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  1. Wired

    My Journey to the Center of America’s Political Spam Text Hell

    I’ve gotten nearly 2,000 campaign fundraising texts that were meant for someone else. I tried to find out why—and uncovered a labyrinth of politicians, data brokers, and shady tactics.

  2. The Hacker News

    Government Linux Servers Targeted With SysGoRAT and Suspected AI-Generated Scripts

    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a cyber espionage campaign specifically targeting Linux infrastructure associated with government entities and state-affiliated infrastructure. The activity, observed by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 between October 2025 and April 2026, has been...

  3. Security Week

    Chainalysis Discloses Data Breach Following AI-Driven Cyberattack

    The attackers used offensive agentic techniques to access the company’s systems and internal tools. The post Chainalysis Discloses Data Breach Following AI-Driven Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  4. Infosecurity Magazine

    FBI Attributes Binance Heist to North Korea’s TraderTraitor

    The FBI has blamed North Korean APT group TraderTraitor for the world’s biggest cyber heist

  5. Help Net Security

    FBI pins $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist on North Korea while scammers circle anxious users

    North Korea was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the FBI has confirmed. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing information advising the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion...

  6. Wired

    4 Best Alexa Speakers I’ve Tested (2026)

    I’ve rounded up the best smart speakers that let you talk to Alexa, from the popular Echo Dot to the newest Echo Studio.

  7. CIO

    13 key questions shaping CIOs’ 2027 IT agendas

    With 2027 quickly looming, IT leaders should soon be finalizing their objectives for the new year, one certain to be rife with many unknowns if 2026 is any indication. This year began with the call for a pivot from AI pilots to AI ROI, but questions around AI governance and accountability quickly...

  8. CSO Online

    Why do we keep testing employees for yesterday’s phishing attacks

    “Yesterday’s price is not today’s price,” a phrase Fat Joe popularized in 2021, reminds us that what worked yesterday may not deliver the same value today. In cybersecurity, this matters when we continue to assess employees against familiar phishing techniques while attackers use AI to craft more...

  9. Wired

    Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features

    WIRED uncovered some 400 apps and websites linked to Chinese-language developers that look like regular AI tools but had secret features that let users create violent AI-generated images and video.

  10. CIO

    Collaboration: every CIO’s most underrated competitive advantage

    In Foundry’s 2026 State of the CIO survey, 83% of CIOs say their role is becoming more of a hybrid to lead both business and tech initiatives, rather than simply manage IT. As the two become more inseparable, the CIOs who see collaboration as a competitive advantage are putting daylight between...

  11. CIO Dive

    How CIOs turn data authority into risk reduction

    Discover how data authority creates a trusted view of assets, exposure and remediation so IT and security can align priorities, automate with confidence and prove measurable risk reduction.

  12. CIO Dive

    Your 2027 AI budget has a line for agents. Does it have one for accountability?

    AI agents are reshaping enterprise IT. Here's what CIOs should prioritize in their 2027 budgets.

  13. Security Week

    Polymarket Returns $3.9 Million to Traders as DebugBear Cites DNS Hijack

    DebugBear says its DNS records were compromised via its domain registrar, and early findings show a single customer was targeted. The post Polymarket Returns $3.9 Million to Traders as DebugBear Cites DNS Hijack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  14. Infosecurity Magazine

    Chainalysis Warns Customers After “Offensive Agentic” Security Incident

    Chainalysis reveals AI-driven attack that led to unauthorized activity

  15. CSO Online

    Who approves the files that control your AI coding assistant?

    A pull request adds a helpful setup step for an AI coding assistant. No application source changes. The description calls it a developer-experience improvement, and the reviewer sees a short configuration file beside some Markdown instructions. Before approving it, the reviewer needs to answer a...

  16. CIO

    The middle layer will make or break enterprise AI agents

    The hype around AI agents and the models that power them is warranted. But while they can give organizations a real competitive advantage, in reality, how much value they deliver ultimately depends on something much less glamorous: the middleware and integrations that connect agents to systems...

  17. Security Week

    FBI Flags Over 600 Addresses Tied to North Korea’s Binance Heist

    The FBI has officially pinned the $6 billion Binance hack on North Korea’s TraderTraitor as the attackers launder the stolen crypto. The post FBI Flags Over 600 Addresses Tied to North Korea’s Binance Heist appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  18. CSO Online

    What a security strategy that survives 2027 looks like

    Equifax CISO Jeremy Koppen sees the same dynamics most security chiefs are facing: hackers on the one side using AI to perform more sophisticated attacks at unprecedented speed, and defenders on the other adopting AI to match that volume and velocity. “AI is changing the pace on both sides,” he...

  19. Security Week

    Ivanti Patches Two More Zero-Days Exploited in Connect Secure Attack Chain

    CISA has added CVE-2026-111357 and CVE-2026-118527 to its KEV catalog after the Ivanti VPN flaws were chained in zero-day attacks. The post Ivanti Patches Two More Zero-Days Exploited in Connect Secure Attack Chain appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  20. Help Net Security

    DeepSeek open-sources Super-Agent, a coding agent that watches team chats for work

    Deepseek released a research prototype of dsh-superagent, a coding agent that does work on a GitHub repository for you. Who can ask for work The agent gets to work in two situations: an allowed user asks for something, or a rule your team wrote covers it. You can also open up a chat or GitHub...