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Anthropic has launched Claude for Education, a specialized version of its AI assistant tailored for colleges and universities. This initiative aims to support students, faculty, and administrators with secure and responsible AI integration across academic and campus operations. Claude for Education introduces a new Learning mode designed to promote critical thinking, engaging students in Socratic dialogues rather than providing direct answers. Image courtesy of CNBC The Learning mode encourages independent problem-solving and reinforces deeper understanding through guided reasoning. Claude for Education is already deployed at institutions such as Northeastern University and the London School of Economics, facilitating various use cases…

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In this Help Net Security video, Josh Meier, Senior Generative AI Author at Pluralsight, debunks the myth that AI could “escape” servers or act on its own. He explains how large language models actually work, why they can’t become sentient, and where the real risks lie: from misinformation and data leaks to phishing and malware. Meyer also highlights practical, safe ways AI can support cybersecurity professionals.

Municipal government organisations across Sweden have found themselves impacted after a ransomware attack at a third-party software service supplier.Software firm Miljödata, which provides a significant proportion of Sweden’s municipalities with “smart systems for a healthy work environment” handling such things as long-term sick leave and work-related injuries, is at the heart of the incident which has left around 200 of the country’s organisations scrambling.Karlstad University, for instance, is one organisation that uses Miljödata’s Adato system. It says that it was notified about the attack on Monday 25 August, and that although it does not believe its own IT systems have…

Microsoft has resolved a known issue causing false CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) error messages after installing the July 2025 preview and subsequent Windows 11 24H2 updates. When it acknowledged this bug two weeks ago, the company asked users to ignore error events caused by recent updates that triggered a warning about the ‘Microsoft Pluton Cryptographic Provider’ not being loaded. “Following installation of the July 2025 Windows non-security preview update (KB5062660) and later updates including the August 2025 Windows security update, Event Viewer may display an error related to CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) which can be safely ignored,” the company said. “Please note that although this event…

The decade-old Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center is on the chopping block as part of cuts at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Under the “ODNI 2.0” reforms advanced by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the CTIIC will be among the offices to be disbanded. ODNI is “integrating core functions and expertise” from the CTIIC and several other offices into ODNI’s Mission Integration and National Intelligence Council, according to a fact sheet detailing the cuts. Gabbard’s team at ODNI has determined the CTIIC is “redundant” given that “other elements” on the National Intelligence Council already monitor cyber…

New zero-click exploit allegedly used to hack WhatsApp users Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2025 WhatsApp warns users targeted by advanced spyware, sending threat notifications to affected individuals from the past 90 days. A new zero-click exploit used to hack WhatsApp users, reported Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of Security Lab at @AmnestyTech. WhatsApp has just sent out a round of threat notifications to individuals they believe were targeted by an advanced spyware campaign in the past 90 days. WhatsApp warns some users that a malicious message may have exploited OS flaws to compromise devices and data. Donncha Ó Cearbhaill is seeking…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominates today’s headlines—hailed as a breakthrough one day, warned against as a threat the next. Yet much of this debate happens in a bubble, focused on abstract hopes and fears rather than concrete solutions. Meanwhile, one urgent challenge often overlooked is the rise of mental health issues in online communities, where biased or hostile exchanges erode trust and psychological safety.This article introduces a practical application of AI aimed at that problem: a machine learning pipeline designed to detect and mitigate bias in user-generated content. The system combines deep learning models for classification with generative large language models…

Dexter: Resurrection finale leaks in Russian dub ahead of release. Episodes 9 and 10 surface online, echoing past TV leaks like Game of Thrones. Fans waiting for the end of Dexter: Resurrection were hit with an unexpected spoiler storm when the last two episodes appeared online ahead of schedule. Episode 9 and the season finale, Episode 10, surfaced in a Russian-dubbed version nearly a week before their official release, and clips quickly spread across platforms like TikTok, X (Twitter), YouTube and other social media platforms. Who is Behind This Leak? What makes this leak stand out is not just the…