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 Crypto · 2 sources · 3 min
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has disclosed that hackers used fake job interviews and a compromised internal AI tool to steal a record $6.3 billion. The company apologised for the breach, said 98% of the impacted token assets had been replenished as of Saturday, and said the FBI’s latest information indicates North Korea was responsible, an accusation Pyongyang denies. |
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Security · Developing · 4 sources · 3 min
A vulnerability dating back to 2016, dubbed *sshole, allows attackers to log into certain Linux accounts configured to block password authentication simply by entering a password longer than 256 bytes. The flaw affects OpenSSH running on systems using the musl C library, such as Alpine Linux, OpenWrt, Buildroot, and Yocto, under specific authentication configurations. Security researcher Özgün Kültekin disclosed the vulnerability today and said it was discovered using AI agents that ran about 17,600 authentication tests. A fix has been released in OpenSSH 10.6p2. |
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Programming · 3 min
GitHub has made workflow dependency lockfiles for GitHub Actions generally available, a feature that aims to close a long-standing weakness in how Actions resolves dependencies by recording exact commits for direct and transitive dependencies. |
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AI · 2 sources · 2 min
Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is in discussions to acquire Clutch Security, a startup that secures AI agents’ access to company systems, for about $500 million in cash plus potential milestone payments, a person familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. |
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Editor's picks |
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Signal (beta) · what the people building AI said
GPT-6 Cyber launches with restricted access
OpenAI says GPT-6 Cyber has critical-level vulnerability-finding and exploit-development capabilities, with initial access limited to approved Daybreak Red customers. Greg Brockman says the model is already helping defend projects including the Linux kernel and Firefox, while OpenAI researcher roon describes software-security work as a continuing effort.
GPT-6 Cyber: a major advance for security research, already being used to help defend security-critical software such as the Linux kernel, Firefox, and many other projects.
Greg Brockman, OpenAI president · On X
openai and others are spending huge sums of money on updating and securing all modern open source software infrastructure. it will be a continual effort to make the world more robust
roon, OpenAI researcher · On X
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Today's segment · Source Spotlight
The Age
Credibility 8/10 on the desk's rubric. 266 of this week's stories drew on it. |
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