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Nearly 4,000 US industrial devices exposed to Iranian cyberattacks
The attack surface targeted by Iranian-linked hackers in cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure networks includes thousands of Internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation.
According to a joint advisory issued by multiple U.S. federal agencies on Tuesday, Iranian state-backed hacking groups have been targeting Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley PLC devices since March 2026, causing operational disruptions and financial losses.
“Iranian-affiliated APT targeting campaigns against U.S. organizations have recently escalated, likely in response to hostilities between Iran, and the United States and Israel,” the authoring agencies warned.
CPUID hacked to deliver malware via CPU-Z, HWMonitor downloads
Hackers gained access to an API for the CPUID project and changed the download links on the official website to serve malicious executables for the popular CPU-Z and HWMonitor tools.
The two utilities have millions of users who rely on them for tracking the physical health of internal computer hardware and for comprehensive specifications of a system.
Users who downloaded either tool reported on Reddit recently that the official download portal points to the Cloudflare R2 storage service and fetches a trojanized version of HWiNFO, another diagnostic and monitoring tool from a different developer.
Microsoft: Canadian employees targeted in payroll pirate attacks
A financially motivated threat actor tracked as Storm-2755 is stealing Canadian employees’ salary payments after hijacking their accounts in payroll pirate attacks.
The attackers used malicious Microsoft 365 sign-in pages to steal victims’ authentication tokens and session cookies by redirecting them to domains (e.g., bluegraintours[.]com) hosting malicious web pages (pushed to the top of search engine results through malvertising or SEO poisoning) that masqueraded as Microsoft 365 sign-in forms.
This allowed Storm-2755 to bypass multifactor authentication (MFA) in adversary‑in‑the‑middle (AiTM) attacks by replaying stolen session tokens rather than re-authenticating.
Google rolls out Gmail end-to-end encryption on mobile devices
Google says Gmail end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is now available on all Android and iOS devices, allowing enterprise users to read and compose emails without additional tools.
Starting this week, encrypted messages will be delivered as regular emails to Gmail recipients’ inboxes if they use the Gmail app.
Recipients who don’t have the Gmail mobile app and use other email services can read them in a web browser, regardless of the device and service they’re using.
Metformin for Longevity and Sarcopenia: A Therapeutic Paradox in Aging
Metformin is a first-line oral antidiabetic agent that has attracted increasing interest as a potential geroprotective therapy due to its ability to improve metabolic homeostasis, reduce oxidative stress, and attenuate chronic inflammation. However, its role in skeletal muscle aging and sarcopenia remains controversial. Observational and epidemiological studies suggest that metformin use is associated with a lower prevalence of sarcopenia, particularly in metabolically compromised or insulin-resistant older populations, where improvements in systemic metabolism and inflammatory burden may indirectly support muscle quality and function.
Infant learning forms lasting memory schemas that influence adult behavior
Neuron.
Bessières, Prikas, et al. report that episodic-like learning in infant mice establishes enduring memory schemas that guide adult behavior. The schema facilitates relearning and the formation of new, congruent memories in adulthood. Infantile schemas undergo hippocampus-dependent systems consolidation. While adult relearning relies on the PFC, the facilitation of new congruent memories requires PFC and top-down PFC-to-hippocampus neural projections.