Ubuntu beta arrives with GNOME 50, sans Google Drive support
…distros that have updated to the GNOME 50 desktop. Since there's no official Linux client from Google, this is a serious omission. There are third-party tools that let Linux connect…
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Ransomware scum, other crims exploit 4 old Microsoft bugs
…Microsoft pushed a security fix for this one in July 2012, and then a second software update in November 2012 that fully patched the flaw. At the time, Redmond said it was…
AI vendors' response to security flaws: It wasn't me
…Anthropic paid a $100 bounty, upgraded the critical severity from a 9.3 to 9.4, and updated a " security considerations " section in its documentation. Google paid a $1,337 reward for…
Claude Code bypasses safety rule if given too many commands
AI + ML Claude Code bypasses safety rule if given too many commands A hard-coded limit on deny rules drops automatic enforcement for concatenated commands UPDATED Claude Code will ignore its deny…
Unknown attackers exploit another critical SharePoint bug
…At the time of publication, Microsoft had not updated the security advisory to indicate that CVE-2026-20963 is under active exploitation. Microsoft did not immediately respond to The Register's inquiries…
Scammers have virtual smartphones on speed dial for fraud
…Now virtual devices that pretend to be real handsets have become a key tool for financial scammers, according to one company. Security vendor Group IB issued a report Wednesday into the misuse…
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft paid AI bug bounties – quietly
…Guan submitted a pull request and injected malicious instructions in the PR title – in this case, telling Claude to execute the whoami command using the Bash tool and return the results as…
Google says it will let publishers opt out of AI overviews
…Google feels the need for security speed, so will ship Chrome updates every two weeks Google offers 'vibe design' tool that you can shout at to create a UI In its response…
Storage vendors orbit the Nvidia sun at GTC
…New support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and fine tuning extends its existing MaaS capabilities to enable agents to securely connect to enterprise tools and data sources. NAI also supports…
AI-pwned: Vercel breach traced to stolen employee creds
…In a public update following the incident, Guillermo Rauch reckons the intrusion began with a compromised employee account linked to Context.ai. An attacker used that access to hijack the employee's…