Brit lawmaker targeted by AI deepfake fails to get answers from US Big Tech
2026-03-26T19:24:00Z•43d62dbd01f5bc71d36e87fe04e86c2dab712465d27608d4b4a5ba08f1d591fa
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Batch of security news from The Register highlights multiple high-risk trends: widespread software-supply-chain compromises (Trivy scanner abuse, PyPI/package compromise of LiteLLM, and a proof‑of‑concept Context Hub documentation poisoning) leading to credential‑stealing malware and thousands of infected cloud environments; large-scale IoT botnets behind record DDoS attacks disrupted by US authorities; emergent social-engineering tactics (voice phishing/vishing, Signal-support impersonation, and virtual‑smartphone instances used in fraud); political/espionage incidents (AI deepfake video of a
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