Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old man from Idaho, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking at least 19 organizations in the United States, stealing the personal data of more than 132,000 people, and multiple extortion attempts. […]
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ChatGPT allows access to underlying sandbox OS, “playbook” data
OpenAI’s containerized ChatGPT environment is open to limited yet extensive access to core instructions while allowing arbitrary file uploads and command execution within the isolated sandbox. […]
The true (and surprising) cost of forgotten passwords
Password resets are more expensive for your organization than you may realize. Learn more from Specops Software on why password resets are so expensive and how a self-service password reset solution can save you money. […]
Hackers use macOS extended file attributes to hide malicious code
Hackers are using a novel technique that abuses extended attributes for macOS files to deliver a new trojan that researchers call RustyAttr. […]
US govt officials’ communications compromised in recent telecom hack
CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the “private communications” of a “limited number” of government officials after breaching multiple U.S. broadband providers. […]
Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach
The business contact information for 122 million people circulating since February 2024 is now confirmed to have been stolen from a B2B demand generation platform. […]
Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in attacks on Ukraine
Suspected Russian hackers were caught exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability as a zero-day in ongoing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. […]
US indicts Snowflake hackers who extorted $2.5 million from 3 victims
The Department of Justice has unsealed the indictment against two suspected Snowflake hackers, who breached more than 165 organizations using the services of the Snowflake cloud storage company. […]
Critical bug in EoL D-Link NAS devices now exploited in attacks
Attackers now target a critical severity vulnerability with publicly available exploit code that affects multiple models of end-of-life D-Link network-attached storage (NAS) devices. […]
New Google Pixel AI feature analyzes phone conversations for scams
Google is adding a new AI-powered scam protection feature that monitors phone call conversations on Google Pixel devices to detect patterns that warn when the caller may be a scammer. […]