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A vulnerability has been found in the very popular, free file-compressing tool 7-Zip. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-11001, has a public exploit, leading to a high-risk warning from the UK’s NHS England Digital. While the NHS confirmed active exploitation has not been observed in the wild, the public PoC means the risk of future attacks is extremely high. The vulnerability …

The AI labs never sleep — especially the week before Thanksgiving, it seems. Days after Google’s buzzworthy Gemini 3, and OpenAI’s updated agentic coding model, Anthropic has announced Claude Opus 4.5, which it bills as “the best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use,” claiming it has leapfrogged even Gemini 3 in different categories of coding. But …

The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 along party lines on Thursday to scrap rules that required U.S. phone and internet giants to meet certain minimum cybersecurity requirements. The FCC’s two Trump-appointed commissioners, chairman Brendan Carr and his Republican colleague Olivia Trusty, voted to withdraw the rules that require telecommunications carriers to “secure their networks from unlawful access or interception of …

Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways OpenAI has launched Aardvark, a cybersecurity researcher agent.  Aardvark is powered by GPT-5 and is in private beta.  It can discover and help fix security vulnerabilities.  In the year full of AI agents, OpenAI has launched AI assistants that can take action on your behalf to …

Web browsers are getting awfully chatty. They got even chattier last week after OpenAI and Microsoft kicked the AI browser race into high gear with ChatGPT Atlas and a “Copilot Mode” for Edge. They can answer questions, summarize pages, and even take actions on your behalf. The experience is far from seamless yet, but it hints at a more convenient, …

Kristi Noem pledged to boost the nation’s cybersecurity. She gutted it instead.  Politico Trump Administration Cuts Cyberdefense Even as Threats Grow  The New York Times 2025 Annual Report on Implementation  Foundation for Defense of Democracies US ‘slipping’ on cybersecurity, annual Cyberspace Solarium Commission report concludes  CyberScoop The Wrap: Cyber Progress Stalls; Major Cyber Gaps in Water Sector; Who’s Guarding the Firewall?  LinkedIn Source link

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation This National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, my Administration renews its commitment to strengthening our Nation’s cybersecurity to improve American lives, defend American sovereignty, and uphold the rights of every American citizen. In recent years, advancements in cybersecurity have presented new threats to our national defense and personal privacy.  Criminal organizations …

Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images U.S. cybersecurity company F5 closed down 10% on Thursday after disclosing a system breach in which a “highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor” gained long-term access to some systems. The stock had its worst day since April 27, 2022, when the stock fell 12.8%. The company disclosed the breach in a …

Breach at US-based cybersecurity provider F5 blamed on China, Bloomberg News reports  Reuters ED 26-01: Mitigate Vulnerabilities in F5 Devices  CISA (.gov) Potentially ‘Catastrophic’ Breach of Cyber Firm Blamed on China  Bloomberg.com Cybersecurity order warns of “imminent risk” to federal agencies following possible breach  CBS News F5 discloses breach tied to nation-state threat actor  CyberScoop Source link

Shutdown guts U.S. cybersecurity agency at perilous time  The Washington Post Government Shutdown FAQ  U.S. Representative Ami Bera (.gov) Cyberthreat sharing law expires as government shuts down  The Hill Government Shutdown Leaves US Cyber Defenses Weaker, Insiders Say  Forbes Rand Paul keeps CISA door closed  Punchbowl News Source link