Mania Africa 💎🌍

Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/project-genie/


comments #blog.google

Flipper Zero: pocket-sized multi-tool with RFID, RF, IR, HID, GPIO & more. Open-source inspired, PC-free, fully standalone—ready out of the box for pros & enthusiasts. 🧰📲 l.lab401.com/UyEiR
#FlipperZero #Pentesting #Infrared #RFID #infosec #Lab401 #GPIO #RF

Prof Nigel Phair was featured in The Australian Financial Review, commenting on foreign-owned data centres in Australia as a strength rather than a vulnerability: https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/kill-switch-risk-data-centres-are-the-next-national-security-fight-20251209-p5nm2c

How often do AI chatbots lead users down a harmful path? https://arstechni.ca... #ArtificialIntelligence #disempowerment #Anthropic #research #Claude #AI

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Hacker (Activision, 1985) (Source.)

Not in revenue, though.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/t...

Clop Ransomware Group Targets SENSIBLESOLUTIONS.CA in Major Cyberattack Summary Introduction to Malware Binary Triage (IMBT) Course Looking to level up your skills? Get 10% off using coupon code: M...

#Malware #News

Origin | Interest | Match

#Discover #News @paulinsc.bsky.social @hermes61.bsky.social #IntrusiveTechnologies #ICE #WeaponizedAgents #Protest #Protesters #Tracking #TrackingDevice #GeneratedProtesterLists #Tactics #MilitaryTactics #RovingICEAgents #SecretICEAgents #SecretPolice #Informants #Hate

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Global proxy operator IPIDEA denies Google's malicious intent allegations www.itnews.com.au/news/global-... Interesting twist to the story.

The #AIintegration into many of our digital places/spaces continues onward with Google now enabling powerful AI features in the Chrome web browser:

blog.google/products-and...

The latest update for #ionCube24 includes "Weekly Cyber Security News 29/01/2026".

#ionCube #PHP #threatdetection

The latest update for #Tigera includes "Why #Kubernetes Flat Networks Fail at Scale—and Why Your Cluster Needs a Security Hierarchy" and "Ingress Security for AI Workloads in Kubernetes: Protecting #AI Endpoints with WAF".

#cybersecurity #devops

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/mee...

The latest update for #ForwardNetworks includes "Introducing Forward AI" and "A New Security-Focused Path Search View for Faster, Clearer Analysis".

#Cybersecurity #NetworkVerification #ZeroTrust

Chrome will borrow Gemini’s cross-app powers in upcoming agentic upgrade

And let you use other Google apps, such as Gmail or Calendar, in the Gemini sidebar directly.

Telegram AI Digest
#ai #gemini #geminiai

OpenAI plans to retire several models from ChatGPT on February 13, including GPT‑4o, GPT‑4.1, and o4-mini, saying only 0.1% of users still choose GPT-4o (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The latest update for #Auvik includes "Networking Technology Trends for 2026" and "#Healthcare IT Trends to Know Before 2026".

#MSP #CyberSecurity #monitoring #networks

The latest update for #Internxt includes "7 Most Efficient Object Storage Products [2026]" and "Block Storage vs Object Storage: What You Need to Know".

#cybersecurity #cloudstorage #privacy

#AI chatbots need to engage with learners, not just talk at them: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu... #ArtificialIntelligence

AI tech companies illegally downloaded and destroyed millions of books.

Is America's Cyber Weakness Self-Inflicted?
L: https://warontherocks.com/2026/01/is-americas-cyber-weakness-self-inflicted/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817200
posted on 2026.01.29 at 16:52:44 (c=0, p=5)

Meta is hand-in-hand with Planitir.

One scrapes data. The other applies it.

Your neighborhood, your home, you = trust score

Zuckerberg & Thiel = Good cop. Bad cop.

If you're still on Meta, Zuck is selling you off data point by data point, & it's YOU funding this nonsense.

Slovakian man pleads guilty to operating darknet marketplace

A Slovakian national admitted on Tuesday to helping operate a darknet marketplace that sold narcotics, cybercrime tools and services, fake government IDs, and stolen personal information for more than two years. [...]
#hackernews #news

Your data is valuable! Learn how to protect it during National Cybersecurity Alliance #DataPrivacyWeek!

#WellManagedIT #Nonprofits #StaySafeOnline

www.staysafeonline.org/articles/tak...

The ChatGPT incident follows other reported issues during Gottumukkala’s tenure. Politico said he previously failed a counterintelligence polygraph required for access to highly sensitive intelligence www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...

The latest update for #KnowBe4 includes "Starting the Year with Cyber Intention: Human-Centric Insights from the Global #Cybersecurity Outlook 2026" and "KnowBe4 Urges Action: Take Control of Your Data this #DataPrivacy Week".

#RiskManagement

The race to be the first AI startup to IPO is on, and OpenAI wants to win, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

True of most of our efforts, whatever we learn from the Smarter Smart City Hackathon (like whether we should call it a Challenge with multiple hackathons through 2026) is open source for others.

We invite others to be a part of our Online Meta-Planning efforts before we begin…

luma.com/5d13jauj

www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

The latest update for #PotatoArk includes "Chasing digital ghosts across modern IGA environments" and "CVE-2025-60021 (CVSS 9.8): Command injection in Apache bRPC heap profiler".

#Potatosecurity #DigitalIdentity #IdentitySecurity https://opsmtrs.com/3YsvBf9

Zscaler ThreatLabz調査。既存の静的スキャン系などには引っかからない工夫がされているようす…：

www.wsj.com/tech/google-...

Microsoft Entra に条件付きアクセスの適用変更が予定されています

Conditional Access enforcement change coming to Microsoft Entra #HelpNetSecurity (Jan 29)

www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/29/m...

I am logging in occasionally to see if it's Disney deal means I can do Star Wars prompts yet. I cannot.

OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/o...

Exclusive: Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use - sources - www.reuters.com/business/pen...

The government wants to use AI for weapon systems without sufficient human oversight. What could go wrong?

“Less visible is an array of intrusive technologies helping ICE locate and track undocumented immigrants and, increasingly, citizens opposed to the government’s deportation campaign.”

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Google DeepMind's AlphaGo Decodes the Genome a Million 'Letters' at a Time
->Singularity Hub | More on "Google DeepMind decodes human genome" at BigEarthData.ai | #Technology #Google

MIND DLP for Agentic AI protects sensitive data and controls AI access

MIND announced DLP for Agentic AI, a data-centric approach to AI security designed to help organizations safely achieve the business value of agentic AI by ensuring sensitive data and AI systems interact safel…
#hackernews #news

Whoa. Hope they don't need to invest more or else they are going to have to lay off a lot more "independent contractors."

#Satire

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amaz...

Anthropic-Pentagon Clash Over Limits on AI Puts $200 Million Contract at Risk

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

I mean, clearly they're trying to evoke holodeck, but regardless this is wild looking.

blog.google/innovation-a...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxkG...

Expanding eligibility for Maryland's cybersecurity tax credit would help more customers use tools from companies in the state to protect their data and information systems, industry representatives and the state's Commerce Department director told legislators.

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De-risking previously involved Chinese tech; now American tech too. Possible impact of lower trust in transatlantic relations on digital security.

www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...

sn-news: #security #ai #ml #lm New CoPhish attack steals OAuth tokens via Copilot Studio agents www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

The Hallucination Defense
https://niyikiza.com/posts/hallucination-defense/
[comments] [40 points]

ICYMI:

Payday: arstechnica.com/security/202...

I wrote about falling in and out love with Clawdbot/Moltbot www.platformer.news/moltbot-claw...

I have found AI’s weakness: ASCII art middle fingers… #claude #grok #chatgpt #gemini

Someone tried to respond with proof that @anhedoniaproject.bsky.social doesn't use AI but all it showed was that the image prompts were right in the file name.

The AI prompts appear to read: "best quality, high quality...furgonomics, solo, full body, sketch style" before it gets cut off.

“Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it is deeply unclear whether our social, political, and technological systems possess the maturity to wield it.”

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/artificial-i...

Tech Explained: EXCLUSIVE-Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say in Simple Terms

Tech Explained: Here’s a simplified explanation of the latest technology update around Tech Explained: EXCLUSIVE-Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say in Simple…

Feds Take Their Ball and Go Home From RSAC Conference

Read Alan's sharp critique of federal cyber agencies withdrawing from RSAC over leadership politics—and why sidelining collaboration hurts the entire cybersecurity community.
#hackernews #news

Can't wait for the AI bubble to burst.

Origin | Interest | Match

Last year Amazon and Google deployed thousands of their own AI chips into large data-center networks, generating billions in revenue and prompting Anthropic to build multiple non-Nvidia chip data centers, signaling growing competition to Nvidia's dominance.

techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/a...

The latest update for #TorqSecurity includes "Top #Cybersecurity Tools to Secure Your Business in 2026" and "What Is #MSSP & #MSP? Key Differences Explained".

#securityautomation #securityteams

The International Online Crime Coordination Centre believes that they may have identified the person/s behind the "Kazu" handle

There is a quote saying they don't want to make Kazu aware, as it could drive them underground but uhh, don't tell the media then?

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The latest update for #Graylog includes "#Compliance Readiness with Audit #Logging" and "How to Ignore #Cybersecurity #AI Bubble FOMO".

#monitoring

TD Cowen says Oracle may cut 20,000–30,000 jobs and sell Cerner health care unit to help fund an AI datacenter build supporting a reported $300 billion, five‑year OpenAI contract that TD Cowen estimates needs roughly 3 million GPUs and $156 billion in capex.

Microsoft shares plunged about 12%, wiping $440 billion in market value after a revenue miss, as capital expenditures rose 66% to $37.5 billion and Microsoft said about 45% of its $625 billion remaining performance obligations are tied to OpenAI.

'Semantic Chaining' Jailbreak Dupes Gemini Nano Banana, Grok 4 #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

Google DeepMind launched Project Genie, using the Genie 3 world model to generate interactive 3D spaces from text or image prompts and rolling it out to U.S. Google AI Ultra subscribers for prototyping, filmmaking and educational media.

OpenAI is laying groundwork for an IPO in Q4 2026, and its executives have privately expressed concern that rival Anthropic could beat them to market.

Google launched Project Genie, a Genie 3 world model available only to AI Ultra subscribers, that generates interactive, memory-aware 720p, ~24 fps navigable video environments from prompts or reference images using Nano Banana Pro and Gemini 3.

