A week in security (May 4 – May 10)
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Fake OpenAI Privacy Filter Repo Hits #1 on Hugging Face, Draws 244K Downloads
Ravie LakshmananMay 11, 2026Supply Chain Attack / Threat Intelligence A malicious Hugging Face repository managed to take a spot in the platform’s trending list by…
AI cyber attack threatens global financial crisis, warns International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyber attacks could create a worldwide financial crisis. “AI-driven cyber risks could destabilise the…
California Privacy Settlement Hits GM With Record Penalty
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of state and local enforcement agencies have announced a $12.75 million settlement with General Motors over allegations…
National Technology Day: AI And Security Take Centre Stage
As India marks National Technology Day, industry leaders say the country’s technology ambitions are now closely tied to cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and digital resilience. With…
Take control of your connectivity with Telstra’s Adaptive Networks Centre
Empowering customers to design, deploy and scale their own solutions, Telstra’s new Adaptive Networks Centre delivers a step-change experience to enterprise and business customers managing…
New ‘Dirty Frag’ Linux Vulnerability Possibly Exploited in Attacks
A newly disclosed local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting major Linux distributions may already be exploited in the wild. The exploit, named Dirty Frag and Copy…
Instagram removed end-to-end encryption for DMs. What should users do?
Instagram removed end-to-end encryption for DMs. What should users do? Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2026 Instagram removes direct messages (DM) end-to-end encryption May 8, 2026,…
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: Gulf brands are entering the synthetic misinformation era
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags as is: Gulf brands spend millions monitoring competitors, tracking campaigns and managing reputations. Teams are built around anticipating…
Recorded Future Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Cyberthreat Intelligence Technologies. And there’s more.
For security professionals evaluating threat intelligence vendors, the Gartner Magic Quadrant offers an indispensable perspective. Gartner analysts’ thorough and nuanced analysis cuts through the noise,…
macOS (Not)ifications | Huntress
All too often, I blindly ‘Accept’ Terms & Conditions without reading them. Guilty! Yes, it’s come back to bite me before, but I can’t be…
ODINI Malware Uses CPU Magnetic Emissions to Breach Faraday-Shielded Air-Gapped Computers
ODINI is a sophisticated proof-of-concept malware capable of extracting sensitive information from air-gapped computers protected by Faraday cages. By modulating the targeted computer’s CPU workload…