General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk

The feud between NightmareEclipse and Microsoft shows no signs of resolving soon.
Publish Date: 7/9/2026
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Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA

Broadcom accuses Allstate of dodging VMware audits.
Publish Date: 7/9/2026
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Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes

Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges.
Publish Date: 7/8/2026
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Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers

But the devices could "easily be reflashed."
Publish Date: 7/8/2026
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US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge

Miners backed by Trump admin sell to Japan, South Korea despite push to develop domestic supply chain.
Publish Date: 7/8/2026
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Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets

"HalluSquatting" weaponizes LLMs' inability to say "I don't know."
Publish Date: 7/8/2026
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Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware

The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.
Publish Date: 7/2/2026
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T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit

T-Mobile wants Broadcom to keep supporting its VMware perpetual licenses.
Publish Date: 7/1/2026
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New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea

Telling an LLM that 2 + 2 = 5 is enough to make it follow forbidden instructions.
Publish Date: 6/30/2026
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US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree

Operation by two Russia-state groups has been ongoing since at least March.
Publish Date: 6/29/2026
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Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead

Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."
Publish Date: 6/25/2026
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One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime "assembly line"

"Operation Endgame" simultaneously disrupts two widely used crime tools.
Publish Date: 6/24/2026
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White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto

Order warns of national security risks if post-quantum cryptography isn't adopted in time.
Publish Date: 6/23/2026
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Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments

Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.
Publish Date: 6/23/2026
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Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs

Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips.
Publish Date: 6/22/2026
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Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency

Crypto Clipper spreads over USB and communicates over Tor.
Publish Date: 6/18/2026
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Apple patches high-severity eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds

The vulnerability, disclosed 12 months ago, affects multiple manufacturers.
Publish Date: 6/18/2026
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Before SpaceX IPO, investors in China secretly acquired stakes

One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.
Publish Date: 6/18/2026
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Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks

The affected include Oracle, Lenovo, FedEx, a NATO contractor, and Fortinet.
Publish Date: 6/17/2026
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Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”

Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.
Publish Date: 6/17/2026
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