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Saturday, July 4, 2026

AI vulnerability discovery tools are flooding CVE disclosures while attackers exploit critical chains like Firefox-to-Android root access. Instagram's ad platform is promoting CSAM in India, MSI Center grants instant SYSTEM privileges, and a Tata breach exposed iPhone 18 specs—patch everything now.

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Today's stories

India's IT secretary said the country is investigating a data breach at Apple supplier Tata, which exposed files that included photos of iPhone 18 Pro models (Reuters)
Filing: GoDaddy challenges a New Delhi court ruling requiring domain sellers to stop offering privacy by default, saying it could expose website owners globally (Reuters)
Cisco tiene un asistente de IA interno… y sirve para todo
Trunk Tools' stack cut document review from 60 days to 10 by ditching general-purpose models
PostgreSQL and the OOM Killer: Why You Must Use Strict Memory Overcommit
Anthropic wants to develop its own drugs
Instagram has been running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India, with terms like "rape video" and "child video" and linking to Telegram channels (Divya Arya/BBC)
Unpacking Workday’s agentic AI pricing model
60% Fable cost cut by converting code to images and having the model OCR it
Elevating Privileges from Firefox to Android Root
New serious vulnerabilities spiked around release of Claude Mythos Preview
MSI Center – How to gain SYSTEM privileges in seconds

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