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Under malware threat, runaway AI agent project OpenClaw turns to Google's VirusTotal
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (554+ words) The OpenClaw autonomous artificial intelligence agent project has teamed up with Google's VirusTotal malware scanning service, following the discovery of malicious code in the bot framework's ClawHub skills marketplace. One such malicious skill was discovered recently by Jason Meller at…...
ANZ deploys Agentforce to supercharge new CRM system
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (298+ words) ANZ Banking Group has switched AI agents in a new Salesforce customer relationship management platform used by its business bankers and frontline teams. The bank said that it has started using Agentforce, Salesforce's agentic AI platform, in conjunction with the…...
Nvidia's Huang dismisses fears AI will replace software tools
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (178+ words) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed fears "that artificial "intelligence will replace software and related tools, calling the idea "illogical", after a significant selloff in global software stocks this week. The selloff, partly sparked by "AI developer Anthropic's updated chatbot release…...
'Moltbook' social media site for AI agents had big security hole
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (439+ words) A buzzy new social network where artificial intelligence-powered bots appear "to swap "code and gossip about their human owners had a major flaw that exposed private data on thousands of real people, according to research published by cyber security firm…...
Popular text editor Notepad++ was hacked to drop malware
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (301+ words) Notepad++, a free open source text and code editor for the Windows operating system, suffered an "infrastructure-level compromise" last year by threat actors seeking to deliver malware to selected users. A post-mortem of the incident which started in June 2025, and…...
Global proxy operator IPIDEA denies Google's malicious intent allegations
1+ week, 2+ day ago (608+ words) A Chinese company accused by Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) as operating a worldwide network of rentable proxy servers'used by state-sponsored hackers is denying the allegations, saying its services are fully above board. In a report published this week, GTIG…...
NSW to overhaul state cyber emergency plan
1+ week, 4+ day ago (459+ words) The NSW government has embarked on a redesign of its cyber response and threat intelligence foundation, including incident and emergency response frameworks to enable faster and better coordinated action during significant cyber events. Marked as a work-in-progress, the reforms follow…...
Malware toolkit guarantees store approval for Chrome extensions
1+ week, 4+ day ago (407+ words) A suspected Russian malware-as-a-service operation has been selling a turnkey website-spoofing toolkit that promised to bypass Google's Chrome Web Store security review, charging up to US$6000, security vendor Varonis said. Named Stanley after its seller's forum alias, the toolkit provides…...
WhatsApp unveils high-security mode
1+ week, 5+ day ago (310+ words) Meta's WhatsApp messaging service is offering users "an "advanced security mode, joining a growing number of US tech firms that are letting users opt into stronger protections against hackers in exchange for a more restrictive experience. The "new option, rolling…...
Bureau of Meteorology's VMware bill more than doubles
1+ week, 5+ day ago (302+ words) The Bureau of Meteorology's VMware licensing bill for the next three years has more than doubled to $12.2 million, the latest example of a federal government entity to face soaring costs for the virtualisation software. The weather bureau wrapped up a…...