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⚡ Weekly Recap: Browser Bugs, EDR Killers, TV Botnet, OpenBSD Flaw, Android Trojan, and More

- **Ravie Lakshmanan**Jun 22, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking [*]($1) It’s Monday again. This week’s threat list looks painfully familiar: abused integrations, fake tools, poisoned websites, ransomwa...

Researchers Detail DifyTap Flaws in Dify That Could Expose AI Chats Across Tenants

- **Ravie Lakshmanan**Jun 22, 2026AI Security / Vulnerability [*]($1) Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four vulnerabilities in [Dify]($1), an open-source agentic workflow platfo...

The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking

Jos Benschop is climbing a ladder to get to the top of his newest machine. It’s a bit of a schlep. The contraption is the size of a double-decker bus—more than 150 tons of gleaming precision-milled al...

Read this before you vibe-code another app

- **AI - **Tech # Read this before you vibe-code another app Your dream vibe-coded app might be a security nightmare. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See ou...

Computer vision deployments drive retail productivity gains

Computer vision deployments are driving retail productivity gains as operators automate physical shelf tracking to protect eroding margins. This hardware deployment directly addresses the persistent ...

e2e-assure introduces Cumulo, the U.K.’s only sovereign, AI-driven, zero-day SOC platform to secure IT and OT environments

*Built around digital twin technology and customer-dedicated AI models, Cumulo answers the recent announcement by GCHQ for AI Cyber Shield, enabling early identification of threats and vulnerabilities...

DragonForce Hackers Abuse Microsoft Teams Relays to Hide Backdoor.Turn C2 Traffic

- **Ravie Lakshmanan**Jun 18, 2026Remote Access Trojan / Ransomware [*]($1) Threat actors associated with the [DragonForce]($1) ransomware have been observed using a custom Go-based remote access ...

From Assistive to Agentic: The AI Shift That's Redefining Threat Management

- **The Hacker News**Jun 19, 2026Enterprise Security / Agentic AI [*]($1) ## **Introduction** The average enterprise security team has 40 or more security tools, giving a lot of visibility into i...

Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Servers, Cleans 14,971 WordPress Sites

- **Ravie Lakshmanan**Jun 19, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence [*]($1) Dutch law enforcement authorities, along with counterparts from [ Canada ]($1) , Germany, and the U.S., have disrupted malic...

For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called **Popa** has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay Internet traffic linked to advertising fraud, account takeovers, and mass da...

The first big exit in AI

Hey folks, Heading to a Q&A with Sam Altman later today in London so a bit rushed for time to part any ‘wisdom’. I’m currently still mid-building the reference manual, but it’s coming along now! I’...

A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs

Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had [solved a mathematical bottleneck]($1) that had been holding back large language mod...

The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off

*This is today's edition of *[*The Download*]($1),* our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.* AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth last m...

Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users

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In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search | TechCrunch

Anyone who’s Googled themselves recently knows that it doesn’t quite hit the way it used to. Sure, there’s [everything going on with Google search itself]($1), but there’s also an inescapable feeling ...

AI Wargames expose de-escalation gap in LLMs

Recent simulations show large language models struggle to de-escalate conflicts, often escalating toward militarized responses and, in some cases, nuclear options. The findings from collaborations among leading universities and AI labs raise concerns about deploying LLMs in high-stakes diplomacy and defense without stronger safety and alignment. The studies call for more rigorous evaluation before real-world use.

DeepConf Breakthrough Cuts AI Reasoning Costs by 85%

A collaboration between Meta and UC San Diego introduces DeepConf, a new inference method that makes multi-step AI reasoning cheaper and more accurate. By leveraging real-time confidence signals to prune unreliable traces, it reduces token generation and boosts performance on challenging benchmarks.

Cognizant trains 1,000 context engineers for enterprise AI

Cognizant and Workfabric AI are launching a year-long program to train 1,000 context engineers who will embed organizational knowledge into AI systems. Using the ContextFabric platform, the engineers aim to turn internal data, workflows, and governance into actionable AI context, moving beyond pilots toward scalable, enterprise-grade agentic AI. The move signals a shift in enterprise AI toward context-centric value.

DeepSeek-V3.1 Cuts AI Costs, Opens Access

DeepSeek's new DeepSeek-V3.1 pairs a 685‑billion MoE model with a 128k context window and a pricing model that undercuts rivals by orders of magnitude. Early benchmarks show strong coding and reasoning abilities, while open-weight availability could accelerate innovation and broaden who can deploy frontier AI at scale.

Proton's Lumo 1.1 proves powerful AI can stay private

Proton releases Lumo 1.1, delivering faster, smarter responses while maintaining its privacy-first stance. The upgrade improves context understanding, code generation, and multi-step planning, powered by Proton's Eurostack infrastructure and open-source mobile apps, all while keeping user data out of training and storage.

Fighting Fire with AI: AbbVie Shields Pharma Data from Cyber Attacks

AbbVie leverages AI-driven defense, including LLM analysis and threat intelligence platforms, to sift through vast security signals and fortify drug-development data. The strategy highlights how pharma’s heavy reliance on AI for research creates new attack surfaces, while AbbVie collaborates with the security community to stay ahead of evolving threats.