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QUANTUM ROUTE REDIRECT PHAAS TARGETS MICROSOFT 365 USERS WORLDWIDE

The Quantum Route Redirect phishing-as-a-service platform leverages ~1,000 pre-configured domains with automated bot filtering to steal Microsoft 365 credentials across 90 countries (76% US-targeted), using specific URL patterns matching "/([\w\d-]+.){2}[\w]{,3}/quantum.php/" and hosting on legitimate compromised domains to evade detection. The platform redirects humans to credential-harvesting pages while sending security scanning tools to benign sites. Security teams should implement URL filtering that targets the identified pattern, deploy account compromise monitoring, and recognize phishing lures that mimic DocuSign, payment notifications, and QR codes. Quantum Route Redirect represents an evolution in PhaaS sophistication similar to VoidProxy and Tycoon2FA campaigns.

BANK OF ENGLAND CONFIRMS PLANS FOR STABLECOIN HOLDING LIMITS

The Bank of England confirmed plans to introduce "temporary" stablecoin holding limits of £20,000 per coin for individuals and £10 million for businesses, with exemptions for exchanges and large merchants, inviting industry criticism that the rules exceed US and EU restrictions. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden defended the caps as necessary to protect the commercial banking sector that underpins mortgages, while the BOE proposed issuers back stablecoins with 60% short-term UK government debt and 40% Bank of England accounts. The framework applies only to sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins used for retail payments and wholesale settlement. Consultation will run until February before final rules are published later next year.

GOOGLE SAYS NEW CLOUD-BASED “PRIVATE AI COMPUTE” IS JUST AS SECURE AS LOCAL PROCESSING

Google's Private AI Compute runs on a stack powered by the company's custom Tensor Processing Units, which have integrated secure elements. The new system will allow devices to connect directly to the protected space via an encrypted link. This will mean that not even Google will be able to access the data. The service will be as secure as using local processing while providing enough processing power to use Google's largest and most capable models on any device.

MIT PHYSICISTS OBSERVE KEY EVIDENCE OF UNCONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN MAGIC-ANGLE GRAPHENE

'Unconventional' superconductors are materials that exhibit superconductivity in ways that are different from today's superconductors, which require ultra-low temperatures to operate. MIT physicists have created a material that shows a superconducting gap very different from that of the typical superconductor, meaning that the mechanism by which the material becomes superconductive must also be different. Understanding how unconventional superconductors work could unlock the design of superconductors that work at room temperature, the Holy Grail of the entire field.

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