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AI agent startup LangChain hits $3B valuation
LangChain now claims 7,000 customers of its model and platform agnostic agent management tool LangSmith.
Export-banned Nvidia chips are behind China’s most powerful AI models — uh oh, Jensen!
New research shows the most advanced AI models from China were trained on banned Nvidia chips.
PostgreSQL Patches 52 Flaws, Including 22-Year-Old Bug Enabling Authenticated RCE
A type confusion flaw in PostgreSQL lets a database user who can create objects run code on the server. Updates released yesterday fix it, along with 51 other s...
ChatGPT’s new Wallet lets AI agents shop and check out for you
ChatGPT Wallet lets AI agents shop and check out on users' behalf, starting with a limited rollout to U.S. Pro subscribers.
The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline
Jensen Huang has resigned from Nvidia following an affair, which could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most a...
New Mior and Skyfall Attacks Let Rogue Cloud Hosts Steal Secrets From AMD SEV-SNP VMs
Two attacks made public this week allow a malicious host to read data inside AMD SEV-SNP-protected virtual machines (VMs), which are built to keep the server's...
Uber confirms hackers stole thousands of drivers’ license information in data breach
The ridesharing giant said drivers' license information stored by AI cloud company Fireworks AI was stolen during a security incident.
ElevenLabs’ new app combines meeting note-taking and dictation for teams
ElevenAI is a new meeting notetaker and dictation app aimed at teams and enterprises.
FBI Says North Korean Hackers Stole Over $400 Million in Crypto Using Deepfake Video Calls
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has established that threat actors tied to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK aka North Korea) have...
Trezor Confirms Hidden Implants in CryptoBilis-Sold Wallets That Can Steal Recovery Phrases
Three Trezor Safe 5 wallets bought from the reseller CryptoBilis contain an implant, an extra circuit board that can copy their recovery phrases, hardware walle...
Microsoft’s latest email outage turned into a full-blown global cloud crisis
Microsoft's day-long outage began with Outlook and Teams, and ended up taking much of the company's cloud services offline. Microsoft says it's gradually restor...
Israel’s VCs see opportunity for challengers in Nvidia’s turmoil
Given Nvidia’s stronghold on AI and its importance in Israel, many in the country's startup ecosystem are worried about the impact of his departure.
Jensen Huang didn’t show confidence in his successor, report says
Huang described Kress as a "deer in the headlights" during a meeting in summer.
When an AI Agent Goes Wrong, Can You Stop It?
Suppose an AI agent is asked to sort support tickets and look up account details. A ticket contains instructions that lead the agent to export records to an unf...
SilentAir Hijacks Asian Telecom Networks to Intercept SMS 2FA Codes and Spy on Taiwanese Users
A newly identified spying group used hacked equipment inside Asian mobile operators to intercept the calls and texts of selected people, mostly in Taiwan. Enea...
Operation Endgame Takes Down Gootloader, CastleRAT and StealC Servers, Seizes 6.4M Stolen Logins
An international police operation took down servers behind Gootloader, CastleRAT and StealC this week. Criminals used the three malware tools to gain access to...
Hackers Exploit PHP2Shell Flaws in Check Point Gateways to Deploy TSGA Backdoor and Wipe ESXi Files
An unknown threat actor has been observed targeting unpatched Check Point Security Gateways to obtain initial access via the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities and then...
Hackers Exploit N-central Flaws to Infect 21 Servers, Including 19 Running Hotfix 2
N-able on Thursday said it's taking additional precautions in the wake of public disclosure of a new set of flaws tracked as 4EverAble2Shell and Agent2Shell. "...