Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker A hacktivist group with links to Iran’s intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack againstStryker, a global medical technology company based in Michigan. News reports out of Ireland, Stryker’s largest hub outside of the United States, said the company sent home more than 5,000 […]
‘CanisterWorm’ Springs Wiper Attack Targeting Iran A financially motivated data theft and extortion group is attempting to inject itself into the Iran war, unleashing a worm that spreads through poorly secured cloud services and wipes data on infected systems that use Iran’s time zone or have Farsi set as the default language. Experts say the
OpenAI abandons yet another side quest: ChatGPT’s erotic mode OpenAI has put the kibosh on yet another project—at least for the time being. On Thursday, the Financial Timesreported thatthe AI company would be “indefinitely” pausing plans to develop an “erotic” mode for ChatGPT. The proposed “adult mode,” which CEO Sam Altman first floated in October,
Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills Two U.S. senators on Thursday fired the latest salvo in an increasingly active front against data centers and their energy use. Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) asking it to collect details
TikTok for Business accounts targeted in new phishing campaign Threat actors are targeting TikTok for Business accounts in a phishing campaign that prevents security bots from analyzing malicious pages. TikTok Business accounts may be targeted due to their high potential for abuse in malvertising campaigns, ad fraud, and the distribution of malicious content. Browser threat
Google Translate’s real-time headphone translations feature expands to iOS and more countries Googleannouncedon Thursday that “Live Translate,” its AI-powered Google Translate feature that lets you hear real-time translations in your headphones, is expanding to iOS and to more countries. With this expansion, the feature is now available on iOS and Android in the U.S., India, Mexico,
UK sanctions Xinbi marketplace linked to Asian scam centers The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has sanctioned Xinbi, a Chinese-language online marketplace that sells stolen data and satellite internet equipment to scam networks in Southeast Asia. The Telegram-based marketplace Xinbi is also believed to have helped North Korean threat actors launder cryptocurrency
CISA: New Langflow flaw actively exploited to hijack AI workflows The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-33017, which affects the Langflow framework for building AI agents. The security issue received a critical score of 9.3 out of 10 and can be leveraged for remote
The Iran war seen through Asia’s eyes Such has been the intensity of events in the Persian Gulf, and the relentlessness of the media coverage, that the Iran war can feel older than it is. In fact, some of the oil tankers that left the Middle East before the closure of theStrait of Hormuzhave yet
Iran is what happens when leaders ignore their spies Intelligence agencies are often blamed when the use of military force has an unexpected or negative outcome.Punditsoftenargueleaders end up in difficult situations because they are not fully informed, orintelligence agencies got it wrong. Of course, analysis is sometimes wrong.Intelligence failuresdo happen and can lead to bad
