Compromised Google Calendar invites can hijack ChatGPT’s Gmail connector and leak emails
A security researcher has demonstrated how a malicious Google Calendar invite can prompt-inject ChatGPT and coax it into leaking private emails once […]
Tag: Cyber Security
China’s Great Firewall suffers its biggest leak ever as 500GB of source code and docs spill online — censorship tool has been sold to three different countries
Chinese censorship sprang a major leak on September 11, when researchers confirmed that more than 500GB of internal documents, source code, work […]
U.S. places $11 million bounty on Ukrainian ransomware mastermind — Tymoshchuk allegedly stole $18 billion from large companies over 3 years
The United States has placed an $11 million bounty on Volodymyr Tymoshchuk, a Ukrainian man wanted for his involvement with a string […]
US offers $10M reward for snitching on trio of Russians that hacked critical infrastructure
A trio of Russian hackers is probably about to find out who their friends really are. The U.S. Department of State announced […]
Google is getting ready to ‘hack back’ as US considers shifting from cyber defense to offense — new ‘Scam Farms’ bill opens up new retaliatory hacking actions
Google is reportedly preparing to take a more proactive role in defending itself—and potentially other American organizations, U.S. infrastructure, etc.—from hackers. CyberScoop […]
The first AI-powered ransomware has been discovered — “PromptLock” uses local AI to foil heuristic detection and evade API tracking
ESET today announced the discovery of “the first known AI-powered ransomware.” The ransomware in question has been dubbed PromptLock, presumably because seemingly […]
Booking.com customers learn the hard way that Unicode is tricky
It’s easy to mistake an “l” for a “1” or an “I” with a poorly designed typeface. (Ahem.) Fortunately, modern fonts tend […]
CrowdStrike report details scale of North Korea’s use of AI in remote work schemes — 320 known cases in the last year, funding nation’s weapons programs
CrowdStrike’s latest Threat Report includes new information about China’s increased targeting of North American telecommunications companies, Russia’s continued efforts to support its […]
IT provider sued after it simply ‘handed the credentials’ to hackers — Clorox claims Cognizant gaffe enabled a $380m ransomware attack
Popular bleach brand Clorox filed a case against Cognizant, its IT provider, after the company discovered that the latter had simply given […]
Hacker plants three strains of malware in a Steam Early Access game called Chemia — security company found crypto-jacking infostealers and a backdoor to install yet more malware in the future
Sometimes getting more than what you asked for is nice. Finding cash in a jacket you haven’t worn in a while, getting […]