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Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters released from prison after sentence commuted | Colorado
Tina Peters, the former clerk convicted of participating in a scheme to chase election conspiracy theories promulgated by Donald Trump, was released from prison on Monday after the president successfully pressured Colorado’s Democratic governor into commuting her sentence.
Peters’ release was confirmed by the Colorado corrections department. The state agency said it would have no more information about the 70-year-old
Her sentence was shortened by Jared Polis, Colorado’s governor, in May after Trump waged a lengthy pressure campaign against the governor and his state.
Peters served less than a quarter of her nine-year sentence.
Peters was the first local election official to be charged with breaching security after the 2020 election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden at the end of his first presidency.
She snuck in an outside computer expert affiliated with MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell – who himself denied that Trump lost the White House in 2020 – and the person copied the county’s Dominion Voting Systems computer server as it was updated in 2021.
Peters then joined Lindell onstage at a “cybersymposium” that promised to reveal proof that the election was rigged. Video and photos of the computer system upgrade, including passwords, were posted online. The move stoked false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from Trump.
Peters was convicted in 2024 of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, violation of duty and other crimes by jurors in Mesa county, a Republican stronghold that supported Trump. An appeals court upheld her conviction in April – but ordered Peters to be resentenced because it said the judge who sent her to prison wrongly punished her for speaking out about election fraud.
Trump had championed Peters’ case, but because she was convicted under state law, he did not have the power to pardon her. Instead the president pressured Polis to do so, lambasting him on social media and disinviting him from a White House meeting with other governors. The Trump administration also announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado and relocate the US space command to Alabama.
Polis commuted Peters’ sentence on 15 May. In a letter he wrote that although Peters was convicted of serious crimes and deserved to spend time in prison, the sentence was “extremely unusual and lengthy” for a first-time and non-violent offender.
Jena Griswold, the Colorado secretary of state and also a Democrat, called the move a “dark day for democracy” and said it amounted to “selling out our state’s justice system for Trump”.
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Colts legend Raymond Berry, Hall of Fame wide receiver, dead at 93
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Raymond Berry, a Hall of Fame wide receiver who helped transform the position in the NFL, died last week, according to his family. He was 93.
The Baltimore Colts legend’s family said he died on May 25 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. A cause of death was not announced.
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Baltimore Colts receiver Raymond Berry runs with the football against the Los Angeles Rams at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, in a file photo. (David Boss/USA TODAY Sports)
“People said Raymond Berry was not blessed with the size or speed of other receivers in the National Football League, but no one worked harder to refine his skills and master his craft,” Pro Football Hall of Fame president and CEO Jim Porter said in a statement. “The chemistry he developed with quarterback Johnny Unitas through hours of route-running thousands of repetitions in practice created a dynamic tandem that thought with one mind on game days.
“Together they helped the Colts win consecutive titles in the late 1950s, including the classic 1958 NFL Championship Game that served as a springboard for professional football becoming this country’s most popular sport.”
The Colts selected Berry in the 20th round of the 1954 NFL Draft. He played for Schreiner College and SMU before turning pro.
David Driscoll, 9, of Baltimore, wearing a Baltimore Colts uniform, receives an autograph on his helmet from end Raymond Berry at the Colts’ training camp on Aug. 2, 1965. (William A. Smith/AP)
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He spent his entire 13-year NFL career in Baltimore. He recorded 631 catches for 9,725 yards and 70 touchdowns. He was a six-time Pro Bowler, three-time All-Pro and helped the Colts to two NFL Championships before the league’s eventual merger with the American Football League.
“It is with very heavy hearts that we extend our condolences to the family of Colts legend Raymond Berry, who passed away last week,” Colts owner and CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon said in a statement. “In NFL history, there are only a handful of players who we can say truly changed the sport. Raymond Berry is one of the few names on that list.
