OpenAI’s agent chained decade-old DoS attacks to crash web servers in seconds
Codex drops an HTTP/2 Bomb Continue reading OpenAI’s agent chained decade-old DoS attacks to crash web servers in seconds
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Five Eyes: Watch out for odd LinkedIn connection requests, China’s back on the hunt for state secrets
Cash-for-intel tradecraft continues to concern intelligence officials years after it was first spotted Continue reading Five Eyes: Watch out for odd LinkedIn connection requests, China’s back on the hunt for state secrets
Duo who sold car crash victims’ data must repay £118k
Fresh penalties secured after initial prison, community service sentences for RAC double act Continue reading Duo who sold car crash victims’ data must repay £118k
Nobody needs Mythos or 0-days to build a chaos-causing computer worm – free open source models work just fine
‘Attackers can now cheaply operationalize known vulnerabilities at scale,’ boffins tell The Reg Continue reading Nobody needs Mythos or 0-days to build a chaos-causing computer worm – free open source models work just fine
All the passwords were stored in Active Directory description fields
It was far too easy for a hacker to get the information Continue reading All the passwords were stored in Active Directory description fields
Commvault says it’s time to rethink resiliency as AI crooks leave victims in a ‘dark, dead’ state
Those backup plans need backup testing Continue reading Commvault says it’s time to rethink resiliency as AI crooks leave victims in a ‘dark, dead’ state
Bend the beam like Beckham to defeat anti-jamming tech
It’s hard to stop a signal jammer if you can’t locate the source, say Rice University researchers Continue reading Bend the beam like Beckham to defeat anti-jamming tech
Another bug hunter leaks Microsoft exploits in defiance of company’s handling of vulnerability disclosures
Researchers follow in Nightmare Eclipse’s footsteps, flipping off Redmond in favor of insta-leaks Continue reading Another bug hunter leaks Microsoft exploits in defiance of company’s handling of vulnerability disclosures
UK banks offered access to OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 amid exclusion from Anthropic’s Glasswing expansion
150 new organizations inducted to cyber’s Soho House, including the first outside the US Continue reading UK banks offered access to OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 amid exclusion from Anthropic’s Glasswing expansion
‘Dumbass’ criminal breaks the ‘first rule of ransomware club’
You don’t infect anyone in Russia or other CIS countries Continue reading ‘Dumbass’ criminal breaks the ‘first rule of ransomware club’