7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran
This week, WIRED obtained a memo that tied dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water and wastewater utilities to Iran, the first official documentation of Iran’s…
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AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans
The notion that scammers can use AI to sharpen their deceptions, polish their language, and lubricate their banter with victims is now a reality for…
The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
It’s been a longtime feature of the annual Defcon hacker conference that attendees come away not only with knowledge of new software vulnerabilities and hacking…
A Leaked Memo Ties Cyberattacks on Minnesota Water Utilities to Iran
In its report on the Minnesota water cyberattacks, Tenable pointed to an advisory from CISA that was initially released in April but was updated last…
Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Real Systems During Cybersecurity Tests
Anthropic disclosed on Thursday that its AI models gained unauthorized access to the systems of three different unnamed organizations during cybersecurity testing. The company says…
Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting
Google’s Chrome browser has always been focused on pushing security updates. A decade ago it was controversial that the browser, the first to add automatic…
OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Comes Down to Human Error
The age of rogue AI hacker agents has arrived—but it didn’t have to happen this way. After an OpenAI agent breached the Hugging Face platform…
A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?
Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield. Source link
ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to place its private detention network beyond the reach of state inspectors, publishing draft contract terms that declare…
A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months
One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months. A 2018 child-luring investigation, which began in…
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face
OpenAI said Tuesday that the rogue AI agent that breached Hugging Face’s platform also hacked multiple third-party accounts and services as part of the attack.…
Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
Ever so slowly, the crackdown on harmful sexual deepfakes is taking hold. Over the past few months, US law enforcement officials have seized deepfake hosting…