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Browser extensions can manipulate AI prompts to exfiltrate personal and corporate data without special permissions, warns LayerX. This exploit targets all major LLMs, including ChatGPT and Gemini, posing a significant risk to enterprises. New protections in Chrome for Enterprise offer critical defenses against these stealthy attacks.

Microsoft is accelerating the integration of OpenAI's GPT-5 into its Copilot ecosystem, signaling a transformative leap in AI-driven productivity tools. This upgrade promises enhanced reasoning, multimodal capabilities, and new developer APIs, potentially reshaping workflows across industries.

Database schema changes traditionally risk production downtime and deployment headaches. Xata's pgroll-powered platform combined with Vercel's preview deployments enables instant Postgres branches and multi-version schemas, revolutionizing how teams handle migrations in CI/CD pipelines. This approach eliminates locking conflicts and simplifies the expand-contract pattern.

The legal tech ecosystem gains a powerful open-source tool with Legal Markdown JS—a full Node.js/TypeScript reimplementation of the Ruby-based document processor. Achieving 100% feature parity while adding AST-based processing, pipeline architecture, and interactive CLI tools, it brings legal document automation to the JavaScript ecosystem. Developers can now dynamically generate contracts with conditional clauses, cross-references, and mixins using familiar tools.

Proton has launched a free, cross-platform Authenticator app, offering end-to-end encryption and open-source transparency to counter ad-supported rivals like Google Authenticator. This move addresses critical gaps in two-factor authentication, including vendor lock-in and surveillance risks, empowering users with secure, portable TOTP management. The app’s emphasis on privacy and interoperability signals a shift toward user-centric security in an era of escalating cyber threats.

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a critical pattern: spikes in network reconnaissance, scanning, and brute-force attacks consistently precede the disclosure of new vulnerabilities by up to six weeks. GreyNoise's analysis of 216 events shows this correlation is strongest for edge devices from vendors like Palo Alto and Fortinet, offering defenders a rare early warning window. This insight transforms how organizations can anticipate threats and shift from reactive patching to proactive defense.