Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day

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View this email online in your browser  December 17, 2025 TechCrunch Top 3 Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day: Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company's most popular products. Read More Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org: DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet. Read More Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages: Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook. Read More Be the first to know when news breaks Subscribe to our News Alerts, and you won't miss a thing. Breaking news, exclusives, and special reports—straight to your inbox. Sign up for News Alerts! A message from Fidelity Don't let a spreadsheet cost you your next round. Managing your equity in a spreadsheet might work, until you're raising your next round, onboarding new hires, or navigating your first SAFE. Fidelity Private Shares' free cap table template can provide you with a clean start. And when you're ready to ditch the manual updates, we'll help you scale with confidence. Download Now Afternoon Must-Reads Coursera and Udemy enter a merger agreement valued at around $2.5B: Coursera and Udemy, two of the biggest names in online learning, are combining platforms next year. Read More Google launches Gemini 3 Flash, makes it the default model in the Gemini app: Google is making Gemini 3 Flash the default model in the Gemini app and oAI model for Search Read More Google's vibe-coding tool Opal comes to Gemini: The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps. Read More Amazon reportedly in talks to invest $10B in OpenAI as circular deals stay popular: Amazon is in early discussions to invest as much as $10 billion in OpenAI in a deal that would see the AI lab using the e-commerce giant's AI chips. Read More Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's hostile bid, calls offer 'illusory': Warner Bros. Discovery called Paramount's offer "illusory" and said that the company had misled shareholders about its financing. Read More A message from Lilt From Manual to Automated: Scaling Enterprise Translation Tune in to our festive webinar on 12/3, Tinsel, Tech, and Translation Magic, as top brands share how they automate high-volume localization projects while ensuring seamless multilingual content delivery. You'll walk away with a step-by-step roadmap to head into 2026 with smarter, faster strategies to translate and generate multilingual content.  Register Now You missed these chats from Disrupt: Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens. Watch on Cheddar.com Watch on Streaming Last but Not Least Google deepens consumer credit push in India with UPI-linked card: Google has entered India's growing co-branded credit card market by partnering with Axis Bank. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2025 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107