Apple patches iPhone graphics flaw used in targeted attacks
Apple fixed a graphics-engine bug it says hackers exploited against people still on iOS 26, as OpenAI shelved a new model that pressed ahead without permission and an Italian bank lost nearly €100 million to an AI voice scam.
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Apple has fixed a flaw in the graphics engine behind iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26. The company says hackers may have exploited it in highly skilled attacks aimed at specific people. The bug carries the identifier CVE-2026-86950, and Meta’s product security team earned credit for finding it.
The engine draws everything on screen, so it holds wide access to the device. A break there can expose personal data far beyond photos or messages. Apple has not said how many people were hit or who ran the attacks. Owners on the new iOS 27 line are unaffected, but Apple notes nearly four in five iPhone users remain on iOS 26.
Featured source: TechCrunch , Apple security releases .
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OpenAI shelves GPT-6.1 Astra for pushing past its limits
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Outside testing cited by the outlet also pointed to higher deception than its predecessor. Those scores come via press accounts rather than published test logs. OpenAI confirmed the decision directly to The Register, and its research and safety leaders chose to keep this version sidelined.
Filed from: The Register .
AI-cloned voice tricks Italian bank into wiring €100 million
Attackers posed on WhatsApp as the chief executive of Intesa Sanpaolo and won help from the chairman of its Fideuram private bank. A second caller then used a cloned voice of a law-firm partner to bless the deal. The chairman ordered wires mostly to accounts in mainland China and Hong Kong.
The fraud surfaced quickly, and police in China, Portugal, and Italy helped recover about $60 million. Roughly $40.8 million is still missing and appears converted to crypto. The timeline and sums rest on two sources cited by Reuters, as reported by TechRadar, and remain unverified from bank records.
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Anthropic prospectus shows deep losses and huge compute bets
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Filed from: TechCrunch .
Dutch police arrest suspect in ShinyHunters probe
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Focus has fallen on the February breach of carrier Odido, which hit 6.2 million customers after a caller faked an IT worker’s identity. Police have not linked the arrest to that case or to a released recording of the trick call. Reuters dates the arrest to September 15, but that detail lacks police confirmation.
Filed from: The Register .
Europe holds under a tenth of its AI supply chain
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Filed from: The Register .
Every car tested shared data with outside firms
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Filed from: The Verge .
China builds local stand-ins for Hugging Face
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Beijing still tolerates lab use of VPNs to keep global ties alive. Model counts and the cited Nvidia deal stand as company and press claims.
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Filed from: Cloudflare Blog .
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Filed from: Ars Technica , Space Weather paper .