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Microsoft is warning users about a sophisticated piece of malware that spreads through USB drives and targets cryptocurrency holders. The worm intercepts shortcut files to install itself quietly, then monitors the Windows clipboard for wallet addresses, swapping them out for the attacker's own. If you've copied a wallet address recently, it may not be the one you think you pasted.
That threat lands at an awkward moment for Google, whose Gemini assistant has been caught surfacing a scammer's phone number to a user trying to reach Delta Airlines. The person called the number, believing it was legitimate, and was defrauded. It's a sharp reminder that AI tools retrieving real-world contact information carry real-world consequences when the underlying data is poisoned or manipulated.
On the security architecture side, Microsoft is also positioning Windows itself as the trusted foundation for autonomous AI agents, introducing something called the Microsoft Execution Containers SDK. The pitch is that containment, identity verification, and manageability need to live at the operating system level, not bolted on afterward. Whether that vision holds up as agents grow more capable is a question the industry hasn't answered yet.
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