33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble
Hosting software vendor tells customers to reset credentials and hunt for malicious packages Continue reading 33-hour BGP hijack of Softaculous traffic prompts security scramble
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Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records
McKesson admits breach as ShinyHunters demands $55.2M Continue reading Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records
OpenClaw 2.0 pours glitter on slow-burning security dumpster fire
Making installation easier and putting a new wrapper on the interface while leaving most of the security to users is a recipe for more trouble with the popular agent harness Continue reading OpenClaw 2.0 pours glitter on slow-burning security dumpster fire
Attack hides malware in PNGs and drops custom reverse tunnel on victims’ machines
Next-level ClickFix wave sets off multi-stage attack chain Continue reading Attack hides malware in PNGs and drops custom reverse tunnel on victims’ machines
Anthropic cracks down on hijacked user accounts mining AI tokens
Commodity malware steals authenticated sessions, letting thieves freeload on victims’ paid usage Continue reading Anthropic cracks down on hijacked user accounts mining AI tokens
Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
Polling finds two-thirds don’t trust this government, or any future one, with access to their encrypted chats Continue reading Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
Researcher shows how Claude Code can be tricked simply by asking it to summarize a website
More prompt-injection hijinks from wunderwuzzi Continue reading Researcher shows how Claude Code can be tricked simply by asking it to summarize a website
US government snitch-finder pleads guilty to leaking state secrets to foreign spies
The IT specialist began contacting a foreign government within days of being assigned to the DIA’s Insider Threat Division Continue reading US government snitch-finder pleads guilty to leaking state secrets to foreign spies
CISA: Most exploited vulnerabilities should have been eradicated decades ago
Organizational culture and systemic gaps in Secure by Design adoption blamed for sorry state of affairs Continue reading CISA: Most exploited vulnerabilities should have been eradicated decades ago
Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution
100+ tech giants warn AI attacks are coming, skip the part where they pay for defenses Continue reading Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution