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Security Affairs newsletter Round 581 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
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Ex-school district employee jailed for hacks on former employer
A former IT employee at an Iowa school district was sentenced to 21 months in prison after conducting a prolonged cyberattack against the former employer tha...
Anthropic disables new models after government calls them a national security concern
The Commerce Department’s expert control decree led to the company shutting off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide, drawing sharp criticism from resear...
Washington Pulled the Plug on Anthropic ‘s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. The Rest of the World Is Watching.
Anthropic disputes restrictions on Mythos 5 and Fable 5, arguing the decision lacks transparency and isn’t based on clear technical evidence. On Friday June ...
Chinese hackers hijack auth flow, spy on isolated network for a decade
Chinese hackers took control of a target organization's authentication stack and maintained persistence for 10 years, with full visibility into the administr...
US Gov asks Anthropic to ban 'foreign national' access to Fable, Mythos
The US government has ordered Anthropic to block all foreign nationals from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5, forcing the company to suspend both models worldw...
Anthropic Blocks Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Following U.S. National Security Directive
Anthropic has disabled all access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models following a sudden export-control directive from the United Stat...
Anthropic Says It Has Taken Its Latest AI Models Offline to Comply With New Export Controls
Anthropic takes Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent use by foreign nationals. The post Anthropic...
U.S. Orders Anthropic to Suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Access for Foreign Nationals
Anthropic said on Friday it will "abruptly disable" its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all users after t...
Weekly Metasploit Update: New Kerberos/Certificate tracing options, and multiple new modules
New Tracing Options As hard as we try to ensure that Metasploit is bug free, issues inevitably come up. Whether you’re running a module on an op or writing a...
Tracing Digital Intent: New MacOS Tahoe 26 Artifact Discovered
Unit 42 has discovered a new macOS Tahoe 26 forensic artifact that tracks user menu selections across the operating system. Learn more here.
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-Inspired Fluid Pump
This fluid pump was inspired by the way squids propel themselves through the water. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security sto...
Phones, Sarlaccs, Maine, Chinese Sites, Ivanti, Bitlocker, Peoplesoft, and More - SWN #589
House fails to renew FISA surveillance law amid controversy
The House voted against renewing Section 702 of FISA, a law that allows U.S.
Anthropic launches $15 million cyber defense program for state and local governments
The initiative offers up to $15 million in Claude credits, which are usage-based units for Anthropic's AI services.
California's new CIO focuses on modernizing legacy systems and AI
Given plans to steer the California Department of Technology (CDT) towards incremental improvements with measurable returns, rather than large-scale, multi-y...
Thousands of live cameras stream with no authentication, exposing security risks
U.S. seizes domains used to publish nonconsensual AI-generated nude images
The domains specialized in creating explicit content, often targeting famous women, including politicians, royalty, and entertainers.
Iran-linked group Handala claims to steal Cal Water customer info
Experts say that Handala has a history of overstating its capabilities and in this case the water systems was not disrupted.