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1. Israel-tied Predatory Sparrow hackers are waging cyberwar on Iran’s financial system

   The hacker group has destroyed more than $90 million held at an Iranian crypto exchange.

2. Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway.

   Microsoft, Apple, Bank of America, and many more sites all targeted.

3. Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI content

   Newly announced catalog collects pre-2022 sources untouched by ChatGPT and AI contamination.

4. Cybersecurity takes a big hit in new Trump executive order

   Provisions on secure software, quantum–resistant crypto, and more are scrapped.

5. OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft

   WSJ report says OpenAI mulling federal complaint as Microsoft stalls restructuring plan.

6. Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers

   The soaring price of copper makes networks tempting targets for thieves.

7. Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeys

   Apple OSes will soon transfer passkeys seamlessly and securely across platforms.

8. Hollywood studios target AI image generator in copyright lawsuit

   Multiple-studio complaint cites AI image outputs as evidence of "bottomless pit of plagiarism."

9. With the launch of o3-pro, let’s talk about what AI “reasoning” actually does

   New studies reveal pattern-matching reality behind the AI industry's reasoning claims.

10. Found in the wild: 2 Secure Boot exploits. Microsoft is patching only 1 of them.

    The publicly available exploits provide a near-universal way to bypass key protections.