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Dark Caracal Deploys New Go Malware With Ethereum-Based C2 Fallback

  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 20:31:01

Dark Caracal targets Venezuela with GoCaracal, an upgraded Bandook toolkit and an Ethereum fallback for resilient C2 communications. Dark Caracal is back with new malware and the same hunting grounds. Arctic Wolf Labs researchers link a June 2026 intrusion ag…

Dark Caracal is back with new malware and the same hunting grounds. Arctic Wolf Labs researchers link a June 2026 intrusion against a communications organisation in Venezuela to the Lebanonlinked esp… [+6709 chars]

Paranoid OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face to hide benchmark cheating

  • None
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 20:27:00

AI bots holding reverse engineered answers said they were "poisoned".

OpenAI's AI agents broke into Hugging Face in July to conceal a cheat they had already pulled off, aiming to figure out how to hide from a benchmark test check that would not take place. That is the… [+3904 chars]

Man held for hacking cousin to death with axe over land dispute

  • Advitya Bahl
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 19:47:04

Noida police arrested Imran for allegedly killing cousin Shahid with an axe over an ancestral land dispute; bloodstained vest recovered, probe ongoing.

Follow Us On Social Media Farmer killed in tiger attack in Amravati district2 cops injured fighting armed goonsCM Steps In, 106 Nagpurians Stranded In Nepal Begin Journey HomeSenior division court a… [+1190 chars]

OpenAI, Google join dozens of tech companies to call for urgent action against AI-powered threats - Politico

  • feedfeeder
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 19:33:13

OpenAI, Google join dozens of tech companies to call for urgent action against AI-powered threatsPolitico Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incidentMETR Top tech companies urg…

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GTA 6 Extended Look Trailer Is Here. When to Watch in Your Time Zone

  • Michael Kan
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 19:30:52

The trailer lands today, but Netflix subscribers get a six-hour head start before it hits YouTube. Rockstar Games today released an official extended trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, but you'll need Netflix to be among the first to see it.Grand Theft Auto VI: …

Rockstar Games today released an official extended trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, but you'll need Netflix to be among the first to see it. Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premiered on Netflix… [+2875 chars]

Show HN: Apronagents – give each AI coding agent a disposable Git remote

  • utshavkhatiwada
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 19:17:20

Multi-agent AI coding with a human merge gate — sandboxed git for agents, small reviewed diffs, your call on every merge. Works with Claude Code, Codex, or the API. - Ut8v/apronagents

A local, one-command tool that breaks a coding task into small independent issues, hands them to worker agents that each work in an isolated sandbox, and merges their work one chunk at a time behin… [+4760 chars]

The massive GTA 6 leaks might be done for good as Cyberleek cashes out nearly £200,000 from their crypto scheme

  • Kaan Serin
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 19:12:47

Mere hours before Rockstar Games revealed GTA 6 footage on its own terms, the hacker - or hacking group - behind the open-world game's massive leaks has pulled about $270,000 (or almost £200,000) out of their crypto scheme. Read more

Mere hours before Rockstar Games revealed GTA 6 footage on its own terms, the hacker - or hacking group - behind the open-world game's massive leaks has pulled about $270,000 (or almost £200,000) out… [+2243 chars]

OpenAI reveals more on Hugging Face AI hack incident, and it's pretty disturbing stuff — AI agents organized into a ‘swarm’, considered the risks of attack, and did whatever it took to achieve its goal

  • [email protected] (Benedict Collins) , Benedict Collins
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 19:05:00

Further details of the Hugging Face attack reveal how resourceful OpenAI's agents became in attempting to solve an impossible task.

<ul><li>OpenAI has released technical details on how the Hugging Face attack unfolded</li><li>Agents used part of the testing environment to create a message board where they could collaborate and sh… [+6274 chars]

Tech giants warn time is running out to prepare for AI threats

  • axios.com
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 18:24:43

OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and more than 100 other companies warned Thursday that the organizations now only have months to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks. Why it matters: Hospitals, water treatment plants and other critical infras…

OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and more than 100 other companies warned Thursday that the organizations now only have months to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks.Why it matters: … [+150 chars]

No, Ledger Wasn’t Hacked: Vulnerable Ethereum App Was Patched Before Exploit, Company Says

  • Jason Nelson
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 18:16:03

OneKey demonstrated how an outdated Ethereum app could sign a transaction different from the one shown on a Ledger device, but the wallet maker says the vulnerability had already been fixed.

In brief <ul><li>OneKey reproduced a transaction-replacement attack against version 1.22.1 of Ledgers Ethereum app.</li><li>Ledger says it fixed the vulnerability in version 1.22.2 before OneKey pub… [+3802 chars]

Microduck is a robot built to fall down—and learn new tricks

  • Mack DeGeurin
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 18:05:44

The lampshade-sized robot comes with a simulated twin that uses reinforcement learning to acquire new skills. The post Microduck is a robot built to fall down—and learn new tricks appeared first on Popular Science.

