Hacking

ShinyHunters hackers say they breached FBI, stole data on bureau employees

ShinyHunters is one of the world’s most notorious and attention-seeking hacking crews.

Cybercrime feud erupts on dark web as notorious group claims hijack of rival’s website

ShinyHunters said it broke into the dark web site of cybercrime gang cl0p on Sept 18.

Gemini hacked 3 companies in first known breakout by Google’s AI

In one of the cases, the Gemini model guessed passwords until it gained access to a protected system.

AI fuels 440% surge in hackers using blockchains in malware attacks

State-backed groups – including those linked to North Korea and Iran – now account for the majority of this activity.

No evidence a large amount of data compromised from HR system hit by ransomware, says MUIS

MUIS said that software vendor Avelogic, which supplies the system, “has since recovered the affected data”.

US tracking cyberthreats against nearly 20 ships worldwide

The US Coast Guard has asked for advance notice if any of those ships plan to come into a US port.

‘Godfather of AI’ says humanity is ‘losing control’ of the technology

Computer scientist Yoshua Bengio warned that AI agents may be able to persuade humans to act in ways that serve AI’s interests.

OpenAI’s rogue agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses two months before major hack

The newly uncovered malicious activity showed that the rogue agents’ efforts to find a way into Hugging Face began earlier than publicly known.

Payroll system of mosques, madrasahs hit by ransomware; staff details potentially compromised

When contacted by ST, MUIS confirmed the incident involving a HR management system operated by Avelogic.

OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems before Hugging Face incident, researchers say

Many incidents have heightened concerns over the increasing capacity of AI models and developers’ ability to contain them.

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