Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia

The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker.

Hacker used Anthropic's Claude chatbot to attack multiple government agencies in Mexico

Here's yet another troubling story about this "golden" era of AI. A hacker has exploited Anthropic's Claude chatbot to carry out attacks against Mexican government agencies, according to a report by ...
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Lazarus Group Uses Medusa Ransomware in Middle East and U.S. Healthcare Attacks

Lazarus Group used Medusa ransomware in Middle East and U.S. healthcare attacks, with average $260,000 demands and 366 ...

Hacker used Anthropic’s Claude to steal sensitive Mexican data

The unknown Claude user wrote Spanish-language prompts for the chatbot to act as an elite hacker, finding vulnerabilities in government networks, writing computer scripts to exploit them and ...

Flaw in Grandstream VoIP phones allows stealthy eavesdropping

A critical vulnerability in Grandstream GXP1600 series VoIP phones allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain root privileges and silently eavesdrop on communications.
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Google: This Chinese Hacking Group Hit 42 Countries to Spy on Specific Targets

The Chinese spying group, dubbed UNC2814, is quite prolific and has been targeting telecom firms, though it's separate from China's notorious Salt Typhoon.