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1. Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat

   When authentication fails, things can go very, very wrong.

2. Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world

   A stubborn misconception is hampering the already hard work of quantum readiness.

3. US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states"

   Grinex says needed hacking resources "available exclusively to... unfriendly states."

4. Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone

   Here's which players are winning the race to transition to post-quantum crypto.

5. “Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says

   Western Union exec says there were "challenges" working with Broadcom.

6. Iran-linked hackers disrupt operations at US critical infrastructure sites

   As the US and Israel's war has ramped up, so too have hacks on US industrial sites.

7. Thousands of consumer routers hacked by Russia's military

   End-of-life routers in homes and small offices hacked in 120 countries.

8. OpenClaw gives users yet another reason to be freaked out about security

   The viral AI agentic tool let attackers silently gain admin unauthenticated access.

9. New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs

   GDDRHammer, GeForge and GPUBreach hammer GPU memory in ways that hijack the CPU.

10. Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption

    No, the sky isn't falling, but Q Day is coming, and it won't be as expensive as thought.