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AI #
AI and ML
Connecting AI agents to outside services explodes the risk radius
Connect all the things and watch what happens
AI and ML
Using AI makes people less likely to admit they don't know something
Researchers found confidence increased even as accuracy fell
AI and ML
OpenAI admits GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes files – but it's an 'honest mistake'
Data purges deemed an example of 'misaligned behavior' that upstart is working to avoid
AI and ML
Researcher poisons open-weight AI model for under $100
Models demand trust without offering verification
SYSTEMS
TSMC's $265B US fab pledge is the outline of a concept of a plan
Beware of fab makers bearing press releases
Infosec #
Security
Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks
PLUS: 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 attack
PLUS: 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 infrastructure
Voting 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 Acronis
Went 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 sight
On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
FOSS #
A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32
New Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15 #
Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites
Flaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide
Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly
Joins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan
Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it
Next version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server
KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives
6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not
Collabora releases CODE 26.04 as rivalry between FOSS cloudy office suites heats up
Now with Markdown support and smarter formula error handling – plus integrated AI, though it's off by default