Irregular faces criticism over ‘spin’ in AI hacking postmortem
The company at the center of a series of incidents in which AI models compromised real-world computer systems during security evaluations is facing criticism...
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Poland probes MyDr healthcare software breach potentially affecting 19 million people
MyDr, a privately-owned Polish company that supplies software to doctors, clinics and other healthcare providers, said on Friday that it had identified and r...
Ukraine says cyberattack hit Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries amid drone strikes
Ukraine’s military intelligence claimed it disrupted the operations of Russia’s largest online marketplace, Wildberries, in a cyberattack intended to amplify...
Investigation of banking hack leads to arrests in Germany, Brazil
Germany’s federal police agency, the BKA, said three suspects were picked up in Europe and charged with fraud, and Brazil’s federal police said four others w...
France investigates tax authority breach after hacker claims 600,000 victims
French authorities confirmed that someone gained unauthorized access to systems at the Directorate General of Public Finances in late June after stealing or ...
Flock tightens privacy controls amid scandals over officer abuse
All Flock Safety customers will be required to adopt its "Audit Assistance" feature for tracking abnormal uses, and the company says it will hold license pla...
New Mirai variant adds stealth capabilities to notorious botnet code
Beyond Mirai’s usual functions, the new code features include encrypted communications with command-and-control servers and a “sniffer” that looks for defaul...
Brazil orders Discord to suspend livestreaming after teen suicide
Discord's Go Live feature contributed to a 13-year-old girl's death by suicide, according to Brazilian regulators, who told the company to suspend the stream...
Trump taps cyber firms to go on offensive against criminals
The Trump administration will allow private companies to launch attacks on cybercrime organizations, the White House announced.
Germany moves to give spy agencies hacking and sabotage powers
Germany’s cabinet approved legislation that would let its intelligence agencies hack foreign systems, sabotage adversaries’ supply chains and feed false info...
FBI: Hackers using social engineering to breach accounts and steal explicit content
Leaked passwords, social engineering and spoofed social media sites are among the tools hackers are using to gather individuals' private content and sell it ...
Three intrusions at UK criminal records office went undetected for two years
Unread antivirus alerts and an unpatched content management system exposed Britain's ACRO to three separate data breaches, according to a reprimand notice.
Microsoft’s massive Patch Tuesday releases continue as AI reshapes bug discovery
This month’s update features about five times the volume of patches Microsoft was shipping in a typical month before AI-assisted vulnerability discovery took...
CISA gives federal agencies two weeks to patch Microsoft bug exploited in DPRK campaign
Researchers disclosed the bug to Microsoft after examining a long-running campaign by North Korean hackers to exploit the job application process.
NSA installs DHS lawyer as new general counsel
Kerianne Tobitsch, who most recently served as a senior lawyer at the Homeland Security Department, is the NSA's new general counsel, sources told Recorded F...
Ransomware group hijacks hospital system’s Facebook page amid ongoing cyberattack fallout
The hackers claimed to have exfiltrated 6 terabytes of data, including highly sensitive health information like records related to sexual assault, mental hea...
Cyberattack on logistics giant Ceva hits retailers and Steam customers across Europe
Operations at eight European warehouses belonging to France's CEVA Logistics have reportedly been disrupted by a cyberattack, and several other companies are...
Local governments in four states dealing with cyberattacks that have shut down services
Municipalities in California, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Texas are all recovering from disruptive cyberattacks that have affected government operations.
Kids’ online safety bill faces dim prospects of passage this session despite progress
Proponents of the Kids Online Safety Act are cheering recent progress but acknowledge a long road ahead for legislation that, despite mounting political pres...
FBI, South Korea warn of Gunra ransomware gang targeting critical infrastructure
The Gunra ransomware gang is breaching critical infrastructure organizations through vulnerabilities in popular brands of firewalls, the FBI and South Korea’...