Tag: computer
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This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you
A security researcher has designed an algorithm that can create computer-generated patterns capable of hiding people, faces, and vehicles from detection by surveillance cameras. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/09/this-adversarial-pattern-can-prevent-surveillance-cameras-from-detecting-you/
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Roblox-Cheater werden selbst zu Betrogenen
Cyberkriminelle nutzen die Suche vieler Gamer nach Cheats und Hilfsprogrammen gezielt aus. Nach Erkenntnissen der Bitdefender Labs verbreiten Angreifer manipulierte Roblox-Tools, die Schadsoftware installieren und den vollständigen Zugriff auf infizierte Computer ermöglichen. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/malware-roblox-cheater-betrug
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ClickFix Attacks Deliver macOS Stealer That Can Drain Crypto Wallets
ClickFix-style attacks are being used to deliver a Go-based malware capable of stealing cryptocurrency assets, as well as browser-stored passwords, Apple iCloud Keychain data, and cached credentials.The macOS-focused infection chain is designed to deliver a shell script that profiles the host and then fetches a macOS malware payload that’s compatible with the computer’s CPU architecture.”…
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Computer maker Framework notifies ‘all customers’ of a data breach
Framework told “all” of its customers that hackers accessed their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses in a data breach. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/computer-maker-framework-notifies-all-customers-of-a-data-breach/
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Why Post-Quantum Security Is Climbing the Enterprise Agenda
Tags: ai, attack, computer, computing, conference, container, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, google, government, hacker, Hardware, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, risk, technology, threat, toolWhy Post-Quantum Security Is Climbing the Enterprise Agenda andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 08/06/2026 – 04:56 Learn why post-quantum security is becoming an enterprise priority, how AI and quantum computing are reshaping cryptography, and how Thales Luna 8 helps organizations prepare. Data Security Key Management Encryption Key Management Bree Fowler – Journalist More About This Author > At…
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Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty After Breaching 165 Companies and Stealing Billions of Records
Snowflake hacker Connor Moucka pleads guilty after breaching 165 organizations, stealing billions of records, and extorting victims. Connor Riley Moucka, 26, of Kitchener, Ontario, pleaded guilty this week to a computer hacking conspiracy that compromised over 165 organizations, stole billions of customer records, and extorted multiple victims for millions of dollars. >>Connor Riley Moucka, 26,…
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Snowflake Hacker Pleads Guilty Over Breaches Affecting at Least 100 Million People
Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty in Seattle federal court on Wednesday to computer fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and a related conspiracy over the 2024 breaches of Snowflake customer accounts.The intrusions reached at least 165 organizations and exposed records belonging to at least 100 million people. Moucka, 26, of Kitchener, Ontario, personally took at…
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OpenAI warns autonomous hacks are ‘watershed moment for computer security’
Company employees said their industry should rethink how it balances capabilities and safeguards. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/openai-hugging-face-hack-ai-models-black-hat/827167/
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Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated
OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame? Should prosecutors charge the two AI frontier labs? Can victims sue them? We spoke to lawyers who specialize in computer hacking laws to find out. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to…
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OpenAI teases Astra, its next major AI model, after it solves 10 long-standing math problems
OpenAI has revealed Astra, an unreleased model designed to tackle complex, long-running tasks, after an internal version produced ten significant advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-teases-astra-its-next-major-ai-model-after-it-solves-10-long-standing-math-problems/
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Anthropic AI Models Hacked 3 Real Companies
Setup Error Let Models Steal Data and Release Malware Online. Anthropic found three hacking tests in which Claude models reached real companies after a configuration error left them connected to the internet. One accessed customer data, another released malware that ran on 15 computers and a third scanned 9,000 systems. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Healthcare Disruption, Critical Software Flaws, and Exposed PLCs Show How Quickly Cyber Risk Becomes Business Risk
Tags: business, computer, cyber, cyberattack, data-breach, flaw, healthcare, Internet, phone, risk, softwareAnMed temporarily closed 79 of its 106 facilities after a cyberattack disrupted computer systems, phone lines, and internet connectivity. Appointments were postponed, elective procedures faced uncertainty, and the health system had to coordinate care while teams worked to restore access. For a healthcare provider, that kind of disruption reaches far beyond technology. It affects how……
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Inside police plans to share intelligence and crime data across the UK
Computer Weekly examines how UK police will use Palantir’s AI tools to dramatically increase intelligence sharing between forces, enabling investigators to analyse mobile phone data and sensitive information at scale First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645965/Inside-police-plans-to-share-intelligence-and-crime-data-across-the-UK
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Fake IT Calls on Microsoft Teams Lead to GoGRPC Backdoor Infections
Fake helpdesk callers use Microsoft Teams and Quick Assist to access employee computers, where attackers install new GoGRPC backdoor in suspected ransomware operations First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-it-calls-microsoft-teams-gogrpc-backdoor/
