Symantec Demonstrates OpenAI’s Operator Agent in PoC Phishing Attack
Symantec’s threat hunters have demonstrated how AI agents like OpenAI’s recently launched “Operator“ could be abused for cyberattacks. While AI agents are designed to boost…
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Apple encryption legal challenge heard behind closed doors despite calls for public hearing
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has held a day-long secret hearing into an appeal brought by Apple against a government notice requiring it to provide…
Alleged LockBit Ransomware Developer Extradited To U.S.
The U.S. has succeeded in extraditing a suspected LockBit ransomware developer who was arrested last year. Rostislav Panev, 51, a dual Russian and Israeli national,…
California’s legal push on geolocation data collection must take aim at the right targets, privacy experts say
The attorney general for California announced this week a wide-ranging investigation into the way companies collect, process and use consumer location data. The investigation will…
Tech giants seek data standards amid AI push
Dive Brief: Five technology vendors united behind adoption of cross-industry data safety standards Thursday. Cisco, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Red Hat jointly sponsored the launch…
Cisco IOS XR vulnerability lets attackers crash BGP on routers
Cisco has patched a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability that lets attackers crash the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) process on IOS XR routers with a single BGP update…
New Context Compliance Attack Jailbreaks Most of The Major AI Models
A new, surprisingly simple method called Context Compliance Attack (CCA) has proven effective at bypassing safety guardrails in most leading AI systems. Unlike complex prompt…
SuperBlack ransomware used to exploit Fortinet vulnerabilities
Dive Brief: A newly discovered ransomware strain, tracked as SuperBlack, has been used in a series of attacks targeting critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet since late…
Ransomware gang creates tool to automate VPN brute-force attacks
The Black Basta ransomware operation created an automated brute-forcing framework dubbed ‘BRUTED’ to breach edge networking devices like firewalls and VPNs. The framework has enabled…
Alleged Israeli LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Extradited to U.S. for Cybercrime Charges
Mar 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware A 51-year-old dual Russian and Israeli national who is alleged to be a developer of the LockBit ransomware group…
SuperBlack ransomware strain used in attacks targeting Fortinet vulnerabilities
Dive Brief: A newly discovered ransomware strain, tracked as SuperBlack, has been used in a series of attacks targeting critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet since late…
Hackers Exploiting Exposed Jupyter Notebooks to Deploy Cryptominers
Cado Security Labs has identified a sophisticated cryptomining campaign exploiting misconfigured Jupyter Notebooks, targeting both Windows and Linux systems. The attack utilizes multiple stages of…