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and … [+5312 chars]

Tech giants warn time is running out to prepare for AI threats

  • axios.com
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 17:20:39

OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and more than 100 other companies warned Thursday that the organizations now only have months to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks. Why it matters: Hospitals, water treatment plants and other critical infra…

OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and more than 100 other companies warned Thursday that the organizations now only have months to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks. Why it matters:… [+141 chars]

OpenAI’s Models Went Rogue. Investigating Them Required More AI

  • Billy Perrigo and Harry Booth
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 17:14:44

A new independent report on OpenAI models hacking Hugging Face exposes a paradox: investigating increasingly powerful AI may require relying on AI itself.

But a key takeaway of the report, according to one of its authors, had nothing to do with what they found. Instead, it was about the difficulty of carrying out the post-mortem in the first placeand t… [+735 chars]

PaperCut warns of NG, MF flaw exploited in zero-day attacks

  • Lawrence Abrams
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 16:31:53

PaperCut is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in all versions of its PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF print management software in zero-day attacks. [...]

PaperCut is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in all versions of its PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF print management software in zero-day attacks. The company says it is awar… [+3709 chars]

DOJ: Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Breached Senate, Federal Reserve, Multiple Agences

  • Lucas Nolan
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 16:19:57

The DOJ said Wednesday it had seized internet domains tied to two hacking platforms that Chinese state-sponsored operatives used to break into the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, NASA and several other federal agencies. The post DOJ: Chinese State-Sponsored…

The DOJ said Wednesday it had seized internet domains tied to two hacking platforms that Chinese state-sponsored operatives used to break into the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, NASA and several o… [+3061 chars]

Chinese open-source AI is starting to win over U.S. businesses

  • Beatrice Nolan
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 16:09:27

New spending data suggests companies are increasingly turning to cheaper, customizable open models—including fast-improving systems from China.

Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In todays issue:Enterprises are starting to look beyond America for their AI needs.  As Chinese open-weight AI models increasingly close the gap with their… [+9794 chars]

SEC’s Crypto Custody Shake-Up: Why the Next Bitcoin Boom Could Start on Wall Street

  • Yuri Molchan
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 15:59:40

Wall Street may be at the threshold of a crypto custody paradigm shift. The SEC is seeking more favorable rules for digital assets, banks, advisers,... The post SEC’s Crypto Custody Shake-Up: Why the Next Bitcoin Boom Could Start on Wall Street appeared first…

Wall Street may be at the threshold of a crypto custody paradigm shift. The SEC is seeking more favorable rules for digital assets, banks, advisers, and brokers. Easier custody would remove one of th… [+11862 chars]

Show HN: PwnPad – hardware hacking platform built for practical learning

  • therepanic
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 15:45:46

PwnPad is an affordable, hands-on hardware hacking platform built for practical learning. It features a range of challenges that walk users through key hardware security concepts, from PCB design t...

Want to build your own PwnPad? The PwnPad Wiki has a thorough guide, documentation, and a step-by-step hardware hacking learning path: https://github.com/twelvesec/PwnPadWiki/wiki - its the best plac… [+6762 chars]

Cisco Security Certification Updates: Your Questions Answered

  • Francois Caen
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 15:00:55

Answers to the 10 questions candidates asked most about the Cisco Security certification updates—what's changing, when to test, where VPN content moved, and why nobody mid-journey gets stranded.

On August 13, we hosted a live session on the biggest update to the Cisco Security certification portfolio in more than six years, including Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologie… [+8994 chars]

Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others

  • techcrunch.com
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 14:33:25

Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group blamed for high-profile hacks against big tech giants in recent months. The two have been charged with more than a dozen hacking, money launderin…

Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group blamed for high-profile hacks against big tech giants in recent months. The two have … [+143 chars]

Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others | TechCrunch

  • Zack Whittaker
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 14:28:57

The arrests come after a wave of cyberattacks earlier this year targeting tech companies that rely on high-profile and widely used open source software.

Australian police have arrested two people in Perth accused of being members of TeamPCP, a prolific hacking group blamed for high-profile hacks against big tech giants in recent months. The two have … [+2894 chars]

FBI Seizes Chinese Hacker Platforms That Targeted NASA And The Senate

  • Aaron Leong
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 14:24:00

Federal law enforcement has dismantled a major Chinese state-sponsored cyber-espionage apparatus that targeted critical infrastructure and key government agencies across the United States for nearly eight years. It also makes us wonder again how these operati…

Federal law enforcement has dismantled a major Chinese state-sponsored cyber-espionage apparatus that targeted critical infrastructure and key government agencies across the United States for nearly … [+3069 chars]

How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face - Ars Technica

  • feedfeeder
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 14:13:10

How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging FaceArs Technica Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incidentMETR Swarm of 700 AI bots went rogue in hacking a…

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Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects DOJ’s Attempt to Save Steve Bannon

  • Hafiz Rashid
  • Published date: 2026-08-27 14:10:59

Steve Bannon’s attempt to erase his criminal indictment for refusing to testify before the House’s January 6 committee was shot down by a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump himself. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols on Wednesday ruled that Justice Departm…

The China-based Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company was responsible for the hacks, according to the DOJ, which said its clients include Chinas military, civilian intelligence agency, and its… [+836 chars]