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Flashpoint warns of AI-driven “era of total convergence” in cybercrime 1,500% Increase in Illegal AI Discussions, 3.3B Credentials Stolen by 2025 Ransomware is shifting to insider-enabled, identity-focused attacks Cybercrime has entered the “era of total convergence”, where everything from reconnaissance, phishing generation to credential testing and infrastructure rotation is done through agentic AI frameworks without […]

Tim Cook writes a letter celebrating Apple’s 50th anniversary Apple has announced plans to celebrate There are few details so far Apple is ready to celebrate 50 years of innovation. The company has been tight-lipped about how it will mark this half-century milestone, but now it and longtime CEO Tim Cook are opening up a

Ally WordPress plugin had SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-2413) Vulnerability left ~246,600 websites vulnerable to data theft Fixed in version 4.1.0; WordPress encourages immediate updates A popular WordPress plugin with hundreds of thousands of active installations carried a serious vulnerability that allowed malicious actors to steal sensitive data from websites, experts have warned. Ally is a

Claude can now work across Excel and PowerPoint with shared context The AI ​​chatbot interface integrates directly into apps on Mac and Windows Anthropic is making these tools available in beta to paying customers now Anthropic has made a number of contextual changes to Claude to give it more power in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Microsoft’s ‘This is an Xbox’ marketing campaign has apparently been withdrawn The campaign website has been removed This comes after new Xbox management was installed last month Microsoft has apparently withdrawn its strange ‘This is an Xbox’ marketing campaign following new leadership changes. As first reported by Game Developer , the official Xbox Wire post

Security researchers found that Russia’s MAX app can monitor VPN users MAX denies claims and says data is used to ensure high-quality service Experts recommend removing the app from any device where a VPN is used A user on the Russian security forum Habr has claimed that Russia’s state-backed messaging service, MAX, can monitor VPN

Tenable discloses nine Looker Studio flaws, dubbed LeakyLooker Bugs enabled cross-tenant SQL injection and credential leakage Google has patched all vulnerabilities; users are encouraged to review report access A series of nine vulnerabilities in Google Looker Studio can be used to run arbitrary SQL queries against target databases and pull sensitive data from people’s Google

Microsoft confirms that its Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program will return in some form this year The company has committed to the program for its future consoles It will “roll out new ways to play some of the most iconic games from our past” this year Microsoft has committed to its Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program for

More than half of SMBs say printers are a low priority for their cybersecurity strategy Many have reported printer related data loss incidents recently Printers should be treated as smart, connected devices New HP research has claimed that more than half (57%) of SMBs agree that printer security is a low priority in their cyber

Microsoft has revealed new details about its next Xbox console, Project Helix The system will feature a custom AMD-based SOC, co-designed for the next generation of DirectX and FSR It will also deliver improved ray tracing performance and capability Following the unveiling of Project Helix earlier this month, Microsoft has now shared some of the