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THN Daily Updates Webinar ➞ Source Code, Contracts, PII--Oh My: How to Stop Leaks to ChatGPT Learn how to identify, monitor, and stop data leaks to AI tools like ChatGPT. Discover practical methods to gain real-time visibility, enforce controls, and prevent sensitive data exposure at the source. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Jun 8, 2026 The Hardest Fork Mythos is real. I know a big chunk of the industry thinks it's a marketing stunt, and I get why. I get it. But I've seen the findings, and they're bad. These aren't "whoops, this line right here is wrong, and that's RCE... Read More VerdantBamboo Deploys BSD Variant of BRICKSTORM on Linux Appliances A China-nexus cyber espionage group has been observed deploying a BSD variant of a known backdoor called BRICKSTORM, as well as two other malware families codenamed PLENET (aka GRIMBOLT) and AGENTPSD to target Linux sys... Read More Double Your Security Control Prevention Rate in 90 Days This guide shows how Picus customers go from 37% to 74% threat prevention by simulating real attacks and closing the gaps that matter. Read More UNC3753 Used Vishing and Physical Intrusions in U.S. Data Theft Extortion Campaign Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a financially motivated data theft extortion campaign that has targeted dozens of organizations across professional, legal, and financial services in the U.S. between ... Read More VS Code Adds 2-Hour Extension Auto-Update Delay to Limit Supply Chain Attacks Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio Code (VS Code) will apply a two-hour delay before extensions for the integrated development environment (IDE) are updated automatically to a newer version in an attempt to tack... Read More How Attackers Are Adding AI Voice Cloning to Microsoft Teams Attacks Teams defaults enable AI voice-aided Quick Assist attacks, creating 10–15 minute detection gaps before lateral movement. Read More New ChatGPT Lockdown Mode Limits Tools That Could Enable Data Exfiltration OpenAI has begun rolling out a new Lockdown Mode to ChatGPT for eligible personal accounts to reduce the risk of data exfiltration arising from prompt injection attacks. The feature is primarily designed for people a... Read More Free Apps Are Quietly Turning Smart TVs Into Web-Scraping Proxies for AI A researcher has reverse-engineered the iOS SDK that Bright Data embeds in consumer apps and documented how it turns devices, including always-on smart TVs, into exit nodes that relay web-scraping traffic for a data bus... Read More Webinar ➞ Source Code, Contracts, PII--Oh My: How to Stop Leaks to ChatGPT Learn how to identify, monitor, and stop data leaks to AI tools like ChatGPT. Discover practical methods to gain real-time visibility, enforce controls, and prevent sensitive data exposure at the source. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to sikubaycom.s3cr3tz@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from THN. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact THN: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe THN | K.P BLock, Pitampura, Delhi