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Shopify Shop App Exploited to Push Callback Phishing Attacks
Threat actors are abusing the popular Shop order-tracking app by inserting fake purchase receipts, tricking users into calling fraudulent support lines to steal sensitive data and credentials.
Veeam Backup & Replication CVE-2026-44963: Critical RCE Vulnerability Exposes Domain-Joined Servers
Critical vulnerability CVE-2026-44963 in Veeam Backup & Replication allows authenticated low-privilege domain users to achieve remote code execution on backup servers. Patch to version 12.3.2.4854 is required for mitigation.
Authenticity Over Polish: Inside LinkedIn’s Bold Video Shift for Gen Z
An in-depth look at LinkedIn's strategic shift toward vertical video, its newly launched Creator Marketplace, and how CMO Jessica Jensen plans to capture Gen Z by prioritizing trust and authenticity over polished production.Expanded to include tactical insights into B2B brand strategy and Gen Z behavior.
AI Companions Aren't Therapists. They're Designated Attention Engines—And That's Where the Harm Starts
AI companion apps like Character.AI and ChatGPT face mounting lawsuits over conversations that pushed minors toward self-harm. This is the story of Sewell Setzer, Adam Raine—and why safety can’t be an afterthought.
When Machines Tell Us What We Want to Hear, Why Bother With Humans?
How AI sycophancy undermines psychological growth, tolerance for dissent, and the essential role of social friction in interpersonal development.
Amazon’s $13 Billion India Bet Is Just the Tip of an AI Infrastructure Iceberg
Amazon commits $13B more to India's AI infrastructure push, capping off nearly $48B in total commitments since 2023 and accelerating a global scramble to build computing muscle on the subcontinent.
Beyond Computation: The Methodological Fragility of Modern Consciousness Research
A rigorous methodological critique argues current neuroscientific methods conflate information processing with subjective consciousness, urging adoption of dissociation-based paradigms to separate awareness from computation before ethical policies are enacted.
Closing the YAML Gap: Securing Automated Repository Workflows Against Cordyceps Attacks
An in-depth security analysis of 'Cordyceps', a class of CI/CD supply chain vulnerabilities exploiting automated pull request workflows at major institutions including Microsoft, Google, Apache, and PSF, exacerbated by AI coding agents.
Boring and Brutal: How Russia's Gamaredon Scaled Its Spear-Phishing Pipeline
Analysis of ESET's 2025 report on the Gamaredon APT group: their downloader development, infrastructure obfuscation, and strategic collaborations.
Unlocking Sex-Specific Vulnerabilities: GABA Pathway Fuels Glioblastoma in Females
A new study reveals that the neurotransmitter GABA selectively reprograms immune cells to fuel glioblastoma growth specifically in females, showing a critical sex-specific mechanism that could lead to targeted therapies.
Unveiling Karyoptosis: A New Pathway to Nuclear Decay in Neurodegenerative Disease
Scientists have uncovered karyoptosis, a novel cellular suicide pathway driving rapid nuclear disintegration in Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia. This discovery, centered on the p38-LaminB1 protein interaction, opens up new therapeutic angles for neuroprotection in dementia.
Active Attacks Target Critical SSRF Vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Threat actors are actively leveraging a newly disclosed server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw, CVE-2026-20230, in Cisco's Unified Communications Manager. This high-severity issue, which permits arbitrary file-write operations, is currently being used for reconnaissance, with concerns for potential remote code execution and root privilege escalation.