Working title "Alfa"
The developers of Linux Mint announce a longer release cycle and significant technical changes. The next release is internally called “Alfa” for now and is based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
Hackers unknown
Market data specialist Autovista is battling a major ransomware attack that has knocked out critical IT systems across Europe and Australia, causing widespread disruption to vehicle valuations and identification services.
Ai assistant
The European Commission is continuing to put pressure on WhatsApp’s parent company Meta. The background is that Meta, according to the Brussels authority, gives only its own AI assistant access to the WhatsApp messaging service, which preliminary findings suggest violates competition law.
Tax returns and ID cards
A misconfigured Cloudinary instance is leaking private user documents from the freelance platform, which are being indexed by Google. The researcher who discovered the issue has been waiting for a response from the company for over 40 days.
Data breach
Hackers gained unauthorized access to the systems of Europe’s largest gym chain Basic-Fit and made off with personal data including names, addresses, and bank details.
Leadership by algorithm
Meta is building an AI avatar of its CEO based on his voice, appearance and public statements. Whether it will actually work remains to be seen, as the technical and ethical hurdles are considerable.
All the updates
After 6.19 releases the version count had run its course. The new kernel brings more mature Rust integration, modern security signatures, and targeted improvements across filesystems, networking, and virtualization.
Fight Fraud Framework
The organization behind ATT&CK has released a companion framework specifically for financial fraud, introducing two new attack phases that the original framework never covered.
Energy sector hit
The United States has repeatedly accused hacker groups with ties to Iran of carrying out cyberattacks. Most recently, even FBI Director Kash Patel was targeted. Now, a new incident has emerged.
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