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 […]
Google search leads to costly scam call Kurt ‘CyberGuy’ Knutsson explains how a reader named Rosette made a Google search and wound up handing her credit card number and birth date to a scammer. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Asking Siri to call your credit card company sounds about as routine as […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You find a charming rental in the right neighborhood. The price sits slightly below other homes nearby. Better yet, it becomes available right when your current lease ends. Then the pressure begins. Consider a Southern California renter who recently found a two-bedroom bungalow near family. The supposed […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You spot a campaign shirt online that makes you laugh. The site carries the candidate’s name. It also has polished product photos and a familiar checkout page. So, you assume the store supports the campaign. A fake election website can copy enough campaign cues to make that […]
Google general counsel explains AI-powered phishing rise Halimah Delaine Prado, Google’s 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. […]
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. […]