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And one of those basics is focusing on sectors where a ransomware disruption creates immediate pressure to pay up, like with healthcare.

Attackers are actively targeting various sectors across nearly 200 countries and already have compiled a list of working credentials for tens of thousands of compromised devices.

The UK will ban adolescents under 16 years old from user-to-user social media platforms, despite age verification issues and privacy concerns.

In addition to executing entirely in memory, the malware's infection chain incorporates other anti-analysis techniques designed to evade detection.

An open letter signed by dozens of security experts asked the government to reverse export restrictions on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models.

FishMonger, a China-nexus threat group, has deployed an undocumented version of the Linux backdoor against government targets in Honduras, Taiwan, Thailand, and Pakistan.

The emerging malware, spread via fake TikTok and Chrome downloads, has evolved by combining banking fraud with extensive device surveillance and remote control.

New analysis shows the campaign, which uses compromised WordPress sites, may be linked to the ransomware and data extortion group Vice Society.

The denial-of-service (DoS) exploit takes advantage of two features in HTTP/2 that were designed to save Internet bandwith, not power massive amplification attacks.

The critical, three-stage attack is now patched, but it's part of a new group of AI prompt-injection issues that use hidden URLs and other variables.

Google discovered and disrupted the sprawling campaign, which stole RedCAP credentials to breach numerous institutions and exfiltrate sensitive data.

Executive leaders may not be saying it aloud, but business objectives and priorities don't always promote timely disclosures.

AI-native operating systems are shifting the responsibility to stay vigilant against social engineering cyberattacks from the user onto the system itself.

Anthropic abruptly suspended all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after receiving an export control directive that banned foreign nationals from using the technology.

A major bug in Oracle's ERP software disproportionately affected American universities, and hackers have capitalized by stealing gobs of data.

Stay cool: Mythos 5 is an upgrade over Mythos Preview while Fable 5 is Mythos "made safe for general use," Anthropic explains.

Hackers are valuing quality over quantity, using AI to upgrade their phishing attacks rather than multiply them.