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Texas Parks & Wildlife Data Breach Affects 3 Million Individuals

Hackers stole personal information after breaching the systems of a third-party license vendor serving TPWD. The post Texas Parks & Wildlife Data Breach Affects 3 Million Individuals appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

This simple twist could bring quantum computers closer to reality

Researchers found that twisting layered sheets of hexagonal boron nitride can dramatically change the light produced by quantum emitters embedded within the material. The technique offers an unexpected new level of control over components that could power future quantum computers, communications systems, and sensors. more…

French President Urges US to Share Cutting-Edge AI and Democracies to Cooperate on Regulation

French President Emmanuel Macron urged the world’s wealthy democracies to work together on regulating advanced AI systems. The post French President Urges US to Share Cutting-Edge AI and Democracies to Cooperate on Regulation appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Solving an ARD problem in AI: Agentic Resource Discovery

Enterprises implementing agentic AI face a challenge: Which tools should they allow their agents to use, where can they be found, and how can they be used safely? A new protocol, Agentic Resource Discovery, or ARD, aims to let agents answer those questions for themselves. Behind it are Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Nvidia, Salesforce and others. […] more…

US should take 50% stake in major AI firms, says Bernie Sanders

With the market capitalization of AI companies soaring, US Senator Bernie Sanders is looking to give the American people a piece of the action. The veteran senator for Vermont has introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill, aiming to give the public a 50 percent ownership in the largest AI companies in the US. […] more…

OpenAI gets the attention it needs from AI researcher Noam Shazeer

An IT executive changing jobs usually attracts little attention outside a narrow group of people, but Noam Shazeer’s move from Google to OpenAI is as momentous as any high-value soccer transfer. He announced the news in a post on X: “I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with […] more…

In Other News: Apple Patches Beats Eavesdropping Flaw, DOT Closes Delta CrowdStrike Probe, AWS Continuum

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Android TV botnet Popa linked to Israeli firm, Velvet Ant maintained decade-long stealth, unpatched GCP Config Connector flaw enables takeover. The post In Other News: Apple Patches Beats Eavesdropping Flaw, DOT Closes Delta CrowdStrike Probe, AWS Continuum appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Google, Microsoft offer specs to help you prove your AI is behaving nicely

Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others want to help enterprises demonstrate that their AI applications are behaving themselves through the creation of a new foundation. The Appia Foundation will, it explained rather impenetrably, “establish modular specifications that provide a connecting layer to bridge foundational global standards with practical, trusted assessments across the global AI value chain.” […] more…

Microsoft broke some OLE automations with latest Windows update

Microsoft Office users may find that some of their applications are failing to open when called on by third-party applications. It’s an issue that has emerged after the latest round of Microsoft updates. The problem affects Word, Excel, and other Office applications opened from third-party offerings including CCH Engagement, Workpaper Manager, Zotero, or dental office […] more…

OpenAI adds spend controls and usage analytics to ChatGPT Enterprise

OpenAI has introduced spend controls and enhanced usage analytics for ChatGPT Enterprise to enable organizations to monitor AI adoption, track consumption across teams, and set budgets for AI usage. But, analysts cautioned, it still can’t show how those costs lead to business benefits. The new features provide administrators with centralized dashboards showing how ChatGPT is […] more…

Researchers found a Wordle strategy that wins 99% of the time

Researchers developed a Wordle-solving strategy that succeeds 99% of the time by focusing on information gain rather than likely answers. The method uses Shannon entropy to identify guesses that reveal the most about the hidden word. Each guess is designed to slash uncertainty and narrow the possibilities faster. The result significantly outperformed more traditional Wordle […] more…

CryptoBandits Malware Doubles as a Backdoor, Abuses Tor

CryptoBandits uses a local SOCKS5 proxy for traffic routing, blending data theft with remote code execution. The post CryptoBandits Malware Doubles as a Backdoor, Abuses Tor appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised

The large-scale credential theft campaign hit roughly half of the internet-accessible Fortinet firewalls and VPNs. The post FortiBleed: 86,000 Fortinet Device Credentials Compromised appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Q&A: Temporal aims to be the reliability backbone for an agentic AI economy

As AI shifts from output-generating large language models (LLMs) to armies of agents taking actions on their own, there is a growing threat that failures could affect system reliability. Temporal, a Bellevue, WA firm founded in 2019, hopes to solve that problem by stabilizing AI and long-running computing processes through “durable execution,” a technology that […] more…

How to bring the best Android 17 features to any Android phone today

Google’s latest and greatest Android version is officially now out in the world and available — but if you’re using any phone other than a Pixel, that doesn’t mean much for you just yet. The reason why is simple: Despite Google officially launching Android 17 and starting to send it out to Android phone-owners this […] more…

Cybersecurity Firms Impacted by Klue Supply Chain Attack

The hackers exfiltrated data from Salesforce instances of Klue customers, such as Huntress and Recorded Future. The post Cybersecurity Firms Impacted by Klue Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

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