Tag: computer
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Microsoft, Europol lead international takedown against infostealer malware
Cybercriminals used Amadey and StealC to infect thousands of computers worldwide, leading to ransomware and other digital crimes. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/microsoft-europol-international-takedown-infostealer-malware/823655/
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Trump directs federal agencies to protect US data from quantum threats
An executive order signed Monday aims to accelerate the government’s transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), a new generation of encryption designed to protect data from the powerful quantum computers expected in the future. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/trump-directs-federal-agencies-quantum-cryptography
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Trump sets new deadlines for agencies and contractors to adopt post-quantum cryptography
The president also launched new efforts to research the scientific benefits of quantum computers —;and protect that research from adversaries. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/quantum-cryptography-white-house-executive-order/823530/
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Two Britons plead guilty to £39m 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London
Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers, linked to the Scattered Spider hacking group, change pleas on first day of expected six-week trial Two British cybercriminals linked to the Scattered Spider hacking group have pleaded guilty to a <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/02/transport-for-london-dealing-with-cyber-attack”>cyber-attack on Transport for London in 2024 that cost £39m and affected 10 million people.Thalha Jubair, 20, and…
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A Critical Deadline Is Approaching for Windows and Linux Security
The cryptographic keys that secure your computer’s boot sequence will start to expire on June 24. Here’s what that means for you. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/a-critical-deadline-is-approaching-for-windows-and-linux-security/
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Operation Endgame Disrupts SocGholish Servers, Cleans 14,971 WordPress Sites
Dutch law enforcement authorities, along with counterparts from Canada , Germany, and the U.S., have disrupted malicious infrastructure associated with SocGholish and cleaned up nearly 15,000 infected WordPress websites.”With these actions we deprive cybercriminals of access to infected computer systems,” Maikel Rollman of the Netherlands National High Tech Crime Unit said.”This prevents First seen on…
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Smashing Security podcast #471: This AI worm just rewrote its own rules
Researchers at the University of Toronto have built a worm that thinks for itself. Using free off-the-shelf AI models it works out how to break into each new computer it encounters, and hijacks the powerful ones to host its own AI brain. And then the researchers discovered their creation had quietly removed the list of…
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Researchers Build Self-Replicating AI Worm That Operates Entirely on Local, Open-Weight Models
University of Toronto researchers have built and tested a proof-of-concept AI-driven computer worm that uses a locally hosted open-weight large language model to reason its way through a network, generate tailored attack strategies for each target it encounters, and replicate itself, all without human intervention and without touching a commercial AI service.The preprint, posted to…
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Let’s Encrypt Introduces Merkle Tree Certificates for Post-Quantum Web Security
Let’s Encrypt has unveiled a new approach to securing the web against future quantum threats: Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs), a post-quantumready certificate model designed to maintain the speed and reliability of today’s TLS ecosystem. As the industry moves closer to the reality of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs), the focus is shifting beyond encryption to…
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Let’s Encrypt Introduces Merkle Tree Certificates for Post-Quantum Web Security
Let’s Encrypt has unveiled a new approach to securing the web against future quantum threats: Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs), a post-quantumready certificate model designed to maintain the speed and reliability of today’s TLS ecosystem. As the industry moves closer to the reality of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs), the focus is shifting beyond encryption to…
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Dutch Authorities Dismantle Botnet Linked to 17 Million Infected Devices
Dutch authorities have announced the takedown of a botnet that enslaved millions of infected devices, including computers, tablets, smartphones, and IoT devices, to carry out malicious attacks.The bot network, per the Dutch Politie and the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), consisted of at least 17 million infected devices. More than 200 servers located in the…
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CERT-In Recommends 12-Hour Patching for Internet-Facing Flaws Amid AI-Assisted Attacks
Tags: ai, attack, computer, data-breach, flaw, india, intelligence, Internet, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued new guidelines requiring organizations to patch critical security vulnerabilities in internet-exposed systems within 12 hours of being flagged where “feasible” to safeguard against potential threats stemming from threat actors’ abuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and large language models (LLMs) to automate vulnerability First seen on…
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UKtech50 2026: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders
Tags: computerEach year, Computer Weekly launches a search for the most influential people in UK IT, asking the tech community who it thinks should be in the top 50 here is the longlist of everyone nominated for 2026 First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366643331/UKtech50-2026-the-longlist-of-the-UKs-influential-tech-leaders
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CERT-In Mandates 12-Hour Patching for Internet-Facing Flaws Amid AI-Assisted Attacks
Tags: ai, attack, computer, data-breach, flaw, india, intelligence, Internet, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued new guidelines requiring organizations to patch critical security vulnerabilities in internet-exposed systems within 12 hours of being flagged where “feasible” to safeguard against potential threats stemming from threat actors’ abuse of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and large language models (LLMs) to automate vulnerability First seen on…
