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TuxBot v3 Evolution Shows Signs of LLM-Assisted IoT Botnet Development 2026-07-16 at 05:06 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unreported Internet-of-Things (IoT) botnet framework dubbed TuxBot v3 Evolution that shows signs of being developed with assistance from a large language model (LLM), albeit with not so successful results. “While the AI complied […]

SASE Has An AI Blind Spot. Inspecting Packets Is No Longer Enough. 2026-07-16 at 05:06 By For years, routing traffic through cloud proxies was good enough. Then work moved to the browser, AI entered the workflow, and the inspection model stopped keeping up. Enterprise workflows now live across SaaS applications, browsers, and an expanding ecosystem

Firefox, Chrome, Adobe, and VMware Updates Fix Multiple Critical Security Flaws 2026-07-16 at 05:06 By Mozilla has released updates to address two critical flaws in Firefox for which it warned that exploit code has been published. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2026-15718, an invalid pointer in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component CVE-2026-15719, a site isolation

Researcher Drops New Windows Zero-Day PoC Hours After Microsoft Patch Tuesday 2026-07-16 at 05:06 By Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse) has released a new proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit called LegacyHive. It has been described as a Windows User Profile Service arbitrary hive load elevation of privileges vulnerability. The Windows User Profile Service, also referred to

TuxBot v3 Evolution Shows Signs of LLM-Assisted IoT Botnet Development 2026-07-15 at 21:43 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unreported Internet-of-Things (IoT) botnet framework dubbed TuxBot v3 Evolution that shows signs of being developed with assistance from a large language model (LLM), albeit with not so successful results. “While the AI complied

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Grok user for allegedly creating sexually explicit deepfakes of adults, minors 2026-07-15 at 21:24 By Reuters The case is one of the first brought by an AI company against one of its users for allegedly using an AI system to generate explicit material. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology

Google’s AI search engine poses ‘unacceptable risks for kids,’ bombshell report finds 2026-07-15 at 20:04 By Thomas Barrabi Features of Google’s AI-powered search engine “create unacceptable risks for kids” – including failing to detect when they are showing signs of eating disorders or suicide, according to a bombshell investigation. This article is an excerpt from

SpaceX shares drop below $135 IPO price as rally that made Elon Musk a trillionaire fizzles 2026-07-15 at 19:58 By Reuters The decline leaves investors who bought into the company at the IPO price sitting on paper losses for the first time, potentially testing confidence in the stock. This article is an excerpt from Latest

OkoBot Malware Framework Injects Seed Phrase Phishing Into Ledger and Trezor Apps 2026-07-15 at 19:53 By A malware framework called OkoBot has been running on Windows machines since April 2025, and one of its modules is built to con hardware wallet owners out of their recovery phrase. On an infected PC, the request comes from

PayPal shares soar 17% after Stripe, private-equity firm Advent make blockbuster $53B offer 2026-07-15 at 19:09 By Reuters Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings for $60.50 per share, in a deal that would value the payments company at more than $53 billion, two people familiar with the