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INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING · 2026-05-07 06:00 · JHB
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MuddyWater Uses Microsoft Teams to Steal Credentials in False Flag Ransomware Attack
💀 The Hacker News · 06 May
DAEMON Tools devs confirm breach, release malware-free version
🖥️ BleepingComputer · 06 May
MuddyWater hackers use Chaos ransomware as a decoy in attacks
🖥️ BleepingComputer · 06 May
Major South African city scrambles for urgent fuel supply after running dry
💼 BusinessTech · 06 May
Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens
🔐 Krebs on Security · 07 Apr
Germany Doxes “UNKN,” Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab
🔐 Krebs on Security · 06 Apr
‘CanisterWorm’ Springs Wiper Attack Targeting Iran
🔐 Krebs on Security · 23 Mar
The Hacker News Launches 'Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026' — Submissions Now Open
💀 The Hacker News · 06 May
Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hosts
🖥️ BleepingComputer · 06 May
Why ransomware attacks succeed even when backups exist
🖥️ BleepingComputer · 06 May
Middle East Cyber Battle Field Broadens — Especially in UAE
🕵️ Dark Reading · 06 May
DAEMON Tools devs confirm breach, release malware-free version
🔐 r/cybersecurity · 06 May
🔐 🛡️ CYBERSEC
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Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs
🔐 Krebs on Security 30 Apr
‘Scattered Spider’ Member ‘Tylerb’ Pleads Guilty
🔐 Krebs on Security 21 Apr
Patch Tuesday, April 2026 Edition
🔐 Krebs on Security 14 Apr
Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens
🔐 Krebs on Security 07 Apr ▲ SIGNAL
Germany Doxes “UNKN,” Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab
🔐 Krebs on Security 06 Apr ▲ SIGNAL
‘CanisterWorm’ Springs Wiper Attack Targeting Iran
🔐 Krebs on Security 23 Mar ▲ SIGNAL
Mirai-Based xlabs_v1 Botnet Exploits ADB to Hijack IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks
💀 The Hacker News 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
MuddyWater Uses Microsoft Teams to Steal Credentials in False Flag Ransomware Attack
💀 The Hacker News 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
The Hacker News Launches 'Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026' — Submissions Now Open
💀 The Hacker News 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Your AI Agents Are Already Inside the Perimeter. Do You Know What They're Doing?
💀 The Hacker News 06 May
Google's Android Apps Get Public Verification to Stop Supply Chain Attacks
💀 The Hacker News 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Windows Phone Link Exploited by CloudZ RAT to Steal Credentials and OTPs
💀 The Hacker News 06 May
Hackers abuse Google ads for GoDaddy ManageWP login phishing
🖥️ BleepingComputer 06 May
Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hosts
🖥️ BleepingComputer 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
New Cisco DoS flaw requires manual reboot to revive devices
🖥️ BleepingComputer 06 May
DAEMON Tools devs confirm breach, release malware-free version
🖥️ BleepingComputer 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Why ransomware attacks succeed even when backups exist
🖥️ BleepingComputer 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
MuddyWater hackers use Chaos ransomware as a decoy in attacks
🖥️ BleepingComputer 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Yet Another Way to Bypass Google Chrome's Encryption Protection
🕵️ Dark Reading 06 May
Instructure Breach Exposes Schools' Vendor Dependence
🕵️ Dark Reading 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
From Stuxnet to ChatGPT: 20 News Events That Shaped Cyber
