Hackers take advantage of Trezor 7 vulnerability to launch cyberattacks

Attackers are using the public disclosure of the vulnerability in the TROPIC01 chip of the Trezor Safe 7 hardware wallet to distribute false messages instructing users to update their device’s firmware, bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp warned on June 4 via X. The link included in those messages directs to a fake web application that It … Read more

AI feature film on Iran’s protest movement makes festival history

A film about Iran’s protest movement is making cinema history. “Dreams of Violets” is the first fully AI-generated feature film ever selected by a major international film festival. The 75-minute drama will premiere at New York’s Tribeca Festival next week. Created by Iranian-British director Ash Koosha from his home in London, the film took just … Read more

Somalia capital rocked by gunfire and fighting overnight

Heavy gunfire rocked Somalia’s capital overnight, with smoke rising over the city and armed forces deployed on the streets on Thursday, AFP journalists reported, after clashes erupted between rival political factions ahead of planned protests. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud plunged Somalia into a fresh political crisis in mid-May after announcing a one-year extension of his … Read more

AI discovers critical bug in Zcash and the price of its cryptocurrency falls by up to 60%

Researcher Taylor Hornby used Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 to find the bug. The vulnerability was due to a poorly written rule in the protocol, the researcher explained. The flaw that forced an emergency update in the Orchard privacy pool of the Zcash network on June 1 was a vulnerability that allowed unlimited amounts of fake … Read more