Chinese Peptide Sellers Shift from Fentanyl Precursors to Crypto Sales

The Financial Times could not confirm whether Mythos has been employed in active intrusions. Initial testing had focused on defensive identification of flaws in widely used software.

xAI Seeks to Unmask Plaintiffs in Deepfake Lawsuit xAI asked a federal judge to require four plaintiffs suing over Grok-generated deepfake images to proceed under their legal names. One plaintiff alleges the chatbot created sexual images depicting her as a minor.

The plaintiffs indicated they would withdraw the case rather than risk harassment tied to disclosure of their identities. xAI’s filing argued that sealed proceedings remove any inherent stigma from using real names.

Google introduced a feature in its Dialer application for Android 12 and later that performs a silent cryptographic handshake with incoming callers. When the handshake fails, the app removes the contact photo and flags the call as potentially fraudulent. The protection applies only when both parties use Google Dialer, leaving iPhone users outside its coverage.

Institute Drafts Model Legislation on Protest Offenses

The Manhattan Institute circulated draft state legislation that would classify certain minor protest-related violations as felonies under a proposed category labeled “civil terrorism.” The organization previously contributed to 1990s broken-windows policing policies and federal efforts to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

Researchers described a JavaScript-based technique called FROST that measures SSD read times to generate fingerprints of other open browser tabs and, in some cases, installed applications. The method trains a neural network on input-output signatures of common software. No confirmed instances of the attack occurring outside research settings have been reported.