Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...

Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI

A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually ...

Self-destructing Mistic backdoor linked to access broker selling corporate footholds to ransomware gangs

A new self-destructing backdoor called Mistic used in intrusions since April appears to be linked to a criminal gang that ...

CleanFinder brings browser-based genome editing analysis to labs without coding

Genome editing lets scientists rewrite DNA, the instruction manual inside every living cell, with a precision that was unthinkable a generation ago. Technologies such as CRISPR have made this almost ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fight to Break China’s Rare-Earth Dominance Moves to a New Front in Brazil

POÇOS DE CALDAS, Brazil—Western companies are pouring money into Brazil’s rare-earth industry, hoping the South American nation can help loosen China’s grip on the minerals used in electric vehicles, ...
WBAL-TV

Police investigating half a dozen early-morning break-ins at Catonsville businesses

BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA. AS POLICE STILL LOOK FOR THE SUSPECT. COVERING SEVERAL DOORS AND WINDOWS TO BUSINESSES HERE IN THE POPULAR FREDERICK ROAD AREA OF CATONSVILLE. AFTER HALF A DOZEN OF THEM ...
The Next Web

Anthropic says Claude writes 80% of its own code and the world needs a plan to hit the brakes

Anthropic reveals that Claude now writes over 80% of its production code, with engineers shipping 8x more code per quarter than in 2024. The company’s new Anthropic Institute paper maps the path to ...
Bleeping Computer

VS Code zero-day lets hackers steal GitHub tokens in one click

A security researcher has released exploit code for a Visual Studio Code (VS Code) zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to steal GitHub authentication tokens by tricking users into clicking a ...
wchstv

Man accused of Little League break-ins across multiple counties appears in court

Volunteers, State Police press on in search for missing Richwood woman Saturday The search for 62 year old Mary Catherine Green of Richwood continues Saturday, as volunteers work alongside West ...
Hosted on MSN

Water main break in Luzerne County impacts multiple businesses

Officials say a water main break at Arena Hub Plaza in Wilkes-Barre impacts multiple businesses, with emergency repairs expected to take 8 hours Coffee found to have startling effect on aging, says ...
WKRN-TV

Multiple vehicles in Cheatham County neighborhood damaged after break-ins

CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — It was a rough morning for a number of residents on Warrior Place and War Eagles Way in Cheatham County Friday because their vehicles were burglarized overnight. One ...
Forbes

Warning: Anthropic’s Mythos Can Break Software It’s Trying To Fix

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