported the building of a new ballroom” in response to allegations of corruption from a US senator. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

Russia finally bites the cybercrooks it raised, arresting suspected Meduza infostealer devs 2025-10-31 at 18:26 By Connor Jones Rare case of the state turning on its own, but researchers say it may be doing so more often Russia’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested three suspects it believes helped build and spread the Meduza infostealer.…

Developer puts Windows 7 on a crash diet, drops it to down to 69 MB 2025-10-31 at 18:15 By Richard Speed Trim down for obsolete operating system leaves it booting, but not much else Stripping Windows to the bare essentials is a favorite hobby among enthusiasts, especially as Microsoft continues loading its OS with unwanted

Nation-State Hackers Deploy New Airstalk Malware in Suspected Supply Chain Attack 2025-10-31 at 18:08 By A suspected nation-state threat actor has been linked to the distribution of a new malware called Airstalk as part of a likely supply chain attack. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said it’s tracking the cluster under the moniker CL-STA-1009, where

Zcash hits 8-year high, flips Monero to become top privacy coin at $6.2B 2025-10-31 at 13:59 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Zcash defied the crypto market downturn with a 45% rally this week, making it the most valuable privacy-focused cryptocurrency, following Hayes’ call for a $10,000 price target. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com