General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

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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"Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what

AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.
Publish Date: 6/17/2026
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Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near

What you need to know about the expiration of keys securing your machine's boot sequence.
Publish Date: 6/17/2026
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Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry

Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.
Publish Date: 6/16/2026
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Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users

SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.
Publish Date: 6/16/2026
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Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs

AMD's stripping of TSME from consumer CPUs appears to be a deliberate, covert move.
Publish Date: 6/15/2026
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PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data

Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.
Publish Date: 6/12/2026
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Locked in heated rivalry with researcher, Microsoft fixes 0-day they disclosed

A separate zero-day also disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse appears to be patched as well.
Publish Date: 6/9/2026
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High-severity vulnerability in Linux caused by a single faulty character

Use-after-free bug can be exploited to evade sandbox defenses.
Publish Date: 6/9/2026
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For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer

73 packages run self-replicating stealer as soon as they're opened by an AI agent.
Publish Date: 6/8/2026
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How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched

Seller of the Sound Blaster Katana V2X doesn't consider the behavior a vulnerability.
Publish Date: 6/5/2026
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