General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Settlement comes more than 6 years after Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn's ordeal began.
Publish Date: 1/29/2026
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We have no proof that AI models suffer, but Anthropic acts like they might for training purposes.
Publish Date: 1/29/2026
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One of the last holdouts for ransomware discussions, RAMP is taken down.
Publish Date: 1/28/2026
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Over 400,000 H200 chips coming to tech giants as China tries to balance tech needs with self-reliance.
Publish Date: 1/28/2026
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The open source "Jarvis" chats via WhatsApp but requires access to your files and accounts.
Publish Date: 1/28/2026
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Abusing Microsoft's reputation may make scam harder to spot.
Publish Date: 1/27/2026
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Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop.
Publish Date: 1/26/2026
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Company's autodiscover caused users' test credentials to be sent outside Microsoft networks.
Publish Date: 1/26/2026
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The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won't compile.
Publish Date: 1/22/2026
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New policy requires "buy for me" AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.
Publish Date: 1/22/2026
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Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.
Publish Date: 1/21/2026
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The web's best guide to spotting AI writing has become a manual for hiding it.
Publish Date: 1/21/2026
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Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.
Publish Date: 1/19/2026
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Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more.
Publish Date: 1/16/2026
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Ads coming to free tier and new $8/month ChatGPT Go plan in US.
Publish Date: 1/16/2026
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Windows laggards still using the vulnerable hashing function: Your days are numbered.
Publish Date: 1/16/2026
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Amid fears of bubble, world's top chipmaker TSMC says customers just keep asking for more.
Publish Date: 1/16/2026
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Wikimedia Enterprise signs Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral to API access deals.
Publish Date: 1/15/2026
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Exploit exfiltrating data from chat histories worked even after users closed chat windows.
Publish Date: 1/14/2026
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Indie music store says it wants fans to have confidence music was largely made by humans.
Publish Date: 1/14/2026
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