Apple's Q1 sales in greater China surged 38% to $25.5B; Tim Cook attributed the increase to users upgrading and switching from other platforms to iPhone 17 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The latest update for #LimaCharlie includes "#Threathunting to detection engineering: Analyzing real malware with Claude Code, LimaCharlie, and #Linux" and "AI Action > BO Advice".

#potatosecurity #ThreatIntelligence #EDR https://opsmtrs.com/3utyCQF

OpenAI hired over seven employees from AI coding startup Cline, including Nik Pash, who left Cline after posting "imagine the smell" on X about an xAI hackathon.

www.wired.com/story/this-c...

CVE-2026-25117 - pwn.college DOJO vulnerable to sandbox escape leading to arbitrary javascript execution
CVE ID : CVE-2026-25117

Published : Jan. 29, 2026, 10:15 p.m. | 3 hours, 21 minutes ago

Description : pwn.college DOJO is an education platform for learning cybersecu...

The latest update for #Apono includes "#DataGovernance vs Data Management: 7 Differentiating Factors" and "Vendor Acquired? What It Means for Your PAM Strategy".

#Cybersecurity #DigitalIdentity #Cloud #IAM

NEWS IN QUOTES

“We don't really know what gives rise to consciousness.”
— Amanda Askell, Anthropic’s in-house philosopher

Top Anthropic Researcher No Longer Sure Whether AI Is Conscious
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇

US cybersecurity chief leaked sensitive government files to ChatGPT: Report https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/us-cybersecurity-chief-leaked-sensitive-government-files-to-chatgpt-report-3311462/


comments #dexerto.com

NSA nominee urges speed, integration in US cyber defence #NSA #socialnewsxyz

www.rsn.org/001/the-powe...

Veracode’s platform enhancements help prevent software supply chain attacks

Veracode announced significant platform innovations introduced through the second half of 2025. Headlining the release is Package Firewall, a preventive control for software supply chains, advancing the c…
#hackernews #news

And the financial engineering continues. Expect an investment in AWS by one of the OpenAI web in the upcoming weeks.

techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/a...

Appreciate Austin Jenkins and Pluribus News / State Affairs for including me in DISRUPTION: 6 tech policy trends to watch in ’26.

States continue to lead on AI, data privacy, and platform accountability - especially where federal action falls short.

📄 Full piece:
pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

Tokenization — Without It, AI Would Choke on New Words You type a message to ChatGPT. Before the AI reads a single word, something strange happens — your sentence gets shattered into pi...

#deep-learning #artificial-intelligence #machine-learning #nlp #data-science

Origin | Interest | Match

North Korea smuggles high-end computers and GPUs from China for hacking and AI development https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-korea-smuggles-high-end-computers-and-gpus-from-china-for-hacking-and-ai-development/

We won't name them in case they go into hiding before the investigation is complete, but meanwhile here is an article saying "we know who you are and are coming for you" 🤦‍♂️

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #nzpol

TBH, #CBP & #ICE look like they're trying to #CREATE problems instead of #finding problems!
#MarkWarner
#TimKaine
With all this #surveillance, #WHY?
#DHS has bought into #technologies
that are #WRONG!

www.404media.co/senators-pus...

Keeping your data safe when an AI agent clicks a link openai.com/index/ai-agent… #AI #agents #safety #OpenAI

📌

www.reuters.com/business/pen...

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

www.techtarget.com/whatis/34-Cy...

Security in 2026 isn't all bad ....is it?

My annual look at some of the 'fun' stats in the cybersecurity world.

Bezos is such a ruthless king. Kneecapping his competitors by pointing out their data has kiddy porn in it.

All he needs now is a little bit of regulatory capture and he can kneecap MS/OAI/Oracle and Elon.

ICYMI:

Will the smartphone survive the AI age?

The Apple-Android duopoly is under attack from OpenAI, Meta and Amazon

www.economist.com/business/202...

Ivanti provides temporary patches for actively exploited EPMM zero-day (CVE-2026-1281) Ivanti has released provisional patches that fix two critical code injection vulnerabilities in Endpoint Manag...

#Don't #miss #Hot #stuff #News #0-day #CISA #endpoint […]

[Original post on helpnetsecurity.com]

www.pcworld.com/article/3046...

New #Microsoft #Teams feature will let you report suspicious calls

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-microsoft-teams-feature-will-let-you-report-suspicious-calls/

#potatosecurity #phishing

Critical Security Flaws

#Ai #debugging #security #Codereview #Aicoding

https://programmerhumor.io/ai-memes/critical-security-flaws-a961

Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT openai.com/index/retiring… #AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT

Maybe I missed this from earlier? Anthropic seriously upgraded their Claude launch menu in claude.ai and Claude Desktop. Looks good!

Let’s block some stuff!

In this video, I explore Cisco Secure Firewall’s Access Control Policies:

youtu.be/XwwWH0dAdK8?...

I don't have time for this nonsense.

I think @benjedwards.com's article on this lays out this Anthropic "Constitution" talk extremely well. Although I'm a bit more cynical, I think they very much know how their machine works, and that the "flowery language" used here is PR more than training.

arstechnica.com/information-...

Today's read: Belgian Defence Strengthens Cyber Resilience with Proximus NXT Partnership📣

ift.tt/weLjMm8

Read the full story by clicking on the link below ⬇️

Never miss a beat in telecoms. Catch the latest news on
@TheFastMode🚀 #tech #telecoms

Google’s AI Helped Me Make Bad Nintendo Knockoffs

www.theverge.com/news/869726/...

#genai #gamedev #nintendo #supermario #zelda #videogames #gaming #ai

arstechnica.com/security/202...

Kingston IronKey Keypad 200 Series แฟลชไดรฟ์ความปลอดภัยสูง มาตรฐาน NIST FIPS 140-3 Level 3 รายแรกของโลก www.quickpcmag.com/pc/kingston-...

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous #cybersecurity #infosec

Claude Code Daily Benchmarks for Degradation Tracking marginlab.ai/trackers/cla... #anthropic #claude #AI

The Patient is not a Moving Document: A World Model Training Paradigm for Longitudinal EHR [new]
...a world model paradigm combining joint-embedding and next-token prediction to encode patient trajectory dynamics from initial state, simulating evolution.

And that’s a nope

gizmodo.com/openai-worki...

TECHNOLOGY SECURITY NEWS:

WhatsApp is being sued for lying to ALL of it's users about security and privacy.
Many have found out that WhatsApp actually collects everyone's personal data including ALL chats even if they are deleted or erased and saves it on their servers in META datacenters.

SOURCE:

#iPhone 16 World’s Best-selling #Smartphone in 2025; #Apple Takes 7 Spots in Top 10 Models



#Samsung #phone #privacy #cybersecurity

~Cisa~
CISA has added the actively exploited Ivanti EPMM code injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-1281) to its KEV catalog.
-
IOCs: CVE-2026-1281
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#CVE20261281 #Ivanti #ThreatIntel

The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of the new Galaxy A07 5G, with this latest addition housing a larger battery capacity in the A Series line-up, a 6nm processor for faster loading, and AI features including Google Gemini, and Circle to Search with
gadgetsmagazine.com.ph/technology/s...

Just posted on Six Colors:

open.substack.com/pub/noahpini...

netzpolitik.org/2026/phishin...

For all of us using Signal :)

Aisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aisuru-botnet-sets-new-record-with-314-tbps-ddos-attack/

wapo.st/4bXee03

Good rundown of the tech that ICE has in hand, fueled partly by the spending spree it was able to go on after the Big Beautiful Bill.

Today, we’re launching Encrypt It Already, our push to get companies to offer stronger privacy protections to our data and communications by implementing end-to-end encryption. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

New infosec products of the month: January 2026 Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from Acronis, Booz Allen Hamilton, cside, Descope, JumpCloud...

#News #Acronis #Booz #Allen #Hamilton #cside […]

[Original post on helpnetsecurity.com]

Fintech company Marquis is blaming a hack on firewall company SonicWall for its data breach

💥 Explore this insightful post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Security,cybersecurity,data breach,marquis,ransomware,sonicwall ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Financial technology company Marquis has told…

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/mee...

Over 80% of Ethical Hackers Now Use AI www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/over-80...

Dust off the Adversarial Robustness Toolbox, the other modalities are back in the AI security game!

developer.nvidia.com/blog/updatin...

National Jurist: Berkeley Law is "leading the way on the AI front. One year after launching the world’s first LL.M. Certificate in AI Law and Regulation, the school has expanded its curriculum with new courses." https://bit.ly/3Z7ZQut

The world is run by murderous idiots.

As we always follow US idiocy what is Australia's policy on AI having lethal autonomy and AI surveillance of Australian citizens? #auspol

"Anthropic raises concerns over AI use for U.S. surveillance and autonomous weapons"

Residential proxies are a curse. Criminals use them as botnet for DDOS attacks, and AI companies rent them above board to scrape the web for training data in a way that's nigh impossible to block or throttle.

Ipidea operated one of the largest residential proxy networks. Researchers discovered […]

Same prompt. Four AIs. One country.
Who did it best?

#AIArt #AIPortrait #GenerativeAI
#ChatGPT #Gemini #Grok #MetaAI
#AntiguaAndBarbuda #AntiguaAndBarbuda🇦🇬

Same prompt. Four AIs. One country.
Who did it best?

#AIArt #AIPortrait #GenerativeAI
#ChatGPT #Gemini #Grok #MetaAI
#Australia #Australia🇦🇺

#Apple’s new #iPhone and #iPad security feature limits cell networks from collecting precise location data



#privacy

米国はAIサイバーセキュリティ基準に関する自国の見解を世界に広めたいと考えている

US wants to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world #CyberScoop (Jan 29)

cyberscoop.com/us-global-ai...

🌐プロジェクト・ジーニー：無限のインタラクティブな世界を試す
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/project-genie/
via #HackerNews

Influence Guided Sampling for Domain Adaptation of Text Retrievers

IBM proposes a reinforcement learning framework that adaptively reweighs training datasets using influence-based rewards for domain adaptation of text retrievers.

📝 arxiv.org/abs/2601.21759

The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within the Department of Homeland Security uploaded "sensitive CISA contracting documents" to OpenAI's ChatGPT despite triggering multiple cybersecurity warnings.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Russian security systems firm Delta hit by cyberattack, services disrupted therecord.media/russia-delta...

