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Most of the 2,500 organizations believed to have been affected by the LiteLLM supply chain attack were actually exposed before, SOCRadar reports. The compromise was blamed on and claimed by TeamPCP, the threat actor behind multiple open source software (OSS) supply chain attacks involving the Shai-Hulud worm. It started with Aqua Security’s Trivy scanner and propagated downstream to multiple packages and repositories in a ripple effect fueled by the malware’s worm-like behavior and by the automated inclusion of the malicious libraries in more builds. More than 2,500 organizations were likely affected by the LiteLLM attack, CloudSEK and HudsonRock said earlier…

Gemini’s second-quarter revenue rose as its credit-card business expanded. But the core exchange shrank, while operating costs and losses remained above last year’s levels after a restructuring that cut about 200 jobs.The company generated $45.5 million in total revenue, up from $33.3 million a year earlier, according to its Aug. 13 quarterly filing. Exchange revenue, however, fell 38% to $12.5 million from $20.2 million.The decline was steeper in activity. Spot matched trading volume on Gemini’s platform fell to $3.8 billion from $11.3 billion, a drop of about 66%. Newer products carried more of the top line while the exchange generated…

Necrotizing enterocolitis, a life-threatening inflammation of the intestine that mostly affects premature babies, can strike with almost no warning. But a quick scan using only infrared and visible light could someday detect the condition, a new study suggests. Within the next year, researchers are planning to launch a large test of the technology in the wake of a pilot study in premature infants that showed it was safe and feasible. Of 96 infants, the scans correctly identified the 10 babies with necrotizing enterocolitis — although they also returned a significant number of false positives, pediatric surgeon Seth Goldstein and colleagues…

UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has hit a dead end in its plans for oil and gas exploration off South Africa’s Wild Coast, after the Constitutional Court overturned a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) order that had kept the project alive, delivering a major victory for environmental groups and local communities. Illustration; Source: Shell South Africa’s Constitutional Court has upheld an appeal by environmental justice organizations, including Sustaining the Wild Coast, Natural Justice, Greenpeace Africa, and All Rise Attorneys for Climate and Environmental Justice, together with affected Wild Coast communities and fishing interests. The Court found that the Supreme Court of…

Your editorial on Meta’s smart glasses acknowledges their value to blind and visually impaired people, then asks that this “not be allowed to distract” from the harms (The Guardian view on Meta’s smart glasses: regulators must get on the front foot, 10 August). As an optometrist who owns a small independent practice, I’d suggest that it is visually impaired people who are being treated as the distraction.I was reluctant to stock Ray‑Ban Meta, having no fondness for Meta or Luxottica, but colleagues persuaded me of the benefits for people with sight impairment. The reality has surpassed that. The majority of our buyers have a visual…

What was claimed A video shows migrants being assisted across the border at Ceuta recently. Our verdict This is incorrect. While the clip does reportedly show migrants crossing over the Moroccan border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, this video actually dates from 2021. Old footage is being shared online with the misleading suggestion it shows recent scenes of Moroccan migrants crossing the border into Ceuta.One Facebook post from 1 August, which has been shared over 700 times, is captioned: “This footage shows migrants being assisted across the border by Moroccan authorities.”While the post doesn’t explicitly mention a date, the…

Mangione prepared to plead guilty, his lawyer tells judgeVictoria Bekiempisat the courthouse in ManhattanThe prosecution confirms to judge that Brian Thompson’s family is seated in the courtroom.Judge Garnett said she wants to remind everyone, “This is a federal courtroom. Decorem must be observed at all times.”Karen Friedman Agnifilo announces: double quotation markMr Mangione is prepared to plead guilty to the indictment at this time. The judge asked Mangione whether he does plan to do that. He said: “Yes.”ShareUpdated at 17.17 CESTKey eventsVictoria Bekiempisat the courthouse in ManhattanMangione is allocuting.ShareVictoria Bekiempisat the courthouse in ManhattanThe judge reveals there is no plea deal.…

Downing Street has issued a temporary GB-wide ban on the sale of disposable barbecue and brought in the military to help deal with wildfires as Andy Burnham urged people not to risk lives in “tinderbox” Britain this weekend.The prime minister spoke from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, where at least 19 people have been taken to hospital during eight fires that have ripped through several homes.He said it was necessary to bring in a temporary ban on disposable barbecues from today, asking retailers to withdraw them from sale, as he spoke of the “absolutely devastating” wildfires.“Please think about the situation…

Labour marked its worst performance in more than 50 years when voters went to the polls in Barnsley in May, but 100 days on from those seismic local elections, the political landscape has shifted drastically.Could the South Yorkshire town, where Reform UK reaped the benefits of dissatisfaction with Labour, prove to be a test case for whether the governing party has turned the tide?Labour had run Barnsley’s council since its inception in 1974, but was left with just 11 councillors after Reform triumphed with 42 seats.“I knew that it would be the most challenging set of elections that we’ve ever…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A decade ago, when Daniel Kinahan, the Irishman accused by multiple western governments of running one of the world’s biggest cocaine cartels, became embroiled in a bloody gang war, it appears he invested on two fronts: contract killings and public relations.While the crime family he is alleged to command hired foreign hitmen to assassinate rivals on the streets of Dublin, a film crew was hired to shoot a mini-feature dramatising the feud in a flattering light to Kinahan. He would later use…