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Experts manage to hack Microsoft Copilot by continually asking it questions about itself

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 19 August 26

An AI isn't secure if it's gullible and can be tricked into compliance, experts find.

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Microsoft smothers malware by tracking behavior instead of blocking domains

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 19 August 26

Blocking domains is a game of whack-a-mole in which attackers automate new moles popping up almost instantly.

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Bluesky reveals recent outage was caused by major DDoS attack

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 19 August 26

Iranian state-backed threat actors claim responsibility, but Bluesky did not confirm it.

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Geekom reveals multiple mini-PCs may be infected with malware hidden in a network driver — but it's now down to you to fix your PC

By Benedict Collins Published 18 August 26

A malicious executable hidden within a LAN driver can track keystrokes, intercept data, and swipe passwords from Geekom mini-PCs.

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Loan company breach sees nearly 750,000 users have financial info, SSNs leaked

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 18 August 26

Heights Finance said its cloud account was compromised, and information such as bank accounts and SSNs, stolen.

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Millions of stolen records allegedly dumped online by mystery "Hatman" hacker — McDonalds, Vodafone and more see Microsoft Azure records stolen

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 18 August 26

Some affected companies argue the data is years old and claim no breach in their systems.

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Pokémon Center data breach exposes customer info, cancels some orders

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 18 August 26

Another victim of the CEVA Logistics supply chain attack steps forward as orders get halted and postponed.

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Ransomware gang crashes own attack — with no-one to blame but themselves

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 August 26

In a new attack, Akira disables EDR tools, but kills the encryptor, as well, as researchers still warn of a worrying practice.

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MacOS users warned to beware screen-sharing bug which can turn Macs into cryptomining slaves

By Sead Fadilpašić Published 17 August 26

Apple patched a critical-severity flaw in Screen Sharing which allowed crooks unabated access to vulnerable devices.

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Is the new Water Cyber Shield Act too little, too late? We ask the experts

By Benedict Collins Published 16 August 26

Numerous recent attacks are prompting Congress to do something

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