Nobody patched the CMS or read the alerts, and ACRO still cannot tell whether info was exfiltrated
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Advertisers are trying to influence AI bots with secret ads
PLUS: Hiveminds are emerging to hack the planet, and open-weight models are the new new red scare
Akira ransomware scum blocked victim’s security tools – and broke their own encryptor
Gives a whole new meaning to Safe Mode
Brit rail cops bring live facial recognition to the London Underground
Victoria is the first stop as privacy campaigners warn the technology is becoming routine
Signal adds an extra layer of security to make sure you’re actually chatting with the right person
One big caveat, though: You need your contact’s phone number
421 bugs in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release, and the Norks have already attacked one
Sysadmins, welcome to your new norm
DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-Fi
This is why we can’t have nice things, people
Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on publishers
Ukraine, Iran, and football inspire geopolitically motivated DDoS attacks, while 1 Tbps traffic jams up 519 percent
Deepfake hiccup unmasks suspected digital certificate fraudster
Face-swap software blinked for ‘barely a second,’ giving Spanish cops the break they needed
Mozilla revokes Firefox signing key after unencrypted copy lands in GitHub
Audit logs found no unexpected visitors, but release verification still needs an update
Malicious SIMs can shut down phones, steal files, and drag 5G back to 2G
Researchers find standards-compliant functionality can be abused to hijack modems, downgrade connections, and even execute code
DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection
Franklin project adds new security providers, employs digital twins and AI
North Korean spies are running local LLMs to cause AI mischief
Kimsuky’s phishing attacks get an AI boost
Gym rat asks AI agent to book him a class, it hacks a waitlist API to bump him up the list
What wouldst thou ask of the monkey’s paw?
Attackers pick Levi’s pockets in social engineering attack
Crims talked their way onto three employee PCs before trousering corporate data
Wetherspoons bars smart glasses from filming customers
Pub chain says turn off the cameras, reminds punters not to blare sound from phone vids either
Cyber vulnerability sweep picks up Royal Navy drones sending data to China
No, no nasties to see here, guv…
Framework loses customer data in Metabase zero-day attack
Repairable hardware is little comfort when personal details escape
Claude Code puts auto mode in the driver’s seat
Walk away and hope the classifier catches anything irreversible or destructive
Advertisers are trying to influence AI bots with secret ads
PLUS: Hiveminds are emerging to hack the planet, and open-weight models are the new new red scare.