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It's trivially easy to poison LLMs into spitting out gibberish, says Anthropic

Thu, 09/10/2025 - 21:45
Just 250 malicious training documents can poison a 13B parameter model - that's 0.00016% of a whole dataset

Poisoning AI models might be way easier than previously thought if an Anthropic study is anything to go on. …

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SonicWall breach hits every cloud backup customer after 5% claim goes up in smoke

Thu, 09/10/2025 - 14:30
Affects users regardless of when their backups were created

SonicWall has admitted that all customers who used its cloud backup service to store firewall configuration files were affected by a cybersecurity incident first disclosed in mid-September, walking back earlier assurances that only a small fraction of users were impacted.…

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Take this rob and shove it! Salesforce issues stern retort to ransomware extort

Wed, 08/10/2025 - 18:20
CRM giant 'will not engage, negotiate with, or pay' the scumbags

Salesforce won't pay a ransom demand to criminals who claim to have stolen nearly 1 billion customer records and are threatening to leak the data if the CRM giant doesn't pony up some cash.…

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Germany slams brakes on EU's Chat Control device-scanning snoopfest

Wed, 08/10/2025 - 13:53
Berlin's opposition likely kills off Brussels' bid to scan everyone's messages

Germany has committed to oppose the EU's controversial "Chat Control" regulations following huge pressure from multiple activists and major organizations.…

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Employees regularly paste company secrets into ChatGPT

Tue, 07/10/2025 - 21:18
Microsoft Copilot, not so much

Employees could be opening up to OpenAI in ways that put sensitive data at risk. According to a study by security biz LayerX, a large number of corporate users paste Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Payment Card Industry (PCI) numbers right into ChatGPT, even if they're using the bot without permission.…

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Nearly a year after attack, US medical scanning biz gets clear image of stolen patient data

Tue, 07/10/2025 - 17:15
No fraud monitoring and no apology after miscreants make off with medical, financial data

Florida-based Doctors Imaging Group has admitted that the sensitive medical and financial data of 171,862 patients was stolen during the course of a November 2024 cyberattack.…

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Police and military radio maker BK Technologies cops to cyber break-in

Tue, 07/10/2025 - 16:55
Florida comms outfit serving cops, firefighters, and the military says hackers pinched some employee data but insists its systems stayed online

BK Technologies, the Florida-based maker of mission-critical radios for US police, fire, and defense customers, has confessed to a cyber intrusion that briefly rattled its IT systems last month.…

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OpenAI bans suspected Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to plan surveillance

Tue, 07/10/2025 - 16:36
It also banned some suspected Russian accounts trying to create influence campaigns and malware

OpenAI has banned ChatGPT accounts believed to be linked to Chinese government entities attempting to use AI models to surveil individuals and social media accounts.…

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Britain eyes satellite laser warning system and carrier-launched jet drones

Tue, 07/10/2025 - 10:13
Space sensors and UAVs at sea top MoD's list in new wave of cutting-edge projects

The UK is pressing ahead with cutting-edge defense projects, the latest including research to protect satellites from laser attack and a technology demonstrator for a jet-powered drone to operate from Royal Navy carriers.…

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UK Home Office opens wallet for £60M automated number plate project

Tue, 07/10/2025 - 09:30
Department eyes new app to tap national ANPR data for live alerts, searches, and integrations

The UK's Home Office is inviting tech suppliers to take part in a £60 million "market engagement" for an application that uses data from automated number plate recognition (ANPR) systems.…

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Credential stuffing: £2.31 million fine shows passwords are still the weakest link

Tue, 07/10/2025 - 09:00
How recycled passwords and poor security habits are fueling a cybercrime gold rush

Partner Content  If you're still using "password123" for more than one account, there's a good chance you've already exposed yourself to credential stuffing attacks — one of the most prevalent and damaging forms of automated cybercrime today. Just ask the 6.9 million users of 23andMe who discovered their personal details were compromised when cybercriminals used recycled credentials from other breaches to infiltrate their accounts.…

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Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters offering $10 in Bitcoin to 'endlessly harass' execs

Mon, 06/10/2025 - 16:41
Crime group claims to have already doled out $1K to those in it 'for money and for the love of the game'

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters has launched an unusual crowdsourced extortion scheme, offering $10 in Bitcoin to anyone willing to help pressure their alleged victims into paying ransoms.…

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Radiant Group won't touch kids' data now, but apparently hospitals are fair game

Mon, 06/10/2025 - 14:20
Ransomware crooks utterly fail to find moral compass

First they targeted a preschool network, now new kids on the ransomware block Radiant Group say they've hit a hospital in the US, continuing their deplorable early cybercrime careers.…

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Thieves steal IDs and payment info after data leaks from Discord support vendor

Mon, 06/10/2025 - 13:18
Outsourcing your helpdesk always seems like a good idea – until someone else's breach becomes your problem

Discord has confirmed customers' data was stolen – but says the culprit wasn't its own servers, just a compromised support vendor.…

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Jaguar Land Rover engines ready to roar again after weeks-long cyber stall

Mon, 06/10/2025 - 11:28
No confirmed date but workers expected to return in the coming days

Jaguar Land Rover is readying staff to resume manufacturing in the coming days, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Reg.…

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Clop crew hits Oracle E-Business Suite users with fresh zero-day

Mon, 06/10/2025 - 10:40
Big Red rushes out patch for 9.8-rated flaw after crooks exploit it for data theft and extortion

Oracle rushed out an emergency fix over the weekend for a zero-day vulnerability in its E-Business Suite (EBS) that criminal crew Clop has already abused for data theft and extortion.…

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Leak suggests US government is fibbing over FEMA security failings

Mon, 06/10/2025 - 09:55
Plus, PAN under attack, IT whistleblowers get a payout, and China kills online scammers

Infosec in brief  On August 29, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency fired its CISO, CIO, and 22 other staff for incompetence but insisted it wasn't in response to an online attack. New material suggests FEMA's claim may be false.…

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Red Hat fesses up to GitLab breach after attackers brag of data theft

Fri, 03/10/2025 - 15:42
Open source giant admits intruders broke into dedicated consulting instance, but insists core products untouched

What started as cyber crew bragging has now been confirmed by Red Hat: someone gained access to its consulting GitLab system and walked away with data.…

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Apple ices ICE agent tracker app under government heat

Fri, 03/10/2025 - 14:49
Cupertino yanks ICEBlock citing safety risks for law enforcement

Apple has deep-sixed an app that tracks the movements of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents – apparently bowing to government pressure.…

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Munich Airport chaos after drone sightings spook air traffic control

Fri, 03/10/2025 - 13:58
Overnight shutdown leaves thousands stuck as Oktoberfest crowds stretch city security

Munich Airport was temporarily closed last night following reports of drones buzzing around the area.…

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