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Each week, we curate and present a collection of noteworthy developments, ranging from the latest vulnerability discoveries and emerging attack techniques to significant policy changes and industry reports.

Here are this week’s stories:

Claude Skills used to execute ransomware

Cato Networks has used Skills, a new feature for Anthropic’s Claude AI assistant, to execute ransomware in a controlled environment. Antrophic says the code execution functionality works as intended for Skills. Cato argues that legitimate Skills could be weaponized via minor ...