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AI Agents Aimed SQL Injection at US and Canadian Government Sites In Rare Move, Alleged Iranian State Hacker Extradited to US Crypto Scammers Hijack Microsoft’s Official X Account macOS Users Targeted by Fake Zoom Installer Carrying CloudSyncD Backdoor Exploited Fortinet FortiMail Zero-Day Calls for Urgent Action Warlock Expands SharePoint Exploitation in Critical Infrastructure Attacks In Other News: $15K iCloud Spoofing Bugs, AI Policy Experts Phished, Adblocker Spies on AI Chats

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