Google’s New AI Doesn’t Just Find Vulnerabilities — It Rewrites Code to Patch Them

Oct 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Software Security Google’s DeepMind division on Monday announced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered agent called CodeMender that automatically detects, patches, and rewrites vulnerable code to prevent future exploits. The efforts add to the company’s ongoing efforts to improve AI-powered vulnerability discovery, such as Big Sleep and OSS-Fuzz. DeepMind said the […]

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BatShadow Group Uses New Go-Based ‘Vampire Bot’ Malware to Hunt Job Seekers

Oct 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence A Vietnamese threat actor named BatShadow has been attributed to a new campaign that leverages social engineering tactics to deceive job seekers and digital marketing professionals to deliver a previously undocumented malware called Vampire Bot. “The attackers pose as recruiters, distributing malicious files disguised as job descriptions and […]

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Navi UPI Unveils Biometric-Based Payments for iOS, Android at Global Fintech Festival 2025

Navi UPI has introduced biometric authentication and a simplified onboarding process in India, claiming to be the first UPI app to offer biometric payments at scale. Users can now authorise transactions via fingerprint or facial recognition, eliminating the need for a PIN. The system uses secure, OS-native technology, keeping data on-device and enhancing protection ag…

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UFS 5.0 With Faster Data Access, Higher Sequential Performance Announced as Development Nears Completion

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association on Monday announced that its upcoming Universal Flash Storage (UFS) standard is nearing completion. Dubbed UFS 5.0, it is claimed to be designed for mobile applications and computer systems that require high performance, while maintaining low power consumption. Compared to its predecessor, the upcoming UFS standard will bring f…

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Vivo V60e First Impressions

Vivo V60e has been launched in India. The smartphone comes loaded with a premium and sleek design language. It is available in two colour options: Elite Purple and Noble Gold. The device also features a 6.77-inch Full HD+ quad curved AMOLED display. It is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7360 Turbo processor and Mali-G615 MC2 […]

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OpenAI DevDay 2025: From ChatGPT Apps to AgentKit for Developers, Here’s Everything You Need to Know

OpenAI hosted DevDay 2025 on Monday, unveiling several updates for users and developers. The biggest highlight is a new ChatGPT feature that lets users interact with third-party apps like Canva and Spotify without leaving the interface. The company also introduced AgentKit for developers to build and optimise agentic workflows, while GPT-5 Pro, Sora 2, and […]

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13-Year Redis Flaw Exposed: CVSS 10.0 Vulnerability Lets Attackers Run Code Remotely

Oct 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cloud Security Redis has disclosed details of a maximum-severity security flaw in its in-memory database software that could result in remote code execution under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-49844 (aka RediShell), has been assigned a CVSS score of 10.0. “An authenticated user may use a specially crafted Lua […]

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Microsoft Links Storm-1175 to GoAnywhere Exploit Deploying Medusa Ransomware

Oct 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cloud Security Microsoft on Monday attributed a threat actor it tracks as Storm-1175 to the exploitation of a critical security flaw in Fortra GoAnywhere software to facilitate the deployment of Medusa ransomware. The vulnerability is CVE-2025-10035 (CVSS score: 10.0), a critical deserialization bug that could result in command injection without […]

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