🕵️ Dark Reading 06 May
Attacks Abuse Windows Phone Link to Steal Texts & Bypass 2FA
🕵️ Dark Reading 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Middle East Cyber Battle Field Broadens — Especially in UAE
🕵️ Dark Reading 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Trellix Source Code Breach Highlights Growing Supply Chain Threats
🕵️ Dark Reading 05 May ▲ SIGNAL
⚡ 🤖 AI INTELLIGENCE
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Permacomputing Principles
⚡ Hacker News 07 May
The Vatican's Website in Latin
⚡ Hacker News 07 May
What British people mean when they say 'sorry'
⚡ Hacker News 06 May
SQLite Is a Library of Congress Recommended Storage Format
⚡ Hacker News 06 May
Show HN: PHP-fts – Full-text search engine in pure PHP, no extensions
⚡ Hacker News 06 May
Inkscape 1.4.4
⚡ Hacker News 06 May
The Download: seafloor science and military chatbots
🧠 MIT Tech Review 06 May
The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy
🧠 MIT Tech Review 05 May
A blueprint for using AI to strengthen democracy
🧠 MIT Tech Review 05 May
Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room
🧠 MIT Tech Review 04 May
Tailoring AI solutions for health care needs
🧠 MIT Tech Review 04 May
Musk v. Altman week 1: Elon Musk says he was duped, warns AI could kill us all, and admits that xAI distills OpenAI’s models
🧠 MIT Tech Review 01 May
After Orthogonality: Virtue-Ethical Agency and AI Alignment
📈 The Gradient 18 Feb
AGI Is Not Multimodal
📈 The Gradient 04 Jun
Shape, Symmetries, and Structure: The Changing Role of Mathematics in Machine Learning Research
📈 The Gradient 16 Nov
What's Missing From LLM Chatbots: A Sense of Purpose
📈 The Gradient 09 Sep
We Need Positive Visions for AI Grounded in Wellbeing
📈 The Gradient 03 Aug
Financial Market Applications of LLMs
📈 The Gradient 20 Apr
HP and the art of AI and data for the enterprise
🤖 AI News 06 May
US government increases AI suppliers and rethinks Anthropic’s role
🤖 AI News 06 May
Google tests Remy AI agent for Gemini as focus turns to user control
🤖 AI News 06 May
Physical AI raises governance questions for autonomous systems
🤖 AI News 04 May
Google made agentic AI governance a product. Enterprises still have to catch up.
🤖 AI News 04 May
SAP: How enterprise AI governance secures profit margins
🤖 AI News 01 May
🏁 🚗 MOTORWORLD
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A Rivian R2 Truck and an R2X Performance Model Could Be Coming
🏁 Car and Driver 06 May
2027 BMW iX3 Costs Less and Goes Farther Than the Porsche Macan EV
🏁 Car and Driver 06 May
Audi Recreates Bonkers 1935 V-16-Powered Speed-Record Machine
🏁 Car and Driver 06 May
California Cops Will Start Giving Tickets to Driverless Cars
🏁 Car and Driver 06 May
USPS Celebrates 100 Years of Route 66 with a Special Set of Stamps
🏁 Car and Driver 05 May
Porsche Is About to End Production of Its Most Affordable Model
🏁 Car and Driver 05 May
Humble Hauler autonomous trailer takes the truck out of trucking
⚡ Electrek 07 May
REALLY Quick Charge: Slate Auto CCO talks affordability, flexibility, and more
⚡ Electrek 07 May
ESS adds 8.5 GWh of sodium-ion to its battery storage portfolio
⚡ Electrek 06 May
Tesla files new Roadster trademarks with unique badge ahead of launch
⚡ Electrek 06 May
Chinese automakers race to enter Canada, here are the EVs likely coming
⚡ Electrek 06 May
The 2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5 checks all the boxes at an affordable price
⚡ Electrek 06 May
📱 💻 TECH
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A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom
📱 TechCrunch 06 May
Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.
📱 TechCrunch 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’
📱 TechCrunch 06 May
Is xAI a neocloud now?
