Leadership Moves
AHEAD Appoints Sumed Marwaha as India Managing Director
Prior to AHEAD, Marwaha served as Managing Director and Regional Vice President at Unisys India.
The Left Shift Bureau
Cybersecurity
CloudSEK Uncovers AI Summarizer Exploit Turning Trusted Tools into Ransomware Delivery Channels
By embedding malicious payloads in HTML using CSS-based obfuscation attackers can trick AI summarizers into reproducing harmful, step-by-step ransomware instructions.
Developer's Corner
Check Point Launches Harmony SASE MCP Server, Enabling Secure AI Integration with Enterprise Networks
The Harmony SASE MCP Server is available via the Infinity Portal, with full documentation and starter queries to begin AI-assisted exploration.
Developer's Corner
Okta Launches Open-Source Auth0 Detection Catalog for Proactive Threat Monitoring
Now available on GitHub, the catalog enhances Auth0’s native threat detection capabilities.
Open Source
GitHub Open-Sources MCP Server to Improve LLM Accuracy and Automation
It acts as a source-of-truth interface between GitHub and any LLM.
Expansion
Snowflake Opens New Office in Bengaluru
The company has recently opened a new office in Mumbai.
Partnerships
Meta Partners with Midjourney to Boost AI Image and Video Tools
The announcement was made by Meta’s Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang on Threads.
AI Startups
Anthropic Builds AI Tool to Flag Nuclear Risk Conversations
Built using a curated list of nuclear risk indicators from the NNSA, the classifier was trained and validated with over 300 synthetic prompts.
Acquisition
Databricks to Acquire Tecton, Bolstering Real-Time AI Capabilities
The acquisition will strengthen Databricks’ ability to deliver real-time, low-latency AI applications for enterprise customers.
Developer's Corner
Gemini 2.5 Pro is Now Available in GitHub CoPilot
Users can now select it in Copilot Chat across popular environments like VS Code, GitHub.com, VS, JetBrains IDEs, and mobile apps.
Autonomous Vehicles
NVIDIA Invests in Autonomous Driving Startup Nuro
Nuro has raised a total of over $2.3 billion to date.
AI News
Grok Chat Leak Sparks AI Privacy Concerns After Conversations Found Public Online
The leaked Grok chats include disturbing queries about crypto wallet hacking, drug manufacturing, and even violent plots.