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ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories

This week, those keys sit in AI tools, exposed services, old bugs, weak logins, and software sold like a monthly subscription.

ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories

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This week, those keys sit in AI tools, exposed services, old bugs, weak logins, and software sold like a monthly subscription.

The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them.

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This week, those keys sit in AI tools, exposed services, old bugs, weak logins, and software sold like a monthly subscription. The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them. Others just reuse what was already lying around.

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The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them. Others just reuse what was already lying around. So the threat landscape is not getting cleaner.

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