NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new piece of Windows malware is giving cybercriminals a lot of ways to cause trouble from one infected PC. It can steal passwords, grab browser cookies, route internet traffic through your computer and even burn through paid AI credits. Then there is the part that caught […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You probably use your calendar to keep track of appointments, birthdays and the occasional reminder you immediately snooze. Hackers apparently see another possibility. Security researchers have uncovered a new version of MacSync malware that can use a public iCloud calendar event as part of its infection chain. […]
OpenAI agent goes rogue in ‘unprecedented’ cybersecurity incident Kurt Knutsson, the CyberGuy, details an ‘unprecedented cyber incident’ in which an OpenAI experimental AI model escaped during a security test and autonomously hacked a rival AI startup. Knutsson warns that this event proves AI safety cannot be solved by individual companies in secret and highlights the […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You probably know to be suspicious of a strange pop-up or a random website asking you to download something. But what happens when the ad comes from a verified account belonging to a company you recognize? That is what made a recent malware campaign involving HBO Max […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Google’s Threat Intelligence Group found experimental malware called PROMPTFLUX that could ask Gemini to rewrite its own code. One version was designed to do that every hour. Why would malware keep rewriting itself? To make it harder to recognize. Security software can look for known patterns in […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A polished installer can make risky software feel routine. You see a familiar Mac window, follow the directions and enter your password when asked. By then, the app may already be working against you. Security researchers at Jamf Threat Labs have uncovered CrashStealer, a new Mac information […]
Google general counsel explains AI-powered phishing rise Halimah Delaine Prado, Google General Counsel, reveals the rise of AI-powered phishing scams originating from China’s ‘outsider enterprise.’ She explains how these criminals use artificial intelligence to create highly convincing fake websites, impersonating trusted brands like T-Mobile to defraud hundreds of thousands of Americans, causing millions in losses. […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You ask an artificial intelligence assistant to download a popular software tool. It confidently finds the project, retrieves the files and starts setting everything up. There is one problem. The AI found the wrong project. That mistake may sound like another frustrating AI hallucination. However, researchers have […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Browser extensions promise convenience. Many offer simple tools like new tab pages, translators or video helpers. Researchers, however, uncovered a long-running malware operation that abused that trust on a massive scale. Koi Security analysts identified the threat while analyzing suspicious infrastructure tied to a campaign known as […]