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Interpol bags 1,209 suspects, $97M in cybercrime operation focused on Africa

The Register - Fri, 22/08/2025 - 15:24
Crypto mines, BEC scams, fake passports, and a $300M fraud empire allegedly brought down during Serengeti 2.0

Interpol's latest clampdown on cybercrime resulted in 1,209 arrests across the African continent, from ransomware crooks to business email compromise (BEC) scammers, the agency says.…

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Developer jailed for taking down employer's network with kill switch malware

The Register - Fri, 22/08/2025 - 01:27
Pro tip: When taking revenge, don't use your real name

A US court sentenced a former developer at power management biz Eaton to four years in prison after he installed malware on the company’s servers.…

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Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason

The Register - Fri, 22/08/2025 - 00:42
Because savvy terrorists always use public internet services to plan their mischief, right?

Anthropic says it has scanned an undisclosed portion of conversations with its Claude AI model to catch concerning inquiries about nuclear weapons.…

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Microsoft reportedly cuts China's early access to bug disclosures, PoC exploit code

The Register - Thu, 21/08/2025 - 23:58
Better late than never after SharePoint assault?

Microsoft has reportedly stopped giving Chinese companies proof-of-concept exploit code for soon-to-be-disclosed vulnerabilities following last month's SharePoint zero-day attacks, which appear to be related to a leak in Redmond's early-bug-notification program.…

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'Impersonation as a service' the next big thing in cybercrime

The Register - Thu, 21/08/2025 - 23:11
Underground forums now recruiting English-speaking social engineers

English speakers adept at social engineering are a hot commodity in the cybercrime job market.…

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Honey, I shrunk the image and now I'm pwned

The Register - Thu, 21/08/2025 - 22:24
Google’s Gemini-powered tools tripped up by image-scaling prompt injection

Security researchers with Trail of Bits have found that Google Gemini CLI and other production AI systems can be deceived by image scaling attacks, a well-known adversarial challenge for machine learning systems.…

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