Worldwide growth in AI demand is spurring expansion of semiconductor sector in China, companies say at major Shanghai event This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Chinese Chip Firms See Boost From AI
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OpenAI Suspends Plans For ‘Adult’ Mode
ChatGPT developer confirms report it has indefinitely suspended development of erotic mode, amid growing backlash against online child harms This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: OpenAI Suspends Plans For ‘Adult’ Mode
Red Hat Warns of Malware Embedded in Popular Linux Tool, Opening Doors for Unauthorized Access
Red Hat has issued an urgent security alert regarding a highly sophisticated supply chain attack targeting the popular xz compression utility. Cybersecurity researchers discovered malicious code embedded within recent versions of the xz libraries, which could potentially grant threat actors unauthorised remote access to…
Hackers Target South Asian Financial Firm with BRUSHWORM and BRUSHLOGGER Attacks
A South Asian financial institution has been hit by a custom malware toolkit combining a modular backdoor, dubbed BRUSHWORM, and a DLL side‑loaded keylogger known as BRUSHLOGGER. The attackers relied on a backdoor initially named paint.exe and a keylogger masquerading as libcurl.dll,…
The 3 Security KPIs That Cut Through Alert Noise
TL;DR Three application security KPIs cut through alert noise to reveal actual risk: viable attack count, vulnerability escape rate and application coverage completeness. Unlike traditional metrics that measure alert volume, these KPIs leverage graph intelligence to correlate attacks with confirmed…
Alleged RedLine dev extradited, Red Menshen spies with BPFDoor, is US cybersecurity slipping?
Alleged RedLine dev extradited to US Red Menshen uses BPFDoor to spy Former NSA chiefs worry US cybersecurity is slipping Check out our show notes for all story links: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-alleged-redline-dev-extradited-red-menshen-spies-with-bpfdoor-is-us-cybersecurity-slipping/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Security controls fail when…
AI chatbots’ built‑in browsers: A hidden security risk
AI chatbots with built‑in web browsers are becoming your new default way to look things up online, summarize pages, and even interact with websites for… The post AI chatbots’ built‑in browsers: A hidden security risk appeared first on Panda Security…
Hackers Deploy USB Malware, RATs, and Stealers in Southeast Asian Government Attacks
A multi-cluster cyberespionage operation in which attackers used USB-propagated malware, multiple RATs, loaders, and a custom stealer to target a Southeast Asian government organization between June and August 2025. Analysts initially observed USB-borne malware dubbed USBFect (also known as HIUPAN), which spreads…
Security boffins scoured the web and found hundreds of valid API keys
Global bank’s devs have some cleaning up to do after cloud creds found in website code Computer security boffins have conducted an analysis of 10 million websites and found almost 2,000 API credentials strewn across 10,000 webpages.… This article has…
China-linked Red Menshen APT deploys stealthy BPFDoor implants in telecom networks
China-linked Red Menshen APT group used stealthy BPFDoor implants in telecom networks to spy on government targets. Rapid7 Labs uncovered a China-linked threat group known as Red Menshen has been running a long-term espionage campaign by infiltrating telecom networks, mainly…
AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets leak through code, tools, and infrastructure
Code keeps moving through pipelines, and credentials continue to surface alongside it. GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 puts the count at 28.65 million new hardcoded secrets in public GitHub commits in 2025, extending a multi-year rise in exposed access…
Windows Error Reporting Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Privilege Escalation, Allowing SYSTEM Access
Microsoft recently patched a severe Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Error Reporting (WER) service, officially tracked as CVE-2026-20817. This flaw allows a local attacker with standard user rights to escalate to SYSTEM privileges by exploiting improper permission…
Phishing ZIP Files Used to Deploy PXA Stealer Targeting Financial Firms
A sharp rise in PXA Stealer campaigns targeting global financial institutions during the first quarter of 2026. The activity marks a notable shift in the infostealer landscape, with PXA Stealer filling the gap left by the takedowns of major malware…
Anthropic’s Leaked Drafts Expose Powerful New AI Model “Claude Mythos”
Anthropic has inadvertently exposed highly sensitive internal documents, revealing the existence of a powerful, unreleased AI model dubbed “Claude Mythos.” The leak, which stems from an unsecured and publicly searchable data cache, has raised immediate alarms within the cybersecurity community,…
AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets spread through code, tools, and infrastructure
Code keeps moving through pipelines, and credentials continue to surface alongside it. GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 puts the count at 28.65 million new hardcoded secrets in public GitHub commits in 2025, extending a multi-year rise in exposed access…
ISC Issues Critical Warning Over Kea DHCP Vulnerability That Could Remotely Crash Services
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released a critical security advisory addressing a high-severity vulnerability in its Kea DHCP server software. Kea is a modern, high-performance DHCP server widely used by enterprise networks and internet service providers to manage network…
Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA Pages Deliver Infiniti Stealer Malware on macOS
A newly discovered macOS infostealer dubbed Infiniti Stealer is being actively distributed through deceptive Cloudflare-style CAPTCHA pages, marking a notable evolution in social engineering attacks targeting Apple users. Initially tracked as “NukeChain” during threat hunting efforts, the malware’s true identity was confirmed…
Hackers Implant Stealthy BPFdoor Backdoors in Telecom Networks for Persistent Access
A China-nexus threat actor known as Red Menshen is planting stealthy backdoors deep inside global telecommunications networks. According to a recent investigation by Rapid7 Labs, this long-term espionage campaign utilises a highly evasive Linux kernel malware called BPFdoor. Instead of…
Anonymous Tip System Breach May Expose Tipsters
Anonymous Tip System Breach Exposes Millions of Records, Google Warns Q-Day by 2029, and New AI Documentation Supply-Chain Risks Cybersecurity Today would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack,…
Reflecting on Your Tier Model: CVE-2025-33073 and the One-Hop Problem
The False Sense of Security SMB signing on domain controllers has become standard practice across most Active Directory environments. But this hardening may have created a false sense of security. CVE-2025-33073 changes the calculus by removing the prerequisite of admin…