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1. Voice phishers strike again, this time hitting Cisco

   Stopping people from falling for phishing attacks isn't working. So what are organizations to do?

2. AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says

   The allegations are the latest to accuse Perplexity of improper web crawling.

3. At $250 million, top AI salaries dwarf those of the Manhattan Project and the Space Race

   A 24 year-old AI researcher will earn 327x what Oppenheimer made while developing the atomic bomb.

4. Microsoft catches Russian hackers targeting foreign embassies

   End goal is the installation of a malicious TLS root certificate for use in intel gathering.

5. In search of riches, hackers plant 4G-enabled Raspberry Pi in bank network

   Sophisticated group also used novel means to disguise their custom malware.

6. So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work

   AP survey shows most Americans treat AI chatbots like a search engine replacement.

7. Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands

   Beware of coding agents that can access your command window.

8. AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents

   Proposed data center would demand 5x Wyoming's current power use at full deployment.

9. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test

   "This step is necessary to prove I'm not a bot," wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step.

10. Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel

    State-owned Aeroflot cancels dozens of flights, stranding travelers throughout Russia.