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.…
LotL Attack Hides Malware in Windows Native AI Stack Summary Security researcher hxr1 has published a proof-of-concept showing that Windows’ native AI stack can be used as a living-off-the-land (LotL)…
Malicious NPM Packages Disguised With ‘Invisible’ Dependencies Summary Koi Security uncovered the “PhantomRaven” campaign: 126 malicious npm packages that together have amassed roughly 86,000 downloads. The attackers hide payloads using…
Origins of chromosome instability unveiled by coupled imaging and genomics Article Date: 29 October 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09632-5 Article Image: Summary This paper introduces MAGIC, an automated platform that couples…
Helicase-mediated mechanism of SSU processome maturation and disassembly Article Date: 29 October 2025Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09688-3Article Image: Figure 1 Summary This Nature study presents native high-resolution cryo-EM structures (16 states, up…
Nanobody-based recombinant antivenom for cobra, mamba and rinkhals bites Article Date: 29 October 2025 Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09661-0 Article Image: https://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41586-025-09661-0/MediaObjects/41586_2025_9661_Fig1_HTML.png Summary This Nature paper describes the development of a defined…
AI browsers face a security flaw as inevitable as death and taxes Summary Agentic AI browsers and web-based chatbots are vulnerable to prompt injection — attacks that get models to…
Atlas vuln lets crims inject malicious prompts ChatGPT won’t forget between sessions Summary Researchers at LayerX disclosed a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that can be used to inject hidden,…
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week Summary OpenAI has published early estimates suggesting that a non-trivial number of…
AI’s Next Frontier? An Algorithm for Consciousness Summary Will Knight reports on Conscium, a UK startup led by Daniel Hulme, which is pursuing a testable, engineering-style approach to consciousness. Working…
