Collaborate Disseminate
They also hallucinate when writing ransomware code Interview With everyone from would-be developers to six-year-old kids jumping on the vibe coding bandwagon, it shouldn’t be surprising that criminals like automated coding tools too.… Continue reading Yes, criminals are using AI to vibe-code malware
Company says it dropped the ball, apologizes for wasting people’s time Logitech says an expired developer certificate is to blame after swaths of customers were left infuriated when their mice malfunctioned.… Continue reading Logitech macOS mouse mayhem traced to expired dev certificate
Suggests rotten routing, not evidence of a cyber-strike before kinetic action Cloudflare has poured cold water on a theory that the USA’s incursion into Venezuela coincided with a cyberattack on telecoms infrastructure.… Continue reading Cloudflare pours cold water on ‘BGP weirdness preceded US attack on Venezuela’ theory
Prompt injection lets risky commands slip past guardrails IBM describes its coding agent thus: “Bob is your AI software development partner that understands your intent, repo, and security standards.” Unfortunately, Bob doesn’t always follow those secu… Continue reading IBM’s AI agent Bob easily duped to run malware, researchers show
Two weeks, two major data leaks … not a good look for the European Space Agency exclusive The European Space Agency on Wednesday confirmed yet another massive security breach, and told The Register that the data thieves responsible will be subject to … Continue reading ESA calls cops as crims lift off 500 GB of files, say security black hole still open
pcTattletale boss Bryan Fleming faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced later this year The US government has secured a guilty plea from a stalkerware maker in federal court, marking just the second time in more than a decade that the US has mana… Continue reading Stalkerware slinger pleads guilty for selling snooper software to suspicious spouses
Negative feedback sinks Redmond’s plan to cap outbound email recipients Microsoft has backed away from planned changes to Exchange Online after customers objected to limits designed to curb outbound email abuse.… Continue reading Microsoft scraps Exchange Online spam clamp after customers cry foul
High-risk system compromised long before intrusion was finally spotted Updated The UK’s Ministry of Justice spent £50 million ($67 million) on cybersecurity improvements at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) before the high-profile cyberattack it disclosed la… Continue reading Ministry of Justice splurged £50M on security – still missed Legal Aid Agency cyberattack
Production halts and supply-chain disruption left luxury automaker reeling in fiscal Q3 Brit luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover has reported devastating preliminary Q3 results that lay bare the cascading consequences of a crippling cyberattack, reveali… Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover wholesale volumes plummet 43% in cyberattack aftermath
Customers report being locked out after grabbing the password manager via F-Droid Some HSBC mobile banking customers in the UK report being locked out of the bank’s app after installing the Bitwarden password manager via an open source app catalog.… Continue reading HSBC app takes a dim view of sideloaded Bitwarden installations