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Chinese Framework Powers 200,000 Scam Sites

Threat actors are selling investment scam templates created using the legitimate DCloud Uni-App toolkit. The post Chinese Framework Powers 200,000 Scam Sites appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Microsoft adds new skills — and more oversight — for Copilot in Excel

Microsoft is continuing its push to bring generative AI (genAI) into Excel, with new Microsoft 365 Copilot skills designed to automate common processes and a “plan” mode to provide more control over Copilot’s outputs when handling financial data. Microsoft made Microsoft 365 Copilot generally available in Excel in late 2024 and since then has added […] more…

US tells OpenAI to restrict access to its most powerful AI model

US authorities are getting decidedly twitchy about frontier AI models. Just a couple of weeks after ordering Anthropic to prevent foreign companies from getting hold of its latest release, Mythos/Fable 5, it’s been putting the squeeze on another AI company.. Now, the Trump administration is asking OpenAI to hold back on the general release of […] more…

AI agents are coming to China’s workplaces too

Chinese tech giant Tencent is set to launch an AI assistant inside WeCom, its Slack-like collaboration tool for enterprises. The new tool, Dayuan, is built on the latest large language models from Chinese AI developer DeepSeek. Tencent announced the news in a post on Chinese messaging platform Weibo by Tencent’s public relations manager Zhang Jun. […] more…

EU: Microsoft, Amazon cloud services could be classified as gatekeepers

Following a seven-month investigation, the European Commission has reached a preliminary decision that Amazon’s and Microsoft’s cloud platforms — AWS and Azure, respectively — should be classified as “gatekeepers” under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Reuters reports. The DMA, also known as the Digital Markets Regulation, aims to limit the market power of dominant […] more…

Amazon Q Flaw Enabled Cloud Credential Theft via Malicious Repositories

AWS has patched the vulnerability and published its own advisory to inform customers about the potential impact. The post Amazon Q Flaw Enabled Cloud Credential Theft via Malicious Repositories appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Cyberattacks pose a ‘threat to life’ in Australia

Australia’s Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has uncovered an attack on a critical infrastructure operator’s network. State-sponsored actors had compromised the network and were preparing to sabotage it, according to its director general, Mike Burgess. Other countries face similar cyber-threats to critical infrastructure. It’s impossible to exaggerate the danger that the country is facing from cyberattacks […] more…

More Klue Breach Victims Identified as Hackers Get Hacked

Roughly two dozen companies have notified their customers of the Klue-Salesforce incident impact. The post More Klue Breach Victims Identified as Hackers Get Hacked appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

In Other News: Chinese Mythos-Like AI, Tata Electronics Breach, Snyk Layoffs

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Russia used Cellebrite to hack activist’s phone, Five Eyes issue urgent AI threat warning, macOS Gaslight backdoor, Scattered Spider guilty pleas. The post In Other News: Chinese Mythos-Like AI, Tata Electronics Breach, Snyk Layoffs appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Forget the Apple tax, this is the AI tax

Apple’s decision to raise prices in response to memory cost increases is not unique to the company. If Apple has to do it, everyone else will as well. Apple announced stiff price increases Thursday — up to 25% in some cases — that extended across most products, including refurbished Macs and iPads (which saw prices increase up to […] more…

Nebulock Raises $25 Million for AI-Native Contextual Security

The cybersecurity startup provides threat hunting, proactive detection, and behavioral security analytics. The post Nebulock Raises $25 Million for AI-Native Contextual Security appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Linux Foundation Unveils New Open Source Security Project Akrites

It will provide the tools and channels to report, patch, and disclose open source software vulnerabilities. The post Linux Foundation Unveils New Open Source Security Project Akrites appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Microsoft is turning Windows 11 into an AI operating system

For years, Microsoft has hyped Windows 11 cas an OS with AI, and the company is finally putting the building blocks in place for that transformation. Microsoft execs shared examples of how the company is integrating AI in Windows 11 at its Build event earlier this month, highlighting how AI models and agents will make […] more…

AI vendors fund non-profit to help workers adapt to AI era

AI is here, and we must help workers adapt: That’s the response of a new non-profit organization to the ongoing debate about whether AI will destroy jobs and cause catastrophe or take the economy to new heights. Launched Thursday, Raise Us is a nonpartisan national organization that says it will partner with state governors, employers, […] more…

Why SpaceX is the McDonald’s of AI

Have you seen “The Founder”? It’s the story of McDonald’s and how Ray Kroc (played by Michael Keaton) transformed the company from a local burger joint to a global landlord. According to the movie, Kroc’s accountant gave him the revelation: “You’re not in the burger business. You’re in the real estate business.” When brothers Richard […] more…

$3 Million Reportedly Stolen in Polymarket Hack

The decentralized prediction market said hackers targeted some of its users through a compromise of a third-party vendor. The post $3 Million Reportedly Stolen in Polymarket Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

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