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CISA confirms active exploitation of the OpenSSH/musl “SSHole” flaw, allowing logins—even passwordless root—with any password over 256 characters; federal fixes are due November 12. Eight new X.Org Server/XWayland vulnerabilities were disclosed and fixed. Longtime Linux developer Lorenzo Stoakes is stepping back from some reviewer roles amid an AI-generated patch flood, while KDE Plasma 6.8.3 shipped dozens of crash and regression fixes.
US authorities indicted three men over an AI deepfake scheme that tricked employees into wiring $129M. Researchers also found two automakers’ connected cars could be unlocked and started via shared default “admin” passwords; both patched within hours. A former FBI agent pleaded guilty to stealing $2.5M in crypto, and a pro-Kremlin group doxxed 18 EU officials, offering bounties for information on their families.
Anthropic struck a $3.4B deal for 1.7GW of gas-fired power to fuel AI data centers, underscoring AI’s surging energy demand. In China, Inner Mongolia’s Galaxy campus is scaling fast at one-fifth U.S. costs. Apple saved $2.7B routing $50B via Singapore, topping Ireland. Meanwhile, Democrats’ midterm wins put crypto and Trump ties under scrutiny, while AI-safety PAC Public First spent $63M+, winning 10 of 17 races.
Asahi Linux is moving repos to GPLv2-or-later, citing MIT-license abuse, and reports M3 support GA, DCP/Thunderbolt gains, and M5 Exclaves hurdles. Poettering et al. unveiled Amutable Foundations: immutable, bit-identical Fedora-based OS images plus fleet control. Security researchers warn Rails, Spring, and Jetty trust client-supplied Forwarded headers by default, allowing IP/host spoofing.
Delhi Police sent X takedown requests for 42 URLs tied to SFLC.in, IFF and censorship trackers, threatening transparency. The US DoJ launched a ‘Super Intelligence Task Force’ to defend AI supremacy. DigiCert admitted a 16-month breach exposed customer data. Blue Origin’s New Glenn slipped to 2027, while the Bank of England warned AI spending may not yield a productivity boom. UK ministers sought powers to investigate runaway AI agents.
Republicans’ X-fueled midterm strategy backfired as Democrats swept key races, while an AI fake-ID kingpin confessed to fueling fraud. Ransomware darkened Queens Public Library and breached Norway’s Norad, exposing user data. Memory prices surged on AI demand, European activists planned datacenter protests, and Anthropic left a Claude Dispatch flaw unfixed despite remote-code risks.