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OpenAI asks its friends to tell their friends about Frontier 2026-02-25 at 21:37 By O’Ryan Johnson Agent-making tool that mimics human workers is about to get its enterprise close up. OpenAI has managed to make a name for itself with ChatGPT. But if it wants its new enterprise AI product Frontier to succeed, it’s going

All your bots are belong to US if you don’t play ball, DoD tells Anthropic 2026-02-25 at 21:37 By Brandon Vigliarolo AI firm drops key safety pledge as Pentagon dispute drags on US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made Anthropic an offer it may not be able to refuse. The Defense Department and the

Popular sex toy company admits hacker stole sensitive customer information 2026-02-25 at 20:45 By Hannah Sparks These sex toy shoppers are f—ked. X-rated accessories maker Tenga informed customers earlier this month of a data breach that likely included their names, email addresses and past order details, TechCrunch has reported. “An unauthorized party gained access to

Google Disrupts UNC2814 GRIDTIDE Campaign After 53 Breaches Across 42 Countries 2026-02-25 at 20:44 By Google on Wednesday disclosed that it worked with industry partners to disrupt the infrastructure of a suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as UNC2814 that breached at least 53 organizations across 42 countries. “This prolific, elusive actor has a long

Hardly anybody bought Samsung’s last smartphones for AI. It hopes this year’s models change that 2026-02-25 at 20:13 By Simon Sharwood But only Qualcomm can power the most alluring features Just 20 percent of punters who bought Samsung’s 2025 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S25 Ultra, cited AI as the main reason for their purchase. With

Claude Code Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and API Key Exfiltration 2026-02-25 at 19:47 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude Code, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant, that could result in remote code execution and theft of API credentials. “The vulnerabilities exploit various configuration mechanisms, including Hooks, Model Context Protocol

Trump’s message for big tech with energy-hungry AI projects: Build your own power plants! 2026-02-25 at 19:05 By Thomas Barrabi President Trump said he has told tech companies they’ll need to build their own power plants to support artificial intelligence development – a move that comes as he looks to ease energy costs for ordinary

Fake ‘interview’ repos lure Next.js devs into running secret-stealing malware 2026-02-25 at 19:04 By Connor Jones Come for the coding test, stay for the C2 traffic Next.js developers are once again in the crosshairs as hackers seed malicious repositories disguised as legitimate projects, according to Microsoft, which said a limited set of those repos were

Strategies for Security Leaders in the Midst of Skill Shortages 2026-02-25 at 19:04 By In this episode of Lock It Down with Security Magazine, Chief Security & Trust Officer Kory Daniels shares how security leaders struggling with skill shortages can make strategic tradeoffs to lessen their team’s burden. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe

Microsoft boss on AI content: ‘Nobody wants anything that is sloppy’ 2026-02-25 at 18:39 By Richard Speed Sometimes the ‘S’ word slips through even the best media training Is it OK to say “slop” again? Microsoft boss Satya Nadella took to the stage on the London leg of the company’s AI tour and said the

Ex-L3Harris exec jailed 7 years for selling exploits to Russia 2026-02-25 at 18:26 By Connor Jones Former Trenchant manager profited millions from cyber tools reserved for the US The former general manager of L3Harris’s cyber arm will spend the next seven years behind bars for selling trade secrets to Russia.… This article is an excerpt

Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost 2026-02-25 at 18:26 By Richard Speed Orbit decay accelerates as solar activity rises, with no approved mission yet to raise the telescope’s altitude A newly released plot of the Hubble Space Telescope’s altitude shows just how quickly the observatory has