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Usage Intelligence: The Monetization Signal Most AI Companies Are Ignoring
AI companies need usage data to align pricing with costs, improve products, identify churn risks, and grow revenue through informed decisions. The AI Paradox There is a paradox: AI companies exist to…
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The PHP Meltdown Shows How AI Makes Bugs More Exploitable
Security researchers used AI tools to help uncover years-old vulnerabilities in the PHP web scripting language. Then the AI-assisted attacks began.
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Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared With AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads
Google has updated its privacy policy to spell out that using personalized artificial intelligence (AI) features in Search or Gemini could allow the company to serve targeted ads to users based on…
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🏴☠️ Payoutsking has just published a new victim : Merical LLC
[AI generated] N/A I don't have reliable, verified information about a specific company named "Merical LLC." There appear to be multiple businesses using similar names, and I cannot confirm which one…
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battledrones v14: Compass Rose, a four player map
Release: battledrones v14: Compass Rose, a four player map I added four player online mode to Battledrones - previous maps were limited to two.
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COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL (Charbel Habib and Soha Samaha v. OpenAI, Inc., et al.)
AIID editor's note (AI-assisted abridgement): The 42-page source exceeds AIID's 50,000-character text limit. This abridgement was prepared with AI assistance and retains verbatim excerpts covering…
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Opposition deepfake video of Spanish PM’s wife sparks outrage before election
A political ad from Spain’s main opposition party that used a deepfake video of the prime minister’s wife has sparked outrage and set off a wider debate on AI, as the deeply polarised country gears…
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Police arrest two suspects in AI-powered bank fraud that cost victims €380,000
Rotterdam police arrested two suspects accused of a new form of bank-helpdesk fraud. The operation allegedly caused around €380,000 in losses for 170 victims in just three weeks. The suspects…
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بعد انتحار ابنها... عائلة لبنانية تخوض معركة ضد الذكاء الاصطناعي
مأساة ماتياس حبيب تطلق حملة توعية داخل لبنان ملخص تدعو قضية انتحار الشاب ماتياس حبيب والدعوى القضائية التي تقدم بها أهله ضد شركة (Open AI) إلى إعادة النظر بما يشكله الذكاء الاصطناعي من خطر في المنازل…
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Trust Is Not What It Seems — And Fraudsters Are Counting on It
Threat actors don't need to rely on malware to breach organizations anymore. They're simply calling help desks and politely asking for access, with a little help from artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft Teams to get AI-powered, context-aware phishing detection
Microsoft has announced plans to add AI-powered phishing detection to Teams messages starting in early November 2026.
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AI Tools Are Generating Massive Attacks for Little Cost
One campaign targets 105 sites using open-weight models; in another, public models gained full domain control for $12. Cyber-defense will have to change.
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Straiker Wins Five 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards | Straiker
Discover how Straiker was named a winner in five categories at the 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards, recognizing leadership in agentic AI security, AI exposure management, and innovation.
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Built-In Weakness: Lawful Access and Encryption in the Age of AI-Powered Cyber Threats
Senior research associate Kate Robertson spoke about the legal concerns that Canada’s proposed Lawful Access Act poses in a discussion hosted by the Canadian Internet Society. She emphasized the…
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You gave your AI agent access, but who is giving it orders?
AI agents can be manipulated through malicious emails, websites, and plugins into executing commands, stealing data, or deleting files using their legitimate permissions. Gen Digital explains how its…
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Cyber Insurance's New Reality: Underwriting Isn't Enough
Rising AI, social engineering, and cloud risks are pushing carriers beyond risk transfer and deeper into cybersecurity itself.
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Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany’s far-right AfD party
The AfD has confirmed that hackers breached its hosting provider. A leak site now claims to offer 421,179 of the party’s internal emails, and shows AI-written summaries rather than the emails…
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Preparing Your Security Program for Amazon Web Services Security Hub Extended
Preparing Your Security Program for Amazon Web Services Security Hub Extended October 23, 2026 By The GuidePoint Security Cloud Team BLOG 5 min.
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Critical x402 SDK Flaw Could Let Malicious APIs Drain AI Agents’ Token Balances
AI agents paying for API calls with the x402 SDKs could sign a payment for their full balance of a supported token if a malicious API asked for it, security firm V12 said on October 22. The cause was…