The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, will be given greater powers, Bild has reported, citing Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt
The German government is expected to grant the country’s intelligence agencies greater powers, including offensive cyber capabilities against foreign adversaries, according to Interior Minister Alex… [+2207 chars]
NZSIS chief Andrew Hampton on Winston Peters and the mainstreaming of extreme language.
When you put them together cumulatively, the impact is a significant one, and in terms of the long-term trajectory, a lot of those themes are probably here to stay for some time.
Our message is that… [+7121 chars]
CEVA Logistics suffered a cyberattack disrupting European operations, with eight warehouses affected and shipments halted at impacted sites. CEVA Logistics suffered a cyberattack on July 29 that disrupted parts of its European operations. The incident impacte…
CEVA Logistics Cyberattack Disrupts European Warehouses and Shipments
CEVA Logistics suffered a cyberattack on July 29 that disrupted parts of its European operations. The incident impacted impacted… [+2528 chars]
AI agents will sometimes go to extreme lengths to accomplish the task you give them.
A man in Australia asked an AI agent to get him a spot in a class at his gym. Hacking the gym’s website and kicking someone out of the class who was already booked? That wasn’t in the prompt.
As rep… [+1481 chars]
Fake sites were popping up at the top of search engine results pages and used to convince victims to download a trojanized PDF viewer.
<ul><li>Lazarus expanded Dream Job with a zero‑day, new backdoor, and advanced relays</li><li>Fake job lures, trojanized PDFs, and spoofed sites enabled high‑level compromises</li><li>Targets include… [+4784 chars]
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
This repository contains FP8-quantized model weights and configuration files for the post-trained model in the Hugging Face Transformers format.
These artifacts are compatible with vLLM, SGLang, To… [+14519 chars]
TLDR: I wasn't satisfied with any of the AI browsers available right now. So, I went wild and built exactly what I wanted. I built a browser that's as comprehensive as an autonomous agent like Hermes, while removing the need for hundreds of integrations since…
Early access Pane is in active development. Expect rough edges, and please report bugs.
Created by Abhishek VermaLinkedIn · GitHub · X
Browsers forget the work behind your tabs. Close a page, leave… [+7461 chars]
Increased Ethereum staking enhances network security but may not immediately drive significant price growth amid broader market uncertainties.
The post Ethereum staking ratio hits record 34%, boosting network security appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Ethereum’s staking ratio has reached a new high of 34.4%, according to recent figures shared by @cryptounfolded on social media. This marks an increase from 30% at the start of 2026. The rise in stak… [+1948 chars]
Hackers who steal compromising images of you from social media and personal accounts are selling them on the dark web. Here's how to protect yourself.
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<ul><li>Hackers are stealing and selling explicit photos from social media accounts.… [+3814 chars]
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. I’ve been keeping myself busy this week, screening plenty of movies while also marching through legacy anime (Galaxy Express 999), OVA artifacts (Cyber City Oedo 808), and videogames (Mina the Hollower plus ……
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Ive been keeping myself busy this week, screening plenty of movies while also marching through legacy anime (Galaxy Express 999), OVA artifacts (Cyb… [+7923 chars]
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
This repository contains model weights and configuration files for the post-trained model in the Hugging Face Transformers format.
These artifacts are compatible with vLLM, SGLang, TokenSpeed, etc.… [+14338 chars]
Whittingham committed a cardinal sin early in his tenure — at least in the eyes of Big Blue fans. But if they expected something different, they don't know much about their new coach.
Kyle Whittingham's first season at Michigan is beginning under a cloud of scandal that is shocking the state.
No, he's not hacking into female students' photo libraries or illegally scouting opposi… [+5635 chars]
As part of August’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released security updates that address 398 new vulnerabilities. Alongside Windows and Office, other products and services are also affected: Teams, Exchange Server, Hyper-V, Windows Defender, Visual Studio, and Mic…
The next scheduled Patch Tuesday will be on September 8th, 2026.
A large number of the vulnerabilities—over 200 this time—are spread across the various Windows versions (10, 11, Server) for which Mi… [+1680 chars]
Ethereum's price rose amid cooling inflation data, technological upgrades, and institutional interest. Despite past underperformance, network activity remains strong, with significant developments expected in 2026.
