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Anthropic Accuses OpenAI Developers of Using Claude

📟 News

Date: 06/08/2025

Author: HackMag

Representatives of Anthropic stated that they revoked OpenAI’s access to the Claude API because the ChatGPT developers were found to be in violation of the service’s terms of use and allegedly used Claude in the development of GPT‑5.

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Understanding File Inclusion and Path Traversal: Two Fundamental Web Vulnerabilities

Date: 06/08/2025

Author: Huseyn (az_AZ) Gadashov

File Inclusion and Path Traversal vulnerabilities are among the most critical in web security because they allow reading and executing files. In this article, we’ll start by examining how they work and learn how to exploit them in lab exercises, and then we’ll look at a recent real-world example.

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AI-Generated npm Package Stole Cryptocurrency and Was Downloaded 1,500 Times

📟 News

Date: 06/08/2025

Author: HackMag

Experts from the company Safety discovered a malicious package in npm, generated using AI, which concealed malware designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet data.

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Mozilla Warns Extension Developers About Phishing Attacks

📟 News

Date: 06/08/2025

Author: HackMag

Representatives from Mozilla warn extension developers about an active phishing campaign aimed at hacking accounts on the official AMO platform (addons.mozilla.org).

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10 Compelling Reasons to Choose Arch Linux: Embracing Minimalism with Maximum Power

Date: 06/08/2025

Author: Eugene Zobnin

We felt that writing about the installation and setup of Arch Linux might be considered passé and repetitive. Therefore, we decided to approach it from a different angle and discuss why this system exists in the first place and why millions of users prefer it over the more familiar Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora. Spoiler alert: Arch Linux isn’t necessarily better than other systems—it’s ideologically different.

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Google Tool Allowed Removal of Pages from Search Results

📟 News

Date: 05/08/2025

Author: HackMag

Journalists discovered that the Refresh Outdated Content tool allowed anyone to remove specific pages from Google search results. As a result, negative articles about the CEO of a major tech company in San Francisco disappeared from the search.

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Microsoft Offers Up to $40,000 for .NET Vulnerabilities

📟 News

Date: 05/08/2025

Author: HackMag

Microsoft expands its bug bounty program for .NET and raises the maximum reward to $40,000 for certain bugs in .NET and ASP.NET Core.

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