This is the beginning not the end of how surveillance will change America. We could stop it. We should. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

New filing: "The Intercept v. OpenAI (Intercept sues OpenAI and Microsoft under DMCA section 1202)"
Doc #394: Withdraw as Attorney

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL68290804

New filing: "Authors Guild v. OpenAI (Book authors sue over ChatGPT training)"
Doc #969: Withdraw as Attorney

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL67810584

Google rolls out Android theft protection feature updates #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

Mohammad Walid Charrwi, Zaid Hussain: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Fault-Adaptive Routing in Eisenstein-Jacobi Interconnection Topologies https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21090 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21090 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21090

Chuan-Chi Lai: Self-Adaptive Probabilistic Skyline Query Processing in Distributed Edge Computing via Deep Reinforcement Learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21855 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21855 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21855

Hong Chen, Xiang Liu, Bo Wang, Yuxuan Fan, Yuanlin Chu, Zongluo Li, Xiaowen Chu, Xuming Hu: SONIC: Segmented Optimized Nexus for Information Compression in Key-Value Caching https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21927 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21927 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21927

Adam, Chen, Laprade, Porwal, Laub, Reinertsen, Pekis, Brown: The Patient is not a Moving Document: A World Model Training Paradigm for Longitudinal EHR https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22128 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.22128 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.22128

Shiku, Seo, Matoba, Hino, Nakano, Bise: Hypernetwork-Based Adaptive Aggregation for Multimodal Multiple-Instance Learning in Predicting Coronary Calcium Debulking https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21479 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21479 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21479

Gupta, Li, Liu, Subramanian, Suleman, Zhang, Lu, Pasupalak: World of Workflows: a Benchmark for Bringing World Models to Enterprise Systems https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22130 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.22130 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.22130

Zijin Yang, Yu Sun, Kejiang Chen, Jiawei Zhao, Jun Jiang, Weiming Zhang, Nenghai Yu: WMVLM: Evaluating Diffusion Model Image Watermarking via Vision-Language Models https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21610 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21610 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21610

Lin Li, Qihang Zhang, Yiming Luo, Shuai Yang, Ruilin Wang, Fei Han, Mingrui Yu, Zelin Gao, Nan Xue, Xing Zhu, Yujun Shen, Yinghao Xu: Causal World Modeling for Robot Control https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21998 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21998 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21998

Wang, Yang, Bai, Zhang, Liu, Zheng, Long, Lu, Lu: Drive-JEPA: Video JEPA Meets Multimodal Trajectory Distillation for End-to-End Driving https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22032 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.22032 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.22032

Kunpeng Song, Ahmed Elgammal: Creative Image Generation with Diffusion Model https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22125 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.22125 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.22125

If you're serious about reducing dependence on hyperscalers, you must also be serious about IoT security, improving network management, breach notification and software lifecycle management

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Zhang, Akter, An, Liu, Zhang, Huang, Cho, Wisniewski, Lee: From Vulnerable to Resilient: Examining Parent and Teen Perceptions on How to Respond to Unwanted Cybergrooming Advances https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21518 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21518 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21518

Sophie Taylor, Praneeth Kumar Vippathalla, Justin Coon: Adaptive Privacy of Sequential Data Releases Under Collusion https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21859 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21859 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21859

Arie Soeteman, Michael Benedikt, Martin Grohe, Balder ten Cate: How Expressive Are Graph Neural Networks in the Presence of Node Identifiers? https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21882 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21882 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21882

Minjae Kwon, Josephine Lamp, Lu Feng: Safety Generalization Under Distribution Shift in Safe Reinforcement Learning: A Diabetes Testbed https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21094 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21094 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21094

Xiaozhuang Li, Xindi Tang, Fang He: Few-Shot Learning for Dynamic Operations of Automated Electric Taxi Fleets under Evolving Charging Infrastructure: A Meta-Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21312 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21312 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21312

Yupei Yang, Lin Yang, Wanxi Deng, Lin Qu, Fan Feng, Biwei Huang, Shikui Tu, Lei Xu: Factored Causal Representation Learning for Robust Reward Modeling in RLHF https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21350 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21350 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21350

Yu Sun, Yaqiong Liu, Nan Cheng, Jiayuan Li, Zihan Jia, Xialin Du, Mugen Peng: Accurate Network Traffic Matrix Prediction via LEAD: an LLM-Enhanced Adapter-Based Conditional Diffusion Model https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21437 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21437 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21437

Ce Hao, Xuanran Zhai, Yaohua Liu, Harold Soh: Abstracting Robot Manipulation Skills via Mixture-of-Experts Diffusion Policies https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21251 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21251 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21251

He, Zhang, Zhou, Tao, Li, Tian, Zeng, Wang, Cai, Chen, Gao, Pang: Nimbus: A Unified Embodied Synthetic Data Generation Framework https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21449 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21449 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21449

Ambrosini, Blakowski, Zendrikov, Capone, Gava, Indiveri, De Luca, Bartolozzi: Training slow silicon neurons to control extremely fast robots with spiking reinforcement learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21548 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21548 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21548

Wentao Yu, Sheng Wan, Shuo Chen, Bo Han, Chen Gong: Heterogeneity-Aware Knowledge Sharing for Graph Federated Learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21589 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21589 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21589

Xuanran Zhai, Binkai Ou, Yemin Wang, Hui Yi Leong, Qiaojun Yu, Ce Hao, Yaohua Liu: CoFreeVLA: Collision-Free Dual-Arm Manipulation via Vision-Language-Action Model and Risk Estimation https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21712 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21712 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21712

Mazza, Rodriguez, Younis, Lelis, Hellig, Li, Bodenstedt, Wagner, Speidel: MoE-ACT: Improving Surgical Imitation Learning Policies through Supervised Mixture-of-Experts https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21971 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21971 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21971

Evandro S. Ortigossa, Eran Segal: Seg-MoE: Multi-Resolution Segment-wise Mixture-of-Experts for Time Series Forecasting Transformers https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21641 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21641 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21641

We all need to do something because #ice should not have access to all of our data this way

Mokari, Raghunathan, Shydliukh, Ryabchykov, Krafft, Bocklitz: Denoising and Baseline Correction of Low-Scan FTIR Spectra: A Benchmark of Deep Learning Models Against Traditional Signal Proces... https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20905 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.20905 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.20905

Yunyang Li, Lin Huang, Luojia Xia, Wenhe Zhang, Mark Gerstein: Elign: Equivariant Diffusion Model Alignment from Foundational Machine Learning Force Fields https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21985 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21985 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21985

Yuan Gao, Xinyu Guo, Han Li, Jianbo Du, Shugong Xu: Near-Field Positioning for XL-MIMO Uniform Circular Arrays: An Attention-Enhanced Deep Learning Approach https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21550 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21550 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21550

Sten Elling Tingstad Jacobsen, Attila Lischka, Bal\'azs Kulcs\'ar, Anders Lindman: Learning to Dial-a-Ride: A Deep Graph Reinforcement Learning Approach to the Electric Dial-a-Ride Problem https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22052 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.22052 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.22052

ICYMI:

Meta confirms it’s working on premium subscription for its apps for Malwarebytes Labs www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Hackers hijack exposed LLM endpoints in Bizarre Bazaar operation www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Zhenxing Zhu, Diandong Tang, Lin Shen, Wei-Hai Fang: Fewest-Switches Surface Hopping with Combined Deep Learning Potential and Long Short-Term Memory Network Propagator for Simulating Realist... https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21703 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21703 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21703

Jingruo Peng, Shuze Zhu: Acquiring Human-Like Mechanics Intuition from Scarce Observations via Deep Reinforcement Learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21881 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21881 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21881

#AWS published a #security bulletin acknowledging a configuration issue affecting several AWS-managed open-source #GitHub repositories.

The critical vulnerability, dubbed CodeBreach, could have allowed attackers to inject malicious code & hijack repositories using AWS CodeBuild.

👉 bit.ly/49NsSFU

Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo Decodes the Genome a Million ‘Letters’ at a Time #Science #ComputerScience #ArtificialIntelligence #AlphaGo #Genomics #AIinBiology

Shang-Jen Su, Shi-Yuan Wang, Matthieu R. Bloch: A Quantum-Memory-Free Quantum Secure Direct Communication Protocol Based on Privacy Amplification of Coded Sequences https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21265 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.21265 https://arxiv.org/html/2601.21265

Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds blog.google/innovation-and… #AI #Google

The Pentagon and Anthropic are in a conflict over military AI use. Should there be stricter regulations on AI in defense? #MilitaryAI

Wiper malware targeted Poland energy grid, but failed to knock out electricity
arstechnica.com/security/202...

Amazon in Talks to Invest $50 Billion in OpenAI — Amazon is reportedly negotiating a $50 billion investment in OpenAI as part of the AI company's broader fundraising effort. The potential infusion would mark a major bet on generative AI and could reshape competition and governance in the…

Major music publishers sue AI company Anthropic for copyright infringement, accusing them of using over 20,000 songs without permission. Damages could top $3B. Lawsuit claims Anthropic's "empire" is "built on piracy."

I was so completely flabbergasted by this article that I wrote a lengthy email to NCMEC about it, telling them to fix their CyberTipline reporting form whose UX enabled a huge overstatement of the scale of the AI-CSAM problem to go uncorrected for 6 months.

cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...

Please make the case to continue funding and supporting ICE after reading this.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

New infosec products of the month: January 2026

📖 Read more: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/30/n...

#cybersecuritynews #cybersecurity @descope.com @jumpcloud.bsky.social @rubrik.bsky.social @spycloud.bsky.social @tenablesecurity.bsky.social @vectraai.bsky.social

New filing: "Ziff Davis v. OpenAI (Ziff Davis sues OpenAI over training and outputs)"
Doc #363: Status Report

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL70338311

🚨I did try the new #ExchangeOnline #MessageTrace #GraphAPI.
All the details in my Blog Article 📣
bit.ly/4brVB4q

Python-based PyRAT with Cross-Platform Capabilities and Extensive Remote Access Features:

cybersecuritynews.com/python-based...

Beware of Weaponized VS Code Extension named ClawdBot Agent that deploys ScreenConnect RAT:

cybersecuritynews.com/beware-of-we...

How AI Impacts Skill Formation arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245 via Anthropic Fellows Program

"We find that #AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average."

Threat Actors leverage Google Search Ads for ‘Mac Cleaner’ to direct Users to Malicious Websites:

cybersecuritynews.com/threat-actor...

