AI
Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomously select post-compromise actions'first' publicly documented Windows implant to use LLMs for C2
Z.ai says sorry for slurping up your code, open sources ZCodeChina’s AI darling goes on the defense after engineer highlighted Grok-esque security flaws
UPDAted #### Register reader hit with surprise bill after Microsoft portals disagreedDid Copilot write the synchronization code? #
Perpetual underdog AMD nips at Nvidia's heels as it joins the $1T clubFueled by the AI boom, the House of Zen's rise isn't just Instinct - Lisa Su is riding high on some Epyc design chops too
Treasury chief says AI bosses, not their bots, will carry the can for criminal acts'Humans are responsible, not the AI,' argues Scott Bessent as he calls out OpenAI agents' hack of Hugging Face
Infosec
Security #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! #
Security #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more #
Black Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included #
Security #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified #
Malware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
FOSS
KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposalAkademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user
Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom lineAcquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term home'
Switzerland tests a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365Swiss Army sticks a knife in American cloud apps with its own FOSS push
Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander LinuxDebian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin
Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channelsThe Ubuntu Pastebin went in June, IRC gets demoted next
Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000sThe FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot
source & further reading
theregister.com — original article
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