General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active exploitation

Both vulnerabilities are being exploited in wide-scale operations.
Publish Date: 10/31/2025
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ChatGPT maker reportedly eyes $1 trillion IPO despite major quarterly losses

It could be "one of the biggest IPOs of all time," according to Reuters.
Publish Date: 10/30/2025
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After teen death lawsuits, Character.AI will restrict chats for under-18 users

AI companion app faces legal and regulatory pressure over child safety concerns.
Publish Date: 10/30/2025
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NPM flooded with malicious packages downloaded more than 86,000 times

Packages downloaded from NPM can fetch dependencies from untrusted sites.
Publish Date: 10/29/2025
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Nvidia hits record $5 trillion mark as CEO dismisses AI bubble concerns

"I don’t believe we’re in an AI bubble," says Huang after announcing $500B in orders.
Publish Date: 10/29/2025
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New physical attacks are quickly diluting secure enclave defenses from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel

On-chip TEEs withstand rooted OSes but fall instantly to cheap physical attacks.
Publish Date: 10/29/2025
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OpenAI data suggests 1 million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT weekly

Sensitive chats are rare but significant given the large user base.
Publish Date: 10/28/2025
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Expert panel will determine AGI arrival in new Microsoft-OpenAI agreement

New deal extends Microsoft IP rights until 2032 or until AGI arrives.
Publish Date: 10/28/2025
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A single point of failure triggered the Amazon outage affecting millions

A DNS manager in a single region of Amazon's sprawling network touched off a 16-hour debacle.
Publish Date: 10/24/2025
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Cache poisoning vulnerabilities found in 2 DNS resolving apps

At least one CVE could weaken defenses put in place following 2008 disclosure.
Publish Date: 10/22/2025
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NSO permanently barred from targeting WhatsApp users with Pegasus spyware

Ruling holds that defeating end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp harms Meta's business.
Publish Date: 10/20/2025
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Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains

Malicious payloads stored on Ethereum and BNB blockchains are immune to takedowns.
Publish Date: 10/16/2025
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Ars Live recap: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron weighs in.

Despite connection hiccups, we covered OpenAI's finances, nuclear power, and Sam Altman.
Publish Date: 10/16/2025
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Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network

Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits.
Publish Date: 10/15/2025
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Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 matches May’s frontier model at fraction of cost

Tiny, fast model hits coding scores similar to GPT-5 and Sonnet 4.
Publish Date: 10/15/2025
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ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says

Sam Altman claims new tools can detect mental distress while relaxing limits for adults.
Publish Date: 10/15/2025
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Feds seize $15 billion from alleged forced labor scam built on “human suffering”

Scams like this one net billions from well-educated victims.
Publish Date: 10/14/2025
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Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop

The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.
Publish Date: 10/14/2025
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OpenAI wants to stop ChatGPT from validating users’ political views

New paper reveals reducing "bias" means making ChatGPT stop mirroring users' political language.
Publish Date: 10/14/2025
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Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones

Malicious app required to make "Pixnapping" attack work requires no permissions.
Publish Date: 10/13/2025
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