37% of ransomware attacks involve psychological or physical threats, global survey found
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Claude submitted fake murder tip to Philly police during summertime testing
Anthropic took more than two months to alert cops
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
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Stock spoiled at hundreds of stores as manufacturer says affected equipment ran outdated firmware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
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
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
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
Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex datacenters knock cloud and payments offline
Techies at ‘Russia’s Google’ work around the clock as users await access to funds and network connectivity falls to 30% of normal
Imagine there’s no Shiny Hunters – AI could make human hacking crews obsolete
This week on The Kettle, we discuss some arrests and how Mythos’ mathematical expertise has led to a second exploited bug that no human would have found
AI systems are fully capable of carrying out nightmare attacks against infrastructure and nobody’s ready
Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, ‘make OT device operator screens lie’
Two characters open up a world of typosquatting opportunities in Chromium browsers
Attackers abusing rare Cyrillic and Latin letters to impersonate popular websites
UK and Germany team up against Russian cyberattacks as Brexit rethink looms
Security pact promises information-sharing and coordinated disruption, but offers little detail on agencies or funding
AWS AgentCore security undone by prompt requesting credentials
Tokens transmitted in metadata, weak VM isolation, and expansive permissions make hacking a lot easier
South Korean president calls for creation of tools that stop all cyber-attacks
‘Complete security paradigm refresh’ needed for the AI era
Cheapskates wouldn’t pay for security help, got hit by ransomware, and went bust months later
The owner knew a guy…
Citrix gives NetScaler admins another critical reason to patch
No word on exploitation status, but a 9.5 severity score suggests time is of the essence
Anthropic reconfigures its cool kids security program
Company’s Project Glasswing and Cyber Verification Program metamorphose into triple tier threat hunting club
Ransomware fixer claimed he could decrypt files, allegedly defrauded clients instead
Feds claim he charged clients more than ransoms, paid up, pocketed the difference
US disrupts Chinese hacking tools as 7 govts warn of PRC spies stealing sensitive data worldwide
Infecting devices from 2021 until the FBI stepped in