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OpenAI Codex Record & Replay Turns Workflow Demos Into Reusable Skills
OpenAI’s new Codex Record & Replay feature lets eligible macOS users demonstrate a repeatable workflow once and turn it into a reusable skill. It could make desktop and browser automation easier to capture, but teams need to treat recordings, permissions, and sensitive data carefully.
Klue Breach Shows How SaaS OAuth Tokens Became a Salesforce Risk
Klue’s June security incident let attackers use a legacy integration credential to obtain OAuth tokens and pull Salesforce CRM data from connected customer environments. The breach is a practical warning for teams that treat SaaS integrations as trusted background plumbing instead of monitored, scoped access paths.
LiteLLM Exploit Puts AI Gateways on a June 22 Patch Deadline
CISA’s June 22 remediation deadline for CVE-2026-42271 puts LiteLLM AI gateways on the security team’s priority list. The flaw affects MCP test endpoints, can expose model-provider credentials, and may become unauthenticated RCE when chained with a Starlette host-header bypass.
FortiSandbox Exploits Put Fortinet Appliances on a Patch Clock
Attackers are probing three critical FortiSandbox vulnerabilities that can expose Fortinet malware-analysis appliances to authentication bypass and command execution. Security teams should verify FortiSandbox 4.4 and 5.0 patch levels, check whether management interfaces are reachable, and review logs for exploit attempts rather than treating the April and June fixes as routine maintenance.
AryStinger Botnet Turns Old Routers Into Attack Proxies
Security researchers say AryStinger has compromised more than 4,300 legacy routers, turning aging home and small-office gear into proxy and reconnaissance infrastructure. The campaign is a reminder that end-of-life routers are not just slow or outdated; they can become someone else’s attack platform.
Gemini TTS Streaming Gives AI Voice Apps a Faster Start
Google added streaming speech generation to Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS, letting developers start playback as audio chunks arrive instead of waiting for a complete file. The update matters for voice assistants, narration tools, training apps, and other AI audio products where perceived latency shapes the whole experience.
Wear OS 7 Makes Pixel Watch More Useful at a Glance
Google is rolling out Wear OS 7 to Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4 with Live Updates, battery-life gains, remote media controls, emergency-sharing changes, and Gemini Intelligence features coming later this year. Here is what Pixel Watch owners should know before updating.
Google’s Vertex AI Media Endpoint Shutdown Gives Developers a June 30 Migration Deadline
Google is retiring older Vertex AI, Imagen, and Veo media-generation endpoints on June 30. Developers using Google’s AI image or video APIs should check model IDs, migrate to the recommended Gemini and Veo replacements, and test output changes before production jobs start failing.
Microsoft Defender RoguePlanet Zero-Day Leaves Windows Teams Waiting for a Patch
Microsoft has acknowledged RoguePlanet, a Microsoft Defender elevation-of-privilege flaw tracked as CVE-2026-50656, but a patch is still in development. The public proof of concept turns Defender’s own file-handling workflow into a path to SYSTEM privileges, so Windows teams should tighten execution controls and monitoring while they wait for Microsoft’s fix.
Gravity SMTP Exploit Puts WordPress Mail API Keys at Risk
Attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-4020 in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin, a flaw that can expose mail-service API keys, OAuth tokens, plugin versions, and server details. Site owners should update to Gravity SMTP 2.1.5 or later, check logs, and rotate affected email credentials.