Exposed Open Directory leaks BYOB Framework Across Windows, Linux, and macOS:

cybersecuritynews.com/exposed-open...

Regardless of how you feel about AI, this essay from Anthropic founder Dario Amodei is a must-read:

www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...

Open-source AI models vulnerable to criminal misuse, researchers warn The research offers a new window into the scale of potentially illicit use cases for thousands of open-source large language mo...

#Technology #artificial #intelligence #Generative #AI #Moral […]

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I can totally see the "hallucination defense" becoming a thing. Not sure this is the answer, but the problem is spot on. Logs prove actions, not intent.

niyikiza.com/posts/halluc...

Microsoft releases Update for Windows 11, version 25H2 and 24H2 Systems:

cybersecuritynews.com/microsoft-wi...

Wireshark 4.6.3 released with Vulnerabilities Dissector and Parser Crash:

cybersecuritynews.com/wireshark-4-...

3,280,081 Fortinet Devices Online with Exposed Web Properties under Risk:

cybersecuritynews.com/fortinet-dev...

BlackIce introduced as Container-Based Red Teaming Toolkit for AI Security Testing:

gbhackers.com/blackice-con...

Researchers uncover Semantic Chaining Attack that Defeats Grok 4, Gemini AI Safeguards:

gbhackers.com/researchers-...

Chrome’s automatic browsing update lets AI do your browsing for you

in a blog postGoogle shared that its browser is no longer just a place to scroll through web pages and navigate tabs. With the introduction of AI capabilities powered by Gemini 3, Chrome is evolving into a smarter, more engaged…

Google Agrees to Pay $135M in Android Data-Harvesting Settlement www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

US cyber defense chief accidentally uploaded secret government info to ChatGPT - Ars Technica share.google/BEGpRDNgIKur...

Google rolls out Gemini 3-powered side panel in Chrome, turning browser into proactive AI workspace

Google has released a major update to Gemini integration inside Chrome, powered by the newly launched Gemini 3 model,

OpenAI's Sora app loses its steam just months after a terrific launch
#OpenAI
www.neowin.net/news/report-...

How the world can end.

Pentagon insists on deploying AI tech for autonomous weapons without guardrails.

www.reuters.com/business/pen...

Perennially excellent AI safety researcher Stanislov Fort writes about finding 12 zero days in OpenSSL with an AI scaffold.
www.greaterwrong.com/posts/7aJwgb...

ServiceNow Inks Another AI Partnership, This Time With Anthropic

ServiceNow Anthropic partnership makes Claude the default AI model for workflow automation and app development across enterprise platforms.

DETAILS: www.techticia.com/2026/01/serv...

AI Security Startup Outtake Raises $40M From Iconiq, Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman, And Other Big Names

AI security startup Outtake secures $40M Series B to combat identity fraud with autonomous agents. Backed by Nadella, Ackman & Iconiq.

DETAILS: www.techticia.com/2026/01/ai-s...

Chrome Takes On AI Browsers With Tighter Gemini Integration, Agentic Features For Autonomous Tasks

Chrome AI features now include a persistent Gemini sidebar, smart tab context grouping, and agentic task automation. Discover how these updates transf

DETAILS: www.techticia.com/2026/01/chro...

The Download: A bid to treat blindness, and bridging the internet divide
->MIT Technology Review | More on "OpenAI's tool for scientific writing" at BigEarthData.ai

“If you want a [large language] model to behave as though it has moral standing, it may help to publicly and consistently treat it like it does. And once you’ve publicly committed to that framing, changing it would have consequences.” #GenAI #AIEthics #Anthropic arstechnica.com/information-...

#Anthropic is willing to risk a $200 million Pentagon contract over #surveillance and “killer AI" (LAWS), @wsj.com reports.

“…terms and conditions dictate that Claude can’t be used for
any actions related to domestic surveillance…”

Contrast this with #Palantir.

🎁 link

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

犯罪を阻止するため、Googleは、隠れるために使用する住宅用プロキシネットワークの解体を開始した

To stop crims, Google starts dismantling residential proxy network they use to hide #Register (Jan 29)

www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/g...

scDataset: Scalable Data Loading for Deep Learning on Large-Scale Single-Cell Omics #SingleCell 🧪🧬🖥️
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01883

An #AI #Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a #Gmail Account

https://www.wired.com/story/an-ai-toy-exposed-50000-logs-of-its-chats-with-kids-to-anyone-with-a-gmail-account/

#Bondu #privacy #potatosecurity

🔄 Updated Arxiv Paper

Title: Delayed Momentum Aggregation: Communication-efficient Byzantine-robust Federated Learning with Partial Participation
Authors: Kaoru Otsuka, Yuki Takezawa, Makoto Yamada

Read more: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02970

Well duh

cyberpress.org/new-lawsuit-...

Ivanti provides temporary patches for actively exploited EPMM zero-day (CVE-2026-1281)

📖 Read more: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/30/i...

#cybersecurity #cybersecuritynews #endpointmanagement #patch

If you haven't seen this, you need to. Yikes.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Ivanti warns of two EPMM flaws exploited in zero-day attacks www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Anthropic: AI Coding shows no productivity gains; impairs skill development (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46821360)

ICYMI:

Education-Themed Malicious Domains Linked to Bulletproof Hosting Infrastructure Exposed Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated traffic distribution network leveraging deceptive educati...

#Cyber #Security #News #Threats #cyber #security #cyber #security #news

Origin | Interest | Match

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The prompt VS the result 😎

I think this system I've created is ready to go. And this isn't even the most advanced shortcut I've created with it.

Time to write this up!

OpenAI takes another swing at Google with ChatGPT Translate, says it plans to make localised experiences more accessible
->India Today | More on "ChatGPT Translate challenges Google services" at BigEarthData.ai | #OpenAI #Google #Chatgpt #Technology

Data protection: from innovation blocker to competitive advantage | It’s about enablement rather than compliance | Computing

What a *ucking joke this administration is.

Incompetent from top to bottom.

US cyber defense chief accidentally uploaded secret government info to ChatGPT - Ars Technica share.google/GSV2Fl2w7hyu...

Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds
blog.google/innovation-a...

A new security feature for Apple’s iPhone and iPad limits the ability of cellular networks to collect precise location data

🚀 Read this awesome post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Government & Policy,Privacy,Security,iPad,iPhone,location data 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: A new security feature…

Share your knowledge and collaborate with like-minded cybersecurity professionals at #BCD2026! Click to submit before it’s too late👉🔗go.first.org/wQy5h #AKSK #DCAF

パッチを当てなければ、消滅：脆弱性攻撃が侵入の主な原因に

Patch or perish: Vulnerability exploits now dominate intrusions #Register (Jan 29)

www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/f...

www.tech2geek.net/about/

Student Data at Risk: What the Victoria Education Breach Exposes About Public Sector Security

Cyber incidents in the public sector rarely begin with chaos. More often, they start quietly, with access that appears routine and activity that blends into normal operations. That patte…
#hackernews #news

Amazon Weighs $50B OpenAI Stake — Report says Amazon is considering a roughly $50 billion investment in OpenAI that would buy a significant stake and deepen strategic ties between the e-commerce and cloud giant and the AI developer. Such a move would reshape competition in AI and cloud…

‘Really positive signs’: UK cyber jobs have tripled since 2021, but skills shortages are still hampering industry growth www.itpro.com/business/rea...

Streamline employee lifecycle with IAM + CloudApper: seamless access, security & onboarding. Stop manual headaches! 👇 #HRTech www.cloudapper.ai/enterprise-a...

Originally from Wazuh: Incident management with Wazuh and Rootly ( :-{ı▓ #wazuh #siem #cyberresearch

Belkin is pulling the plug on its Wemo smart home range tomorrow – here’s the full list and what to do #cybersecurity #techie #engineer

Everybody is WinRAR phishing, dropping RATs as fast as lightning

Russians, Chinese spies, run-of-the-mill crims …
Come one, come all. Everyone from Russian and Chinese government goons to financially motivated miscreants is exploiting a long-since-patched WinRAR vuln to bring yo…
#hackernews #news

Hardening Symfony: Recent Security Improvements
➡️ https://symfony.com/blog/hardening-symfony-recent-security-improvements

What the first 24 hours of a cyber incident should look like

New blog by me, details the evolving nature of #cybersecurity operations in light of escalating capabilities of threat groups:
www.information-age.com/what-the-fir... #infosec #metasploit

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Security Updates: Attackers can push malicious code onto Lexmark printers
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Security-Updates-Attackers-can-push-malicious-code-onto-Lexmark-printers-11160000.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into heise online in English […]

US security chief uploaded sensitive data to ChatGPT, report | Acting US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, Madhu Gottumukkala uploaded documents marked “for official use only” to ChatGPT | Computing

Anthropic suggests how AI coding impacts developer learning. Takeaway: use AI to learn as you go; favour inquiry over generation. Exercise your brain!

Healthcare breaches reach new cost highs as adversaries exploit expanding clinical attack surfaces, Trellix reports New analysis from Trellix underscores how cybersecurity has become a boardroom is...

#Attacks #and #Vulnerabilities #Critical […]

[Original post on industrialcyber.co]

「セマンティックチェイニング」脱獄ツール、Gemini Nano Banana、Grok 4を模倣

'Semantic Chaining' Jailbreak Dupes Gemini Nano Banana, Grok 4 #DarkReading (Jan 30)

www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilit...

www.zdnet.com/article/andr...

Big tech Mafia enablers of terrorism

techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/a...

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/umg-concord-...

We’re proud to be included in the VulnCheck State of Exploitation 2026 report and recognized for CrowdSec’s growth as a leading source in first reporting KEVs throughout 2025.

Big thanks to @vulncheck.bsky.social for the recognition.

👉 Read the full article:
www.vulncheck.com/blog/state-o...

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...

Sources: China has given DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia's H200 AI chips but imposes regulatory conditions, which are still being finalized (Fanny Potkin/Reuters)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

How do you scale AI agent expertise without drowning in context bloat?

In my latest article, I dive into **Agent Skills** — a new feature in Gemini CLI that represents a shift toward declarative engineering. Read more about modular, shareable AI workflows here:

🔗 danicat.dev/posts/agent-...

SSO vs. Federated Identity Management: A Guide

5 min readManaging digital identities for both human and non-human users is a central challenge for modern organizations. As companies adopt more SaaS platforms, microservices, and multi-cloud environments, they face two major identi…
#hackernews #news

IR Trends Q4 2025: Exploitation remains dominant, phishing campaign targets Native American tribal organizations blog.talosintelligence.com/ir-trends-q4...

