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Cybersecurity

RatHat Android Malware Abuses ADB to Retain Shell Access After Uninstall

September 18, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new Android malware called RatHat that’s assessed to be operated by China-based threat actors and features an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system to navigate and control…

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Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites

September 17, 2026 Blogmaster

US Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has proposed a law that would require Internet service providers and other network operators to block foreign piracy websites. Issa’s bill would help copyright holders…

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Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”

September 17, 2026 Blogmaster

For years, Microsoft and OpenAI have fought to keep certain information out of the public eye in their fight with news organizations that have accused the AI firms of teaming…

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Google announces new experimental “CC” AI agent for families

September 17, 2026 Blogmaster

Google’s AI models may not be in the lead by most measures right now, but the company does have one key advantage: your data. If you’re deep in the Google…

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Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets

September 17, 2026 Blogmaster

As European militaries adapt to the use of AI and drones in modern warfare, a NATO-backed startup is helping to deploy AI-driven target detection and selection that can run on…

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RFK Jr. names 8 new members to influential preventive medicine task force

September 17, 2026 Blogmaster

Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the names of eight new members of a 16-person federal task force intended to make scientifically independent, evidence-based recommendations on an array…

Cybersecurity

Iran-Linked Handala Hack Tied to HEAVYGRAM Telegram Backdoor That Can Steal Passwords

September 17, 2026 Blogmaster

The Iran-linked “hacktivist” persona known as Handala Hack has been attributed to a Telegram-based surveillance backdoor called HEAVYGRAM and a Delphi-based utility known as CRUDEEXCLUDE. “HEAVYGRAM offers builtin commands supporting…

Cybersecurity

Critical Docker Sandboxes Flaw Lets Malicious Guest Code Read and Modify macOS Host Files

September 17, 2026 Blogmaster

Malicious code running inside a Docker Sandboxes virtual machine on macOS could escape the project directory shared into it and read or change files anywhere else on the host, Docker…

Cybersecurity

ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories

September 17, 2026 Blogmaster

Attackers keep finding new keys. The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them. This week, those keys sit in AI tools, exposed services, old bugs, weak…

Cybersecurity

Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root

September 17, 2026 Blogmaster

A critical vulnerability in Check Point’s Security Management and Log Servers could allow an attacker without login credentials to run code as root on those servers over the network. The…

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