SEO Poisoning Campaign Tied to Chinese Actor

SEO Poisoning Campaign Tied to Chinese Actor Summary Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 uncovered an SEO poisoning campaign, active since March 2025, that uses a malicious native IIS module called BadIIS to intercept and alter web traffic on compromised servers. Tracked as CL-UNK-1037 and nicknamed “Operation Rewrite”, the campaign hijacks legitimate websites (often […]

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DExit: Reincorporation Data Seem to Support the Hype

DExit: Reincorporation Data Seem to Support the Hype Summary Interest in companies leaving Delaware (“DExit”) rose sharply after the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidated Elon Musk’s 2024 Tesla pay package. Analysis Group reviewed SEC filings to track reincorporations among public firms with market capitalisations above $250m and found a clear increase in departures from Delaware […]

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DExit: Reincorporation Data Seem to Support the Hype

DExit: Reincorporation Data Seem to Support the Hype Summary Following the Delaware Court of Chancery’s January 2024 decision invalidating Elon Musk’s Tesla pay package, media attention and Google searches about leaving Delaware (DExit) spiked. Analysis Group reviewed SEC filings to track reincorporations of public companies with market capitalisations above $250m. Their findings: during 2024–H1 2025, […]

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Threat Actor Deploys ‘OVERSTEP’ Backdoor in Ongoing SonicWall SMA Attacks

Threat Actor Deploys ‘OVERSTEP’ Backdoor in Ongoing SonicWall SMA Attacks Summary Researchers have linked an ongoing campaign against SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances to the threat actor tracked as UNC6148. The attackers are deploying a previously unseen persistent backdoor and user-mode rootkit called OVERSTEP that modifies the appliance boot process to maintain […]

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AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers

AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers Summary Recent studies — and reporting confirmed by MIT Technology Review — show that popular AI chatbots and research-focused search tools sometimes use content from retracted scientific papers when answering questions. Tests found models and tools referencing retracted medical and scientific work without flagging that the […]

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