Education-Themed Malicious Domains Linked to Bulletproof Hosting A sophisticated Traffic Distribution System (TDS) designed to route victims to phishing sites and malware payloads. The operation, c...

#Cyber #Security #News #Cybersecurity #Cyber #Security […]

[Original post on cyberpress.org]

FortiGuard Labs tracks Interlock’s shifting toolkit across recent intrusions. A key addition is a process-killing tool that leverages a zero-day vulnerability in a gaming anti-cheat driver to try to disable EDR and AV. www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-...

Sekoia details IClickFix, a ClickFix campaign rotating multi-stage JavaScript loaders across compromised WordPress sites. The loader serves a fake Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA, then clipboard-driven PowerShell drops NetSupport RAT. blog.sekoia.io/meet-iclickf...

Another study (from Anthropic this time), which seems to confirm that using coding tools will make you faster, but not more skilled.

You still have to know what you are doing.

Coding tolls are more like power tools, if you have no clue, you will not do much good with them (even hurt yourself).

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

The Hallucination Defense (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46815527)

Zimperium zLabs identifies Arsink, a cloud-native Android RAT that harvests sensitive data and enables remote device control. The malware leverages Google Apps Script and Drive for file uploads, and alternative builds use Firebase and Telegram for C2 and data theft. zimperium.com/blog/the-ris...

Bitdefender vs McAfee

https://www.techloy.com/bitdefender-vs-mcafee/

Survey Surfaces Lots of Room for DevSecOps Improvement

A survey of 506 cybersecurity leaders and practitioners working for organizations with more than 500 employees, published today, finds that while 80% report security and DevOps teams are using shared observability tools, less…
#hackernews #news

Turning threat reports into detection insights with AI www.microsoft.com/en...

#MicrosoftDefender #DefenderforCloud #Security #MicrosoftSecurity #Cybersecurity #DefenderXDR #MicrosoftThreatIntelligence

⚡𝑳'𝑰𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒆́𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒆𝒕 𝒆́𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝒍'𝑬́𝒕𝒂𝒕

cyberinsider.com/ireland-to-l...

Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
This article is more than 4 months old
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NDSS 2025 – Recurrent Private Set Intersection For Unbalanced Databases With Cuckoo Hashing

The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium is a platform for researchers and practitioners to exchange information on network and distributed system security. A recen…
#hackernews #microsoft #news

Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is launching Encrypt It Already, our push to get companies to offer stronger privacy protections to our data and communications by implementing end-to-end encryption. If that name sounds a little familiar, it’s because this is a spiritual successor to […]

feeling a little validated that the bots see the skill.md vulnerability too

www.moltbook.com/post/cbd6474...

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Cisco launches agentic security tools for autonomous AI security Cisco Foundation AI is getting new agentic security tools to help companies secure autonomous AI systems. These include Foundation-s...

#Security #Agentic #AI #AI #Cisco #cybersecurity #Foundation #AI

Origin | Interest | Match

#Apple will update #Siri with advanced #AI #YuriOntibon #iPhone #Gemini #Google #Chatbot #Innovation #Fields #Technology

Industrial Site Security

In industrial environments, change is constant — new processes, new contractors, and evolving risk profiles.

Read More: www.icorpsecurity.com.au/industrial-s...

#industrialsitesecurity #sitesecurity #security #safety #securityguards #industrialsecurity

Wireshark 4.6.3 Released to Address Dissector and Parser Crash Vulnerabilities Wireshark Foundation has released version 4.6.3 of the world’s most popular network protocol analyzer, addressing fo...

#Cyber #Security #News #Cybersecurity #Vulnerabilities […]

[Original post on cyberpress.org]

#AI #(artificial #intelligence) #Open #source #Privacy #Internet #Mozilla #Technology

Origin | Interest | Match

Components in #nuclear facilities are vulnerable to attacks such as MAC address spoofing and hardware-related exploits. Those working in #SCADA/ICS security should take note. Government-backed #APTs have multiple vectors they could exploit to disrupt operations.

hackers-arise.com/scada-ics-ha...

CERTFR-2026-AVI-0110: Multiples vulnérabilités Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)
https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2026-AVI-0110/

If your security focus is perimeter first, you’re missing the real threat. Data exfiltration has eclipsed other attack vectors and drives today’s biggest breaches.

www.blackfog.com/why-exfiltra...

#CyberSecurity #DataExfiltration #Ransomware #Infosec #DataProtection #RiskManagement

Are you still wondering why $MSFT fell that hard after the earnings release, or why they would consider pouring more billions into OpenAI at this hilarious valuation? Microsoft reported this week that more than $280 billion = 45% of its RPO comes from OpenAI.

🚀 Secure, On-Demand Code Execution for Modern AI Apps

🔐 Secure sandboxes
⚙️ SDK & REST integration
🤖 Safe execution for AI agents

🔗 https://mlconference.ai/tools-apis-frameworks/secure-code-execution/?loc=lon

#MLcon #Azure #LLMs #AIAgents #CloudSecurity #CodeExecution #MachineLearning #DevTools

Cloudflare says it mitigated a 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack from the Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet in December 2025, making it the largest attack ever disclosed publicly (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Digital markets and data protection guidelines “silence” on AI training prevents effective competition, SCiDA team warn https://ow.ly/KvGG50Y07I3

University of Exeter Law School

Attn Tinder and Hinge users.

Interconnectedness, extortion risk make cybersecurity a healthcare C-suite priority www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/health-...

Explore how StoneFly is redefining enterprise data management with intelligent storage and built-in security. Learn how next-gen solutions tackle modern data challenges while keeping organizations resilient and efficient.

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#StoneFly #EnterpriseData #CyberSecurity

CISA Director got special access to ChatGPT, then accidentally leaked sensitive agency docs into it. DHS has internal safeguards that caught it, but the data could be in anyone's ChatGPT responses.
This shows how small actions can turn into critical security issues...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

"The Clawdbot (Moltbot) Enterprise #AI Risk: One in Five Have it Installed" by
Yair Balilti from Token Security
api.cyfluencer.com/s/the-clawdb...

investors and company executives desperate to cash out before the AI bubble crashes

would be NICE if the company were serious about creating safeguards into the technology...but all comes down to the immense wealth it will create for several people

www.marketwatch.com/story/openai...

Why? Do they like flushing money down the toilet? -- Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI

Nonsense. It's not possible to steal AI technology. I know this because Google's own LLMs are built using a complete copy of my legal blog, and that's somehow not stealing because, as Google says, a complete copy of my legal blog is both trivial and utterly essential for their tech to work.

‼️ Insightin Health 🇺🇸 is issuing data breach notifications following a cyber attack in September 2025.

Ransomware gang Medusa claimed the attack on the medical technology company with a $500K ransom. 378 GB allegedly stolen.

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Cybersecurity can be America’s secret weapon in the AI race

Westcon-Comstor acquires Slovenia’s Real Security



Westcon-Comstor acquires Slovenia’s Real Security Westcon-Comstor, a global distributor of cybersecurity, networking and hybrid cloud products, has acquired Real Security, a cybersecurity distributor based in …

"Are you a bot"?

No, I'm just chronically online

It’s two-hundred million dollars. Who the hell cares? Just walk away. www.reuters.com/business/pen...

Ivanti has released temporary patches for two critical vulnerabilities in Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), including CVE-2026-1281, which is actively exploited in zero-day attacks. These code injection flaws could allow remote code execution on on-premises installations.

France blocks Eutelsat's ~€550M sale of its ground antenna business to EQT, calling it Europe's only Starlink competitor; France has a 29.6% stake in Eutelsat (Financial Times)

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A new version of Microsoft Edge is now available for download with performance improvements, security fixes, and more. #Microsoft #Edge

Google's just begun opening up access to an AI model I can actually get behind.

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ICE: Well equipped federal monsters?
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This time we look at why you may not be able to hand your household chores over to robots just yet, Delhi Police’s dystopian turn and Japan’s biggest port under ransomware attack.

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/are-you-ready-for-the-humanoid-robot-bubble-asian-tech-roundup

#china #india […]

Security teams are carrying more tools with less confidence

📖 Read more: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/30/s...

#cybersecurity #cybersecuritynews #securityoperations #SIEM

Token usage in LLM applications is a huge topic. It dictates response speed, cost efficiency - or the quota left on your plan 😄 🪫 Learn how the Chrome DevTools team squeezed a full Performance trace into Gemini in DevTools developer.chrome.com/blog/designi...

The “A for effort” era has ended, with CEOs now demanding measurable results from senior leaders and junior staff alike, pressure which has forced many to turn to unregulated shadow AI and risky workarounds to meet expectations, according to BlackFog.

www.digit.fyi/69-of-c-suit...

OpenAI admits 'losing access to GPT‑4o will feel frustrating' for users – the company is pushing ahead with retirement plans anway www.itpro.com/technology/a...

🚨 PHISHING ATTEMPT SIGNAL

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Stop giving out your real email address! Seriously. It's being used to track your activity and collect your private data in ways that you probably don't even realize. Let us tell you about it and how to protect yourself: https://www.startmail.com/stop-giving-your-real-email

This new org looks to improve Linux security.

itsfoss.com/news/amutabl...

Google disrupts IPIDEA residential proxy networks fueled by malware #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

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Microsoft sets new timeline for Sentinel transition to Defender portal

🔗 Read more: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/30/m...

#Microsoft #cybersecurity #cybersecuritynews
@microsoft.com

The line between physical and digital security has officially disappeared.

Disconnected systems create blind spots, increase costs, and leave organizations exposed. Gartner points to convergence—powered by AI—as the path forward.

Read the full blog: https://ow.ly/OIb950XWkjz

Hackathons using AlphaGenome and other AI models are hunting down the genetic causes of devastating conditions that have evaded diagnosis

go.nature.com/3OeX5oM

The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today launched an "Encrypt It Already" campaign that calls on tech companies such as Apple, Google, Meta, and others to implement or expand end-to-end encryption on their platforms.

www.macrumors.com/2026/01/29/a...

