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A Ransomware Gang Tried to Blackmail Germany's Capital. Berlin Said No.

A Ransomware Gang Tried to Blackmail Germany's Capital. Berlin Said No.

Also: a DDoS botnet started renting out hacked smart devices as a side hustle, and a ransomware crew ran an AI coding assistant through victims' networks to break in faster.

ai security

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A Cyberattack Just Froze Global Shipments of Pacemakers and Defibrillators

A Cyberattack Just Froze Global Shipments of Pacemakers and Defibrillators

Also: a ransomware gang's own guy started scamming its victims behind its back, and a Chinese hacking crew quietly ran wild inside a perfect-10 Oracle bug for seven months before anyone noticed.

ai security

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ShinyHunters Tried to Hack a Cybersecurity Firm by Pretending to Be Its Own Security Team

ShinyHunters Tried to Hack a Cybersecurity Firm by Pretending to Be Its Own Security Team

Also: a Florida man's ChatGPT search stopped his wife from losing more to a fake jury duty scam, and a perfect-10 SAP bug used by 99 of the world's 100 biggest companies is already under attack.

threat-intelligence

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Hackers Are Using AI to Write Exploit Code for the Machines That Run Your Water and Power

Hackers Are Using AI to Write Exploit Code for the Machines That Run Your Water and Power

Also: the agency that protects federal networks leaked its own AWS passwords on GitHub for six months, and researchers tricked Copilot into confessing its own security holes.

ai security

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Japan's Biggest Cloud Provider Found a 1.36-Million-Account Breach by Accident

Japan's Biggest Cloud Provider Found a 1.36-Million-Account Breach by Accident

Also: a ransomware gang's own anti-detection trick broke its own encryption tool, and one web page can trick Grok into leaking your name, location, and full chat history.

ai security

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A Mystery Attacker Has Been Reading Salesforce and ServiceNow Data Worldwide for 17 Months

A Mystery Attacker Has Been Reading Salesforce and ServiceNow Data Worldwide for 17 Months

Also: a real-time deepfake mask glitched for less than a second and blew a fraudster's cover, and a $100 coin-sized gadget can hijack a Boeing 737's flight computers in under a minute.

ai security

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An AI Agent Ran a Full Cyberattack on Taiwan's Government With No Human Driving

An AI Agent Ran a Full Cyberattack on Taiwan's Government With No Human Driving

Also: DEF CON attendees allegedly jammed a Delta flight's WiFi to phish fellow passengers mid-air, and Clop's ransomware spree just hit Shell, GE, and Philips.

ai security

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Microsoft Threatened Him With "Legal Action." He Responded With a Working Windows Defender Exploit.

Microsoft Threatened Him With "Legal Action." He Responded With a Working Windows Defender Exploit.

Also: a cyberattack on Japan's biggest cold-storage company turned into a national KFC crisis, and ransomware locked hospital doors and killed the HVAC at Manitoba's largest hospital.

ai security

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A Hacked Shipping Company Just Exposed Steam Gamers, a Dutch Bank, and a Pro Soccer Club

A Hacked Shipping Company Just Exposed Steam Gamers, a Dutch Bank, and a Pro Soccer Club

Also: a ransomware gang hijacked a hospital's Facebook page to post its ransom demand, and North Korean hackers hid a Windows zero-day inside fake job offers to target defense contractors.

ai security

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