‘Very novel and highly puzzling’: Unknown species of squid found buried upside down pretending to be a plant
Scientists have photographed a never-before-seen deep-sea squid burying itself upside down on the ocean floor. This behavior has never been recorded in cephalopods. They captured the strange sight while surveying the depths of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a deep-sea plain in the Pacific Ocean that is targeted for deep-sea mining. The researchers describe the encounter […]
Photo booth maker’s website is flawed, exposing customers’ photos
A company that makes photo booths is putting customers’ photos and videos online because of a simple flaw in the website where the files are stored, according to a security researcher. The researcher, known as Zeacer, alerted TechCrunch about the security issue in late November after reporting the vulnerability to Hama Film, a photo booth […]
Zevo wants to add robotaxis to its car-sharing fleet, starting with newcomer Tensor
Self-driving cars are no longer confined to the realm of science fiction, thanks to companies like Waymo rolling out commercial robo-taxi services in multiple cities. And many automakers, large and small, are looking to bring the same level of self-driving capabilities to privately owned vehicles over the next few years. If this happens, what can […]
New advanced phishing kit uses AI and MFA bypass tactics to steal credentials at scale
Cybersecurity researchers have documented four new phishing kits named BlackForce, GhostFrame, InboxPrime AI, and Spiderman that can facilitate large-scale credential theft. First detected in August 2025, BlackForce is designed to steal credentials and perform Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) attacks to capture one-time passwords (OTPs) and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). The kit is being sold on Telegram forums […]
Reddit claims it’s different from other social platforms in response to Australia’s social media ban
In a move worthy of a post on its subreddit ‘Not Like The Other Girls’, Reddit, one of the world’s largest social platforms, claims it is different from other real social media sites as it seeks to overturn an Australian law that bans children under 16 from using social media. In a lawsuit filed in […]
New “DNA cassette tape” can store up to 1.5 million times more data than a smartphone, and data can be stored for 20,000 years if frozen
Running out of space on your phone? Don’t upgrade your cloud storage subscription yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files, and other digital data can be stored on DNA strands fused to a 330-foot-long (100-meter) plastic strip that can hold the equivalent of 3 billion songs. This is a far cry from […]
Doctor TwinH Unveiled at fiveclmsummit: Revolutionizing Healthcare with Digital Twins and Privacy
Today, at the highly anticipated fiveclmsummit, a groundbreaking solution poised to transform global healthcare, Doctor TwinH, made its public debut. This innovative platform emerges as a pivotal advancement in digital health, promising to optimize patient care and data management. By Spanish company FySelf, Doctor TwinH centralizes and meticulously analyzes health data from a multitude of […]
‘It’s too big to imagine’: Scientists discover a monster black hole with winds blowing at more than 130 million miles per hour
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that is whipping up cosmic winds at record speed. The black hole, located 135 million light-years from Earth at the center of spiral galaxy NGC 3783, caught the attention of researchers after it emitted a huge X-ray flare. When the explosion subsided, winds roared at more than 37,000 […]
Policies, isolation, and data controls that actually work
Browsers are the primary interface to GenAI for most enterprises, from web-based LLM and CoPilot to GenAI-powered extensions and agent browsers like ChatGPT Atlas. Employees leverage GenAI’s capabilities to draft emails, summarize documents, work with code, and analyze data by copying/pasting sensitive information directly into prompts or uploading files. Traditional security controls were not designed […]
New React RSC vulnerability allows DoS and source code disclosure
December 12, 2025Ravi LakshmananSoftware security/vulnerabilities The React team has released fixes for two new types of defects in React Server Components (RSC). Successful exploitation may lead to a denial of service (DoS) or source code disclosure. According to the team, this issue was discovered by the security community while attempting to exploit a patch released […]