📱 TechCrunch 06 May
Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A
📱 TechCrunch 06 May
Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals
📱 TechCrunch 06 May
SpaceX is starting to move on from the world's most successful rocket
🔧 Ars Technica 06 May
Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX
🔧 Ars Technica 06 May
TSMC taps wind power as AI chip demand soars, Taiwan feels energy crunch
🔧 Ars Technica 06 May
Court strikes down FCC anti-discrimination rule opposed by Internet providers
🔧 Ars Technica 06 May
Spooked by Mythos, Trump suddenly realized AI safety testing might be good
🔧 Ars Technica 06 May
Report: SpaceX IPO gives Musk unchecked power and forbids investor lawsuits
🔧 Ars Technica 06 May
Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
📺 The Verge 06 May
Nintendo announces a new Star Fox for the Switch 2
📺 The Verge 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Google shuts down Project Mariner
📺 The Verge 06 May
How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
📺 The Verge 06 May
The latest Tile Pro is down to $25 — its best price of the year
📺 The Verge 06 May
What we’re hearing about the new homepage
📺 The Verge 06 May
Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
🔌 Wired 06 May
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
🔌 Wired 06 May
Trump’s Team Wants Him to Accept an Iran Deal He’s Already Rejected
🔌 Wired 06 May
Anthropic Gets in Bed With SpaceX as the AI Race Turns Weird
🔌 Wired 06 May
Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows
🔌 Wired 06 May
Mexico City Is Sinking. A Powerful NASA Satellite Just Revealed How Fast
🔌 Wired 06 May
A Star Fox remake is heading to Switch 2 on June 25
🎮 Engadget 06 May
Energizer releases coin lithium batteries that won't cause burning if accidentally swallowed
🎮 Engadget 06 May
Canadian officials claim OpenAI violated federal and provincial privacy laws
🎮 Engadget 06 May
Snap's $400 million deal with Perplexity is dead
🎮 Engadget 06 May
Google's AI search results will now turn to Reddit for expert advice
🎮 Engadget 06 May
Mina the Hollower, from the studio behind Shovel Knight, arrives on May 29
🎮 Engadget 06 May
🍎 🍎 APPLE
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Apple TV greenlights new project with ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ star
🍎 9to5Mac 06 May
Apple partly victorious in EU trademark dispute with Chinese keyboard and solar panel maker
🍎 9to5Mac 06 May
iPhone 18 Pro: Three new design updates are coming this year
🍎 9to5Mac 06 May
Report: iPhone 17 demand helped Apple hit record Q1 smartphone revenue
🍎 9to5Mac 06 May
Supreme Court rejects Apple’s stay request, Epic Games case to head back to District Court
🍎 9to5Mac 06 May
Apple TV has its best summer lineup ever, here’s what’s coming
🍎 9to5Mac 06 May
Google Search AI Mode Gets 'Expert Advice' From Reddit and Social Media
🖥️ MacRumors 06 May
Energizer Launches AirTag-Compatible Batteries That Prevent Ingestion Burns
🖥️ MacRumors 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Google Says Pixel Phones Won't Get Apple's Liquid Glass Design
🖥️ MacRumors 06 May
Samsung Hits $1 Trillion Valuation Amid Apple Chip Diversification Talks
🖥️ MacRumors 06 May
Apple Wins EU Challenge Over Keyboard Maker's Citrus Logo
🖥️ MacRumors 06 May
Leaker: This Is Why Apple Is Delaying the iPhone 18
🖥️ MacRumors 06 May
Dark dual-color gradient wallpapers for iPhone
📲 iDownloadBlog 06 May
How to auto-open Maps when you connect to CarPlay
📲 iDownloadBlog 06 May
How to turn off Communication Safety for Apple devices
📲 iDownloadBlog 05 May
How to unlock 120 fps smooth browsing in Safari
📲 iDownloadBlog 04 May
Illustrated Porsche 911 wallpapers for iPhone
📲 iDownloadBlog 03 May
How to upload personal songs to Apple Music and stream them
📲 iDownloadBlog 01 May
🌍 ⚔️ WORLD CONFLICTS
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Iran considering US proposal to end war, official says
🌍 BBC World 06 May
Trump's hopes for an Iran peace deal come with caveats
