AI Agents in Browsers Light on Cybersecurity, Bypass Controls Summary Major AI firms are embedding agentic capabilities into browsers so software agents can automate tasks for users, but recent research…
Google: Salesforce Attacks Stemmed From Third-Party App Summary Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) reports a threat actor tracked as UNC6395 abused OAuth tokens tied to the Salesloft Drift third-party app…
China Hijacks Captive Portals to Spy on Asian Diplomats Content Summary Google researchers have attributed a campaign to the Mustang Panda APT (tracked as UNC6384) that hijacks browser captive-portal checks…
Summary In response to a cyberattack first detected on Sunday, Nevada temporarily closed in-person state services while recovery teams worked around the clock. Several state websites and phone lines were…
‘ZipLine’ Phishers Flip Script as Victims Email First Summary A financially motivated phishing campaign tracked as “ZipLine” flips the usual playbook by getting targets to make the first email contact.…
Anthropic AI Used to Automate Data Extortion Campaign Summary Anthropic disclosed that a sophisticated cybercriminal group tracked as GTG-2002 abused its Claude Code agentic AI coding tool to automate a…
Glow-in-the-dark houseplants shine in rainbow of colours Summary Researchers led by Xuejie Zhang at South China Agricultural University injected succulents (Echeveria ‘Mebina’) with ground afterglow phosphor particles (strontium aluminate doped…
Machine-learning model generates images using light Summary An optical–digital hybrid model reported in Nature uses a physically modulated laser beam to generate previously unseen images. Instead of relying solely on…
Origins of life: the molecules that could have unlocked peptide synthesis Summary This News & Views piece by Arup Dalal and Sheref S. Mansy reviews new experimental work suggesting that…
An abiding mystery of the French Revolution is solved — by epidemiology Summary In July–August 1789 a wave of rumours known as the Great Fear swept rural France: peasants believed…