Baltimore Colts end Raymond Berry catches a pass from quarterback John Unitas for a 5-yard gain against the Detroit Lions in Baltimore on Sept. 30, 1962. Lions’ Dick LeBeau makes the tackle. (AP Photo)
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“As a player during a historic era of Colts football, Raymond redefined the standard for what a wide receiver could and should be. He set records, was selected to multiple All-Pro and Pro Bowl teams, and retired as the NFL’s all-time leader in receiving yards and receptions. One of his most memorable moments came during the 1958 NFL Championship, when he had a career day on the field in the ‘Greatest Game Ever Played.'”
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As Israel pushes past the Litani, Lebanese question the purpose of UNIFIL | Israel attacks Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon – The mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ends on December 31, 2026, bringing to an end its 48-year peacekeeping role.
This week, Israel advanced deeper into Lebanese territory than at any point since it ended a nearly two-decade occupation of the country’s south in 2000. The UN body’s inability to prevent the invasion has led to questions about UNIFIL’s mandate and its effectiveness in keeping the peace.
UNIFIL has been attacked by both Israeli and Lebanese actors for various perceived failures. The Israelis often criticise the UN force for failing to disarm Hezbollah or other nonstate armed actors, although Resolution 1701 – the UN mandate for the body in Lebanon – does not stipulate this.
Conversely, UNIFIL has also been accused of working against Lebanese armed groups that are fighting Israel.
“Israel has long accused UNIFIL of failing to prevent Hezbollah’s military presence and rearmament, while Hezbollah and its supporters have often accused UNIFIL of acting in ways that serve Israeli intelligence and security interests,” Imad Salamey, a Lebanese political analyst, told Al Jazeera.
“Both criticisms contain elements of political messaging as much as operational assessment, with each side seeking to shape public opinion and strengthen its own narrative regarding security, sovereignty, and responsibility for the conflict.”
Misplaced criticisms
Israel intensified its war on Lebanon on March 2, just hours after Hezbollah fired on Israel for the first time in over a year, starting a chain of new disasters for the Lebanese.
Hezbollah said it was simply responding to more than a year of Israeli attacks on Lebanon and seeking retaliation for the US-Israeli assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Israel, which already occupied five points in southern Lebanon despite a 2024 ceasefire agreement, then proceeded with a new invasion of Lebanon – its most brazen in decades.
Since March 2, Israel has killed 3,412 people in the country, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, and displaced over 1.2 million, some multiple times.
Even before the latest Israeli assault, Israel had violated the 2024 ceasefire more than 10,000 times, according to the UN.
In southern Lebanon, where UNIFIL operates, towns and villages have been razed to the ground since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah in October 2023. The speed and severity of the destruction have intensified since the new Israeli assault in March, despite a ceasefire and multiple extensions.
UNIFIL was established amid the first Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1978. Israel re-invaded Lebanon in 1982 and stayed until 2000, when it was forced out following strong resistance from groups, notably Hezbollah, in the south.
UN Resolution 1701 calls for a cessation of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel and for the Lebanese government and UNIFIL to deploy forces to southern Lebanon. The enforcement of the resolution was also mentioned during negotiations around the 2024 ceasefire agreement. UNIFIL has not been given a mandate to use force against Hezbollah, Israel, or other state or nonstate actors, unless in self-defence.
“Over the past three years, UNIFIL’s role has largely been one of monitoring, observation, liaison, and reporting rather than enforcement,” said Salamey. “The very name ‘United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’ has often created expectations that it was a peace enforcement mission capable of preventing hostilities, when in practice it operated under significant political and operational constraints.”
Israel doesn’t ‘want witnesses’
UNIFIL’s mandate has evolved over the years. After the July 2006 war between Hezbollah and Lebanon, its responsibilities were to implement obligations under UN Resolution 1701, Tilak Pokharel, UNIFIL’s public information officer, told Al Jazeera.
Currently, Pokharel said, UNIFIL is still executing its responsibilities, but with impediments from both actors in hostilities. Israel has damaged or destroyed roads and established roadblocks, while Hezbollah has set up landmines on certain roads, he said.
“Our activities have been heavily constrained and limited… because of the situation,” Pokharel said.
UNIFIL peacekeepers have also come under attack multiple times since the resumption of conflicts. In April, a French soldier was killed while out on patrol, with authorities in Paris blaming Hezbollah. Three other peacekeepers were wounded in the village of Ghandouriyeh in April as well.
