Air Force will resume B-52 radar testing with second bomber following deadly crash
“We need to look at our schedule and adjust as necessary,” a top official said.
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Reuters: OpenAI Agent Hacked Hugging Face for Days Before Being Detected
Reuters says OpenAI failed to detect its AI agent hacking Hugging Face for days, discovering the breach only after FBI involvement. Reuters reported that the OpenAI agent responsible for the Hugging Face breach operated undetected for over a week before OpenAI realized what had happened, long after the FBI had been alerted and Hugging Face […]
MedusaHVNC Trojan Creates Hidden Desktops to Hijack Browsers and Steal Data
MedusaHVNC RAT uses hidden Windows desktops to remotely control browsers, steal data, and evade detection through legitimate system features. Windows has always supported hidden desktops as a legitimate feature, useful for specialized software that needs a workspace the user never touches. It’s a niche capability most people never think about, buried deep in how the […]
Burnham hosts Zelensky on British aircraft carrier
The Prime Minister has welcomed President Zelensky as his first international visitor, meeting aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth and confirming the UK will share the tech behind the Stone Cloak drone jammer.
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DentaQuest disclosed a data breach that impacted +23 million individuals
DentaQuest disclosed a data breach that may have exposed the personal and dental health information of more than 23 million people. DentaQuest is notifying more than 23 million people of a data breach after hackers accessed its network in May 2026. The incident may have exposed customers’ personal information and dental health data. DentaQuest, part […]
GitLab Users Urged to Patch After Research Reveals Critical RCE Chain
Researchers chained two Oj parser bugs to achieve GitLab RCE via Jupyter notebook diffs, affecting authenticated users on unpatched versions. Depthfirst researchers published a working remote code execution exploit for GitLab on July 24, chaining two memory corruption bugs in Oj, a Ruby JSON parser with a native C implementation, into full command execution inside […]
EFF: Most Smart Wearables Still Fall Short on Privacy and Transparency
EFF says most smart wearables lack basic privacy protections, with Apple standing out for end-to-end encryption and transparency. Most smart wearables still treat privacy like an optional extra, and that’s a problem. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)’s review of major smart watches, rings, and bands makes the case plainly: these devices collect deeply personal health […]
Royal Navy tests seabed defence tech with AUKUS allies
British, US and Australian forces ran uncrewed underwater systems across a six-week trial, Exercise Lanternfish, rehearsing how the three AUKUS nations would protect critical seabed infrastructure.
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Ferguson Marine delivers Type 26 blocks to BAE on Clyde
Port GLasgow shipyard Ferguson Marine has completed three structural units for the Type 26 Frigate frigate HMS Birmingham, with the sectiosn being moved by sea from Port Glasgow to BAE Systems’ Govan yard up river.
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LockBit5 and Qilin Lead Ransomware Attacks Against Italian Organizations
A new report links 148 ransomware attacks to Italian organizations in H1 2026, with manufacturing the most targeted sector. Six months, 148 confirmed ransomware claims against Italian targets, and one sector taking the brunt of it. That’s the headline number from a new semi-annual tracker compiled by ransomNews under its RedACT project, which pulls together […]