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Live threat and AI news from CISA, Krebs on Security, Bleeping Computer, SANS ISC, TechCrunch, The Verge, and Simon Willison — cross-referenced to open markets.

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SANS ISCHIGHJul 15, 2026

Recent DShield SIEM Update, (Tue, Jul 14th)

The last update to the DShield SIEM [4] was in Sep 2025 which contained some minor tweaks. This update currently is using ELK stack version 8.19.15, contains some additional dashboards and new logs.

TechCrunch AIMEDIUMAIJul 15, 2026

OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B

The funding discussions point to investor interest in applying AI to make breakthroughs in life sciences.

TechCrunch AIMEDIUMAIJul 14, 2026

Lorde says AI glasses are ‘not sexy’

"Increasingly in our world, it gets harder and harder to know what is real," Lorde said onstage.

Simon WillisonMEDIUMSupply ChainJul 14, 2026

Quoting GitHub Changelog

Dependabot now waits until a new release has been available on its registry for at least three days before opening a version update pull request. This cooldown is now the default and requires no configuration. — GitHub Changelog , embracing dependency cooldowns Tags: dependency-cooldowns , pac

Simon WillisonMEDIUMJul 14, 2026

simonw/pedalican

simonw/pedalican Clearly I wasn't paying attention when these were first announced back in May, but today I accidentally activated a "pet" in Codex Desktop - a little animated robot, reminiscent of Clippy - and then learned you can create your own. So I did, and now I have a cute little pelican on a

TechCrunch AIMEDIUMPhishingAIJul 14, 2026

OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move

The device is weirdly described as involving "mechanical elements that can move on their own" and the Bloomberg report includes the detail that the device is designed to "feel like a companion and become a physical manifestation of OpenAI’s ChatGPT."

TechCrunch AIMEDIUMAIJul 14, 2026

OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit

OpenAI has issued another statement on the lawsuit, this time suggesting it lacks merit.

TechCrunch AIMEDIUMAIJul 14, 2026

OpenAI’s new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning

A number of social media posts claim that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted files and data without warning. OpenAI had basically disclosed the problem in June.

The Verge AIMEDIUMAIJul 14, 2026

OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year

OpenAI's first device is set to be a smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT, according to a report from Bloomberg. The device apparently won't have a screen, but will use a camera and additional sensors to "understand" your environment. The report comes just days after Apple filed a lawsuit a

Bleeping ComputerHIGHZero-DayVulnerabilityJul 14, 2026

SonicWall warns of SMA1000 flaws exploited in zero-day attacks, patch now

SonicWall warns that threat actors have been exploiting two SMA1000 vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410, in zero-day attacks and urges customers to install the newly released security updates. [...]

Bleeping ComputerHIGHPhishingJul 14, 2026

Spanish Police take down €140 million cyber fraud ring, arrest four

The Spanish Police dismantled a cybercrime and money-laundering organization that made €140 million ($160 million) from investment fraud and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. [...]

Simon WillisonMEDIUMJul 14, 2026

lobste.rs is now running on SQLite

lobste.rs is now running on SQLite Community site Lobsters has been planning a migration away from MariaDB since August 2018 - originally targeting PostgreSQL, but last year they decided to investigate SQLite instead. This weekend they completed the migration, and now consider it stable enough that

TechCrunch AIMEDIUMAIJul 14, 2026

Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta

If you’ve been waiting to try Apple’s revamped Siri without installing a developer beta, you now can. The company on Tuesday released the iOS 27 public beta, giving iPhone owners early access to its AI-powered assistant and other new features before the software’s official launch this fall.

The Verge AIMEDIUMAIJul 14, 2026

SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage

SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users' entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published findings on Monday showing how the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading entire code repositorie

Krebs on SecurityHIGHVulnerabilityJul 14, 2026

Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws

Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software giant fixed in its record-smashing Patch Tuesday release last month. Microsoft attributed the burgeoning p

Bleeping ComputerHIGHJul 14, 2026

Nearly 300 GitHub repos pose as legit software to push malware

A threat actor has published hundreds of fake GitHub repositories impersonating legitimate software and security projects to distribute infostealer malware. [...]

SANS ISCHIGHVulnerabilityAIJul 14, 2026

Microsoft Patch Tuesday July 2026 - The AI Acopolypse is Here , (Tue, Jul 14th)

This patch Tuesday includes a staggering 622 vulnerabilities, not including another 427 vulnerabilities in Chromium, affecting Microsoft's Edge browser. 62 of the vulnerabilities are rated critical. One was disclosed before today, and two have already been exploited.

Bleeping ComputerHIGHVulnerabilityJul 14, 2026

Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5099539 extended security update

Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5099539 extended security update, which includes the July 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates for 570 vulnerabilities, along with additional security fixes. [...]

Simon WillisonMEDIUMJul 14, 2026

Quoting Armin Ronacher

The shared language of a software project is not English or Python but it is the common understanding of what its concepts mean, where the boundaries are, which invariants matter, who owns what, and why the system has the shape it does. This language is rarely written down in one place. It lives par

Bleeping ComputerHIGHZero-DayVulnerabilityJul 14, 2026

Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes massive 570 flaws, 3 zero-days

Today is Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes security updates for a record-breaking 570 flaws, including two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and one publicly disclosed. [...]

Bleeping ComputerHIGHJul 14, 2026

Windows 11 KB5101650 & KB5099414 cumulative updates released

Microsoft has released Windows 11's June 2026 Update for version 25H2, 24H2, and 23H2, bringing fixes for over 570 security issues. [...]

The Verge AIMEDIUMAIJul 14, 2026

Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs

A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as reported earlier by Reuters. In the lawsuit, the employees allege Meta determined which workers to dismiss based on performance data collected by a "constel

Simon WillisonMEDIUMJul 14, 2026

datasette 1.0a37

Release: datasette 1.0a37 A minor release. Performance and documentation improvements to the permissions system, plus I reverted a cosmetic API change which caused almost every existing plugin test suite to break. Tags: datasette

The Verge AIMEDIUMJul 14, 2026

The Google Images homepage will recommend photos even before you search

Google is announcing a big change to the Google Images homepage in honor of the platform's 25th anniversary this week. Instead of a mostly blank page with a search bar, the homepage will soon show you a bunch of images that it thinks you might like before you even start searching. The company says t

The Verge AIMEDIUMAIJul 14, 2026

Spotify is now an AI chatbot, too

Spotify is experimenting with a new AI feature that allows Premium subscribers to play and explore music, audiobooks, and podcasts by having conversations with a chatbot. The "Talk to Spotify" feature appears across the Home and Now Playing view on Spotify's mobile app. You can interact with the cha

The Verge AIMEDIUMAIJul 14, 2026

Sam Altman didn’t need another lawsuit

OpenAI has spent the better part of the year involved in lawsuit after lawsuit, including one from the world's richest man. But last Friday, the company was hit with one of the highest-profile legal actions yet - from Apple. OpenAI's expensive hardware bet is what's on the line. Apple's lawsuit agai

CISA AlertsCRITICALVulnerabilityJul 14, 2026

CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-15409 SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability CVE-2026-15410 SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Code Injection Vulnerability CVE-

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