12+ hour, 21+ min ago   (420+ words) Polygon Labs has disclosed a pair of security vulnerabilities that were quietly patched across two hard forks before the network said anything publicly. The fixes landed in the Austin and Kyoto upgrades, which activated on the Polygon proof-of-stake mainnet on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (343+ words) The private equity giant disclosed that a social engineering attack potentially exposed Social Security numbers and other sensitive data, joining a growing list of financial firms targeted by coordinated hackers. Apollo Global Management, one of the largest private equity firms…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (152+ words) Researchers said the campaign used legitimate Google Docs to deliver malware targeting macOS and Windows users. Hackers posing as representatives of a crypto news site targeted cybersecurity professionals with a fake conference invitation designed to deliver malware, according to TechCrunch…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (245+ words) Swiss hardware wallet maker patched two critical vulnerabilities in its BitBox02 devices after AI-assisted audits caught memory corruption and payment-routing bugs before any funds were stolen. Neither bug was exploited in the wild, no funds were stolen, and existing wallet seeds…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (278+ words) Stock Bitmain firmware came back clean, but popular third-party alternatives introduced serious attack vectors that operators may not even know exist. Most Bitcoin miners are running software they cannot read, cannot audit, and cannot fully trust. The 256 Foundation wants to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (366+ words) The scale is striking. Jewelbug’s centralized command-and-control system, called XG-Web, has tracked over one million implant check-ins across its victim database. The group has stolen more than 580,000 browser cookies and exfiltrated over 2,300 email bodies, all while maintaining a relatively small…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (271+ words) Dylan Ayrey's company is demonstrating how AI agents can expose sensitive credentials faster than organizations can patch them The pitch from every AI company sounds roughly the same: our models make complex tasks accessible to everyone. Dylan Ayrey, CEO of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (401+ words) Estefano Gomez is an editor at Crypto Briefing specializing in blockchain analysis, DeFi, and the intersection of crypto and digital art. He previously served as Editor in Chief at Interesante for over three years, where he covered blockchain technology, NFTs,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (355+ words) A Greek security researcher spent 22 months inside North Korean command-and-control servers, revealing a sprawling campaign that hit Coinbase, Uniswap Labs, and hundreds of other organizations across 57 countries. Here’s the thing about job interviews: they’re already stressful enough without the possibility…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (306+ words) The 9th Circuit ruled that users, not Perplexity, are the ones accessing Amazon's platform, a distinction that could reshape how AI agents operate across digital commerce and beyond. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals just handed Perplexity AI a major win,…...