NEW YORK — Ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, traded higher on Wednesday, rising about 0.6% to around $1,892.52 as of early afternoon UTC, supported by expectations and earl… [+6174 chars]
The FBI warns that cybercriminals are targeting adults' and children's social media and other online accounts to steal sexually explicit images or videos. [...]
The FBI warns that cybercriminals are targeting adults' and children's social media and other online accounts to steal sexually explicit images or videos.
As the law enforcement agency explained in … [+3521 chars]
Foreign holdings of U.S. farmland have received increased regulatory and public attention amid concerns about national security risks, particularly when adversary-linked acquisitions occur near military installations. Most existing research focuses on the vol…
Citation: Kilders V, Ali A, Berenda A, Smith M, Olynk Widmar N, Turco RF (2026) Spatial patterns of foreign agricultural land holdings near U.S. military interest points. PLoS One 21(8):
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Huntress Labs Inc. said today that an Akira ransomware affiliate rebooted a victim’s Windows server into Safe Mode to knock its endpoint security offline — and it worked. The same reboot also broke the ransomware. Safe Mode loads only core Windows drivers and…
Huntress Labs Inc. said today that an Akira ransomware affiliate rebooted a victim’s Windows server into Safe Mode to knock its endpoint security offline — and it worked. The same reboot also broke t… [+6740 chars]
Germany’s government plans to give its intelligence services broader powers in response to a rising threat from powers such as Russia and extremists
BERLIN -- Germanys government plans to give its intelligence services broader powers for actions such as disabling sabotage and hacking attempts in response to a rising threat from powers such as Rus… [+2699 chars]
Uber Freight is investigating a data-security incident involving unauthorised access to part of its systems, the company said on Tuesday, five days after a hacking group claimed to have posted around a million of its files online. In a statement attributed to…
Uber Freight is investigating a data-security incident involving unauthorised access to part of its systems, the company said on Tuesday, five days after a hacking group claimed to have posted around… [+3437 chars]
Hey HN!This is the first public release of Hallucinote, an integration of Claude Code and Ableton Live. Hallucinote helps with the entire lifecycle of songwriting, including ideation, instrumentation, harmony, rhythm (including microtiming), arrangement, mixi…
Describe what you're after, hear it, argue with it music as code you can read, fork and rewrite.
Say what you're going for, and it gets built into a running Live set build.py for the notes, a snapsh… [+8035 chars]
Security researchers found that in less than 60 seconds, they could open a hatch on a plane’s exterior, plug in a tiny device, and redirect the aircraft’s autopilot or sabotage its flight plan.
The researchers aren't revealing which port they targeted on the 737, nor are they releasing some details of how their hacking device is able to spoof commands to the plane's computers. They've worke… [+3188 chars]
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THE COLOR RECESSION MAY BE PERMANENT The Atlantic
Swarming jellyfish overrun French nuclear plant on same date two years in a row Politico
Is It Safe to Eat Lettuce Yet? Wired
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Last week, an AI newsroom beat mainstream journalists—including WIRED—to a story about OpenAI and hacking. It’s just the beginning.
At last weeks Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, OpenAI gave a surprise talk with new details on a recent hacking incident, revealing that its rogue AI agents had chitchatted about their att… [+4018 chars]
A flight carrying passengers who attended a cybersecurity convention reportedly had its Wi-Fi network victimized by deauthentication attacks while an 'evil twin' hotspot rerouted potential victims to a phishing website. While flight safety was never affected,…
Delta Flight 591 between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Atlanta, Georgia was carrying some passengers from the recently concluded DEF CON 34 hacking conference yesterday, and an attendee apparently didn't wa… [+3169 chars]
New Vertex 6.0 recreates real-world wireless conditions in the lab for complex cellular, Wi-Fi, military and aerospace RF technologies CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VIAVI Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) has announced the latest, enhance…
New Vertex 6.0 recreates real-world wireless conditions in the lab for complex cellular, Wi-Fi, military and aerospace RF technologies
CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VIAVI Solutions … [+3369 chars]
