Poetry-powered botnet, Flock hits a roadblock, Outlook blocks risky installers
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Botnet takes orders from a poem https://cyberscoop.com/poellm-malware-botnet-poem-lumen-black-lotus-labs/ Flock's warrantless tracking hits a roadblock https://therecord.media/oklahoma-flock-ruing-supreme-court-chatrie-decision npm packages come with unwanted extras https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/eight-malicious-npm-packages-downloaded.html AWS gives AI agents a sandbox with house rules https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/07/aws-launches-open-source-ai-agent-sandbox-to-prevent-yolo-mode-disasters/5301687 Outlook closes the door on risky installers…
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- AttackBotnetA network of hijacked devices that an attacker controls remotely, often routers and cameras.
- TechnologynpmThe package registry for JavaScript: millions of open-source libraries that projects install automatically.
- TechnologyAI agentAn AI model that acts on its own: it plans steps, uses tools and takes actions, not just answers.
- TechnologyVPN · Virtual private networkAn encrypted tunnel that puts a remote device on a private network, as if it were plugged in at the office.