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Data breach at medical billing firm MCBS affects 1.26 million people
Healthcare billing company Medical Computer Business Services (MCBS) has disclosed that a 2025 network breach exposed the sensitive information of more than 1.2 million people. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-breach-at-medical-billing-firm-mcbs-affects-126-million-people/
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Bahrain cannot claim sovereign immunity for spyware attack against UK dissidents, top UK court rules
The UK’s Supreme Court rules that Bahrain cannot claim sovereign immunity for infecting the computers of two UK-based dissidents with German-made FinFisher spyware. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366646130/Bahrain-cannot-claim-sovereign-immunity-for-spyware-attack-against-UK-dissidents-top-UK-court-rules
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UK court rejects Bahrain immunity claim in spyware case
The alleged hacking by officials in Bahrain “allowed access to and exfiltration of information on the computers, interception of communications conducted using the computers and use of the computers’ microphones and cameras to surveil the respondents,” according to the court opinion. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/uk-court-rejects-bahrain-immunity-claim-spyware-case
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Dysphoria IoT Botnet Adds Blockchain C2 and Victim Relays After JackSkid Disruption
Dysphoria, an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet line tracked by CNCERT and XLab, has adopted blockchain-based name services and infected-device relays after a March law-enforcement operation against JackSkid infrastructure. The researchers say the design makes the botnet harder to disrupt.CNCERT, China’s national computer emergency response team, and XLab, the threat-intelligence lab of Chinese First seen…
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Steam forum ClickFix attacks infect gamers with XMRig cryptominers
Steam discussion forums are being abused in ClickFix attacks that pretend to be fixes for game and computer problems but actually infect devices with cryptominers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/steam-forum-clickfix-attacks-infect-gamers-with-xmrig-cryptominers/
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Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Phishing 4,500 Snapchat Users to Steal Private Photos
An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to a phishing and account-compromise scheme that targeted thousands of Snapchat users, leading to the theft of private images from numerous women. Federal prosecutors stated that Kyle Svara, 27, of Oswego, Illinois, admitted to charges including aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, computer fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud, and…
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Google’s newest sign-in method asks you to look at the camera
Google’s selfie video sign-in option verifies that an account owner is a real person and that the account wasn’t created or used by computer programs or bots for the purpose … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/24/google-selfie-video-sign-in-verification/
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Fake Notepad++ Plugin Delivers MATCHBOIL.V2 in UAC-0099 Attacks
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of a new campaign that involves the use of a malicious program that’s dressed up as a Notepad++ plugin to compromise Windows systems.The activity has been attributed by the agency to a threat cluster it tracks as UAC-0099, a Russia-aligned group that has previously observed…
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Ukraine warns fake CAPTCHAs are being used to make you hack yourself
Ukraine’s computer emergency response team, CERT-UA, has warned that the Kremlin-backed Sandworm hacking group is leveraging fake CAPTCHA checks on compromised websites that persuade users to run malicious code. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/ukraine-fake-captchas-hack-yourself
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UAC-0145 Uses ClickFix CAPTCHAs to Infect Ukrainian Devices wih Malware
Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been observed leveraging the infamous ClickFix strategy to trick Ukrainian targets into infecting their own machines with data-stealing malware.According to the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA), the activity has been attributed to UAC-0145, a sub-cluster within Sandworm, an advanced hacking unit affiliated with GRU, Russia’s First seen on…
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Selfish Bravado Behind TfL Cyber-Attack, Judge Says as Pair Jailed
The perpetrators of the 2024 TfL cyber-attack have been jailed for five and a half years each after pleading guilty to Computer Misuse Act offences First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/selfish-bravado-behind-tfl/
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Interview: Lucie Audibert, solicitor in MP Jess Asato’s Grok case
AWO solicitor Lucie Audibert speaks with Computer Weekly about representing Labour MP Jess Asato’s legal claim against xAI’s chatbot Grok, its nudification capabilities and how this case may define what liability for developers of AI tools look like First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645620/Interview-Lucie-Audibert-solicitor-in-MP-Jess-Asatos-Grok-case
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No one knows how many old shims can still bypass UEFI Secure Boot
The vast majority of UEFI computers carry a Microsoft certificate that will trust a small first-stage loader called a shim, a program Microsoft signs so that Linux and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/14/eset-uefi-secure-boot-bypass/
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Adaptive Malware Could Evade Signature Detection by Regenerating Its Attack Capabilities
Adaptive, AI-driven malware could challenge a foundational assumption in enterprise defense: that a malicious program’s exploitation logic remains fixed after deployment. New research on adaptive computer worms argues that a self-replicating agent paired with an onboard reasoning loop could assess different environments, select target-specific attack paths, and regenerate capabilities as older methods become less effective.…