Israeli adtech outfit allegedly helped spyware vendors infect phones while enjoying Google’s seal of approval
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OpenAI engineer charged after boardroom bug found wrapped in toilet paper
FBI alleges covert recorder was plugged into a TV, with a second device later discovered in the employee’s bag
Bank of America had to bring in 1,000 contractors to patch all the bugs Mythos identified
CEO said the workers were hired in Q2 and are still helping today
X purges 13,000 accounts linked to suspected meddling ahead of US midterms
Platform points to Iran, Russia, and China but provides no public evidence for attribution
Ransomware gets personal: ‘We-know-where-you-are kind of stuff’
37% of ransomware attacks involve psychological or physical threats, global survey found
Legal Aid Agency hackers made off with records dating back to 1978
Nearly 50 years of data caught up in breach, with probation service records also among the haul
US Air Force pilots used malware-laden USB drives to plan Afghanistan missions
The term military intelligence seems like an oxymoron in this case
Anthropic conjures another threat that doesn’t exist yet to stoke fears of AI apocalypse
Self-replicating AI botnets could become feasible on IoT hardware within months, claims the Claude maker, if smaller models get smarter
Claude submitted fake murder tip to Philly police during summertime testing
Anthropic took more than two months to alert cops
UK keeps AI safeguards in the maybe pile for Cyber Security BIll
Officials say amendments remain under consideration despite minister’s pledge to act
Metropolitan Police’s unchecked use of shoplifting platform lands force in trouble with data watchdog
Officers unlawfully uploaded 179 people’s details to Auror without required privacy checks or corporate approval
Jev and other decision models can still be tricked with prompt injection
Never making type errors does not mean never making errors
Cyberattacks crank French supermarket refrigeration systems up to 50°C
Stock spoiled at hundreds of stores as manufacturer says affected equipment ran outdated firmware
‘123456’ password linked to Denmark data breach affecting 8.8M people
Local media reports three weakly protected accounts at small IT biz whose access to national register was abused
Cisco make-me-root email bug exploited as a 0-day by unknown crims
Both Switchzilla and CISA sound the alarm
Owner of fashion brands Hobbs and Whistles joins autumn pwned collection
Several IT systems remain offline and orders face delays as TFG London becomes latest retailer to suffer cyberattack
Security researchers spent 6 days doing their Chromework, built 1B user exploit
Xbow earned a $250K bug bounty and all the AI model got was a lousy t-shirt
VMware is pushing so many patches, it thinks users need new tools to manage the flood
It’s 2026 and Virtzilla reckons it’s OK to pay for MFA
Ivanti patches Connect Secure zero-day after researchers confirm in-the-wild attacks
Vendor promises fix for separate privilege-escalation flaw in the coming weeks
Chatbot refuseniks edge out users in the US, and they’re not for turning
Pew Research Center finds 51% of Americans say no, cite lack of interest – not know-how – as the top reason