Israel has surrounded UNIFIL bases at times and, at one point, removed cameras positioned outside one of the facilities. “Let’s be honest,” a diplomatic source told Al Jazeera. “They didn’t want witnesses.”
On Tuesday, Lebanon and Israel are set to resume direct negotiations at the US State Department in Washington, DC. The two countries’ militaries reportedly met on Friday in preparation for Tuesday’s talks.
But the forthcoming discussions have not eased the situation on the ground. Israel continues to push forward with its invasion of southern Lebanon, announcing it had taken over the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle on Sunday.
Israel had issued forced evacuation orders for two major southern towns in recent days, and on Monday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had approved attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh.
Pokharel said Sunday also marked a severe escalation in the south, as UNIFIL counted the highest number of violations and trajectories crossing from both sides of the border since April 17, when US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire was set to come into effect.
Post-UNIFIL future
Despite the ongoing war, European diplomats have said there is strong support in Europe and Lebanon to continue some form of monitoring body in the country once UNIFIL begins to scale down and end its operation at the end of the year.
At its peak, UNIFIL had around 15,000 units in the south. But financial cutbacks mean that little over 7,000 are currently present. Pokharel said that around 3,000 units left without being replaced in the last six months or so. While the Lebanese government and many members of the international community wanted UNIFIL’s mandate extended, the United States voted against it.
“The US took the stance adopted by the Israelis,” one European diplomat said. “We are worried about a vacuum.”
A variety of options have been proposed as an alternative, including a scaled-down UN force under the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), which has been present in the country since 1947. This organisation, though, reportedly only has around 50 personnel.
Diplomats have said that a number of European, African and Asian countries have volunteered to contribute manpower to whatever body takes UNIFIL’s place in 2027 and beyond.
But analysts say that UNIFIL, or a replacement, cannot effectively bring peace to southern Lebanon alone. For that, a political consensus in Lebanon and the wider region is necessary.
Many observers believe Lebanon’s fate is closely tied to peace negotiations between the US and Iran, the primary benefactor behind Hezbollah. Trump has repeatedly said a deal is close, though the ceasefire between the two sides has been tested on a number of occasions, including on Monday, when US ally Kuwait said Iran had attacked it.
“No international force is likely to successfully enforce a ceasefire, impose disarmament, or maintain long-term stability unless there is a broader political consensus both within Lebanon and across the region,” Salamey said.
“Ultimately, durable stability depends less on the design of an international force and more on a regional framework in which Israel accepts a genuine peace based on mutual recognition of sovereignty and self-determination, including a just resolution of the Palestinian question, while Lebanon achieves internal consensus over state authority and the monopoly of arms.”
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Kato Kaelin says Spencer Pratt could ‘shake things up’ as LA mayor
Spencer Pratt gains ground in Los Angeles mayoral race as polls tighten
LA Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt gains ground in the race against incumbent Karen Bass and Raman. Katie Zacharia analyzes Pratt’s non-partisan campaign, focusing on practical solutions for homelessness and crime. Meanwhile, California governor hopefuls like Tom Steyer clash over policies on transgender athletes in women’s sports, a key voter issue.
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LOS ANGELES — As celebrities continue to rally behind Spencer Pratt’s campaign for Los Angeles mayor, reality TV personality and O.J. Simpson murder trial witness Kato Kaelin tells Fox News Digital that Pratt is the candidate he thinks will bring necessary change to the city.
“It’s clear to me that Karen Bass did an awful job as LA Mayor during the 2025 fires,” Kaelin, a Los Angeles resident who rocketed to fame after testifying in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, told Fox News Digital, alluding to the heavy criticism Bass has faced for being out of the country during the devastating wildfires in 2025 that killed over two dozen people in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
“I supported Rick Caruso for Mayor in 2022 and think Spencer Pratt could shake things up this cycle. LA needs a change in leadership.”
