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550K Veeam Backdoors: 17-Month Ransomware Binge Ends—Fortune 500 Forks the Bill

550K Veeam Backdoors: 17-Month Ransomware Binge Ends—Fortune 500 Forks the Bill

TL;DR * Veeam Backup & Replication patched four critical RCE vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-21666, CVE-2025-21668, CVE-2027-21708) enabling privilege escalation and SSH theft * Erlang OTP 28.4.1 patches critical SSH compression and HTTP request vulnerabilities * SocksEscort Botnet Dismantled: 8,000 Infected Routers Seized Across 2,500 US Homes 💥 550K Veeam Backdoors Shut:

$50B Iran Surge: Daily Cost Could Erase U.S. School-Lunch Debt Twice

$50B Iran Surge: Daily Cost Could Erase U.S. School-Lunch Debt Twice

TL;DR * Trump administration seeks $50 billion from Congress to fund Iran war operations, while public approval drops to 41% amid media distrust and lack of exit strategy * UK Parliament Orders Release of 10,000+ Documents on Lord Mandelson’s US Ambassador Appointment Amid Epstein Ties * Trump Administration Faces Backlash

$550M Zendesk Bot to Erase 80% of Call-Center Jobs by 2029: US Braces

$550M Zendesk Bot to Erase 80% of Call-Center Jobs by 2029: US Braces

TL;DR * OpenAI acquires Promptfoo, open-source AI red-teaming tool, to standardize prompt injection and data exfiltration testing across LLM ecosystems * Lemrock secures €6M to build agentic commerce infrastructure as AI agents reshape online product research and retail traffic * Zendesk acquires Forethought for $550M to deploy autonomous AI agents handling 80%

45M Ransomware Payoff Exposes Corporate Cyber Delusion — UK, US, and EU Firms Most Exposed

45M Ransomware Payoff Exposes Corporate Cyber Delusion — UK, US, and EU Firms Most Exposed

TL;DR * Akira ransomware generated $45M in illicit payments in 2025, leveraging AI and double extortion tactics against 2,207 North American victims * U.S. regulators block mandatory age verification on Discord after privacy backlash and data breach * LLMs like GPT-5.2 and Claude 4.5 Opus detect conversation history

96% Iran Internet Blackout After US‑Israeli Jets Strike: $780M Loss

96% Iran Internet Blackout After US‑Israeli Jets Strike: $780M Loss

96% of Iran's net vanished in hours 🌐—digital ghost town as US-Israeli jets strike. 149 M offline, $780 M lost, VPN demand up 579%. The regime's 'security' costs ordinary folks everything. Who's next when a country can be switched off with a

100% Packet Loss Network Collapse: US Teams Race to Rewire

100% Packet Loss Network Collapse: US Teams Race to Rewire

TL;DR * FRC Team 9406 Shows ATHENA Robot With 28‑Inch Net‑Clearance and Adaptive Climbing Mechanism * Websocket communication failure halts robotics competition deployment due to radio misconfiguration * Hopper retraction mechanism uses constant force springs to pull intake back during competition 🤖 0.18 kg chassis cut powers ATHENA’s climb—

70‑B LLM needs 1 TB RAM, KV‑cache >30 GB – privacy‑first users in US & EU face latency‑privacy tradeoff

70‑B LLM needs 1 TB RAM, KV‑cache >30 GB – privacy‑first users in US & EU face latency‑privacy tradeoff

TL;DR * On-Device AI Constraints: RAM Limits Shape Model Size and Performance * DaVinci Resolve expands to Linux and Windows 10+, offering seven‑page workflow and AI tools like speech search and object detection * AI psychosis emerges as chatbots amplify anxiety and mental‑health crises ⚡ 1 TB LLM Memory Needs Reveal