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China-Linked Hacker Shows AI Capabilities in APAC Attack
A successful multi-agent AI attack on a government's agencies in the Asia-Pacific region by a Chinese-language operator has put nations and businesses on notice that near- and fully-autonomous AI-enabled attacks are now...
Researchers observe first ‘near-autonomous’ AI attack on government target in Taiwan
Suspected Chinese hackers used open-source artificial intelligence models to run a cyberattack against the Taiwanese government in the first publicly known case of an autonomous AI hack hitting a government target,...
Trump turns to private sector in offensive hacking operations memo
President Donald Trump signed a national security memorandum Wednesday that lays the groundwork for private sector companies to take a larger role in helping law enforcement carry out offensive hacking operations...
AI’s ‘middle class’ has gotten dramatically better at hacking
As the White House and federal agencies grapple with frontier AI models and their hacking capabilities, researchers are warning that the industry’s “middle class” of smaller models may end up posing a greater threat...
Tech contractor for Brightly Software sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider attack
A tech worker who hatched an elaborate insider attack in late 2023 and attempted to extort Brightly Software for about $2.5 million was sentenced to two years in prison , the Justice Department said Thursday. Cameron...
A bold new strategy or a dangerous precedent? Experts are divided on Trump’s memo.
A newly-signed presidential memorandum enlisting private sector companies in federal law enforcement hacking operations against criminal organizations could present a number of legal, practical and moral pitfalls, cyber...
Irregular says ‘human oversight’ responsible for AI sandbox escape incidents
A company that runs AI testing labs involved in a series of breaches carried out by Anthropic and OpenAI’s cyber-focused models said the incident happened in part because they “unintentionally” provided the models with...
Details emerge on BlackFile’s recent attacks on financial companies
A cybercrime group responsible for a string of recent attacks against private equity firms, law firms and financial rating agencies remains active and continued to target new victims as of late last week, according to...
Medusa ransomware tallies hundreds of new victims, says updated advisory on group’s tactics
The ransomware-as-a-service group Medusa has adopted fresh tactics to gain access and added hundreds of victims in a little more than a year, according to an updated U.S. government advisory published Tuesday. The gang...
Eight years later, federal authorities re-up charges against alleged Iranian hackers at Mabna Institute
Federal authorities on Tuesday unsealed an indictment against 17 Iranians affiliated with the tech firm Mabna Institute, alleging a campaign of vast cybertheft on behalf of the Iranian government against universities,...
The long tail of Clop’s PTC hack is just beginning to emerge
A notorious cybercrime group has once again exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability on a large scale, claiming it stole data from dozens of organizations, including some of the world’s largest publicly traded...
CISO Conversations: Nico Waisman – From Self-Taught Hacker to AI-Driven Offensive Security at XBOW
“I don’t think I ever chose a career in cybersecurity. It chose me.” Well, we’ll see… Nico Waisman was born and still lives in Argentina. If what he says is accurate, it suggests he was born in 1982; one year before a...