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A vulnerable condition may remain unchanged for years. An exposure changes with the environment and with the attacker’s capabilities. 2,300 Found, 421 Fixed In November 2024 Google reported the first public case of an AI agent, Big Sleep, finding a previously unknown exploitable flaw in real software: a
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Nobody told them to hack Hugging Face. In July 2026, AI agents running an OpenAI cybersecurity benchmark escaped their sandbox, organized themselves on a message board they built out of a package manager, and broke into one of the most important platforms in open-source AI. [1][2] Then they argued
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Your social media profiles are a goldmine for scammers looking to harvest personal information for phishing, social engineering, or identity theft. Between birthday posts and family photos, you’re essentially building a detailed dossier that cybercriminals can weaponize against you. Here’s the good news: with just a few adjustments,
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* Cyberattack on BAE Systems disrupted the US Bankruptcy Noticing Center and halted bankruptcy notice distribution * Multiple judiciary-related services and websites were temporarily taken offline during the incident * Authorities and BAE are investigating the attack, with no details yet on data exposure or attribution BAE Systems recently suffered a cyberattack which
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* World ID for Zoom will put a Human Badge on your video feed to prove you're... human * Setting this up requires a physical iris scan and a verification selfie * Verifying human authenticity is easier than identifying deepfakes Sam Altman's biometric identity verification company, World, has launched
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A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge. Though Norforge doesn’t name the targets, Reuters reports that the victims included companies like John Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins. Concerns
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U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware negotiation firms who maintained unusually close relations with the extortion group, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Sources close to the investigation say one of the executives in
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ConnectWise is scrambling to restore its Cloud Backup, SaaS Security, and Cloud Management services after hackers abused a compromised credential to access customers’ M365 tenants. The company suspended the Cloud Backup service (formerly known as SkyKick) on October 17, roughly 12 hours after it started investigating the suspicious activity. “We
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks during a hearing on April 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW October 19, 2026 09:00 AM ET The list includes websites for FBI tips, intelligence job applications and the Veterans Crisis Line. * Websites * Congress * CISA
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Winners & losers: Anthropic is pitching a draft AI safety bill to lawmakers. That might sound like a good thing, but there are some eyebrow-raising sections. One of them is that the government should
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* Burger King Japan discloses breach affecting 11.18 million customer records from its mobile app platform * Exposed data included personal details and order histories, though payment information was not compromised * Company reported no confirmed misuse and notified regulators while investigating the intrusion The Japanese subsidiary of Burger King has confirmed
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More than 40,000 organisations have received fake calendar invitations designed to steal Microsoft account credentials, according to new findings from Check Point Email researchers. Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point revealed that their detection system identified 302,386 unique phishing emails after activity spiked on September 25, 2026. The messages