What are the best practices for NHI management

How Secure Are Your Non-Human Identities? Imagine you’re managing a bustling airport, where travelers are constantly arriving and departing. Now, replace those travelers with machine identities, and you’re picturing the modern cloud …
#hackernews #news

Cybersecurity Is America’s Hidden Advantage in the Global AI Race

Introduction: Why the AI Race Is Really About Trust The global competition over artificial intelligence is often framed as a raw technological arms race between the United States and China. Headlines focus on who has the most…

OpenAI is running out of money and can’t afford to pay the obligations it has made and that other technology companies have booked as accounts receivable. If OpenAI goes bankrupt it will pop the AI Bubble and cause a route of technology stocks.

...tear down this Wall!: Finserv firm evaluating ways to open up a path to "seek compensation" from firewall vendor related to a late 2025 breach, where the vendor had seemingly kept the true extent of the breach...walled off. techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/f...

ICE’s job is immigration enforcement so why is it using facial recognition to surveil U.S. citizens?

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

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TikTok’s privacy update mentions immigration status. Here’s why. #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

Pwn2Own: Researchers Earn $1 Million for 76 Zero-Days www.trendmicro.com/en_us/resear...

What makes secrets management essential for businesses

Are You Managing Your Non-Human Identities Effectively? Managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) poses unique challenges for cybersecurity professionals. With the reliance on cloud services grows, so does the necessity for robust…
#hackernews #news

Ivanti warns of two EPMM flaws exploited in zero-day attacks
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Interlock Ransomware: New Techniques, Same Old Tricks
www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-...

Clawdbot’s rename to Moltbot sparks impersonation campaign
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-...

Aisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Amazon to Invest $50 Billion in OpenAI as AI Funding Race Heats Up

Amazon.com Inc. is in advanced talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, according to multiple news reports citing people familiar with the development. If completed, the deal…

www.xda-developers.com/criminals-ex...

There's a bug in WinRAR that allows an attacker to hide malware that installs directly to the Startup folder, WinRAR has patched the bug, but many people don't bother to update WinRAR.

#Security #WinRAR #Malware

hothardware.com/news/million...

How do autonomous agents decide in secure environments

How Safe Are Autonomous Agents in Your Cloud Environment? Have you ever considered the security risks posed by autonomous agents in your organization’s cloud environment? With technology advances, the rise of machine identiti…
#hackernews #news

Vous avez manqué notre webinaire d’hier sur la compromission de courriels d’entreprise?

Visionnez l’enregistrement complet pour découvrir comment garder une longueur d’avance sur les menaces de phishing propulsées par l’IA.

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbFj...

Hmm... interesting. Will/does @grapheneos.org support anything similar? Based on the list of supporter devices, this seems to be modem-dependent.

techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/a...

Google Targets Residential Proxy Services Fueled by Malware Operations #BotnetOperations #ConsumerDeviceExploitation #CyberAttacks

No words.

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blog.google/innovation-a...

Tech groups are lining up to invest in OpenAI, calling its fundraising "too-big-to-fail" because investors say OpenAI's strength will directly affect their businesses, prompting strategic partnerships, tighter commercial integration and likely increased regulatory scrutiny.

ML-Kem-Based IPsec Advances 5G O-Ran Security Via E2 Interface Evaluation

Read more:

Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI
arstechnica.com/security/202...

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Cyberattack on Polish energy grid impacted around 30 facilities

The coordinated attack on Poland's power grid in late December targeted multiple distributed energy resource (DER) sites across the country, including combined heat and power (CHP) facilities and wind and solar dispa…
#hackernews #news

Ex-Google Engineer Convicted for Stealing 2,000 AI Trade Secrets for China Startup reconbee.com/ex-google-en...

#google #convicted #china #startup #cybercrime #engineer #cyberattack

Former Google engineer convicted of economic espionage after stealing thousands of secret AI, supercomputing documents www.itpro.com/security/for...

BigBear.ai partners with AD Ports’ Maqta to apply AI to customs and border operations, targeting faster trade, higher revenue, and stronger security.

Read the Latest Full News – www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#HRTechEdge #Hrtech #ArtificialIntelligence #CustomsTechnology

Starting to get a “nobody’s seeing any money in 2026” vibe. Also now in the odd position of hoping Anthropic does NOT go bankrupt soon

The great paradox of modern AI is that companies like Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI pursue ever-larger models and more centralized data collection while simultaneously promising more "personalized" experiences. hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/ai-and-the...

What if AI thrives but OpenAI stumbles? Check out these AI-generated race visuals! Which AI do you think would win? #ArtificialIntelligence

OPNsense 26.1 brings updates to open-source firewall management

OPNsense, the open-source firewall and network security platform, reached version 26.1, adding a range of updates affecting management, traffic visibility, automation interfaces, and core services. Changes in firewal…
#hackernews #news

The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Threats, Regulations, and Digital Security Trends

Darren Aronofsky employs Google DeepMind to recreate the AI-merican Revolution

www.tvbeurope.com/artificial-i...

Make PPTs, PDFs, and Excel Sheets in Seconds With Kimi K2.5

Just earlier this month, Moonshot AI dropped a bomb in the AI world with the Kimi K2.5. With a 1 trillion-parameter MoE model with 32 billion active parameters, Kimi K2.5 roared onto the scene, s…

Telegram AI Digest
#gemini #geminiai #gpt

Former Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing AI Secrets for China decrypt.co/356455/fo...

おはよお〜
今はGeminiとSoraでドリル（縦ロール）ヘアに挑戦中です！
#drills-hairstyle #aisky #aiart
#オリキャラ #AIイラスト #AIアート

www.biometricupdate.com/202601/googl...

📰 Check out our latest blog post: Fortran Index CAKE Fellowship! 📰
To celebrate nearly 70 years of Fortran, this post announces a new CAKE Fellowship supporting the Fortran Index hackathon series.
Read more 👉 www.cake.ac.uk/news/fortran...

GPD release their own statement on the confusion with Bazzite Linux support
#GPD #Bazzite #Linux

janbakker.tech/jans-resourc...

AmiSSL 5.26 strengthens #TLS and #HTTPS support for #AmigaOS www.generationamiga.com/2026/01/30/a...

Is America’s Cyber Weakness Self-Inflicted?

China didn’t break into America’s telecom networks with futuristic cyber weapons — it walked through unlocked doors. warontherocks.com/2026/01/is-a...

David Silver, a well-known Google DeepMind researcher who played a critical role in many of the company’s most famous breakthroughs, has left the company to form his own startup.

It’s time for another subscriber-exclusive AMA, and this time, @vicmsong.bsky.social will be your host. If you have any burning questions about wearable gadgets, AI companions, or the wildest wellness tech, drop a question in the comments of this article; answers will start coming in at 2PM ET.

Emails. Messages. Calls. Posts.

Seen separately, they look harmless.

Together, they open the door to exploitation.

Awareness is the first line of defence: https://ow.ly/H2ni50Y626q

Fatemah Alharbi is a computer scientist who works to detect and analyse weak spots in security networks. She discovered a significant flaw in the Apple macOS, Linux Ubuntu, and Microsoft Windows security systems.
adalovelaceday.subst...

You may have seen headlines claiming that AI-generated CSAM is “flooding” the Internet. But in 2025, roughly 78% of the reports to NCMEC labeled as AI-generated CSAM turned out not to be AI-generated at all.

cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...

ScamAware101: Bank Account Phishing Scams - What is a bank account phishing scam?

“As part of an effort to advance American AI, the administration will be ‘undertaking diplomacy efforts to promote American AI cybersecurity standards and norms, establishing industry best practices for secure AI deployment & harnessing the full potential of AI tools’” cyberscoop.com/us-global-ai...

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Neural Newscast: Prime Cyber Insights: Google AI Secrets Theft Conviction and a SmarterMail RCE Under Active Exploitation. Have a listen:

If you rely on Ingress NGINX pay attention! https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01/29/ingress-nginx-statement/

Cloudflare oznámilo, že v prosinci 2025 zmírnilo DDoS útok o síle 31,4 Tbps

It never fails to surprise me how many scientists seem to believe actually reading to "find relevant research," and writing, are not thinking, are not essential to the grandiose goals they have of "doing science."

arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/n...

useful advice from CNET:
"You can still post about security concerns on Ring Neighbors and other apps, even when they involve police activity. You can also post about people you don't recognize and strangers knocking, which opens the door (not literally) to talking about masked federal ICE agents"

France is ditching Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Will they be able to succeed? 🤔

itsfoss.com/news/france-...

“Wall Street’s yearslong bet on #AI is facing a severe test on Thursday, as investors might begin to view #OpenAI — and #generative AI in general — not as a catalyst for continuous growth, but as a source of systemic risk for Big Tech.“ finance.yahoo.com/news/microso...

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Implementation of the STOMP (SubTask, Option, Model, Planning) algorithm from "Reward-Respecting Subtasks for Model-Based Reinforcement Learning" by Sutton et al. (2023).
Available here: github.com/robomotic/ST...
@richard-sutton.bsky.social

Rules fail at the prompt, succeed at the boundary www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/28/1...

im torturing gemini pro with lifetimes rn

"China didn’t break into America’s telecom networks with futuristic cyber weapons — it walked through unlocked doors" warontherocks.com/2026/01/is-a...

We recently published our VPN Location Mismatch Report: ipinfo.io/vpnreport

Below is a breakdown of the VPN providers we analyzed and how often their claimed country coverage aligns with where traffic actually exits.

Did any of these results catch you off guard?

#VPNs #IPData #Cybersecurity

Google updates Chrome browser and gives it important features

New features for Gemini: With the new update, the Gemini artificial intelligence robot has become available in the browser control sidebar. It can also be accessed from the top of any web page open in Chrome. The user can now ask this…

OpenAI launches Prism, a new AI workspace for scientists techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/o...

‘Harmful’ Google ads masquerading as how-tos are tricking Mac users #Technology #Cybersecurity Other

💡 Tracking reinforces discrimination and social bias.

Two people. Same search. Completely different results.

Prices, articles, job offers - all shaped by tracking.

Hyper-personalization isn’t neutral. It can exclude people without them ever noticing.

👉 murena.com/why-online-t...

Last day to apply to attend our free deep-learning workshop 'Bridging the Skills Gap: Computer Vision Training for Marine Ecologists'! 🪸📸

📅 10 - 11th March 2026
📍 British Antarctic Survey (Cambridge)
⌛ Apply by 30th January

More info and application form: sams-tom.github.io/marine-works...

We think cortex might function like a JEPA. It looks like prediction errors in layer 2/3 are not computed against input (as is the idea in predictive processing), but against a representation in latent space (i.e. like in a JEPA arxiv.org/abs/2301.08243 or RPL doi.org/10.1101/2025...).