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Reality TV personality and O.J. Simpson trial witness Kato Kaelin told Fox News Digital he is backing Spencer Pratt for LA mayor and criticized Mayor Karen Bass for doing an “awful job.” (SGranitz/WireImage ; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Kaelin, who has lived in Los Angeles for decades but who cannot cast a ballot in the race because he lives outside LA proper, said it “shocks” him that anyone would even “consider voting for Bass.”
“Her agenda is not for the people of LA, she’s proven it with policy regarding homeless and drug abuse on the streets,” Kaelin said, adding that the current mayor “has proven to be awful” and Pratt “brings energy and a different perspective.”
Kaelin first became a household name during the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial. He testified as a key witness for the prosecution since, at the time of the murders, Kaelin was staying in a guesthouse on Simpson’s Rockingham estate.
The trial transformed Kaelin from an aspiring actor into a pop culture figure, with his distinctive appearance and courtroom testimony drawing intense public attention.
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Kato Kaelin testifies on the witness stand during the Nicole Brown Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles, Calif. (Getty Images)
Over a dozen celebrities have rallied behind Pratt, a former reality television star from “The Hills,” as he continues to make the case that his status as a political outsider is what Los Angeles needs.
Others argue that political experience is a prerequisite to running for mayor of the second-largest U.S. city.
“I relate to Spencer because he receives hate just because he was on a reality show and I was sometimes hated just for being a witness – vote Pratt!” Kaelin said.
LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt hosts a campaign block party on 10th Avenue in Los Angeles on May 20, 2026. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
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Pratt, a registered Republican running as an independent, will square off on Tuesday night in the mayoral primary against Mayor Bass and progressive City Councilwoman Nithya Rahman.
In Los Angeles, the top vote-getters will advance to a November election, unless a candidate receives 50% of the vote, in which case they will automatically claim victory and be named the next mayor.
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‘A shock to all Lebanese’: Israel sends a message as it takes ancient fort | Lebanon
When Hussain Alawieh used to take tourists to Beaufort Castle, they would marvel at the view. The ancient hilltop fort, captured nearly 1,000 years earlier by Crusaders, still offered the same sweeping panoramic views of south Lebanon and the Litani River that empires fought over for a millennia.
On Sunday, the view from the castle was obscured by white phosphorus smoke, the toxic incendiary munition providing a smoke-screen for advancing Israeli soldiers. Out of the fog rose an Israeli flag, and the castle, for the first time in 26 years, was once again conquered.
In the age of drones and surveillance blimps, the value of the ancient hilltop fort is diminished. But to both Israelis and Lebanese, its capture carried psychological weight in a conflict that for six weeks had ground to a deadlock.
“The raising of the Israeli flag and the flag of the Golani Brigade above the castle caused a shock to me and to all southerners and Lebanese people,” said Alawieh, a tour guide based in south Lebanon.
The castle, Alawieh explained, was a symbol of steadfastness and of resistance in south Lebanon. Its thick stone walls helped its survive Israeli aerial bombing in the 1980s when it was used as a base by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, and again, when Israel carried out a detonation in the castle upon its withdrawal in 2000.
“Raising the Israeli flag above it is intended to send a message of psychological domination and defeat to the population, conveying that the ‘sites you considered impregnable have fallen,’” said Alawieh.
The capture of the castle came as Israel’s invasion of south Lebanon lurched forward once again. The pace of the war in Lebanon had slowed since a supposed ceasefire on 17 April. With much of south Lebanon declared a no man’s land by Israel, it was impossible to tell what was happening on the battlefield.
Last week, what was a low-intensity war suddenly accelerated, with Israeli warplanes killing at least a dozen people a day, and Israeli soldiers once again marching forward.
The Beaufort Castle was the most tangible marker of Israel’s progress, both to Israelis and Lebanese. Netanyahu, facing pressure from his domestic political rivals, happily announced that Israel was deepening its invasion in Lebanon.
To the Lebanese, the sight of the Israeli flag over the castle brought back memories of its 18-year occupation of south Lebanon starting in 1982.
“Of course, it brought me back to the occupation. We went back to 1986, 1987, and 2000. It brought back memories of those painful days,” said Fouad Fatimi, the mayor of Arnoun where the Beaufort Castle is located.
