Apple-UK Encryption Saga Continues: British Officials’ Clarification & US Officials’ Warning

The British side reportedly said they would have to produce warrants for each individual data access request, so they will always have to be made as part of an investigation into serious crime.

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Will Cisco’s Free Tech Training for 1.5M People Help Close EU’s Skills Gap?

Cisco’s training through its Networking Academy will help “build a resilient and skilled workforce ready to meet Europe’s digital transformation and AI objectives.”

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Ransomware Developer Extradited, Admits Working for LockBit

Law enforcement discovered admin credentials on the suspect’s computer for an online repository hosted on the Dark Web that stored source code for multiple versions of the LockBit builder.

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Man-in-the-Middle Vulns Provide New Research Opportunities for Car Security

A pair of researchers plan on detailing effective tools to dig into the effectiveness of vehicle cybersecurity without breaking the bank.

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OpenAI’s strategic gambit: The Agents SDK and why it changes everything for enterprise AI

What OpenAI's Agent SDK and API mean for enterprise


OpenAI’s new API and Agents SDK consolidate a previously fragmented complex ecosystem into a unified, production-ready framework. For enterprise AI teams, the implications are potentially profound: Projects that previously demanded multiple frameworks, specialized vector databases, and complex orchestration logic can now be achieved through a single, standardized platform. But perhaps most revealing is OpenAI’s implicit acknowledgment that solving AI agent reliability issues requires outside expertise. This shift comes amid growing evidence that external developers are finding innovative solutions to agent reliability – something that the shocking Manus release also clearly demonstrated. This strategic concession represents a critical turning point: OpenAI recognizes that even with its vast resources, the path to truly reliable agents requires opening up to outside developers who can discover innovative solutions and workarounds that OpenAI’s internal teams might miss.Read More

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AT&T technician Mark Klein, who exposed secret NSA spying, dies

Klein, a former AT&T technician turned whistleblower, exposed mass surveillance by the U.S. government in 2006.

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Symantec Demonstrates OpenAI’s Operator Agent in PoC Phishing Attack

Symantec demonstrates OpenAI’s Operator Agent in PoC phishing attack, highlighting AI security risks and the need for proper cybersecurity.

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Threat Actor Tied to LockBit Ransomware Targets Fortinet Users

The Mora_001 group uses similar post-exploitation patterns and ransomware customization originated by LockBit.

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Alleged Russian LockBit developer extradited from Israel, appears in New Jersey court

Rostislav Panev, who was arrested in Israel in August 2024 on U.S. charges related to dozens of LockBit ransomware attacks, has been extradited and appeared in a New Jersey federal court, authorities said.

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Why Apple’s RCS encryption move is a privacy game-changer for your texts

Apple will add support for encrypted RCS messages in future updates to iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, and WatchOS.

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