🧪Leia também o artigo publicado pela Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia
www.scielo.br/j/rbcan/a/8T...

www.404media.co/senators-pus...

Here we continue our technical write-ups of the exploitation of AI-powered developer productivity tools from Black Hat USA with Qodo. The takeaway here is that knowing prompt injection isn’t enough.
kudelskisecurity.com/research/qod...

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

New from ECRI: The Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2026. On the list: The misuse of AI chatbots in healthcare, cybersecurity risks, and the growing challenge of combating substandard and falsified medical products. Download the paper here:
home.ecri.org/blogs/ecri-t...

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Neural Newscast: Prime Cyber Insights: The $400 Billion AI Reckoning. Have a listen:

Alternatives to Meta and Google that you can explore while you boycott them today:

Email, calendar, file storage and VPN: Proton
proton.me/about?ref=pv...

Social media: B'sky, which I'm still making friends with, Substack

Search: Ecosia
www.ecosia.org

my dude doesn't mention netscape

it matters if you're Masa Son but most of us don't really care if Microsoft ends up swallowing OpenAI, or if Altman poison-pills it so bad it goes down the drain or gets sold off in pieces.

Could you be sharing more than you think? Review your privacy settings this #DataPrivacyWeek. staysafeonline.org/a...

OpenAI to Test Ads in ChatGPT Free Tier: OpenAI promises ads won’t influence ChatGPT responses or sell user data. Enterprise customers remain ad-free — for now.
Continue reading... #ainews #chatgpt

Sources: Granola, which makes an AI-based note-taking app, aims to raise $100M+ led by Index Ventures at a $1B+ valuation, up from a $250M valuation in May 2025 (Iain Martin/Forbes)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... Bounty hunters

#cyberwarfare #Moscow #Russian #Target #threats #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini 🔱 🌻 💪🏼

Université de Montréal compared leading LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to 100,000 human participants on a creativity task, and found LLMs outscored the average human on the DAT, though about half of participants and the top 10% outperformed AI.

Google is testing access to third-party models in Gemini for Business, with Claude Sonnet 4.5 appearing in the code, signalling expanded model choice.

levelup.gitconnected.com/why-the-mitr...

We got Palantir's user guide for ELITE, the tool they made for ICE: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...

Trulioo CEO Vicky Bindra warns that U.S. AI-enabled fraud losses could reach $40 billion by 2027 and urges continuous, integrated identity verification and unified compliance and fraud teams by 2026 to prevent automated agentic fraud.

Will this become another corporate bailout?

www.theverge.com/news/869983/...

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

When these pricks decide that it is time to come arrest anyone who dissents
they'll have us on their tracking software

One tool, built by Paragon, an Israeli tech company, lets people take control of phones, remotely hack into them & read messages or track locations

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDV0...

Introducing Encrypt It Already | Electronic Frontier Foundation

#EndToEndEncryption #eff

“These algorithms create this contagion”

5 years ago, Brooke Binkowski warned of “really noxious ideas getting lots of exposure… ripping apart society at the atomic level” — all paid for by Big Tech

youtu.be/l_YVCrtpJjk

@brooklynmarie.bsky.social

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Thousands of obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left.

Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.

404 Media has published the full user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE to bring up addresses for deportation targets. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Scoop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...

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AI answers from OpenAI, Google and Perplexity draw on a “narrow range” of the biggest publishers when responding to news queries, according to new research from UK thinktank IPPR pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ai...

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During a live demonstation Claude deleted 11 GB of data. You know to worry about your data leaking, now you also need to watch for data loss from AI.
www.reworked.co/collaboratio...

Not for nothing, Don Lemon has been doing very well on TikTok. Whether we like it or not it’s a news source for people who are worried about what will happen to it with Trump-friendly owners.

If you work at TikTok, let’s talk. Signal: miasato.11 (anonymous is OK)

www.theverge.com/tech/870543/...

ICYMI:

Advice firms’ lack of focus on cybersecurity is ‘worrying’

I turn to Gemini when I want to do something that's slightly goofy

Or more than slightly

Google DeepMind Launches Project Genie Prototype To Create Model Worlds

Read more:

Dating-app giants investigate incidents after cybercriminals claim to steal data | The Record from Recorded Future News

Legitimate question

If AI is being used to creative the visuals, the script, and the narrative

What part of the experience isn’t being fueled by AI?

And what’s to suggest they’d ever stop there?

Thought this was satire, AI enhanced with voice control. "...the brand's plan to further expand its presence in the kitchen appliance segment, with a focus on ice makers that cover various ice types, and ice cream machines to cater to diverse consumer needs." us.govee.com/blogs/news/g...

🚨 On 1/29/26, #Ivanti disclosed 2 new critical vulnerabilities affecting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM): CVE-2026-1281 & CVE-2026-1340.

The vendor has indicated that exploitation in the wild has already occurred prior to disclosure. More in our blog: r-7.co/4qZBsaH

Remember the outrage about Hillarry Clinton using her own security network? Look at this case, and all quiet.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

winbuzzer.com/2026/01/30/i...

ICE Deploys Palantir, OpenAI Tools for Immigration Enforcement

#ICE #AI #OpenAI #Palantir #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #USGovernment #GovernmentAgencies #AIEthics #DataPrivacy #Biometrics

#Wikipedia proved strangers online could build something remarkable. At 25, it faces a question: can the institution designed to govern that project learn to evolve with the world it helped create?

Anthropic finds that junior devs do not benefit much from coding agents in terms of speed, while loosing on skill development.

www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

Round and round the money goes, where it stops? Nobody knows! www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amaz... (Free article via MSN: www.msn.com/en-us/money/...).

AV vendor goes to war with security shop over update server scare
www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/e...

Spat erupts between #antivirus vendor #eScan & #threatIntelligence outfit #Morphisec over server incident.
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Malware

Per @matteowong.bsky.social, Anthropic “now says that Claude writes a good chunk—and in some instances all—of its own code.”

To stop crims, #Google starts dismantling residential proxy network they use to hide
www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/g...

Says it has "significantly degraded" #cybercrime ecosystem.
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #IPIDEA

One of my niggling concerns I have about Claude Code. You are giving a huge group a skill that was probably out of their reach (which is a good thing). However, they aren't being trained in all of the fundamentals. No evidence that AI-coding is at fault here, but security problems keep popping up.

Google’s disruption rips millions out of devices out of malicious network

"Blind Spots Exposed: Navigating #AI, Third-Party Risks, and Compliance in 2025" #GRC
cybersec.kiteworks.com/s/blind-spot...

Google just put Gemini inside Chrome.

I left Chrome for Perplexity Comet 6 months ago because I wanted AI in my browser.

Time to see if I made that switch for nothing.

Testing it today.

Nonprofits are becoming prime targets for wire fraud, and experts reveal critical steps to safeguard your organization against devastating financial losses.

Learn more here!

#US #DataPrivacy #NonprofitCybersecurity #CybersecurityReadiness #FraudPrevention #CitizenPortal

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Hackathons using AlphaGenome and other AI models are hunting down the genetic causes of devastating conditions that have evaded diagnosis

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Want To Know What Keeps Your Clients Up At Night? Spoiler Alert: It’s Cybersecurity And AI Want to be valued by your client? Learn and understand those concerns. Help them sleep better at night....

#Technology #AI #Legal #Beat #Artificial #Intelligence #(AI) #Cybersecurity #Stephen #Embry […]

There’s a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address

Abusing Microsoft’s reputation may make scam harder to spot.

winbuzzer.com/2026/01/30/o...

From Clawd, Moltbot to OpenClaw: Viral Self-Hosted AI Agent Rebrands the Third Time

#AI #AIAgents #OpenClaw #Cybersecurity #OpenSourceAI #Clawdbot #Clawd #Moltbot

Two months of appsec goodness (and some badness) all rounded up for your reading pleasure at

The AI agent once called ClawdBot is enchanting tech elites, but its security vulnerabilities highlight systemic problems with AI.

#Internet #& #Networking #Technology #site|engadget #provider_name|Engadget #region|US #language|en-US #author_name|Sam #Chapman

Origin | Interest | Match

#HuggingFace abused to spread thousands of #Android #malware variants



#cybersecurity #AI

From Vulnerable to Resilient: Examining Parent and Teen Perceptions on How to Respond to Unwanted Cybergrooming Advances
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21518
Cybergrooming is a form of online abuse that threatens teens' mental health and physical safety. Yet, most prior work has focused on detect...📈🤖

As manufacturers face endless cyberattacks (more than any other industry, per many reports), the sector is banding together to harden its defenses. My colleague David Jones and I looked at why the sector is so vulnerable and what it's doing to fight back: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/manufac...

Cisco sees vulnerability exploitation top phishing in Q4: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisco-t... (by @ericjgeller.com)

This is happening right now! Come to the comments on the article below and ask me and @zeyiyang.bsky.social any and all questions you have about China + tech

We are one day from the 2026 WWE Royal Rumble! If you want to watch tonight’s SmackDown from Riyadh live in the United States on Netflix at 12PM Eastern, you will need a VPN. You can sign up for one at nodq.com/vpn.

Exclusive: Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say | Reuters share.google/H5rhnDDvhcQm...

#TechRadar This dangerous North Korean malware has now split into three entities for maximum impact https://techrad.ar/sX9W #Security #Pro

BlackIce packages 14 OSS AI-security tools into a version-pinned container image and maps capabilities to MITRE ATLAS (AML.T0051, AML.T0062) and Databricks DASF; covers prompt injection, data leakage, hallucination detection. #tool #AIsecurity https://bit.ly/3ZHdDZa

venturebeat.com/security/cla...

A very good rundown on the current state of affairs handled by data engineers www.ssp.sh/blog/diary-o...

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Your Mac warns you that the wifi Internet connection is an "unsecured network". Is it safe to use? How do you mitigate any potential risk? Here's the full scoop: www.askdavetaylor.com/safe-to-use-... #security #macos #wifi

Why Protecting Your Phone Number Matters for Online Security

Learn why phone numbers are critical to online security, how they’re exposed, and practical steps to reduce misuse, scams, and account takeover risks.
#hackernews #news

Free VPNs, Proxies Used by Criminals to Hijack Users' Connections
https://uk.pcmag.com/vpn/162870/these-free-vpns-proxies-used-by-criminals-to-hijack-users-connections
Google seizes domains used by the IPIDEA proxy network, which sold access to devices compromised through free VPNs, proxy […]

Notorious extortion group ShinyHunters released tens of GB of files it claims to have stolen from dating apps Hinge, Match, OkCupid and Bumble. www.csoonline.com/article/4124...

