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Rogue devs of sideloaded Android apps beg for freedom from Google’s verification regime 2026-02-24 at 22:20 By Thomas Claburn 37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside Play Soon, developers who just want to make Android apps for sideloading will have to register with Google. Thirty-seven technology companies, nonprofits, and […]

RoguePilot Flaw in GitHub Codespaces Enabled Copilot to Leak GITHUB_TOKEN 2026-02-24 at 22:17 By A vulnerability in GitHub Codespaces could have been exploited by bad actors to seize control of repositories by injecting malicious Copilot instructions in a GitHub issue. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven vulnerability has been codenamed RoguePilot by Orca Security. It has since […]

New AI ‘homework agent’ will do assignments for lazy students — even while they sleep: ‘We are so cooked’ 2026-02-24 at 20:48 By Ben Cost Will an AI ‘homework agent’ herald end of academic integrity? This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

North Korea’s Lazarus Group targets healthcare orgs with Medusa ransomware 2026-02-24 at 20:34 By Jessica Lyons New ransomware of choice, same critical targets North Korea’s Lazarus Group appears to have added another tool to its kit. It has begun using Medusa ransomware in extortion attacks targeting at least one US healthcare organization and an unnamed […]

The fix inches closer: Iowa moves farm right-to-repair bill forward 2026-02-24 at 19:47 By Connor Jones Manufacturers like John Deere have resisted broader access to proprietary repair software Soon, farmers could have easier access to the tools and software needed to repair their tractors. A recent Iowa House committee vote advancing a right-to-repair bill could […]

OpenAI asks California watchdog to probe who’s really behind ‘tailored’ AI ballot measures: ‘Serious questions’ 2026-02-24 at 19:12 By Thomas Barrabi OpenAI has asked a key California political finance watchdog to investigate the local resident behind a pair of AI-related ballot measures over what the company described as “deeply troubling questions” about his potential motives, […]

AMD strikes blockbuster $100B AI chip deal with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta 2026-02-24 at 19:12 By Reuters “So no question Mark is very, very ambitious in what he wants to accomplish,” Su said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

UAC-0050 Targets European Financial Institution With Spoofed Domain and RMS Malware 2026-02-24 at 19:12 By A Russia-aligned threat actor has been observed targeting a European financial institution as part of a social engineering attack to likely facilitate intelligence gathering or financial theft, signaling a possible expansion of the threat actor’s targeting beyond Ukraine and into […]

GhostBSD to ditch Xorg for XLibre as Red Hat’s Wayland crusade leaves X11 fans out in the cold 2026-02-24 at 18:52 By Liam Proven FreeBSD’s friendliest desktop distro bets on the controversial fork GhostBSD plans to move to the XLibre X11 server to better support its flagship MATE desktop – as well as Xfce and […]

AMD copy-pastes 6 GW chips-for-stock deal in new Meta agreement 2026-02-24 at 18:52 By Brandon Vigliarolo The House of Zen signed a nearly identical deal with OpenAI last fall AMD just signed a mega chip deal with Meta that appears almost identical to the one it signed with OpenAI last fall. And just like all […]

Go library maintainer brands GitHub’s Dependabot a ‘noise machine’ 2026-02-24 at 18:52 By Tim Anderson When a one-line fix triggers thousands of PRs, something’s off A Go library maintainer has urged developers to turn off GitHub’s Dependabot, arguing that false positives from the dependency-scanning tool “reduce security by causing alert fatigue.”… This article is an […]

Microsoft gives Windows laggards the ‘gift of time’ wrapped in licensing fees 2026-02-24 at 17:07 By Richard Speed With Server 2016 and other OSes for the chop, security fixes can continue to flow for a price Microsoft is giving Windows customers the “gift of time” but expects compensation for its generosity.… This article is an […]

Identity Prioritization isn’t a Backlog Problem – It’s a Risk Math Problem 2026-02-24 at 16:42 By Most identity programs still prioritize work the way they prioritize IT tickets: by volume, loudness, or “what failed a control check.” That approach breaks the moment your environment stops being mostly-human and mostly-onboarded. In modern enterprises, identity risk is […]

UnsolicitedBooker Targets Central Asian Telecoms With LuciDoor and MarsSnake Backdoors 2026-02-24 at 16:42 By The threat activity cluster known as UnsolicitedBooker has been observed targeting telecommunications companies in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, marking a shift from prior attacks aimed at Saudi Arabian entities. The attacks involve the deployment of two distinct backdoors codenamed LuciDoor and MarsSnake, […]

Lazarus Group Uses Medusa Ransomware in Middle East and U.S. Healthcare Attacks 2026-02-24 at 16:42 By The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group (aka Diamond Sleet and Pompilus) has been observed using Medusa ransomware in an attack targeting an unnamed entity in the Middle East, according to a new report by the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat […]

APT28 Targeted European Entities Using Webhook-Based Macro Malware 2026-02-24 at 16:42 By The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as APT28 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting specific entities in Western and Central Europe. The activity, per S2 Grupo’s LAB52 threat intelligence team, was active between September 2025 and January 2026. It has been […]

Anthropic Says Chinese AI Firms Used 16 Million Claude Queries to Copy Model 2026-02-24 at 16:42 By Anthropic on Monday said it identified “industrial-scale campaigns” mounted by three artificial intelligence (AI) companies, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax, to illegally extract Claude’s capabilities to improve their own models. The distillation attacks generated over 16 million exchanges […]

Vitalik sells 17K ETH in one month after earmarking $45M for privacy 2026-02-24 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Arkham data shows the Ethereum co-founder’s attributed wallets fell from about 241,000 ETH to 224,000 ETH this month. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Solo Bitcoin miner bags over $200K block reward using rented hashrate 2026-02-24 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai A solo Bitcoin miner hit a rare jackpot of over $200,000 after validating a block through just $75 worth of rented hashrate. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Euro hosting giant hiking prices by up to 50% from April Fool’s Day 2026-02-24 at 16:12 By Dan Robinson No, customers aren’t laughing either as pressure from memory shortages bites Hosting biz Hetzner, one of Europe’s largest datacenter operators, is warning customers that prices are scheduled to jump by as much as 50 percent from […]