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Russian hackers exploit Exchange OWA zero-day for long-term mailbox access

  • Ionut Ilascu
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 23:44:07

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Laundry Bear, also known as Void Blizzard, is exploiting an Exchange Outlook Web Access vulnerability in email campaigns to deliver a sophisticated backdoor called OWAReaper. [...]

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Laundry Bear, also known as Void Blizzard, is exploiting an Exchange Outlook Web Access vulnerability in email campaigns to deliver a sophisticated backdoor … [+6158 chars]

Sam Altman meets lawmakers on back of OpenAI agents hacking companies

  • Andy Hirschfeld
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 22:27:35

US President Donald Trump says he is considering 'AI controls' following OpenAI's disclosure.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with US senators to discuss his companys upcoming models, as President Donald Trump said he is considering AI controls following OpenAIs disclosure that one of its AI sy… [+3815 chars]

Tested: The 9 Best Men’s Watches You Can Buy For $500

  • Ian Rebello
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 20:16:19

Budget timepieces that punch way above their price point.

Let’s talk about what’s happened to watch prices lately. A Submariner is knocking on $10,000. The Speedmaster crossed $8,000 when nobody was looking. And even the honest, entry-level Swiss stuff has … [+22713 chars]

LENDINGTREE REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2026 RESULTS

  • None
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 20:15:00

Revenue Grew 25% YoY Driven By Strong Insurance Segment Performance Consolidated revenue of $313.4 million GAAP net income of $9.6 million or $0.68 per diluted share Variable marketing margin of $87.3 million Adjusted EBITDA of $35.2 million CHARLOTTE, N.C., …

Revenue Grew 25% YoY Driven By Strong Insurance Segment Performance <ul><li>Consolidated revenue of $313.4 million</li><li>GAAP net income of $9.6 million or $0.68 per diluted share</li><li>Variable… [+39222 chars]

OpenAI’s rogue hacking spree reportedly more widespread that initially thought

  • Daily Caller News Foundation
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 20:02:43

Expert warns and that 'loss of control accidents are not entirely theoretical things'

OpenAI revealed some of its artificial intelligence models exploited more tech companys security than initially thought. OpenAI in mid-July revealed that some of its most advanced AI models hacked i… [+3054 chars]

Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software

  • David DiMolfetta
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 18:58:00

New findings connect the same Pyongyang-backed group to four compromises dating to 2025, revealing a larger operation than previously known.

A North Korea-linked hacker group has been tied to four open-source software compromises dating back to March 2025, Amazon researchers said Wednesday, significantly expanding the publicly known scope… [+5376 chars]

Prince Harry hit with financial blow after devastating lawsuit loss

  • Vanessa Serna
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 18:34:26

Harry, along with Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley, lost a lawsuit against the Daily Mail publisher earlier this month.

Prince Harry and his co-claimants may have to pay $13.3 million to the Daily Mail’s publisher after he lost a privacy lawsuit earlier this month. Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) is seeking the i… [+4097 chars]

OpenAI agent linked to second breach

  • youtube.com
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 18:20:09

CNBC's Kate Rooney joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the implications of OpenAI's rogue agent hacking Hugging Face.

CNBC's Kate Rooney joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the implications of OpenAI's rogue agent hacking Hugging Face. This story appeared on youtube.com, 2026-07-29 18:08:15.

ESP32 Bit Pirate takes on Flipper Zero in cost and capabilities

  • Stephen Pereyra
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 18:18:00

The Flipper Zero undoubtedly popularized pocket hardware hacking, but its tiny directional pad, monochrome screen, and "toy" interface can feel restrictive during serious bench debugging. ESP32-Bus-Pirate offers a far more flexible and substantially cheaper a…

Portable wireless analysis and hacking has become all the rage, but instead of fiddling with mini-dpads on devices like the Flipper Zero, the ESP32 Bit Pirate project provides an interactive command-… [+1095 chars]

Under Examination I

  • Jay Jeffers
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 17:49:07

The news moves fast. Most of it passes by before we can get a full view. Pandemics, wars, and the economy demand our attention. Other considerations, like celebrity gossip and political operatives yelling from our screens, just don’t. That’s the media and soc…

The news moves fast. Most of it passes by before we can get a full view. Pandemics, wars, and the economy demand our attention. Other considerations, like celebrity gossip and political operatives ye… [+12636 chars]

US government bans new foreign-made humanoids, robot dogs, and solar inverters, citing risks to national security | TechCrunch

  • Zack Whittaker
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 17:43:49

US government bans new foreign-made humanoids, robot dogs, and solar inverters, citing risks to national security | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com

The Trump administration is banning the import of new foreign-made humanoid robots, robot dogs, and power inverters, citing an “unacceptable” threat to national security. The move largely affects imp… [+2204 chars]

Hugging Face drops in-depth hack report, while OpenAI gives us 7 bullets. Here’s what we know now, and what remains a mystery

  • Emily Forlini
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 17:27:23

The timeline, models involved, and other juicy details are starting to become more clear—nearly 20 days after the attack began.

A pit in my stomach formed last night in the train as I read Hugging Face's latest blog post on how its servers got hacked by OpenAI's models in early July. I had printed out the 23-page report for t… [+8067 chars]

Hugging Face drops in-depth hack report, while OpenAI gives us 7 bullets. Here’s what we know now, and what remains a mystery

  • Emily Forlini
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 17:27:23

The timeline, models involved, and other juicy details are starting to become more clear—nearly 20 days after the attack began.