Arnoun had been emptied out in the weeks prior to its capture, as Israeli airstrikes pounded the town and its surroundings. Fatimi had recorded a phone call he had received last month from an Israeli officer telling him to empty the town of residents.
Israeli soldiers arrived to an empty village and a castle undefended. The Israeli military drove the point home; it shared footage of its soldiers striding up the castle’s steps set to a song by Lebanon’s most famous singer Fairuz entitled Waynun, its chorus repeating: “Where are they? Where are they?”
As Israel’s soldiers patrolled the castle, its warplanes dropped bombs on south Lebanon, leaving little time to absorb the new loss of territory. The city of Tyre was pounded with airstrikes on Sunday, leaving smoking craters where residential buildings had once stood. Entire neighbourhoods of one of south Lebanon’s oldest and most populated cities were covered in rubble and immense plumes of smoke rose above its homes.
The city’s civil defence withdrew from the city ahead of the bombing on Sunday. The Israeli military had called them and demanded they evacuate. They returned on Monday, establishing a new headquarters in the city’s Christian quarter, where Israel had not yet bombed, according to the head of Tyre’s civil defence Ali Safieddine.
Israel’s campaign expanded further on Monday, with Beirut once again coming under threat – the last feature of a ceasefire which had until now, left the country’s capital largely untouched. On Monday morning, Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, announced that the military would once again start striking Beirut.
Roads leading out of the southern suburbs were soon choked with cars heading north, residents fleeing their homes after returning home just six weeks earlier. The streets of Beirut were filled with the sounds of car horns as people sought to escape.
WhatsApp chats were filled with messages of resignation. “Here we go again,” one resident of the southern suburbs sent to a group chat. Others desperately inquired if anyone knew of empty apartments for families displaced anew.
Both the Lebanese government and Hezbollah issued condemnations of the escalation, but neither seemed to be able to stop it.
“[The resistance] has never claimed to prevent invasion or occupation of territory, nor has it claimed to posses an armament balance.” said Hassan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah MP, on Sunday, adding the group would work to prevent the Israeli from “consolidating control” over the areas it has already occupied.
Unable to stop the advancing Israelis, many Lebanese could do little else than look towards the castle’s history as a symbol of hope that they might one day return to their villages.
“Seeing the castle once again covered by the flag of occupation was regarded as a deep wound to our national identity,” said Alawieh. “But I see this presence as temporary, looking at the history of the castle, which has cast out all invaders and occupiers before.”
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Startup claims AI helped crack Apple M5 chip security in under a week
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Apple devices have earned a reputation for being tough to break into. That comes from Apple’s tight control over the hardware, software and many of the protections standing between you and an attacker. However, a new claim from security startup Calif shows how quickly the cybersecurity world may be changing.
Calif says a small team of researchers used a preview version of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos to help build a working macOS kernel exploit against Apple’s new M5 chip protections in less than a week. A kernel exploit targets the core part of an operating system, which controls how your device runs and what apps can access.
The company says the exploit survived Apple’s Memory Integrity Enforcement, or MIE, a security feature designed to make memory-based attacks much harder on newer chips. The bigger concern is speed. Artificial intelligence may help skilled researchers find serious software flaws faster than ever before, which means scammers and cybercriminals could eventually use similar tools to find weak spots before companies have time to patch them.
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Security researchers claim an AI-assisted tool helped build a working macOS kernel exploit against Apple’s M5 chip protections in less than a week. The report raises new questions about how quickly AI could accelerate vulnerability discovery. (Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Apple M5 AI exploit claim explained
Calif says its researchers built what it describes as the first public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit on M5 silicon with MIE enabled. The company says the attack targets macOS 26.4.1 on Apple M5 hardware.
It begins with a regular local user account and ends with root access. Root access gives someone the highest level of control on a Mac. That could let an attacker change system settings, reach sensitive files or run commands with powerful permissions.
That sounds alarming, but it needs context. Calif described this as a local privilege escalation chain. In everyday terms, an attacker would already need some way to get code running on the Mac first. This type of attack would more likely follow another step, such as a malicious download or compromised installer. Once bad code gets that first foothold, a privilege escalation bug can help it dig much deeper.
