Research reveals that kissing dates back to the common ancestor of humans and other great apes 21 million years ago
Kissing may have been around long before modern humans existed, a new modeling study suggests. Kissing dates back some 21 million years to the common ancestor of humans and other great apes, according to a study published Wednesday (Nov. 19) in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior. Homo sapiens, on the other hand, likely appeared […]
EdgeStepper Implant reroutes DNS queries and deploys malware via hijacked software updates
November 19, 2025Ravi LakshmananCyber espionage/malware A threat actor known as PlushDaemon has been observed using a previously undocumented Go-based network backdoor (codenamed EdgeStepper) to facilitate adversary-man-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. EdgeStepper “redirects all DNS queries to an external malicious hijacking node, effectively rerouting traffic from legitimate infrastructure used for software updates to attacker-controlled infrastructure,” ESET security researcher […]
‘Forbidden’ black hole’s record-breaking collision may finally be explained, scientists say
Scientists have traced the origin of the most massive black hole merger ever observed, revealing how two “impossible” giants formed despite long-held assumptions that such objects should not exist. These black holes were considered “forbidden” because it was thought that stars of that size would blow themselves up in extremely powerful explosions, leaving no debris […]
ServiceNow AI agents can be tricked into turning against each other via secondary prompts
November 19, 2025Ravi LakshmananAI security / SaaS security A malicious attacker could exploit the default configuration of ServiceNow’s Now Assist generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform and leverage its agent capabilities to perform prompt injection attacks. According to AppOmni, second-degree prompt injection leverages Now Assist’s agent-to-agent detection capabilities to perform unauthorized actions that allow attackers to […]
TikTok now lets you choose how much AI-generated content you want to see
TikTok, the app that was once just a place to store user-generated content, has launched a new setting that allows users to choose how much AI-generated content appears in their “For You” feed. The company is also introducing more advanced labeling technology for AI-generated content. New AI-generated content (AIGC) controls are being rolled out within […]
Fortinet warns of new FortiWeb CVE-2025-58034 vulnerability being exploited
November 19, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerability/Network Security Fortinet has warned that a new security flaw exists and is being exploited in FortiWeb. This medium severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-58034, has a CVSS score of 6.7 out of a maximum of 10.0. “Improper Disabling of Special Elements Used in OS Commands (“OS Command Injection”) Vulnerability” [CWE-78] “FortiWeb could […]
President Trump DOE grants $1 billion loan to Microsoft partners to restart Three Mile Island nuclear reactor
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it would provide Constellation Energy with a $1 billion loan to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor. The energy company announced last year that it would restart the reactor, which had been shut down since 2019, after Microsoft pledged to buy all the power from the 835-megawatt plant over […]
European tech becomes political | Tech Crunch
Venture capital firm Atomico’s annual European Technology Status Report has been published, showing an upward trend in investment. But this year’s edition goes beyond the usual assessment of the technology ecosystem. It is part of an advocacy that reflects broader changes. European startups and investors are increasingly turning to lobbying. “It’s no longer enough to […]
Hugface CEO says we’re in an ‘LLM bubble’, not an AI bubble
Clem DeLang, co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face, says it’s not an AI bubble but an “LLM bubble” that may be ready to burst. At an Axios event on Tuesday, the entrepreneur behind the popular AI platform and community site agreed that the bubble story is a “trillion dollar problem” today, but said he doesn’t […]
A sunken city discovered in a Kyrgyzstan lake was a medieval hotspot on the Silk Road – until it was obliterated by an earthquake
Archaeologists have discovered a submerged medieval city at the bottom of a salt lake in northeastern Kyrgyzstan. This place was an important stop on one of the Silk Roads between China and the West during the Middle Ages. However, the city there was hit by a major earthquake in the 15th century and is thought […]