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The FBI arrested Abdulrahman Alfozan, an OpenAI engineer, after a recording device hidden in toilet paper was found in a restricted executive conference room. The FBI alleges he tried to spy on OpenAI and risked leaking trade secrets that threatened national security.
Victoria Labor pledges free abortion care; Albanese rebukes Hanson; Canavan disputes EU trade walkout claim.
ElevationLab pulls AirTag Silencer after stalking criticism; company will use its patent to block similar products.
Google has made Android phone number verification opt-out, automatically verifying a device's number and attaching it to every Google account signed in on the phone, including work and secondary profiles. A support page describing the behavior was updated between August and October 2025.
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan told CNBC the bank hired 1,000 contractors to patch software flaws exposed by advanced AI models including Anthropic's Mythos, adding to third-quarter remediation costs.
Australian startup Apate.ai uses AI agents to bait scammers and feed fraud intelligence to banks, telecoms and agencies.
Anthropic warns small AI models could soon enable self-replicating IoT malware, but says its experiment found major obstacles.
A Reform UK member of the Welsh Senedd is suspected of using smart glasses as a teleprompter during a five-minute speech, prompting the Liberal Democrats to urge the Commons speaker to ban the devices from the parliamentary estate, which is already reviewing its policy.
An audit by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China says the UK’s China policy is incoherent and short on senior expertise, and calls for clearer red lines, stronger security tools and supply-chain diversification.
Ray-Ban Meta users say the glasses saved audio and transcripts without the wake command. Meta says the issue is resolved but has not explained the cause.
NordVPN has begun offering official WireGuard configuration files through Nord Account, a change spotted by a Reddit user that could sharply speed up manual and router-based VPN setups long stuck on OpenVPN.
Man City host PSG and Roma host Real Madrid in Champions League Matchday 2 on October 14, with free streams in Ireland and Belgium.
Google is adding Gemini-powered scam detection to Google Messages and Android safeguards for calls and screen sharing.
Check Point Research found two LiteLLM flaws: a high-severity access control bug and a medium-severity SSRF issue. LiteLLM 1.83.9 fixes both, and users should upgrade and rotate exposed API keys.
Surfshark released iOS version 5.0.0, redesigning the home screen to place VPN controls and security tools in one view.
Russia, Iran and China are using generative AI tools to expand disinformation campaigns, and U.S. officials and researchers worry the same tactics could be aimed at the Nov. 3 midterms, Bloomberg reports.
Microsoft's October Windows update patches over 1,400 security flaws, including two zero-days, one exploited, per ZDNet.
An attacker reportedly accessed Denmark's CPR population registry through third-party company Pays ApS using weak credentials, potentially exposing data on 8.8 million people. Danish media and the alleged attacker said a former employee password was '123456'.
Huskeys Security Ltd. added Profiling to its edge security platform, mapping business-critical web application paths and using that context to tailor controls.
France’s foreign minister accuses Musk of online harassment campaigns, warning of foreign meddling before 2027 election.
A researcher found an open database holding 13.7 million records gathered from past breaches, including passwords and banking data tied to AT&T, Amazon, Walmart, PayPal and others. The IP address was linked to Indian platform Vibetech, and the archive was closed after disclosure.
Anthropic warns small AI models may soon enable self-replicating malware on IoT devices.
The IMF has warned that an AI investment correction, higher government bond yields or a major cyberattack could disrupt global markets, as circular deals tie technology companies closer together.
Google automatically links phone numbers across all accounts signed in on an Android device, Android Authority reports.