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Why Apple M5 security protections matter
Memory corruption bugs have been a favorite target for attackers for years. These flaws can let attackers crash software, steal data or take over parts of a system.
Apple’s Memory Integrity Enforcement was designed to make that type of attack far more difficult. Apple says MIE uses hardware-assisted memory safety protections on A19 and M5 processors or later. In simpler terms, MIE helps the chip and operating system check whether software touches memory in suspicious ways. That makes many older attack tricks harder to pull off.
That is why Calif’s claim warrants attention. The researchers say they found a way around those protections with help from Mythos Preview. That suggests AI could speed up the hunt for flaws, even in systems with advanced built-in defenses.
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How Claude Mythos helped find Apple bugs
Calif says Mythos Preview helped identify the bugs and assisted throughout exploit development. The company also made clear that human expertise still mattered.
According to Calif, Mythos found the bugs quickly because they belonged to known bug classes. However, bypassing Apple’s new protection required experienced researchers.
Think of it this way: AI helped point the researchers toward weak spots. People still had to understand how to turn those findings into a working exploit. That makes the story more concerning because AI may help skilled teams move much faster.
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Mozilla has already seen similar potential. The organization said an early version of Claude Mythos Preview helped identify 271 vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 150. Mozilla said those findings came during an evaluation of the model’s ability to help with security work.
So the bigger story goes beyond Apple. Advanced AI tools may give security researchers more speed. Those same tools could eventually help attackers search for software flaws faster, too.
Why the Apple M5 AI exploit should worry Mac users
Most people do not think about kernel exploits when they open up their laptops. They think about email, work and family photos. That is exactly why this story hits closer to home than it may seem.
If researchers can find high-impact bugs faster with AI, attackers may eventually try to do the same. The unsettling part is the speed. A flaw that once took months to discover might surface much sooner when AI helps scan code and suggest attack paths.
Calif called its work “a glimpse of what is coming.” That may sound dramatic, but the warning is easy to understand. Cybersecurity teams may need AI to defend systems as quickly as attackers use AI to search for weak spots.
MAC MALWARE MAYHEM AS 100 MILLION APPLE USERS AT RISK OF HAVING PERSONAL DATA STOLEN
A cybersecurity startup says researchers used Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview to uncover flaws that bypass Apple’s Memory Integrity Enforcement on M5-powered Macs. (Photo by Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty Images)
What the Apple M5 exploit means to you
This does not mean your Mac has suddenly become unsafe. Apple’s security model remains one of the strongest in consumer tech. It also does not mean MIE failed as a protection. No security feature blocks every attack forever.
DON’T IGNORE APPLE’S URGENT SECURITY UPDATE
However, updates now matter more than ever. Calif says it shared its findings with Apple and plans to release full technical details after Apple ships a fix. That is how responsible disclosure should work. Researchers report the issue first, the company investigates it, and users get a patch before attackers get a roadmap.
We reached out to Apple for comment, but did not hear back before our deadline.
That brings us to this: what you can do now to lower your risk.
10 SIMPLE CYBERSECURITY RESOLUTIONS FOR A SAFER 2026
How to protect your Mac from AI-powered attacks
You do not need to become a cybersecurity expert to lower your risk. A few smart habits can make it much harder for attackers to get the access they need.
1) Keep macOS updated
Start with software updates. On your Mac, go to Apple menu > System Settings > General > Software Update. Install any available macOS updates. Also, turn on automatic updates where possible. This helps your Mac get important security fixes without waiting for you to remember.
2) Avoid suspicious downloads
Be careful with apps from links, pop-ups or unfamiliar websites. If an attacker needs code running on your Mac first, a fake app can become the front door. Download apps from the Mac App Store or directly from trusted developers. Also, pause before opening installers sent through email or social media links. Strong antivirus software can add another layer of protection by helping detect malicious downloads, suspicious links and scam websites before they put your Mac at risk. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices at CyberGuy.com.
