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The Hacker News

Nimbus Manticore Deploys NightLedger and Turns Victim Systems Into Covert Relays

The Iranian state-backed hacking group tracked as Nimbus Manticore (aka GalaxyGato, Mirage Kitten, Smoke Sandstorm, Subtle Snail, and UNC1549) has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting entities across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. The intrusions involve the use of a previously undocumented Windows backdoor called NightLedger and two custom WebSocket tunnelers,

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ExternalCybersecurity
SecurityWeek

Act Security Emerges from Stealth to Fight the Patch Problem

Act Security tackles the spiraling patch problem caused by AI’s ability to find new vulnerabilities in existing cloud environments. The post Act Security Emerges from Stealth to Fight the Patch Problem appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Funding/M&AVulnerabilitiesfunding
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FastAPI Releases

0.140.8

Fixes 🐛 Fix stream item type lost when using include_router(). PR #15077 by @alex-raw.

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Wired Business

Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?

In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. They’ve since spent more than $20 million on the case, and publisher A.G. Sulzberger has no plans to stop fighting it.

BusinessBusiness / Artificial Intelligence
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