Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex datacenters knock cloud and payments offline
Techies at 'Russia's Google' work around the clock as users await access to funds and network connectivity falls to 30% of normal
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Imagine there's no Shiny Hunters – AI could make human hacking crews obsolete
This week on The Kettle, we discuss some arrests and how Mythos' mathematical expertise has led to a second exploited bug that no human would have found
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AI systems are fully capable of carrying out nightmare attacks against infrastructure and nobody's ready
Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, 'make OT device operator screens lie'
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Two characters open up a world of typosquatting opportunities in Chromium browsers
Attackers abusing rare Cyrillic and Latin letters to impersonate popular websites
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AWS AgentCore security undone by prompt requesting credentials
Tokens transmitted in metadata, weak VM isolation, and expansive permissions make hacking a lot easier
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Citrix gives NetScaler admins another critical reason to patch
No word on exploitation status, but a 9.5 severity score suggests time is of the essence
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US disrupts Chinese hacking tools as 7 govts warn of PRC spies stealing sensitive data worldwide
Techie was stung by a wasp, held overnight by Chinese police, then trapped in a 13-hour meeting 6 days ago
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High-severity Nvidia bug could crash GPU monitoring on exposed servers
The GPU giant released a fix for the flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-47483
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Shai-Hulud worm makes jump to AI infrastructure with Tensorlake compromise
Credential-stealing malware detected within minutes of npm release, but impact remains unknown
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Fighting GenAI with GenAI: The New Email Security Landscape
The use of phishing emails as a means of stealing information or implanting damaging malware dates back to the mid-1990s.
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UK and Germany team up against Russian cyberattacks as Brexit rethink looms
Security pact promises information-sharing and coordinated disruption, but offers little detail on agencies or funding
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Cheapskates wouldn't pay for security help, got hit by ransomware, and went bust months later
Dental contractor set up secret account with access to 4,000 patient records then left the company 28 days ago
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Ransomware fixer claimed he could decrypt files, allegedly defrauded clients instead
Feds claim he charged clients more than ransoms, paid up, pocketed the difference
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Attackers hijacked top-level domains, minted fake security certs for Google and other orgs
Trusted brand impersonation without the usual browser certificate warnings spells trouble
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AWS launches open-source AI agent sandbox to prevent YOLO mode disasters
Strands Box is the latest open source AI control tool from the cloud giant; like its predecessors, it promises tighter reins on autonomous agents
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US states sue popular kitmaker TP-Link over China risks
Router maker rejects allegations it misled buyers about protection and its reliance on Chinese suppliers
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Poetry is the new AI security threat as PoeLLM malware infects 3K+ servers
OpenAI alerts 100+ orgs that its 'misaligned models' attempted to break in - or worse 5 days ago
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FortiBleed still a bleeding nuisance as FBI confirms ongoing attacks
Tens of thousands more victims and more ransomware groups getting in on the act
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