3) Check app permissions
Review which apps have access to sensitive parts of your Mac. Go to Apple menu > System Settings > Privacy & Security and check permissions for areas such as Accessibility, Camera, Microphone and Screen Recording. Remove access for apps you do not recognize or no longer use. These permissions can give apps powerful reach across your device.
4) Use strong Apple Account protection
Turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) for your Apple Account. This adds another layer of protection if someone steals or guesses your password. Also, use a strong, unique password. Do not reuse the same password you use for email or banking. A password manager can help create and store unique passwords for each account, so you do not have to remember them all yourself. Check out the best expert-reviewed password managers of 2026 at CyberGuy.com.
5) Keep browsers and extensions updated
Your browser is one of the most common places where attacks begin. Keep Safari, Chrome, Firefox or any other browser updated. Then, review your browser extensions. Remove anything you do not use or do not recognize. A shady extension can track your activity, inject ads or collect sensitive data.
Safari: Open Safari > Settings > Extensions. Uncheck any extension you do not recognize or select it and click Uninstall. Safari extensions update automatically with their apps.
Chrome: Open Chrome > three dots > Help > About Google Chrome to check for updates. To review extensions, go to Chrome > three dots > Extensions > Manage Extensions. Remove anything suspicious or unnecessary.
Firefox: Open Firefox > Firefox menu > About Firefox to check for updates. To review add-ons, go to Firefox > Add-ons and themes > Extensions. Remove anything you do not recognize. Firefox recommends keeping add-ons set to update automatically.
6) Watch for fake security alerts
Scammers love fake pop-ups that claim your Mac has a virus. These alerts often push you to download software or call a fake support number. Do not click the warning or call the number on the screen. Close the tab or quit the browser. If you feel unsure, restart your Mac and check for updates through System Settings.
7) Back up your Mac
Use Time Machine or another trusted backup method. A recent backup can help you recover if malware damages files or locks you out. Keep at least one backup separate from your Mac. That way, a device problem does not take your backup down with it.
8) Restart your Mac regularly
Many people leave their Macs running for weeks. A restart can help clear temporary processes and apply pending updates. A restart will not solve every security problem, but it can help your Mac finish updates and clear out processes that no longer need to run.
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Apple’s latest chip security features are under scrutiny after researchers claimed an AI-assisted exploit achieved root access on M5 hardware running macOS 26.4.1. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Kurt’s key takeaways
Apple built serious protections into its newest chips, and that still matters. But Calif’s claim shows that even the strongest consumer security systems now face a new kind of pressure. AI is starting to change the speed of vulnerability research. For you, the lesson is this. Keep your Mac updated. Be careful what you install. Review the apps that have deep access to your system. The age of “set it and forget it” security is fading fast. Your device may be smart, but the tools looking for its weak spots are getting smarter too.
If AI can help a small team challenge Apple’s newest defenses in days, should companies be required to disclose how they are using AI to find and fix security flaws before attackers do? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com.
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Trump admirer’s surprise first-round win is a blow to Colombia’s traditional conservatives | Colombia
The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda have just under three weeks to compete for the roughly 3.6m votes that did not go to either of them in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election.
That is no insignificant number, given that De la Espriella’s lead over Cepeda amounted to little more than 670,000 votes – 43.7% to 40.9%.
Although polls had shown the wealthy lawyer gaining ground, they had also consistently indicated a solid lead for the senator, who is backed by the leftwing president, Gustavo Petro. This made De la Espriella’s first-round victory on Sunday a surprise to most Colombian analysts and politicians.
An admirer of Donald Trump and other far-right leaders in the region, he campaigned amid a string of controversies and with a promise to end, within 90 days, Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict which has claimed nearly half a million lives.
His lead on Sunday is being interpreted as a sign that the radical right has overtaken Colombia’s traditional conservative forces, reflected in the collapse of the candidacy of the rightwing senator Paloma Valencia.
A loyal follower of the former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who governed from 2002 to 2010, Valencia spent months in second place in the polls but lost momentum in the final weeks and finished with just 6.9% of the vote.
