Russian spies pack custom malware into hidden VMs on Windows machines Summary Security researchers at Bitdefender, working with the Georgian CERT, have uncovered a campaign by the threat group dubbed…
9 arrested in Europe in operation against fake platforms for crypto investments Summary European authorities arrested nine people in a multinational takedown of a network that ran dozens of fake…
Data brokers selling location info that can be used to track EU officials, report finds Summary A coalition of European newsrooms found that freely available datasets from data brokers contained…
OpenAI API moonlights as malware HQ in Microsoft’s latest discovery Summary Microsoft has disclosed a novel backdoor named “SesameOp” that abuses the OpenAI Assistants API as a command-and-control (C2) channel.…
Cybercrooks getting violent more often to secure big payouts in Europe Summary Researchers report a sharp rise in “violence as a service” across Europe, with at least 18 violent crypto-related…
Invasion of the message body snatchers! Teams flaw allowed crims to impersonate the boss Summary Microsoft Teams contained four now-patched vulnerabilities discovered by Check Point that allowed attackers to tamper…
SesameOp Backdoor Uses OpenAI API for Covert C2 Summary Researchers from Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART) discovered a novel backdoor named “SesameOp” that leverages the OpenAI Assistants API as…
Daily briefing: Custom-made gene-editing therapy for children to enter clinical trial Article Date: 03 November 2025Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03619-yArticle Image: https://media.nature.com/lw767/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03619-y/d41586-025-03619-y_50978808.jpg Summary Researchers are preparing to trial a personalised base-editing therapy…
Climate change is devastating mining of minerals needed to fight it Article Date: 2025 (source article) Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03560-0 Article Image: Image link Summary The rush to mine “critical metals”…
The ‘implementation COP’: why the Belém summit must ratchet up climate action Article meta Article Date: 2025-11-04Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03567-7Article Image: https://media.nature.com/lw767/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03567-7/d41586-025-03567-7_51659016.jpg Summary The Nature commentary argues that COP30 in Belém…
