CyberNews US Government Accuses Chinese AI Firms of Stealing Proprietary Capabilities from US Models The US government has accused several top Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firms of engaging in massive campaigns to extract proprietary capabilities from leading US AI models. The firms, which include Alibaba, DeepSeek, and Moonshot AI, allegedly used a process called distillation to … Read more
Cybersecurity’s Unholy Trinity: Mythos Vulnerability Firehose Hits a Human Bottleneck A new analysis of public data from Anthropic’s Project Glasswing has revealed a disturbing trend in the world of vulnerability research. Despite generating an astonishing 26,153 potential security flaws using its Claude frontier model, only a tiny fraction – less than 10% – have made … Read more
Google has just patched a seventh Chrome zero-day bug this year, with another high-severity vulnerability being actively exploited by attackers. The latest bug, CVE-2026-87491, affects the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine in Google’s Chrome browser, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the web browser’s sandbox via crafted HTML pages. The security update was … Read more
A new zero-day exploit has been released by an anonymous security researcher, Nightmare Eclipse, that can grant SYSTEM access on fully patched Windows systems. The exploit, called ShieldCrash, bypasses a previously patched flaw in Microsoft Defender known as ShieldBreak, which itself was a fix for another issue disclosed in June. The ShieldCrash proof-of-concept exploit works … Read more
A notorious cyberstalker has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for extorting women with AI-generated porn videos. James Strahler II, a 37-year-old Ohio man, used advanced artificial intelligence tools to create explicit content featuring his victims’ likenesses without their consent. He then shared these images and videos online, threatening to release them publicly if … Read more
A 37-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a string of cybercrimes that included sextortion and cyberstalking of numerous victims. James Strahler II was convicted on multiple charges related to his use of AI-generated pornographic content to harass and extort women, marking one of the first convictions under the newly … Read more
Over 36,000 exposed Plex servers remain vulnerable to recent security flaws, leaving users at risk of potential attacks. The issue affects those running older versions of Plex Media Server, with a total of over 36,000 instances still unpatched and exposed online. Plex issued a warning last week for its users to secure their media servers … Read more
A Critical Bluetooth Vulnerability Exposes Skullcandy Earbuds to Hijacking Users of Skullcandy Dime 3 wireless earbuds are at risk of having their devices taken over by attackers thanks to a critical vulnerability in the earbuds’ Bluetooth connectivity. The issue, known as CVE-2025-20701, allows an attacker to connect to a vulnerable device without needing permission from … Read more
A massive cyberattack on healthcare company AdaptHealth has exposed the personal and sensitive information of over 4.1 million people, sparking concerns about the security of patient data in the healthcare sector. The breach, which was first discovered in July and attributed to the ShinyHunters threat group, is just one of several recent high-profile incidents affecting … Read more
Cybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm as Cisco confirms a critical vulnerability in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software has been actively exploited in attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20079, allows unauthenticated hackers to bypass authentication and execute scripts with root privileges on vulnerable devices. The vulnerability affects Cisco’s Secure FMC Software and Security … Read more