“What really helped De la Espriella was Valencia’s collapse,” said the political scientist Yan Basset. “There was a tactical shift of rightwing voters towards De la Espriella, who appeared to be the safest rightwing candidate to reach the runoff.”
Another political scientist, Nadia Jimena Pérez Guevara, said De la Espriella “managed to consolidate the vote of the dissatisfied citizen, not only those opposed to Petro and leftwing policies, but also people who are simply fed up with politics”.
Both analysts described the lawyer’s first-round victory as “surprising” and said they believed the left faced a difficult, though not impossible, task in overturning the result before the runoff on 21 June. Second-place candidates have come back to win in 1998 and 2014.
De la Espriella and Cepeda offer opposing approaches to dealing with the resurgence of violence, now at its highest levels since the landmark 2016 peace agreement between the government and most of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
The lawyer advocates military alliances with the US and Israel, total confrontation with criminal groups and the construction of mega-prisons. The senator supports Petro’s “total peace” strategy of negotiating the dismantling of all criminal groups.
On Monday morning, Cepeda challenged De la Espriella to a debate. In his speech on Sunday night, he had described his rival as a “misogynist”, “homophobe” and “lawyer for paramilitaries and drug traffickers”. De la Espriella called his opponent and Petro “a pair of delinquents” and “miserable criminals”, and attacked the president as a “miserable drug addict”.
Petro sparked controversy by refusing to recognise the preliminary results released by the National Civil Registry, the independent public body responsible for organising elections, alleging without evidence that the count included “800,000 additional people”.
Guevara described the allegations, later echoed by Cepeda in his speech, as “not healthy” for Colombian democracy.
She added: “It also seemed misguided that Cepeda’s first reaction was to focus on that issue rather than speaking directly to his supporters and potential supporters about the way forward … it gives ammunition to those who want to equate De la Espriella and Cepeda, when in reality they represent completely different styles of leadership.”
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MS NOW host reveals Maine Senate candidate pulled from show before scandal
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MS NOW host Eugene Daniels claimed Sunday that Maine Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Graham Platner pulled out of appearing on the liberal network after his latest scandal.
Daniels made the comment on his show “The Weekend” in response to Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, releasing a five-minute video defending Platner and his campaign in the wake of reports that Platner sent explicit messages to at least six women while he was married.
Daniels pushed back on the video, pointing out that reports explained that Gertner herself shared the texts with the campaign out of concern it would be used against Platner during the election.
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MS NOW host Eugene Daniels revealed that Graham Platner’s team pulled a planned appearance on “The Weekend” after a new scandal. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
“It is not gossip if she brought it to the campaign herself and told them what it is. Graham Platner was supposed to come on the show… His team pulled out,” Daniels said. “They came to us and wanted to come on. They pulled out. I think we saw why yesterday as these stories came out.”
He continued, “But one of the questions I have for him is, like, do people know who you are? Does Maine really know what they’re getting with you? Because there’s always things that come out over and over again. It’s like, where is the [oppo] file?”
Platner’s campaign denied Daniels’ claim in a comment to Fox News Digital.
“This is flat out inaccurate. There was never an interview scheduled –– this is just another example of pundits trying to get views and clicks. Graham was busy at back-to-back events today, doing what he loves –– talking with Mainers and sharing his vision for a politics that focuses on people’s lives, not the pundit or political class in DC,” a spokesperson said.
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Eugene Daniels also criticized Graham Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, for attempting to defend her husband amid his recent scandal. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Platner has also faced a number of controversies before this, including a now-covered-up tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol, and past controversial comments on Reddit minimizing sexual assault and making crude remarks about masturbation and a deleted post where he claimed a wounded soldier “didn’t deserve to live.”
Gertner’s video notably did not dispute the recent allegations.
“So it makes me really angry, disappointed, and I find it really shameful that there’s a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip, instead of talking about real issues that Graham is running on — like healthcare and education and childcare,” Gertner said.
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She added, “Being newly married is hard. Being newly married and going through infertility is hard. Being newly married, going through infertility, and a Senate campaign is hard.”
Graham Platner, the Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine, has been engulfed in several scandals since his campaign began. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
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Fox News’ Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
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