‘Decades-old’ bugs found affecting Windows, Android, macOS and Linux — but the OS makers don’t see it as a big deal

The OS makers don’t see the issue as a particularly big problem, and Microsoft even said it was by design.

North Korean hackers suspected in $351M crypto theft, the largest so far this year

The $351 million theft from crypto exchange Bitget is the latest in a string of high-profile hacks targeting the crypto sector.

Island raises $400m at a $6.4bn valuation to govern AI agents
Island raises $400m at a $6.4bn valuation to govern AI agents

Island, the Dallas company behind the Enterprise Browser, has raised $400m in a Series F round. The deal values it at $6.4bn, Island announced on Thursday. Evolution Equity Partners led the round. In March 2025, Island raised $250m in a Series E led by…

Muse will apparently let you download its entire filesystem
Muse will apparently let you download its entire filesystem

A pair of developers say that with very little prompting, Meta’s Muse will share its entire filesystem with you. Peter James and Jonny L. Saunders have said they both independently coaxed Muse into zipping up and sharing the entire contents of its root filesystem, Ubuntu system files, app templates, and internal documentation. Saunders posted on […]

Cloud and AI bills looking a bit high? Your AI agents may have been let loose and run up huge spending costs
Cloud and AI bills looking a bit high? Your AI agents may have been let loose and run up huge spending costs

Many enterprises don’t have the safeguards in place to prevent AI from using excessive compute, tokens and more.

Hackers are targeting a critical WordPress flaw, so be on your guard

Mitigations and a patch are already available but given the severity of the WordPress flaw, immediate patching is recommended.

Australia to investigate if OpenAI hack of government health website broke the law

The incident is the first known breach to affect a government agency, and Australia’s prime minister has vowed to hold OpenAI accountable.

DriveWealth breach exposes data of Revolut customers who traded US stocks
DriveWealth breach exposes data of Revolut customers who traded US stocks

A breach at DriveWealth, the US broker behind Revolut’s US stock trading, exposed the personal data of some Revolut customers. DriveWealth and Revolut emailed affected customers on Thursday. DriveWealth said an unauthorised party got into its network o…

An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia’s Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later

The country’s prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.