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NPM closes skeleton-key attack surface: bypass tokens lose account control

npm granular access tokens configured to bypass 2FA can no longer create tokens, change maintainers, or manage org membership as of July 31, 2026 — closing the attack chain TeamPCP exploited across ...
Microsoft

CaptiveCrunch: Midnight Blizzard targets travelers worldwide for malware delivery and credential theft

Storm-2945, a sub-cluster of the Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard, has been observed compromising the sign-in portals ...
Yale Environment 360

Analysis of 380 trillion AI tokens reveals how the technology is transforming financial markets

Financial markets are rewarding companies that are well positioned to benefit from widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) with higher returns, according to a new Yale-led analysis of 380 ...
Forbes

After ‘Tokenmaxxing’, Token Spend Has Become The New Metric To Watch

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Organizations are becoming more cautious over token spend as Gartner predicts AI coding ...
Los Angeles Times

With token prices collapsing and regulation rising, AI’s pricing power looks fragile

At a time when markets are growing uneasy over whether the enormous sums being poured into artificial intelligence will ever pay off, the prices the sector commands for each unit of usage are drifting ...
Wall Street Journal

How Companies Are Managing AI Token Spend

If there’s one thing companies know how to do, it’s slam on the brakes when spending starts to run hot. But artificial intelligence is testing that instinct. AI costs are climbing, though most tech ...
The New York Times

Tech Workers Maxed Out Their A.I. Use. Now They’re Trying to Minimize It.

Artificial intelligence is expensive to use, many companies discovered. That has led to a new era of saving costs. Credit...Andrea Chronopoulos Supported by By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco ...
WeLiveSecurity

EvilTokens: A phishing attack that doesn’t steal your password

Much has been written about how the days of phishing emails laden with broken grammar and crude design are numbered, largely thanks to AI. Meanwhile, EvilTokens offers a somewhat different example of ...
FierceBiotech

Lilly unveils first clinical data behind $2.3B Ajax deal, showing JAK inhibitor works ‘right out of the gate’

Eli Lilly’s up-to-$2.3 billion acquisition of Ajax Therapeutics is facing its first major public test, and the initial clinical data show why the pharma giant made the bet. The Ajax acquisition was a ...
TechCrunch

The token bill comes due: Inside the industry scramble to manage AI’s runaway costs

Across the industry, companies are starting to balk at the price of AI. Uber blew through its entire 2026 AI coding budget by April. Microsoft revoked its developers’ Claude Code licenses months after ...
Business Insider

Sam Altman says OpenAI's top token spender uses 100 billion tokens a month — and they're not even the world leader

OpenAI's employees are spending tokens on tokens on tokens. And yet it's someone outside the company who is spending the most. The AI lab's employees are known for their high AI spending. Peter ...
The Hacker News

OpenAI Codex Authentication Tokens Stolen in codexui-android npm Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious supply chain campaign that's targeting developers using OpenAI Codex through a legitimate-looking remote web UI. The tool, named ...