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OpenAI

OpenAI says researchers using GPT-5.6 Sol uncovered two critical PHP vulnerabilities with severity scores of 9.2 and demonstrated working exploits, after which the company coordinated fixes.

Almost 500,000 phishing emails were sent from a PC hidden behind a fridge in a Kobe, Japan, hotel room.

Premium Modern computing remains vulnerable to the low bus factor of many open-source projects — continued lack of funding and manpower for voluntary-maintained infrastructure makes for a perennial threat

Over $5 million worth of gift cards for retailers like Target and Sephora were stolen from Staples when thieves gained access to an internal system.

Typo-squatting attacks with major domains are still viable — corner cases with Cyrillic characters still evade the best checks

CrowdStrike has helped the FBI identify these sites, which Pyongyang uses to earn as much as $500 million annually to help fund its nuclear and other weapons programs.

Hacker?

8.8 million Danes have reportedly been affected by this hack.

A cyberattack has hit supermarkets in Europe, disabling refrigerators.

a Flock camera with a street in the background

Officers reportedly say anti-surveillance control policies may lead to details of active investigations reaching criminals.

Lumen's Black Lotus Labs says PoeLLM malware has hit more than 3,400 servers, most of them exposed AI tools like LiteLLM and Ollama.

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