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GhostApproval puts AI coding assistants under the microscope. Microsoft fixes the RoguePlanet zero-day. More than 70 cybersecurity firms back a new AI Charter. An Ohio county may have paid a $1 million ransom. AssuranceAmerica discloses a breach affecting nearly seven million people. Australia bricks thousands of broadband routers. Israeli fintech Nayax reports a cyber incident. KDDI confirms a massive telecom data breach. A global anti-fraud operation leads to thousands of arrests. Ben Yelin from University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies explains the EU Cloud and AI Development Act. Slopfix fights fire with fire. 

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Today we are joined by Ben Yelin from University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies discussing the EU Cloud and AI Development Act.

Selected Reading

GhostApproval Flaw Hits Six Major AI Coding Assistants (Infosecurity Magazine)

Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet Defender Zero-Day That Grants SYSTEM Access (Daily CyberSecurity)

New AI Security Charter Backed by Over 70 Cyber Firms  (Infosecurity Magazine)

County Government Reportedly Paid $1 Million to Cyber Extortion Group (SecurityWeek)

AssuranceAmerica data breach exposes records of 6.9 million drivers (Bleeping Computer)

Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers (Ars Technica)

Nayax shares slide after fintech company reveals cloud security breach (Ctech)

12 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Japanese Telco KDDI (SecurityWeek)

Chinese-Funded Interpol Cybercrime Crackdown Leads to 5,800 Arrests (Infosecurity Magazine)

'Slopfix' software team charges $10,000 a week to delete AI-generated code bloat — ironically, the team uses AI agents to trim messy repositories by up to 65% (Tom's Hardware)

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