The Hashcat team has released a major update to its password guessing tool, version 7.0.0. This is the first major release in over two years and includes hundreds of fixes, dozens of new features, and a complete refactoring of key components. In terms of scalability, it far surpasses all intermediate updates from version 6.2.x. During the release, more than 900,000 lines of code were changed, and 105 developers joined the project, including 74 new contributors. All previously undocumented features from the 6.2.x branch have been combined and described. Among the major innovations is the Assimilation Bridge system, which allows you to connect

Chinese company Kaiwa Technology, based in Guangzhou, has announced its intention to create the world’s first “robotic womb” by 2026: a humanoid machine with an artificial womb in its abdomen capable of carrying a pregnancy to term and giving birth. The idea immediately caused a stir, dividing public opinion between skeptics concerned about the ethical implications and those who see it as an opportunity for people who cannot conceive naturally. The robot’s cost, according to the developers, will not exceed 100,000 yuan (about $13,900). Zhang Qifeng, founder of Kaiwa Technology and an employee of Nanyang Technological University, presented the project at the

In recent years, Microsoft Teams has become one of the most popular collaboration tools within companies, transforming into a strategic channel not only for communication but also for managing documents, meetings, and operational processes. This growing importance, however, has not gone unnoticed by cybercriminals, who are developing increasingly sophisticated attack and social engineering techniques on this platform, with the aim of infiltrating corporate networks and stealing sensitive information. The combination of implicit trust in the tool and the high volume of daily communications creates fertile ground for targeted compromise campaigns. A prime example is the cutting-edge social engineering operation orchestrated by the

A Microsoft Web Deploy tool has a critical security flaw that could be exploited by authenticated attackers to execute code on affected systems. This is the bug tracked under CVE-2025-53772, disclosed on August 12, 2025, with a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating high severity. The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) has confirmed that, although the vulnerability has not been publicly exploited, it poses significant risks to system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The flaw stems from the untrusted data deserialization in Web Deploy, classified in the CWE-502 weakness category. This vulnerability affects Web Deploy 4.0 and requires low privileges to exploit, making it

On August 5, Fast Technology reported that, according to media reports, Mo Gawdat, former chief commercial officer at Google X warned that artificial intelligence (AI) will replace most workers in the next decade, including software engineers, corporate CEOs, and even podcast hosts. At the moment, many people still underestimate the speed of this transformation. Mo Gawdat used his startup, Emma.love, as an example. Emma.love, which develops AI products focused on emotions and relationships, is currently run by just three people, whereas traditionally the same scale of the company would have required 350 developers. She also predicted that our society will enter a

According to media reports, US authorities are secretly embedding tracking devices in chip shipments that could be illegally diverted to China. The trackers could be used in shipments of equipment from Dell, SuperMicro, Nvidia, and AMD. The US government’s tactic is limited to individual shipments, Reuters reported this week, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The goal is to identify cases where shipments of AI chips are being diverted to destinations that should be subject to export restrictions. The trackers are intended to help bring lawsuits against individuals and companies that profit from violating export controls. Note that U.S. law enforcement

The American startup Skydweller Aero has announced the successful testing of its solar drone, which spent nearly three days in flight without refueling. The device, with a wingspan larger than that of a Boeing 747, ran exclusively on solar power and batteries. In two consecutive flights, Skydweller, the world’s largest solar-powered aircraft, flew for 73 and 74 hours using only solar power, the company said. Over the last four flights, it has logged a total of 222 hours in the air, demonstrating its endurance, reliability, and the promise of the technology. The aircraft’s capabilities are currently being evaluated by the Naval Air

The first version of the Linux kernel, 6.17, has been released, with no changes to the bcachefs file system. And the reason isn’t due to any technical issues. On August 10, Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 6.17-rc1. As is often the case, he was annoyed by some late RISC-V patches. But what’s most noticeable is that the new release doesn’t contain the bcachefs code, although developer Kent Overstreet made small changes in late July and stated that the system’s “experimental” status would be removed in Linux 6.18. Torvalds didn’t accept them. It appears that bcachefs, which was first introduced into

A 76-year-old New Jersey man died after a Meta chatbot convinced him to attend a meeting in New York. Thongbu Wongbandu, known to friends as Boo, suffered from cognitive decline after a stroke nearly a decade ago. His health problems forced him to quit his job as a chef. After the stroke, he even got lost in his hometown of Piscataway. Tragedy struck in March, when Wongbandu began chatting with a virtual chatbot called “Big Sister Billie” on Facebook Messenger. The chatbot was created by Meta based on a previous one involving model Kendall Jenner. The AI posed as a young woman

Google is testing a new feature to improve privacy in Chrome’s incognito mode on Windows: incognito script blocking (PrivacySandboxFingerprintingProtectionEnabled). This feature will block third-party scripts that use fingerprinting techniques to re-identify a user across different websites. In the current implementation, the blocking will not affect all scripts, but only domains in a special Marked Domain List (MDL). The restriction will be triggered if such a script is launched as a third party and attempts to extract data without authorization. The technology aims to counteract the abuse of web APIs that allow additional system information to be acquired, such as via canvas, WebGL,