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🚀 Hong Kong and China Sign Memorandum to Boost AI and Blockchain Collaboration Hong Kong's Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Sun Dong, and Wang Jingtao, Deputy Director of China's Cyberspace Administration, have signed a memorandum of cooperation. According to Foresight News, the agreement focuses on advancing key areas such as artificial intelligence, cross-border data, and blockchain. The initiative aims to implement China's 15th Five-Year Plan, support Hong Kong's development as an international innovation and technology hub, and promote a new economy driven by technological innovation. The collaboration seeks to enhance Hong Kong's integration into national development strategies. Both parties will strengthen cooperation to advance new productivity, deepen cybersecurity collaboration, and enhance international exchanges and promotion. #HongKong#China#AI#Blockchain#Innovation#Technology#Collaboration#Data#Cybersecurity#NewEconomy#InternationalExchange

🚀 Telegram CEO Criticizes WhatsApp's Encryption Practices Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has criticized WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption, labeling it as a 'massive consumer fraud.' According to ChainCatcher, Durov highlighted that approximately 95% of private messages are stored in unencrypted backups on Apple and Google servers. Durov expressed concerns that this situation poses a risk to user privacy. Despite WhatsApp's claims of using end-to-end encryption for message transmission, the backup mechanism fails to ensure complete encryption of user information. His remarks have sparked industry attention regarding privacy protection measures in mainstream communication applications. #Telegram#WhatsApp#Encryption#Privacy#DataSecurity#PavelDurov#CyberSecurity#MessagingApps#TechNews#EndToEndEncryption

🚀 AI TRENDS | University of California Study Reveals Security Risks in Third-Party LLM Routers Researchers at the University of California have identified security vulnerabilities in 26 third-party large language model (LLM) routers, which can potentially inject malicious code or steal credentials from AI agent traffic. According to NS3.AI, the study highlighted that one of these routers was able to drain Ether from a decoy wallet, although the reported financial loss remained under $50. The research paper cautioned developers who utilize AI coding agents for smart contracts or wallets, noting that private keys or seed phrases could be exposed when requests are routed through unscreened routers. #AI#securityrisks#thirdpartyLLM#maliciouscode#credentials#AIagents#UCstudy#smartcontracts#wallets#privatekeys#seedphrases#cybersecurity#ETH

🚀 Google Quantum AI Reduces Resources Needed to Break Bitcoin Signatures Google Quantum AI research has significantly reduced the estimated resources required to break Bitcoin's ECDSA signatures by approximately 20 times. According to NS3.AI, this advancement places the theoretical threshold near 500,000 physical qubits. The primary risk is associated with transaction signing and addresses with exposed public keys, rather than Bitcoin mining or the entire blockchain. #Google#QuantumAI#Bitcoin#ECDSA#Cryptography#Qubits#Cybersecurity#Blockchain#BTC

🚀 Pavel Durov Highlights Privacy Risks of Push Notifications Pavel Durov has raised concerns about the privacy implications of push notifications. According to NS3.AI, Durov pointed out that message data can persist in notification logs, posing a privacy risk even after messages or apps are deleted. He referenced a report by 404 Media, which revealed that the FBI was able to retrieve deleted Signal messages from an Apple iPhone by accessing these notification logs. #PavelDurov#Privacy#PushNotifications#DataSecurity#Signal#iPhone#FBI#DigitalPrivacy#NotificationLogs#CyberSecurity

🚀 Heart South Reports Potential Data Breach Affecting Thousands Heart South has announced that approximately 46,666 individuals may have been affected by a data breach, with patient information from its network appearing on the dark web. According to NS3.AI, the company has been unable to verify if any specific individual's data was compromised. Notifications regarding the potential breach began being distributed in April 2026. #HeartSouth#databreach#patientdata#darkweb#NS3AI#privacy#cybersecurity#datasecurity#breachnotification#April2026

