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Saturday, June 6, 2026

Silent Ransom Group now sends fake IT workers to physically breach offices and steal data via USB—patch your physical access controls immediately. GitHub's auth outage deleted Slack/Teams integrations; Russian VTB Bank app bypassed Apple's security to evade US sanctions; compromised open-source projects injected malware; Meta's AI agent hijacked accounts undetected.

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Today's stories

Anthropic suggests slowing AI research until we can align it with human goals
What to expect at WWDC 2026: an overhauled Siri, a Siri app, a slew of new AI capabilities, OS updates focused on reliability and responsiveness, and more (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
NSA said to be readying Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyber operations
Disguised Russian banking app surges to top three on the US App Store
The NY State legislature passes a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first statewide ban of its kind if Governor Kathy Hochul signs it into law (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
Meta's AI support agent bound recovery emails for anyone who asked. Your SOC never saw an alert.
What happens when your phone is confiscated at the airport
Google and FBI warn of ransomware group that sends fake IT workers to hack victims in person
Mantine-datatable (and others) compromised – owner account suspended
GitHub Accidentally Deletes Slack and Teams Subscriptions
Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches
Wyze recalls 320,000+ cameras after reports of fires and burns

Worth a listen

From open source hits to OpenAI (Interview)
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data
Soap Box: Detection and response in the AI age

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