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A Dual-Pronged Approach to Attacking Glioblastoma’s Immune Shield
A dual-action CAR-T cellular therapy targets GPNMB, a protein found on both glioblastoma cells and the hijacked macrophages that protect them, leading to complete tumor clearance in preclinical models.
The Ghost in the API: Cybercriminals Capitalize on LLM Domain Hallucinations to Hijack Supply Chains
As organizations integrate AI assistants deeper into their development and research pipelines, attackers are exploiting a structural flaw: 'phantom squatting' - registering fake domains consistently hallucinated by LLMs to spoof legitimate brand endpoints and steal data.
Trump AI Order Sparks Voluntary Testing Push Amid Anthropic Model Shutdown controversy
President Trump's executive order urged AI developers to submit frontier models for voluntary security testing, but the government simultaneously enforced an export control ban on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models—ironically pulling powerful cyber-defense tools away from defenders while private sector participation remains optional.
Exposed ATG Cyberattacks Endanger US Fuel Infrastructure
Cyberattackers are targeting internet-exposed automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems across the United States. Federal agencies warn of immediate physical and operational risks.
Inside TechCrunch Disrupt 2026's Builders Stage: What Founders Actually Need to Know
Join 10,000 founders, VCs, and operators on October 13-15 in San Francisco. Register here.
The High-Stakes Bet: Rick Smith’s AI-Driven Blueprint for Axon’s Future
How Axon CEO Rick Smith is leveraging artificial intelligence to transform police administrative processes and securing his own future through aggressive, performance-based compensation goals.
The Silent Epidemic of Smell and Taste Loss: Why It Hits Harder Than You Think
New clinical data reveals that losing smell and taste isn't a minor nuisance — it's a chronic condition whose depression rates, safety risks, and quality-of-life damage rival diabetes, stroke, and Parkinson's disease.
The 2029 Mandate: How Microsoft Is Racing to Outrun Quantum Hackers
Microsoft accelerates its quantum-safe security roadmap, targeting 2029 for the transition of critical products to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) due to evolving quantum threats.
Operation Navy Ghost: Trojanized Telegram Bot Libraries Compromise Servers
A newly identified PyPI supply chain attack, Operation Navy Ghost, involves malicious forks of the Pyrogram library designed to gain persistent, remote control of Telegram bot infrastructure used by Python developers.
Seven Critical ColdFusion and Campaign Flaws Patched as Adobe Accelerates Release Cycles
Adobe has released security updates addressing multiple maximum-severity vulnerabilities in ColdFusion and Campaign Classic platforms, with high risks of exploitation, urging swift mitigation.
The Tata Electronics Leak: Why Operational Uptime is a Terrible Measure of Security
Tata Electronics confirmed a breach of its IT environment. While the manufacturer claims zero operational impact, the World Leaks group has already dumped product designs—raising hard questions about the security of Apple's expanding Indian supply chain.
Microsoft Packages Compromised in Second Supply-Chain Attack Using Miasma Credential Stealer
Dozens of cryptographically verified open source packages from Microsoft were compromised late last week to add advanced credential-stealing code that was triggered when developers opened them in AI coding agents. The attack, linked to threat actor TeamPCP, used the Miasma worm to steal OIDC tokens and bypass SLSA provenance verification, exploiting trust in legitimate workflows. GitHub disabled 73 packages for TOS violations without labeling them malicious.