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Q-Day Could Arrive by 2029, Raising Global Encryption Security Fears
For decades, cybersecurity researchers and computer scientists have warned about a future moment known as “Q-Day”, the point at which quantum computing becomes powerful enough to break the encryption systems that currently protect the world’s digital infrastructure. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/q-day-quantum-computing-cybersecurity-threat/
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Ghostwriter Targets Ukraine Government Entities with Prometheus Phishing Malware
The Belarus-aligned threat actor known as Ghostwriter (aka UAC-0057 and UNC1151Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council) has been observed using lures related to Prometheus, a Ukrainian online learning platform, to target government organizations in the country.The activity, per the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA), involves sending phishing emails to government First seen on…
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ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: FedEx digital chief unpacks agentic AI’s potential
Speaking to Computer Weekly at ServiceNow Knowledge 2026, Vishal Talwar, FedEx’s executive vice-president and CDIO, lays out the company’s mission to scale artificial intelligence responsibly First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366642894/ServiceNow-Knowledge-2026-FedEx-digital-chief-unpacks-agentic-AIs-potential
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Dirty Frag: Linux kernel hit by second major security flaw in two weeks
The issue was found in the same area of the Linux kernel that produced last month’s Copy Fail bug, and also allows anyone with a basic account on an affected computer to seize full administrative control. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/dirty-frag-linux-kernel-hit-by-second-major-bug
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Researcher Shows Edge Browser Stores Saved Passwords in Plaintext
Cybersecurity expert Tom Rønning finds Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into computer memory as cleartext, making them easy for hackers to steal. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/edge-browser-stores-saved-plaintext-passwords/
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The fake IT worker problem CISOs can’t ignore
Tags: access, ai, breach, business, captcha, cio, ciso, compliance, computer, control, credentials, crowdstrike, data, detection, edr, endpoint, fedramp, fraud, gartner, iam, identity, jobs, linkedin, mitigation, monitoring, network, north-korea, office, phone, risk, skills, tool, training, zero-trustWhat to do if you suspect a fake IT worker: When a CIO suspects a fake IT worker, next steps are important as the issue shifts from recruitment to insider risk management.During his time at MongoDB, George Gerchow, IANS faculty advisor and Bedrock Data CSO, oversaw the investigation after the company detected it had unknowingly…
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AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds
Phishing the agent: Why AI guardrails aren’t enough, a report on tests conducted by cloud identity and access management (IAM) company Okta Threat Intelligence, which uncovered all of the problems cited above, and more.Their research focused on OpenClaw, a model-agnostic multi-channel AI assistant which has seen explosive growth inside enterprises since appearing in late 2025.…
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AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds
Phishing the agent: Why AI guardrails aren’t enough, a report on tests conducted by cloud identity and access management (IAM) company Okta Threat Intelligence, which uncovered all of the problems cited above, and more.Their research focused on OpenClaw, a model-agnostic multi-channel AI assistant which has seen explosive growth inside enterprises since appearing in late 2025.…
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AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds
Phishing the agent: Why AI guardrails aren’t enough, a report on tests conducted by cloud identity and access management (IAM) company Okta Threat Intelligence, which uncovered all of the problems cited above, and more.Their research focused on OpenClaw, a model-agnostic multi-channel AI assistant which has seen explosive growth inside enterprises since appearing in late 2025.…
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Dangerous New Linux Exploit Gives Attackers Root Access to Countless Computers
The exploit, dubbed CopyFail and tracked as CVE-2026-31431, allows hackers to take over PCs and data center servers. The Linux vulnerabilities have been patched”, but many machines remain at risk. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/dangerous-new-linux-exploit-gives-attackers-root-access-to-countless-computers/
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French prosecutors link 15-year-old to mega-breach at state’s secure document agency
Two computer crime allegations follow up to 18M lines of data surfacing online First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/french_gov_mega_breach_suspect/
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It’s Not the Computer, Stupid. It’s the Information in It. Two Recent Indictments Stretch the Limits of >>Theft<< of Information.
The legal system persists in framing “computer crime” through the archaic lens of tangible property”, theft and conversion”, despite the fact that information is non-rivalrous and easily duplicated without depriving the original owner of possession. Recent federal indictments, such as the Van Dyke and SPLC matters, reveal a “doctrinally aggressive” expansion where the government claims…
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It’s Not the Computer, Stupid. It’s the Information in It. Two Recent Indictments Stretch the Limits of >>Theft<< of Information.
The legal system persists in framing “computer crime” through the archaic lens of tangible property”, theft and conversion”, despite the fact that information is non-rivalrous and easily duplicated without depriving the original owner of possession. Recent federal indictments, such as the Van Dyke and SPLC matters, reveal a “doctrinally aggressive” expansion where the government claims…
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It’s Not the Computer, Stupid. It’s the Information in It. Two Recent Indictments Stretch the Limits of >>Theft<< of Information.
The legal system persists in framing “computer crime” through the archaic lens of tangible property”, theft and conversion”, despite the fact that information is non-rivalrous and easily duplicated without depriving the original owner of possession. Recent federal indictments, such as the Van Dyke and SPLC matters, reveal a “doctrinally aggressive” expansion where the government claims…
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…