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Lazarus Campaign Plants Malicious Packages in npm and PyPI Ecosystems

North Korea-linked Lazarus campaign spreads malicious npm and PyPI packages via fake crypto job offers, deploying RATs and data-stealing malware.

Not all computer code protected as speech, US appeals court finds in ghost gun case

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday in favor of the New Jersey Attorney General's crackdown against a gun company over its ...

Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown links

Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or ...

OpenAI's new Spark model codes 15x faster than GPT-5.3-Codex - but there's a catch

OpenAI's new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark promises ultra-fast, conversational AI coding, if you can tolerate a few trade-offs.

Microsoft fixes Notepad flaw that could trick users into clicking malicious Markdown links

Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company’s Tuesday patch ...

Attackers prompted Gemini over 100,000 times while trying to clone it, Google says

On Thursday, Google announced that “commercially motivated” actors have attempted to clone knowledge from its Gemini AI ...

I unlocked God Mode in Windows 11 with this text string - here's what it does

First, make sure you're signed into your Windows 11 PC with an account that has administrative privileges. By default, your own account should have the necessary rights. To confirm this, go to ...
PCMag

I Tricked Google Into Removing AI Overviews. Here's How I Did It

Annoyed by AI summaries taking over your search results page? There's no official way to turn them off, but there are a few tricks you can try to stop seeing them so often.