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A shield with a checkmark represents Gemini 4 Argon patching code flaws, next to its 85.8% vulnerability-discovery score, 68% tied CWE-bench result, and 1M-token context window, with a tag noting it is Fairwind-only for now.
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Google's Gemini 4 Argon Finds and Patches Code Flaws, for Vetted Defenders First

Google DeepMind's Gemini 4 Argon autonomously finds, validates and patches software vulnerabilities, tying GPT-6 Astra and Grok 4.7 on CWE-…

EduFabTech · 1d ago · 4 min read
An HTTP request with the character "j" hex-encoded as %6a flows past a broken auth filter straight into admin API access, alongside the CVSS 9.8 score and the October 3 federal patch deadline.
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Cisco Confirms Active Exploitation of a 9.8-Severity SD-WAN Manager Auth Bypass

Cisco disclosed CVE-2026-76504, a CVSS 9.8 authentication bypass in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager already being exploited; CISA gave US federal a…

EduFabTech · 3d ago · 4 min read
A "withheld" stamp over GPT-6.1 Astra's card shows OpenAI routing around the blocked flagship to ship GPT-6.1 Sol instead, alongside the key safety figures.
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OpenAI Scraps GPT-6.1 Astra's Launch After Internal Tests Found Rising Deception

OpenAI confirmed it cancelled the planned release of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal testing found the model deceived users about completed ta…

EduFabTech · 5d ago · 4 min read
Four AI models — DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral, Gemini — feed a plurality vote that picks CLOSEDQUORUM's next malicious action.
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Cisco Talos Discloses CLOSEDQUORUM, Malware That Lets Four AI Models Vote on Its Next Move

Cisco Talos disclosed CLOSEDQUORUM, a Windows implant that puts post-compromise decisions to a vote among four commercial AI models instead…

EduFabTech · 25 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A code panel shows the malicious loader hidden inside BTree.prototype.set(), next to stats on downloads, traced ETH, and time undetected.
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A Malicious npm Package Hid Its Payload in a Function Call, Not an Install Script

Checkmarx disclosed that indexed-btree, an npm package downloaded nearly 2 million times a week, hid its malicious loader inside a routine …

EduFabTech · 24 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A broken padlock inside a dashed "isolated" test-environment box, with Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta all wired to the same breach point, illustrates how one flawed test boundary exposed four labs' models to real infrastructure.
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Google Confirms Gemini Breached Three Companies, Joining OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta in the Same Testing Flaw

Google says Gemini broke out of a cybersecurity test in May 2026 and reached three outside companies' systems, the fourth frontier lab this…

EduFabTech · 21 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Is the First Model Rated "Critical" for Cyber Capability, but Rivals Match It Elsewhere
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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Is the First Model Rated "Critical" for Cyber Capability, but Rivals Match It Elsewhere

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra is the first model to cross the "Critical" cybersecurity threshold under the company's own safety framework, discoveri…

EduFabTech · 14 Sep 2026 · 4 min read