A pit in my stomach formed last night in the train as I read Hugging Faces latest blog post on how its servers got hacked by OpenAIs models in early July. I had printed out the 23-page report for the… [+7698 chars]

OpenAI rogue agent escapes sandbox, launches multi-day hacking campaign against Hugging Face

  • Editorial Team
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 15:05:20

The incident highlights the urgent need for robust AI oversight and security measures to prevent autonomous agents from causing widespread harm. The post OpenAI rogue agent escapes sandbox, launches multi-day hacking campaign against Hugging Face appeared fir…

An autonomous AI agent broke free from OpenAI's testing environment and compromised accounts across multiple platforms before anyone noticed An AI agent built by OpenAI escaped its testing sandbox, w… [+2498 chars]

The OpenAI lab leak was more extensive than we thought | CNN Business

  • David Goldman, Hadas Gold
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 14:50:00

An OpenAI test that escaped its cage and alarmed the AI and cybersecurity industry attacked more than just Hugging Face, the AI platform that initially appeared to be the sole victim of the virtual lab leak.

An OpenAI test that escaped its cage and alarmed the AI and cybersecurity industry attacked more than just Hugging Face, the AI platform that initially appeared to be the sole victim of the virtual l… [+3211 chars]

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  • Ryan Donovan
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 14:06:38

The tools themselves are new and their capabilities are in constant flux. If your kitchen knife kept changing shape, weight, and edge, you’d have to relearn it every time; that’s a hard tool to build trust in. But it also points to a flaw in how you use that …

About six years ago, we ran a piece about IDEs where the gist was that IDEs were getting to be so powerful and capable that it was a marvel that anybody used Vim or Emacs like a caveman. While yes, i… [+13958 chars]

OpenAI: Sure, our agentic AI launched an independent hacking attack against a company, but what about second hacking attack? [Followup]

  • None
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 14:05:03

OpenAI: Sure, our agentic AI launched an independent hacking attack against a company, but what about second hacking attack?

hubiestubert:It's almost as if OpenAI tossed off guard rails in favor of tossing a new version out the door, fast, to try to get more investors to keep the treadmill going. They haven't even thought … [+229 chars]

OpenAI's rogue models roamed the internet for 4 days and staged a second attack

  • Politico (Yeah, I know)
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 14:02:01

A new analysis reveals that the artificial intelligence company’s most powerful models spent days probing the open internet before breaching AI developer platform Hugging Face. ====================================================================== The powerfu…

Skip to comments. OpenAI's rogue models roamed the internet for 4 days and staged a second attackPolitico (Yeah, I know) ^ | July 29, 2026 | John Sakellariadis, Maggie Miller and Dana Nickel Po… [+4688 chars]

The Doctor Will See You Now — On Your Laptop

  • Janine White
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 14:00:44

Telehealth has evolved far beyond urgent-care visits. Here’s why more Philadelphians are choosing a primary-care physician they may never meet in person.

NewsTelehealth has evolved far beyond urgent-care visits. Heres why more Philadelphians are choosing a primary-care physician they may never meet in person. Local providers like Main Line Health and… [+5782 chars]

Leveling Up CIDER’s ClojureScript Support

  • Bozhidar Batsov
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 14:00:00

Continuing the series on the notable changes in CIDER 2.0, let’s talk about ClojureScript - forever the trickier sibling in the CIDER family. I’ll start with a confession I’ve made before: I rarely use ClojureScript myself, which is a big part of why its supp…

Continuing the series on the notable changes in CIDER 2.0, let’s talk about ClojureScript - forever the trickier sibling in the CIDER family. I’ll start with a confession I’ve made before: I rarely … [+5109 chars]

The long horizon of animal study preregistration: Attitudes, barriers, and myths

  • Pasquale Pellegrini, Ulf Toelch
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 14:00:00

Nearly half of Swiss animal researchers have never heard of preregistration. This Primer explores a survey published in PLOS Biology that maps their attitudes, barriers and misconceptionsm, and identifies what it would take to change minds.

Citation: Pellegrini P, Toelch U (2026) The long horizon of animal study preregistration: Attitudes, barriers, and myths. PLoS Biol 24(7): e3003905. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003905 P… [+7477 chars]

OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Face

  • theverge.com
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 13:58:42

The AI agent that escaped from OpenAI and hacked developer platform Hugging Face attacked other companies as well, OpenAI revealed on Tuesday. The update substantially widens the scope of an already concerning incident, which has alarmed industry insiders and…

The AI agent that escaped from OpenAI and hacked developer platform Hugging Face attacked other companies as well, OpenAI revealed on Tuesday. The update substantially widens the scope of an already … [+150 chars]

OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging Face - The Verge

  • feedfeeder
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 13:53:22

OpenAI’s rogue AI agent didn’t stop at hacking Hugging FaceThe Verge OpenAI's rogue models roamed the internet for 4 days and staged a second attackPolitico Rogue OpenAI agent that hacked startup tried to attack other firmsThe Guardian EXCLUSIVE: Its AI agent…

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Broadcom Patches Critical VMware ESXi Vulnerability Enabling Host Code Execution

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-07-29 13:02:49

Broadcom patched a critical VMware ESXi VM escape flaw (CVE-2026-47876) that could let attackers run code on the host from a compromised virtual machine. Broadcom has released patches to address five vulnerabilities affecting VMware ESXi, vCenter, Workstation…

Broadcom Patches Critical VMware ESXi Vulnerability Enabling Host Code Execution Broadcom has released patches to address five vulnerabilities affecting VMware ESXi, vCenter, Workstation, and Fusion… [+2483 chars]