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FoloToy's AI teddy bear, Kumma, crossed serious lines, raising fresh concerns about how little oversight exists for AI toys marketed to children.

Affected versions of this crate contain resource leaks when querying thread counts on Windows and Apple platforms. ### Windows The `thread_amount` function calls `CreateToolhelp32Snapshot` but fails to close the returned `HANDLE` using `CloseHandle`. Repeated calls to this function will cause the handle count of the process to grow indefinitely, eventually leading to system instability or process termination when the handle limit is reached. ### macOS / iOS The `thread_amount` function calls `task_threads` (via Mach kernel APIs) which allocates memory for the thread list. The function fails to deallocate this memory using `vm_deallocate`. Repeated calls will result in a steady memory leak, eventually causing the process to be killed by the OOM (Out of Memory) killer. ### Impact Long-running applications (such as servers, daemons, or monitoring tools) that use this crate to periodically check thread counts will eventually crash due to resource exhaustion. ### Resources - https://git...

A China-nexus threat actor known as APT24 has been observed using a previously undocumented malware dubbed BADAUDIO to establish persistent remote access to compromised networks as part of a nearly three-year campaign. "While earlier operations relied on broad strategic web compromises to compromise legitimate websites, APT24 has recently pivoted to using more sophisticated vectors targeting

Samsung is under fire again for shipping phones in parts of the world with a hidden system app, AppCloud, that users can’t easily remove.

Martin muses on how agentic AI is bringing efficiency improvements to the business of cyber crime.

## Context A template injection vulnerability exists in LangChain's prompt template system that allows attackers to access Python object internals through template syntax. This vulnerability affects applications that accept **untrusted template strings** (not just template variables) in `ChatPromptTemplate` and related prompt template classes. Templates allow attribute access (`.`) and indexing (`[]`) but not method invocation (`()`). The combination of attribute access and indexing may enable exploitation depending on which objects are passed to templates. When template variables are simple strings (the common case), the impact is limited. However, when using `MessagesPlaceholder` with chat message objects, attackers can traverse through object attributes and dictionary lookups (e.g., `__globals__`) to reach sensitive data such as environment variables. The vulnerability specifically requires that applications accept **template strings** (the structure) from untrusted sources, not...

Holiday deals are flooding your phone, and scammers are too. Watch for fake listings, phishing texts, and offers that seem just a little too good to be true.

SquareX warns Perplexity's Comet AI browser contains a hidden MCP API that bypasses security, allowing attackers to install malware and seize full device control.

## Summary When using Astro's Cloudflare adapter (@astrojs/cloudflare) with `output: 'server'`, the image optimization endpoint (`/_image`) contains a critical vulnerability in the `isRemoteAllowed()` function that unconditionally allows `data:` protocol URLs. This enables Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks through malicious SVG payloads, bypassing domain restrictions and Content Security Policy protections. ## Details On-demand rendered sites built with Astro include an `/_image` endpoint for image optimization. While this endpoint is designed to restrict processing to local images and authorized remote domains (configured via `image.domains` or `image.remotePatterns`), a critical vulnerability exists in the underlying validation logic. The `isRemoteAllowed()` function in [packages/internal-helpers/src/remote.ts](https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/b8ca69b97149becefaf89bf21853de9c905cdbb7/packages/internal-helpers/src/remote.ts) (lines 128-131) unconditionally allows ALL `data...

Palo Alto, California, 19th November 2025, CyberNewsWire