1+ week, 4+ day ago   (341+ words) The healthcare data company Aesto informed federal regulators this week that more than 9.5 million people had sensitive information leaked during a cyberattack last December. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company previously warned customers about the attack in June but had not shared…...

1+ mon, 1+ 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   (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…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (916+ words) OpenAI is taking a range of actions to protect users following a supply chain attack that corrupted the signing keys used to make sure the company’s applications are legitimate. Users on macOS have to update their OpenAI applications by June…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (675+ words) Nation-state hackers from Iran are deploying the Chaos ransomware as cover for alleged espionage and data theft operations, according to new research. Incident responders from cybersecurity firm Rapid7 published a report about a recent intrusion that initially appeared to be a…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (425+ words) French authorities have arrested a suspected hacker believed to be behind dozens of data breaches targeting public institutions, sports federations and private organizations across the country, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect, a 20-year-old known online as HexDex, was detained Monday…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (757+ words) Britain's cybersecurity chief warned Tuesday that the country is handling four nationally significant cyber incidents every week, with the majority now traced back to hostile foreign governments rather than criminal hackers, as the government unveiled a £90 million (about $121.48 million) package…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (468+ words) A Russian-speaking threat actor used commercial generative artificial intelligence tools to help compromise more than 600 Fortinet FortiGate firewall devices across more than 55 countries earlier this year, researchers have found. The campaign, which ran from mid-January to mid-February, exploited weak security…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (735+ words) Sophisticated hacking groups in China, North Korea and Iran are using Google’s Gemini AI tool to supercharge their attacks on rivals, refine malware and provide research on targets. While Google said it disabled the assets used by the group, the…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1055+ words) Civil society groups are warning that makers of spyware tied to human rights abuses are inserting themselves into diplomatic initiatives as a way to whitewash their reputations. The backlash comes in the wake of a “transparency report” issued by the…...