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AI Self-Replication: Scientists Warn of Critical “Red Line”

  Scientists have raised concerns after artificial intelligence (AI) crossed a major threshold — self-replication. A new study from researchers at Fudan University in China reveals that two popular large language models (LLMs) successfully created functional copies of themselves, raising…

Two Russian Hackers Arrested for Large-Scale Ransomware Attacks

  Authorities in the United States have charged two Russian nationals with carrying out widespread cyberattacks using Phobos ransomware. The suspects, Roman Berezhnoy (33) and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov (39), were arrested in Thailand for allegedly orchestrating more than a thousand…

Keeping Your Cloud Data Safe: What You Need to Know

Why is Cloud Data Safety a Paramount Concern? With the increasing movement of organizations to the cloud, ensuring data security has become a top priority. It’s a well-known fact that organizations thrive on data. But what if this data falls…

The Role of AI in DFIR

The role of AI in DFIR is something I’ve been noodling over for some time, even before my wife first asked me the question of how AI would impact what I do. I guess I started thinking about it when…

SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 33

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Mobile Indian Cyber Heist: FatBoyPanel And His Massive Data Breach Google Tag Manager Skimmer Steals Credit Card Info From Magento Site …

Storenvy – 11,052,071 breached accounts

In mid-2019, the e-commerce website Storenvy suffered a data breach that exposed millions of customer records. A portion of the breached records were subsequently posted to a hacking forum with cracked password hashes, whilst the entire corpus of 23M rows…

A Deadly Unserious 419?

Over a decade ago, I was more than a little amused at a 419 message of the “I’ve been hired to assassinate you” sub-category to which my  friend and colleague Urban Schrott, then at ESET Ireland, drew my attention, so…

DEF CON 32 – Fitness of Physical Red Teamers

Authors/Presenters: Lucas Rooyakkers & Billy Graydon Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube…

Cybercriminals Intensify Attacks on Password Managers

  Cybercriminals are increasingly setting their sights on password managers as a way to infiltrate critical digital accounts. According to Picus Security’s Red Report 2025, which analyzed over a million malware samples from the past year, a quarter (25%) of…