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A Windows Defender vulnerability known as BlueHammer is now being actively exploited in malware campaigns, despite a patch released back in April. The flaw involves a race condition that hands attackers full system-level access with minimal effort, and CISA has issued a warning urging users to update immediately.
Shifting to the electric vehicle market, Chinese automaker Leapmotor is doubling down on its presence in Britain by doubling its buyer grant contribution, bringing the price of its T-zero-three down to just twelve thousand nine hundred ninety-five pounds. That undercuts the previously budget-leading Dacia Spring and makes it the cheapest new car on sale in the country, electric or otherwise.
And in a story at the intersection of cryptocurrency and politics, Miles Guo, the Chinese exile with ties to former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, has been sentenced to thirty years in prison. Guo was convicted last year for his role in a billion-dollar fraud scheme that included the fraudulent H-Coin cryptocurrency project, which prosecutors say defrauded thousands of followers.
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