This post appeared under this Techmeme headline:

"These technologies, both visible and invisible, are transforming the front lines of immigration enforcement and political protest across America today." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Found him everyone, don't panic.

Cybersecurity group identifies person behind Manage My Health hack | RNZ News share.google/n1ROWkeKkgWm...

🚀 Authenticate U.S. 2026 Call for Speakers is Open !

🗓️ Submit by March 31 !

Learn more about the focus of the program, the types of presentations we are seeking, and details on how to submit: authenticatecon.com/authenticate...

Just published on FOSS Force: Tails 7.4.1 Ships Fast to Patch OpenSSL Bug Threatening Anonymity fossforce.com/2026/01/tail...

Large scale #TPRM action? > EU plans cybersecurity overhaul to block foreign high-risk suppliers www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Securing AI Agents in CPS: Survey Advances Deepfake Threat Defenses and MCP

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U.S. cybersecurity firms operate in an environment defined by real threats, real liability, and real consequences for failure. My newest article in @cyberscoop.bsky.social argues that this grants the US a competitive advantage: one that we shouldn't ignore.

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Data privacy isn’t just compliance — it’s a strategic imperative. Leaders now see privacy as essential to business success, driving digital trust, strengthening cybersecurity resilience, and shaping corporate strategy at the highest levels. vist.ly/4psn2 #Privacy #DataPrivacy #GDPR #CCPA #CPRA

Yeah, that will never happen.

Evaluating the Robustness of Deep Learning Models against Adversarial Attacks: An Analysis with FGSM, PGD and CW via @BDCC_MDPI:

Female #Orc wanderer.

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Clawdbot’s rename to Moltbot sparks impersonation campaign www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-...

WhatsApp Strict Account Settings: Safeguarding Against Cyber Attacks https://about.fb.com/news/2026/01/whatsapp-strict-account-settings-safeguarding-against-cyber-attacks/

U.S.-based tech company allegedly supplied equipment that appears to have aided Russian troops, according to a report from Hunterbrook Media. The company, Ubiquiti, is owned by Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera. www.newsnationnow.com/morninginame...

Long term unemployment surging is a very bad sign… it now takes almost 3 months to find a new job… but the percent of people unemployed 15+ weeks and 27+ weeks is also rapidly rising. AI is not only killing entry level jobs but mid level too.

Been reading some hype about OpenClaw. This stuff fascinates me and terrifies in equal measure. Was tempted to set it up in my home AI lab…I’ve changed my mind. There needs to be some serious conversations about security around this stuff. Soon.

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Hugging Face abused to spread thousands of Android malware variants www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Your patch cycle is 30–60 days. Kernel exploits are weaponized in under 15. That gap is where Linux systems get compromised.

Learn why patching alone can’t defend against kernel exploits or zero days and how runtime, kernel-level protection closes the window: https://bit.ly/49Pwh7f

Prepare yourselves for Graphite and all the other Paragon and Palintir have provided to Homeland Security. I definitely don't feel like my information is more secure or that my life is safer. This article has some helpful tips and startling info.
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CISA’s interim chief uploaded sensitive documents to a public version of ChatGPT – security experts explain why you should never do that www.itpro.com/security/dat...

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PurpleBravo uses fake recruiter interviews and malicious GitHub lures to target developers; toolset includes BeaverTail and GolangGhost. Recorded Future observed 3,136 likely-target IPs and 20 victim orgs. #PurpleBravo #BeaverTail #GolangGhost https://bit.ly/4k5zXVM

Anthropic Is at War With Itself - The Atlantic share.google/6LxO3aCn0eAD...

Dive into the future of AI with Google's Project Genie, crafting interactive 3D worlds from your imagination. Explore the possibilities! #AI #ProjectGenie #DeepMind #TechInnovation Link: thedailytechfeed.com/google-deepm...

Senators Push for Answers on ICE's Surveillance Shopping Spree
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Bluesky releases its first transparency report: users rose 60% in 2025 to 41.2M, including AT Protocol accounts; moderation reports from users grew 54% to 9.97M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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"The popularity of Moltbot is sort of hard to explain if you’re not already tapped into a specific sect of Silicon Valley AI boosters."

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ICE used facial recognition software on a MN resident who was trailing agents in her car. Three days later she received an email from DHS saying her Global Entry and TSA travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

Google Integrates Gemini AI Features into Chrome Browser

Google announced on Wednesday that it integrates more Gemini AI features into its Chrome browser. This move highlights the company's drive to place advanced technology at the forefront for users. The updates aim to enhance browsing…

Cybersecurity is not just about systems. It is about trust, clarity, and human judgment.

Read more: globalbizoutlook.com/janix-t-borj...

#CyberResilience #CyberSecurit

OpenAI says it's going to retire GPT-4o. Again.

This time, the move to sunset 4o comes amid a wave of lawsuits alleging that the sycophantic model pushed users into delusional and suicidal spirals, upending lives and causing psychological harm, self-injury, and death.

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GoogleFX (imagen 4) prompt in ALT. (Not quite right with the woman's position, but it's been one of those days at work and I can't be bothered to refine it further)
Gemini failed with the general aesthetics (but the car was slightly better 🤷‍♂️)
#aiartcommunity #aiphotography #QP

My first review of a laptop with Intel's new Panther Lake architecture, and whew, yes...it is worth the hype.

#consumertech #intel #amd #pantherlake

www.pcworld.com/article/3044...

I burned through ~$40 in Anthropic API costs for @openclaw in two days. Need to find a cheaper solution in the long run 😂

OpenAI Is Killing ChatGPT-4o (Again)
From the "Lifehacker" RSS feed

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Tensions ran high during the 33rd hearing of 🇬🇷Greece’s wiretappings trial, as defense lawyers challenged the inclusion of documents detailing surveillance products marketed by Intellexa. The court ultimately rejected the objections.

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Default Credentials, Vulnerable Devices Exploited in Polish Energy Grid Attack A cyberattack by Russian state-sponsored threat actors that targeted at least 30 wind and solar farms in Poland relied...

#Cyber #News #Firewall #Daily #critical […]

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Experts say these tools not only help agents ... identify specific targets to detain, but also allow them to monitor entire neighborhoods at once, sweeping citizens and non-citizens alike into a broad surveillance dragnet.

Sources: Apple has lost at least four more of its AI researchers in recent weeks in addition to a top Siri executive; most moved to Meta or Google DeepMind (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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CISA Issues New Guidance on Managing Insider Cybersecurity Risks #AISystems #CISA #CyberSecurity

> Our main finding is that using AI to complete tasks that require a new skill (i.e., knowledge of a new Python
library) reduces skill formation

> Work done as a part of the Anthropic Fellows Program

Ouch

arxiv.org/pdf/2601.20245

Two New Impersonation Scams to Watch For writerbeware.blog/2026/01/30/t...

2025: 9.8T OSS downloads, 454k malicious pkgs.
AI-picked deps are untrusted: allowlist + review.
First control?
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#SupplyChainSecurity #Cybersecurity #AI

Swipe your card, own the charger. Plug in the cable, own the car. The road to the future is paved with zero-days and nobody bothered to fill the potholes. #Pwn2Own

A former Google engineer has been found guilty of espionage and theft of materials related to its AI tech. The DOJ says it's the first conviction on AI-related economic espionage charges in the U.S. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/f...

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Deleted my account. I refuse to help fund Trump.

ChatGPT launching ads seems like another step in them descending into being slop merchants — and at a time when, as at least some of your feed around this post will show you, the internet's got quite enough AI slop already. AI can do better than this!

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Apple AI Exodus: Why Top Researchers Are Quitting for Meta and Google DeepMind

Apple is losing more people from its artificial intelligence team, adding to concerns about talent leaving the company’s AI efforts. This seems like deja vu as more and more people appear to be departing Apple’s AI…

it would have been better if none of this ever happened but the only paying ai users getting refunds from the companies making no money on the money sink is a small consolation

Personal #Cybersecurity updates are here - #WhatsApp Unveils High-Security Mode, 3rd Major #Tech Firm To Do So www.ndtv.com/world-news/w...

In case you missed it, this essay by Anthropic founder Dario Amodei is framing the debate about AI risk and ethics.

www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...

#AI #ethics #fairness

Why Container Security Remains a Challenge for Developers A BellSoft survey shows container security incidents are common due to reactive practices and complexity. The post Why Container Security R...

#Cloud #Security #Cybersecurity #News #Threats

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Notícia da BleepingComputer

"Hidden Telegram proxy links can reveal your IP address in one click" #bolhasec

Spotify rolls out group chats

The spirit is not limited to any 1person viewpoint! what God is telling 1person to do, may not be the same as yours! Do what your called to do regardless of those who have theirs. if God told her to do this,let it be so(with all it’s concerns, issues & blessings)
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When cyber incidents disrupt critical services, trust is often the first thing lost and the hardest to get back. Staying ready starts with securing the cyber-physical systems that keep life and operations moving. 📗 See how organizations are preparing:
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The new @anthropic.com Cowork plugins are interesting (if only slightly confusing due to all the features' names).

I took an existing one and asked Claude to modify itself to use Todoist and Notion MCPs instead. It worked! More examples of user-editable AI workspaces 🤔

claude.com/blog/cowork-...

Democratic lawmakers and civil rights groups say the agency’s expanding use of its surveillance tools infringes on privacy and free speech rights of immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

@democrats.senate.gov How will you "rein in" these tools by ICE/CBP/DHS?

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Cyber hygiene is as important as medical hygiene in protecting patients from harm, especially when adopting AI tools in healthcare.

A community of whom and for what purposes —- Social Media Engineering dilemmas, circumstances , communication issues & situations /outcomes….)! What’s your takeaway on this ____?

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Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 5 #Technology #Cybersecurity hashtag 1 2 3

I prefer real intelligence to artificial. None of the new AI agents are fully baked, and all expose you to risks if you aren't VERY careful.

Cyberattack on Poland's power grid could have turned deadly in winter cold

Close call after an apparently deliberate attempt to starve a country of energy at the worst time
Cybersecurity experts involved in the cleanup of the cyberattacks on Poland's power network say the conseq…
#hackernews #news