A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-6644, has been uncovered in ASUSTOR’s ADM (ASUSTOR Data Master) operating system. Specifically, the flaw exists within the PPTP VPN Client feature. Carrying a CVSS v4.0 score of 9.4, this OS command injecti…
Hegseth faces further grilling over war costs as Iranian supreme leader releases fresh US threats – US politics live
Defense secretary to be quizzed in Senate as Khamenei says foreigners have no place in Gulf ‘except at bottom of its waters’Sign up for the Breaking News US emailA bit more now from Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. He said in a written…
How Iran’s mosquito fleet is skirting Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade
Iranian ‘fast attack ships’ reduce the need for a traditional navy to control the vital waterway
Media organizations call on Israel to allow foreign reporters independent access to Gaza
Leaders of major media companies are urging Israel to lift a ban preventing foreign journalists from independently entering Gaza
‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout – The Guardian
‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout The GuardianIn the midst of an energy crisis, countries make plans to ditch oil, gas and coal NPRCountries end Colombia fossil fuel sum…
Fast16 Malware
Researchers have reverse-engineered a piece of malware named Fast16. It’s almost certainly state-sponsored, probably US in origin, and was deployed against Iran years before Stuxnet:
“…the Fast16 malware was designed to carry out the most subtle form of sabotage ever seen in an in-the-wild malware tool: By automatically spreading across networks and then silently manipulating computation processes in certain software applications that perform high-precision mathematical calculations and simulate physical phenomena, Fast16 can alter the results of those programs to cause failures that range from faulty research results to catastrophic damage to real-world equipment.”…
Somalia shapes its own destiny in global security forums
New roles at the UN and African Union mark a shift from being the subject of decisions to helping shape them.
OpenAI Unveils Cyber Defense Roadmap Focused on AI-Powered Security
OpenAI has released a comprehensive cyber defense roadmap titled “Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age” to responsibly equip defenders with AI-powered security tools faster than malicious actors can adapt. Spearheaded by Sasha Baker in Apr…
‘Historic breakthrough’: Colombia climate talks end with hopes raised for fossil fuel phaseout
Nearly 60 countries back voluntary roadmaps to wean world off coal, oil and gas, at conference prompted by frustration with UN climate summitsBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesGovernments have been asked to develop national “roa…
How Kosovo’s tech industry, driven by local companies like business outsource provider SPEEEX, is helping cut youth unemployment and changing Pristina’s skyline (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
How Kosovo’s tech industry, driven by local companies like business outsource provider SPEEEX, is helping cut youth unemployment and changing Pristina’s skyline — From the rooftop terrace of Kosovo’s innovation center, Sh…