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Cheap Android TV boxes are secretly committing ad fraud using your internet connection. Also: North Korean fake workers are getting hired at real companies, and a new ransomware group is hitting hospitals and governments worldwide.
Plus: the first AI-run ransomware attack, 108 North Korean malware packages targeting developers, a Linux kernel flaw hitting Android, and the FBI tears down a botnet hiding in 2 million smart TVs.
The FBI seized a proxy network that secretly turned millions of smart TVs into cybercrime relays — plus a Linux flaw that hands attackers root access, and North Korea's 108-package supply chain attack.
Russian hackers compromised 86,644 Fortinet firewalls using default passwords — CISA says change them now. Plus: an unpatchable exploit hits iPhones XS through 11, and international police clean 15,000 infected sites.
Researchers built a self-replicating worm that spreads between AI agents using only local models — no internet connection, no network traffic, nothing to detect. Plus: North Korea's fake job recruiter malware and a critical LiteLLM admin takeover bug.