Grok Build reportedly uploaded entire Git repositories to the cloud
An in-depth analysis of xAI’s Grok Build CLI has revealed that version 0.2.93 transmitted unredacted file contents, including secrets stored in .env files, along with entire Git repositories and their commit history to cloud storage.During testing, the researcher found unredacted fake API keys and database passwords stored in an .env-style file within the captured request
Generative AI’s power sparks fears
Generative AI chatbots capable of writing emails and computer code, translating, organising a trip or coming up with gift ideas are now readily available, prompting some to ask whether human brainpower could suffer for lack of use. A simple natural-language prompt is usually enough to draw a useable response from a service like ChatGPT or
Intel turns to next-generation ASML tool to help
Intel has decided to use a high-end machine from ASML to manufacture some of its flagship Panther Lake laptop chips, ASML said on Tuesday, a move that will help the chipmaker learn to use the tool more effectively.Following experiments that began in 2024, Intel has begun to use ASML’s next-generation high numerical aperture (High NA)
Russian hackers exploiting vulnerable internet Routers
In a joint cybersecurity advisory released Monday, the NSA, FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and nearly 20 allied cybersecurity agencies said cyber actors linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, have spent years exploiting vulnerable or poorly configured networking devices to gain access to sensitive networks. The advisory said organizations in the
Files relating to Kudankulam nuclear power plant exposed
Ransomware group ‘World Leaks’ has posted on the dark web a huge cache of files related to Kudankulam nuclear power plant, India’s largest, including purported blueprints of parts of its facilities and supplier details information it labelled as coming from Reliance Group.The Kudankulam nuclear power plant, located in Tamil Nadu, is the largest of India’s
SpaceX to launch Starship again
SpaceX will launch the world’s largest rocket for the second time in 2026 as the race heats up for Elon Musk’s spaceflight company to be ready for NASA’s next moon mission. The gargantuan Starship rocket, standing more than 400 feet tall, last got off the ground May 22 at SpaceX’s South Texas headquarters. The flight
End to Grok build controversy
If you have ever used AI tools to write code, there are chances that you must have given a thought about where your prompts, files and project data actually go. This question has now taken centre stage after a privacy controversy has surrounded Grok Build, prompting Elon Musk to announce that previously uploaded user data
Russian hackers targeting Aussie industries
Australia’s critical industries have been warned they are being targeted by Russian hackers who are exploiting poorly configured network devices. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) issued a joint statement with authorities from a dozen other nations warning hackers from the Russian Federal Security Service Centre 16 continue to manipulate compromised critical infrastructure networks.ASD warned hackers
X tweaks algorithm to prioritise friends’ posts
X has rolled out a new algorithm update designed to make conversations on the platform feel less hostile by prioritising posts and replies from users’ mutual followers. The change was announced by X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, who said the platform had identified a gap in its recommendation system that prevented mutual connections’ posts
The Battle for Hormuz
President Trump’s new plan to wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz by resuming strikes and reimposing the blockade is his third major shift in military strategy as he searches for a way to turn the tables on Iran in the nearly five-month-old war. Trump has tried air and missile attacks, a naval quarantine and