🚀 Lakeview Loan Servicing Reaches $26 Million Settlement Over Data Breach Lakeview Loan Servicing has agreed to a proposed $26 million settlement following a data breach that impacted 2.53 million individuals in the United States. According to NS3.AI, the lawsuit alleges that unauthorized actors gained access to the company's systems, potentially exposing names, Social Security numbers, financial account details, and other personal information. While Lakeview denies any wrongdoing, eligible class members may receive compensation, credit monitoring, and identity protection if the settlement is approved. #DataBreach#Settlement#Privacy#IdentityProtection#FinancialServices#CyberSecurity#USNews

🚀 Zerion Identifies Anomalies in Web Platform, Advises Caution Web3 wallet Zerion has announced the detection of unusual activity on its platform. According to ChainCatcher, users are advised to refrain from using the web application services temporarily, as these services have been taken offline. The iOS and Android applications, as well as the web extension, remain secure, and users' funds within the wallet are unaffected. Zerion is actively monitoring the situation and will provide further updates once the web application is restored. #Zerion#Web3#CyberSecurity#CryptoWallet#Blockchain#PlatformOutage#DeFi#SecurityAlert

🚀 AI TRENDS | U.S. Officials Meet Wall Street Leaders Over AI Cyber Risks U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held an urgent meeting with Wall Street leaders this week to address AI-driven cyber risks associated with Anthropic's Mythos model. According to NS3.AI, Anthropic reported that Mythos identified thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities and has restricted access through its Project Glasswing initiative. This meeting follows actions by U.S. agencies to limit the government's use of Anthropic products. #AI#CyberSecurity#WallStreet#USGovernment#Anthropic#Mythos#ProjectGlasswing#FederalReserve#Treasury#Vulnerabilities

🚀 YZi Labs Advises Verification of Information Sources Good morning to all. YZi Labs posted on X, advising individuals to verify any information purportedly from them through their official X account or the official contacts on Stay SAFU. This ensures the authenticity of the information and helps prevent misinformation. #YZiLabs#InformationVerification#Misinformation#StaySAFU#CyberSecurity

🚀 Quantum Threats Are Real but Not Immediate, Experts Say Quantum computing poses a genuine threat to current cryptographic systems, but it is not an immediate concern. According to PANews, understanding which cryptographic components will be affected and how the industry plans to transition is crucial. Experts emphasize the importance of identifying vulnerable areas and preparing for a gradual migration to quantum-resistant technologies. The focus should be on strategic planning and readiness to ensure security in the face of future quantum advancements. #QuantumComputing#Cryptography#CyberSecurity#QuantumThreats#QuantumResistant#TechPlanning#FutureTechnology

🚀 Security Concerns Arise Over LLM Agent API Routers On April 10, Solayer founder @Fried_rice highlighted on social media the growing reliance of large language model (LLM) agents on third-party API routers, which distribute tool call requests to multiple upstream providers. According to BlockBeats, these routers operate as application layer proxies and can access each JSON payload in plaintext during transmission. However, no provider currently enforces encryption integrity protection between the client and upstream models. A study tested 28 paid routers purchased from platforms like Taobao, Xianyu, and Shopify independent sites, along with 400 free routers collected from public communities. The findings revealed that one paid router and eight free routers were actively injecting malicious code. Additionally, two routers deployed adaptive evasion triggers, 17 accessed AWS Canary credentials owned by researchers, and one stole ETH from a private key held by researchers. Further poisoning studies demonstrated that seemingly harmless routers could also be exploited. A leaked OpenAI key was used to generate 100 million GPT-5.4 tokens and over seven Codex sessions. Weaker bait configurations resulted in 2 billion billing tokens, 99 credentials across 440 Codex sessions, and 401 sessions running autonomously in YOLO mode. The research team developed an experimental proxy named Mine, capable of executing all four types of attacks on four public proxy frameworks. They also verified three client defense strategies: fault lock strategy gating, response-side anomaly screening, and append-only transparent logging. #LLM#API#Security#CyberSecurity#Malware#DataBreach#Encryption#Proxy#AI#MachineLearning#ETH