Even in the age of AI-powered autonomous cyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing things they shouldn’t are still producing great results. Groups of unknown hackers are targeting and breaking into large financial and investment firms in the United States with the goal of stealing sensitive data to extort
For months, AI giants have devised special vetted programs and strict barriers to limit the use of their models by malicious hackers. But these limits are now hindering the work of legitimate network defenders, as well as offensive cybersecurity researchers. In June, the US government imposed export control restrictions on Anthropic, Mythos and Fable’s much-hyped
Hackers are breaking into websites running vulnerable versions of the popular WordPress blogging software, according to several cybersecurity companies. One estimate puts the number of vulnerable WordPress websites in the tens of millions as of Monday. Last week, WordPress fixed two critical security flaws, urging people who run its software on their websites to update
