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The third entry in James Cameron's hit franchise is coming to streaming. Avatar: Fire and Ash was in theaters nearly six months ago and, in June, the movie will hit Disney Plus. Sigourney Weaver hit the stage to deliver the news during Disney's Upfront presentation on
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The notorious hacking group ShinyHunters, recently linked to the large-scale compromise and defacement of Instructure’s Canvas LMS platform, claims its official clearnet domain has been suspended by the domain registry, fueling online speculation that the site may have been targeted following the group’s recent attacks. The issue surfaced
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Students are finally getting some good news during finals season: The personal data stolen during the Canvas hack has been secured, according to service owner Instructure. The company confirmed that it reached an agreement with the hacker group ShinyHunters to destroy illicit copies of user data and prevent extortion of
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Austin Nooe/Getty Images ByAmy Edwards and Michael McLaughlin May 12, 2026 04:31 PM ET COMMENTARY | Who actually holds the keys to military contractor information systems? * Defense * Cyber Threats * Cyber Defense At a time when China, Russia and criminal groups are increasingly targeting military supply chains, a narrow regulatory
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Dive Brief The cybersecurity initiative uses AI to find and patch vulnerabilities. Unlike Anthropic’s Mythos, Daybreak is widely available. Published May 12, 2026 Dive Brief: * OpenAI on Monday launched a new cybersecurity initiative called Daybreak, which uses its large language models, Codex’s agentic capabilities and security partners to
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TL;DR General Motors is laying off 500 to 600 IT workers and hiring AI-native engineers in a skills swap that reflects the automaker’s retreat from EVs and robotaxis and its pivot toward software-defined vehicles powered by Google Gemini and Nvidia Drive Thor. General Motors is laying off 500
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TL;DR Google identified the first zero-day exploit it believes was developed with AI and thwarted a planned mass exploitation event. The GTIG report documents state-sponsored actors from China, North Korea, and Russia using AI for vulnerability research, autonomous malware using Google’s Gemini API, and supply chain attacks targeting
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In Brief 9:36 AM PDT · May 12, 2026 Community Bank, which operates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, disclosed a cybersecurity incident that exposed customers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. In an 8-K filing dated May 7 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the
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Date/Time: January 14th, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Location: The MITRE Corporation, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA, 22102 (Room 1H220) Join the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) on January 14th, 2026, for a full-day hybrid workshop to discuss the Preliminary Draft of the
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Date/Time: April 16, 2026 | 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. EDT Location: National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD, 20850 Join the NIST NCCoE on April 16, 2026, for a hybrid workshop to examine the technical architectures, interoperability challenges, operational practices, and
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Date/Time: April 23rd, 2026 | 1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. EDT Join the NIST NCCoE for a virtual event on April 23rd, 2026, to highlight their recently published practice guide NIST SP 1800-42A, Digital Identities Mobile Driver’s Licenses: Accelerating Development and Adoption of Digital Identity for
