Apple fixes iPhone and iPad bug used in an ‘extremely sophisticated attack’

On Monday, Apple released updates for its mobile operating systems for iOS and iPadOS, which fixed a flaw that the company said “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” In the release notes for Read More …

Scammers target Italian tycoons using defense minister’s AI-generated voice

Scammers target Italian tycoons using defense minister’s AI-generated voice on OpenAI Voice Engine Scammers used AI-generated voice of Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto in an atempts to steal millions of dollars from Italian business tycoons, according to reports. Crosetto said Read More …

Thai-Swiss-US Operation Nets Hackers Behind 1,000+ Cyber Attacks

Thai police arrested four European hackers in Phuket who allegedly stole $16 million through ransomware attacks affecting over 1,000 victims worldwide. The suspects, wanted by Swiss and US authorities, were caught in coordinated raids across four locations. Officers from Cyber Read More …

Trump ends Biden’s security clearances, intelligence briefings

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was revoking former President Joe Biden’s security clearances and stopping his daily intelligence briefings as there was no need for his predecessor to receive classified information. In a post on Truth Social, Read More …

20 million OpenAI accounts offered for sale

A cybercriminal acting under the moniker “emirking” offered 20 million OpenAI user login credentials this week, sharing what appeared to be samples of the stolen data itself. A translation of the Russian statement by the poster says: “When I realized Read More …

U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts

Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. The Read More …

UK: “Cyber warriors” to be fast-tracked to battle on “a new front line”

“Cyber warriors” are being fast-tracked into the armed forces after Britain faced more than 90,000 online attacks in the last two years. Specialist recruits will see their basic training cut from 10 weeks to a month and be offered starting Read More …

Cisco Releases Security Advisories for Multiple Products

Cisco has released nine security advisories addressing multiple vulnerabilities, including one critical and two high severity advisories affecting Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco NX-OS, Cisco Expressway, Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XE, Cisco IOS XR, Secure Email and Web Manager, Read More …

Engineer IMI becomes latest British firm to be hit by cyber attack

Engineering group IMI confirmed it had been hit by a cyber attack just a week after rival Smiths Group said hackers had gained access to its global systems. Birmingham-headquartered IMI declined to disclose what data had been accessed in the Read More …

Google Lifts Self-Imposed Ban on Using AI for Weapons and Surveillance

Google dropped a pledge not to use artificial intelligence for weapons and surveillance systems on Tuesday. And it’s just the latest sign that Big Tech is no longer concerned with the potential blowback that can come when consumer-facing tech companies Read More …