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Pro-Russia hacktivist group dies of cringe after falling into researchers' trap
Security researchers say they duped pro-Russia cybercriminals into targeting a fake critical infrastructure organization, which the crew later claimed - via their Telegram group - to be a real-world attack.…
Microsoft warns of 'payroll pirate' crew looting US university salaries
Microsoft's Threat Intelligence team has sounded the alarm over a new financially-motivated cybercrime spree that is raiding US university payroll systems.…
Cops nuke BreachForums (again) amid cybercrime supergroup extortion blitz
US authorities have seized the latest incarnation of BreachForums, the cybercriminal bazaar recently reborn under the stewardship of the so-called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, with help from French cyber cops and the Paris prosecutor's office.…
UK techies' union warns members after breach exposes sensitive personal details
UK trade union Prospect is notifying members of a breach that involved data such as sexual orientation and disabilities.…
It's trivially easy to poison LLMs into spitting out gibberish, says Anthropic
Poisoning AI models might be way easier than previously thought if an Anthropic study is anything to go on. …
SonicWall breach hits every cloud backup customer after 5% claim goes up in smoke
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.…
Take this rob and shove it! Salesforce issues stern retort to ransomware extort
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.…
Germany slams brakes on EU's Chat Control device-scanning snoopfest
Germany has committed to oppose the EU's controversial "Chat Control" regulations following huge pressure from multiple activists and major organizations.…
Employees regularly paste company secrets into ChatGPT
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.…
Nearly a year after attack, US medical scanning biz gets clear image of stolen patient 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.…
Police and military radio maker BK Technologies cops to cyber break-in
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.…
OpenAI bans suspected Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to plan surveillance
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.…
Britain eyes satellite laser warning system and carrier-launched jet drones
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.…
UK Home Office opens wallet for £60M automated number plate project
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.…
Credential stuffing: £2.31 million fine shows passwords are still the weakest link
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.…
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters offering $10 in Bitcoin to 'endlessly harass' execs
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters has launched an unusual crowdsourced extortion scheme, offering $10 in Bitcoin to anyone willing to help pressure their alleged victims into paying ransoms.…
Radiant Group won't touch kids' data now, but apparently hospitals are fair game
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.…
Thieves steal IDs and payment info after data leaks from Discord support vendor
Discord has confirmed customers' data was stolen – but says the culprit wasn't its own servers, just a compromised support vendor.…
Jaguar Land Rover engines ready to roar again after weeks-long cyber stall
Jaguar Land Rover is readying staff to resume manufacturing in the coming days, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Reg.…
Clop crew hits Oracle E-Business Suite users with fresh zero-day
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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