1)What happens when I type google.com in the browser?

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GDIOCSpider is a new open-source Python tool for Incident Response. It crawls Google Drive, extracts IOCs (Indicators of Compromise), and outputs them to a CSV.

Microsoft is testing a faster Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) with a single scan and now allows Smart App Control (SAC) to be toggled in settings without reinstallation.

Nine NuGet packages were found with covert code scheduled to activate in 2027-2028, targeting SQL databases and Siemens PLCs with sudden process terminations.

Two cybersecurity specialists—including a negotiator—became BlackCat affiliates, deploying ransomware to net $1.27M. The FBI quickly caught the conspirators.

OpenAI is prepping GPT-5.1, GPT-5.1 Reasoning, and a $200/mo Pro model for release. Plus, a new GPT-5-Codex-Mini offers 4x more usage for code tasks.

Landfall, a commercial-grade spyware, exploited a zero-click flaw (CVE-2025-21042) in Samsung's image library to secretly surveil Galaxy devices for a year.

A journalist found that major AI chatbots gave dangerous advice for home network setup, recommending exposing critical services and creating vulnerable configurations.

A 2025 study of 2B leaked passwords confirms '123456', 'admin', and 'password' are still the most common. Experts warn these can be cracked in seconds.

Nevada releases report on a large-scale government ransomware attack. It cost $1.3M and 4,000 overtime hours to restore systems without paying the ransom.

WhatsApp begins testing cross-platform chats in Europe under the DMA. Users can now message other apps (like BirdyChat) with E2E encryption and optional opt-in.

Google released an emergency Chrome update (v142) fixing 5 flaws, including a high-severity WebGPU exploit (CVE-2025-12725) that allows remote code execution. Update now!

Cisco warns of a new ArcaneDoor attack variant targeting ASA/FTD firewalls for DoS (CVE-2025-20333/20362). Patch immediately, and update UCCX for critical flaws.

Tenable found 7 new ChatGPT flaws, including "zero-click" and "memory injection," allowing attackers to leak user data and persistently bypass security.

Fired Intel engineer Jinfeng Luo allegedly bypassed security to steal 18,000 confidential files before his final day. Intel is suing, but his whereabouts are unknown.

Microsoft revealed "Whisper Leak," a side-channel attack that infers AI chat topics from encrypted traffic (TLS) using packet size/timing patterns. High accuracy risk.

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