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Microsoft names alleged credential-snatching 'Azure Abuse Enterprise' operators
2025-02-28 04:02

Crew helped lowlifes generate X-rated celeb deepfakes using Redmond's OpenAI-powered cloud – claim Microsoft has named four of the ten people it is suing for allegedly snatching Azure cloud...

Vo1d malware botnet grows to 1.6 million Android TVs worldwide
2025-02-27 22:49

A new variant of the Vo1d malware botnet has grown to 1,590,299 infected Android TV devices across 226 countries, recruiting devices as part of anonymous proxy server networks. [...]

Feds: Army soldier suspected of AT&T heist Googled ‘can hacking be treason,’ ‘defecting to Russia’
2025-02-27 22:41

FYI: What NOT to search after committing a crime The US Army soldier suspected of compromising AT&T and bragging about getting his hands on President Trump's call logs allegedly tried to sell...

FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary
2025-02-27 21:45

Federal agents, open up ... your browsers and see if you recognize any of these wallets The FBI has officially accused North Korea's Lazarus Group of stealing $1.5 billion in Ethereum from...

Privacy tech firms warn France’s encryption and VPN laws threaten privacy
2025-02-27 20:54

Privacy-focused email provider Tuta (previously Tutanota) and the VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) are raising concerns over proposed laws in France set to backdoor encrypted messaging systems and...

Microsoft names cybercriminals behind AI deepfake network
2025-02-27 18:15

Microsoft has named multiple threat actors part of a cybercrime gang accused of developing malicious tools capable of bypassing generative AI guardrails to generate celebrity deepfakes and other...

“Emergent Misalignment” in LLMs
2025-02-27 18:05

Interesting research: “Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs“: Abstract: We present a surprising result regarding LLMs and alignment. In our experiment, a...

Over 49,000 misconfigured building access systems exposed online
2025-02-27 18:00

Researchers discovered 49,000 misconfigured and exposed Access Management Systems (AMS) across multiple industries and countries, which could compromise privacy and physical security in critical...

Belgium probes if Chinese hackers breached its intelligence service
2025-02-27 16:59

​The Belgian federal prosecutor's office is investigating whether Chinese hackers were behind a breach of the country's State Security Service (VSSE). [...]

Belgium probes if Chinese hackers breached its intelligence service
2025-02-27 16:59

​The Belgian federal prosecutor's office is investigating whether Chinese hackers were behind a breach of the country's State Security Service (VSSE). [...]