🌍 BBC World 06 May
Israel strikes Beirut for first time since Hezbollah ceasefire
🌍 BBC World 06 May
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated
🌍 BBC World 07 May
Oil prices drop and stock markets rise after reports of deal to end Iran war
🌍 BBC World 06 May
Ted Turner, media mogul who revolutionised TV news by launching CNN, dies at 87
🌍 BBC World 07 May
South Korean court reduces Han Duck-soo’s prison term in martial law case
🌐 Al Jazeera 07 May
Israeli soldier caught desecrating statue of Virgin Mary in Lebanon
🌐 Al Jazeera 07 May
BTS draws 50,000 fans in less than five hours to Mexico City palace
🌐 Al Jazeera 07 May
US says Hezbollah is ‘trying to derail talks’ with Israel
🌐 Al Jazeera 07 May
Rising Fuel costs overshadowing agenda for ASEAN summit in the Philippines
🌐 Al Jazeera 07 May
North Korea says it is not bound by any treaty on nuclear non-proliferation
🌐 Al Jazeera 07 May
📡 🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICA
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Inside Dis-Chem’s store of the future – Photos
📡 MyBroadband 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
Good news for people with a Capitec bank account
📡 MyBroadband 06 May
Checkers fixes strange bug for shoppers with accents in their surnames
📡 MyBroadband 06 May
Asus increases commercial PC market share by 40% in South Africa
📡 MyBroadband 06 May
Eskom’s new monthly minimum salary is R19,768
📡 MyBroadband 06 May
What’s Next — Alan Turnley-Jones unpacks the evolution of the South African ICT sector
📡 MyBroadband 06 May
Small South African business bought for R1 lands R1.4 million in international deals
💼 BusinessTech 06 May
Warning for anyone earning more than R500,000 in South Africa
💼 BusinessTech 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
South Africa’s richest city in hot water
💼 BusinessTech 06 May
Government considering 43 ‘new’ speed cameras in Gauteng – which cost R465 million a piece
💼 BusinessTech 06 May
Major South African city scrambles for urgent fuel supply after running dry
💼 BusinessTech 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
How to dispose of used motor oil safely in South Africa
💼 BusinessTech 06 May
The 48-month phone contract trap
🎯 TechCentral 06 May
Yoco brings in external CEO from European fintech sector
🎯 TechCentral 06 May
South Africa’s patching problem is about to get worse
🎯 TechCentral 06 May
AI is rewriting the threat playbook
🎯 TechCentral 06 May
South African private sector growth hits 44-month high
🎯 TechCentral 06 May
Elon Musk’s audacious power grab at SpaceX
🎯 TechCentral 06 May
🔧 🌐 REDDIT
30 ▼
A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began
🔧 r/technology 06 May
More Than Half of Gen Z Users Cancel and Renew Streaming Services for a Single Title, Won’t Purchase Full-Price Video Games, New Study Finds
🔧 r/technology 06 May
Spirit Airlines' workers lose paychecks and benefits as executives seek $10.7 million in “retention” bonuses
🔧 r/technology 06 May
Kevin O'Leary says opponents of his Utah data center are 'professional protesters' — and some are powered by AI
🔧 r/technology 06 May
TikTok’s algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds
🔧 r/technology 06 May
Kash Patel claims AI has stopped school shootings: ‘I’m using it everywhere’
🔧 r/technology 06 May
Anthropic just partnered with SpaceX and doubled Claude Code rate limits effective today
🧠 r/artificial 06 May
Spent two days at the AI Agents Conference in NYC. Most of the companies there were betting on the wrong moat.
🧠 r/artificial 06 May
Pennsylvania sues Character.AI chatbot posing as doctor, giving psych advice
🧠 r/artificial 06 May
AI Podcasts made learning economics way less painful for me
🧠 r/artificial 06 May
Average Claude experience:
🧠 r/artificial 06 May
Be honest: How much of "Claude Mythos" is just hype?
🧠 r/artificial 06 May
We get paid to break into buildings for a living. Ask us anything!
🔐 r/cybersecurity 05 May
Mentorship Monday - Post All Career, Education and Job questions here!
