Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Also, Microsoft Badly Patches LNK Flaw, Australian Sentenced for 'Evil Twin' HackThis week, the React flaw, a belated Windows fix, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Signal group posed operational risk, more North Korean npm packages. An Australian jailed for Wi-Fi "evil twin" crimes. The US FTC will send $15.3 million to Avast users. A London council said attackers stole data.

Firm Deploys Claude for Staff, Refunds Australian Government Over AI ErrorsDeloitte will embed Anthropic's Claude across its workforce despite flaws in a report from a government client that its analysts produced work with the help of generative artificial intelligence, costing the company thousands of dollars.

Weak Encryption, Data Transfers to China, Hidden ByteDance Links FoundSecurity researchers found DeepSeek AI has weak encryption, SQL injection flaws and sends user data to Chinese state-linked entities. Its AI model failed jailbreak tests, making it prone to manipulation. Regulators in Europe, South Korea, and Australia are investigating, with bans and warnings issued over security risks.

Also: Spanish Hacker Alcasec Arrested AgainThis week, Fluent Bit contains a flaw, Microsoft is nuking VBScript, Irish police and the SEC face fines, a man was sentenced for BEC, a flaw was found in Netflix's Genie, an Australia university said it was breached and Black Basta claimed an attack, and hacker Alcasec was arrested again.

Also: Turla Targets European Missions and Google Patches Chrome Zero-DaysThis week, hackers used a Linus backdoor and a Microsoft client management tool; Santander Bank, the Helsinki Education Division, an Australian energy provider and auction house Christie's were breached; hackers targeted European missions in the Middle East; and Google patched a zero-day flaw.