1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1149+ words) Anthropic said Thursday it had discovered three incidents in which its AI models exited test environments and compromised real-world organizations. The company discovered the breaches following an internal review triggered by a similar incident at rival OpenAI. The incidents are…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (741+ words) Cyberattack tools and infrastructure used by North Korea’s Lazarus Group appear to have been shared with ransomware criminals targeting South Korean organizations, according to new research released Thursday alongside a joint advisory by four South Korean security and intelligence agencies....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (370+ words) A North Korea-linked hacker group was behind several high-profile compromises of open-source software libraries used by developers worldwide, researchers have found. In a report released Wednesday, Amazon said the threat actor known as SapphireSleet was responsible for four separate compromises…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (583+ words) Hackers used an autonomous artificial intelligence agent to carry out a cyber-espionage campaign against Thailand's Ministry of Finance, according to researchers who uncovered a hacker-controlled server that exposed the inner workings of the attack. Cybersecurity firm Hunt.io said in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (442+ words) Japan's largest refrigerated logistics company is gradually restoring operations after a cyberattack disrupted food deliveries nationwide, while the cybercrime group RansomHouse has claimed responsibility and threatened to leak stolen data. Nichirei Logistics Group said Wednesday that it expects warehouse operations…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (437+ words) Finnish police have reportedly issued a wanted notice for convicted hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki after the country's Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal, paving the way for authorities to return him to prison in one of Finland's most high-profile cybercrime…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (467+ words) U.S. prosecutors announced two milestones this week in their cases against major ransomware groups. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, a 34-year-old Armenian national, pleaded guilty Wednesday in an Oregon federal court to conspiracy and computer fraud. For about six months beginning in November…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (458+ words) Eight Greeks who were snooped on by Predator spyware sued the surveillance tech manufacturer Intellexa on Tuesday, as well as 13 individuals tied to the company. The victims are asking for about €7.6 million ($8.7 million) total in compensation, their lawyer Zacharias Kesses…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (795+ words) A phone belonging to a former member of the European Parliament was targeted and infected with Pegasus spyware multiple times during his tenure on the parliamentary committee probing the technology’s misuse, according to a report released Friday. Stelios Kouloglou’s phone…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (447+ words) A 19-year-old man with dual U.S. and Estonian citizenship was extradited from Finland to Chicago this week to face criminal charges of participating in hacks as part of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group. Peter Stokes made an initial appearance on Tuesday…...