Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool
… Apple has long described iPhone hacking as a rare phenomenon carried out by sophisticated hackers targeting small numbers of high-risk users. …
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Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
… Meta’s AI Support Hacked Its Own Users’ Accounts AI can do all kinds of things if you just ask it: Code an app, touch up your photos, or even hack President Barack Obama’s Instagram account. …
Hackers Hate AI Slop Even More Than You Do
… He says the social dynamic of the groups can be messed up by potential cybercriminals trying to gain a better reputation by posting AI-generated hacking explainers. “I think a lot of them are a bit ambivalent about AI because it undermines their claim to be a skilled person.” Posts reviewed by WIRE… …
Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
… The report didn’t attribute the breaches to any country’s state-sponsored hackers, but noted more generally that Poland had faced escalating hacking operations “with particular emphasis on the special services of the Russian Federation.” The report also described Russia as carrying out a broader ca…
AI Tools Are Helping Mediocre North Korean Hackers Steal Millions
… Hutchins argues that the HexagonalRodent campaign shows how AI may be an especially useful tool for North Korea, which can easily recruit unskilled IT workers to join its hacker ranks—or more commonly, to infiltrate tech companies while posing as citizens of other countries—but has a far more limit… …
Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow
… As cybercriminals and offensive hackers ramp up their use of AI to exploit vulnerabilities and develop hacking tools, the technology is also radically changing the dynamics of how security researchers hunt for vulnerabilities. …
A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
… The malware allows TeamPCP’s hackers to steal credentials that let them publish malicious versions of those software development tools, too. …
The Busy Bar Is a Gadget to Get People to Leave You Alone
… What it doesn’t have is the capability of hacking anything. “It's being made by us here at Flipper, but there's no real connection to them,” Tennent says. “They're totally disconnected products.” Fundamentally, the Busy Bar is a pricey “On Air” light. …
A Crypto Scam Targeted a Gay OnlyFans Star. Then His X Feed Was Flooded With ‘MAGA Propaganda’
… His account had been hacked. …
In the Wake of Anthropic’s Mythos, OpenAI Has a New Cybersecurity Model—and Strategy
… Some say the concern is overstated and could feed a new wave of anti-hacker sentiment—consolidating power even more with tech giants. …