🔐 r/cybersecurity 04 May
Chrome is quietly installing a 4GB AI model on your device
🔐 r/cybersecurity 06 May
Palo Alto Firewall Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation
🔐 r/cybersecurity 06 May
CVE-2026-32710 MariaDB JSON_SCHEMA_VALID heap buffer overflow leading to RCE
🔐 r/cybersecurity 06 May
DAEMON Tools devs confirm breach, release malware-free version
🔐 r/cybersecurity 06 May ▲ SIGNAL
/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1532, Part 1 (Thread #1679)
🌏 r/worldnews 06 May
/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #17)
🌏 r/worldnews 01 May ▲ SIGNAL
South Korean judge who hiked ex-first lady's jail sentence found dead just 8 days after sentencing
🌏 r/worldnews 06 May
Hungary returns seized Ukrainian cash and gold in further sign of better relations
🌏 r/worldnews 06 May
Iran hit more U.S. military targets than has been reported, satellite imagery shows
🌏 r/worldnews 06 May
President Zelenskyy Announces Symmetrical Response to Russian Ceasefire Violations
🌏 r/worldnews 06 May
Xenophobic riots, discussions, etc.
🇿🇦 r/southafrica 04 May
Refreshed rules, fewer flairs, and a few changes worth knowing about
🇿🇦 r/southafrica 25 Apr
With the ProNutro and Tomato soup mess
🇿🇦 r/southafrica 06 May
The racist redemption arc
🇿🇦 r/southafrica 06 May
Fried Wors is an abomination
🇿🇦 r/southafrica 06 May
Here we go again...
🇿🇦 r/southafrica 06 May
🌍 🏈 SA SPORT
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From ego-ridden team to complete package - why PSG pose ultimate test
🌍 BBC Sport 06 May
Why resolute Arsenal will believe prolific PSG can be beaten in final
🌍 BBC Sport 06 May
Inside Man City's WSL title-winning season
🌍 BBC Sport 06 May
Late Bayern pressure not enough as PSG return to Champions League final
🌍 BBC Sport 06 May
Injury row, yacht trip & petition - what's going on with Mbappe?
🌍 BBC Sport 06 May
Celtic could win double - but is change inevitable?
🌍 BBC Sport 06 May
Arsenal beware - PSG don't look like giving up their crown...
🏆 Sky Sports 06 May
Papers: Arsenal set to hold contract talks with Arteta
🏆 Sky Sports 06 May
PSG knock out Bayern to set up Champions League final with Arsenal
🏆 Sky Sports 06 May
Arsenal draw at Brighton to hand Man City WSL title
🏆 Sky Sports 06 May
Benvenuto Cellini 9/4 for Derby after power-packed Chester Vase victory
🏆 Sky Sports 06 May
Humphries relishing 'adrenaline' of Premier League final contention
🏆 Sky Sports 06 May
UnitedRugbyChamp
🏉 r/RugbySouthAfrica
Rugby Union : The Greatest Game.
🏉 r/RugbySouthAfrica
South Africa
🏉 r/RugbySouthAfrica
SA Rugby News and Discussion
🏉 r/RugbySouthAfrica
Reddit Sports
🏉 r/RugbySouthAfrica
Springboks
🏉 r/RugbySouthAfrica
Cricket
🏏 r/CricketSouthAfrica
Bug identification! All insects, spiders, crustaceans, etc. welcome!
🏏 r/CricketSouthAfrica
SAcricket
🏏 r/CricketSouthAfrica
South Africa
🏏 r/CricketSouthAfrica
Automatic ROBOTS
🏏 r/CricketSouthAfrica
TRINIDAD RISING PACER SUPERGIANT
🏏 r/CricketSouthAfrica
Xenophobic riots, discussions, etc.
🇿🇦 r/southafrica (sport) 04 May
Refreshed rules, fewer flairs, and a few changes worth knowing about
🇿🇦 r/southafrica (sport) 25 Apr
With the ProNutro and Tomato soup mess
🇿🇦 r/southafrica (sport) 06 May
The racist redemption arc
🇿🇦 r/southafrica (sport) 06 May
Fried Wors is an abomination
🇿🇦 r/southafrica (sport) 06 May
Here we go again...
🇿🇦 r/southafrica (sport) 06 May