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An AI model independently invented a working browser ransomware attack that experts thought was impossible. Plus: Scattered Spider members plead guilty, a Windows flaw is being actively ransomed, and your streaming box may be spying on you.
Cheap Android TV boxes are secretly routing criminal traffic through your home internet. Plus: ransomware gangs are exploiting a patched Windows flaw, and AI browsers can be tricked into handing over your passwords.
Russian hackers are after your Signal backup keys, 236,000 crypto scam sites just got exposed, and that cheap Android TV box in your living room may be secretly working for criminals. Here's what to do.
Russian intelligence upgraded its Signal phishing campaign to steal your entire message history with one key. Plus: a $3M crypto heist, new Chinese espionage malware, and why Windows 10 users just got a surprise reprieve.
A China-linked group spent a year inside research networks by silently rewiring Google Workspace email forwarding. No password stolen, no malware dropped — just quiet redirection. Plus: a Palo Alto VPN bypass, 152 fake Chrome extensions, and backdoored WordPress plugins.
China-linked hackers replaced Linux login software with backdoored copies in 2016 — and nobody noticed until now. Plus: a Microsoft 365 AI flaw that stole emails via a real microsoft.com link, and a critical Splunk hole with no auth required.
Washington ordered Anthropic to cut foreign access to two AI models over a jailbreak — while Chinese hackers quietly backdoored Linux login software for nearly a decade. Plus: a Microsoft 365 flaw hiding behind a real Microsoft link.