Collaborate Disseminate
In episode 71 of The AI Fix, a giant robot spider goes backpacking for a year before starting its job in lunar construction, DoorDash builds a delivery Minion, and a TikToker punishes an AI by making it talk to condiments. GPT-5 crushes the humans at t… Continue reading The AI Fix #71: Hacked robots and power-hungry AI
Discord has confirmed that users who contacted its customer support service have had their data stolen by hackers, who have attempted to extort a ransom from the company.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Discord users’ data stolen by hackers in third-party data breach
Beer lovers will be sobbing into their pints at the news that a ransomware attack has brought Japan’s largest brewer to its knees and left the country days away from running out of its most popular beverage.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Se… Continue reading Japan running dry: Ransomware attack leaves nation days away from Asahi beer shortage
Researchers uncovered a security flaw in Salesforce’s shiny new Agentforce. The vulnerability, dubbed “ForcedLeak”, let them smuggle AI-read instructions in via humble Web-to-Lead form… and ended up spilling data for the low, low price of five dollar… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #437: Salesforce’s trusted domain of doom
Most of the apps on your phone are talking to a server somewhere – sending and receiving data through messages sent through APIs, the underlying infrastructure that allows apps to communicate.
And here’s the problem – hackers have determined that th… Continue reading Your favourite phone apps might be leaking your company’s secrets
INTERPOL has announced the arrest of 260 alleged romance scammers, sextortionists, and online fraudsters as part of a multi-national operation across Africa.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading From fake lovers to sextortionists: 260 scammers arrested in Africa
In episode 70 of The AI Fix, our hosts learn that AI makes people more dishonest, Waymo’s robo-cars save lives but get outsmarted by a bathroom mirror, a “rescue” bot slurps up victims head-first, and China shows off a fusion robot arm that can lift te… Continue reading The AI Fix #70: AI behaves… until it knows you’re watching
Two 17-year-olds have been arrested by Dutch authorities on suspicion of spying for pro-Russian hackers.
The teenagers, who are said to have been recruited as “disposable agents” via Telegram, were reportedly arrested last week “on suspicion that ar… Continue reading Dutch teens recruited on Telegram, accused of Russia-backed hacking plot
Ransomware doesn’t just freeze computers – it can silence alarms too. And when the Natural History Museum in Paris went dark, thieves helped themselves to €600,000 worth of gold in a daring late-night heist. Meanwhile, developers have a new headache: a… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #436: The €600,000 gold heist, powered by ransomware
INC is the name of a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation that first appeared in late summer 2023. Learn more about what it has been up to, and how to protect against its attacks, in my article on the Fortra blog. Continue reading INC ransomware: what you need to know