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Google is getting ready to 'hack back' as US considers shifting from cyber defense to offense
By Nathaniel Mott published
Google is reportedly planning to form a "disruption unit" that will target foreign hackers.

ESET has discovered the first AI-powered ransomware
By Nathaniel Mott published
Hackers finally discover a practical use for local AI models

Ransomware attack disrupts Maryland's public transit service for disabled travelers
By Nathaniel Mott published
The service, Mobility, was unable to accept requests for rides or changes to already-booked rides following a ransomware attack.

Perplexity's AI-powered Comet browser leaves users vulnerable to phishing scams, malicious code injection
By Nathaniel Mott published
Brave and Guardio have revealed serious vulnerabilities in the AI-powered Comet browser.

China's Great Firewall blocked all traffic to a common HTTPS port for over an hour, severing connection to the outside world
By Nathaniel Mott published
Forged TCP RST+ACK packets disrupted port 443, but not common ports like 22, 80 or 8443

A popular VPN extension for Google Chrome has been screenshotting every page users visit
By Nathaniel Mott published
Koi Security discovered that the popular FreeVPN extension for Google Chrome has been silently taking screenshots of every website its users visit.

Security researcher driven by free nuggets unearths McDonald's security flaw
By Nathaniel Mott published
A security researcher called "BobDaHacker" revealed how they repeatedly gained access to a McDonald's platform that's supposed to be closed off to the public.

Intel Outside: Researcher downloaded data on all 270,000 Intel employees from an internal business card website
By Mark Tyson published
Security researcher Eaton was inspired to do some gentle prying of Intel websites, after considering the company's hardware security reputation.
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