by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 19, 2025 | IT Security
Popular JavaScript libraries were hijacked this week and turned into malware droppers, in a supply chain attack achieved via targeted phishing and credential theft. The npm package eslint-config-prettier, downloaded over 30 million times weekly, was compromised after...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 19, 2025 | IT Security
GPT-5 might be just a few days or weeks away, as we’ve spotted references to a new model called gpt-5-reasoning-alpha-2025-07-13. As spotted on X, OpenAI is testing a model called “gpt-5-reasoning-alpha-2025-07-13.” This model was finalised on the...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 19, 2025 | IT Security
Interview Scattered Spider and Iranian government-backed cyber units have more in common than a recent uptick in hacking activity, according to Ariel Parnes, a former colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces’ cyber unit 8200. Both the financially motivated crew and...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 18, 2025 | IT Security
CrushFTP is warning that threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-54309, which allows attackers to gain administrative access via the web interface on vulnerable servers. CrushFTP is an enterprise file transfer server used by...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 18, 2025 | IT Security
ChatGPT’s o3 is OpenAI’s best model to date because it features reasoning, and it might get even better in the next update. As spotted on X, OpenAI is testing a new “Alpha” variant of the o3 model, which has significant coding-related...
by Syndicated News Feed | Jul 18, 2025 | IT Security
Analysis WeTransfer this week denied claims it uses files uploaded to its ubiquitous cloud storage service to train AI, and rolled back changes it had introduced to its Terms of Service after they deeply upset users. The topic? Granting licensing permissions for an...
