Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack Summary Researchers and reporters are calling this possibly the largest software supply-chain attack to date: attackers compromised…
Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month Summary Signal has started rolling out end-to-end encrypted cloud backups in its latest Android beta. The opt-in feature…
All IT Work To Involve AI By 2030, Says Gartner Summary Analyst firm Gartner says that by 2030 all IT work will involve AI in some form. The firm reported…
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Summary Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania tested how common human persuasion techniques affect large language models. Using GPT-4o-mini, they asked…
Daily briefing: Is a cure for psoriasis on the horizon? Summary Nature’s briefing highlights new optimism that some people with moderate-to-severe psoriasis might achieve long-term remission — possibly a form…
The Critical Failure in Vulnerability Management Summary This commentary by Amar Ramakrishnan argues that the vulnerability management market is floundering despite an ever-growing number of vulnerabilities. Vendors focused on surfacing…
45 New Domains Linked to Salt Typhoon, UNC4841 Summary Security researchers at Silent Push uncovered 45 domains tied to China‑backed threat actors Salt Typhoon and UNC4841. Many domains were registered…
Daily briefing: Nine metals in two dimensions Summary Chemists have synthesised a MXene — a family of two-dimensional materials related to graphene — that contains a record nine different metals…
Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable? Key points • Biomedical data collection in Africa has grown substantially (eg, H3Africa produced ~1,000 whole-genome sequences across ~50 ethnolinguistic…
‘Amazing feat’: US man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant Summary A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive more than six months after receiving a genetically modified…
