Malware devs abuse Anthropic’s Claude AI to build ransomware
Anthropic’s Claude Code large language model has been abused by threat actors who used it in data extortion campaigns and to develop ransomware packages. The…
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Microsoft Word will save your files to the cloud by default
Microsoft says that Word for Windows will soon enable autosave and automatically save all new documents to the cloud by default. The company is currently testing this…
Passwordstate dev urges users to patch auth bypass vulnerability
Click Studios, the company behind the Passwordstate enterprise-grade password manager, has warned customers to patch a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability as soon as possible. Passwordstate…
MATLAB dev says ransomware gang stole data of 10,000 people
MathWorks, a leading developer of mathematical simulation and computing software, revealed that a ransomware gang stole the data of over 10,000 people after breaching its…
Shadow IT Is Expanding Your Attack Surface. Here’s Proof
Shadow IT – the systems your security team doesn’t know about – is a persistent challenge. Policies may ban them, but unmanaged assets inevitably slip…
TransUnion suffers data breach impacting over 4.4 million people
Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States. TransUnion…
Storm-0501 hackers shift to ransomware attacks in the cloud
Microsoft warns that a threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 has evolved its operations, shifting away from encrypting devices with ransomware to focusing on cloud-based encryption,…
Experimental PromptLock ransomware uses AI to encrypt, steal data
Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt data on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The…
FreePBX servers hacked via zero-day, emergency fix released
The Sangoma FreePBX Security Team is warning about an actively exploited FreePBX zero-day vulnerability that impacts systems with the Administrator Control Panel (ACP) is exposed…
Google to verify all Android devs to protect users from malware
Google is introducing a new defense for Android called ‘Developer Verification’ to block malware installations from sideloaded apps sourced from outside the official Google Play app store. For apps…
IT system supplier cyberattack impacts 200 municipalities in Sweden
A cyberattack on Miljödata, an IT systems supplier for roughly 80% of Sweden’s municipal systems, has caused accessibility problems in more than 200 regions of the…
Global Salt Typhoon hacking campaigns linked to Chinese tech firms
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and partners from over a dozen countries have linked the Salt Typhoon…