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Ransomware crook poses as recovery firm to steal payments from fellow extortionists
Because apparently even ransomware gangs can’t trust the people they do business with
French tax authority says break-in exposed data of 600K, including some private messages
Stolen details range from contact information to household finances and withholding rates
Grok chat duped into swallowing injected instructions
A spoonful of encryption helps the malware go down
AI agent suggested installing a malware package. Engineer almost took its advice
Fortunately, the company had a policy of checking source code on GitHub first
‘Not a theoretical risk,’ feds warn as attackers use AI-made code to hack critical infrastructure controllers
‘It is an active threat’
Microsoft blames AI for delayed Exchange update, can’t say when it will arrive
Dealing with machine-made bug backlog makes it hard to find a moment to deliver promised subscription service
ICE boss to agents: Leave the Meta spy glasses at home
‘Personally owned body-worn cameras are prohibited,’ ICE tells The Reg. Because the last thing DHS needs is more proof of misconduct
Flock surveillance backlash mounts as fiendish Halloween plans circulate
CEO apologizes for police misuse as activists call for vandal action against license plate cameras
Comcast gives its Wi-Fi motion detector a security makeover
Rebranded feature promises household alerts without video, but mind the small print
Australian hotel chain leaks guests’ PII after breach at third-party database operator
Unknown parties know where you stayed last summer, down under, across 120 Quest properties
OpenAI’s overhead will rise 20 percent for some workloads as it hardens security
Expanded multistage chain of thought monitoring makes frontier model work more expensive
Expired credit cards revived by researchers to make unauthorized payments
Gaps in expiry checks could let dead plastic make purchases again
CISA gives feds 3 days to fix actively exploited Ray RCE bug
Phishing, malvertising attacks could target devs to gain access to private corporate networks
Apple plugs image-processing hole ripe for spyware abuse
Patch batch spans current kit, older iGadgets, Macs, and Vision Pro
Copilot tricked into telling reseachers how to hack itself
How to social engineer an AI’s reasoning engine
An AI broke Snowflake’s code. Then another AI agent exploited it
Don’t worry, this one was via a bug bounty program
Crook hawks millions of records allegedly plundered from corporate Azure tenants
McDonald’s, Vodafone, TCS, Kyndryl, and others named as researchers point to compromised credentials
Code fixers have fired up the AI warp drive. Strange new worlds await
With more patches per month than at a pirate convention, the bug must be an endangered species. Well, about that
Chinese AI company Zhipu claims its new model is a better bug-finder than Anthropic, OpenAI
PLUS: HCL, TCS, admit data breaches; South Korea to fine Apple, Google; India bans some rideshare tips; and more!