Scammers are using a fake captcha hack to steal your personal information: 'Verify you're human.' Here's the big red flag to watch for

Hackers are using this insidious scam to get unwitting victims to install malware themselves.

JadePuffer ransomware used AI agent to automate entire attack

Researchers identified what they believe is the first documented case of a ransomware operation, JadePuffer, conducted ...
Decrypt

This AI Agent Survived 6,000 Hack Attempts—Here’s How

Developer Fernando Irarrázaval's AI agent experiment drew over 6,000 hack attempts from more than 2,000 attackers. No one ...
Decrypt

AI Researchers Got Chatbots to Share Cocaine Recipes Using This One Wild Trick

Researchers say a new jailbreak technique tricked AI models into treating attacker-written text as their own reasoning, ...
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U.S. Government Entity Paid Kairos $1 Million in Data-Theft Extortion Case

The case study found no encryptor or locked machines, only stolen files used as leverage in a month-long negotiation ending ...

Mozilla Warns GitHub Repos Can Trick AI Tools Into Hacking Your PC

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ConsentFix and ClickFix: How Microsoft 365 Accounts are Hijacked in 3 Seconds

ConsentFix and ClickFix attacks steal Microsoft 365 tokens in seconds using fake prompts and OAuth flows. Learn how these MFA ...
Computerworld

Minimus Unveils New Supply Chain Protection Proxy and Command-Line Interface for Container Management

Cloud software security firm Minimus today expanded its product portfolio with the general availability of Minimus Supply Chain Protection and minicli. The tools introduce a unified approach to ...
Sports Illustrated

Spurs Use Hack-a-Mitch Strategy in NBA Finals to Limit Knicks Offense

The Spurs opted to send Knicks center Mitchell Robinson to the free throw line repeatedly during Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals on Friday night. In the opening quarter of the game, San Antonio fouled ...