Attackers made millions of attempts to exploit the PHP2Shell flaws, and AWS says the first came four days before disclosure. OpenAI is reportedly raising up to $30B at a lower $1.25T valuation, and the Finance Ministry puts Malaysia's remaining net 1MDB burden at RM20.1b.
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OpenAI reportedly raising up to $30B at a $1.25T valuation, down from a $1.4T target
According to sources, Coatue and UAE investors would lead the round ahead of a possible IPO. The UAE money may be tied to more computing capacity for OpenAI. Terms could still change, and OpenAI declined to comment.
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PHP2Shell: millions of exploit attempts, and AWS saw the first four days before disclosure
Cloudflare saw attempts climb from thousands to millions after disclosure. Germany, the Netherlands, Japan and CISA have confirmed no successful break-ins, but Mizuho, ANA and Orange took some services offline while they patched.
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Browsers distrust 8 eMudhra certificates after their private keys proved trivially weak
One of the Indian certificate authority's signing keys was the number 4, so anyone could have forged HTTPS certificates with it. Mozilla, Chrome and Apple have blocked the certificates. eMudhra blames a flawed key ceremony in April 2025 and says it knows of no exploitation.
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Government's remaining net 1MDB burden put at RM20.1b
In a written reply, the Finance Ministry said 1MDB obligations total RM51.4b, less RM31.3b recovered. The government has paid RM42.5b since 2017, and RM8.9b in guaranteed notes remains until 2039.
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Prabowo vows to revoke licences of foreign firms linked to the forest fires behind the haze
Indonesia's president said firms that repeatedly break land and fire rules will lose their permits, and that one company is suspected in as many as 19 fire cases. The foreign-owned firms under investigation will be named later.
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TuJu navigation app buckles under a surge of Waze switchers; highway authority apologises
The Malaysian Highway Authority said it is working with developer Prosignal Consortium to restore stability and add capacity, and to fix complaints about route accuracy. It will also work with NACSA on security and data governance.
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