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wired. com > story > security-news-this-week-cybercrime-crew-claims-it-hacked-mike-lindells-mypillow

Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell's My Pillow

5+ hour, 18+ min ago  (199+ words) After a nearly 90-day internet shutdown, connectivity started to trickle back into Iran this week amid internal political power struggles and ongoing negotiations with the US to end its war with Tehran. Researchers cautioned that it is unclear how extensive…...

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wired. com > story > teampcp-software-supply-chain-attack-spree-github

A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (518+ words) We are here today to advertise Git Hub's source code and internal orgs for sale," Team PCP wrote on Breach Forums, a forum and marketplace for cybercriminals. Everything for the main platform is there and I very am happy to…...

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wired. com > story > your-iphone-gets-stolen-then-the-hacking-begins

Your i Phone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (577+ words) Every year, millions of phones are stolen. While thousands of i Phones are shipped to China and broken down for parts, criminals can make more money selling a device that has been unlocked and wiped. Now researchers have unpicked part…...

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wired. com > story > canvas-hack-shinyhunters-ransomware-instructure

The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (371+ words) Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a cyberattack against a single software platform so thoroughly disrupted the daily operations of thousands of schools across the United States....

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wired. com > story > cybercriminals-are-complaining-about-ai-slop-flooding-their-forums

Hackers Hate AI Slop Even More Than You Do

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (565+ words) The complaint sounds familiar. "I'm disappointed that you are working to incorporate AI garbage into the site," one annoyed person, posting anonymously, said in an online message. "No-one is asking for this'we want you to improve the site, stop charging…...

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wired. com > story > fast16-malware-stuxnet-precursor-iran-nuclear-attack

Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran's Nuclear Program'and Predates Stuxnet

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (496+ words) All of that suggests that Fast16 might have been used in the mid-2000s specifically to subvert Iran's attempt to gain nuclear weapons, perhaps even years before Stuxnet was deployed to achieve the same result through a more direct form of sabotage, as…...

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wired. com > story > phone-notifications-reveal-more-than-you-realize-how-to-lock-them-down

Your Phone Notifications Reveal More Than You Realize. Here's How to Lock Them Down

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (738+ words) You may have spotted the recent case of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation pulling Signal messages from a defendant's i Phone, even though the messages were set to disappear automatically, and the Signal app itself had been deleted from…...

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wired. com > story > security-news-this-week-discord-sleuths-gained-unauthorized-access-to-anthropics-mythos

Discord Sleuths Gained Unauthorized Access to Anthropic's Mythos

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (269+ words) Researchers have finally cracked disruptive malware known as Fast16 that predates Stuxnet and may have been used to target Iran's nuclear program. It was created in 2005 and was likely deployed by the US or an ally. And if you're looking for…...

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wired. com > story > ai-tools-are-helping-mediocre-north-korean-hackers-steal-millions

AI Tools Are Helping Mediocre North Korean Hackers Steal Millions

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (306+ words) What's most striking about the Hexagonal Rodent hacking campaign isn't its sophistication, says Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher who discovered the group, but rather how AI tools allowed an apparently unsophisticated group to carry out a profitable theft spree in…...

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wired. com > story > mozilla-used-anthropics-mythos-to-find-271-bugs-in-firefox

Mozilla Used Anthropic's Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (451+ words) Mozilla's experience, at least in the short term, shows that AI tools like Mythos Preview could have a profound impact for vulnerability hunters. "There were categories of bugs that you could find with human analysis that you couldn't find with…...

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